Vigo Occupation: 16th and 17th-century Moldavian tyrant Quote: "On a mountain of skulls, in the castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood! What was will be! What is will be no more! Now is the season of EVIL!" - '''Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf; Ghostbusters II Also Known As: Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf

Scourge of Carpathia

Sorrow of Moldavia

Vigo the Carpathian

Vigo the Cruel

Vigo the Torturer

Vigo the Despised

Vigo the Unholy Appeared In: Ghostbusters II

Real Ghostbusters Starring in Ghostbusters II: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

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Ghostbusters International #8

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Ghostbusters 101 #6

Tobin's Spirit Guide

Crossing Over #5

Ghostbusters IDW 20/20

35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters Played By: Wilhelm von Homburg

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Howie Weed Max Von Sydow (voice) Class Level: Class 7 (Ghostbusters: TVG SV)

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Vigo (originally known as Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf) (also known as Scourge of Carpathia, Sorrow of Moldavia, Vigo the Carpathian, Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, Vigo the Unholy) is an ancient 16th Century medieval tyrant and sorcerer, who later died in the 17th century. He's the main antagonist in Ghostbusters II and is portrayed onscreen by Wilhelm von Homburg, and voiced by Max Von Sydow. He is found again in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, voiced again by Von Sydow.

Primary Canon History

Origins

Vigo was born in 1505 in the small Balkan kingdom of Carpathia. He soon rose to power and ruled his home country with an iron fist, and the land itself was in a constant state of spiritual turmoil thanks to his despotic rule, which earned him an infamous name, the "Scourge of Carpathia." Vigo later conquered another land, the country of Moldavia in Romania which its people while still resenting the psychotic autocrat, gave him another notorious alias, the "Sorrow of Moldavia." It was said he was a powerful magician and a genius in many ways, as well as a tyrant, an autocrat, a lunatic and a genocidal madman. Because of his evil ways he wasn't well liked by his subjects and he killed hundreds of them. He was also known as "Vigo the Cruel," "Vigo the Torturer," "Vigo the Despised," and "Vigo the Unholy." Peter Venkman jokingly adds "Vigo the Butch" to the list of aliases.

He eventually died at the age of 105 in 1610, but not because of his old age. His people had led a rebellion and they tried and executed him in a manner that they saw fit for his rule. He was poisoned, shot, stabbed, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered (to which Venkman commented "Ouch"). Just before his head died, he uttered this prophetic warning: "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back!"

Ghostbusters II

True to his word, Vigo returned in modern day New York in 1989 and took up residence in his self-portrait that was created long before the events of his death. Vigo used the river of Psychomagnotheric Slime (also known as Mood Slime), generated by a Sloar, which flowed through abandoned subway tunnels to a location underneath the city's Manhattan Museum of Art, where Vigo resided. The Mood Slime boosted Vigo's powers, and enabled him to channel people's negative emotions needed for the manifestation of an army of angry spirits that soon started terrorizing New York City. Although the slime granted Vigo power enough to manifest, he could not regain a physical form. For this reason, Vigo needed a baby to possess.

Vigo used his power and manipulated the museum's curator Janosz Poha into doing his bidding as his pawn. He commanded Janosz to find him a child. Janosz knew the perfect candidate: Dana Barrett's baby, Oscar. Vigo attempted to capture Oscar by sending a wave of Mood Slime into Dana's bathtub when she was about to bathe him, only for Dana to escape and take shelter at Peter's apartment. Peter notified Egon and Ray of the incident. After they checked into Vigo's history, the Ghostbusters went to the museum to investigate and took pictures of Vigo's portrait to analyze. During the analysis, Ray and Egon peered through the illusion of the portrait and saw Vigo's realm, with the Mood Slime flowing behind him. It was then that Vigo attempted to do away with the pair by locking the dark room then setting it ablaze, only for them to be saved by Winston. Egon, Ray, and Winston investigated the sewers and discovered the river of slime that Ray found previously. Winston was pulled in while he tried take measurements. Egon and Ray jumped in after him. They emerged onto the streets and realized the slime was flowing to the museum, and therefore, Vigo. The Ghostbusters tried to alert Mayor Lenny only for his aid, Jack Hardemeyer, to have them committed, temporarily getting them out of Vigo's way. With only 48 hours before the new year (when Vigo's 'Season of Evil' would begin), Vigo ordered Janosz to bring him Oscar, with the promise that Dana would be his wife as a reward. The window in Oscar's temporary bedroom at Peter's was telekinetically opened. Inexplicably, Oscar climbed outside on the ledge. Janosz, in the form of a ghostly nanny thanks to Vigo's powers, snatched Oscar and brought him to the museum. Dana went right after him.

