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[alarm blaring]

[gasps]

[thunder crashes]

Hey, boy, you got one ugly mug, you know that?

Jackpot.

[music turns suspenseful]

[grunts, then groans]

[laughs demonically]

[stone scrapes]

[guard 1] Freeze!

Just keep your hands where we can see them, pal.

[music stops]

[tile scuffs]

[mystical music playing]

What is this thing?

[roaring]

Keep away. You hear me?

[music turns dramatic]

Keep away.

You...

[screams]

...have been chosen.

[guard 2] No. No, no, please!

[echoing] Please!

...

[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 ♪

[siren wailing]

♪ I ain't afraid of no ghost ♪

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

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ Ghostbusters ♪

♪ I ain't afraid of no ghost ♪

♪ You know Busting makes me feel good ♪

♪ I ain't afraid of no ghost ♪

♪ Whoo-oh! ♪

[upbeat music playing]

[speaks in alien language]

[grunts]

Hmm. Looks like checkmate, Eduardo.

[cheers]

Hey, what are you...?

-Get off of me. -Hey!

Why don't you two take it outside?

These old books are priceless.

I think you mean worthless.

"Galileo and His Study of Medieval Poltergeists"?

Total waste of time.

Did it ever occur to you that since we investigate the paranormal,

we ought to read up on the subject?

You can read, can't you?

Hey, I read plenty.

Yeah, cereal boxes.

-CliffsNotes. -Pizza menus.

All I'm saying is, when it comes to ghost busting,

it's on-the-job experience that counts.

[Egon] In that case, you'll appreciate the call we just got

from the Metropolitan Museum.

There's been a report of a massive ecto-ethereal disturbance.

Yes!

That means a ghost.

Gee, thanks for explaining.

My tiny brain couldn't comprehend.

[mysterious music playing]

He spits out a ball of fire and...

takes Bobby away.

-[device beeping] -Hey, guys.

Getting some major flux off of Venus de Milo here.

"Statue of the ancient demon god Kahlil."

And you say all this happened

after the guard Bobby picked up some kind of tile off the ground?

[Kylie] Can you describe it?

Had some kind of weird markings on it.

Sounds like a rune.

So you're saying, what,

that because he touched this rune,

the guard got whisked away to never-never land?

Could be.

The question is, are there any more of these runes in circulation?

That thief,

he had some kind of pouch in his hand.

[Bruno] Get lost, Rifkin. I can't use no more hot Rolexes.

[Rifkin] Rolexes?

Bruno, man, you ain't been listening.

I'm talking antiquities here.

Antiquities.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

[sniffs] I'll give you $10.

Ten do --? Oh, come on, man.

This stuff is worth.

[laughter on TV]

I'll give you $10.

You lousy, cheap son of a--

Oh, man, it's happening again!

[ominous music playing]

You have touched the rune.

-You are chosen. -[screams]

[Bruno] No. Wait!

Take Rifkin.

Those tiles are his. They're his!

He is but the keeper of the runes.

He holds the power to summon,

not to be summoned.

[Bruno screaming]

Keeper of the runes?

Yeah.

I like the sound of that.

I hold the power.

[laughs]

-You getting anything, Garrett? -Not a nibble.

-Keep scanning. -Yeah.

'Cause if some dude's running around with a bag full of evil dominoes,

we could be in for a whole mess of disappearances.

Hey, guys.

[beeping]

Mondo reading from that pawnshop.

[cat snarls]

[humming upbeat tune]

[yells]

[man in congested voice] Rifkin, Rifkin, Rifkin.

Such awful manners you have.

You borrow money... [sniffles]

...but you forget to pay me back.

So very rude.

Hammer, I've been trying to find you.

No kidding around. Honest.

"Honest" is not a word I normally associate with you, Rifkin.

I got your payback right here.

Let me show you.

Here's one for you. Here you go, Hammer.

Here. There's one for each of you.

What is this, Rifkin? Some kind of joke?

Yeah, a joke.

A real big joke, and it's on you.

[ominous music playing]

Three have been summoned.

[screaming]

[laughs] You sic them, boy. Yeah!

You get them good.

Why do you mock the Messenger of Kahlil?

Nobody's doing any mocking here, okay?

Just do your thing. [snickering]

[thug whimpering]

[Hammer screaming]

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

Okay, Dog Face,

time to go back to the pound.

Garrett, wait for the rest of us!

Heads up!

[yelling]

Not good.

[ominous music playing]

Nice boy. Heel.

-Let's roast it. -Too risky.

You have not been chosen.

[groans]

-Now? -Now.

We need more firepower.

You've got it.

Throw the trap!

Yeah, boy, we showed him.

[ominous music playing]

Whatever that bloody thing was, we lost it.

No, no, no!

[music turns mystical]

Whe-- Where are we, Mr. Hammer?

[Hammer] I don't know.

[sniffs] That horrible smell.

Ah, what you smell is the burning stench of a thousand souls.

-Who? -What?

am the great Kahlil.

You have been summoned by the cursed power of the runes

to be my slaves.

[both yelp]

And three more disappearances late last night.

All located in the downtown area.

You know, what I don't get

is why that demon didn't snatch you, Kylie.

He was probably scared of her.

I didn't get taken because I wasn't one of the 13.

Thirteen what?

Chosen ones.

It's all right here.

In ancient Iceland, a pagan festival was held every 13 years,

during which 13 people were sacrificed to the demon god Kahlil.

Hey, that was the name on the statue in the museum.

Right.

As part of the ritual,

each of the chosen ones was made to touch one of the runes,

transporting them to Kahlil's dimension.

