Biography[]
Helga Von Guggen is a rogue fashion designer and one of the show's recurring villains. She has an assistant, Trode, to do her bidding.
In "Wild Style", Trode met the spies while they were investigating the mass disappearances of cruise ships along with their crews and passengers. Helga was the mastermind behind the abductions, and instructed Trode to infect one of the spies with her mutation serum through the use of a dart, resulting in Clover being mutated into a catgirl. At Helga's hideout, Helga revealed to the spies that she was using the serum to turn humans into animal creatures dubbed "furlings" in order to produce instant-fitting pelt coats and make money out of them. Ultimately, Helga fell victim to her own mutation serum and transformed into a massive chimera mutant monster, and was defeated and captured by the girls.
In "Fashion Faux Pas", Helga returned (in her normal state) with a scheme to use Mystique fashion clothes to strangle people to death to avenge the loss of her career. At her hideout, she told the spies her plan, and ordered Trode to keep an eye on them. In the end, she was turned in and captured again. It is never explained how she returned to normal in this episode. The spies stop her by using steam to smooth out the super wrinkled clothes.
She later appears again in Season 4 as a member of the LAMOS, having herself been disposed of Trode, whom she deemed to be too incompetent. In "Evil Jerry" Helga was arrested, but she returned (presumably having escaped) in "Like, So Totally Not Spies", and at the end of that episode, Helga and all the other members of LAMOS were arrested.
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Trivia[]
- Helga Von Guggen
- She is returning in Season 7.
- Helga translates to "holy" or "blessed". This is how she views her fashion design skills.
- Von translates to "of or from" and refers to the Junkers aristocracy of Prussia. Helga sees herself as the supreme ruler of the fashion houses.
- Guggen is a reference to the Guggenheim family and their financing of artwork.
- The name translates to the "blessed aristocratic ruler of the artistic fashion industry".
- Chokers seem to be a staple in her wardrobe; she is shown wearing them in most of her appearances.
- In "Like, So Totally Not Spies", it is shown that Helga is allergic to shrimp and shellfish.
- Helga's physical appearance, hair, and career as a fashion designer using animal prints, seem to be inspired by Disney's adaptation of Cruella De Vil.
- She bears a resemblance to Charlotte Brûlée from the anime "One Piece".
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