Writing a screenplay everyone loves, Jay decides to fly out to Hollywood and get and his film made. Instead, he becomes roped into writing the third movie for the Ghostchasers franchise he hates.
This episode has examples of
- As Himself: Rod Steiger makes a brief cameo.
- Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: In the final Ghostchaser 3 movie, New York is attacked by a giant Ed Koch.
- Big Eater: Gary arranges for Jay to have lunch meetings with directors. Jay and his stomach are delighted over five lunches in one day.
- Down L.A. Drain: The car chase between Jay and his producer eventually leads to the Los Angeles River, where a sign reads "hosting car chases since 1956".
- Fake Muscles: Arnold Schwarzenegger is revealed to be wearing a muscle suit.Arnold: No one must ever know.
- Fun with Acronyms: One of the agents tells Jay that the company is the result of Preferred International Talent Brokers merged with United Labor Leading Specialists.Jay: [reading the sign] "P.I.T.B.U.L.L.S."?
Agent 1: Hey, look. That does spell "P.I.T.B.U.L.L.S.".
Agent 2: What do you know? Well, we are aggressive. - He Knows Too Much: When Jay talks about his fears of a conflict of interest being a critic writing a screenplay, Duke regales him with his own conflicts of interest. Jay worries if knowing all these secrets means Duke will have him killed.Duke: If I do, you'll never see it coming.
- Horrible Hollywood: To start with, the studio Jay goes to purposely locks away the scripts for potentially good movies.
- Hypocritical Humor: Jay dismisses Scent of a Jackass, due to the overuse of the "HOO-AH!" line.Jay: Talk about overusing a catchphrase. Hotchie motchie, it stinks!
- Instantly Proven Wrong: When Marty suggests getting a map to the stars' homes, Jay insists they don't want to be bothered. They pass by Rod Steiger being welcoming of anyone who wants to visit.
- Internal Reformist: When Jay is unsure if he wants the Ghostchaser 3 script job, Jeremy suggests he do it to make Hollywood a better place. It doesn't pan out.
- Noodle Implements: Jay's review of the movie is interrupted just as he starts providing the addresses of movie executives. A network announcer explains he went on to incite violence, curse, use rubber novelty poop, and taking his clothes off. We then see Jay (in a towel) being arrested by two officers, and he expects to get out in 30 days.
- Noodle Incident: Jay says he has been burned by multiple cities, including Toledo, Oyster Bay, and both Kansas Cities.
- Oh, Crap!: Gary Grossman questions what "plot" means and finds the word so odd. Jay then sees a magazine cover declaring Gary the smartest man in Hollywood, so he has this reaction.
- Product Placement: In-universe. Executives suggest Jay include a Comedic Underwear Exposure gag to increase sales for the underwear brand. Gary later wants him to include a battery-themed creature in return for a battery company's money. Jay is greatly displeased with both examples.
- Riddle for the Ages: Jay's screenplay. Those who read it praise it for its heart and soul, with Gary paying $100,000 for it. What it's actually about is never stated.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Ghostchasers III is screened in prison, and it's immediately condemned by the inmates. Jay is heartened by people actually agreeing with him for once. He also feels his date with his cellmate is the best one he's ever been on.
- What Have I Become?: Jay's naturally disgusted with himself when Marty points out that he's become a Hollywood phony.
- Your Mom: The previous Ghostchasers movies bombed in Italy because "Your mother has a hairy back" was what the title was translated into. A cutaway shows a group of Italian men attacking a movie theater over it.
