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* LaserGuidedKarma: Becoming the head of a brand new government organization with an implied pay hike doesn't ''sound'' like a punishment punishment, until it's made clear to him in (in the same scene as that reveal reveal) that his organization's continued existence now depends entirely on the Ghostbusters he hates so much to operate.
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* MoreThanMindControl: Despite being brainwashed to be Vigo's loyal minion, Janosz's personality more or less stays the same aside from getting a bit creepier. As such, Dana and the other Ghostbusters don't realize he's under thrall for a good portion of the film. [[spoiler:However, this ends up biting Vigo in the ass because Janosz's obsession with Dana is what makes them decide to take Oscar, which sets the Ghostbusters on their case much faster than it otherwise would have been.]]
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* StalkerWithACrush: For Dana, though it only truly started getting creepy after being put under Vigo's thrall.
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* TheAtoner: Of a sort; in the comics he admits to Janine he's forced the P.C.O.C. behind the scenes to back down on firing the team or seizing equipment simply out of a desire to avoid another incident akin to his forcibly turning off the containment grid.
* 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.
* 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.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A government bureaucrat who, in his quest to obstruct one business, obstructs the business of the entire world.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A government bureaucrat who, in his quest to obstruct one business, obstructs the business of the entire world. Also during the game and early comics, where he rarely passes up the opportunity to inflict some misery on the team.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A government bureaucrat who, in his quest to obstruct one business, obstructs the business of the entire world. Also during the game and early comics, where he rarely passes up the opportunity to inflict some misery on the team.
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* StrugglingSingleMother: She went broke, and she and her children have been evicted from their home as a result, which forces them to move into an old farm her father had in Oklahoma.
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* AdultFear: Usually happens when your child is targeted by a demonic overlord who wants to reincarnate in the physical world using him as host.
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* LivingProp: That Vigo wants him to reincarnate in the physical world drives a good part of the plot of ''Ghostbusters II''.
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* LivingProp: That Vigo wants him to reincarnate in the physical world drives a good part of the plot.
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Dana's baby son. He is targeted by Vigo the Carpathian to be his conduit to get back in the mortals' world.
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Dana's son. He is targeted by Vigo the Carpathian to be his conduit to get back in the mortals' world.
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Dana's son. He is targeted by Vigo the Carpathian to be his conduit to get back in the mortals' world.
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Dana's son. He is targeted by Vigo the Carpathian to be his conduit to get back in the mortals' world.
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A notorious New York HangingJudge who nearly put the Ghostbusters permanently out of commission. It was he who also tried and convicted the Scoleri Brothers for murder, sentencing them to electrocution.
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* AscendedExtra: He was a OneSceneWonder in the first film, but got a larger role in the second.
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SigourneyWeaver
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Frédérique Tirmont (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
-->''"Well, that's just great. Either I have a monster in my kitchen or I'm completely crazy."''
A musician who alerts the Ghostbusters to Gozer's presence before getting possessed by Zuul in the first film. Between the two movies she got married, had a son, and got divorced, and started working at the Manhattan Museum of Art as a restorer before getting caught up in the Ghostbusters' problems again. Has an on-again-off-again relationship with Peter Venkman, who loves her, but has commitment issues.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: As the first film progresses.
* DemonicPossession: Victim of this for half of the first film.
* LoveInterest: To Peter.
* MamaBear: She doesn't need a Proton Pack to be a ActionMom!
* NeutralFemale: Averted. She tries to keep away from the trouble so as not to get in the guy's way, but when it comes to her, she fights back.
* OneOfTheBoys: Even after she breaks up with Peter, she still gets along with all the Ghostbusters and vice versa.
* TheReliableOne: You can always count on her. One of the reasons she and Peter broke-up, temporarily.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Had a ''lot'' of trouble finding one for a while.
* StatuesqueStunner: Especially when possessed in the first film.
* [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob What, Exactly, Is Her Job?]]: Goes from being an orchestral performer in the first movie to retouching paintings in the second, with no explanation for the jump.
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamAtherton
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Hervé Bellon (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
-->''"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."''
