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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Answer the Call.]]'']] |
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| 4 | ->''"In my closet, down the hall\ |
| 5 | I see shadows all on my wall\ |
| 6 | Man, these monsters be big and tall\ |
| 7 | Ghostbusters, who you gon' call?"'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''Music/MissyElliott''' |
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| 10 | ''Ghostbusters'' (sometimes referred to as ''Ghostbusters: Answer the Call'' in publicity materials, as well as [[http://www.themarysue.com/ghostbusters-dvd-title/ the DVD release]]) is a 2016 reboot of [[Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}} the 1984 comedy of the same name]]. Directed by Creator/PaulFeig, the movie stars Creator/MelissaMcCarthy, Creator/KristenWiig, Creator/KateMcKinnon and Creator/LeslieJones as the {{Gender Flip}}ped new team, with Creator/ChrisHemsworth as their dimwitted receptionist Kevin. |
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| 12 | The plot involves quantum physicist Erin Gilbert (Wiig) discovering that her estranged friend and former partner Abby Yates ([=McCarthy=]) has republished a book the two wrote expressing their belief in ghosts. Fearing that the book will destroy her chances of achieving tenure at Columbia University, Gilbert attempts to persuade Yates to take the book down from the Internet, only to become roped into an investigation into a supposedly haunted mansion conducted by Yates and her partner, eccentric engineer Jillian Holtzmann ([=McKinnon=]). When the investigation uncovers an actual, genuine haunting, the three -- after being fired from their respective academic institutions -- decide to investigate the increase in paranormal activity and conclusively prove the existence of ghosts. After [=MTA=] worker Patty Tolan (Jones) approaches them following a haunting at a subway station, the four women discover a terrible plot threatening all of New York, and join forces as the Ghostbusters to save the day... |
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| 14 | The film is not a continuation of the previous films, but a ContinuityReboot. There are a number of cameos from the cast of the original film but the cameos themselves are not role reprises, but new characters altogether. |
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| 16 | The characters appear in the 2017 Creator/IDWPublishing CrisisCrossover mini-series ''[[ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostbusters 101]]'', in which the main casts of both the original two films and the 2016 film meet and team up against a new threat. Furthermore, another limited IDW title featuring this film's characters --''Ghostbusters: Answer the Call''-- was also published later in the year. |
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| 18 | 2021's ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' is an {{unreboot}} that ignores this film and reprises the original continuity, being set a few decades after ''Film/GhostbustersII''. |
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| 20 | '''Character tropes go on to the [[Characters/Ghostbusters2016 Characters Sheet]].''' |
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| 23 | !!''Ghostbusters: Answer the Tropes.'' |
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| 25 | [[folder:A-D]] |
| 26 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: Holtzmann for Erin. [[AmbiguouslyBi Maybe]]. Not that she's unattractive but her over the top antics and behavior make Erin feel uncomfortable if not flattered. |
| 27 | * AccidentalMurder: The Ghostbusters accidentally cause [[spoiler:the death of Heiss by releasing a dangerous ghost on him, although one can argue about how much he [[AssholeVictim deserved it]], how much he provoked them into freeing the ghost, or even if he's really dead. Also, the foreword of the tie-in {{Defictionalization}} of Yate's and Gilbert's book is written from his perspective and mentions a broken neck from falling out of a second-story window, and that he's writing it as a ghost.]] |
| 28 | * TheAce: Jillian Holtzmann's equipment not only works flawlessly (despite being prototypes), she also is completely fearless. She's arguably the best Ghostbuster yet, based on these merits. |
| 29 | * {{Acrofatic}}: Melissa [=McCarthy=], who is heavyset, is able to do a no-handed cartwheel while wearing a proton pack. Given that Abby mentions in-character that the pack "feels like it's compressing my spine" and the actress states in a behind-the-scenes interview that the prop is heavier than ''one of her co-stars,'' this is quite an impressive feat. |
| 30 | * ActionGirl: The new Ghostbusters are all women who are capable of fighting ghosts. |
| 31 | * [[ActionizedSequel Actionized Reboot]]: The special effects advancements of the 2010s have allowed the movie to feature actual fight scenes between the Ghostbusters and the ghosts, with punching and weapons. There is certainly more action compared to the climax of the original movie, in which most of the action from the Ghostbusters amounted to moving the tips of their proton blasters close together. |
| 32 | * AffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Rowan the janitor]]. He is unfailingly polite even while murmuring dire imprecations to Patty. He speaks formally, addressing her as "Patricia". He also continues to be polite even as his plan unfolds and comes to fruition. However he doesn't hesitate to make it clear how low his opinion of most people is, and clearly has some kind of superiority complex. |
| 33 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Holtzmann, who likes Erin, who is attracted to Kevin, who has no clue. |
| 34 | * AllPartOfTheShow: Mayhem, the demonic ghost, showing up in a metal concert. The lighting guy even has to say to the band it's not one of his effects. |
| 35 | * AllThereInTheManual: The tie-in edition of ''Ghosts of Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal'' reveals that [[spoiler: apparently Martin Heiss survived being thrown through a window by Mayhem, was very badly injured, and renounced skepticism to become a firm believer in ghosts and the Ghostbusters. Until the next chapter, in which Erin and Abby reveal that he's actually a ghost who somehow managed to write the foreword for them.]] |
| 36 | * AmazonBrigade: The Ghostbusters in this film are an all-female team that bands together to fight the paranormal in the finale. |
| 37 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Invoked on a meta-level. Holtzmann is constantly flirtatious with a mildly awkward but still flattered Erin. It's only "ambiguous" in name. Feig strongly implies he didn't come right out and make it plain only because the studio would have objected. Her actress Kate [=McKinnon=] is a lesbian too. |
| 38 | ** There are hints with Abby, as well. Not only is she not attracted to Kevin, but she seems surprised that anyone could be. And she repeatedly describes the female ghost at the Aldridge Mansion as the most beautiful thing she's ever seen, even though she never displays such...adoration for any of the other ghosts. |
| 39 | * AndThisIsFor: When Patty busts [[spoiler:Mayhem]] using the "ghost shredder," she says it's because he sat on her. |
| 40 | * ApocalypseHow: [[spoiler: Rowan tries to unleash one in the climax which he calls "The Fourth Cataclysm". It could have been any class.]] |
| 41 | * AppropriatedAppellation: |
| 42 | ** The team starts out with a long-winded, scientifically accurate, official sounding name but, after the media starts calling them "Ghostbusters" and they can't shake the name, they just go along with it. |
| 43 | ** The logo is taken from a tag sprayed by a graffiti artist when he's interviewed as a possible witness to the subway ghost. He draws the "no" symbol when Patty tells him to stop painting the ghost. Everyone else rushes away, but Holtzmann takes a photograph and later paints the image on the side of the Ecto-1. |
| 44 | ** Erin was derisively known as "ghost girl" in school due to her haunting experience. At the end, Abby calls her this and she says that she will gladly accept it as a title. |
| 45 | * AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Erin wears one as part of her professor outfit in the early part of the movie, which is dubbed the 'world's tiniest bow tie' by Holtzmann. It's supposed to make her look professional and serious and stuff. |
| 46 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Erin and Abby had long since dismissed the idea of [[spoiler:ley lines, which means it takes them a while to figure out Rowan's plan, which revolved around their old theories about the stronger connections to the other side along them.]] |
| 47 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Among the many serious regulations and laws the Homeland Security agents claim the Ghostbusters are apparently breaking is driving a vehicle with a "distinctly un-American-sounding siren". |
| 48 | * ArtShift: As [[spoiler: Rowan takes on his final form, he goes from a 2D animated version of the classic "No Ghost" to a twisted version done in CG like the other ghosts.]] |
| 49 | * AscendedExtra: Slimer re-appears. |
| 50 | * AsHimself: Music/OzzyOsbourne and Creator/AlRoker. |
| 51 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Martin Heiss']] death is never brought up ever again. Though considering what a jerkass he was, nobody probably cared. |
| 52 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Instead of Mr. Stay Puft, the 'Busters have to deal with a giant version of [[spoiler:the ghost from their logo]]. And prior to that, they do face a lot of Macy's Parade balloons, culminating in one of the Marshmallow Man. |
| 53 | * AuthorAppeal: |
| 54 | ** Paul Feig's reasoning for having an all-female team is because he claims that it's his thing. Not too hard to see why, considering that [[Film/{{Bridesmaids}} his]] [[Film/TheHeat other]] [[Film/{{Spy}} movies]] all center around female characters. |
| 55 | ** In-Universe example: The reason why Kevin used a floating hot dog for one of his logos is because he likes hot dogs. |
| 56 | * {{Bathos}}: Many scenes in the movie that end with either over-the-top absurdity or toilet humor. Or both. The exception is Holtzmann's toast at the end. She was serious for as long as it took to say it, and for Patty to say thank you. |
| 57 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: |
| 58 | ** In minor example, Patty very quickly regrets wishing that she could have seen Abby and Erin's high school presentation on ghosts. |
| 59 | ** [[spoiler:Martin Heiss wants to see a real ghost and he does. Unfortunately, it kills him.]] |
| 60 | * BerserkButton: |
| 61 | ** The Mayor of New York really, really doesn't like being compared to the Mayor from the movie ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. |
| 62 | ** Patty really doesn't like it when you [[spoiler:pick on Kevin]]. |
| 63 | ** The ever-laid-back Holtzmann loses it if her equipment is vandalized, almost as a mother would react to someone hurting her children. |
| 64 | ** According to the extended cut, some AssholeVictim brings up Erin's past and calling her "ghost girl" and told her "go back to therapy, you freak!"... not a smart move, and Erin decks him for it. |
