On a stormy evening, a van swerves around, into a cemetery, and hits a tombstone marked "Tightly". A mist rises from the grave, throws a guard named Mike off a chest, and enters it. The driver of the van, however, refuses to believe that this is a ghost.
Meanwhile, Winston is reading a book about a crazy millionaire named Jonathan Tightly, while Slimer is waiting for a prize from the lottery ticket Ray gave him. The phone rings, but it's a wrong number, then a visitor shows up, but he's a vacuum cleaner salesman. The Ghostbusters then go out on a job, and then the van workers from the night before show up. They declare Slimer a winner and give him a million dollars.
When the Ghostbusters come back, they see news crews surrounding the firehouse, and Slimer gives Peter some of the money, which, unbeknown to everyone, glows ominously. The guys play a board game with Slimer's money, and he buys pizza for everyone, a stereo system for Janine, a dress suit for Peter, and a second Ecto-1. However, the pizza has gross toppings, the stereo explodes, Peter's suit falls apart, and the car breaks down. After going on a bunch of cases, Egon tests Slimer's money and determines it's haunted. Since burning money is illegal, and they can't cleanse it, they must get rid of it, and Egon suggests returning it to the source of the curse.
The Ghostbusters and Slimer trace the curse to the cemetery, when Ray discovers the ghost of Jonathan Tightly. They try to trap him, but he sets Peter's pack to explode, so they give up and instead give Tightly the money. Janine wonders about the money Slimer already spent, but Egon says the curse is probably lifted, and Slimer goes to buy more (normal) pizza.
This episode provides examples of
- Bat Out of Hell: One thing the haunted money does is put bats on a pizza.
- Blowing a Raspberry: Slimer blows raspberries at everyone for implying he'll never win the lottery.
- Comedic Underwear Exposure: Peter's new suit falls apart, leaving him in his skivvies.
- Curse: The money is cursed by the ghost of a millionaire.
- Doomed New Clothes: Played for Horror — Peter's new suit falls apart because it was bought with haunted money.
- Drives Like Crazy: The van at the beginning swerves around and crashes into Tightly's tombstone.
- Ectoplasm: Slimer sprays slime in Peter's hair when overtaking him to answer the door.
- Evil Laugh: Tightly's ghost laughs ominously at one point.
- Food End: The episode ends on Slimer eating pizza.
- Foreshadowing: Slimer's money being haunted is foreshadowed by it eerily glowing when he gives it to Peter.
- Funny Phone Misunderstanding: At one point, the firehouse gets a wrong number, that Slimer thinks is the lottery.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: The first sign Slimer's money is cursed is when the eyes printed on it glow.
- Goofy Print Underwear: When Peter is shown in his underwear, he's wearing purple polka-dot boxers.
- Mythology Gag: Winston calls Slimer "spud", which is what Ray called him in the movie.
- Never Win the Lottery: Played for Horror — Slimer wins the lottery, but has to give the money up, since it's haunted.
- Platonic Kissing: Slimer kisses everyone when the money arrives.
- Tempting Fate: The guys and Janine say that Slimer will not win the lottery, but he does.
- Terms of Endangerment: Peter at one point calls Tightly "pal" during the fight.
- Unfinished Business: The only reason Tightly came back as a ghost was because he wanted his money back.