After Dana entered the museum, the mood slime covered the exterior of museum and hardened into an near impenetrable shell that kept anyone or anything from getting in or out. At the same time, the mood slime also reached its peak, causing a wide spread appearance of ghosts that rivaled the Containment Unit's explosion. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, he would possess Oscar, and be reborn and freely rule the world once again. However, just as he was transferring his spirit into Oscar, the Ghostbusters arrived and disrupted the ritual, having used the Statue of Liberty to generate enough positive energy to penetrate the negative energy of Vigo's slime wall. After the Ghostbusters slimed Janosz to free from Vigo's control, Vigo decided to face the Ghostbusters personally. Having grown strong enough to gain corporeal form, he emerged from the painting, using beams to stun the Ghostbusters before locating where Peter had hid Oscar. As Vigo was preparing to possess the baby, he then grimaced in pain. His weakening was due to throngs of New Yorkers singing "Auld Lang Syne" outside the museum, and their positivity countered the negativity Vigo thrived on. This also released the Ghostbusters from their stasis. Considerably weakened, Vigo was drawn back into his painting as his face became distorted, revealing himself as the monster that he truly was in both life and the afterlife. In a desperate ploy, he took possession of Ray's body (having enchanted him during the Ghostbusters' earlier investigation), both to become human and was under the belief the other Ghostbusters wouldn't fire on their friend. However, the Ghostbusters used positively charged slime to drive him out of Ray's body and their proton streams to drive Vigo back into the painting, completely draining all his powers and causing him to vanish. After that, the painting of Vigo vanished and was replaced with a new one with four men wearing togas surrounding a baby, which symbolized the four Ghostbusters as heavenly saints defending the baby Oscar.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

The painting eventually returned to Vigo's original portrait under unknown circumstances, and was confiscated by the Ghostbusters. Vigo, as of November 1991, resided in the Firehouse in his painting near Janine's desk on the right from the Firehouse doors, where he would menacingly (but harmlessly) bicker with those who approached. For more, see Quotes and Trivia

Secondary Canon History

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Version)

In the Wii version, Vigo's painting is in the basement near the Storage facility. During the mission at the Natural History Museum, Winston mentions the Vigo Incident to the Rookie.[1]

IDW Comics and Insight Editions

Prince Vigo came to prominence in the 15th century. He ruled over his homeland of Carpathia and the conquered country of Moldavia. He was purportedly both an alchemist and a warlock.[2] In an attempt to turn the tide of a war in Russia, Vigo unleashed an Underworld Horde, including Death. However, the horde was defeated by The Undying Soldier. Decades into his reign, Vigo was overthrown by his subjects. Despite being 105 years old, Vigo was as strong as young man at his prime.[3] They poisoned, shot, stabbed, hanged, and drawn and quartered him. He stayed alive for days following the attack. Vigo's last words were, "Death is but a door, time is but a window. I'll be back!" He was beheaded and cremated. His ashes were scattered in the Black Sea. Vigo's tyranny came to end but his subjects lived in fear for years that he was still watching them.[4][5] John Horace Tobin later noted Vigo's existence was accounted for in the works of renowned historian Leon Zundinger.

During New Year's Eve 1989, the Ghostbusters' use of both positively charged Psychomagnotheric Slime and Proton Streams on Vigo banished him back into his painting, effectively eliminating his power.[6] Years after the Thanksgiving 1991 incident, the Vigo painting was still in the garage bay of the Firehouse. Idulnas briefly took on the guise of Vigo to taunt Janosz into serving him.

A couple weeks into the Tiamat incident, Vigo suddenly vanished from his painting. He resurfaced on Hart Island and raised the dead buried at the potter's field to serve as his army. The resulting P.K.E. surge attracted the Ghostbusters' attention. Special Agent Melanie Ortiz shot Vigo in the face with her Proton Pistol. Angered someone dared to strike him, Vigo fixated on Peter, whom he referred to as "The Vandal," instead and shot at him. The Ghostbusters, Chicago Ghostbusters and Ghost Smashers converged on the potter's field upon Peter's insistence. They opened fire on Vigo, who called to the Hart Island Ghosts. In a surprise turn, the ghosts pried the Proton Streams from Vigo.