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.
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* AmoralAttorney: He only aims to sue the Ghostbusters out of spite for their cause, but in reality is just a money grubbing agent.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Surrounded by news articles and tv interviews about the ghosts the Ghostbusters have caught, yet insists it's all an elaborate scam.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Without a search warrant, or any sort of legal document, never mind actually showing Peter any credentials to back up his claims, Peck walks into the Ghostbusters' building, "asking" to be shown very sensitive and rightfully classified technology (and specifically chemical tanks that they don't actually have) for no good reason. When a suspicious Peter refuses, he retaliates by forcing his way back into the building without notice, accompanied by a police officer and some guy in a hard-hat, waving around a piece of paper that neither the Ghostbusters or their lawyers have had a chance to review. This is a major breach of proper protocol for any kind of government facility. How Peck didn't wind up in jail himself is a major case of KarmaHoudini. [[RealityIsUnrealistic Though there are stories of actual government officials and bureaucrats doing that and worse in New York and getting away with it.]]
* 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.
* CharacterDevelopment: Probably goes through the most out of any of the cast over the course of the movies, games, and comics, going from an inept bureaucrat who hates the Ghostbusters, to a manipulative bureaucrat who hates the Ghostbusters (but not as much).
* CoveredInGunge: But hey, at least it was marshmallow.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Averted. His last appearance in the film is being covered in melted marshmallow glop and shrieking in what sounds like agony, but he was apparently unharmed aside from having his day ruined down to the last hours.
* DumbassHasAPoint:
** Despite the "too dumb to live" below, he ''does'' have a good point that the Ghostbusters are using some extremely suspicious and dangerous technologies in an equally unprofessional manner. Of course, his response is every bit as stupid.
** Ends up banking on this to keep the Ghostbusters running and their gear from being seized in the IDW comics: Yes, they've got suspicious and dangerous technology, and yes, it ''does'' get used in unprofessional manners. But the Ghostbusters are also frequently the only ones who know how to maintain and (more importantly) ''stabilize'' said tech. It helps that, by his own admission, nobody wants "to press the point with the ''idiot'' who forcibly turned off the containment grid."
* HarmlessVillain: Kinda sorta; the containment unit gets blown up because of him in the first film but Peck generally doesn't do anything truly lethal to the Ghostbusters directly. He acts as an independent DiscOneFinalBoss who manages to either restrain or delay the Ghostbusters, which gives the real villains more time or freedom to act.
* HateSink: Peck with his imperious self-righteousness 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.
** In the DVD commentary, Creator/WilliamAtherton complained that the movie ruined his life; Peck's character was so despised that people would speak to Atherton as though they were giving him a piece of their mind, and people started bar fights with him on several occasions.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the comics, following the events of the game. He's still a dick, but a dick who recognizes the need for the Ghostbusters and will defend their behavior to the mayor and the press.
* {{Jerkass}}: Where to begin? He harasses the Ghostbusters based solely on rumors. He orders the containment grid to be turned off despite the warnings of the Ghostbusters and a Con Ed technician's reticence against doing so, resulting in the release of all the ghosts therein. ''Then'' he has the nerve to have the Busters arrested for the disaster ''he himself caused''!
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** His initial request to see the containment grid was reasonable. It is his job to make sure people like the Ghostbusters are operating with safe equipment, and in fact the Ghostbusters' containment grid could cause a massive explosion in a densely-populated area. After getting crudely brushed off by Peter, however, [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope he overreacts and orders the grid's immediate deactivation]]. If Peter had cooperated instead of treating Peck and the EPA as an enemy from the start, they could have avoided the ensuing meltdown.
** This trope is also inverted; Peter has a point against his point. Nothing he was accusing them of was actually in EPA jurisdiction (The Nuclear Regulatory Commission would probably have wanted to have a word with them, though). His actions were completely illegal, and Peter rightfully counters that he is willing to sue for wrongful prosecution. Tellingly, notice that when Peck returns for his fateful "shutting off the containment system" visit, he brings with him one police officer and one guy in a workman's outfit and hard hat - i.e. ''no one trained to deal with the things he accused the Ghostbusters of.'' If there is any evidence for Peck pulling things out of his ass in service of his witch hunt, it's this.
