



Outside New York Public Library

Eerie music. Pigeons fly from the steps.



New York Public Library, reading room

ALICE pushes a cart of books.



New York Public Library, basement

ALICE brings some books down to the basement of library. As she walks along, a few books float to other shelves. When she turns around to investigate, nothing happens.

She makes some notes on a pad and passes a card catalog. The drawers slide open, spilling cards all over the place. She screams and runs.

She runs through the shelves.

Comes to what must be the ghost; she screams. Her hair blows back.

Ghostbusters logo dissolves onto screen. Music: Ghostbusters.



Columbia University

Main title pops up. Ghostbusters theme keeps playing. We see people going in and out of the building.



Corridor outside Paranormal Studies Laboratory

We hear DR. PETER VENKMAN giving the ESP test. On door: "Dr. Egon Spengler Dr. Raymond Stantz Dr. Peter Venkman Venkman burn in hell Maid please make up this room as soon as possible"



Inside lab

PETER gives ESP test to MALE STUDENT and JENNIFER. MALE STUDENT is hooked up to electrodes.



PETER

All right, I'm going to turn over the next card. I want you to concentrate. I want you to tell me what it is.

card is a star



MALE STUDENT

Square?



PETER

showing him card and shocking him

Good guess, but wrong.

holds a circle card up in front of JENNIFER

Clear your head. All right, tell me what you think it is.



JENNIFER

Is it a star?



PETER

It is a star! Very good. That's great.

holds up a square card for MALE STUDENT

All right. Think hard. What is it?



MALE STUDENT

Circle?



PETER

showing him square and shocking him

Ooh, close, but definitely wrong.

MALE STUDENT's gum shoots out of his mouth. He puts it back in and keeps chewing. PETER holds a plus sign card up for JENNIFER.

Okay. All right. Ready? What is it?

no answer

Come on.



JENNIFER

Figure eight.



PETER

pretending to be astonished

Incredible. That's five for five. You can't see these, can you?



JENNIFER

No, no.



PETER

You're not cheating me, are you?



JENNIFER

No, I swear, they're just coming to me.



PETER

to MALE STUDENT

Okay. Nervous?



MALE STUDENT

Yes... I don't like this.



PETER

Don't worry, you only have seventy-five more to go.

holds up a card with three wavy lines

Okay, what's this one?



MALE STUDENT

A couple of wavy lines.



PETER

who wants to zap him just for fun

Sorry! This isn't your lucky day!



MALE STUDENT

I know. I -

PETER reaches for the little lever. JENNIFER seems amused, so PETER winks to her. MALE STUDENT stumbles over some words before PETER zaps him.

Hey! I'm getting a little tired of this!



PETER

You volunteered, didn't you? We're paying you, aren't we?



MALE STUDENT

Yeah, but I didn't know you were giving me electric shocks! What are you trying to prove here anyway?



PETER

I'm studying the effect of negative reinforcement on ESP ability.



MALE STUDENT

The effect?! I'll tell you what the effect is! It's pissing me off!



PETER

Well, then maybe my theory is correct!



MALE STUDENT

ripping electrodes off hands

You can keep the five bucks, I've had it!

runs out of room and slams door



PETER

I will mister!

kindly, to JENNIFER

You may as well get used to that, that's the kind of resentment that your ability is going to provoke in some people.



JENNIFER

Do you think I have it, Dr. Venkman?



PETER

You're no fluke, Jennifer.

DR. RAYMOND STANTZ enters the room, all in a flurry.



RAY

grabbing stuff off shelves

This is it! This is definitely it! Did those UV lenses come in for the video camera? And that blank tape? I need it. The one you erased yesterday.



PETER

to JENNIFER

Can you excuse me for a second?



JENNIFER

Sure.

PETER runs to RAY, jumps up and smacks him on the head.



PETER

I'm right in the middle of something, Ray! Ah, I need a little more time with this subject. Could you come back in an hour, hour and a half?



RAY

Peter, at 1:40 PM at the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue, ten people witnessed a free floating, full torso, vaporous apparition. It blew books off shelves from twenty feet away and scared the socks off some poor librarian!



PETER

I'm very excited. I'm very pleased. I want you to get right down there, check it out and get back to me.



RAY

No, no.



PETER

Get right back to me...



RAY

You're coming with us on this one! Spengler went down there and took PKE valances. Went right off the top of the scale. Buried the needle! We're close on this one. I can feel it!



PETER

I can feel it. We're very, very close.

to JENNIFER

I have to go now, Jennifer, but I'd like to work with you some more. Perhaps you could come back this evening, say at -



JENNIFER

Eight o'clock?



PETER

I was just about to say eight o'clock! You are a legitimate phenomenon!



Outside New York Public Library

PETER is yelling at RAY all the way there.



PETER

As a friend I have to tell you: you've finally gone round the bend on this ghost business. You guys have been running your ass off meeting and greeting every schizo in the five boroughs who says he has a paranormal experience. What have you seen?



New York Public Library, reading room



RAY

Of course you forget, Peter, I was present at an undersea, unexplained, mass sponge migration.



PETER

Ooh, Ray, those sponges migrated about a foot and a half.

DR. EGON SPENGLER is under the table, listening to it with a stethescope. PETER runs over to him and speaks in a zombie voice.

Egon...

EGON is puzzled. PETER raps table with knuckles, then slams it with a book. EGON is starled and jumps up.



EGON

Oh, you're here.



PETER

Yeah, what have you got?



EGON

This is big, Peter. This is very big. There is definitely something here.



PETER

Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. You remember that?



EGON

That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.

LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR walks up to the three.



LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

I'm Roger Delicore. Are you the men from the university?



PETER

introducing them all

Yes. I'm Dr. Venkman. Dr. Stantz, Egon.



LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

Thank you for coming. I hope we can clear this up quickly and quietly.



PETER

Let's not rush things. We don't even know what you have yet.

They go to a smaller room. ALICE is lying on a table.



ALICE

I don't remember seeing any legs, but it definitely had arms because it reached out for me.



RAY

Arms?! I can't wait to get a look at this thing!



PETER

Alice, I'm going to ask you a few standard questions, okay? Have you or any of your family ever been diagnosed schizophrenic, mentally incompetent?



ALICE

My uncle thought he was St. Jerome.



PETER

I'd call that a big yes. Uh, are you habitually using drugs, stimulants, alcohol?



ALICE

No!



PETER

No, no. Just asking. Are you, Alice, menstruating right now?



LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

What has that got to do with it?



PETER

Back off, man. I'm a scientist.



EGON

Ray, it's moving.



New York Public Library, basement

EGON is in front, with PKE meter. RAY has a video camera. PETER is in the back, bored stiff. He starts making scary gestures at RAY. They come to a tall tower of books.



RAY

Look!



EGON

This is hot, Ray.



RAY

Symmetrical book stacking, just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.



PETER

You're right. No human being would stack books like this.



RAY

Listen!

eerie music

You smell something?

they go to a card catalog; it is slimed

Talk about telekinetic activity! Look at this mess!



EGON

Raymond, look at this.



RAY

Ectoplasmic residue.



EGON

Venkman, get a sample of this.



RAY

It's the real thing!



PETER

Somebody blows their nose and you want to keep it?



EGON

I'd like to analyze it.

As RAY and EGON continue talking, PETER scrapes slime into a dish. Gets it all over his hands. Groans and grunts. Flicks slime away. Wipes hands and feet on books.



RAY

There's more over here!



EGON

I'm getting stronger readings here, this way.



RAY

Come on.

They turn a corner. PETER gives EGON slime.



PETER

Egon, your mucus.

a bookshelf falls with a crash

This happen to you before?

RAY shakes head

Oh, first time?

RAY nods. They continue. EGON's PKE meter goes nuts. They see LIBRARY GHOST.



EGON

It's here.



RAY

A full torso apparition, and it's real.



PETER

So what do we do?

no answer

Could you come over here and talk to me for a second, please?

pulls RAY by the ear

Could you just come over here for a second, please? Right over here. Come here, Francine! Come here. What do we do?



RAY

I don't know. What do you think?

EGON starts with calculator, but PETER slaps it away



PETER

Stop that!



RAY

We've got to make contact. One of us should actually try to speak to it.



EGON

Good idea.

They look to PETER. He groans and goes to the ghost. RAY starts taking pictures.



PETER

Hello. I'm Peter. Where are you from? Originally.



LIBRARY GHOST

Ssh.



PETER

going back

All right. Okay, the usual stuff isn't working.



RAY

Okay, I have a plan. I know exactly what to do. Now stay close, stay close. I know. Do exactly as I say. Ready, ready, get her!

LIBRARY GHOST turns into a monster and scares them. They run away. Music: Cleanin' Up The Town.



Outside New York Public Library

PETER, RAY and EGON run away.



LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

Did you see it? What was it?



PETER

We'll get back to you!



LIBRARY ADMINISTRATOR

What?!



Columbia University grounds

PETER, RAY and EGON go back to the lab. PETER is laughing at RAY.



PETER

Hee, hee, hee! Get her. That was your whole plan. Get her. It was scientific.



RAY

I just got overexcited. But wasn't it incredible, Pete? I mean, we actually touched the etheric plane. You know what this could mean to the university?



