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** Adult film star Ron Jeremy was a crowd-scene extra in the first film; as one online commenter noted, "this was one of the few movies where he didn't [[Incredibly Lame Pun|slime anyone]]."
*** Becomes [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] once you realized that he's slated to appear in Hustler's adult spoof ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHaU6q5SM8 This Ain't Ghostbusters XXX]''.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The Mayor is [[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack|Captain K'Nuckles]] (Brian Doyle-Murray who is the older half-brother of Bill Murray who plays Peter Venkman). Or more on the topic of ghosts, also [[SpongeBob SquarePants|The Flying Dutchman]].
** And ''Max von Sydow'' is the voice of Vigo in the second film as well as the game.
** And Alyssa Milano is Dr. Ilyssa Selwyn in the game.
* [[Homage]]: Harold Ramis based his character, Dr. Egon Spengler, on two people he knew when he was younger, and adapted their names into that of the character. Oswald Spengler was a history and philosophy teacher he admired, while Egon Donsbach was a foreign exchange student he knew in high school.▼
* [[I Am Not Spock]]: According to the DVD commentary, the first movie ruined William Atherton's life, what with random people yelling "Hey, dickless!" at him on the streets and all...
** Didn't stop him from reprising the role forty years later in ''[[Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire]]'', where [[Still Got It|his portrayal of the character hasn't changed a bit]].
* [[One of Us]]: Ray in the cartoon. He's very into cartoons and superhero comic books.
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Ivan Reitman's son and future director Jason Reitman plays the boy at the birthday party in the beginning who tells Ray "My dad says you guys are full of crap", and Jason's sister plays the girl with the puppy in Egon's experiment.
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** In the Ghostbusters' commercial, Egon looking down to find his mark was an actual flub by Harold Ramis that everyone agreed fit the character.
* [[Troper Works]]: ATT admin [[User:Looney Toons|Looney Toons]] is in the crowd in front of the museum in ''Ghostbusters II''.
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* [[What Could Have Been]]: For a great movie, ''Ghostbusters'' varies tremendously from its original concept. Aykroyd's original script called for multiple groups of ghostbusters who traveled through time and fought ghosts in different dimensions. This idea was rejected as technically unfeasible in 1985; supposedly, the special effects would have cost over $300 million. Ivan Reitman re-purposed the script as a "going into business" story to make it more accessible to audiences.
** Many actors were switched out or not intended as their original performers.
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* [[The Wiki Rule]]: The [http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Ghostbusters_Wiki Ghostbusters Wiki].
* [[Word of God]]: Harold Ramis stated in the commentary that it was one of the first movies to use the word "slime" as a verb.
* [[Working Title]]: ''Ghost Smashers''. This [[Mythology Gag|was even referenced]] in [[The Real Ghostbusters|the animated adaptation]] where a guy in a restaurant calls them "the Ghost Smashers" before his fiance corrects him.
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