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| Episode 6 – Season 1
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The beginning of the episode starts up with the theme music
as ecto-1 chases down a semi-truck, minus the trailer, driven by a ghost
gangster named Louie. The Ghostbusters
corner him and blast him as he tries to elude the ghost trap’s pull. It’s one of my favorite scenes in the entire
series. The intro to this episode is
classic. The animation is done very well
too.
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| Classic gangster Louie |
They
return to the firehouse to put Louie in the containment unit with all his new
ghost friends. They’re all tired and
want to go to sleep soon. Peter lays his
head onto his pillow in the darkened bunk room to a pile of slime! He screams
“Slimer” as the slime is dripping off his head, very gross. Slimer does show up in a happy manner,
responding to being called by Peter.
Peter gets an idea to activate the new ghost bomb Egon has been
developing. He states it can disintegrate
ghosts within its range. Slimer freaks
out and slimes back through the floor. I
always enjoy how Peter treats Slimer. He
even screams to him,
“Your days would be
numbered if you had any”
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| Is the Boogieman or their prices scarier? |
Janine
allows in two kids named Megan and Kenny Carter. What’s wrong with you Janine? Peter gave you explicit instructions to not let
anybody in! Kick those children back out
into the night! Relax I’m only joking,
you’re so sensitive. They claim the
Boogieman is living in their closet, Egon shows an excited and shocked look on his
face. Either Egon is instantly horrified
or he just pooped his pants. Peter
teases the kids as he fiddles with their piggy bank they offered as payment by
stating it cost $1500 for their service.
They decide to happily look into the case for the kids. They’re nice guys after all, even Peter is
sometimes. They drive back to the
apartment the kids are from… wait a second, how far do the kids live from the Ghostbusters? Did they walk in their freaking pj’s all the
way, in the night, in New York City to the Ghostbusters firehouse? They really were scared of the Boogieman to
do all that. You definitely have to check
out the closet for them now.
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| Past hauntings return to Egon |
The PKE
meter picks up some activity, so at least the Boogieman can be detected. The Boogieman comes out of the closet to see
the kids and the Ghostbusters. Egon is
frozen in terror as he sees the Boogieman right upon him. The Boogieman says he remembered him then the
Ghostbusters blast him. The beams have
no effect as Ray says the Boogieman isn’t a ghost. They have no choice but to blast him back
into the closet. That doesn’t work as
the Boogieman screams toward them and forces them all away then returns to the
closet on this own. Powerful lungs for
the Boogieman I’d say. Rock bands everywhere
would want his vocal talents. And now
the band you’ve all been waiting for, introducing “They came from the closet”
featuring “Boogieman”! I can see the
corporate raiders signing them already!
Where was I? I wandered again. The parents come to the room wondering why
four grown men are disturbing their household.
Luckily for them they are told to leave and not get the police called on
them. Peter even points that out on the
ride home.
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| Why couldn't the Boogieman haunt a penthouse? |
At the
firehouse they read up on the Boogieman as Egon explains the Boogieman used to scare
him as a child. He goes onto say that’s what
made him get into this line of work. I
really enjoy learning a reason as to why one of the Ghostbusters does what he
does. I’m a sucker for any origin or
back story so that really interested me.
They also learn that the Boogieman feeds on fear from children. It nourishes him and makes him stronger. I’m glad I don’t have to feed like that;
pizza is enough to make me stronger.
They need to try to find the Boogieman but that’s extremely difficult when
he lives in another domain. Peter comes
up with the idea to bring the Boogieman to them. Hey Peter is useful in practical things. They find an apartment in a terrible part of
town that Peter says even a karate expert would be afraid to live in. It costs $1500 to rent it which is absurd but
it’s the only potential closet to lure the Boogieman.
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| Love to see Peter lose it! |
Ray is
used as the bait for his childlike tendencies.
The others wait in the hall for the Boogieman to come. Ray drives Peter crazy mad as he bugs him for
water and a story. It’s really funny to
see Peter get that way. Winston tries to
calm him by telling him Ray is just getting into the role. The Boogieman shows up but recedes back into
his domain upon seeing the Ghostbusters.
The guys blast the portal opening to get through it. How they dodged the blasts when they entered
is amazing. After arriving in the other
domain they need to find a way to seal it up.
The Boogieman is pissed and tells them they shouldn’t have come
here. They chase him through closet
portals all over earth, even Hollywood, until they lose him back in his domain.
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| Boogieman: Failed to make the BOMB squad |
Egon
then decides to use the ghost bomb to imprison the Boogieman here. He hooks up all their proton packs, in a throne
room by the looks of it, to the ghost bomb to give it all the power it needs to
lock the Boogieman away. They’re
defenseless now so this better work. The
Boogieman arrives as the timer ticks away and Egon faces his fear. He tells the other Ghostbusters to run for it
and he’ll take Old Boogie on solo. Egon
gets quite heroic here. The Carter kids
end up coming at the right time to give the Boogieman the slip with some
marbles. The guys need some help since
and it’s appropriate to see the kids also face their fear of the Boogieman. The Ghostbusters run by the Boogieman through
the Carters closet as the Boogieman recovers from a fall to chase them. The ghost bomb is moments away from blowing
when the Boogieman turns away from the closet to go back to the ghost bomb! Why?
You were nearly free in the real world but chose to try to dismantle
something you had no idea what it was?
It would have been awesome if the Boogieman passed over to the real
world. The Ghostbusters had no defense;
they would be powerless to stop him. It
would be great to have the Boogieman loose in New York as a temporary
reoccurring foe. Alas his incompetence is
his undoing.
The
parents finally believe the Ghostbusters as a huge explosion bursts from the
closet sealing the Boogieman up tight. I
hope he can scare himself because he won’t be frightening children
anymore. Egon assures the kids there
safe now and rectifies a haunted childhood he had at the same time. In the end Slimer pretends to be the
Boogieman by swiping Peter’s jumpsuit from his hands then going back into the closet. They discover it’s Slimer but Peter wants to
blast him anyway. The look on his face
is priceless. It’s one of the best
endings in the series. And so ends one
of my favorite episodes that I highly recommend to any who wonder what this
show is about. Remember who to call!
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