Once 13 are taken,

they're permanently enslaved to the demon

and can never return to the earthly plane.

The only chance we got is to ID that thief

who made off with the runes.

[Roland] His name is Steve Rifkin.

Egon and I went back to the museum.

As I suspected, they have a perimeter security camera.

Here's our man, caught in the act.

We checked around the area of the pawnshop

and found a couple of locals who were able to identify him from the tape.

Trouble is, nobody we talked to knows where this Rifkin character lives.

Just know him from the street.

That's where you come in, Janine.

You think you can hack your way into the DMV computer

and find an address?

Well, I suppose ...

Isn't that illegal?

I won't tell.

-Me neither. -My lips are sealed.

No hablo inglés.

[sighs] Join the Ghostbusters, become a felon.

[commentator speaking indistinctly on radio]

Hey, turn that thing down, all right?

It's giving me a headache.

So take an aspirin.

I'm not kidding around here, okay?

Turn it down.

[spectators cheering on radio]

[volume of cheering increases]

Here. Keep the change.

[mystical music playing]

Hey, hey, hey. I don't take no Canadian money.

Huh? [yelling]

-[pounding on door] -[Garrett] Open up, Rifkin!

We wanna talk to you.

You got a warrant?

We're not cops.

We're concerned citizens.

[glass shatters]

[suspenseful music playing]

The window!

[Kylie] He's getting away!

Well, at least we tried.

[Roland] Garrett and I will take the Ecto-1.

[yelps]

-[engine starts] -[tires squeal]

[snickering]

Oh, man.

We can't let him get away. [grunts]

[Roland over radio] Kylie, where are you guys?

IRT, heading downtown.

Meet us at the next stop.

You want a piece of me? Huh? Is that what you want?

Hey, dude, just chill, okay?

[Rifkin] Is this what you want? Huh?

You want this? Catch.

Eduardo, no!

[echoing] No!

[mystical music playing]

Good move, Captain Cranium.

[snickers]

[Eduardo screams]

Kylie! Help me!

No!

[Eduardo screaming]

[grim music playing]

[Roland over radio] Kylie, what is happening down there?

Eduardo got zapped by a rune.

He's... gone.

Not if I can help it.

We need to talk.

Ah. A new arrival.

Hey, man, I want out of here. Now.

On your knees.

[yelps]

You are now my slave

and shall follow my every command.

You shall simply do my bidding until you drop.

[Kahlil cackling]

Something tells me you're not running a union shop.

[chuckles] You amuse me.

And for that reason,

I have a most amusing task for you to perform.

You will transcribe and catalog every manuscript

in my library of pain.

Whew. Shouldn't take too long.

[Kahlil cackling]

[Kahlil hacks, then chuckles]

[Kylie] Ah. I got it.

An ancient incantation that can counteract the power of Kahlil.

So, what are we waiting for? Let her rip.

Uh, tiny problem.

It can only be invoked from inside the demon dimension.

That's a very large tiny problem.

How do you propose we get there?

One first-class ticket,

compliments of Mr. Rifkin here.

Hands off, man.

That's private property you're talking--

One of us touches the rune,

the portal opens, and Dog Face appears.

And then, as Venkman used to say,

we zap him and trap him.

Hate to break this to you, Egon, but we already tried that,

and Dog Face would not roll over and play dead.

I've made a few adjustments.

Fine-tuned the proton flow to the demon's exact PKE coordinates.

This time, it should do the trick.

Should?

What if it closes up and they're trapped?

Not a problem.

With the messenger demon trapped on this side,

the portal should remain open.

There's that "should" again.

Quit whining, Garrett.

That's Eduardo's job.

[suspenseful music playing]

Everyone ready?

[mystical music playing]

You are the last

of the chosen ones.

Fry him!

Throw the trap.

-[Kylie] It's working! -Get going. We'll finish up here.

What have you done to my messenger?

Oh, you mean Dog Face?

He's been neutered.

You have meddled with the primordial forces,

and you shall pay!

On the count of three.

[all] Three!

[weapons clicking]

[cackles] The rules of your world are meaningless here.

[yells]

Garrett! Man, I never thought I'd say this,

but you are a sight for sore eyes.

You're not gonna kiss me, are you?

[cackles]

[cackles] How does it feel to be on your knees

before the great Kahlil?

Lousy.

[cackles] I have something especially tasty planned

for the two of you.

He's gonna eat us.

I think now would be a really good time to use that incantation.

[Kylie] It's in my pocket, but I can't move my arms.

-I should have memorized it, huh? -What?!

[Kylie] Uh... let's see.

By the clock of runic time

Grain by grain, the sands are sifted

Replacing what was once sublime...

Come on, come on.

Replacing what was once sublime...

Replacing what was once sublime...

Ugh, I'm stuck.

[Eduardo] Curse of ages now be lifted

[groaning]

Catchy, huh? I mean, it's not Henry Rollins.

[shrieking]

-[prisoner] Hey. -Whoa.

How'd you know that incantation?

That demon dude had me copying those stupid books of his.

[portal rumble]

Uh, guys? I think this amusement park is starting to shut down.

We've gotta move it, people! Fast!

Man, wouldn't wanna be Rifkin when these yahoos get ahold of him.

Yeah. As long as they save a piece for me.

Oh, so you're suddenly a tough guy now, huh?

-Yeah, that's right. -Ah, yeah.

Well, you were pretty tough, uh,

when you were reading those books, Mr. Librarian.

-[Eduardo] Shut up. -[Garrett] No, make me. Come on.

[mystical music playing]

[theme music playing]