Vigo grabbed ahold of Ron Alexander and gloated about his impending death. With Ray still in a trance state, Ron took matters into his own hands and activated his Boson Caster. Vigo was shot point blank in the face. As Vigo's head reformed, Winston grabbed Ray's Slime Blower and opened fire. Vigo taunted Winston and declared the Hart Island Ghosts would prevent the slime from touching him. Winston was counting on this. Slimed with positively charged Psychomagnotheric Slime, the ghosts were free from Vigo's control. They immediately swarmed Vigo like hungry piranha. Vigo's form was slowly dispersed, evidenced by his left hand being reduced to a skeleton. When the Ghostbusters returned to the Firehouse, Vigo was back in his painting but with scorch marks on his head where he was blasted by Melanie Ortiz. Peter promised to help cover them up with a pastel colored beret.

After a dimensional overlap took place, Jillian Holtzmann scanned Vigo with her P.K.E. Meter while Erin and Abby voiced concern about where their equipment went.

Dimension 50-S

After being attacked by a Sandman, Alan Crendall found himself face to face with Vigo in his throne room. Vigo recognized Alan and declared him an enemy since his bloodline failed him and the Ghostbusters foiled him. Vigo wanted revenge. Alan fired but his thrower malfunctioned. Vigo slashed at his chest. Before Vigo could finish him, Alan regained consciousness in the Calvin Home. Gabriel Sitter speculated he was dreaming. Alan noticed the wound from Vigo's slash was still on his chest.

Stylized Version Information

According to Tobin's Spirit Guide

Category: Class 7 Paranormal Freak

Class 7 Paranormal Freak Abilities: None...anymore

Tobin's Summary:

Though this tome is almost exclusively intended as a reference for spirits, I think it's worth noting briefly the life of one Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf. Taking notes from my colleague Leon Zundinger's work Magicians, Martyrs And Madmen, I've learned that Vigo lived between 1505 and 1610. His unnaturally long life didn't end easily, as the villagers in his kingdom tries several methods of getting rid of him before something finally worked. His last words were: "Death is but a door, time is but a window. I'll be back!" I suspect he had means already secured to insure this will eventually happen.

Egon's Notes:

Indeed, he did. Vigo's tenacity in life and beyond is quite remarkable. Our encounters with him were definitely a learning experience and great way to stress test some of our equipment.

Ray's Tips:

Ummm, don't stare directly into the painting's eyes. I learned that the hard way.

Supplemental Data

The art page can be found in Shandor's Island, during the "Shandor's Island" section. It is in a back corner of the room you start the level in.

No P.K.E. Scan is required.

Powers and Abilities

When the river of slime beneath the streets of New York became negatively charged, the spirit of Vigo grew quite powerful. With this abundance of negative energy to draw upon, Vigo displayed characteristics and abilities comparable to a Class 7 entity, such as Gozer. During this time, Vigo performs remarkable feats of telekinesis, telepathy, and mind control. Additionally, he withstood an attack from proton beams, and even managed to viciously retaliate against the Ghostbusters, leaving them temporarily paralyzed. He also has the ability to shape shift into a more demonic form, complete with horns and blood-red eyes.

Classification

Secondary Canon

In an excluded scene from the Ghostbusters' investigation of the restoration studio, Egon Spengler states the P.K.E. levels were "max-plus" and the Giga meter was showing all red to which Winston Zeddemore bet were readings off of Vigo. [7]

Stylized Version

Vigo was listed as Class 7 Paranormal Freak in the Tobin's Spirit Guide page.

IDW Comics

Vigo is a Class 4 primarily but when he bonded himself to the river of Psychomagnotheric Slime, he gained enough power to rival a Class 7.[8]

Insight Editions

Vigo is a Class 4 possessor.[9]

Other Ghostbusters Media

The Real Ghostbusters

The year before the Poso incident, the Ghostbusters battled Vigo. Egon Spengler collected some of the Psycho-Reactive Slime in the aftermath. In the Poso incident, Egon utilized the last of the slime to disguise Peter Venkman as a ghost and gift him with limited powers such as flight.[10]

NOW Comics

The encounter with Vigo was however chronicled in the comic book adaptation of the second movie by NOW Comics. In this comic, the live action Ghostbusters were replaced with their animated counterparts. It also contained the first appearance of Louis Tully and the only appearance of Dana Barrett in a The Real Ghostbusters continuity.