PETER

Yeah, it's gonna be bigger than the microchip. Ray, I'm very excited.



EGON

working with calculator

I wouldn't say the experience was totally wasted. According to these new readings, I think we have an excellent chance of actually catching a ghost and holding it indefinitely.



RAY

Well, this is great! If this ionization rate is constant for all ectoplasmic entities, we could really bust some heads! In a spiritual sense, of course.



PETER

Spengs? You serious about this catching a ghost?



EGON

I'm always serious.



PETER

Egon, I'm gonna take back some of the things I've said about you. You... you've earned it.

gives EGON a candy bar



Their lab

Moving men cart stuff out of the room. DEAN YEAGER stands in wait. Music: I Can Wait Forever.



RAY

The possibilities are, are limitless! Hey, Dean Yeager!



PETER

I trust you're moving us to better quarters on campus.



DEAN YEAGER

No! You're being moved off campus. The board of regents has decided to terminate your grant. You are to vacate these premises immediately.



PETER

This is preposterous. I demand an explanation.



DEAN YEAGER

Fine. The university will no longer continue any funding of any kind for your group's activities.



PETER

But the kids love us!



DEAN YEAGER

Dr. Venkman, we believe that the purpose of science is to serve mankind. You, however, seem to regard science as some kind of dodge or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy and your conclusions are highly questionable. You, Dr. Venkman, are a poor scientist.



PETER

I see.



DEAN YEAGER

And you have no place in this department or in this university.



Outside Columbia University

RAY is worriedly pacing. PETER is relaxing with a bottle.



RAY

This is a major disgrace. Forget MIT or Stanford now. They wouldn't touch us with a ten-meter cattle-prod.



PETER

You're always so concerned about your reputation. Einstein did his best stuff when he was working as a patent clerk!



RAY

You know how much a patent clerk earns?



PETER

No!



RAY

Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities. We didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college. You don't know what it's like out there. I've worked in the private sector. They expect results.



PETER

For whatever reasons, Ray, call it fate. Call it luck. Call it karma. I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown out of this dump.



RAY

For what purpose?



PETER

To go into business for ourselves.

Offers RAY a drink. RAY drinks.



RAY

This ecto-containment system that Spengler and I have in mind is going to require a load of bread to capitalize. Where are we going to get the money?



PETER

I don't know.

drinks

I don't know.





Outside Manhattan City Bank

The three come out of the bank. Fanfare.



PETER

You're never going to regret this, Ray!



RAY

My parents left me that house! I was born there!



PETER

You're not going to lose the house. Everybody has three mortgages nowadays.



RAY

But at nineteen percent! You didn't even bargain with the guy!



EGON

flashing a calculator

Ray, for your information, the interest rate alone for the first five years comes to $95,000.



PETER

Will you guys relax? We are on the threshold of establishing the indispensable defense science of the next decade. Professional paranormal investigations and eliminations. The franchise rights alone will make us rich beyond our wildest dreams.



Outside Hook and Ladder No. 8

The building's windows are whitewashed. We hear REAL ESTATE AGENT talking.



Inside Hook and Ladder No. 8

REAL ESTATE WOMAN shows PETER and EGON the fire house.



REAL ESTATE WOMAN

There's office space, sleeping quarters and showers on the next floor and a full kitchen on the top left.



PETER

It just seems a little pricey for a unique fixer-upper opportunity, that's all. What do you think, Egon?



EGON

I think this building should be condemned. There's serious metal fatigue in all the load-bearing members, the wiring is substandard, it's completely inadequate for our power needs, and the neighborhood is like a demilitarized zone.



RAY

calling to them from upstairs

Hey! Does this pole still work?

slides down the fire pole

Wow! This place is great! When can we move in? You've got to try this pole! I'm gonna get my stuff.

runs up stairs

Hey, we should stay here tonight. Sleep here! You know, to try it out!



PETER

I think we'll take it.



REAL ESTATE WOMAN

Good.



Outside Ivo Shandor Building

The building is huge and grandiose. Ominous music. Show the terror dog statues on the roof. DANA BARRETT gets out of a taxi and enters the building.



Inside Shandor Building

DANA gets off the elevator. Sees a neighbor.



DANA

Oh, hi.

LOUIS TULLY pops out of his apartment



LOUIS

Oh, Dana, it's you!



DANA

Oh, hi, yes Louis, it's me.



LOUIS

I thought it was the drugstore.



DANA

Oh, are you sick?



LOUIS

Oh! No, no, I'm fine, I feel great! Just ordered some more vitamins and stuff. I was just exercising. I taped a 20-minute workout and played it back at high speed on my machine so it only took ten minutes. I got a great workout.



DANA

Good.



LOUIS

You wanna come in for a mineral water or something?



DANA

Oh, I'd really like to, Louis, but I have to go rehearsal now. Excuse me.



LOUIS

No sweat, I'll take a rain check on that. I always have plenty of low sodium mineral water and other nutritious foods in the house. But you already know that.



DANA

Yeah, I know that.



LOUIS

Listen, that reminds me, I'm having a big party for all my clients, my fourth anniversary as an accountant, you know, and even though you do your own tax return, which you shouldn't do, I'd like you to stop by, being that you're my neighbor and all -



DANA

cutting him off

Well, thank you, Louis, I'll really try to stop by.



LOUIS

Listen, that reminds me, you shouldn't leave your TV on so loud when you go out. The creep down the hall phoned the manager.



DANA

That's strange, I didn't realize I'd left it on.



LOUIS

Well, yeah, you know what I did? I climbed on the ledge and tried to disconnect the cable, but I couldn't get in, so you know what I did? I turned my TV up real loud too so everyone would think all our TVs had something wrong with them -



DANA

closing her door on him

Bye, Louis.



LOUIS

Okay, so I'll see you later, huh?! I'll give you a call! I'm going to go have a shower.

tries to open his door, but he's locked himself out



DANA's living room

DANA watches an ad on TV. In the ad: PETER, RAY and EGON stand outside the fire house wearing long blue coats and talk to the camera.



RAY

Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night?



EGON

Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?



PETER

Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter or ghost?



RAY

If the answer is yes, then don't wait another minute. Pick up your phone and call the professionals.



PETER, RAY, EGON

Ghostbusters!



RAY

Our courteous and efficient staff is on call twenty-four hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs.



PETER, RAY, EGON

We're ready to believe you!

Message flashes on screen: "GHOSTBUSTERS 555-2368".

DANA turns off TV.



DANA's kitchen

DANA lays some groceries out on the table. She turns around. Eggs tremble, leap out of their shells and cook on counter. Growling noise from fridge. DANA opens fridge.

The spirit world appears in front of her. A terror dog, ZUUL, jumps out in front of her.



ZUUL

roaring

Zuul!

DANA closes fridge, screaming



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

PETER watches Marty put up a sign, reading "GHOSTBUSTERS" in small type.



PETER

You don't think it's too subtle, Marty? You don't think people are going to drive down and not see the sign?

Marty shakes head. Dark blue hearse drives up.

You can't park that here!



RAY

getting out of car

Everybody can relax, I found the car! Needs some suspension work; and shocks, and brakes, brake pads, lining, steering box, transmission, rear end -



PETER

How much?



RAY

as PETER groans

Only forty-eight hundred. And maybe new rings, also mufflers, a little wiring...



Inside Ghostbusters HQ

The secretary, JANINE MELNITZ, sits at her desk reading a magazine. PETER comes up.



PETER

Janine! Any calls?



JANINE

No.



PETER

Any messages?



JANINE

No.



PETER

Any customers?



JANINE

No, Dr. Venkman.



PETER

It's a good job, isn't it? Type something, will you? We're paying you for this stuff!... Don't stare at me, you got them bug eyes... Janine! Sorry about the bug eyes thing. I'll be in my office.

PETER goes off. EGON pops up out from under JANINE's desk.



JANINE

You're very handy. I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too.



EGON

Print is dead.



JANINE

Oh, that's very fascinating to me. I read a lot myself. Some people think I'm too intellectual, but I think it's a fabulous way to spend your spare time. I also play racquetball. Do you have any hobbies?



EGON

I collect spores, molds and fungus.

DANA enters



DANA

Hello?

goes to JANINE

Oh. Excuse me. This, this is the Ghostbusters' office?



JANINE

filing nails

Yes, it is. Can I help you?



DANA

I don't have an appointment. I'd like to talk to someone, please.



PETER

bolting out of his office

I'm Peter Venkman. May I help you?



DANA

Well, I don't know. What I'm about to say may sound a little unusual.



PETER

Oh, that's all we get day in, day out around this place. Come into my office, Miss -



DANA

Barrett, Dana Barrett.



Lab in fire house

DANA is hooked up to a machine. As she talks, PETER, RAY and EGON watch a monitor which turns her head different colors.



DANA

And this voice said "Zuul". And then I slammed the refrigerator door and I left. That was two days ago, and I haven't been back to my apartment.



PETER

Generally you don't see that kind of behavior in a major appliance. What do you think it was?



DANA

Well, if I knew what it was I wouldn't be here.



PETER

Egon, what do you think?



EGON

shining a head lamp in PETER's eyes

She's telling the truth. At least, she thinks she is.



