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{{quote|''Booyah! Emphasis on the boo.''|Jillian Holtzmann}}
2016 [[Gender Flip]]ped [[Continuity Reboot]] of the classic 1984
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* [[All Part of the Show]]: When the Ghostbusters take on a demonic creature during a rock concert, the audience thinks it's all part of the show. And when it becomes clear that it's ''not''... they still enjoy the spectacle.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: While the skyline, cars, fashions and other elements point to a contemporary (2010s) setting for the film, there are other details, such as the presence of a Woolworth's, Loft's Candies, and Regal Shoes in Times Square, movie posters, a sign celebrating the end of the Vietnam War, plus a Times Square news ticker referencing the Carter presidency, all of which suggest the action is taking place in the 1970s.
* [[Another Dimension]]/[[Eldritch Location]]: What lies beyond {{spoiler|Rowan's gate. Abby gets sucked into it during the climax, and Erin dives in after her}}.
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Rowan's vaguely [[Steampunk]]-looking psychotronic devices. And of course the Ghostbusters' equipment.
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: Numerous. {{spoiler|An entire parade of malevolent giant balloon creatures, including [[Mythology Gag|the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]]. And Rowan's [[One-Winged Angel]] form at the end}}.
* [[Awesome Backpack]]: The proton packs, even more so than in the original films, given the accessories and extras they have -- like Holtzmann's handgun projectors.
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* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: {{spoiler|What Rowan intends to bring about}}.
* [[Energy Weapon]]s: Just about everything Holtzmann builds in the movie, from the proton packs to grenades to a power glove for ''punching'' ghosts.
* [[Evil Is Bigger]]: Rowan's [[One-Winged Angel]] form.
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: All ghosts. Period.
* [[Fantastic Science]]: The original purpose of the "Conductors of the Metaphysical Examination". Unlike the originals they're not hunting ghosts to make money but to capture specimens they can analyze.
* [[Fog Feet]]: The ghost of Gertrude Aldridge, who plays much the same role as the Library Ghost in the original.
* [[For Science!]]: As the counterpart in many ways to Egon Spengler, this is a big part of Holtzmann's personality.
** In general, this is the motive for the entire group, rather than profit (and fame) as in the original. They catch ghosts in order to study them, instead of being supernatural exterminators. Hence why the film has no extended [[Montage]] of successful missions and why the climax is a battle -- they've never been about catching ghosts for the sake of catching ghosts.
* [[Gender Flip]]
* [[Ghostly Goals]]: Virtually every ghost in the movie is type B: forces of pure, motiveless evil.
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* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]: Rowan's basement rooms at the hotel. Oddly, although Holtzmann seems more [[Mad Scientist]] than he does, her workspace looks more like a conventional laboratory.
* [[Mirror Monster]]: There are numerous mirrors with ghosts behind them in {{spoiler|Rowan's basement lair. When he activates his machine, they shatter, releasing the ghosts and more}}.
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: Many many.
** When looking for a building, they are initially presented with the firehouse from the original film, but have to pass on it because it's too expensive.
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** A reference to Zuul slips in during [[The Stinger]].
* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: The ghosts manifested at the climax of the film are at least semi-corporeal, making for a disturbingly physical opposition for the Ghostbusters.
* [[Officially Shortened Title]]: Inverted. The studio eventually renamed this film ''Ghostbusters: Answer the Call''.
* [[Old Shame]]: In-universe, the book that Erin and Abby authored together, for Erin.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|Rowan's giant monster form, based on the ghost in the Ghostbusters logo}}.
* [[Paranormal Investigation]]: The original purpose of "Conductors of the Metaphysical Examination". They stumble into being hunters and heroes.
* [[Place Worse Than Death]]: During one of the credits scenes, Holtzmann announces the successful creation of holding facilities for the ghosts they catch. Then she admits she doesn't know where the ghosts go when they are captured but thinks it might be Michigan.
* [[Positive Discrimination]]: Giving the female Ghostbusters a supposedly more altruistic motive than the original Ghostbusters had can be seen as an attempt at this.
* [[Power Fist]]: One of the pieces of anti-ghost ordnance Holtzmann builds is what amounts to a power glove for ''punching ghosts''.
* [[The Power of X Compels You!]]: Patty bellowing "The power of PAIN compels you!"
* [[Reverse Polarity]]: {{spoiler|The Ghostbusters send Ecto-1 and its nuclear reactors into Rowan's gate; it explodes and changes the gate from spewing out ghosts into a giant ghost trap that sucks back in all the entities at loose in the city -- including Rowan himself}}. ▼
▲* [[Reverse Polarity]]: {{spoiler|The Ghostbusters send Ecto-1 and its nuclear reactors into Rowan's gate; it explodes and changes the gate into a giant ghost trap that sucks in all the entities at loose in the city}}.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Patty.
* [[Sinister Subway]]: The station where Patty works is under the former location of a jail where executions took place. Not surprisingly, the ghost of an electrocuted prisoner manifests there.
* [[Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror]]:
* [[Spontaneous Choreography]]: In a cut scene, Rowan (while possessing Kevin) forces this on a battalion of police and firefighters.
* [[The Stinger]]: Easily a half-dozen separate little vignettes appear during and after the credits.
* [[Token Minority]]: Patty, as Winston's counterpart.
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* [[Whip It Good]]: The proton packs (and especially Holtzmann's proton handguns) act like energy whips at times.
* [[Whispering Ghosts]]: Referenced several times with various team members listening to tape recordings for [[wikipedia:Electronic voice phenomenon|electronic voice phenomena]].
* [[Who You Gonna Call?]]: While they're in the ghost business [[For Science!]], not money, they'll still come running to help.
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