14 quotes
Reconnecting with Old Friends
Peter
I thought you might show up.
Ray
I'm sorry I didn't believe you.
Winston
You should have called. I miss you, my friend.
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A Ghostbuster's Unexpected Encounter with a Prisoner
Ray Stantz
Ray's Occult, and we're closed.
Phoebe
Wait! I only get one phone call. I'm... in prison.
Ray
The slammer, huh? Heh, been there myself. I'm no lawyer, but I'm listening.
Phoebe
Are you Ray Stanz, the Ghostbuster?
Ray
And now, I'm hanging up.
Phoebe
Hang on, please! I'm calling about Egon Spengler.
Ray
Egon Spengler can rot in Hell.
[pauses]
Phoebe
He died last week.
Ray
Oh, man... No kidding.
Phoebe
Weren't you two friends?
Ray
That was a long time ago.
Phoebe
What happened to you guys?
Ray
Well, when we started, busting ghosts was a gas. The economy was good. Reagan years. People believed in us, then things got slow. Hauntings got thin. Venkman thought we did our job too well. Oh, we could barely keep up our mortgage. Some actor bought up most of Tribeca, and we lost the firehouse. It's a Starbucks now.
Phoebe
So, then you all just walked away?
Ray
Peter went back to academia. He's in SUNY Cortland now, he's a Professor Emeritus, he teaches advertising and promotion. Winston went into finance, he worked hard, coined a fortune. And I'm... here.
Phoebe
Well... what about Egon?
Ray
Well, he wasn't helping. We went from ten calls a week, to one, if we were lucky. Then Egon started to tell people their little ghost problems didn't matter because the world was coming to an end. He got spooky, freaked me out! One morning, I go to work, and Ecto-1, our old Cadillac, is gone. His neutronophone and collider pack, all the traps! Sixteen ounces of fuel isotope! All gone! He cleaned us out! Now we were the dead ones.
Phoebe
Don't you think he might have had a reason?
Ray
He phoned me, about ten years later. Some small town in Oklahoma. Kept rambling on about the rising storm. A huge psychic tornado that was going to consume humanity in darkness forever. And, kid, I wanted to believe him-
Phoebe
You don't understand, there was this mountain, and it had these ancient carvings, and-
Ray
Kid, kid, kid, there are a lot of mountains out there with ancient carvings. Take a little advice: don't go chasing ghosts.
Phoebe
Egon Spengler was my grandfather.
Sheriff Domingo
Time's up.
[hangs up the phone]
Ray
Hello?
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Confronting Gozer with Authority and Humor
Man
Hey, flat-top!
[offscreen]
Peter Venkman
Have you missed us?
Ray
Gozer the Gozerian! In the name of the county of Summerville, state of Oklahoma, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, all the members of Ducks Unlimited, the Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons. I command you under the National Invasive Species Act to depart this world immediately.
Peter
Bravo.
Winston Zeddemore
I think she remembers us.
Gozer
Are you... a god?
Winston
Ray?
Peter
Oh, come on, Ray!
Ray
...Yes.
Winston
Yeah, we're all gods.
Peter
Yeah, I mean, we're all pretty dang special out here. On a personal note, ]. I mean, it wasn't working for me. My friends didn't think so, I know yours didn't.
[[Ghostbusters|I thought that we had busted up for good]
Winston
Okay, playtime's over. Let's toast this muffin.
Peter
Light em up!
[laughs as they energize their proton packs]
Winston
Man, I love that sound!
Peter
On the count of three. Go on two. One, two!
Ray
Yeah, nothing stings like a billion electron-volts!
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Podcast Invitation After a Ghostly Encounter
Ray
Are you alright, son? You just single-handedly defeated a manifestation of Gozer.
Podcast
You gotta be on my podcast!
Ray
Sure. What's it called?
Podcast
Mystical Tales of the Unknown Universe.
Ray
M-T-Double U"? That's you?
Podcast
Wait... you're my subscriber!?
Ray
Really found its voice in the 46th episode.
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Uncover History to Protect Tomorrow
Taglines
Discover the Past. Save the Future.
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Facing Financial Struggles and Inheritance
Trevor
Honestly, my mom won't say it, but we're completely broke. And the only thing that's left in our name is this creepy old farmhouse my grandfather left us in the middle of nowhere.