| 65 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: While they all have their goofball quirks, Holtzmann and her uncanny ability to act wacky coupled with her skills at creating and utilizing dangerous science-based weaponry makes her the scourge of most ghosts. |
| 66 | * BigApplesauce: The movie is set in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity, just like the original. |
| 67 | * BigBad: The main antagonist is a [[spoiler:human named Rowan who intentionally becomes a ghost in order to unleash the apocalypse, due to his hatred of humanity]]. |
| 68 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Erin saves the other three Ghostbusters]] as they're being crushed by the Stay-Puft parade balloon. She even coolly spits out a one-liner. Holtzmann has been rubbing off on her, all right. |
| 69 | * BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Holtzmann (blonde), Gilbert (brunette) and Yates (redhead). |
| 70 | * BondOneLiner: "You've just been Holtzmanned!" |
| 71 | * BrainlessBeauty: Kevin, in contrast to Janine from the original movies being the OnlySaneMan. |
| 72 | * BreakingTheFellowship: We don't see the scene where it occurs, but it is implied that this has briefly happened to Erin and the other Ghostbusters following the "fake arrest" at the Mercado Hotel; Erin is separate from the other Ghostbusters for a significant portion of the third act, her plot and character arc has involved the tension created by her desire for academic respect / approval and her work with the Ghostbusters, and her BigDamnHeroes moment [[spoiler: where she saves the others from the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]] plays like the triumphant return of an estranged member of the band after a TenMinuteRetirement. However, watching the longer cut, the change is far less jarring -- and still the additional deleted scenes give even more emphasis on the developments. |
| 73 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: As they are celebrating at the end of the Hotel bust, Kevin is seen eating a sandwich he picked up during the scene break, which they throw away. He then asks someone out of view to toss it back, for him to catch the sandwich he's given back, followed by several other items, all of which were thrown literally from right in front of them. [[IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat The Ghostbusters visibly look at him in incredulity about how the HELL he did it]]. Though this also works when taken at face value. It might be the amazing way people naturally react to Kevin, or an after-effect of [[spoiler:him having been their puppet-master]], or a combination of both. |
| 74 | * BrickJoke: |
| 75 | ** It's a RunningGag through the entire movie that Abby is a regular customer at a particular Chinese restaurant. She's on first name terms with the delivery guy. Yet she gets clear water instead of broth, one or ''no'' wontons, and one shrimp in her soup. Once the Ghostbusters save the city, though, Benny shows up with a large soup that is ''all'' wontons. |
| 76 | ** The EVP-recording ToiletHumor gag is a setup for TheStinger. |
| 77 | ** Patty says her uncle will be very upset when he sees the way they re-designed one of his hearse vehicles. Said uncle shows up in the final scene before the end credits (and played by [[spoiler:Ernie Hudson]]), and he ain't happy. |
| 78 | ** A minor one: Someone makes a comment that Patty's big gaudy hoop earrings draw attention to the ladies, which Patty brushes off at the time, but in the next scene, she's wearing posts, which she sticks to for the rest of the movie. One could also argue that this signifies her taking the job seriously. |
| 79 | ** After getting slimed on every bust up to that point and commenting that "the slime seems to have it in for me personally," Erin manages to dodge a particularly heavy blast of ectoplasm during the final battle. She promptly cheers, "Ha! Missed me!" |
| 80 | ** At one point, Kevin is submitting for an audition and shows the Ghostbusters two head shots, both of him shirtless and holding a musical instrument. He asks which one makes him look more like a doctor. In the credits, more of Kevin's shirtless head shots are seen. In one of them, he is wearing a ''stethoscope''. |
| 81 | * BringMyBrownPants: The tour guide of the haunted house from the start of the movie apparently soiled himself upon seeing a ghost, though he denies it. |
| 82 | * BrokenBird: Erin Gilbert. [[spoiler:As an eight-year old child, Erin was haunted by the ghost of an elderly neighbor who appeared at the end of her bed. Every night. ''For a year.'']] Everyone thought she was crazy, and right through to adulthood, Erin cares most about being perceived as sane and respectable. |
| 83 | * BrokenMasquerade: At the end of the movie, [[spoiler:it may not be a full UnmasquedWorld ''yet'' -- the mayor is still denying everything to the public for one thing -- but the Ghostbusters are starting to get respect and belief, and the mayor's aide admits the cover up is "not working"]]. |
| 84 | * BuffySpeak: Discussed, as Patty even says she's calling the weird device a "sparky thing" because she doesn't know what it is. |
| 85 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Holtzmann. She gleefully calls herself crazy and is enthusiastic about everything, but there is no doubt she knows her stuff. Everything she makes works -- almost ''too'' well. |
| 86 | -->'''Jillian:''' You found my pipe. I'm gonna make a ghost shotgun out of it. If that doesn't work, [[TemptingFate we can just swing it around and break stuff.]] Win-win! |
| 87 | * TheCameo: |
| 88 | ** Most of the original Ghostbusters cast reappear in minor roles. |
| 89 | *** Bill Murray [[spoiler:as a famed paranormal debunker mocking the efforts of the team. He is seen on TV and later visits them in person, only to be thrown out a window and killed by the ghost they previously caught]]. |
| 90 | *** Harold Ramis [[spoiler:shows up as a bust (with an amused expression) at Columbia when Erin is fired]]. Daniel Ramis also appears briefly in his late father's stead. |
| 91 | *** Dan Aykroyd [[spoiler:shows up as a cabby who refuses to help out Erin and appears unfazed by the explosion of ghosts in the city. He gets to say the line "I ain't afraid of no ghost."]] |
| 92 | *** Ernie Hudson [[spoiler:is Patty's oft-mentioned uncle who runs a funeral home and loaned her the hearse they use for transportation. He shows up at the end asking for it back]]. |
| 93 | *** Creator/AnniePotts [[spoiler:is a receptionist at a hotel who is every bit as sassy as Janine, even saying "What do you want?" in a distinctive Brooklyn accent]]. |
| 94 | *** Sigourney Weaver [[spoiler: as Holtzman's mentor and equally quirky engineer in the ending sequence]]. |
| 95 | ** Many [[ProductionPosse frequent Paul Feig collaborators]] also make small appearances. [[invoked]] |
| 96 | *** Dave "Gruber" Allen and Steve Bannos, from ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'', play the subway ghost and the flasher ghost in the finale, respectively. |
| 97 | *** Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo, who had roles in both ''Film/{{Spy}}'' and ''Film/TheHeat'', appear as a couple of diner waitresses bickering over who has to serve Rowan. Adam Ray, also of both films, appears as an opening act for Ozzy Osbourne, as well as voicing Slimer. |
| 98 | *** Karan Soni, of ''Series/OtherSpace'', appears as an incompetent delivery boy for a Chinese restaurant. Joining him in smaller roles are co-stars Bess Rous as the Gertrude Aldridge ghost, Eugene Cordero as the bass player at the Ozzy Osbourne concert, and Creator/MilanaVayntrub as a homeless person in the subway. (And, of course, Neil Casey has [[BigBad a much larger role.]]) |
| 99 | * CanonImmigrant: This isn't the first time Ghostbusters use grenade weaponry if you recall the Proton Grenades from the IDW continuity. |
| 100 | * CardboardBoxOfUnemployment: When Erin is fired from her job (after Abby and Jillian post the video of her covered in ectoplasm and shouting that she believes in ghosts). Abby and Jillian are terminated shortly after, but they forgo the bankers boxes and start [[StealingFromTheTill wheeling equipment out with carts]]. |
| 101 | * CastingGag: Bill Murray plays a character that is essentially an {{Expy}} of Walter Peck from the original film; someone that Peter Venkman was very opposed to. |
| 102 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 103 | ** The Swiss Army knife Erin receives. [[spoiler:It saves the others from the giant balloon Stay Puff Marshmallow Man.]] |
| 104 | ** The nuclear device on top of Ecto-1. [[spoiler:It is essential to closing Rowan's portal.]] |
| 105 | * ColonCancer: Erin and Abby's book ''Ghosts of Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal''. In the extended cut, Erin's denial of having written it even includes "This is a different Erin Gilbert, one who likes long titles." |
| 106 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Mayor at one point calls out the team after the rock concert, saying that their activities are drawing too much attention to themselves. |
| 107 | -->'''Erin:''' Well, it's true that Patty wears big earrings.\ |
| 108 | '''Patty:''' Hey, if being beautiful's a crime, then guilty as charged! |
| 109 | * ConnectTheDeaths: The induced hauntings, plotted on a map, form an "X" with the imminent vortex's location at its nexus. |
| 110 | * CrazyPrepared: Jillian. Not only does she keep coming up with any number of gadgets for any kind of situation where you might need to eradicate a ghost, [[spoiler:but she also apparently anticipated that she would meet her demise through being crushed by a spectral version of a Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, so she made a point to give Erin (the only Ghostbuster who does not end up under the balloon with her) a pen knife, while stressing that she should carry it all the time.]] |
| 111 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Rowan the janitor]] used theories from Abby's and Erin's book to concoct mechanisms that unleash ghosts. |
| 112 | * CreatorCameo: |
| 113 | ** Ivan Reitman, who directed the first two movies, walks behind the mayor on one of the last scenes. |
| 114 | ** Katie Dippold, the film's writer, plays the rental agent who finds the Ghostbusters their base of operations. |
| 115 | ** Director Paul Feig has two voice cameos, the "Ghost Hunters" announcer, and the boss mistreating Rowan through the radio (his on-screen appearance at the concert scene was eventually cut). |
| 116 | * CreativeClosingCredits |
| 117 | ** The [[spoiler:Rowan-possessed Kevin the receptionist]] turns the police, [=SWAT=] team, and the [=DHS=] agents into his very own puppetmastered dance party to the tune of "Get Ghost!" Some of his hip-shakin' dance moves actually knock the credits out of alignment as they scroll up the screen. |
| 118 | ** The credits being manipulated continues even as the dance scene ends: beams, flying ghosts, etc. bump on the scrolling names, and the Ghostbusters trap sucks a "shadow" of the text above it. |
| 119 | ** The Ghostbusters' equipment gets closeup shots, and the women themselves each get an action shot of themselves in the credits. |
| 120 | ** There are also several {{Stinger}}s that require viewers to stay all the way to the end of the credits. |
| 121 | * CrushBlush: Erin is visibly blushing when she first meets Kevin. |
| 122 | * CulturalTranslation: In the European French dub of the film, the scene where Patty unsuccessfully attempts to {{Crowd Surf|ing}} makes a reference to the French singer Shy'm who was victim of the same failure in 2015. |
