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I'm so glad you let me take you out for your birthday, Egon.

Yes, well, I certainly appreciate the sentiment, Janine.

But I really don't see why it's necessary to celebrate a ritual

that has its origin in pagan initiation rites.

And then there's the issue of imprecise nomenclature.

Birthdays aren't actually birth days per se

since obviously you're only born once.

In fact, it wasn't until the ancient Aztecs

that a person's chronology achieved a certain eminence within the--

Hm. That's odd. I'm sure I left the light on.

-[squeak, then thud] -[gasps]

-[suspenseful music playing] -Slimer, is that you?

I brought you a doggie bag.

I think we've got an intruder.

Really?

[haunting voice] Egon Spengler.

Oh, Egon, what is that?

Perhaps there's been a leak in the containment unit

and a poltergeist has escaped.

[in unison] Surprise!

[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! ♪

-[Egon] Peter, Ray, Winston! -[lilting music playing]

Oh, I don't believe it!

We're here, we're back, we're bad, so let's party!

Man, you look like you've seen a ghost.

Egon never was big on surprises.

You arranged this whole thing, didn't you, Janine?

Guilty as charged.

I've got one more surprise. [whistles]

[Slimer] Ta-da!

Slimer!

Sorry.

You never change, you nasty green slime machine you!

-Bad goblin! -[whines]

-Yuck! -[all laughing]

Hey, check it out!

It's really them!

The original Ghostbusters.

[Roland] The real Ghostbusters.

Yeah, they look real, all right. Real old.

Peter, Ray, Winston,

I want you to meet Kylie, Eduardo, Garrett, and Roland,

the new team, recruited out of my class at the college.

Man, I've heard all about you guys.

And depending on what you've heard, it's all true, or I deny everything.

Dr. Stantz, I just want you to know that

I consider you a true pioneer in the field of spectral research.

Thanks, sweetie. I, uh-- I do what I can.

Sweetie?

So how did that Hollywood thing work out, Peter?

Ever sell that idea for another movie about us?

We're very close to a deal,

but I'm holding out till Brad Pitt becomes available.

I mean, check out this jaw line.

[chuckles] Who else could play me?

Oh, brother.

And what have you been up to, Ray?

Well, uh,

I was doing pyrokinesis research at a major university in Idaho.

But there was a minor mishap followed by a major explosion.

Now I'm working with, uh, Perpetual Motors.

Wow, you mean you've actually built an engine

that puts out more energy than it takes to run it?

Eh... no.

I'm sales manager at Perpetual Motors, the used car lot.

I can get you a deal.

What have you been up to, Winston?

I've been doing a bit of traveling, now that I've got my pilot's license.

Oh, wow, I'd kill to be a pilot.

Well, I'm sure you'll get there someday. Just hang on to that dream, son.

Son?

[ringing]

-[lilting music playing] -[gasps]

Ghostbusters. You got the dough, the spook's gotta go.

Uh-huh. Got you!

Suit up, boys, we're back in the saddle.

Out of the question, Peter. There's a new team now.

Come on, big guy.

-One more run, for old time's sake? -Ow. Ow!

-Stop it, Peter. -You kids don't mind, do you?

It's his birthday.

Come on, let the old guy live a little.

-[Egon] Stop it! -If you want.

-Guess it couldn't hurt. -Your funeral.

-Guys? -Uh, sure, why not?

Yeah, I'm in.

Ow! Peter, I'm getting a dermal abrasion.

Was that a yes?

All right, fine, yes.

All right, he's in, he's down, he's bad.

I just hope those jumpsuits still fit.

[whimsical music playing]

[both grunting]

[laughing]

[Peter] And a-one, and a-two.

[dramatic music plays]

-[siren blaring] -[tires screech]

[people screaming]

-[cackling] -[gasps]

-[yells] -[screaming]

[Peter] Excuse me, lard butt,

but I don't believe that is regulation footwear.

[yells]

-Totally uncooperative. -Guess we gotta blast him.

And a-one, and a-two, and a bobbly-bobbly-boo. [yells]

Uh, perhaps I should have warned you.

The equipment has been altered somewhat.

Let's pick up the spare.

[ominous music playing]

It's been over an hour, and they're not back yet.

Maybe we ought to send out a search party for the geezers.

-[tires screech] -[screaming]

[siren blares]

-[engine stops] -We came, we saw, we bowled.

[Peter sighs]

And that, boys and girls, is the way you trap a ghost.

I want to see this ecto creep go into the containment unit.

[Egon] I've made a few nifty modifications to that as well.

Nifty?

I've never heard Egon say that word before.

He says it when he's feeling perky.

[Ray] A Class Ill semi-corporeal with all the trimmings.

Class Ill? [scoffs] I don't get out of bed for anything less than a Class IV.

Tell me about it.