DANA

Well, of course I'm telling the truth! Who would make up a story like that?



PETER

Some are people who just want attention. Others, just nutballs who come in off the street.



RAY

You know what it could be? Past-life experience intruding on present time.



EGON

Could be erased memories stored in the collective unconscious. I wouldn't rule out clairvoyance or telepathic contact, either.



DANA

I'm sorry, I don't believe in any of those things.



PETER

Well, that's all right. I don't either. But there are some things we do. Standard procedures we carry out in a case like this which often bring us results.



RAY

Well, I could go down to the hall of records and check out the structural details in the building. Maybe the building itself has a history of psychic turbulence.



PETER

nodding

Right, go do that.



EGON

I could look for the name Zuul in the usual literature.



RAY

Spates Catalog.



EGON

Tobin's Spirit Guide.



RAY

Yeah.



PETER

Tell you what. I'll take Miss Barrett back to her apartment and check her out - I'll go check out Miss Barrett's apartment, okay?

knows he's said the wrong thing; groans to himself



DANA

Okay, thank you.



DANA's living room

PETER and DANA enter.



PETER

Let me. If something's gonna happen here I want it to happen to me first.

Opens a few closet doors. Nothing happens.



DANA

The closet.

PETER goes to the piano. Plays the two highest notes over and over.



PETER

They hate this. I like to torture them. That's right, boys. It's Dr. Venkman!

works a tool

A lot of space. Just you?



DANA

Yes.



PETER

Good.



DANA

What is that thing you're doing?



PETER

It's technical. It's one of our little toys.



DANA

I see. That's the bedroom, but nothing ever happened in there.



PETER

What a crime.



DANA

You know, you don't act like a scientist.



PETER

They're usually pretty stiff.



DANA

You're more like a game show host.

The words sting PETER.



PETER

That's the kitchen, huh?



DANA's kitchen



PETER

Dana, are these the eggs?



DANA

Yes, see, I was over there, and the eggs just jumped right out of their shells and started to cook right on the counter.



PETER

That is weird.



DANA

And that's when I to hear that awful noise from the refrigerator.

PETER starts using his tool again

Dr. Venkman, you've come all this way. Would you like to examine the refrigerator?



PETER

I'll check the fridge. Good call. Oh, my God!

DANA is worried

Look at all the junk food!



DANA

No, God damn it! Look, this wasn't here.



PETER

You actually eat this stuff?



DANA

Look! This wasn't here! There was nothing here! There was a space, and there was a building or something with flames coming out of it, and creatures riding around and they were growling and snarling! And there were flames! And I heard a voice say Zuul! It was right here!



PETER

I'm sorry, I'm just not getting any reading.



DANA

Well, are you sure you're using that thing correctly?



PETER

Well, I think so. But I'm sure there are no animals in there.



DANA

Well, that's great. Either there's a monster in my kitchen or I'm completely crazy.



PETER

I don't think you're crazy.



DANA

sarcastically

Good, that makes me feel so much better.



DANA's living room



PETER

Let me tell you something about myself. I come home from work to my place and all I have is my work. There's nothing else in my life!



DANA

Dr. Venkman -



PETER

I meet you, and I say, my God, there's someone with the same problem I have!



DANA

Yes. We both have the same problem. You!



PETER

I'm gonna go for broke. I am madly in love with you.



DANA

I don't believe this. Will you please leave?



PETER

to an invisible audience

And then she threw me out of her life. She thought I was a creep, she thought I was a geek and she probably wasn't the first...



DANA

You are so odd... No.



PETER

turning around

I've got it!



DANA

No, no, no, no, no.



PETER

I'll prove myself to you!



DANA

guiding him out

That's not necessary.



PETER

Yeah. I'll solve your little problem.



DANA

Okay...



PETER

And then you'll say, "Pete Venkman's a guy who can get things done!"



DANA

Right.



PETER

"I wonder what makes him tick!"



DANA

I wonder!



PETER

"I wonder if he'd be interested in knowing what makes me tick?"



DANA

Right!



PETER

I bet you're going to be thinking about me after I'm gone.



DANA

I bet I am!

Pushes him out the door. He sticks his face back in.



PETER

No kiss?

pushes his face out door and slams it shut



Corridor

LOUIS comes out, then tries to go back in, but he's locked himself out. PETER leaves.



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

Night.



Inside Ghostbusters HQ; upstairs

The Ghostbusters dine on takeout Chinese. Music: In The Name Of Love.



PETER

To our first customer.



RAY

To our first and only customer.

They toast with soda cans.



PETER

I got to take out some petty cash. We should take her out to dinner. We don't want to lose her.



RAY

Uh, this magnificent feast here represents the last of the petty cash.



PETER

Slow down. Chew your food.



By JANINE's desk

Phone rings.



JANINE

Hello, Ghostbusters. Yes, of course they're serious. - You do? You have? No kidding?... Uh-huh. Well, just give me the address. Yes, of course. Oh, they'll be totally discreet. Thank you.

hangs up

We got one!

slams down alarm bell



Upstairs



RAY

It's a call!

Music: Cleanin' Up The Town. They slide down the fire pole.



Downstairs

They slide down the fire pole and suit up.



RAY

Come on!



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

Ecto-1 drives off wildly.



Outside Sedgewick Hotel

Ecto-1 drives up. Close-up on Ghostbusters logo.



Lobby of Sedgewick Hotel

The Ghostbusters enter.



PETER

Hey, anybody seen a ghost?

A pretty lady goes by. They all stare appreciatively.



HOTEL MANAGER

Thank you for coming so quickly! The guests are starting to ask questions and I'm running out of excuses.



RAY

Has it happened before?



HOTEL MANAGER

Well, most of the original staff knows about the twelfth floor; the disturbances, I mean. But it's been quiet for years! Up until two weeks ago. It was never, ever this bad, though!



EGON

Did you ever report it to anyone?



HOTEL MANAGER

Heavens! No!



PETER

Oh, no. You kidding?



HOTEL MANAGER

The owners don't even like us to talk about it. I hope we can take care of this. Quietly! Tonight!



RAY

Yes sir, don't worry. We handle this kind of thing all the time!

they go up to an elevator



MAN AT ELEVATOR

What are you supposed to be, some kind of a cosmonaut?



PETER

No, we're exterminators. Someone saw a cockroach up on twelve.



MAN AT ELEVATOR

That's gotta be some cockroach.



PETER

Bite your head off, man.

elevator arrives



RAY

Going up?



MAN AT ELEVATOR

I'll take the next one.



Elevator



RAY

You know, it just occurred to me, we haven't had a completely successful test of this equipment.



EGON

I blame myself.



PETER

So do I.



RAY

No sense worrying about it now.



PETER

Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.



RAY

Yep. Let's get ready. Switch me on!

EGON charges RAY's proton pack, then backs away



Twelth floor

The Ghostbusters exit the elevator. EGON charges his proton pack.



RAY

Come on.

CHAMBERMAID enters. RAY and EGON shout and blast her cart with proton beams.



PETER

Hold it!



CHAMBERMAID

What the hell are you doing?



EGON

Sorry.



PETER

Sorry.



RAY

I'm sorry.



PETER

We thought you were someone else. Successful test.



RAY

I guess so. I think we'd better split up.



EGON

Good idea.



PETER

Yeah, we can do more damage that way.

EGON goes down a hallway, with his PKE meter.

RAY walks around, smoking. Sees Slimer pigging out at a room service cart. Is shocked. Cigarette falls out of his mouth.



RAY

Venkman! Venkman! Ugh... disgusting blob! I'm going to have to hold it myself...

Charges pack, aims and fires. Startles Slimer. He flies through the wall. Cart smashes a table and a vase.

EGON pokes a man to see if he's a ghost.

PETER sees Slimer. Talks into walkie-talkie.



PETER

Come in, Ray.



RAY

unhooking walkie-talkie

Venkman! I saw it! I saw it! I saw it!



PETER

It's right here, Ray. It's looking at me.



RAY

voice over walkie-talkie

He's an ugly little spud, isn't he?



PETER

I think he can hear you, Ray.



RAY

voice over walkie-talkie

Don't move. It won't hurt you.

Slimer flies towards PETER. PETER screams and covers face. RAY runs to help.

Venkman! Venkman! Pete!

RAY arrives. Slimer is gone. PETER is dripping in slime.

Venkman! What happened? Are you okay?



PETER

spitting out slime

He slimed me.



RAY

That's great! Actual physical contact! Can you move?



EGON

voice over walkie-talkie

Ray? Ray! Come in please!



PETER

I feel so funky.



RAY

Spengler! I'm with Venkman! He got slimed!



EGON

That's great, Ray! Save some for me! Get down here right away. It just went into a ballroom!



Lobby

RAY talks to HOTEL MANAGER regarding the bust.



RAY

Okay, sir. If you and your staff will just wait out here, we'll take care of it.



Ballroom

The Ghostbusters hide under a table. RAY scans with his ecto-goggles and sees Slimer near a chandilier.



RAY

There it is, on the ceiling.



PETER

That's the one that got me.

they come out from under table



RAY

All right, boys. Ready? Throw it!

They fire. Slimer flies away. The chandilier falls on a table and smashes.



