Another character in DEAR ELVIRA who befriended Matt Joplin was Grace Scott. She lives in the same apartment building as Matt Joplin and works in the copy room of The Star Journal. When the editor and owner of the newspaper told Matt to take  look at himself in the mirror, and then improve on his appearance, Grace took him to the men's store where her late husband shopped and helped him pick out a new wardrobe. One night as they were talking over dinner, he discovered he had escorted her younger sister to the senior prom. He was prom king, she prom queen.