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[Eduardo] Garrett. Don't you ever think about anything but ghosts?

[Garrett] Oh, yeah. Sure. Sometimes I think about ghost traps.

-[Eduardo] You have a one-track mind. -[Garrett] I love what I do.

[Eduardo] It's just a phase. You'll outgrow it.

[Garrett] Yeah. Dream on, slacker boy. Busting ghosts is my purpose.

My reason for being. My raison d'etre.

[Eduardo] What about raisins?

[Garrett] Which reminds me, snack time!

[Eduardo] Okay. You have a two-track mind.

[inaudible]

-[ominous music playing] -[ship horns blowing]

[ghost bellowing]

[gasps]

[grunts]

-[people scream] -[gasps]

[horns honking]

[gasps, then screams]

[theme music playing]

[theme music playing]

♪ If there's something strange In your neighborhood ♪

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ If there's something weird And it don't look good ♪

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ That's right ♪

♪ I ain't 'fraid of no ghost ♪

♪ If you're seeing things Running through your head ♪

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ Ghostbusters ♪

♪ I ain't 'fraid of no ghost ♪

♪ You know busting Makes me feel good ♪

♪ I ain't 'fraid of no ghost ♪

♪ Whoo-ooh! ♪

[ominous music playing]

[ominous music playing]

-[gasps] -[whimsical music playing]

You're reading the newspaper? I'm impressed.

[laughing]

Marmaduke kills me.

He is always doing the dumbest stuff!

Eh, kindred spirit, huh?

Uh, no, man. I think he's a Great Dane.

I should've known.

[panting]

Oh, what's the matter, Roister? You look like your pet goldfish died.

My electronic planner. I can't find it!

I think I saw it on the kitchen table.

That's my digital writing pad.

Did it ever occur to you

that maybe you're a little over-reliant on gadgets and technology?

I'm not over-reliant on anything.

They're just tools to help me organize my life.

Yeah, well, if they worked,

you'd know where your electronic planner is.

Very funny.

Roister, you're such a techno freak.

You wouldn't last two days on Gilligan's Island.

Sure, I would.

I'd uplink the modem of my laptop to remote radio bandwidth

and then signal an SOS to the nearest passing ship.

Okay.

Roland, were you looking for this?

Yes. Thank you! Where was it?

Slimer had it.

He was trying to make a meal of your screen saver.

Sorry.

[telephone rings]

[ominous music playing]

Ask about our introductory two for one special.

Lincoln Tunnel? We're on our way.

[siren blaring]

[indistinct police radio chatter]

Man! I've seen demolition derbies that didn't look this bad.

[metal creaking and groaning]

[beeping]

-I'm getting something here. -Me too. Residual.

[beeping fades]

Oh! What's wrong with this thing?

[comm crackles]

[Kylie] Come to the west tunnel exit, you guys.

I got our eye witness.

[man] It was big. Real big.

Big like a battleship.

I don't know. You know what? It was scaly.

And you know what else?

I've seen it before.

You have?

It's the Loch Ness Monster.

Okay. Well, thanks. You've been a big help.

Loch Ness monster. That dude is wack!

Maybe.

But those disturbances on the tunnel floor could be consistent

with just such a serpentine creature.

-And we are near the water. -[comm crackles]

[Janine] Ghostbusters?

Reports of a serpent attack at a construction site on West 18th.

We're there.

-[ominous music playing] -[siren blaring]

Nessie is gonna get you!

[workers yelling]

[tense music playing]

Come on, Roister. Let's check this out!

Uh... right.

[gasps]

Let's go.

This way.

[workers yelling]

[PKE meter beeping]

You the Ghostbusters?

No, man. We just wear this stuff to make a fashion statement.

-[grunts] -Can you tell us what happened?

I'm up on the scaffold and I see the ground start waffling!

Then some kind of creature comes right up at us!

Then, all the equipment starts going nuts!

[sirens wailing]

It look like the Loch Ness monster?

Yeah. How did you know that?

I'm a scientist.

There. That's where it came out of.

-[ominous music playing] -[PKE meter beeping]

[Garrett yells]

[PKE meter fizzles]

Oh, not again!

[Kylie] Three more points of attack. All in the Greater New York area.

And in each case, a serpent-like entity arises from the ground

and causes mechanical things to malfunction.

The residual energy even caused the P.K.E. meters to crash.

My guess would be that we're dealing with a paranormal entity,

capable of ecto-magnetic emanations.

That would explain the mechanical malfunction.

I think it's the Loch Ness monster.

Maybe we should worry less about what it is

and more about what it's after.

Excellent point, Janine.

By inputting all relevant data from the attack sites,

we should be able to determine a pattern, which will help us predict

where the entity's next appearance will occur.

