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** Creator/ErnieHudson has said that while the immediate cast and crew was very welcoming he always felt snubbed at the studio level for his involvement in the film. Not helped by the fact his role was originally introduced on page 8 before moving to halfway through the movie, but none of the posters showed him with the other three. He is placed eighth in the credits, below Creator/WilliamAtherton. He credits the fans for not letting the studio forget that he is a Ghostbuster too.

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** Creator/ErnieHudson has said that while the immediate cast and crew was very welcoming he always felt snubbed at the studio level for his involvement in the film. Not helped by the fact his role was originally introduced on page 8 before moving to halfway through the movie, but none of the posters showed him with the other three.three (it wasn't until the Blu-Ray release that used a modified image of the foursome confronting Gozer on the cover, giving him his due). He is placed eighth in the credits, below Creator/WilliamAtherton. He credits the fans for not letting the studio forget that he is a Ghostbuster too.
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* IAmNotSpock: According to the DVDCommentary, the movie ruined Creator/WilliamAtherton's life, what with random people yelling "Hey, dickless!" at him on the streets. Atherton was then typecast into "asshole" roles for the next decade (see ''Franchise/DieHard'' and ''Film/BioDome'', among others) and his refusal to reprise the role in the sequel led to the filmmakers having to write in a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute played by Creator/KurtFuller.

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* IAmNotSpock: According to the DVDCommentary, the movie ruined Creator/WilliamAtherton's life, what with random people yelling "Hey, dickless!" at him on the streets. Atherton was then typecast into "asshole" roles for the next decade (see ''Franchise/DieHard'' and ''Film/BioDome'', among others) and his refusal to reprise the role in the sequel led to the filmmakers having to write in a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute played by Creator/KurtFuller. However, Atherton ultimately did return to the role forty years later in ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire''.

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* HostilityOnTheSet: Creator/ErnieHudson has said that while the immediate cast and crew was very welcoming he always felt snubbed at the studio level for his involvement in the film. Not helped by the fact his role was originally introduced on page 8 before moving to halfway through the movie, but none of the posters showed him with the other three. He is placed eighth in the credits, below Creator/WilliamAtherton. He credits the fans for not letting the studio forget that he is a Ghostbuster too.

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Creator/ErnieHudson has said that while the immediate cast and crew was very welcoming he always felt snubbed at the studio level for his involvement in the film. Not helped by the fact his role was originally introduced on page 8 before moving to halfway through the movie, but none of the posters showed him with the other three. He is placed eighth in the credits, below Creator/WilliamAtherton. He credits the fans for not letting the studio forget that he is a Ghostbuster too.too.
** On the ''Ghostbusters'' documentary ''Cleanin' Up the Town'', Creator/AnniePotts recalls being annoyed with Creator/BillMurray when it came time to shoot one of her first scenes and he arrived hours late and not knowing his lines. His attempts to lighten the mood just rubbed her the wrong way, so when she confronted him about it, she told him to "stand on your fucking mark and say your fucking line", to which the crew applauded.
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** Janine giving Egon a coin for luck before he goes off with the other Ghostbusters to fight Gozer; they are interrupted by Peter. (A fragment of this scene is used in Film/GhostbustersAfterlife)

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** Janine giving Egon a coin for luck before he goes off with the other Ghostbusters to fight Gozer; they are interrupted by Peter. (A A fragment of this scene is was later used in Film/GhostbustersAfterlife)''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''.
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* FollowTheLeader: This movie was such a huge hit that comedies with paranormal/horror underpinnings were a constant for the rest of the 1980s. Between the release of it and its sequel in 1989 came ''Film/TeenWolf'', ''Transylvania 6-5000'', ''Film/OnceBitten'', ''Haunted Honeymoon'', ''Film/{{Vamp}}'', ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' (which is also a variant on ''Film/TheGoonies''), ''Ghost Fever'', ''My Demon Lover'', ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'', ''Film/{{Vibes}}'' (also one of several ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' wannabes), the film adaptations of ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' and ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark'', ''High Spirits'', and ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' (also starring Bill Murray). The film adaptation of ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' owes a lot to it in its second half. One could spend an afternoon charting how many up-and-coming stars had major roles in one or more of these[[note]]not to mention ''Transylvania 6-5000'' actually brought Creator/JeffGoldblum and Creator/GeenaDavis together as a couple and paved the way for one of the most successful ''straight'' horror films of the decade, ''Film/TheFly1986''![[/note]], or how many films incorporated talent from ''Ghostbusters'' in front of or behind the camera, or the small franchises that ''Teen Wolf'' and ''Beetlejuice'' spawned...

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* FollowTheLeader: This movie was such a huge hit that comedies with paranormal/horror underpinnings were a constant for the rest of the 1980s. Between the release of it and its sequel in 1989 came ''Film/TeenWolf'', ''Transylvania 6-5000'', ''Film/Transylvania65000'', ''Film/OnceBitten'', ''Haunted Honeymoon'', ''Film/{{Vamp}}'', ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' (which is also a variant on ''Film/TheGoonies''), ''Ghost Fever'', ''My Demon Lover'', ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'', ''Film/{{Vibes}}'' (also one of several ''Film/RomancingTheStone'' wannabes), the film adaptations of ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' and ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark'', ''High Spirits'', and ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'' (also starring Bill Murray). The film adaptation of ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' owes a lot to it in its second half. One could spend an afternoon charting how many up-and-coming stars had major roles in one or more of these[[note]]not to mention ''Transylvania 6-5000'' actually brought Creator/JeffGoldblum and Creator/GeenaDavis together as a couple and paved the way for one of the most successful ''straight'' horror films of the decade, ''Film/TheFly1986''![[/note]], or how many films incorporated talent from ''Ghostbusters'' in front of or behind the camera, or the small franchises that ''Teen Wolf'' and ''Beetlejuice'' spawned...

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