| 123 | * DancePartyEnding: Spoofed and played with. [[spoiler:Ghost Master Rowan has possessed Kevin and manipulates dozens of police, [=SWAT=] officers, and National Guard soldiers into a number of increasingly elaborate and ridiculous dances over the closing credits.]] It's implied to be what Rowan was doing while waiting for the Ghostbusters to arrive. This scene was meant for the film proper, but was cut due to pacing, then added back with the CreativeClosingCredits constructed around it. The original scene was restored in the extended edition. |
| 124 | * DeadAllAlong: Apparently Ed Mulgrave, who visits Erin to get her help with the Aldridge House haunting; when informed that they spoke with Mulgrave, the tour guide informs the Ghostbusters that Mulgrave is long dead. Subverted when it turns out that the person Erin spoke to was actually his son, Ed Mulgrave Jr. Erin irritably points out to the tour guide that she had ''clearly'' been referring to the living Ed Mulgrave. |
| 125 | * DeadStarWalking: Poor [[spoiler: Bill Murray]] only exists in the film to die. |
| 126 | * DeaderThanDead: Some of the ghosts are destroyed rather than captured. Its up in the air, however, as they could just be stunned, and were sucked into the portal before waking back up. |
| 127 | * DescriptionCut: Abby claims that the institute she and Holtzman work for are fully supportive of their research and all they have to do is ask the dean for more money. Cut to the exasperated dean, who wasn't even aware that their department ''still existed'' and orders them out. |
| 128 | * DestinationDefenestration: |
| 129 | ** Martin Heiss is pushed out a window by Mayhem, the first ghost the leads caught. |
| 130 | ** Jillian is shoved out the same window by [[spoiler:Abby, who is possessed by the ghost of Rowan]]. Patty manages to grab her on the way out. |
| 131 | * DestructiveSavior: Surprisingly averted for the most part, although ''testing'' the weapons they'll use to fight ghosts proves fairly destructive. |
| 132 | * DissonantSerenity: Holtzmann continues on dancing to Rhythm Of The Night" by Debarge momentarily before putting out the fire she accidentally started. |
| 133 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Martin Heiss]] gets killed by being thrown out a window by Mayhem. |
| 134 | * DistaffCounterpart: The gang all have shades of the original quintet, but with starkly different personalities and with the obvious difference. |
| 135 | ** Erin Gilbert has fashioned herself a skeptic like Peter Venkman (not to mention also being a ChivalrousPervert), and behaves in a much more uptight fashion because of being a woman in an academic field who desperately wants to be taken seriously. She's also always getting slimed, like Venkman. |
| 136 | ** Abby Yates is the somewhat childish true believer like Ray Stantz, but a lot more aggressive and confrontational and much less meek. |
| 137 | ** Jillian Holtzmann is a somewhat odd super-scientist like Egon Spengler, but with a lot less TheSpock and a lot more MadScientist. However, Jillian's nerdiness isn't cold and awkward at all; instead, she embraces her craziness. And while Egon was heavily implied to be asexual, WordOfGod is that Jillian is a lesbian [[note]]Her actress, Kate [=McKinnon=], is openly gay[[/note]]; however, given Janine's crush on Egon and, in a meta sense, Holtzmann's massive lesbian fanbase, they both get all the babes. |
| 138 | ** Patty Tolan is a black non-scientist who joins the team like Winston Zeddemore, but without the calm, cool professionalism, instead not hiding how insane everything is (as well as having a love for New York history). Her character also gets more development, as she joins earlier in the film. Her joining is also directly tied to the main plot, while Winston joined due to the increased workload from an influx of ghost sightings. |
| 139 | ** Kevin is a SpearCounterpart to Janine Melnitz, both being receptionists hired to help, although Janine was a ''lot'' more competent than Kevin, who is... not. [[spoiler:[[CompositeCharacter And, after he gets possessed, either Dana or Louis.]]]] |
| 140 | ** The tour guide who encounters Gertrude Aldridge could be considered the SpearCounterpart of the original film's librarian, both of whom have similar run-ins with a female specter and are asked [[BringMyBrownPants embarrassingly personal]] [[AllPeriodsArePMS questions]] about said encounter. |
| 141 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Erin by Kevin, [[RunningGag constantly]] because she loves EatingTheEyeCandy. |
| 142 | * DitzySecretary: Kevin is a rare male example. He wears glasses but took the glass out so he didn't have to clean them, thinks covering his eyes blocks out sound, cannot figure out how to work a phone, cannot figure out that he's supposed to figure out how to work the phone, only announces appointments when the person has been waiting for at least ten minutes, and wanders off during the final battle to get a sandwich. Erin wanted to hire him because he is [[MrFanservice just so damn pretty]], while the other girls went along with it because he was the only applicant. |
| 143 | * DomesticAbuse: Erin's ex-boyfriend Phil in his EstablishingCharacterMoment where he tries to control what Erin is wearing and what Erin is doing and criticizing her wardrobe. Not to mention, when Erin goes to kiss him on the cheek, he turns her down in favor of one of his friends seeing him, leaving Erin to awkwardly kiss him on the shoulder. The final nail in the coffin is when Erin gets fired from the university and Phil turns his back on her, literally as he doesn't want to face her nor be seen with her or associated with her anymore. |
| 144 | * DopeSlap: Kevin finally gets a pseudo-one when Abby snatches away his sandwich and throws it into the street. |
| 145 | * DrivesLikeCrazy: |
| 146 | ** Holtzmann usually drives Ecto-1 to and from bust sites. It's absolutely no surprise that she approaches driving the same way she does everything else, from trolling Erin with two fake drive-offs to lights-and-sirens rally racing through midtown Manhattan. |
| 147 | ** [[spoiler:Rowan-possessed Kevin]] rides a motorcycle like crazy, complete with popping wheelies out of the alley behind the Chinese restaurant. |
| 148 | ** Slimer, when he carjacks Ecto-1. |
| 149 | --->'''Abby:''' That thing's having the time of its life. |
| 150 | * DrivenToSuicide: Invoked and played with. Rowan kills himself in front of the ladies, and it looks like he did this only to avoid arrest. Erin soon figures out that [[spoiler:he used his machine to turn himself into a ghost]]. |
| 151 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: |
| 152 | ** The Ghostbusters are faced with skepticism and mockery at every turn. People make fun of them on their Website/YouTube videos, the government of New York denounces them as attention-seeking pranksters, and they just can't seem to catch a break. [[spoiler: Until the very end, anyway.]] |
| 153 | ** Rowan could relate, seeing as he had the same proclivity with ghosts as Erin did in life. Only difference was that his [[DrivenToVillainy resentment towards his resenter]]'s opted him to erase the bastardization called [[MisanthropeSupreme mankind from the world]]. |
| 154 | --->'''Rowan:''' Then you must have been afforded the basic respect and dignity of a human being which I have been denied.\ |
| 155 | '''Abby:''' Not really, people dump on us pretty much all the time.\ |
| 156 | '''Rowan:''' I am a GENIUS. I see things no-one else does, and for it I am awarded with nothing but scorn and mockery. |
| 157 | * {{Dumb Blond|e}}: The dumb blond is Kevin, the hunky prettyboy the ladies hire for their receptionist, although he's barely able to do the job. |
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| 160 | * EatingTheEyeCandy: Every time Chris Hemsworth is on the screen, often with appreciative commentary by Erin. Patty is clearly not interested, given her reaction to him grinding on her, Abby is actually shocked anyone would find him attractive, and Jillian is very gay. |
| 161 | * {{Ectoplasm}}: A RunningGag involves Erin getting drenched with ectoplasm on [[OncePerEpisode nearly every bust.]] |
| 162 | -->'''Erin:''' OK, it seems like the slime has it in for me, personally. That's all I'm saying. |
| 163 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: A subtle example; at the beginning, after pranking Erin with the "EVP" fart joke, Abby and Jillian remark that no-one else had even come over to listen, let alone listened intently like Erin had. It's a sign that Erin is more of a believer than she wants to admit, since the likely reason no-one else even came over was because they didn't believe in Electronic Voice Projection to begin with. |
| 164 | * EveryoneHasStandards: It turns out the Kenneth J. Higgins Institute of Science, hardly an exemplary academic facility, considers itself above hosting Abby and Jillian's department. |
| 165 | * EvilIsNotAToy: The metal singer who starts bragging about Mayhem, the demon ghost that showed up, is promptly shoved by it into a wall of amplifiers. |
| 166 | * EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:Rowan]] lets out a rather menacing cackle when transforming into his OneWingedAngel form for the FinalBattle. |
| 167 | * ExpospeakGag: Jillian referring to Pringles potato crisps as "salty parabolas". |
| 168 | * EyeAmWatchingYou: One of the Homeland Security agents tries to intimidate the Ghostbusters by topping off a StayInTheKitchen speech with this gesture... after repeatedly failing to get into his own government-issue SUV successfully. The ladies break out the snark as he drives away, still performing the gesture out the window. |
| 169 | --> '''Holtzmann:''' ''[waving goodbye, smiling]'' Do you think they [[CompensatingForSomething actually have any genitals?]] Or is it more of a [[BarbieDollAnatomy Ken doll situation?]]\ |
| 170 | '''Abby:''' Huh... I'm thinking Ken doll. Just... smooth. |
| 171 | * FlippingTheBird: Abby's Jerkass boss performs a whole series of juvenile variations while firing her and Jillian. |
| 172 | * FogFeet: Many ghosts, though not all. It is visually lampshaded when Slimer hits the accelerator of a car with ''nothing''. |
| 173 | * ForbiddenChekhovsGun: The standard edition basically says "don't fire at the Ecto-1 because it has a nuke". The extended edition sets up and uses the same "crossing the streams" mechanic as in the original film, but it doesn't work. |
| 174 | * ForScience: Holtzmann loves to build really dangerous ghost-fighting tools just because she can and is not much concerned for their safety. She gets that lack of concern from her mentor. |
| 175 | * FrameBreak: Some scenes in the 3D version had characters and elements protruding over the black letterbox bars. The 2D home video version also features this. |
| 176 | * FreudianExcuse: |
| 177 | ** [[spoiler:Rowan the janitor]] hates humanity because he's always been treated poorly by other people and thinks that the world, as a result, is garbage. That's why he's decided to be the bad guy. It's lampshaded as he immediately assumes that the Ghostbusters could never understand what he's been through, only for them to point out that the world at large isn't nice to them either. |
| 178 | ** In a heroic example, Erin proves to be so excited about proving ghosts exist because she was haunted by one as a tween. Once she told her parents about it, she was sent to therapy and consequently ridiculed and humiliated through her entire academic life for it until she turned her back on parapsychology and became hell-bent on being taken as serious and sane. |
