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The plot of the 2009 game is set two years after the events of the second movie, around Thanksgiving 1991. The Ghostbusters have been set up as official exterminators by the city, allowing you to mostly do your job with little concern of being sued as you have a massive insurance policy financed ''by'' the city. The game opens with a Gozer exhibit at a museum and a massive paranormal presense rippling out, pushing the Ghostbusters to become even busier than anticipated. Luckily they have already hired an intern, [[Only Known By Their Nickname|whose name is never actually spoken]], and he goes on to help the original four Ghostbusters get rid of ghosts all throughout the city and uncover mysteries behind the first two movies, which allows you to visit many of the same locales. It also serves to tie the second movie in as an indirect consequence of Shandor's actions.
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* [[Admiring the Abomination]]: Egon admires Ivo Shandor's work from time to time. He's quick to add that he was completely evil. Winston reminds Egon to "stick to the Light Side." "It's hard."
* [[Advancing Boss of Doom]]: The Stay Puff Marshmallow Man. Getting too close in Times Square gets the player "stomped into jelly."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The Ghostbusters's descriptions of the chaos the mandala node will cause - whole city blocks vanishing into other dimensions, cockroaches the size of ponies, panic in the streets... and the return of disco.
** Winston discussing the results of Shandor's antics: "...booger snot ghosts, marshmallow ghouls, spider witches, the comeback of the Civil War, King Tut, and new property in the Hudson that I can't afford."
* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: The Juvenile Slor has a glowing green node on top of its head.
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*** He gets to [[Childs Play|be a kid again]].
* [[Body Surf]]: Later on, {{spoiler|it is revealed that the Mayor had this happen to him with Ivo Shandor.}}
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: A mild example, Peter has a voice mail that goes, for the most part, like this.
{{quote| ''Peter'sRandomGirlfriend:'' Yeah, hi Peter. I think I left my ear rings at your place... and my shoes... and my cat. Any way I had a ''wonderful'' time last night.}}
* [[The Can Kicked Him]]: The game has this in the form of a Cursed Artifact--a commode with a demon bound to it.
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* [[Destructive Savior]]: The game keeps track of how much property damage you cause through the course of the game. Even if you play through as carefully as possible, it's still going to be in the 6-figure range. There are achievements/trophies for causing more than 3 ''million'' in damage (The Destructor) and less than $300,000 (Nice Shooting, Tex!).
** The Stylized versions actually encourage this, as despite the money being useless, re-playing levels shows your "high score." The damage values only ever go ''up'', meaning the goal is to break ALL THE THINGS.
* [[Do Well,
* [[Enemy Scan]]
* [[An Entrepreneur Is You]]: The game based on the first movie.
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** {{spoiler|And after you defeat ''him'' too:}}
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''The Architect:''' I AM A GOD!}}<br />
{{spoiler|'''Egon:''' [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|We eat gods for breakfast!]]}} }}
* [[Hell Hotel]]: The Sedgewick in the game, oh God, the Sedgewick is so hard on the return level.
** The PC version of the game contains SecureROM [[Copy Protection]], a much-maligned, user-unfriendly system. This particular version actually alters gameplay if it's set off; a pirated copy with a poorly done crack or a legitimate copy flagged as a false-positive will give the candelabra enemies in the Sedgewick smaller collision boxes so they're nearly impossible to hit, as well as reduce the player's weapon damage to 25%, making it a literal and unwinnable [[Hell Hotel]].
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* [[High Turnover Rate]]: Implied with the rookies in the game.
{{quote| '''Venkman''': No, no. No names. I don't want to get too attached to this one.}}
* [[Law Enforcement, Inc.]]: Averted, in time. By the 2009 video game, the Ghostbusters have become licensed state agents in the direct employ of New York City. A good thing, considering they seem to solely provide a service that seems nearly, if not equally, crucial as firefighting or crime deterrence.
* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: The Chairman absorbs energy from the mandala node before confronting the Ghostbusters, becoming nearly as large as Stay Puff.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNf7gh9Tt2c This trailer] has scenes of the Ghostbusters dancing down the street and a parade looking up at a float, as well as a scene of several ghost chasing the Ecto-1B down a street, none of which shows up in the game.
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* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]: At one point, Egon reports that PKE readings are off the charts. Then he mentions that he's going to need new charts.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: In the game, Winston - the most down to earth of the Ghostbusters - is revealed to have a vested interest in theatre.
* [[Red Herring]]: In the game, the flagrant, obvious implications that {{spoiler|Walter Peck is a Gozer cultist, thus explaining his completely unreasonable attitude towards the Ghostbusters,}} turns out to be untrue. Subverted; from dialog at the end of the game, [[The Un
* [[Regenerating Health]]: The player's health will start to regenerate if he is kept out of harm's way for a few seconds.
* [[Right Behind Me]]: The Collector (or his mask, in the HD version) appeared behind Ray after he made the comment about the Ghostbusters taking the Gozerian Codex. It was even lampshaded.
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* [[Secondary Fire]]: Each weapon has two firing modes with vastly different effects. The slime blower can close black slime portals while the slime tether can move massive objects out of the player's path.
** In the Stylized version, this is replace with time-delayed slime mines, which do more damage the longer they're charged.
* [[Serial Killer]]: All of the [[Five
* [[Shout Out]]: To [[Myth Busters|another famous "busters"]], when after an explosion, Egon asks if he still has eyebrows.
** The Sloth Ghost is a shout out to [[Monty Python]]; more specifically, the "Mr. Creosote" sketch from ''The Meaning Of Life''.
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** He DOES attempt to talk a few times, but always gets cut off.
* [[A Winner Is You]] The infamous "Conglaturation!!! You have completed a great game. And prooved the justice of our culture. Now go and rest our heroes!" ending screen of the NES game.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Dana Barret is mentioned in the game, but no information on her current whereabouts circa 1991 is given. Sigourney Weaver initially refused a role in the game on account of Bill Murray not having any creative involvement, but the game was too far along to swap characters in and out by the time she was told this had changed.
* [[Where's the Fun In That?]]:
{{quote| '''Winston Zeddemore:''' Just once, I wouldn't mind running with these other fools ''away'' from the trouble.<br />
'''Dr. Peter Venkman:''' Where's the fun in that? }}
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