-It's called a mid-life crisis. -[whimsical music playing]

They just needed to get this out of their system.

Man, it was like the old days all over again.

I mean, we're still good! Ow!

Easy, Winston, just rotate into the cramp.

Yeah, better.

But it was beautiful, wasn't it?

Reminiscent of the time we busted that Class IV shapeshifter in the Poconos.

You kids should've been around for that.

What are you talking about, Ray? They were probably still in diapers.

-[Ray and Peter laugh] -[laughs sarcastically]

Well, I don't know about you guys.

Yeah, I've got an early class.

Me too.

I got to hit the gym before bed.

[Ray] The one I'll never forget

is that nasty Egyptian water spirit we bagged in the East River.

[Peter] She was kind of cute, as I recall.

[Egon] Peter, she dragged you 50 feet down into the water.

[Peter] Cute but moody.

[original Ghostbusters laughing]

Can you believe those guys? I bet they talked till sun-up.

Guess they have a lot of catching up to do.

That Venkman dude really got on my nerves.

Yeah, what an ego!

[imitates Peter] "We came, we saw, we bowled."

[in normal voice] I mean, who talks like that?

[scoffs]

[Janine] Ghostbusters, we got a call. Hell's Kitchen area.

We're on it.

[engine revs and siren blares]

[pensive music playing]

-[proton pack energizes] -[ghost grunting]

Egon here. What have you got?

Appears to be a Class IV, and it's a feeder.

Takes one to know one.

We got the entity in our sights. Preparing to engage.

I didn't even know they were dating.

No, wait!

If it's a Class IV feeder,

you don't want to blast it without kicking in the ectotropic particle filter.

He would know.

Open the access panel, then you want to reset the pressure...

[yells]

Just blast it!

[ominous music playing]

We didn't tell you to fire yet, kids.

Kids, you okay?

This ghost is toast.

Don't worry. We kids took care of it.

You taught them well, Egon.

I did, however, detect a little grandstanding.

At least, now those old dudes know we know what we're doing.

-[PKE meter beeping] -It... It can't be.

Hey, man, if that thing's over there, then what's in the trap?

We must be dealing with twins.

[Garrett] Uh, make that triplets.

[gasps]

[tense music playing]

Uh, Egon, we got a situation here.

[roaring]

What do we do?

[grunts] Blast them!

Hey, man, I'm losing power!

[Egon] I got a read on them.

I just hope they're all right.

This is what you get for letting teenagers take the car.

[ominous music playing]

[Roland] Two Class Vs in the alleyway.

We ran out of juice. I don't know what happened.

After you kicked in the ectotropic particle filter,

did you remember to recalibrate the main circuit?

I did.

No, you didn't.

I should have remembered that.

It's an easy mistake to make, Roland.

Especially considering your relative level of inexperience.

[growling]

Why don't you kids get a soda, and we'll show you how it's done?

-The old carrot on the stick? -Ah, an oldie but a goodie.

Somebody's not eating their vegetables.

What have you got for him, Winston?

[dramatic music playing]

Today's special, two, count them, two poltergeist for the price of one.

-Unbelievable. -That's one tough act to follow.

[lilting music playing]

Those fossils are better than us.

We've still got it.

It is quite an adrenaline rush, isn't it?

Selling used cars doesn't have this kind of kick.

So, what do you say, fellas?

Maybe we made a big mistake giving up ghost busting.

Sure, the hours were crazy and the pay was non-existent,

but what if we revamp the whole operation?

Streamlined, modernized?

I mean, if we really did it up right.

That's a pretty big if, Peter.

Yes, and you seem to be forgetting that the torch has been passed.

There's a new team and they're doing...

Just fine.

So, Busters, I'm making up a shopping list

for our Thanksgiving dinner next Thursday and...

What you doing?

I got to hit the study hall, research a term paper.

- I gotta take care of some stuff at home. -Really? What?

Just stuff.

I'm out of here too. Pagan needs a bath.

I thought cats bathe themselves.

Yeah.

I'm sure if anything ectoplasmic comes up,

the real Ghostbusters can handle it.

[Janine] And then they just stormed out.

Let's head them out, troops, we got a call.

[grunts]

You better go.

[people screaming]

[growling]

[Peter over loudspeaker] Let's move aside, people.

Ghostbusters coming through.

Hey, you in the blue sedan, pull over! Okay, little more.

Thank you.

Hey, it looks like the identical cousin of those two ghosts we busted before.

Must be a big family. [chuckles] Like the Osmonds.

[roars]

[gasps]

[Winston yells]

Curious.

It's not only identical in appearance to those other two,

but its P K E. density is exactly the same.

What are you thinking? Some kind of ecto clone?

I don't know.

And there go Donny and Marie! She's a little bit country, he's a--

We got to put a stop to this before we have an infestation on our hands.

No! Hold your fire.

I think I know what's happening here.

