Everyone is milling around aimlessly in the firehouse. They haven't been getting many calls, and while they do think it's nice to get a break, they're also a bit bored. Upon getting a call that turns out to be a salesman, Egon fears that they'll go bankrupt. He and Winston decide they must all get a second job each.
So, Peter works in a chemistry lab, Egon becomes a car salesman, Winston become a cabbie, Janine takes a desk job somewhere else, and Ray works at a zoo, but all have trouble. One night, as Slimer is in a locked electronics store eating a stolen pretzel, a burglar sees him, discovers he can fly through walls, and offers him food in exchange for helping him.
Slimer and the burglar rob a jeweller's shop, but the Ghostbusters and Janine are outside. They see the robber and chase him, then Peter makes a barred structure fall onto him with his proton pack, catching him. This makes headline news and they get rewarded with ten thousand dollars, so Winston decides that they should make money by becoming vigilantes.
They drive off to catch some bank robbers, with some traps that are modified to trap humans. This works, and they make a great deal of money working as crime fighters and calling themselves the "Crimebusters". However, a criminal leader is angry at this and decides to "take care" of them.
When the "Crimebusters" arrive home, they find Janine gone. Slimer tries and fails to say what happened, but then Peter finds a note saying that they must stop fighting crime if they want to see her again, and it's signed "Crime Lord".
The "Crimebusters" and Slimer use the tracking device to track Janine into a dark, spooky area. They find her tied up in an old train, but Ray trips and accidentally fires his proton pack, alerting the guys who have her captive. They start shooting at the "Crimebusters", but Egon magnetises a rail on the railroad so their guns stick to the rail, the "Crimebusters" cage Janine's captors, and Slimer unties Janine.
Everyone flies in a helicopter to the Crime Lord's place, but he traps the "Crimebusters" behind an unbreakable wall. He goes to the roof in a lifting chair, so they follow, but he escapes in a helicopter. The "Crimebusters" give chase in their own helicopter, but the Crime Lord fires at them. Eventually, however, the "Crimebusters" manage to shoot the Crime Lord down and catch him.
However, Egon realises they've had every criminal in New York arrested. Luckily, however, they start getting calls about ghosts again.
This episode provides examples of
- Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Ray puts a hat on a chimpanzee.
- Anything but That!: Peter says this in an exaggeratedly pleading way, when Egon and Winston declare the Ghostbusters must try to get jobs.
- Aside Glance: At the end, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man winks at the audience.
- The Big Rotten Apple: Discussed when Winston says criminals are the one thing New York would never run out of.
- Bound and Gagged: Janine gets tied up and gagged in the old train.
- Broke Episode: The episode focuses on the Ghostbusters and Janine trying to make some money after a lack of jobs.
- Captain Obvious: Winston snarks at Ray for saying, "They're shooting at us!".
- Chewing the Scenery: Peter kneels and says, "Anything but that!" at the idea of getting a second job.
- Damsel in Distress: Janine gets tied up and held hostage.
- Death Glare: In Peter's ad, the scientist glares at him for making an explosion.
- Food as Bribe: The robber promises to feed Slimer in return for helping him steal.
- Hand Gagging: Peter puts his hand over Egon's mouth, not wanting him to tell the others to get other jobs.
- Here We Go Again!: After getting Crime Lord arrested, Egon realizes that they've caused the crime rate in New York to drop drastically, meaning fewer criminals are willing to step out, thereby bringing our heroes back to square one as concerns grow over going out of business again. Fortunately, the ghosts come back.
- He's Got a Weapon!: When the Crime Lord fires at the "Crimebusters", Peter says, "He's got a cannon!".
- I Call It "Vera": Peter names his proton pack "Old Betsy".
- Implied Death Threat: When a bank robber says, "We're not ghosts!", Winston says, "We can arrange that".
- Labcoat of Science and Medicine: In Peter's ad of him and others working in a chemistry lab, they all wear lab coats.
- Loud Gulp: Slimer gulps at the thought of his friends going bankrupt.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The main villain is named Crime Lord.
- Noodle Incident: Peter says he doesn't want the power to be shut off by the authorities "again".
- Slapstick:
- In Egon's job as a car salesman, he falls over when trying to open the door of a car.
- Slimer knocks Ray over.
- Snark-to-Snark Combat: Janine says, "Took you long enough!" once untied, and Peter snarks back, "Nice to see you too, Janine!".
- Split Screen: At one point, the screen splits six ways to show how the Ghostbusters, Janine, and Slimer react to the phone ringing.
- Status Quo Is God: The Ghostbusters get their old job back by the end.
- Villainous Gold Tooth: Crime Lord has a gold tooth and he's a criminal leader.