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A Reflection on Missed Opportunities and Conflict
Dr. Peter Venkman
You got a lot of nerve! Coming back here, crawling back to me. We could have been the most spectacular power couple, you know. My sense of fun, and your personality. But, no: you always had to vanquish! Conquer! You always had to maim somebody!
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The Recklessness of Science Explained
Phoebe
Are you sure this is safe?
Gary
Safe? Heh. No. No, history is safe. Geometry: that's safe. Science is all particle accelerators and hydrogen bombs. Science is giving yourself the plague and gambling on the cure.
Phoebe
Science is reckless.
Gary
Totally! Yes! It's punk rock! A safety pin through the nipple of academia.
Podcast
Ouch.
Gary
Fire it up.
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Humor and Sacrifice in a Supernatural Encounter
Phoebe
Uh... what do you call a fish with no i's? A fsh! Uh... A whale... There's two whales in a bar, and one of them goes , and then, the other one goes: go home. You're drunk. Uh... Uh... so a grasshopper walks into a bar, and the bartender's like we have a drink named after you! And the grasshopper goes you have a drink named Steve?!
[imitates whale call]
Gozer
Have you come to offer yourself in sacrifice?
[unamused]
Phoebe
What?
Phoebe
No, I'm twelve. Are you?
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Understanding the Wavy Lines
Dana
Do you know what this is?
Peter
Lines. Two… No, three… wavy lines.
Dana
That's amazing.
[reveals the card]
Peter
You're amazing, with your ability to... flood my psychic powers.
Dana
I can't believe you used to shock your students.
[holds up another card]
Peter
Between us, I only zapped the guys.
[Dana zaps him, causing him to yell in pain]
Peter
For science. I know that now. I admit that.
Dana
Ready? Try this one.
Peter
Uh…
Dana
Take a moment.
Peter
Uh… It's a five-pointed star… yes?
Dana
How are you doing that?
[reveals the card]
Peter
Some believe that true love imbues the subject with the ability…
[Dana shocks him again]
Dana
Did you mark the cards?
Peter
Haha... no.
Dana
You did, didn't you?
Peter
Yeah. Aah!
[nods; Dana shocks him once more]
Dana
It works well.
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Introduction of New Characters in Ghostbusters
Peter
Hi, there. Pete Venkman, from the home office. Thanks for pitching in.
Phoebe
You're welcome.
Peter
I like your style. Who's that one?
Callie
Callie. Callie Spengler.
[pauses]
Peter
Spengler? Heh, weird name. Try to make the best of that. Alright, we're gonna have cocoa inside. Some of us will have rum with it.
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Nostalgia for a Past Summer Experience
Trevor
Hey remember that summer, when we all died under a table?
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Character Reflections on Roles and Success
Winston Zeddemore
Egon was the brains. Ray was the heart. Peter just kept it cool.
Janine Melnitz
Who were you?
Winston
The sex appeal.
Janine
You've done very well for yourself. A lot of shelf space.
Winston
See, that's the thing. I don't do it for me. I do it for my kids, and I want to be an example of what's possible.
Janine
You still covering the rent at Ray's book shop?
Winston
Ray's gonna turn a profit one of these days.
Janine
I remember the day you came in.
[chuckles]
Winston
I came in looking for a steady paycheck. But busting ghosts with the guys taught me not to be afraid. That I had the tools, and I had the talent. I started this business with one employee, and I've grown it into a thriving global enterprise. I may be a businessman, but I will always be a Ghostbuster.
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Awkward Introductions and Misunderstandings
Callie Spenger
Hi!
Gary
Hello, again.
Callie
You... brought them home.
Gary
It's a service I provide. I'm also an escort.... that came out wrong.
Callie
Kinda, yeah.
Gary
Look, the truth is, is that I've always kind of wondered what lurked inside this... haunt-box.
Callie
Right. Well, the only think lurking inside here is my slowly-dying soul.
Gary
Is that what that smell is?
Callie
Well, it's not dinner, so... Uh, would you...?
[chuckles]
Gary
Sure!
Callie
Like...?
Gary
Yeah!
Callie
I don't have any food.
Gary
It's fine.
Callie
Tour!
Gary
Great!
Callie
Great.
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