Every time we defeat this entity, it comes back in duplicate.

Try to make it extinct, and you only succeed in making it thrive.

So if we can't blast them, what are we supposed to do?

Take them out on a date?

Well, there are four of them and four of us.

I'll take Marie.

[all yelling]

[tense music playing]

Whatever we do, we better do it fast!

[screaming]

-[people screaming] -[tense music playing]

[snarling and roaring]

[original Ghostbusters yelling]

[Janine] Egon, can you hear me? Is everything okay?

Not really, Janine. We're-- Whoa!

[tires screeching]

-Oh, Egon! -[gibbers]

-We gotta get them some back up. -How?

[Janine] Alf I know is they're in some kind of trouble.

Okay, Janine. I'm in, but I can't speak for the others.

There's a lot of bruised egos.

[dramatic music playing]

I don't know how long we can keep this up.

Eventually, we're going to run out of car parts.

We need to buy some more time.

Another five minutes, and everyone should be safely off the bridge.

Everyone but us.

[grunts] Here you go. Nice doggies.

Why don't we just blast them?

We blast these four, we'll soon be dealing with eight.

Yes, blasting them will only save us in the short run.

What's wrong with the short run?

[all yelling]

[yelling]

Venkman!

-[Ray] Look out! -[yelling]

[groans] Everybody intact?

Relatively. I don't believe I've sustained any broken bones.

Any time now, guys.

This thing weighs a ton.

[suspenseful music playing]

What's with them?

I believe they're upset that we stopped feeding them.

I'm losing it here.

[Roland grunts] Got you!

[grunts] Oh! Glad you could join the party, junior.

Yeah, and I brought a few other guests.

Okay, guys, let's fry them!

-Stop! -[Winston] No, don't shoot!

[roaring]

You guys say something?

[somber music playing]

We really messed up this time.

There's no way you could have known. Ouch! I think my shoulder separated.

You kids did what you had to. You probably saved our lives.

Yeah, so now what?

Those things are gonna double again, and we'll have 10 of them to bust.

-Eight. -Whatever.

Mathematics isn't Eduardo's strong suit.

Never was mine either. Failed it twice in college.

Didn't stop me from being a scientist.

Apparently, we're dealing with a Class IV self-replicating specter.

Extremely rare.

You know, I noticed something that first time we...

Oh, never mind. You guys are the scientists.

No, come on, tell us, Kylie.

Yeah, we're listening.

Well, I noticed an extremely high ion discharge coming off the ghost.

And they do feed on metals.

Which have very strong ionic properties.

Yes, I see where you're going with this.

Uh, maybe you do.

She's saying that the metallic ions ingested by these ghosts

correlate directly to their self-replicating abilities.

And because protons tend to displace ions,

every time we blast the entities with proton beams,

the self-replicating ions are displaced into the atmosphere

where the entity reforms and duplicates.

She's good.

She's my student.

Okay.

Since proton beams displace the ions and make the specters duplicate,

our only hope is to take the opposite approach, fuse their ions.

Sounds like that's going to take some major blaster retooling.

When do we start?

[dramatic music playing]

-[alarm buzzes] -[both yell]

[Slimer laughs]

[proton pack energizing]

Let's kick gluteus Maximus, people.

Rock and roll!

[siren blaring]

P.K.E.'s are getting stronger.

Some sort of activity on that radio tower.

[engine stops]

Boy, is it cramped in there. Both my legs fell asleep.

Yeah, mine too.

[laughs] Yeah.

[ominous music playing]

Just as we expected, eight of them.

And eight is definitely enough.

Let's do it!

Uh, before we proceed, it should be mentioned that

any kind of ionic fusion carries with it a huge risk factor.

If too much energy is released during the process,

well, this area we're standing on

could end up a crater the size of Death Valley.

You sure know how to paint a rosy picture there, Ray.

I think what Ray is saying is

anybody who doesn't want to risk it, you don't have to.

Well, since you put it that way. [grunts]

Hey, we get vaporized, you get vaporized.

Okay, people, let's make these spooks cry uncle.

-Power up! -[proton pack energizing]

-Waiting on your signal, Garrett. -On three.

[all] Three!

-[dramatic music playing] -[ghosts roaring]

Ionic buildup is reaching critical mass!

No turning back now!

Yes, ionic fusion is taking place.

Let's reel them in.

[Kylie grunts]

[roaring]

-Man! -[cheering]

-That was all right. -[Kylie] Nice going.

Just one question, people. Who's bad? We're bad.

[chattering]

[Egon] This is odd.

We defeated the entity, but I'm still getting a massive reading.

Yet totally unlike anything I've ever seen.

-[ominous music playing] -That's got to be a malfunction.

The spectral spread of that read is miles wide.

No ghost in existence is that big.

I wonder.

[music intensifies]

[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! ♪