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* LongBusTrip: Returns (in live-action) to the franchise in ''Frozen Empire'', a good ''forty'' years after he first appeared in the original ''Ghostbusters''.

* NonLethalKO: imply to have suffer one via Pukey VomitIndiscretionShot as he comes back in the climax, covered in slime, wondering if they won.

* TheAtoner: In the comics, he privately admits to Janine during the "Crossing Over" event that everything that happened in the first film after that first meeting with Peter was essentially on him, and despite his BadBoss and ObstructiveBureaucrat behavior towards the Ghostbusters, he's done quite a bit of fighting for them out of a desire to avoid having that kind of thing happen again.
* BadBoss: As head of P.C.O.C. he at first deliberately interferes with the Ghostbusters' investigation out of spite. Even after Peck's HeelFaceTurn he still enjoys forcing the Ghostbusters to do unpleasant things, especially Peter.

!!1980s

!!2020s

** While motivated by personal spite for the Ghostbusters he is right in that it's ethically and legally murky to have Phoebe, a minor, operate highly dangerous and sensitive equipment.

** Peck with his imperious self-righteousness, skepticism and his {{Jerkass}} NeverMyFault belligerency is clearly designed to inspire a burning hatred in the audience. When he has the Ghostbusters arrested for the explosion when it is clearly his own fault, the whole audience wants to punch his lights out. He's arguably even worse in ''Frozen Empire'', where he acts far more petty and smugly bullies the teenage Phoebe.

* DirtyCoward: Wexler may be a harsh and imposing judge, but he gets a big fright when he sees the ghosts of the Scholeri Brothers, men he sentenced to death, appear in his courtroom. He hides under a table and tries to leave the court as quickly as possible, not bothering to help the prosecutor who is being terrorized by the ghosts of the Scholeri Brothers. Wexler also has the cheek to beg the Ghostbusters, whom he had just sentenced to prison, fined heavily, and are still under a judicial order, for help. Plus, he grudgingly rescinds send order and then orders the Ghostbusters to put things right.

A descendent of a group of guardians tasked with safeguarding Garraka's prison, and re-sealing him if need be.

* MoreHateableMinorVillain: Because Gozer the Gozerian is too alien to hate within the first film, Peck is made especially obnoxious and slimy so that his entirely reasonable request to check the Ghostbusters' equipment quickly escalates into him rashly shutting down their containment grid and unleashing a literal hell on earth. Granted, Peck is absolutely right about the inadequacy of the containment procedures, but he proves it by breaking them. The fact that his first reaction to a disaster, which he is clearly responsible for bringing about in front of multiple witnesses, is to have the Ghostbusters arrested while totally ignoring his own culpability with such Smug Snake self-righteousness seals the deal securing the audience's hate for him.

* SequelNonEntity: ''Frozen Empire'' is the first film in the franchise where Dana does not appear. According to director Gil Kenan, they simply didn't have anything for Dana to do, on top of the story already being filled with plenty of other characters.

[[folder:Dana]]

-->''"Well, that's just great. Either I have a monster in my kitchen or I'm completely crazy."''

[[folder:Oscar]]

A representative of the Environmental Protection Agency, or so he claimed. He's highly skeptical and cynical, especially toward Peter. In the [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideogame 2009 video game]] he is appointed as liaison between the Ghostbusters and the city of New York under the newly formed Paranormal Contracts Oversight Commission, to his great annoyance. In the [[ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}} IDW comic]] he is still head of P.C.O.C., but has grown into the role. By the time of ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'', [[spoiler: he has become the Mayor of New York City [[EvilIsPetty and still trying to shut down the Ghostbusters after their return.]]]]

-->''"Forget it, Venkman! You had your chance to cooperate, but you thought it would be more fun to insult me. Well, now it is my turn, wiseass."''

* AllforNothing: In ''Frozen Empire'', he tries to shut down the Ghostbusters for good and has them arrested; however, after the Ghostbusters save New York and Phoebe becomes a hero, he is forced to back down, leave Phoebe alone, and also forced to support them due to the people backing the Ghostbusters more than him and the Ghostbusters becoming heroes, much to his dismay and humilation.

** Peck with his imperious self-righteousness, skepticism and his {{Jerkass}} NeverMyFault belligerency is clearly designed to inspire a burning hatred in the audience. When he has the Ghostbusters arrested for the explosion when it is clearly his own fault, the whole audience wants to punch his lights out.

* MyGreatestFailure: His main goal is the shut the Ghostbusters down. No matter how hard his tries, but he keeps failing. Every time he gets them to back down; however, it was only temporary and the Ghostbusters continue to stay in business. Even as the mayor and now old, he tried to shut them down out of spite; however, after the Ghostbusters save New York and everyone praise the Ghostbusters and supporting the Ghostbusters even more, forcing him to back down and let the Ghostbusters continue their work much to his dismay and humiliated.

-->''"Somebody get me the Ghostbusters."''

[[folder:Nadeem]]

[[folder: Dr. Lars Pinfield]]

* NeverMyFault: Peck loudly and blatantly blames the Ghostbusters for causing an explosion when it is clearly obvious in front of multiple witnesses that he himself is personally responsible for the disaster, having ordered the containment grid to be turned off.

A curator at the Manhattan Museum of Art that was forced by mind control to do Vigo's bidding and act as his agent on the mortal realm.

[[folder: Dr. Lars Pinfield[]]