| 179 | * FriendsRentControl: |
| 180 | ** {{Averted}}. The cavernous former firehouse the real estate agent shows the women is laughably out of their budget. |
| 181 | --->'''Erin:''' ''[smiling in excitement]'' So, how much is this place?\ |
| 182 | '''Real Estate Agent:''' $21,000 a month.\ |
| 183 | '''Erin:''' ''[still smiling]'' Burn in hell! ("Fuck you!" on the extended cut) |
| 184 | ** [[spoiler:They do get the firehouse in the end, after the mayor's office puts the team on the city's payroll to further develop their research and equipment]]. |
| 185 | * GadgeteerGenius: Holtzmann and Rowan are flip sides of the same coin but while Holtzman likes making weapons Rowan leans a little more into {{Steampunk Gadgeteer|s}} territory. |
| 186 | * GeniusBruiser: One good and one evil. The evil version is the result of [[spoiler:Rowan North's ghost possessing Kevin.]] On the good side, Holtzmann takes out an entire army of ghosts [[OneManArmy solo...]] [[DualWielding but not single-handedly.]] |
| 187 | * GenkiGirl: Holtzmann, who is rarely seen without a smile and/or scenery-chewing enthusiasm. |
| 188 | * GenreSavvy: Patty mentions that she's seen enough of the ''The Shining'' to know that ghosts mean bad news. When she sees a room full of mannequins, Patty goes "nope" and walks out. |
| 189 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: How Patty exorcises [[spoiler:Rowan]] out of [[spoiler:Abby]]. The first time does the trick, but she slaps one more time before realizing it succeeded. |
| 190 | * GhostInvasion: Rowan North, the film's BigBad, kills himself so he can become a powerful ghost and command an army of spirits to bring about the apocalypse. North possesses the Ghostbusters' secretary Kevin and opens a portal that releases hundreds of ghosts on New York City. |
| 191 | * GhostlyAnimals: A swarm of ghost rats emerges from a subway entrance, scampering on air. Sightings of a ghost polar bear provide one of the waypoints by which the Ghostbusters ConnectTheDeaths. |
| 192 | * GroinAttack: The Ghostbusters shoot [[spoiler:Rowan, in his giant bow-tie-wearing ghost form,]] in the crotch with their proton packs. Patty even asks if that was where they were supposed to aim... |
| 193 | * GunsAkimbo: Jillian's big moment comes immediately when she remembers she holstered two ghost guns, and does an all-out one woman assault on a bunch of ghosts around them. |
| 194 | * HandCannon: Erin is given one, which even warrants a [[Film/Scarface1983 "Say hello to my little friend!"]] upon first use. |
| 195 | * HappyDance: Several. The EstablishingCharacterMoment for Erin and Holtzmann's friendship is danced to "Rhythm of the Night" by [=DeBarge=]. Later, the Ghostbusters celebrate their first ghost capture by dancing to "Party Up" by Music/{{DMX}}. |
| 196 | * HauntedHouseHistorian: |
| 197 | ** The tour guide for the Aldridge house, who uses remote control fakery to imply haunting until the real Aldridge house ghost actually shows up. |
| 198 | ** Patty knows background information about various sites in the city and most of it is relevant to the issues at hand. |
| 199 | * HeroicBSOD: In the extended edition, Erin is subjected to this after thwarting the BigBad's initial attempt. In order: the mayor's attache debunks their work, calling them sad and pathetic; random citizen invokes her BerserkButton by calling her "ghost girl" and then questioning her sanity, which gets him punched out; tabloids run a story of her punching out said bastard and giving him the finger, which prompts the TV news organizations to dig deeper and discover her former association with Columbia University, including a very dismissive soundbyte from the head of her department, the inimitable Charles Dance; and just to put the final nail in the coffin, even the dean of the third-rate tech college Abby and Jillian used to work at craps on her and then tries to [[ShamelessSelfPromoter plug his new album.]] |
| 200 | * HiddenDepths: The cabbie Erin hails towards the end of the film cuts her off to correctly identify the classification of ghosts marauding the city. |
| 201 | * HideYourLesbians: [[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/07/12/ghostbusters-director-paul-feig-on-the-film-s-misogynistic-trolls-it-s-not-for-all-these-guys.html In an interview]], Paul Feig heavily hinted that Holtzmann is supposed to be a lesbian, but implied that he had to be coy about it because of Sony. |
| 202 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Martin Heiss goads Erin into showing him proof of the ghosts that the Ghostbusters have been hunting. He gets proof alright. [[spoiler:The dragon-like ghost flies right into his face and shoves him through a window.]] |
| 203 | * HollywoodHomely: Played with. |
| 204 | ** Erin dresses extremely conservatively while at Columbia for fear of appearing "too sexy". She relaxes that style some once teamed up with Abby and Jillian, but remains socially awkward and nervous, even when trying to be flirty and social. |
| 205 | ** Abby cultivates an attitude of not caring what other people think, but on the back of the book, she and Erin both have very elegant author photos. |
| 206 | * HowDoIShotWeb: The movie explicitly shows the girls' ghostbusting tech in either preliminary stages, like the subway scene with the proton pack, or being tested in the alley. The only tech that isn't explicitly shown this way is Erin's proton shotgun/HandCannon. Conceivably, Holtzmann worked off-screen on changing it from the lead pipe earlier seen. |
| 207 | * IKissYourHand: Attempted by Holtzmann when Patty tries to give her a high-five. Patty tries to evade it, so Holtz just goes "mwah" at her hand. |
| 208 | * ImplausibleDeniability: Erin regarding a book she possibly wrote. First, she says it's not her, then that it's a namesake, that the author pictured there doesn't look like her, and ultimately that she wrote the whole thing as a joke ("The very first words in this book are '[[IsThisAJoke This is not a joke]]'..."). |
| 209 | * InappropriateHunger: Holtzmann casually eats Pringles chips during their first ghost encounter, prompting Erin's ire. |
| 210 | -->'''Erin:''' How can you be eating right now? |
| 211 | -->'''Holtzmann:''' Once you pop... |
| 212 | * IncompatibleOrientation: Holtzmann with Erin. |
| 213 | * IncongruouslyDressedZombie: One of the ghosts in the big street battle is dressed as a Pilgrim, and a Flasher Ghost flashes his ''skeleton'' at passersby. There's also the one dressed as Uncle Sam, including stilts. |
| 214 | * IndirectKiss: Erin is happy to drink the coffee that Kevin spat back into the mug, but Abby stops her as she can't stand to watch it. |
| 215 | * InstitutionalApparel: The second ghost, in the subway, is the ghost of a prisoner who was put in the electric chair. He is wearing a striped outfit. |
| 216 | * ItsBeenDone: In the extended cut, an unamused Music/OzzyOsbourne comments on the capture of Mayhem with "Wankers! Music/BlackSabbath did that shit in '74." |
| 217 | * JacobMarleyApparel: Some of the human ghosts, specially the electric chair victim on the subway, are wearing what they died in. |
| 218 | * {{Jerkass}}: |
| 219 | ** The "dean" of the university Abby and Jillian were working for. He dresses them down and then does an unnecessarily elaborate FlippingTheBird as he tells them to get out. |
| 220 | ** The Mayor and his assistant, who feel that discrediting the Ghostbusters despite them really doing a valued service for the city, is the best way to avoid panic -- no matter how cruel it is to the women. |
| 221 | ** The Graffiti Artist who vexes Patty while she works in the subway; he thinks it's his gallery. |
| 222 | ** Erin's boss at Columbia is very strict about ''everything'', even down to how she dresses. The fact her boss is [[Creator/CharlesDance Tywin Lannister]] only helps sell this. |
| 223 | ** Kevin, who is mostly dopey, has his own jerkass moments: He picks up the phone and hangs up on callers because he's "just not into that conversation" and stops to get a sandwich at the deli under the pretense of looking for the Ghostbusters during the fray. Considering the fact that he is the team's [[TheDitz ditz]] (and the fact the Ghostbusters go to rescue him mainly because he just figured out how to ''properly'' answer the phone) he literally just may [[OccamsRazor not know any better]]. |
| 224 | * JumpScare: |
| 225 | ** When the Aldridge Mansion ghost projectile vomits all over Erin. |
| 226 | ** When the subway ghost frightens Patty with screeches and electric shocks. |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | [[folder:K-M]] |
| 229 | * KarmaHoudini: The Ghostbusters are never punished for [[spoiler:accidentally killing a man and deliberately releasing a dangerous ghost onto the public]]. In fact, said incident is never referred to again. It's implied that the mayor's office covered it up. |
| 230 | * KidsAreCruel: Abby and Erin were each other's only friend in childhood because they were ridiculed maliciously by their fellow kids for believing in ghosts. |
| 231 | * LaughOfLove: Erin giggles whenever she's around Kevin. |
| 232 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Abby gets Erin fired by posting the video of Erin getting slimed by a ghost and. While Erin is crying, Abby reassures her that she can get hired at this university, with a bit of NeverMyFault about it. Cue Abby and Holtzmann getting fired because the dean forgot their department existed. |
| 233 | * LastNameBasis: Holtzmann is exclusively referred to by her last name or diminutives thereof. The one and only time someone addresses her as Jillian, it's an OutOfCharacterAlert - the other party is possessed. |
| 234 | * LetsGetDangerous: Erin, despite being the reasonable and somewhat mousy one, goes into full badass mode for the final battle. |
| 235 | * LeyLine: [[spoiler:Rowan]] is creating supernatural incidents along the ley lines crossing Manhattan to [[spoiler:break down the dimensional barrier and unleash the ghost apocalypse]]. |
| 236 | * LighterAndSofter: Generally speaking, the franchise has always sat in the middle of the SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror, with large amounts of NightmareFuel to go along with the laughs. This movie is a more traditional comedy in the vein of Paul [[Film/{{Bridesmaids}} Feig's]] [[Film/TheHeat other]] [[Film/{{Spy}} films]]. |
| 237 | * LightningCanDoAnything: The ghost-channeling devices, which are electrical in nature and explained as based around ionizing the paranormal energy. |
| 238 | * TheLoad: Kevin utterly fails at his job, distracts the professional Ghostbusters with his wacky antics, and ends up captured by the villain, forcing the Ghostbusters to rescue him. |
| 239 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: [[spoiler:Abby and Erin]] end up with shock white hair after they've [[spoiler:gone to the other side and come back]], but they dye it back to more mundane colors soon after the final battle. "Mundane" for Erin being Garfield red... and that's [[UsefulNotes/JamesGarfield the president]], not [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} the cat]]. |
| 240 | * LogicalWeakness: The ghost who takes the shape of [[spoiler:a Stay-Puft parade balloon is destroyed through... a Swiss Army knife]]. |
| 241 | * LonersAreFreaks: Rowan gives off this vibe, and it's even lampshaded. |
