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== Ghostbusters General ==
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Ghosts, except for very specific instances in spinoffs and adaptation. The Busters have to be justified in locking these things up for all eternity, after all.▼
** Their are a few exeptions of course. Slimer reformed by movie 2 and former Mayor Fiorello Laguardia gave some advice to the current Mayor of New York at one point.▼
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: Egon and Janine.
* [[Ammunition Backpack]]: The Proton Packs probably count, since all the particle accelerating takes place in the Pack.
* [[Awesome Backpack]]: The proton packs.▼
* [[Author Appeal]]: Aykroyd's fascination with ghosts and the supernatural is well known. Thus leading to the dream sequence...
* [[Autobots Rock Out|Autobots, Rock Out!]]: Their theme music alone is good enough for this trope.
▲* [[Awesome Backpack]]: The proton packs.
* [[Badass Crew]]: A crew of [[Badass Bookworm|Badass Bookworms]].
* [[Big Bad]]: Gozer in 1, Vigo the Carpathian in 2 and {{spoiler|Ivo Shandor}} in the video game.
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* [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?]]: Why yes, yes they do...right before arming the proton packs.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Oh yes. Gozer the Gozerian gets beaten by [[Forbidden Chekhov's Gun|crossing the streams]]. They also fight what is expressly described as "Deity" ghosts in the game.
▲* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Ghosts, except for very specific instances in spinoffs and adaptation. The Busters have to be justified in locking these things up for all eternity, after all.
▲** Their are a few exeptions of course. Slimer reformed by movie 2 and former Mayor Fiorello Laguardia gave some advice to the current Mayor of New York at one point.
* [[Fan Film]]: Has inspired a whole slew of fan films based on the idea of Ghostbusters becoming a franchise business and organized in other cities. This includes ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy]] [[X Meets Y|Vs. Ghostbusters]]'', ''The Denver Ghostbusters'' and ''[[Ghostbusters SLC]]''.
* [[Fantastic Science]]: Two of the three original characters, Ray and Egon, are legitimate paranormal researchers that channel their knowledge into the business of "paranormal investigations and eliminations." Peter for his part is both a psychologist and parapsychologist, so he contributes the human relations and [[Only Sane Man]] elements.
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'''Egon''': [[Throw It In|That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me]]. }}
* [[Magic Versus Science]]: Science wins.
* [[The Merch]]: In-universe examples. In the first film's credits, there are kids waving Ghostbuster logo t-shirts. ''Ghostbusters II'' has the gang offer branded thermal mugs and balloons in their commercial.▼
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Ray gets this a lot.
** He chooses Gozer's destructive form as Stay Puft.
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* [[Soul Jar]]: To a certain extent, the containment grid could be considered a very sciency version of one of these.
* [[Techno Babble]]: Brought to the point of art form: PKE valence. Focused, non-terminal repeating phantasm. Total protonic reversal. And etc.
▲* [[The Merch]]: In-universe examples. In the first film's credits, there are kids waving Ghostbuster logo t-shirts. ''Ghostbusters II'' has the gang offer branded thermal mugs and balloons in their commercial.
* [[Theme Tune]]: When there's something strange in the neighborhood... [[Who You Gonna Call?]]? Ghostbusters!
* [[Token Minority]]: Winston.
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{{quote|'''Zuul/Dana:''' ''I want you inside me.''
'''Venkman:''' *laughs* Go ahead - no, I can't. Sounds like you got at least two people in there already. Might be a little crowded." }}
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Played with. While Peter is certainly a believer in the paranormal, he has a bit more practical sense than Ray and Egon, who are willing to believe ''anything'' is supernatural related. "Right, [[Sarcasm Mode|no human being would ]]''[[Sarcasm Mode|ever ]]''[[Sarcasm Mode|stack books like this]]."▼
* [[The Alleged Car]]: Ecto-1 is an ancient ambulance/hearse that we're introduced to with Ray listing off the numerous things they'll have to fix. Remarkably, they apparently do.
▲* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Played with. While Peter is certainly a believer in the paranormal, he has a bit more practical sense than Ray and Egon, who are willing to believe ''anything'' is supernatural related. "Right, [[Sarcasm Mode|no human being would ]]''[[Sarcasm Mode|ever ]]''[[Sarcasm Mode|stack books like this]]."
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
{{quote|'''Dr Ray Stantz''': Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!
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'''Winston Zeddemore''': The dead rising from the grave!
'''Dr. Peter Venkman''': Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! }}
* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Winston.▼
* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]: "Get ready...get ready...GET HER!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!!"
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: "It's the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man!" {{spoiler|Ironically Stay Puft was described as a '100 foot marshmallow man'.}}
▲* [[Audience Surrogate]]: Winston.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Averted (& lampshaded).
{{quote|'''Winston Zeddemore:''' When someone asks you if you're a God, YOU SAY YES!}}
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