Other Video Games

The Sorrow of Moldovia himself was also the final boss in the video games based on Ghostbusters II. [citation needed]

Role Playing Games

He was also the main villain in an adventure based on the second movie in a re-issue of the role-playing game. To defeat his defenses in order to approach him, the players had to utilize effigies of The Tinman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion from Frank Baum's "Oz" series. When Vigo's painting melts, the Oz characters are shown instead of the Ghostbusters. [citation needed]

Behind the Scenes

Vigo was inspired by the Carpathian mythology, the Dracu, and Vlad the Impaler.[11] A concept painting was done of him as a red hooded specter manifesting in Central Park and tearing trees and light poles out of the ground.[12] As of September 23, 1988, during storyboards, Henry Mayo and Tim Lawrence illustrated concept in which Vigo's spectral essence was strong enough to animate the exhibits he walked by in the art museum.[13] Thom Enriquez also did numerous concept designs.[14]

The huge Vigo self-portrait turned out to be the biggest design problem. Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) did concept versions for months and Ivan Reitman felt one was too 'Conan the Barbarian' so artists in New York were brought in. The new designs didn't work out either. Glen Eytchison and Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach were approached. Each year, they brought 60 classic paintings to life with people standing in costume before settings based on the original painting. Gross worked with them on a new design. With a deadline looming, the design was sent to ILM with just two days left to a scheduled shoot. The design was worked on down to the last minute. How the portrait would animate was another issue. Originally, it would just be Vigo talking from the painting. Clay animation and an animated cartoon were considered. Eventually, as the script changed, it was decided Vigo would be brought out as much as possible and the painting would be replaced with a floating head hovering in a columned corridor coated with slime. Wilhelm von Homburg was filmed in front of a bluescreen and then matted over a miniature version of the slimed corridor built by the ILM model shop. After each take, the slime had to be cleaned up and reset.[15]

The demonic floating head seen after Vigo returns the painting was inspired by preproduction sketches done by Thom Enriquez. Lifecasts were done on Wilhelm von Homburg. Tim Lawrence and Makeup artist Mike Smithson did a variety of altercations in clay like strengthening the jaw line, straightening out the nose, making a more sinister brow, elongating earlobes, and sharpening cheeks. 10-11 versions were done and sent to Ivan Reitman for approval. Once the final was chosen, Lawrence had three weeks. Then it was cut down to one week. Howie Weed from the creature shop wore the makeup for scenes when Vigo was transformed within the painting and when Ray was possessed.[16] Due to a scheduling conflict, Aykroyd couldn't play the scenes where Ray was possessed by Vigo. Howie Weed volunteered because he was about the same size and he was there, saving time from bringing in another actor for fittings.[17][18]

Trivia

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Quotes

Ghostbusters: The Video Game

You can get insulted by Vigo if you go up to his Vigo painting in the firehouse and interact with it. Below are all 114 Vigo quotes, with audio pulled directly from the game's data files. Quote #102 - "This isn't Ghostbusters. This is The Exorcist!" - is exclusive to the stylized version of the game.