** A second valid inverson is that Peck never showed any credentials confirming his claim to be from the EPA, had no search warrant, nor listed any plausible violations of code that allowed him even in the building, and lastly had voiced not one complaint brought against the Ghostbusters business, by anyone. Peter was right to be concerned that Peck was himself a fraud who just wanted to look at the containment unit for nefarious purposes, and Peter was ultimately proven right.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Becoming the head of a brand new government organization with an implied pay hike doesn't ''sound'' like a punishment until it's made clear to him in the same scene as that reveal that his organization's continued existence now depends entirely on the Ghostbusters he hates so much to operate.
* MaliciousSlander: After he causes the explosion with his careless shutdown of the containment unit, he tells the mayor, and anyone who will listen, that The Ghostbusters were causing hallucinations of ghosts by deliberately exposing their clients to massive amounts of noxious chemicals without any evidence whatsoever. Barring the sheer implausibility of the Ghostbusters actually being able to pull this off, such a reckless accusation does open Peck to any number of lawsuits, which any competent lawyer could easily use to bring ''massive'' consequences upon the accuser if he doesn't have iron-clad evidence, which Peck did not.
* 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 when he ordered the containment grid turned off.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A government bureaucrat who, in his quest to obstruct one business, obstructs the business of the entire world.
* ThePeterPrinciple: He has absolutely ''zero'' understanding of the Ghostbusters' technology, yet legally has the right to screw with both it and them (to a point; Peter actually threatens to sue him for the degree he's abusing his authority even before he shuts down the equipment illegally). [[PillarOfLight Hilarity does not ensue]]. He's just a petty tyrant who thinks being a federal regulator means he can do anything.
** The IDW comics see him admit to Janine that he's effectively ''weaponized'' this against the rest of the P.C.O.C., forcing them to leave the Ghostbusters and their tech alone instead of a repeat performance of this trope.
* RedHerringMole: In the video game, the Ghostbusters think he's the BigBad, [[spoiler:but it turns out he's an UnwittingPawn]].
* SharedMassHallucination: He thinks that the Ghostbusters were using hallucinations to make ghosts.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Peter in the IDW continuity, who he never misses an opportunity to needle.
* StealthInsult: The astute viewer will notice that Peck continues to refer to Venkman as "Mister" even after pointedly looking over Venkman's two doctorates hanging on the walls of his office.
** He himself is subjected to one with the name of the organization he winds up getting KickedUpstairs into: P.C.O.C. [[labelnote:*]]"Peacock" is slang for an arrogant person who thinks they're [[SmallNameBigEgo far more important than they actually are.]] It also doubles as a reference to the infamous "no dick" insult Venkman slung at him.[[/labelnote]]
* StrawCharacter: Peck is the quintessential Reagan-era caricature of a government inspector.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: In-universe. He's up against the quintessential trifecta of what government inspectors are supposed to inspect; unprofessional, irresponsible and downright ''dangerous'' actions by private individuals. However, he falls flat on his face in that [[YouAreWhatYouHate he is all those things himself]], and makes no attempt to find responsible professionals to make the Ghostbusters' operation safer; he just shows up and throws his weight around because he found a loophole to justify his presence, (and even that is unlikely to stand up in court) and just makes everything worse as government inspectors tend to do.
* TooDumbToLive: Let's see; he believes that mass numbers of average people can be induced to see {{Shared Mass Hallucination}}s. He knows ''absolutely nothing'' about chemicals, radiation, or any of the other things he claims to be harassing the Ghostbusters about, and worst of all, grabs what appears to be a random city worker to shut down equipment he doesn't even begin to understand. He's lucky something ''really unpleasant'' didn't grab him and make him into a snack. He's even luckier he was wrong; if it had been storage for dangerous chemicals and failed as spectacularly he would have killed thousands of people.
* UnusualEuphemism: "This man has no dick."
--> "Well, that's what I ''heard''!"