Lobby

HOTEL MANAGER is worried. He tries to open door. Finds it locked.



Ballroom



RAY

I did that! I did that! That's my fault!



PETER

That's okay. The table broke the fall.



EGON

There's something very important I forgot to tell you.



PETER

What?



EGON

Don't cross the streams.



PETER

Why?



EGON

It would be bad.



PETER

I'm fuzzy on the whole good-bad thing. What do you mean, bad?



EGON

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.



RAY

Total protonic reversal.



PETER

All right, that's bad, okay. Important safety tip, don't cross the streams. Thanks, Egon. All right. Ray, take the left. Egon, take the right. Okay, Ray. Give me one eye on the outside... Ray!

RAY fires. Slimer screams and flies away.

Egon!

EGON fires. Destroys crystal glasses, a layer cake, etc. Slimer flies behind a bar. EGON fires. Keeps firing even after Slimer flies away.

Okay, all right, hold it! Hold it! Hold it! Whoa! Nice shooting, Tex!

Slimer hides at the ceiling



Lobby



HOTEL MANAGER

I assure you, Mrs. Van Hoffman, there is nothing wrong with the room. It will be ready promptly, in time, as soon as your guests are with us.



Ballroom



RAY

The last throw took something out of him, but he's gonna move! I need some; I need some room to put the trap down. Give me some room.

EGON chucks a table



Lobby



HOTEL MANAGER

to MRS. VAN HOFFMAN

If you'll excuse me, please.

sends a bellhop to get security



Ballroom



RAY

We gotta get this in the clear!



PETER

Wait, wait! I always wanted to do this.

pulls tablecloth out from under table, knocking everything but flowers over

And the flowers are still standing!

RAY sends out the trap



RAY

Okay, on my go signal. Spengler, I want a confinement stream from you. Okay? Go!

EGON fires and hits Slimer

Okay, hold him up there. He's gonna move. Hold him up. Go!

PETER fires and hits



EGON

It's working, Ray!



RAY

Start bringing him down. Start bringing him down. You got him. Don't cross the streams.



PETER

Maybe now you'll never slime a guy with a positron collider, huh?



EGON

Venkman, shorten your stream! I don't want my face burned off!



RAY

All right. I'm opening the trap now; don't look directly into the trap!

opens trap



EGON

his eyes widening

I looked at the trap, Ray.



RAY

Bring your streams off as soon as I close the trap. Get ready. I'm closing it, now!

Closes trap. PETER and EGON stop firing and look away. Slimer is sucked into trap. The Ghostbusters look at it, keeping their guns pointed at it.



EGON

shoving trap with foot; makes blue lightning

It's in there.



PETER

to Slimer

Hey!



RAY

Well, that wasn't such a chore, now, was it?



Lobby

A crowd has gathered.



HOTEL MANAGER

Mr. Smith, quickly. I want that door open now! Stand over there!



PETER

We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!



HOTEL MANAGER

Did you see it? What is it?



RAY

We got it!



HOTEL MANAGER

What is it? Will there be any more of them?



RAY

Sir, what you have there is what we refer to as a focused, non-terminal repeating phantasm, or a Class Five full roaming vapor. Real nasty one, too!



PETER

Now, Let's talk seriously, now. For the entrapment, we're gonna have to ask you for four big ones. Four thousand dollars for that. But we are having a special this week on proton charging and storage of the beast, and that's only going to come to one thousand dollars, fortunately.



HOTEL MANAGER

Five thousand dollars? I had no idea it would be so much. I won't pay it.



PETER

Well, that's all right! We can just put it right back in there.



RAY

We certainly can, Dr. Venkman.



HOTEL MANAGER

No, no, no, no! All right! I'll pay anything!



PETER

Thanks so much.



RAY

Thank you! Hope we can help you again! All right, coming through! Watch out! Class Five full roaming vapor! Watch out!

Begin musical montage. Music: Ghostbusters.



An apartment

A woman does crunches while ROGER GRIMSBY gives the news.



ROGER GRIMSBY

Good evening, I'm Roger Grimsby. Today the entire eastern seaboard is alive with talk of incidents of paranormal activity. Alleged ghost sightings and related supernatural occurrences have been reported across the entire tri-state area.



New York City street



JOE FRANKLIN

Well, everybody's heard ghost stories around the campfire. Heck, my grandma used to spin yarns about a spectral locomotive that would rocket past the farm where she grew up! But now, as if some unperceived authority...



Ghostbusters HQ; bedroom

Alarm bell rings. PETER, RAY and EGON run out, still in their sleeping clothes. USA Today wipes to:



Street

Ecto-1 rushes past. New York Post wipes to:



Outside Chinese restaurant

A Chinese man gives PETER and RAY some free Peking duck. They bow in thanks.



Outside a building

RAY wields a trap.



RAY

Stand aside please!



A street

Ecto-1 drives up. We hear LARRY KING talking. Time wipes to:



LARRY KING's studio



LARRY KING

Hi, this is Larry King. The phone-in topic today: ghosts and ghostbusting. The controversy builds, more sightings are reported. Some maintain these professional paranormal eliminators in New York are the cause of it all.



Rockefeller Center

PETER, RAY and EGON run along. Omni wipes to:



Outside a building

EGON comes out, with a trap.



EGON

I got it! Pete? Ray!



Outside yet another building

PETER, RAY and EGON triumphantly exit to a cheering crowd. RAY waves trap. Atlantic Monthly wipes to:



A street

The Ghostbusters run down, brandishing proton guns. CASEY KASEM talks. His broadcast runs into the next scene.



CASEY KASEM

Still making headlines all across the country, the Ghostbusters are at it again, this time at the fashionable dance club, The Rose. The boys in gray slugged it out with a pretty pesky poltergeist, then stayed on to dance the night away with some of the lovely ladies who witnessed the disturbance. This is Casey Kasem! Now on with the countdown.



DANA's kitchen

DANA listens to CASEY KASEM. Laughs and sips champagne.



A building



PETER

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week! No job is too big! No fee is too big!



Ghostbusters HQ; JANINE's desk



JANINE

on phone

Is it just a mist, or does it have arms and legs?



An apartment

A woman watches the news as she strings her cello.



TV REPORTER

to RAY

As they say in TV, I'm sure there's one big question on everybody's mind and I imagine you are the man to answer it. How is Elvis? And have you seen him lately?

Globe wipes to:



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

Ecto-1 drives up. Two people ask the tired PETER for autographs.



Ghostbusters HQ; bedroom

The Ghostbusters sleep. Swirl to dream sequence with dream music.



RAY's dream

RAY lies in bed. DREAM GHOST hovers above him and vanishes. Then she disappears. An unseen force unbuckles his belt and unzips his pants. His eyes cross and his head knocks back in pleasure overload.



Ghostbusters HQ; bedroom

RAY falls out of bed.



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

WINSTON ZEDDEMORE, bearing a newspaper ad, looks up at the Ghostbusters logo sign. Wind down Ghostbusters theme.



JANINE's desk

JANINE interviews WINSTON over the job.



JANINE

Do you believe in UFOs, astral projection, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trans-mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?



WINSTON

If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.

A tired PETER and RAY enter.



RAY

Boy, I've gotta get some sleep. I'm dying.



PETER

You don't look good.



RAY

I don't?



PETER

You've looked better. You didn't used to look like this.

to JANINE

Here's the paper for the woman out in Brooklyn. She paid with Visa.



JANINE

Here's tonight's worksheet.



RAY

Oh, great! Two more free repeaters.



JANINE

This is Winston Zeddemore. He's here about the job.



RAY

Beautiful. You're hired. Ray Stantz, Pete Venkman. Congratulations. Can you help me, please?

gives WINSTON some traps

Welcome aboard!



Outside Carnegie Hall

DANA and VIOLINIST exit the building.



DANA

I don't know where they get these guest conductors. Someone should tell him that it's not going to do much good to scream at us in German.



VIOLINIST

Well, I don't think the man is competent to conduct a major symphony orchestra.

DANA sees PETER



DANA

Um, could you wait here a minute?



VIOLINIST

Uh, sure.



DANA

going to PETER

Dr. Venkman, this is a surprise.



PETER

That was a wonderful rehearsal.



DANA

You heard that?



PETER

Yes. You're the best one in your row.



DANA

Oh, thank you. You're good. Most people can't hear me with the whole orchestra playing.



PETER

Hey, I don't have to take this abuse from you. I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me.



DANA

I know. You're a big celebrity now. Do you have some information on my case?



PETER

indicating VIOLINIST

Who's the stiff?



DANA

The stiff happens to be one of the finest musicians in the world! Now do you have some information for me, please?



PETER

Sure, but I'd prefer to give it to you in private.



DANA

Why don't you tell me now?



PETER

Well, okay. I found the name Zuul for you. The name Zuul refers to a demi-god worshipped around 6000 BC by the - what's that word?



DANA

Hittites.



PETER

Hittites, the Mesopotamians and the Sumerians.



DANA

reading PETER's notes

Zuul was the minion of Gozer. What's Gozer?



PETER

Gozer was very big in Sumeria. Big guy.



DANA

Well, what's he doing in my icebox?



PETER

I'm working on that. If we could get together Thursday night, I'm thinking nine-ish, you know, we could exchange information.