| 242 | * LoudGulp: Erin audibly gulps due to being speechless by how attractive Kevin is. |
| 243 | * LoveAtFirstSight: Erin immediately becomes attracted to Kevin upon first meeting. |
| 244 | * LoveTriangle: Holtzmann/Erin/Kevin. |
| 245 | * MadeOfIron: |
| 246 | ** The proton packs take a lot of punishment in this movie, mostly from having Ghostbusters fall onto them, but also from a deliberate attempt at sabotage. They don't seem any worse for wear. Justified, as Holtzmann built them. |
| 247 | ** While testing out the proton pack, Abby gets smashed around the alleyway pretty hard, bouncing off the pavement and brick walls, but suffers no ill-effects. |
| 248 | * MadScientist: Holtzmann with her casual disregard for safety and expanding arsenal of nuclear-powered ghost-busting weapons. [[spoiler: While Rowan builds devices to summon ghosts because he believes the world needs to end. Has a big speech too.]] |
| 249 | ** During an epilogue scene, we meet Holtzmann's mentor, the Sigourney Weaver cameo, and she shares the same disregard for safety equipment and love of strange devices, as well as an old-fashioned gothic-style suit which seems reminiscent of Holtzmann's wardrobe. |
| 250 | * MagicVersusScience: [[spoiler: This time around ghosts are little more than pests to be exterminated when confronted by the power of science. They're only able to become a true threat when harnessed by a human using science, which he at least partially copied from the Ghostbusters' own technology. Effectively: Science is fighting itself, and Magic is helpless and caught in the middle.]] |
| 251 | * {{Magitek}}: A ghost-channeling machine is responsible for the hauntings this time around. |
| 252 | * ManChild: On top of being a ditz, Kevin is pretty childlike. He knocks off work so he can participate in a ''hide-and-seek tournament''. |
| 253 | * TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: Rowan's ghostly cohorts manifest as spectres behind a number of mirrors, [[spoiler:which break in the climax]]. |
| 254 | * TheMasquerade: The NYC government and the Department Homeland Security are fully aware that the supernatural is real, and are trying to cover up the ghostly happenings to prevent mass panic. Their efforts seem to grow increasingly ineffective as ghost sightings mount. |
| 255 | * MediumBlending: [[spoiler:When Rowan turns into his final form as]] the cute ghost from the team logo, he initially appears as a traditionally animated character. [[spoiler:''Then'' he starts turning massive.]] |
| 256 | * MisanthropeSupreme: Rowan believes humanity is sick and needs to be wiped out. His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him refer to the others on the subway platform as "walking sewage". |
| 257 | * TheMissusAndTheEx: The initial dynamic between Erin, Abby and Holtzmann plays something like this; although never (overtly identified as) a romantic couple, Erin and Abby were research partners and friends until Erin 'dumped' Abby, leading to initial tension and awkwardness when Erin reenters Abby's life only to find that Abby has replaced her with Holtzmann, a younger, more dynamic and confident partner with whom she appears to gel better. Gradually downplayed, however, as beyond that initial tension Erin and Abby gradually begin to renew their friendship and, beyond some initial protectiveness and teasing, Holtzmann doesn't show that much hostility towards Erin (and in fact [[ShipTease seems much fonder of flirting incessantly with her]]). |
| 258 | * MistakenForRacist: When Patty crowd-dives, the crowds refuse to catch her and let her drop. She immediately asks them if it was "a race thing" or "a lady thing" and was now angry. Turns out the people didn't catch her because she had a ghost on her shoulders. |
| 259 | * MrFanService: While not as buff as his other roles, Chris Hemsworth's physique is quite admired by Erin. Abby complains about this when they have to drag him across the floor. |
| 260 | * MundaneUtility: The Ghostbusters "uniforms" are nothing of the kind. They're just coveralls used by subway workers, with reflective tape for high visibility. Patty got them by way of apology for bringing them into the filthy subway in their civilian clothes. |
| 261 | * MurderousMannequin: Mayhem is first found by the Busters possessing one. |
| 262 | * MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Shortly after Patty joins the team: |
| 263 | -->'''Erin:''' We're all scientists! ... Plus Patty. |
| 264 | * MyGreatestFailure: Erin's book she published with Abby, to the point of being horrified it's on Amazon and being promoted actively by Abby since it could endanger her career as a serious scientist. |
| 265 | * MythologyGag: |
| 266 | ** In a cross with FreezeFrameBonus, one Times Square ad is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzaQjS1JstY That's a Big Twinkie]]". |
| 267 | ** Slimer puts in an appearance, as well as a [[DistaffCounterpart female version]]. And like in the second movie, he's driving. |
| 268 | ** The final [[spoiler:1920s parade balloon ghost]] is [[spoiler:the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]], who [[spoiler:nearly kills three of the Ghostbusters]]. |
| 269 | ** Crossing with FreezeFrameBonus, the [=LEDs=] on Holtzmann's pack read "1984", the year the original movie came out. |
| 270 | ** The first place the 'Busters see as a potential headquarters is the same location used in the original film ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehouse,_Hook_%26_Ladder_Company_8 Hook & Ladder Company 8]], which in real life is still in operation). Whereas in the original, it was severely dilapidated and they only chose the location because Ray liked the fire pole, in the reboot they all love it but can't afford the $21,000/month rent. [[spoiler:They move there in the end after the Mayor decides to support them.]] |
| 271 | ** Once Abby asks "WhoYouGonnaCall" the television behind them starts a show named "Ghost Jumpers". |
| 272 | ** The villain again makes a giant version of something a Ghostbuster thought would be harmless-the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man in the original movie, [[spoiler:a monstrous BedsheetGhost based on the Ghostbusters logo here]]). |
| 273 | ** The remaining Ghostbusters backing away once one of them mentions having a "nuclear accelerator" on their back. |
| 274 | ** All of the {{Remake Cameo}}s, as listed in their entry below. |
| 275 | ** When Erin is removed from the restaurant, she pulls on a tablecloth, with rather less success than Venkman had in the original. |
| 276 | ** One of the stingers at the end of the movie has Patty listening to an EVP recording and suddenly asking [[spoiler:"What's Zuul?" Zuul being one of Gozer's harbingers in the original Ghostbusters movie, best known for possessing Creator/SigourneyWeaver.]] |
| 277 | ** Here's a subtle one: In the original film, Winston told the mayor, "I've seen shit that'll turn you ''white!''" [[spoiler:When they emerge from the portal at the end, Abby and Erin both have white hair.]] |
| 278 | ** When we first see Abby, she is wearing what looks like a crash-helmet covered in electronics, similar to the helmet Rick Moranis briefly wore in the original movie when Egon was studying him. |
| 279 | ** While trying to think of a flyer slogan, Abby comes up with "[[WaxingLyrical If there's something strange in your neighborhood...]]" before being cut off. |
| 280 | ** [[spoiler:Ghost Rowan asks the Ghostbusters to choose his form for the final battle]], as Gozer did in the first ''Ghostbusters''. |
| 281 | ** The earlier scene where Abby tries to talk Rowan down inverts part of that confrontation with Gozer: instead of Ray being unable to ''avoid'' thinking of something, Abby isn't able to think of ''anything'' but "soup". |
| 282 | ** A [[Creator/DanAykroyd taxi driver]] utters the famous "I ain't afraid of no ghosts!" line. |
| 283 | ** BigBad [[spoiler:Rowan's]] motivations are similar to that of Ivo Shandor, the Gozer-worshipping architect and cult-leader from the backstory of the first movie (and BigBad of the 2009 video game). Shandor, like [[spoiler:Rowan]] believed that humanity was sick and needed to be wiped out. Shandor's belief stemmed from the horrors of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and [[spoiler:Rowan's]] come from being bullied his whole life. |
| 284 | ** The Ghostbusters' answering machine recording is Kevin saying "Ghostbusters, what do you want?", referencing Janine Melnitz's rather biting delivery of the line in the first film. [[spoiler:Janine's actress, Annie Potts, even says "What do you want?" during her RemakeCameo, exactly like she did in the mentioned scene.]] |
| 285 | ** Near the end, the giant logo monster steps on a taxi cab like the Statue of Liberty stepped on a police cruiser in ''Ghostbusters II''. |
| 286 | ** Erin having a meltdown at the Mayor in the middle of his fancy dinner is a call back to the scene in ''Ghostbusters 2'' wherein Ray and Winston are desperate to convince Venkman of a serious threat while he's at a fancy dinner. |
| 287 | ** The ghost that chases Patty in the subway is a direct reference to the Scoleri Brothers, the first two ghosts to show up in ''[[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ghostbusters II]]'' -- criminals who were sent to the electric chair. |
| 288 | ** Kevin does something irrelevant during the climax which he mistakenly thinks defeats the main villain, much like Louis Tully in ''Ghostbusters 2''. |
| 289 | ** The film's opening sequence in Aldridge Manor features a portrait of Gertrude Aldridge, who murdered all of the house's servants and was locked in the basement for the rest of her life. The portrait is of a woman wearing a rather nasty scowl on her face, and seems much like Vigo the Carpathian's portrait from ''Ghostbusters II''. |
| 290 | ** Holtzmann's appearance seems to have been based off of Egon Spengler's design in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', especially [[AnimeHair the pompadour]]. Paul Feig said [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting it was unintentional]], as the hair team did not know about it. Similarly, the Mercado receptionist played by Annie Potts spots pointy glasses that were only ever worn by the animated Janine Melnitz. |
| 291 | ** The scene [[spoiler:where Erin rescues Abby from the portal]] also references ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "The Hole In The Wall Gang," specifically the scene where Ray is pulled through a portal to the ghost world and comes back with white hair. |
| 292 | ** At the very end [[spoiler:Erin attempts to go back to a variation on her natural color with ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} hair dye. The orange cat has shared voice actors with both [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters animated]] and [[Film/{{Garfield}} live-action]] Peter Venkman.]] |
| 293 | ** The grenade Holtzmann designs that's "only dangerous to ghosts" is essentially the Ghost Bomb from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' episode "The Bogeyman Cometh." |
| 294 | ** Erin started studying the supernatural because she was haunted as a child by a ghost who appeared in her room night after night -- just like the animated series revealed about Egon and the Bogeyman. |
| 295 | ** The [[spoiler:logo ghost becoming a free walking and dangerous apparition]] also references ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', where [[spoiler:the ghost does something very similar in the TitleSequence]]. |
