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Dr. Raymond Stantz and Winston Zeddemore: [singing] If there's something strange in your neighborhood / who you going to call? Kids at party: He-Man! He-Man! Stantz and Zeddemore: [singing unenthusiastically to each other] If there's something weird, and it don't look good... Stantz: Wanna go get a beer? Zeddemore: Yeah.

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Dr. Peter Venkman: Hi, welcome back to World of the Psychic, I'm Peter Venkman. I'm chatting with my guest, author, lecturer and psychic, Milton Anglund. Milt, your new book is called "The End of the World." Now can you tell us when it's going to be or do we have to buy the book? Milton Anglund: Well I predict that the world will end at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Venkman: This year? Anglund: Mm-hmm. Venkman: Well that's cutting it a little bit close, isn't it? I mean, just from a sales point of view, I mean your book is just coming out, you're not gonna see any paperback sales for at least a year. It'll be at least another year before you know whether you've got that mini-series or movie of the week kind of possibilities. I mean just Devil's Advocate Milty! I mean shouldn't you have said: Hey the world's going to end in 1992! Or better yet 1994! Anglund: This is not just some money-making scheme! Alright! I have a strong psychic belief that the world will end on New Year

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Judge Wexler: Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, Egon Spengler...stand up! Get up! Judge Wexler: [looks at Louis] You too, Mr. Tully. [Louis stands up; reads his verdict] I find you guilty on all charges! I order you to pay fines in the amount of $25,000 each! [the jar of slime bubbles, Ray sees it] I sentence you to eighteen months in the city correctional facility at Rikers Island! [pounds his gavel] Ray Stantz: [to Egon] Eggy! She's twitching! Judge Wexler: I'M NOT FINISHED! On a more personal note, let just me go on record as saying that there is no place for fakes, charlatans- Egon Spengler: Uh, Your Honor? Judge Wexler: Shut up! And tricksters like you in decent society! Ray Stantz: [interrupting] Your Honor! Peter Venkman: [interrupting with Ray] Your Honor, this is very important-! Judge Wexler: You prey upon the gullibility of innocent people! Ray Stantz: Yes, sir. Judge Wexler: Be quiet! Ray Stantz: But- [points to the jar] Judge Wexler: And believe me, if my hands were not tied

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Dr. Peter Venkman: You're next, Bubbles. Judge Wexler: [screams] ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! I rescind the order! Case dismissed! Louis Tully: Hooray, we won the case! Judge Wexler: Now do something!

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Dr. Peter Venkman: Do. Dr. Raymond Stantz: Re. Dr. Egon Spengler: Egon.

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Dr. Raymond Stantz: We've been experimenting with the plasm we found in the subway tunnel. Careful. Dr. Peter Venkman: Should I get spoons? Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't bother. [Ray sets the container on the table for everyone to see] Watch this. Go ahead, Ray. Stantz: [yells at the container] You! You worthless piece of slime! Stantz: You ignorant, disgusting blob! [slime reacts] Spengler: You're nothing but an unstable, short-chain molecule! [slime reacts] Stantz: You foul, obnoxious muck! [slime reacts] Spengler: You have a weak electrochemical bond! [slime reacts] Stantz: I have seen some disgusting crud in my time, but you take the cake! Winston Zeddemore: [interrupting just before it overflows its container] Whoa, whoa! Stantz: You're a – You just – Zeddemore: Hey! Whoa, whoa, whoa. Venkman: [beat] This is what you do with your spare time? Stantz: Peter, this is an incredible breakthrough. I mean, what a discovery! A psychoreactive substance! Whatever this stuff is, it responds to hu

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Dr. Egon Spengler: Vigo the Carpathian. Born 1505, died 1610. Dr. Peter Venkman: 105 years old? He hung in there, didn't he? Dr. Raymond Stantz: He didn't die of old age, either. He was poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered. Dr. Peter Venkman: Ouch. Winston Zeddemore: Guess he wasn't too popular at the end, huh? Dr. Egon Spengler: No, not exactly a man of the people. Also known as Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the Unholy. Dr. Peter Venkman: Wasn't he also Vigo the Butch? Dr. Ray Stantz: And dig this, there was a prophecy. Just before his head died, his last words were "Death is but a door, time is but a window: I'll be back".