DANA

I can't see you Thursday, I'm busy!



PETER

Miss Barrett, you seem to think there is something wrong up here in your mind that says: he enjoys taking his evenings off and spending them with his clients. No. I'm making a special exception in your case. Because... I respect you. It's corny but I respect you as artist. And as a dresser, too! This is a magnificent coordination you have going here today.



DANA

All right. I'll see you Thursday.



PETER

I'll bring The Roylance Guide and we'll eat and read!

DANA and VIOLINIST walk off



VIOLINIST

So! Who the hell was that?



DANA

Just a friend.



VIOLINIST

A friend?



DANA

An old friend.



PETER

Right, I'll see you Thursday! I'm sorry I didn't get to meet you, sir! And I'm glad you're feeling much better. You're still very pale, though! A little sun...



VIOLINIST

What's he do?



DANA

Oh, he's a scientist.

PETER spins around as upbeat music plays



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

We see the building as the music winds down.



Ghostbusters HQ; basement

RAY shows WINSTON ecto-containment unit.



RAY

This is where we put all the vapors and entities and slimers that we trap. Quite simple, really. Load a trap here, open, unlock the system. Insert the trap, release, close, lock the system. Set your entry grid, neutralize your field andÉ the light is green, the trap is clean. The ghost is incarcerated here in a custom-made storage facility.



JANINE's desk



JANINE

There's a man from the EPA here to see you. He's waiting in your office.



PETER

EPA? What's he want?



JANINE

I don't know. All I do know is that I've been working two weeks without a break and you promised me you'd hire more help.



PETER

Janine, someone with your qualifications would have no trouble finding a top-flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries. You gonna answer that?



JANINE

I've quit better jobs than this.

picks up phone

Ghostbusters! What do you want?!



PETER's office

WALTER PECK stands in wait.



PETER

Can I help you?



PECK

I'm Walter Peck. I represent the Environmental Protection Agency, the third district.



PETER

Great! How's it going down there?

slaps PECK on back



PECK

Are you Peter Venkman?



PETER

Yes, I'm Dr. Venkman.



PECK

Exactly what are you a doctor of, Mr. Venkman?



PETER

Well, I have PhD's in parapsychology and psychology.



PECK

I see. And now you catch ghosts?



PETER

Yeah, you could say that.



PECK

And how many ghosts have you caught, Mr. Venkman?



PETER

I'm not at liberty to say.



PECK

And where do you put these ghosts, once you catch them?



PETER

In a storage facility.



PECK

And would this storage facility be located on these premises?



PETER

Yes.



PECK

And may I see this storage facility?



PETER

No.



PECK

And why not, Mr. Venkman?



PETER

Because you did not use the magic word.



PECK

What is the magic word, Mr. Venkman?



PETER

Please!



PECK

May I please see the storage facility?



PETER

Why do you want to see the storage facility?



PECK

Well, because I'm curious. I want to know more about what you do here! Frankly, there have been a lot of wild stories in the media and we want to assess for any possible environmental impact from your operation! For instance, the presence of noxious, possibly hazardous waste chemicals in your basement! Now you either show me what is down there or I come back with a court order.



PETER

You go get a court order! And I'll sue your ass for wrongful prosecution.



PECK

You can have it your way, Mr. Venkman.



Basement



EGON

I'm worried, Ray. It's getting crowded in there. And all my recent data points to something big on the horizon.



WINSTON

What do you mean, big?



EGON

Well. Let's say this Twinkie represents the normal amount of psychokinetic energy in the New York area. According this morning's sample, it would be a Twinkie thirty-five feet long weighing approximately six hundred pounds.

RAY coughs violently



WINSTON

That's a big Twinkie.

EGON nods and eats his Twinkie.



RAY

We could be on the verge of a fourfold crossrip! A PKE surge of incredible, even dangerous proportions!



PETER

coming down stairs

We just had a visit from the Environmental Protection Agency. How's the grid holding up?



RAY

Not good.



WINSTON

Tell him about the Twinkie.



PETER

What about the Twinkie?



Ivo Shandor Building

Lightning strikes the huge building.

The terror dog statues on the roof begin to crumble, revealing the real terror dogs inside.



On floor 22

DANA gets off the elevator. She passes LOUIS's apartment. Tries to sneak by quietly, but LOUIS runs out to greet her. Music: Hot Night.



LOUIS

Oh, Dana, it's you!



DANA

Hello, Louis.



LOUIS

You gotta come in here! You're missing a classic party!



DANA

Yes, well, I would, Louis. But I have a date.



LOUIS

disappointed

You made a date tonight?



DANA

Well, I'm sorry, Louis. I forgot.



LOUIS

Well, that's okay. You can bring him along!



DANA

All right, maybe we'll stop by. Okay?

goes into apartment



LOUIS

That's great, I'll tell everybody you're coming. We're gonna play Twister and we're gonna do some break dancing. Hey, everybody -

can't open door; has locked himself out... again

Hey, let me in! It's Louis, somebody let me in!



DANA's living room

DANA starts to change. Phone rings.



DANA

Hello? Oh, hi Mom. - I've been busy. - No, everything is fine. Just that one time. - I will. - I won't. - Mom, I have to go. I have a date. - Yes. - No, no one you know. It's, um- Well, he's a Ghostbuster. Those guys on TV. - Yes, well, I'll have to let you know. Love to Dad. Right. Bye. - Bye!

Hangs up. Growling noise.

Oh shit.

Claw from her chair grabs her. Another shuts her mouth. She screams and screams. Chair swivels around. Door opens. A terror dog growls at her. Chair rushes out the door.



Ivo Shandor Building; roof

Terror dog statues are crumbled.



LOUIS's apartment

Music: Disco Inferno.



WOMAN AT PARTY

Do you have any Excedrin or Extra Strength Tylenol?



LOUIS

Gee, I think all I got is this cedacelacytic acid. Generic. See, I can get six hundred tablets of that for the same price as three hundred of the name brand. Makes good financial sense. Good advice. Hey, this is real smoked salmon from Nova Scotia, Canada, $24.95 a pound. It only cost me $14.12 after tax, though. I'm giving this whole thing as a promotional expense. That's why I invited clients instead of friends. You having a good time, Marv? How ya doing? Why don't you have some of the Brie? It's at room temperature! You think it's too warm in here for the Brie?



TALL WOMAN AT PARTY

Louis, I'm going home.



LOUIS

Oh, don't leave yet. Listen, maybe if we start dancing, other people will join in.



TALL WOMAN AT PARTY

Okay!

They dance. Doorbell rings.



LOUIS

Oh, don't move. I just gotta get the door.

opens door to reveal TED FLEMING and ANNETTE FLEMING

Ted! Annette! Hi! How you doing? Give me your coats. Everybody, this is Ted and Annette Fleming. Ted has a small carpet-cleaning business in receivership, and that's drawing a salary from a deferred bonus from two years ago. They've got fifteen thousand left on the house at 8%; so they're okay!

throws coats into closet on top of a terror dog

So, does anybody want to play Parcheesi?

growling

Okay! Who brought the dog?

Terror dog jumps out. Party guests scream. TALL WOMAN AT PARTY jumps out window. LOUIS runs away.



Corridor

Terror dog smashes through door. LOUIS runs into elevator. LOUIS'S NEIGHBOR leaves her apartment. Sees terror dog, yells and runs back in.



Outside Ivo Shandor Building



LOUIS

running

Help! There's a bear loose in my apartment! Help, help! Help!

jumps over a wall



DOORMAN

A bear in his apartment?

terror dog runs out, knocks DOORMAN over and jumps over wall



Tavern-on-the-Green

LOUIS runs.



LOUIS

I'm going to bring this up at the next tenant's meeting. There's not supposed to be any pets in the building.

bangs on windows

There's gotta be in a way in. Somebody let me in!

keeps screaming, then turns to face terror dog

Nice doggie. Cute little pooch. Maybe I got a Milk-Bone...

Terror dog growls. LOUIS screams. Restaurant guests are quiet for a couple of seconds, then resume normal conversation.



Outside Ivo Shandor Building



PETER

What happened?



POLICE CAPTAIN

Some moron brought a cougar to a party and it went berserk.



PETER

to DOORMAN

Hi, I'm going up to Dana Barrett's.

DOORMAN shows him in



Floor 22

Police question partygoers about LOUIS.



PARTY GUESTS

T, u, l, l, y.

No!

He ran out!

PETER knocks on DANA's door.



PETER

Hello?

DANA has become ZUUL. Eerie music plays. She has wild hair and a bright orange dress.

That's a different look for you, isn't it?



DANA

Are you the Keymaster?



PETER

Not that I know of.

She slams door in his face. He knocks again.



DANA

Are you the Keymaster?



PETER

Yes.



Inside DANA's apartment



PETER

I'm a friend of his. He told me to meet him here. I didn't get your name.



DANA

I am Zuul. I am the Gatekeeper.



PETER

What are we doing today, Zuul?



DANA

We must prepare for the coming of Gozer.



PETER

Gozer, huh?



DANA

The Destructor.



PETER

Are we still going out? You know, you could pick up the place if you're expecting someone.



DANA

flops on bed, writhing up and down

Do you want this body?