The next likely attack site should be...

Hm. That's odd.

Don't you see what's happening here? Everything is breaking down.

All the equipment, all the computers.

Hey, man. The only thing breaking down around here is you.

What are we waiting for?

If the fire house equipment's going haywire,

the spook must be nearby.

[ominous music playing]

-I'm getting a reading. -[beeping]

That way!

Yeah. I got one too.

That way. You got anything, Roister?

[fizzles]

Yeah. A broken meter.

Let's split up and keep in radio contact.

Assuming the radios are working.

You keep this up,

you'll be out of the running for cheerful employee of the month.

[PKE meter beeping]

Got a live one.

False alarm.

-Come on. Come on! -[PKE meter sputtering]

Forget it, bud. You don't need that thing.

Be like me and trust your instincts.

If there's a ghost nearby, I feel it in my gut.

[PKE meter beeping]

-[beeping intensifies] -[gasps]

Roland! Garrett!

-[yells] -[tense music playing]

Come on! It's getting away.

You guys all right?

Uh, yeah. Sure.

Tell me again how you feel it in your gut?

-[horns honking] -[people yelling indistinctly]

Boys and girls, welcome to Roland's nightmare.

You think this is funny?

-Yeah. -[laughs]

Kind of.

Man, if you could see your face.

Don't pay attention to them, Roland. We got work to do.

Right. Not a problem.

One thing's for sure. Our ghost was right here.

-Not was. Is! -[dramatic music playing]

[people screaming]

[roaring]

[roaring]

[roaring]

Blast it!

No!

Too weird. I'm getting another reading.

From behind us.

The equipment doesn't work! Don't you get it?

Oh, yes, it does.

[dramatic music playing]

[roaring]

[Kylie yells]

[sighs] He's after the serpent!

Oh, may the wind in his sails be strong.

[roars]

[grunting]

[roaring]

That was better than Tuesday Night Wrestling.

Popeye never had a chance, man.

[tense, pensive music playing]

[Roland] Easy, everybody.

I think he's dead.

He's a ghost.

No. I mean, like, dead-dead.

[Eduardo] You really believe you can bring this old dude back to life?

Not life, per se.

Consciousness.

I've retooled this fibrillator

to provide an electrical charge compatible with ectometabolism.

He was chasing the serpent ghost. He may know its history.

Correct.

And therefore may be able to provide vital information

as to how to fight it effectively.

Clear.

[dramatic music playing]

-[groans] -A-ha.

Where am I?

-You're in the Big Apple. -Apple?

New York, New York. The town so nice, they named it twice!

Egon brought you back to life.

Consciousness. It was nothing really.

If you don't mind, I would like to check your vital--

-Close enough. -Of course. [clears throat]

I do, however, need to ask you a few questions

about the serpent entity you were chasing.

Yeah, and, uh, while we're at it, who are you?

Call me Maiikrob.

For seven centuries,

I have been tracking the creature you speak of.

The creature known as Lotan.

He consumes my every thought.

His destruction is both my mission and my destiny.

So, what's this Lotan do

beside scooting around under sidewalks

and making machinery go haywire?

Lotan destroys.

He breathes and all tools, all weaponry, all things mechanical go awry.

Lotan can cause an entire culture to crumble.

I have seen him blunt the spear of the hunter

and splay the spoke of the charioteer.

And now, he has chosen your time and your city.

That explains all the technological failure.

Lotan is out to destroy those things our world is most dependent upon.

Computers.

-Automobiles. -TV.

-We gotta do something! -[Maiikrob] I will do something.

I will destroy Lotan.

Dude's pretty cocky, considering his lousy track record.

There's a certain synergistic irony at play here

in that you're, in a sense, the original ghostbuster,

and that's what we do.

-Maybe, we can work together and-- -I work alone.

And any who get in my way will be destroyed along with Lotan.

[ominous music playing]

Oh, and you're welcome.

We gotta follow him. He is our best chance at finding Lotan.

Hey. Aren't we missing somebody?

Yeah. Where is Roland anyway?

I'm not jumping.

So, uh, what you doing, Ro? Spitting on people?

-[Roland] No. -[groans]

Well, come on. We got a ghost to bust.

I'm not going.

You guys were right.

I wouldn't last a day on Gilligan's Island.

Ah. Time for a little reverse psychology.

Hey, guys. Roland's right.

He's no good to us.

Real smooth, Garrett.

That reverse psychology is real effective.

Hey, I took a shot, okay? So sue me.

[Kylie] Look at the bright side, you guys.

-This way, I get to drive. -[whimsical music playing]

You can reach the brake pedal, can't you?