| 296 | ** The "ghost" hood ornament owes something to the ECTO-1 of the cartoon show, which used a No-Ghost logo in the same way. |
| 297 | ** The haunting locales are [[ConnectTheDeaths plotted on a map to pinpoint the imminent vortex's position]], similar to how the guys in ''VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame'' transposed the mandala over a map to find the other hauntings. |
| 298 | ** An early script for the original ''Ghostbusters'' involved the characters travelling to different time periods during the battle with Gozer. [[spoiler: In the new film, Rowan transforms parts of New York into how they looked during New York's "golden age" (apparently the 1970s) and the Ghostbusters battle various ghosts from various historical periods, including Pilgrims and a 1920s Thanksgiving Day Parade.]] |
| 299 | ** The early ''Ghost Smashers'' script, which took place in the future, specified that the 'Busters tooled around in a 1970s/1980s-era Cadillac hearse/ambulance, which ''these'' Busters happen to use. |
| 300 | [[/folder]] |
| 301 | [[folder:N-Z]] |
| 302 | * NeverMyFault: Abby and Holtzmann post the video of Erin getting slimed by a ghost, resulting in Erin getting fired. While Erin is crying, a sympathetic Abby says they ''had'' to post the video to tell the world. |
| 303 | * NeverTrustATrailer: |
| 304 | ** The film's teaser trailer mentions that the original film happened "30 years ago", implying that ''this'' film was a PassingTheTorch continuation of the original series similar to ''Film/{{Creed|2015}}'' or ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. The original cast having not-yet-disclosed roles in the film also seemed to support this. The film is actually a complete ContinuityReboot of the series, and the original actors [[RemakeCameo play unrelated, minor characters]]. |
| 305 | ** The trailers make Abby out to be the main character, when it's actually an ensemble cast and Erin has the most character growth. Also, they present Patty as the stereotypical Loud Ghetto Black Woman, but this is toned down in favor of emphasizing her social connections and knowledge of practical matters and local history. |
| 306 | ** When Patty gets a car for the ladies, Abby is uneasy that it's a hearse. In the trailer, Patty replies, "It's a Cadillac!", but in the movie, she doesn't say this line ''at all'' and instead makes a longer, more convincing argument to keep it. |
| 307 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Abby publishing the book gave [[spoiler:Rowan a guidebook to unleashing the apocalypse]]. |
| 308 | * NiceToTheWaiter: Rowan seems to have some sympathy towards blue collar workers, and tells Patty that being a laborer means that she'll be one of the last to be led to the butchery, so she she should be grateful for her extra time. |
| 309 | * NightmareFuelColoringBook: [[spoiler:Rowan's copy of ''Ghosts of Our Past'']], which he has filled with drawings of how he plans to destroy the world. It's unnerving. |
| 310 | * NoLongerWithUs: Inverted by Patty's uncle; when she tells him the car is "on the other side" he asks "You mean in Jersey?" |
| 311 | * NoOntologicalInertia: Destroying the ghost portal also [[spoiler:reassembles the hotel Rowen destroyed during his transformation]]. |
| 312 | * NonProtagonistResolver: Played with for laughs: Kevin ''thinks'' he's this, but his sum contribution to the climax [[spoiler: aside from getting possessed and needing to be rescued]] involves pressing some buttons on a completely unrelated machine somewhere and getting a sandwich with a drink and a muffin while looking for the women. The Ghostbusters, needless to say, are unimpressed. |
| 313 | * NoodleIncident: The Mayor and ThoseTwoGuys from Homeland Security rattle off a list of other large scale supernatural events that got covered up to enforce TheMasquerade. They range from [=UFOs=] to a town where everybody got turned ''inside out''. |
| 314 | ** An lab accident Holtzmann was responsible for years ago. |
| 315 | -->'''Erin:''' Um, what happened? |
| 316 | -->'''Holtzmann:''' There was a lab accident. |
| 317 | -->'''Abby:''' But he's gonna wake up. |
| 318 | -->'''Holtzmann:''' He woke up yesterday. |
| 319 | -->'''Abby:''' Great. |
| 320 | -->'''Holtzmann:''' Then he screamed and went back to a coma. |
| 321 | -->'''Abby:''' Well, i bet all that screaming tuckered him out. |
| 322 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: Abby expresses surprise when Erin asks whether she finds Kevin attractive. It's implied that Kevin is just too stupid for Abby to see him that way. Patty clearly isn't interested when he starts grinding on her, and Holtzmann is a lesbian. |
| 323 | * [[NotHimself Not Herself]]: Abby behaves strangely while possessed, enough that her compatriots are suspicious but don't immediately realize what's happening.Holtzmann twigs to it first, [[OutOfCharacterAlert due to Possessed!Abby calling her Jillian]]. Holtz, of course, is on a LastNameBasis with her fellow 'busters, which Abby knows but the ghost doesn't. |
| 324 | * {{Novelization}}: One of the "junior" variety by Stacia Deutsch, and one of the more conventional kind by Nancy Holder. |
| 325 | * ObviouslyEvil: When Gertrude's ghost emerges from the cellar, she's wearing a look of absolute malevolence. It's pretty clear a hundred years of death hasn't changed her [[AxCrazy disposition]] one bit. |
| 326 | * OffscreenTeleportation: Rowan's first appearance has him appear in front of Patty's booth out of nowhere. |
| 327 | * OhCrap: Twice over the earth starts trembling around Erin and she thinks that [[spoiler:the event triggered by Rowan is starting]]. The first time is just a dumpster passing near her. The second time is for real. |
| 328 | -->'''Erin:''' It's happening! |
| 329 | * OldShame: Erin's book on the paranormal ''Ghosts From Our Past'', co-authored with Abby. |
| 330 | * TheOneGuy: Kevin is the only dude working for the Ghostbusters, as they are all female. |
| 331 | * OneWingedAngel: During the climactic showdown, [[spoiler:Rowan takes the form of a giant mutated version of the ghost from the Ghostbusters' logo]]. |
| 332 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: |
| 333 | ** Of all kinds, including humanoids, a gargoyle-like demon, a chittering SwarmOfRats, and parade balloons. |
| 334 | ** The method of ghostbusting is also much freer than the originals. In the originals, the ghosts were confined with proton streams and then sucked into the trap: that was essentially the only way the boys could deal with the average ghost. Here, while the girls can still do the zap-and-trap, the ghosts can also be defeated (maybe even "killed") by the various weapons, without bothering with the trap[[note]]Of course, the ley lines end up acting like a giant ghost trap at the end, rendering the need for a trap mostly moot[[/note]]. |
| 335 | * OverlyLongGag: Several scenes contain [[CringeComedy awkward situations]] which get stretched out to absurd lengths of time, with one or more protagonists making snarky comments about them. Many of these are made even longer in the extended edition. |
| 336 | * OverlyNervousFlopSweat: Erin sweats around Kevin due to how hot he is. Abby lampshades this when she returns and meets Kevin. |
| 337 | --> '''Abby:''' Okay, I...God, you're all sweaty. |
| 338 | * PassThePopcorn: When Erin, Abby and Holtzmann encounter the ghost of Gertrude Aldridge, Holtzmann is happily munching on some Pringles. |
| 339 | --> '''Erin:''' How can you be eating at a time like this?! |
| 340 | --> '''Holtzmann (Theatrical Version):''' ''You'' try saying no to these salty parabolas. |
| 341 | --> '''Holtzmann (Extended Edition):''' Once you pop... |
| 342 | * PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Rowan does this, while possessing Kevin, to the soldiers who show up]]. Happens on a large scale in the climax when the villain controls the amassed NYPD and National Guard. |
| 343 | * PercussiveMaintenance: Effective against possession; "THE POWER OF PATTY COMPELS YOU! *SMACK*" |
| 344 | * PetTheDog: |
| 345 | ** Rather parodied. Patty's relentless cheerfulness is wasted on the cranky and crazy subway riders. Rowan attempts to comfort her by assuring her "the laborers" will be the last to die in the coming apocalypse. Perhaps he saw her as a comrade in blue collar work; Patty just sees him as another undiagnosed nut job she has to deal with. |
| 346 | ** Subverted when [[spoiler:Rowan]] gives Kevin back. He says, "You can have him" and proceeds to [[spoiler:toss Kevin's body from a potentially fatal height]]. |
| 347 | * PillarOfLight: The portal that unleashes ghosts upon NYC in the climax extrudes a blue and green pillar that can be seen from everywhere. |
| 348 | * PlaceWorseThanDeath: The bear trap-like contraption seen on the trailer transports ghosts to other places. Holtzmann's not sure where the end point is, but is pretty sure [[UsefulNotes/{{Michigan}} it's in Michigan]]. Sorry, Lansing. |
| 349 | * PlausibleDeniability: The mayor attempts to pull this on the Ghostbusters' activity (his cabinet is not denying what they're doing is real; they only want the public to not know it to avoid panic). |
| 350 | * PreMortemOneLiner: "Alright, ghost! It's chipping time! *turns on machine* That's what you get for sitting on me!" and [[Film/ScarFace1983 "Say hello to my little..."]] |
| 351 | * ProductPlacement: |
| 352 | ** Of the self-serving kind. There's a giant ad for Creator/{{Sony}}'s UsefulNotes/BluRay format in Times Square. Furthermore, all the "ghost posters" that appear as Manhattan billboards (including ''Film/TaxiDriver'' and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'') are movies that were produced by the film's production company, Creator/ColumbiaPictures, which Sony also owns. |
| 353 | ** One of the logos suggested by Kevin for the ghost-hunting business is just the 7-11 logo. |
| 354 | ** They also eat Papa John's pizza in a scene reminiscent of "this magnificent feast represents the last of the petty cash." |
| 355 | ** Jillian also eats Pringles when confronting a ghost. |
| 356 | ** Enterprise Rent-a-car is also mentioned when Patty acquires the hearse. |
| 357 | * QueerEstablishingMoment: A subtle one. Holtzmann introducing herself to Erin. |
| 358 | * RaisingTheSteaks: A swarm of ghost ''rats'' emerges from a subway entrance, scampering on air. Sightings of a ghost ''polar bear'' provide one of the waypoints by which the [=GB=]s ConnectTheDeaths. |
| 359 | * RearrangeTheSong: As is procedure with reboots, the theme song gets the standard rock/rap remix, in this case provided by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AQ44nPrRTM Fall Out Boy & Missy Elliot]]. However, a more traditional cover was also provided by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMUf1QDQZl0 Walk The Moon]]. |
| 360 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Played with; the Mayor, his assistant and the Homeland Security agents actually are aware of the paranormal situation (in general terms, at least, since they're clearly not prepared for the specifics) and in private are willing to work with and take the Ghostbusters seriously. In ''public'', however, they ridicule, humiliate and demean them in order to maintain TheMasquerade. |
| 361 | * RecoiledAcrossTheRoom: The recoil of the first prototype proton pack sends Abby flying around in an OverlyLongGag. |