PETER

Is this a trick question? I guess the roses worked, huh.



DANA

Take me now, subcreature.



PETER

We never talk any more.

DANA grabs him and pulls him down

I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people. Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule.

she rolls them over



DANA

I want you inside me.



PETER

Go ahead! No, I can't, sounds like you've already got at least two people in there already.

breaks free

Might a little crowded. Now, why don't you quit trying to upset and disturb Dr. Venkman and just relax. Lie down there, relax. Put your hands on your chest. Yes. What I'd like to do is talk to Dana. I wanna talk to Dana. Dana? It's Peter.



DANA

There is no Dana. There is only Zuul.



PETER

Whoa, Zuulie you nut. Now come on. Come on. I want to talk to Dana. Dana, Dana. Relax, come on. Dana, Dana. Can I talk to Dana?

DANA smiles a vicious smile. The voice of ZUUL eminates from her.



ZUUL

There is no Dana, only Zuul!



PETER

What a lovely singing voice you must have. Now I'm going to count to three, Zuulie, and if I don't get to hear Dana, there's going to be some real trouble in this apartment, I think. One! Two!

DANA's eyes flutter and turn white

Two and a half!

The voice of ZUUL screams. DANA rises above the bed.

Please come down.

ZUUL roars



Central Park

LOUIS has become Vinz Clortho. He runs around talking to himself.



LOUIS

I am the Keymaster! The Destructor will come, the Traveler! The Destroyer! Gatekeeper!

approaches a horse on a wagon

I am Vinz. Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer, Volguus Zildrohar, Lord of the Sebouillia. Are you the Gatekeeper?



COACHMAN

Hey, he pulls the wagon, I make the deals. You wanna ride?

LOUIS's eyes flare red. He talks to the horse again.



LOUIS

Wait for the sign, and our prisoners will be released.

running away

You will perish in flame! Soon as I find the Gatekeeper!



COACHMAN

What an asshole.



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

POLICE CAPTAIN knocks on door. JANINE answers.



JANINE

Dropping off or picking up?



POLICE CAPTAIN

Dropping off.



JANINE

Just a moment.

EGON comes out with JANINE



POLICE CAPTAIN

You a Ghostbuster?



EGON

Yes.



POLICE CAPTAIN

We picked up this guy, now we don't know what to do with him. Bellevue doesn't want him and I'm afraid to put him in the lock-up. And I know you guys are into this stuff, so I figured we'd check with you.



EGON

All right.

LOUIS is in the van in a straight jacket.



LOUIS

Are you the Gatekeeper?

EGON runs a PKE meter over LOUIS and watches the readings climb



EGON

You'd better bring him inside.



JANINE

You are so kind to take care of that poor man. You know, you're a real humanitarian.



EGON

I don't think he's human.



Ghostbusters HQ lab



EGON

What'd you say your name was?



LOUIS

Vinz Clortho, Keymaster of Gozer.



JANINE

looking at LOUIS's wallet

Well, according to this, his name's Louis Tully. Lives on Central Park West. Do you want some coffee, Mr. Tully?



LOUIS

Do I?



EGON

Yes, have some.



LOUIS

Yes, have some.



EGON

Vinz, you said before you were waiting for a sign. What sign are you waiting for?



LOUIS

Gozer the Traveler! He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the Rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveler came as a large and moving Torb! Then, during the Third Reconciliation of the Last of the Meketrex Supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you!



JANINE

Egon?



EGON

going to JANINE, talking to LOUIS

Excuse me.



JANINE

There's something very strange about that man...

LOUIS is sniffing a jar of popcorn

Listen, I'm usually very psychic, and I'm have a terrible feeling that something awful is going to happen to you. I'm afraid you're going to die.

EGON holds JANINE in his arms. Phone rings. LOUIS jumps.



EGON

I'll get it!

Picks up. LOUIS drags the rest of the phone over to him.

Hello? Thanks, I've got it.



DANA's apartment



PETER

Egon, it's Peter. I have some news from the world of Gozer.



EGON

over phone

What is it, Peter?



PETER

I'm here with Dana Barrett. It seems that the Goz' has been putting some moves on my would-be girlfriend!



EGON

How is she?



PETER

I think we can get her a guest shot on Wild Kingdom. I just whacked her up with about 300 cc's of thorozine. She's going to take a little nap now. She says she's the Gatekeeper, does that make any sense to you?



Ghostbusters HQ



EGON

Some. I've just met the Keymaster. He's here with me now.



PETER

over phone

Oh, wonderful, we have to get these two together.

LOUIS takes a slice of pizza, sniffs it and sticks it on his cheek



EGON

I think that would be extraordinarily dangerous.



PETER

Okay, well, hold on to him. I'll be over there in a little while.



EGON

Good.

LOUIS takes phone from EGON.

Thank you, Vinz.

to JANINE

We have to find Ray. I need him here immediately.



DANA's apartment

DANA lies on her bed, asleep.



PETER

Bad news, honey. I gotta go to work. Hey, will you stay here in bed until I get back?

kisses her



Brooklyn Bridge

Ecto-1 drives across the bridge. WINSTON drives. RAY is studying blueprints.



WINSTON

Hey, Ray, do you believe in God?



RAY

Never met him.



WINSTON

Yeah, well I do. And I love Jesus's style, you know.



RAY

... this roof cap is made of a magnesium-tungsten alloy...



WINSTON

What are you so involved in there?



RAY

These are the blueprints for the structural ironwork for Dana's apartment building, and they're very, very strange.



WINSTON

Hey, Ray. Do you remember something in the Bible about the last days, when the dead would rise from the grave?



RAY

I remember Revelation 7:12. And I looked, as he opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became as black as sackcloth. And the moon became as blood.



WINSTON

And the seas boiled and the skies fell.



RAY

Judgment Day.



WINSTON

Judgment Day.



RAY

Every ancient religion has its own myth about the end of the world.



WINSTON

Myth? Ray, has it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason we've been so busy lately is because the dead have been rising from the grave?

long pause



RAY

shivering

How about a little music?



WINSTON

Yeah.

Ecto-1 drives onward.



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

Police cars drive up. A man gives PECK a manila folder.



Inside Ghostbusters HQ

PECK enters, with POLICE CAPTAIN and CON EDISON MAN.



PECK

This way.



JANINE

Excuse me. Excuse me! Just where do you think you're going?



PECK

Stand aside, miss, or I'll have you arrested for interfering with a police -



JANINE

Oh no, hold on! I've seen TV, I know you can't come in here without a writ or warrant or something!



PECK

brandishing manila folder

Cease and desist all commerce order, seizure of premises and chattels, ban on use of public utilities for unauthorized waste handlers, and a federal entry and inspection order.

he continues on



Basement



EGON

Vinz, there's one more test I'd like to perform -

JANINE runs down. PECK, POLICE CAPTAIN and CON EDISON MAN follow.



JANINE

Egon, I tried to stop them! He says they have a warrant.



EGON

Excuse me, this is private property!



PECK

pointing out ecto-containment unit

Shut this off. Shut these all off.



EGON

I'm warning you, turning off these machines would be extremely hazardous.



PECK

I'll tell you what's hazardous. You're facing federal prosecution for at least half a dozen environmental violations. Now either you shut these beams off or we shut them off for you.



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

A taxi drops PETER off.



Ghostbusters HQ; basement



EGON

Try to understand. This is a high voltage laser containment system. Simply turning it off would be like dropping a bomb on the city.



PECK

Don't patronize me! I'm not grotesquely stupid like the people you bilk!



PETER

coming down stairs

At ease, officer. I'm Peter Venkman. I think there's just been a slight misunderstanding and I wanna to cooperate in any way that I can.



PECK

Forget it, Venkman! You had your chance to cooperate, but you thought it'd be more fun to insult me. Well, now it is my turn, wise ass.



EGON

He wants to shut down the protection grid, Peter.



PETER

You shut that thing down and we are not going to be held responsible for whatever happens.



PECK

On the contrary! You're going to be held responsible.



PETER

No! We won't be held responsible!



PECK

Shut it off!



PETER

Don't shut it off. I'm warning you.



CON EDISON MAN

I - I've never seen anything like this before.



PECK

I'm not interested in your opinion, just shut it off.



PETER

stopping CON EDISON MAN

My friend, don't be a jerk.



POLICE CAPTAIN

Step aside!



PECK

If he does that again, you can shoot him.



POLICE CAPTAIN

You do your job, pencil neck! Don't tell me how to do mine!



PETER

Thank you, officer.



PECK

Shut it off!

PETER starts up stairs. EGON makes an explosion with his fingers in POLICE CAPTAIN's face, mouthing "Boom".

CON ED MAN pulls red lever. Alarms goes off. Lights flash.



DANA's apartment

DANA trembles.



Ghostbusters HQ; basement

Walls tremble. Bricks pop out. Everyone starts running.



CON EDISON MAN

Oh shit.



Ghostbusters HQ; entrance

Everyone runs like hell.



EGON

Clear the building!



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

LOUIS runs out. The door of the fire house is smoking. The roof explodes.



DANA's apartment

DANA is jolted awake.



Outside Ghostbusters HQ

Explosion. Pink strams of psychokinetic energy zap out. Crowd gathers.