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[[folder:Mayor Clotch]]
!!Mayor Lenny Clotch
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!!!'''Played by:''' David Margulies
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Marc de Georgi (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
-->''"Somebody get me the Ghostbusters."''
The Mayor of New York City in the first two movies who assists the Ghostbusters to save the city.
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* AscendedExtra: He was a OneSceneWonder in the first film, but got a larger role in the second.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments
* FirstNameBasis: The Ghostbusters eventually get to know him on this by the second film.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Seems rather acerbic at first, but is a respected man who'll do whatever it takes to keep New York safe.
* {{Joisey}}: Sports an accent like this.
* RaisedCatholic: Seems probable; he's on very good terms with the Archbishop of New York, even calling him by name and inviting him to his office as a consultant when ghosts start flooding the streets.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In contrast to Peck and Hardemeyer, he is much more willing to accept the Ghostbuster's help.
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[[folder:Janosz Poha]]
!!Janosz Poha
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterMacNicol
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Vincent Violette (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
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.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Controlled by Vigo to do his bidding.
* CreepyCrossdresser: [[spoiler:When his ghostly form dresses up like a demon nanny to kidnap Oscar [[{{Beat}} ...]] you'd have to be there.]]
* DemonicPossession: Vigo forces his will upon Janosz, making him do his bidding.
* {{Deprogram}}: [[spoiler:Thanks to the ''good'' version of the mood slime, he's freed from Vigo's influence. And he and Ray are turned into a pair of [[LoveFreak Love Freaks]].]]
* FunnyForeigner: Of some kind... He speaks with a thick, vaguely European-sounding accent.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Chillingly realized when he visits Dana during the blackout scene. After a somewhat unnerving discussion, Dana tells him to leave. Once he is now alone in the dark, his eyes suddenly start to glow like flashlights in the dark hallway. A lot more disturbing than it sounds.
* HarmlessVillain: [[spoiler:He becomes a NotSoHarmlessVillain after kidnapping Oscar.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Thanks to the mood slime.]]
* HopelessSuitor: Where Dana is concerned.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: His first name is pronounced "yaw-nosh".
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Well, DemonicPossession, but still counts.
* LoveRedeems: Mood-Slime Redeems
* TheRenfield: Peter [=MacNicol=] played the Renfield here before playing ''the'' Renfield in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt''.
* {{Ruritania}}[=/=]WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Just where on Earth ''is'' he supposed to be originally from?
-->'''Venkman''': You'll never get a green-card with that attitude, pal.
** "The Upper Vest Side," of course.
*** According to the comics, he's from Moldavia.
* VampireVords
* UnwittingPawn
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[[folder:Stephen Wexler]]
!!Judge Stephen "The Hammer" Wexler
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!!!'''Played by:''' Harris Yulin
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Yves Barsacq (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
A notorious New York HangingJudge who nearly put the Ghostbusters permanently out of commission. It was he who also tried and convicted the Scoleri Brothers for murder, sentencing them to electrocution.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Despite his tough exterior, he has no qualms about begging the Ghostbusters to save his sorry ass when he is proved wrong that ghosts definitely exist.
* AdaptationNameChange: The {{Novelization}} identifies him as Judge Roy Beane, presumably as a ShoutOut to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Bean the famous judge]] from TheWildWest.
* 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 terrorised 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.
* HairTriggerTemper: Angry seems to be his default mood.
* HangingJudge: Has a rep for giving defendants harsh sentences. Tellingly the ghosts awoken from his ranting are two crooks he sentenced to death.
* {{Jerkass}}: In addition to acting like an asshole toward everyone in his courtroom he uses the sentencing statement as a chance to bellow about how much he hates the Ghostbusters and how much he wishes he could give them harsher, more draconian punishments. His anger and hatred are so extreme it spawns ghosts from the Hate Slime, something not seen in anyone else in the movie up to that point.
* LargeHam: Especially during his "BURNED AT THE STAKE!!!!" rant.
* OhCrap: ''"Oh my God, '''THE SCOLERI BROTHERS!'''"''