| 362 | * ReCut: The Blu-Ray includes an extended cut adding 20 minutes to the movie. |
| 363 | * RemakeCameo: All of the original cast but the late Harold Ramis (whose likeness is still featured in a bust; the movie is also [[InMemoriam dedicated]] to him) and the retired/reclusive Rick Moranis. In order of appearance: |
| 364 | ** Harold Ramis [[spoiler: appears as a bust just outside Erin's office at Columbia University, and his son Daniel plays one of the metal fans]]. |
| 365 | ** Bill Murray [[spoiler:appears as the supernatural debunker who helps cast doubt on the women's scientific activities]]. |
| 366 | ** Annie Potts [[spoiler:is a manager of the hotel where Rowan works and directs the Ghostbusters where to find him. She even tosses out her signature "Whaddaya want?" line from the first movie]]. |
| 367 | ** Dan Aykroyd [[spoiler:is a cabbie who refuses to take Erin into Chinatown--"I don't drive to Chinatown, I don't drive no wackos, and [[WaxingLyrical I ain't afraid of no ghost]]".]] |
| 368 | ** Ernie Hudson [[spoiler:is Patty's uncle who owns the funeral home, and who ''loaned'' them the hearse that Jillian tricked out and was eventually lost in the final battle]]. |
| 369 | ** Sigourney Weaver [[spoiler:appears as Jillian's mentor both in nuclear engineering and MadScientist persona]]. |
| 370 | * ReversePolarity: Just like the original, the climax solved by applying this to the source of paranormal activity. Only this time it means that [[spoiler:instead of releasing ghosts, it sucks them like the Ghostbusters' traps]]. |
| 371 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: It turns out that Erin was right to lambast Abby for publishing their book without her consent. Erin's reason, that Abby didn't ask her permission as co-author and it makes Erin look bad, was actually valid but also [[spoiler:it turns out, Rowan used their research to create his apocalypse plan]]. |
| 372 | * RightHandHottie: Kevin, whom Erin hires because she fancies him rather than because he's qualified. |
| 373 | * RogerRabbitEffect: [[spoiler:Rowan's go at becoming a "cute, tiny" ghost at Patty's request]] turns him into a traditionally animated and ''very'' adorable version of the ghost from the Ghostbusters' logo. |
| 374 | * RuleOfCool: {{Justified|Trope}} by Holtzmann. A lot of their weapons are badass, but others don't seem to have any particular advantage over weapons they already had other than aesthetics. It seems that Holtzmann just likes building them. |
| 375 | * RunningGag: |
| 376 | ** Abby is constantly disappointed with the soup she receives from the Chinese food restaurant, which only contains a single wonton. Turns into a BrickJoke at the end credits when the Ghostbusters are famous and beloved by NY, her delivery guy shows up with a soup container packed chock-a-block with wontons... which she's still disappointed with. |
| 377 | --->'''Abby:''' All I want is a reasonable ratio of wontons to broth! This is absolute madness! |
| 378 | ** Erin somehow always comes into close contact with ectoplasmic goo. She even asks if the slime has a personal thing against her. |
| 379 | ** Erin's infatuation with Kevin. |
| 380 | ** Kevin being completely unable to answer the phone properly. |
| 381 | ** Kevin keeps forgetting that he hates coffee... until ''after'' he takes a sip. |
| 382 | ** Alone or together, the main characters keep indulging in impromptu dances, sometimes even when possessed, putting out fires, or engaged in combat. |
| 383 | ** In conversation with themselves and others, the Ghostbusters have a tendency to get sidetracked and derail the conversation into irrelevant tangents. For example, an argument in the Mayor's office about the need for TheMasquerade somehow turns into a squabble between Erin and Abby arguing over the meaning of the phrase "the cat's out of the bag". |
| 384 | * SameRaceMeansRelated: A particular egregious example, since the majority of the main actors from the original ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' make appearances as different characters in this film, from Creator/SigourneyWeaver to Creator/BillMurray. When Creator/ErnieHudson (who was famously kept off of the first film's poster and had to deal with a script downgrade that made his Ghostbuster the only one who wasn't a parapsychology professor) makes his appearance, he's playing the uncle to the character portrayed by Creator/LeslieJones (who ''also'' was the sole non-white Ghostbuster and not a parapsychology professor). None of the returning white actors played characters related to the new generation of white Ghostbusters. |
| 385 | * SassyBlackWoman: Patty's role as an MTA worker turned Ghostbuster appears to be this [[NeverTrustATrailer in the trailers]], but it's downplayed in the film: she's not appreciably more acerbic than the other Ghostbusters (she is, in fact, quite warm and friendly), and her practical knowledge of the city and its history, as well as her social connections, turn out to be the important part of her character in the film. |
| 386 | * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The theater manager tells the ghostbusters that people tell him his scream is fairly "unnerving". It is demonstrated later, when he sees the ghost attack the Mayhem concert. |
| 387 | * SecretHandshake: Abby and Jillian have a pretty elaborate one. (More as a celebratory ritual than one for greeting) |
| 388 | * SequelHook: One of the stingers has Patty listening to an EVP recording and suddenly asking [[spoiler:"What's Zuul?"]] |
| 389 | * ShadowArchetype: Rowan is this to the Ghostbusters, being a scientist who has been ridiculed for years for his beliefs, but while they've soldiered on and made the best of things, he's determined to destroy the world as revenge. |
| 390 | * SharedMassHallucination: A newsreader near the end asks the mayor if he's going to say that the ghosts are actually hallucinations caused by terrorists poisoning the water supply. |
| 391 | * ShipTease: In the film-as-released, Holtzmann seems particularly keen on flirting with Erin, but it's made more overt in the extended version. A deleted scene involves her actually claiming that she and Erin are dating... much to Erin's surprise. |
| 392 | -->'''Holtzmann:''' Whoops. Back to the drawing board on ''that'' one. |
| 393 | * ShoutOut: |
| 394 | ** Invoked: Patrick Swayze movies, especially ''Film/Ghost1990''. For RuleOfFunny, the reference is jumbled with ''Film/DirtyDancing''. They suggest adding in ''Film/Roadhouse1989'' to complete the reference train wreck. |
| 395 | ** ''Film/{{Poltergeist|1982}}'': in which interacting too closely with the other side turns one's hair shock white. Also, the fact that Erin clamped a cable on herself to go after Abby, and the other two women had to tow them back from the other side. |
| 396 | ** ''Film/{{Jaws}}'': another invoked example as Abby calls the Mayor of New York out for behaving like the Mayor in that - [[MayorPain a comparison no politician wants to receive]]. |
| 397 | ** ''Film/TheExorcist'': Possession themes and the whole scene where Abby is possessed (featuring the 360-degree head spin, spewing green goo everywhere (in the extended version), and "The power of * compels you!"). |
| 398 | *** [[spoiler: Kevin]], while possessed, does another head spin while dancing. |
| 399 | ** Patty references Creator/OprahWinfrey when she brings the hearse to their headquarters. |
| 400 | --->'''Patty:''' You get a car! And ''you'' get a car! And ''you'' get a car!! |
| 401 | ** Holtzmann's name is a reference to the Holtzman Effect that makes folding space possible in ''Literature/{{Dune}}''; her gadgets are used to close a hole between dimensions. |
| 402 | ** The plastic dummies that come to life and chase Patty are reminiscent of the Auton duplicates in ''Series/DoctorWho''. |
| 403 | ** During the final confrontation with Rowan, Holtzman sings [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Come out, come out, wherever you are..."]] |
| 404 | ** Some of the ghostbusting equipment strongly resembles [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom the Fentons']]. The Ghost Chipper works the same way as the Ecto Converter from the ''Danny Phantom'' episode "Secret Weapons" (the difference being Holtzmann's is intended to shred ghosts, while for the Fentons, it was an irrelevant side-effect). The Proton Glove is essentially (one of) the Ghost Gloves introduced in "Splitting Images." Martin Heiss also refers to the (now cylindrical) Ghost Trap as a "thermos." |
| 405 | ** ''[[Film/ScarFace1983 ScarFace]]'': Erin shouting "Say hello to my little friend!" when firing a proton cannon at ghosts at the climatic battle. |
| 406 | ** The show "Ghost Jumpers" that Abby derides as the public perception of paranormal science, and from which the team indirectly takes their name, is a reference to ''Series/GhostHunters'', which in a strange recursion, was itself named after the original ''Ghostbusters''. |
| 407 | ** In her first few scenes, Holtzmann is wear a green shirt and blue overalls. Kinda like [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion another paranormal investigator]]. |
| 408 | ** Rowan's plot glens a bit from ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' as that game's villain, Swan, was likewise bullied in life and turned to supernatural forces to exact his revenge. [[spoiler: Right down to killing himself to enact his final phase of his plan and even summoning a giant monster. Though, unlike Swam, who did so to summon said monster. Rowan ''is'' said monster.]] |
| 409 | * TheShowMustGoOn: The metal band, Mayhem, keep playing without missing a beat. |
| 410 | * SicklyGreenGlow: Emitted by non-human ghosts such as Slimer (humanoids are blue instead) and the portal that unleashes ghosts. |
| 411 | * SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Rowan, the main antagonist in the film, is almost completely absent from the marketing, [[spoiler:aside from showing up as the giant logo ghost.]] He makes a ''very'' brief appearance at the end of the second trailer. |
| 412 | * SkyscraperMessages: One of the multiple inter-credits {{Stinger}}s. After Holtzmann has a reunion with her mentor, Patty calls the team to the roof. [[spoiler: From the top of the firehouse, they can see that buildings all across New York have had their windows lit up strategically to spell out messages of love and thanks to the Ghostbusters.]] |
| 413 | * SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: The 2016 film places much more emphasis on humor compared to the original, with the heroines constantly cracking jokes and even making fun of the setting itself, such as protesting against the name "Ghostbusters". |
| 414 | * SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Rowan's scheme might have succeeded without a hitch if not for Patty, not yet a Ghostbuster, who nevertheless followed him, saw his device and the ghost it summoned, and spoke to the Ghostbusters, leading the investigation back to him]]. |
| 415 | * SpitTake: Played with. When Abby asks Kevin if he remembered to put sugar in her coffee, he checks by tasting it and immediately spitting it out because he hates coffee. |
| 416 | * StealingFromTheTill: When Abby and Holtzmann are fired from their third-rate technical college, they immediately loot their lab's equipment and walk off with as much of it as they can pile on a cart. |
| 417 | * StealthPun: When Creator/BillMurray's character is interviewed, he's referred to as a "notorious buster". |