LOUIS

This is it! This is the sign!

walks away



JANINE

Yeah, it's a sign all right; we're going out of business.

Ecto-1 drives up. Police start to arrive.



RAY

What happened?



EGON

The storage facilities blew. He shut off the protection grid.



RAY

Oh, great.



WINSTON

That's bad, isn't it?



RAY

Yeah.



PETER

Where's the Keymaster?



EGON

Shit!



RAY

Who's the Keymaster?



EGON

Come on!

The Ghoustbusters run. PECK and some police stop them.



PECK

Hold it! I want this man arrested. Captain, these men are in criminal violation of the Environmental Protection Act, and this explosion is a direct result of it!



EGON

Your mother -

They fight. Police try to keep order.

The ghosts keep pouring out of the fire house roof.

Music: Magic.



New York City

The pink streams fly over the city.



DANA's apartment

DANA goes to her window, grinning.



Outside subway tunnel

LOUIS passes. Papers fly around. A blue creature rises up out of tunnel.



By taxi

Pink smoke enters a taxi's exhaust. BUSINESSMAN IN CAB enters.



BUSINESSMAN IN CAB

Columbia Building, 53rd street, and I'm in a hurry, so let's not dawdle.

Driver is a zombie. Drives at breakneck speed, making a U-turn. Other cars swerve.



Street

LOUIS walks down street, gazing upwards.



Hot dog cart

Slimer is inside, pigging out.



DANA's apartment

Bolts of pink light fly up, past her window.



Another street

LOUIS walks down, gazing upwards.



DANA's apartment

Her wall explodes.



Street

Pigeons fly from LOUIS.



Remnants of DANA's apartment

She stares out, her hair blowing in the wind.



Jail



WINSTON

Hey, guard! I want to make a phone call! I just work with these guys! I wasn't even there!

RAY and EGON look over blueprints



EGON

The structure of this roof cap is exactly like the kind of telemetry tracker that NASA uses to identify dead pulsars in deep space.



RAY

Cold riveted girders with cores of pure selenium.



PETER

to other jailbirds

Everyone getting this so far? So what? I guess they just don't make them like they used to.



RAY

No! Nobody ever made them like this! The architect was either a certified genius or an aesthetic wacko!



PETER

Ray, for a moment, pretend that I don't know anything about metallurgy, engineering or physics and just tell me what the hell is going on.



RAY

You never studied. The whole building is a huge super-conductive antenna that was designed and built expressly for the purpose of pulling in and concentrating spiritual turbulence. Your girlfriend, Pete, lives in the corner penthouse of Spook Central.



PETER

She's not my girlfriend. I find her interesting because she's a client and because she sleeps above her covers. Four feet above her covers! She barks, she drools, she claws...



EGON

It's not the girl, Peter, it's the building! Something terrible is about the enter our world and this building is obviously the door. The architect's name was Ivo Shandor. I found it in Tobin's Spirit Guide. He was also a doctor. Performed a lot of unnecessary surgery. And then in 1920 he founded a secret society.



PETER

Let me guess. Gozer worshippers.



EGON

Right.



PETER

No studying!



EGON

After the First World War, Shandor decided that society was too sick to survive. And he wasn't alone. he had close to a thousand followers when he died. They conducted rituals up on the roof, bizarre rituals intended to bring about the end of the world, and now it looks like it may actually happen!



PETER

singing

So be good, for goodness sake! Whoa! Somebody's coming! Somebody's coming!



RAY

We have to get out of here. We've gotta get a judge or something.



WINSTON

Hey! Hey! Hold it! Now we going to actually going to go before a federal judge and say that some moldy old Babylonian god is going to drop in on Central Park West and start tearing up the city?



RAY

Sumerian, not Babylonian.



PETER

Yeah, big difference!



WINSTON

No offense, guys, but I gotta get my own lawyer.



JAIL GUARD

Okay, Ghostbusters! The mayor wants to see you guys. The whole island's going crazy! Let's go.



PETER

to other jailbirds

I gotta split. The mayor wants to rap with me about some things.



Outside Ivo Shandor Building

LOUIS walks by. Shocked. Looks up to the top.



Remnants of DANA's apartment



LOUIS

I am the Keymaster!



DANA

I am the Gatekeeper.

they kiss, then go up the stairs to the Temple of Zuul



Outside City Hall

Police escort Ghostbusters to the MAYOR. Reporters and photographers try to get press. Music: Savin' The Day.



POLICE CAPTAIN

Stay back! Stay back!



Inside MAYOR's office



MAYOR

I got a city blowing up, and you guys are not giving me any answers!



POLICE COMMISIONER

All right. We're blocking the bridges, the roads. I mean -



MAYOR'S AIDE

The Ghostbusters are here, Mr. Mayor.



MAYOR

The Ghostbusters, all right, the Ghostbusters. Hey, where's this Peck?



PECK

I am Walter Peck, sir, and I'm prepared to make a full report. These men are consummate snowball artists! They use sensitive nerve gases to induce hallucinations. People think they're seeing ghosts! And they call these bozos, who conveniently show up to deal with the problem with a fake electronic light show!



RAY

Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by dickless here.



PECK

They caused an explosion!



MAYOR

Is this true?



PETER

Yes, it's true. This man has no dick.

PECK lunges at PETER. Police try to break up fight.



POLICE SERGEANT

Break it up, break it up!



PETER

Well, that's what I heard!



MAYOR

This is City Hall! Now what am I gonna do here, John? What is this?



FIRE COMMISIONER

All I know is: that was no light show we saw this morning. I've seen every kind of combustion known to man, but this beats the hell out of me.



POLICE COMMISIONER

The walls in the 53rd precinct were bleeding. How do you explain that?



ARCHBISHOP

entering

Good afternoon, gentlemen.



MAYOR

Oh... Your Eminence!

kisses ARCHBISHOP's ring



ARCHBISHOP

How are you, Lenny?



MAYOR

You're looking good, Mike.

gives ARCHBISHOP a friendly slap

We're in a real fix, here. What do you think I should do?



ARCHBISHOP

Lenny, officially, the Church will not take any position on the religious implications of these phenomena. Personally, Lenny, I think it's a sign from God. But don't quote me on that.



MAYOR

I think that's a smart move, Mike. But I'm not gonna call a press conference and tell everyone to start praying.



WINSTON

I'm Winston Zeddemore, Your Honor. Look, I've only been with the company for a couple of weeks. But I gotta tell you, these things are real. Since I joined these men, I've seen shit that'll turn you white!



PETER

Well, you could believe Mr. Pecker.



PECK

My name is Peck!



PETER

Or you could accept the fact that this city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.



MAYOR

What do you mean, biblical?



RAY

What he means is Old Testament biblical, Mr. Mayor. Real wrath-of-God-type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling!



EGON

Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes! Volcanoes!



WINSTON

The dead rising from the grave!



PETER

Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!



MAYOR

Enough! I get the point! What if you're wrong?



PETER

If I'm wrong, nothing happens! We go to jail. Peacefully, quietly. We'll enjoy it! But if I'm right, and we can stop this thing; Lenny, you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters.

MAYOR smiles. ARCHBISHOP nods.



PECK

all the wind sucked out of his sails

I don't believe you're seriously considering listening to these men.

PETER smiles a smug smile.



MAYOR

Get him out of here.



PETER

waving

Bye.



PECK

I'll fix you, Venkman. I'm gonna fix you!



PETER

I am going to send you a nice fruit basket. I'm gonna miss him!



PECK

All right, all right!



MAYOR

You've got work to do. Now what do you need from me?



The streets of New York

Music: Savin' The Day. The streets are clear, but the sidewalks are jammed with people waving signs and cheering. Military and police personnel yell things. The Ghostbusters wait in Ecto-1 with their police escort.



PETER

Come on, let's run some red lights!

The cars start moving.



Outside Ivo Shandor Building

Dark clouds gather atop the building, shrouding the Temple of Zuul. The police escort drives up. The Ghostbusters get out and suit up. The crowd cheers.



PETER

Hello, New York! Well, hi, everyone!

raises RAY's hand high

Dr. Ray Stantz! Would you please? The heart of the Ghostbusters! Thank you. They love you. They love you here!

walks down the sidewalk, shaking and kissing hands

I like that shirt, pal! Gotta run. Got a date with a ghost! All right, whatever happens, let's be professionals.

The Ghostbusters assemble in front of the building, looking up at the darkness above. Lightning strikes the building.



RAY

We might have to put a little overtime in on this one!

Earthquake! A water main breaks. People fall and scream. A pit opens below the Ghostbusters. They fall in. So does the front end of a police car. The earthquake suddenly stops. The crowd comes to its feet.



PEOPLE IN CROWD

Are you all right?

Ghostbusters?

Are they all right?

A dazed RAY pops out of the hole

There they are!

the others climb out of the hole

Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters!



PETER

We're all right, it's all right, we can take it! You gotta learn to play rough! You wanna play rough?



RAY

Yeah!



WINSTON

Let's go!

Music: Savin' The Day. They grab hands, pushing down, then up, and go into building



Ivo Shandor Building; many flights of stairs

They groan as they climb the stairs.



PETER

Where are we?