Expand/Collapse Area 1. Mmmm...not bad for a mortal. 2. Congratulations. Come stare into my eyes to claim your reward. 3. Such a pity victory in the face of the vast pool of chaos rising around you! 4. You win this round, Ghostbusters! 5. Araghhh...the smell of happiness stings my nose! 6. Hahaha! 7. What a wretched display of ineptitude. 8. If this were my castle, I'd have you strung up for that. 9. Oh, such delicious despair. 10. Your weaknesses feed me! Please continue to fail! 11. Compete for my amusement. 12. It is the dawn of another struggle for power! 13. In the grand scheme, you all must realize these diversions mean nothing! 14. The time of war is over. 15. Time to end this foolish display! 16. Ohhh...this bores me. 17. I was just beginning to savor your burgeoning anger towards one another! 18. Enough! 19. Time is but a window - and that window is closing. 20. The end is near. 21. Judgment approaches. 22. Prepare yourselves for the inevitable. 23. Your inexorable march towards finality begins here, Ghostbusters. 24. Oh! The battle intensifies! 25. If only I could have delivered such humiliation in person. 26. That was almost as painful as being stabbed and pulled apart...ermmmmm, but perhaps not. 27. You call that an accomplishment? 28. Congratulate yourself now mortal, while you still have time. 29. Look deep inside yourself and ask if this was a true victory. 30. Foolish Mortal! 31. What a miserable pile of weakness. 32. Another thousand failures and I'll have enough negative energy to return to the world of the living. HAhahaha! 33. I should've painted myself a bathroom in this thing. 34. I tire of the pity meanderings of you simpering fools. 35. Just another thousand years, Vigo, hang in there. Hang in. 36. In my day, we had no time for such trifling amusements. 37. I loathe you from the darkest spume of my craven, boiling bowels! 38. My veins spurt white hot bile and broken glass as I'm forced to look upon you. 39. Sure, my cranium is large, but so is my devastation! 40. Pay tribute to Lord Vigo, peasant. 41. Death is in the air. 42. No heart ever beat as black as my own. Come closer...and I'll let you hear it. 43. So many mothers have twisted in agony at the horror I visited upon their sons. 44. What was will be. What is, will be no more. 45. You'll be squirming soon enough. 46. Now is the season of evil. 47. I am Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer. 48. You will know the torments of a million babies eaten alive in searing fire. 49. Not even these shackles can hold the demon-beast of Romania forever! 50. I am Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf! 51. Vigo the Carpathian will taste the blood of men, again. 52. On a mountain of skulls, in a castle of pain, I shall sit on a throne of blood once more. 53. My dreams are blood-soaked dark things filled with furious vengeance. 54. When the day comes, you will be the first. 55. When my vindication comes, you'll wish you'd been born inside-out. 56. The stench of fear permeates this place. 57. I loathe the living. 58. The fires of hell feed me. 59. Have you ever savored the exquisite anguish of tortured souls? 60. What I sense coming is far more horrible than I. Are you prepared? 61. The demons in this realm are gathering to conquer. You have not a chance. 62. With every passing day, you grow weaker, and I gain power. 63. This pitiful makeshift prison will not last forever. 64. I see the fear in your soul. You're losing the battle you engage in. 65. The dead shall walk and the mighty shall fall. 66. Rivers of blood flow beneath us. 67. Distant worlds beckon. Evil spirits howl. 68. My sword will taste your flesh. 69. Your zipper is down. 70. Psst! Shoes are untied. 71. Psst! Over here. 72. Please stop burning the microwave popcorn. 73. May the hooves of a thousand steeds trample you underfoot. 74. Bow to your master. 75. My scalding wrath shall pour out upon your tender soul. 76. I am Vigo the Destroyer! 77. From the dust of the dead rise the unholy. 78. Don't you know me? I am Prince Vigo Von Homburg Deutschendorf. 79. Oh, this really is a good likeness of me. 80. Keep walking. Go on! 81. Call me Vigo the Despised or Vigo the Unholy or...ahh...uh...never mind. 82. Nobody ever listens to me. 83. Find me a child that I may live again. 84. You sniveling, pitiful, half-man. 85. Upon the splintered bones of men, I feed. 86. Be gone, peasant. 87. Get me outta here, will ya?! 88. In my grasp, your bones will turn to dust. 89. On a river of blood, I will rise. 90. The souls of men feed my rebirth. 91. Spirits call...the day of reckoning has begun. 92. Open the door so I might destroy again. 93. This city will taste my wrath again. 94. How about a little sacrifice? Not a baby, but maybe a dog or a cat? 95. The screams of the damned call for you! 96. May an army of demons devour you! 97. Come here boy! I'll wear you like pants. 98. Release me from this torment. I can make it worth your while. 99. Did you know that the human large intestine, when stretched out, will wrap around a city block? You have to get a running start. 100. Have you savored the exquisite anguish of tortured souls? Salty... 101. Pull my finger! I command you! 102. This isn't Ghostbusters. This is The Exorcist! 103. I dreamt I was in a painting with ponies. It was nice. 104. Ohh...I have an itch...ah...right...here! 105. I see the evil of the times to come. Three more far away wars will come and they will tarnish even the undisputed glory of the first three. 106. I see the evil of the times to come. No flying cars - ever! HAHAhahahaha! 107. I see the evil of the times to come. You will choose a king far more evil than myself to rule you. Twice! 108. I see the evil of the times to come. In time all music will be free, but for the cost of your soul. 109. I see the evil of the times to come. You will remember paying $1.45 for gas and will weep hot tears for yesterday. 110. I see the evil of the times to come. Millennial apocalypse! Your world unravels...maybe. Maybe not. 111. I see the evil of the times to come. The glove won't fit. 112. I see the evil of the times to come. "It" is just a scooter. 113. I see the evil of the times to come. They're all juicing. All of them! 114. Mha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

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