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sort of becomes one out of desperation when he decides to rescind his sentence and let the ghostbusters take care of the Scoleri Brothers' ghosts who were terrorizing the courthouse.
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[[folder:Jack Hardemeyer]]
!!Jack Hardemeyer
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!!!'''Played by:''' Kurt Fuller
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Michel Derain (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
Mayor Lenny's assistant who views the Ghostbusters with disdain.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Hardemeyer is an arrogant AmoralAttorney who abuses his position of working with the mayor and gets the Ghostbusters committed out of spite.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Like Peck before him, he goes out of his way to make things miserable for the Ghostbusters.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He takes Walter Peck's role as the jackass close to the mayor who antagonizes the Ghostbusters, though arguably he's even worse. Naturally, they briefly work together in the IDW comics.
* VillainousFriendship: He ''thought'' he had this with Peck in the comics. However, as Peck points out, all they have in common is a shared hatred of Peter Venkman.
* VillainTeamUp: Of a sort. Peck brings him in as the group's liason when the original team goes missing, making the replacement team's lives very difficult and focusing solely on the marketing end of the business.
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[[folder:Dana Barrett]]
!!Dana Barrett
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SigourneyWeaver
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Frédérique Tirmont (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
-->''"Well, that's just great. Either I have a monster in my kitchen or I'm completely crazy."''
A musician who alerts the Ghostbusters to Gozer's presence before getting possessed by Zuul in the first film. Between the two movies she got married, had a son, and got divorced, and started working at the Manhattan Museum of Art as a restorer before getting caught up in the Ghostbusters' problems again. Has an on-again-off-again relationship with Peter Venkman, who loves her, but has commitment issues.
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* ActionMom: She becomes one in the second movie.
* DefrostingIceQueen: As the first film progresses.
* DemonicPossession: Victim of this for half of the first film.
* LoveInterest: To Peter.
* MamaBear: She doesn't need a Proton Pack to be a ActionMom!
* NeutralFemale: Averted. She tries to keep away from the trouble so as not to get in the guy's way, but when it comes to her, she fights back.
* OneOfTheBoys: Even after she breaks up with Peter, she still gets along with all the Ghostbusters and vice versa.
* TheReliableOne: You can always count on her. One of the reasons she and Peter broke-up, temporarily.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Had a ''lot'' of trouble finding one for a while.
* StatuesqueStunner: Especially when possessed in the first film.
* [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob What, Exactly, Is Her Job?]]: Goes from being an orchestral performer in the first movie to retouching paintings in the second, with no explanation for the jump.
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[[folder:Walter Peck]]
!!Walter Peck
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamAtherton
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Hervé Bellon (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
-->''"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."''
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.
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* AmoralAttorney: He only aims to sue the Ghostbusters out of spite for their cause, but in reality is just a money grubbing agent.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Surrounded by news articles and tv interviews about the ghosts the Ghostbusters have caught, yet insists it's all an elaborate scam.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Without a search warrant, or any sort of legal document, never mind actually showing Peter any credentials to back up his claims, Peck walks into the Ghostbusters' building, "asking" to be shown very sensitive and rightfully classified technology (and specifically chemical tanks that they don't actually have) for no good reason. When a suspicious Peter refuses, he retaliates by forcing his way back into the building without notice, accompanied by a police officer and some guy in a hard-hat, waving around a piece of paper that neither the Ghostbusters or their lawyers have had a chance to review. This is a major breach of proper protocol for any kind of government facility. How Peck didn't wind up in jail himself is a major case of KarmaHoudini. [[RealityIsUnrealistic Though there are stories of actual government officials and bureaucrats doing that and worse in New York and getting away with it.]]
* 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.
* CharacterDevelopment: Probably goes through the most out of any of the cast over the course of the movies, games, and comics, going from an inept bureaucrat who hates the Ghostbusters, to a manipulative bureaucrat who hates the Ghostbusters (but not as much).
* CoveredInGunge: But hey, at least it was marshmallow.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Averted. His last appearance in the film is being covered in melted marshmallow glop and shrieking in what sounds like agony, but he was apparently unharmed aside from having his day ruined down to the last hours.