RAY

Oh, it looks like we're in the teens somewhere.



PETER

Well, when we get to twenty, tell me. I'm gonna throw up.



Temple of Zuul

DANA and LOUIS stand on terror dog pedestals. Lightning shoots between them and the gates to the spirit world. The gates open up.



Floor 22



RAY

Twenty-two. Is this it?



PETER

Yeah.



EGON

Art Deco. Very nice.



RAY

Where is it?



PETER

It's at the end of the hall.



Remnants of DANA's apartment

RAY points out the stairs to the Temple of Zuul.



RAY

Hey, where do these stairs go?



PETER

They go up.

He's about to go upstairs. Lightning goes off. He pushes his friends on.

Okay. Go ahead. Come on, go ahead. Come on. Go ahead!



Temple of Zuul

The Ghostbusters arrive. Lightning strikes DANA and LOUIS.



PETER

Dana!

DANA and LOUIS turn into terror dogs

Okay. That's all. She's a dog.

The Ghostbusters line up in front of the temple. GOZER emerges from the temple.



RAY

It's a girl.

GOZER pets the terror dogs



EGON

It's Gozer.



WINSTON

I thought Gozer was a man.



EGON

It's whatever it wants to be.



PETER

Well, whatever it is, it's gotta get by us!



RAY

Right!



PETER

Go get her, Ray!

RAY steps up



RAY

Gozer the Gozerian! Good evening! As a duly designated representative of the state, county and city of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension!



PETER

That ought to do it. Thanks very much, Ray.



GOZER

Are you a god?

PETER nods "yes" to RAY



RAY

No.



GOZER

reaching its arms back into the temple

Then... die!

Fires lightning at the Ghostbusters. They sail across the temple, clinging to the edge of the building.



Outside Ivo Shandor Building

Crowd screams.



Temple of Zuul



WINSTON

Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say, "Yes!"

RAY nods



PETER

All right. This chick is toast!

they march up to the temple

Got your stick?



PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON

unhooking proton guns

Holding!



PETER

Heat 'em up!



PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON

charging guns

Smoking!



PETER

Make 'em hard!



PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON

Ready!



PETER

Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown. Strike!

They blast GOZER. It yowls and flips across the temple.

Nimble little minx, isn't she? Aim for the flat top!

They blast again. GOZER vanishes.

Well! That wasn't so hard.



RAY

We neutralized it! You know what that means? A complete particle reversal!



WINSTON

Hey, we have the tools, we have the talent!



PETER

It's Miller time!



EGON

looking at PKE meter

Ray? This looks extraordinarily bad.

Earthquake at the temple. Rocks fall.

Look out!



Outside Ivo Shandor Building

Rocks fall. Crowd screams.



Temple of Zuul

Voice of GOZER sounds.



GOZER

Subcreatures! Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, the Traveler, has come! Choose and perish!



RAY

What do you mean, choose? We don't understand!



GOZER

Choose! Choose the form of the Destructor!



PETER

Whoa! I get it, I get it. Very cute! Whatever we think of - if we think of J. Edgar Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover will appear and destroy us, okay? So empty your heads. Empty your heads. Don't think of anything. We've only got one shot at this.



GOZER

The choice is made! The Traveler has come!



PETER

Whoa! Whoa! Nobody choosed anything! Did you choose anything?



EGON

No!



PETER

Did you?



WINSTON

My mind's totally blank!



PETER

I didn't choose anything!

PETER, EGON and WINSTON stare at RAY



RAY

trembling

I couldn't help it. It just popped in there!



PETER

What? What just popped in there?



RAY

I - I tried to think -

stomping and screaming from below



EGON

Look!



RAY

No! It can't be!



WINSTON

What is it?



RAY

It can't be!



WINSTON

What did you do, Ray?



RAY

It can't be!



WINSTON

Aw, shit!



RAY

solemnly

It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.



Outside Shandor Building

Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man stomps cars as people run and scream in terror.



Temple of Zuul



PETER

Well, there's something you don't see every day.



RAY

I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something I loved from my childhood. Something that could never, ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay-Puft...



PETER

Nice thinking, Ray.



RAY

We used to roast Stay-Puft marshmallows, by the fire at Camp Waconda!



PETER

Ray has gone bye-bye, Egon. What have you got left?



EGON

Sorry, Venkman. I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man growls at them.



WINSTON

Oh, no.



PETER

Mother pus-bucket!



Outside Shandor Building

PECK keeps his distance from the marshmallow man. It stomps on a church.



Temple of Zuul



PETER

Nobody steps on a church in my town!



RAY

One, two, three! Roast him!

They blast Mr. Stay-Puft. It puts him on fire which soars up to them. He climbs up the side of the building.



PETER

Whoa...

they run and hide



RAY

Funny, us going out like this. Killed by a hundred-foot marshmallow man.



PETER

We've been going about this all wrong! This Mr. Stay-Puft isn't so bad. He's a sailor, he's in New York; we get this guy laid, we won't have any trouble!

marshmallow man continues scaling up the side of building



EGON

I have a radical idea. The door swings both ways. We could reverse the particle flow through the gate.



PETER

How?



EGON

We'll cross the streams.



PETER

Excuse me, Egon, you said crossing the streams was bad.



RAY

Cross the streams...



PETER

You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client. The nice lady who paid us in advance before she became a dog.



EGON

Not necessarily. There's definitely a very slim chance we'll survive.



PETER

giving RAY a friendly slap

I love this plan! I'm excited to be a part of it. Let's do it!



WINSTON

This job is definitely not worth eleven-five a year!

they run to the temple just as Mr. Stay-Puft lifts his head up



EGON

Hurry!



PETER

See you on the other side, Ray.

fires



RAY

Nice working with you, Dr. Venkman.

Fires. They cross the streams.

Let's turn 'em on, Spengler!

EGON and WINSTON fire

Cross 'em now, Spengler!

Mr. Stay-Puft sees what's going on. He screams. The four proton beams combine to make one big one, blasting right into the temple. The gates swing shut.



PETER, RAY, EGON, WINSTON

shouting randomly

Aggh! Oh, no! Help! It's gonna blow! Let's get out of here!

They stop firing and run away.

The Temple of Zuul explodes. Mr. Stay-Puft does as well.



Outside Ivo Shandor Building

Marshmallow spatters all over. PECK looks up just in time to see a big glob splatter on him. He yells and curses at the sky.



Remnants of Temple of Zuul

Marshmallow all over everything, including RAY and WINSTON.



RAY

Oh... oh... Winston? Are you all right?



WINSTON

Yeah, yeah.

they laugh



RAY

Venkman? Spengler? Venkman? Spengler?

EGON, covered in marshmallow, enters

Oh, Spengler, are you okay?



EGON

I feel like the floor of a taxi cab.

PETER enters. He has very little marshmallow on him.



RAY

Venkie!



PETER

Yeah. I'm all right.



RAY

Thank God. You okay?



EGON

I'm all right.



RAY

You all right?



PETER

I'm all right.



RAY

You okay?



PETER

Fine...

Walks away. Comes across remnants of terror dog statue.



RAY

Oh. Smells like barbecued dog hair. Oh... Venkman. Oh, Venkman, I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I... I just forgot.

PETER walks away sadly. Then part of the statue breaks off. A hand reaches out.



DANA

Mm...



RAY

Look!

The Ghostbusters break open the statue, and PETER lifts DANA out.

LOUIS, with a terror dog statue head on his head, walks around helplessly.



LOUIS

Somebody turn on the lights! Help! Somebody turn on the lights!



PETER

Go check on that little guy!

RAY, EGON and WINSTON go to help them. They remove the terror dog head.



LOUIS

What happened?



DANA

coming to

Oh... oh... oh... where am I?

opens eyes, sees PETER

Oh... hi...



EGON

regarding LOUIS

He'll be all right.



LOUIS

Boy, the superintendent's gonna be pissed.



RAY

Are you okay?



LOUIS

Who are you guys?



RAY

We're the Ghostbusters.



LOUIS

Who does your taxes?

PETER leads DANA away. RAY, EGON and LOUIS start to walk off.



RAY

You know, Mr. Tully, you are a most fortunate individual!



LOUIS

I know.



RAY

You have been a participant in the biggest interdimensional crossrip since the Tunguska blast of 1909!



LOUIS

Felt great!



EGON

We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue.



LOUIS

Okay.



WINSTON

throwing up hands and cheering

I love this town!



Outside Ivo Shandor Building

Music: Ghostbusters. The crowd cheers for the Ghostbusters. PETER gives DANA a long kiss on the lips. RAY takes a puff on a cigarette as he waves. PETER escorts DANA into Ecto-1. EGON leaves building. JANINE runs into his arms.



JANINE

Egon!

They kiss. He pats her cheeks. LOUIS comes out, waving.



LOUIS

What's going on? Does anyone wanna interview me? I'm an eyewitness. I was up there!

Red Cross employees take him off, but LOUIS protests.

I wanna go with them, in the car.



WINSTON puts his proton pack away. The Ghostbusters get into Ecto-1 and the crowd parts to let them through. As Ecto-1 drives off, the crowd chases after it.

Slimer flies above the crowd, screaming, and flies into the camera. Fade to black. Final credits roll.