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Dr. Peter Venkman: Lenny. Big man. Mayor Lenny: The Ghostbusters. Winston Zeddemore: Mr. Mayor? [holds out his hand, wanting to shake his hand] Mayor Lenny: What is this? A slumber party? Dr. Ray Stantz: Well, that's why we wanted to see you. Mayor Lenny: Listen, I don't want to hear anything about it. You got two minutes. Make it good. Dr. Ray Stantz: [getting started] Well, first of all, Mr. Mayor, it's a great pleasure to see you again, and you'll be happy to know that almost fifty percent of us voted for you in the last election. Mayor Lenny: I appreciate that. Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm sorry we have to meet under these circumstances. Dr. Ray Stantz: Mr. Mayor, we're here tonight because a psychomagnatheric slimeflow of immense proportions is building up beneath the city. Mayor Lenny: Psycho-what? Dr. Egon Spengler: Psychomagnatheric. Dr. Peter Venkman: Big word, big word. Dr. Egon Spengler: Negative human emotions that are forming into a vicious ectoplasm with *explosive* supernormal

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NYPD Officer: What? Wait a minute.. [to colleague] Lieutenant, you better talk to this guy. NYPD Lieutenant: I'm busy here! NYPD Officer: It's the dock supervisor down at Pier 34. NYPD Lieutenant: What's his problem? NYPD Officer: He said the Titanic just arrived. Pier 34 Supervisor: [sees the Titanic at the moorings discharging passengers; to colleague] Well, better late than never!

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Mayor Lenny: What the hell is going on? It's pandemonium out there! Jack Hardemeyer: Yes, I know. We're working on it! Mayor Lenny: Great. While you're working on it, I'm going down as the mayor who let New York get sucked down into the tenth level of hell! [giving up] All right, we got no choice. Call the Ghostbusters. Jack Hardemeyer: [eyes widen] Wait! Uh...Now, I'm sure there's another way. Mayor Lenny: [aggravated] Jack, I spent an hour last night in my bedroom talking to Fiorello LaGuardia, and he's been dead for 40 years! [forceful tone] Now where are the Ghostbusters? Jack Hardemeyer: Uh, they're not available. Mayor Lenny: [confused] What do you mean they're not available? Jack Hardemeyer: [confessing] Well, I had them committed to the psychiatric ward at Parkview Hospital. Mayor Lenny: [shocked and angry] You WHAT?! Jack Hardemeyer: They were threatening to go to the press! I was protecting your interests! Mayor: Oh yeah?! Jack Hardemeyer: Uh-huh! Mayor Lenny: Well, you can s

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Dr. Egon Spengler: We're running out of time, Ray, it's almost midnight. Can't you make her go any faster? Ray Stantz: I'm afraid the vibrations will shake her to pieces. We should have padded her feet! Egon: I don't think they make Nikes in her size, Ray. Dr. Peter Venkman: Don't worry, she's tough. She's a harbor chick! Ray: Sorry, my fault!

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Vigo: Now we become one. Crowd: Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and ne'er brought to mind... Dr. Raymond Stantz: Where's that singing coming from? Winston Zeddemore: The people outside! Crowd: If auld acquaintance be forgot, remember Auld Lang Syne! Dr. Egon Spengler: He's weakening! The singing is neutralizing the slime! Stantz: I can move! Spengler: He's back in the painting!

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Winston Zeddemore: [sees the Vigo painting] Hey fellas! You wanna take a look at this? Dr. Ray Stantz: Wow! Dr. Egon Spengler: Early Renaissance, I think. Raphael, or Piero della Francesca? Dr. Peter Venkman: No, I believe it's one of the Fettuccinis.