-No. But I can reach this. -Ow!

[PKE meter beeping]

[Garrett] I'm getting a reading.

[siren blaring]

[tense music playing]

[tires screech]

I warned you to stay away.

[tires screech]

[siren wailing]

There he is!

He won't shake us this time.

[engine revs and tires screech]

He shook us.

I'm still getting a reading.

[Lotan bellowing]

It's the worm!

[all yell]

-[Lotan bellowing] -[all yelling]

-[Lotan bellowing] -[all yelling]

-[Lotan bellowing] -[all yelling]

[Garrett] Look out!

-You okay? -Yeah. Garrett?

I can't move my legs. I can't move my legs!

[both gasp]

Oh, yeah.

[dramatic music playing]

[gasps]

[roars]

[Maiikrob] Lotan!

-[Lotan bellows] -[Ghostbusters yell]

[Maiikrob yells]

[Lotan bellows]

[Maiikrob groans]

[Maiikrob] Lotan!

[ship crashes]

Maiikrob?

I failed. I'm sorry.

Lotan will now destroy your city.

Hey. No ghost is gonna destroy our city.

That's right.

Anybody destroys New York, it's gonna be us.

There is nothing you can do.

You mean, there is nothing you can do.

Like you said, you're a failure.

-Uh, Garrett? -I know what I'm doing.

Oh, not that reverse psychology again.

From where I sit, Maiikrob, you're nothing but a quitter.

We don't need your help. We can handle Lotan ourselves.

Yeah, and your mama dresses you funny.

[growls]

He is gonna kill us.

You mock me with your words.

But you have courage.

Perhaps we should fight together.

Nice to have you aboard, Skipper. High five!

-Let's not push our luck, okay? -[comm crackles]

Egon here. I've managed to get my computer operational.

And I've ascertained a definite pattern of movement for Lotan.

Its attacks are neither random nor geographically based.

But rather, based upon escalating intensity

and degree of destruction.

You speak Egonics. What's he saying?

He's saying that Lotan started small, like with cars in the tunnel.

But he is going after something bigger and more powerful each time.

-Correct. -[telephone rings]

Since, his MO is to destroy a culture based upon its inherent infrastructure,

he's instinctively attacking areas of progressively complex technology.

[yelps]

Janine just received a report

that would indicate he's moving east, toward Queens.

-What's in Queens? -Shea Stadium.

Lotan's gonna take on the Mets?

My grandmother could beat the Mets.

JFK Airport.

Of course. It's the hub of all travel for the city.

Uh...

What is an airport?

[siren blaring]

Janine. You gotta find Roland and tell him we really need his help.

[Janine] Hey, I'd like to, Kylie.

But he took off an hour ago and I don't know where he is.

[Garrett] Who would've thunk it?

The going gets tough and Roland wimps out.

[ominous music playing]

[Lotan bellows]

-[alarm beeping] -[crew yelling]

[screaming]

[alarm beeps, then devices power down]

-[dramatic music playing] -[bellowing]

[roars]

[groans] Big surprise. Nothing is working!

Keep trying!

[tires screech]

Well, look who's decided to join the party.

Hold your fire!

Reverse psychology.

Don't you guys see the warning lights?

The packs are overloading from all the un-expended energy.

They could blow.

We got live nukes strapped to our backs?

[both whimper]

-[Lotan bellows] -[tense music playing]

He's heading for the control tower.

We can't let that happen.

If he screws up the computers and radar, hundreds of planes will crash.

-Thousands of lives-- -Okay, okay. We get it.

How do we defeat this thing?

The only way to destroy Lotan is from within.

You mean, get inside him?

Yes. And use this to pierce his center of being.

If the technology wants to work against us,

then let it work against us, for us.

I think he's finally cracked.

No, I get it.

If the proton packs are gonna blow, let's feed them to the creature.

Destroy his center of being that way!

Great idea. But what idiot is willing to get close enough

to shove them down that monster's gullet?

That will work?

It should.

Then I will do it.

Hey, man. That's a suicide mission.

You'll never make it out of there alive.

Uh, hello? He's a ghost.

[dramatic music playing]

[roars]

[all yell]

[roaring]

[Maiikrob grunting]

He's inside.

Take cover!

Lotan's gone.

And so is Maiikrob.

He did what he came to do.

-[beeping] -Hey! My P.K.E. meter is working.

And so is my watch.

And so are the runway lights.

It all works. It all works!

We gotta get this guy a girlfriend.

[theme music playing]

♪ When the things that slither In the shadows ♪

♪ Keep you up late at night ♪

♪ When there's something lurking In your closet ♪

♪ Who can make you feel all right? ♪

♪ Whoo-ooh! ♪