| 418 | * StealthSequel: Actually {{inverted|Trope}}, [[NeverTrustATrailer in spite of what a lot of the marketing would try to tell you]]; while the movie is being advertised as a sequel, it's really just a reboot. |
| 419 | * TheStinger: The Ghostbusters are in their lab working while Patty is listening to a recording. She turns to ask Erin, [[spoiler:"What's Zuul?"]] |
| 420 | * StoryboardingTheApocalypse: [[spoiler: Rowan]] literally storyboards the apocalypse, drawing step-by-step illustrations of his plan to destroy the world in his copy of the ghost book. |
| 421 | * SureLetsGoWithThat: The group has an official sounding name, and keep trying to insist on it, but after everyone starts calling them "Ghostbusters", [[AppropriatedAppellation they just roll with it]]. |
| 422 | * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: |
| 423 | ** Erin is on track for tenure at Columbia University. Abby and Holtzmann videotape her getting slimed by a ghost, and delightfully talking about it. They then post it online, where it goes viral that Erin's boss sees it. He quickly fires her for unprofessionalism. The same thing happens with Abby and Holtzmann's boss when they ask him to hire Erin, only ''he'' is the unprofessional one. |
| 424 | ** A real estate agent shows the women a huge space in a fancy area in New York. They all get excited by its cleanliness and potential. How much is the rent? $21,000 per month. They have to settle for the second floor of a Chinese restaurant. |
| 425 | ** Martin Heiss shows up without an appointment to the Ghostbusters address, clearly planning to bust them with a surprise inspection. Abby and Holtzmann warn him that the ghost they caught is violent and needs a proper containment area; he doesn't believe them, motivating Erin to show the proof. [[spoiler:When he finds out that they're telling the truth, all he can do is stand in place before the ghost tosses him out of a window]]. |
| 426 | ** Ignoring the extended cut, Erin has a trauma reaction to [[spoiler:a man dying in front of her when Rowan commits suicide]], unlike her teammates. [[spoiler:Martin Heiss]] was one thing, but [[spoiler:Rowan]] is another. She takes a break from the Ghostbusters because [[spoiler:it's one thing to disintegrate ghosts and another to have someone die, and in such a gruesome fashion]]. |
| 427 | ** The Mayor and his aide try their best to cover up the masquerade, reasoning that people aren't ready to learn that ghosts are real. [[spoiler:That doesn't last by the end; news journalists are pointing out they saw New York swallowed by spirits with the police incapacitated so it seems to be an irresponsible government coverup]]. |
| 428 | * TakeThat: |
| 429 | ** The comments section to the ghost Website/YouTube videos the characters upload is not too different from [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch what the movie's own trailers received]]. |
| 430 | ** The mayor's assistant quickly advises the 'Busters that they're going to be "fake arrested" to uphold the whole "Ghostbusters are a sad fraud mugging for attention" narrative the Mayor wants pushed. The [=DHS=] guys twist the women's arms behind their backs and say "Stop Resisting" even though Abby and Erin are going along quietly. |
| 431 | ** "You spell science [[Creator/{{Syfy}} with a 'Y']]!" |
| 432 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:The giant Rowan grabs Abby as he's being sucked through the portal. This prompts Erin to go to her rescue.]] |
| 433 | * TeamPet: Kevin fills this role for the Ghostbusters, as he is still employed by the end of the movie, and the team is somewhat protective of him. He also has the intelligence level one might expect from a pet. [[InsultToRocks A pet rock, maybe.]] |
| 434 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The female Slimer looks exactly like the male except with lipstick and hair. |
| 435 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: The iconic bridge from Ray Parker Jr.'s 1984 theme shows up in the remake soundtrack during the climactic ghost fight ("Battle of Times Square"), as Holtzmann grabs a pair of forgotten proton pistols and [[DualWielding dual-wields]] her way through an entire ghost army. Apart from being awesome on general principle, it's also one of only two times any of the original musical themes show up in the remake soundtrack (the first is the intro, which plays over the mansion tour guide being terrified into [[PottyFailure ruining his pants]] courtesy of Gertrude Aldridge.) |
| 436 | * ThoseTwoGuys: The Homeland Security agents were about as useful throughout the whole movie as a paper mache umbrella in a thunderstorm even before things [[FromBadToWorse started hitting the fan]], even the GB's lampshaded this snarking that their incompetence hides their lacking manliness. |
| 437 | ** the Mayor and his douchey assistant count as well. Given that their only real talent is suppressing everything and smearing the four heroines until it all reaches a fever pitch which was all but impossible to cover up. |
| 438 | * TitleDrop: Aside from the team taking on the name "Ghostbusters," Patty's uncle drops the film's early production codename ("Flapjack"). |
| 439 | * TokenMinority: Patty is the only black person on the main cast. |
| 440 | ** This is a particularly groan-worthy as Patty parallels the original film's Winston. Both characters are the only Black Ghostbusters, and neither of them are parapsychology professors like their white counterparts. |
| 441 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler: Rowan possessing Kevin]], which happens late in the movie, is shown prominently in several trailers. However, it's never mentioned specifically that the ghost ''is'' one character or another. At the time, it was just known that he got possessed. |
| 442 | * ToiletHumour: Holtzmann also claims that the fart sound on the 'EVP' recording "came from the front." She could, of course, be referring to someone blowing a raspberry... or she could be referring to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_flatulence this]]. |
| 443 | * TrueCompanions: The Ghostbusters become this by the end of the movie. [[spoiler: As they celebrate their victory, Jillian delivers a truly heartwarming toast, calling Erin, Abby and Patty her family.]] |
| 444 | * {{Understatement}}: It is stated during the confrontation with the BigBad that, once the portal to the Other Side is opened, the dead will return to 'pester' the living. Erin points out that this doesn't sound so bad. The BigBad clarifies that this 'pestering' will take the form of torture, death and carnage. The Ghostbusters then remark that 'pester' is a poor choice of words for what he's describing, and 'apocalypse' would probably be a more fitting one. |
| 445 | * UnexplainedRecovery: The Aldridge Mansion tour guide gets himself trapped in a cellar, hanging from a collapsed staircase, above a slowly rising pool of slime, with a vengeful ghost who, in life, killed several people. The door is locked and, as he was the only person inside the building, there is no hope of rescue. Yet when he's next seen, he's completely unhurt, having only [[BringMyBrownPants ruined his trousers]]. |
| 446 | * VideoCredits: Akin to the second movie, the main actors are accompanied by pictures of them alongside the credits. |
| 447 | * VisualPun: Holtzmann's necklace pendant is a rebus; "screw" + "you." |
| 448 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: The Extended Edition adds one after [[spoiler:Abby gets possessed while in the bathroom, causing her to puke up some slime.]] |
| 449 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Rowan]] was omitted from trailers likely because of his importance as the BigBad. |
| 450 | * WatchThePaintJob: Ecto-1, which Patty first complains about ''receiving'' a paint job, and then when it's hijacked by Slimer in the climax, [[spoiler:leading to its role in the final battle]]. |
| 451 | * WeirdnessMagnet: The ghost-channeling devices are ''literal'' Weirdness Electromagnets, placed on locations with paranormal-heavy properties to draw them in and amplify them. |
| 452 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Erin and Abby are at this point as the story begins. By the end of the film, they're friends again, working together as Ghostbusters after proving their theories correct. |
| 453 | * WeWantOurJerkBack: Despite openly admitting to his ''many'' faults, the Ghostbusters still demand that [[spoiler:Rowan release Kevin]]. |
| 454 | * WhamLine: The last line of TheStinger is Patty asking [[spoiler:"What's Zuul?"]] |
| 455 | * WhatAPieceOfJunk: 2/3 of the Ghostbusters think the vehicle Patty got for the Ecto-1 is this. The exception is Holtzmann (because [[NightmareFetishist there might be a dead body in it, and how useful are those?!]]). |
| 456 | * AWildRapperAppears: Inverted on the film's version of the "Ghostbusters" theme by Music/FallOutBoy and Music/MissyElliott, as Missy does almost all the vocals and Patrick Stump just sings a few lines in the choruses. |
| 457 | * WhosOnFirst: Kevin's dog is named "Mike Hat"; the ladies think he's talking about "my cat". |
| 458 | * WomenAreWiser: While the main characters are all scientists and/or knowledgeable in history, every single male character is either a [[DirtyCoward coward]], an [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]], or [[TheDitz stupid]]. |
| 459 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Rowan, being a intelligent person who's been bullied and demeaned all his life, thus decides to [[spoiler:unleash a tidal wave of ghostly fury upon the world. If his dialogue can be believed, a lot of his ghostly allies count as well]]. |
| 460 | * TheWorldIsNotReady: Why the mayor and government are trying to cover up the NYC events, and apparently previous ones as well, because he thinks that humans at large are at stupid and literally cannot handle the information without panicking. |
| 461 | * WorldHealingWave: The Ghostbusters final plan to save the day results in [[spoiler: the portal opened by Rowan sucking all ghosts, including him, back to the other side--and restoring the city back to rights for the most part.]] |
| 462 | * WrongGenreSavvy: In the real world where there is no scientific evidence for ghosts, Martin Heiss would have been completely correct to be skeptical of the Ghostbusters. In the film's universe, where there is a history of paranormal incidents [[spoiler:his demanding the team show him a ghost leads to him getting knocked out a window to his death]]. |
| 463 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: The Ghostbusters try this on Rowan. They tell him they know exactly how he feels about the world not treating you well. Abby tells him that while people can suck, the little things that bring them joy, like "soup," aren't. [[spoiler:It doesn't work, though Rowan gives them VillainRespect for being the only people to show empathy]]. |
| 464 | * YouCantThwartStageOne: Subverted; the Ghostbusters actually manage to [[spoiler: catch Rowan before he finishes his apocalyptic machine, and he electrocutes himself to avoid capture.]] Then double-subverted, as this was all part of his plan, [[spoiler: including [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning the suicide]]]]. |
| 465 | * YourMom: During their initial confrontation, Abby makes a crack about Erin's mom before sheepishly walking it back by admitting that she always actually liked Erin's mom. |
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