* DumbassHasAPoint:
** Despite the "too dumb to live" below, he ''does'' have a good point that the Ghostbusters are using some extremely suspicious and dangerous technologies in an equally unprofessional manner. Of course, his response is every bit as stupid.
** Ends up banking on this to keep the Ghostbusters running and their gear from being seized in the IDW comics: Yes, they've got suspicious and dangerous technology, and yes, it ''does'' get used in unprofessional manners. But the Ghostbusters are also frequently the only ones who know how to maintain and (more importantly) ''stabilize'' said tech. It helps that, by his own admission, nobody wants "to press the point with the ''idiot'' who forcibly turned off the containment grid."
* HarmlessVillain: Kinda sorta; the containment unit gets blown up because of him in the first film but Peck generally doesn't do anything truly lethal to the Ghostbusters directly. He acts as an independent DiscOneFinalBoss who manages to either restrain or delay the Ghostbusters, which gives the real villains more time or freedom to act.
* HateSink: Peck with his imperious self-righteousness 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.
** In the DVD commentary, Creator/WilliamAtherton complained that the movie ruined his life; Peck's character was so despised that people would speak to Atherton as though they were giving him a piece of their mind, and people started bar fights with him on several occasions.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the comics, following the events of the game. He's still a dick, but a dick who recognizes the need for the Ghostbusters and will defend their behavior to the mayor and the press.
* {{Jerkass}}: Where to begin? He harasses the Ghostbusters based solely on rumors. He orders the containment grid to be turned off despite the warnings of the Ghostbusters and a Con Ed technician's reticence against doing so, resulting in the release of all the ghosts therein. ''Then'' he has the nerve to have the Busters arrested for the disaster ''he himself caused''!
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** His initial request to see the containment grid was reasonable. It is his job to make sure people like the Ghostbusters are operating with safe equipment, and in fact the Ghostbusters' containment grid could cause a massive explosion in a densely-populated area. After getting crudely brushed off by Peter, however, [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope he overreacts and orders the grid's immediate deactivation]]. If Peter had cooperated instead of treating Peck and the EPA as an enemy from the start, they could have avoided the ensuing meltdown.
** This trope is also inverted; Peter has a point against his point. Nothing he was accusing them of was actually in EPA jurisdiction (The Nuclear Regulatory Commission would probably have wanted to have a word with them, though). His actions were completely illegal, and Peter rightfully counters that he is willing to sue for wrongful prosecution. Tellingly, notice that when Peck returns for his fateful "shutting off the containment system" visit, he brings with him one police officer and one guy in a workman's outfit and hard hat - i.e. ''no one trained to deal with the things he accused the Ghostbusters of.'' If there is any evidence for Peck pulling things out of his ass in service of his witch hunt, it's this.
** A second valid inverson is that Peck never showed any credentials confirming his claim to be from the EPA, had no search warrant, nor listed any plausible violations of code that allowed him even in the building, and lastly had voiced not one complaint brought against the Ghostbusters business, by anyone. Peter was right to be concerned that Peck was himself a fraud who just wanted to look at the containment unit for nefarious purposes, and Peter was ultimately proven right.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Becoming the head of a brand new government organization with an implied pay hike doesn't ''sound'' like a punishment until it's made clear to him in the same scene as that reveal that his organization's continued existence now depends entirely on the Ghostbusters he hates so much to operate.
* MaliciousSlander: After he causes the explosion with his careless shutdown of the containment unit, he tells the mayor, and anyone who will listen, that The Ghostbusters were causing hallucinations of ghosts by deliberately exposing their clients to massive amounts of noxious chemicals without any evidence whatsoever. Barring the sheer implausibility of the Ghostbusters actually being able to pull this off, such a reckless accusation does open Peck to any number of lawsuits, which any competent lawyer could easily use to bring ''massive'' consequences upon the accuser if he doesn't have iron-clad evidence, which Peck did not.
* 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 when he ordered the containment grid turned off.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A government bureaucrat who, in his quest to obstruct one business, obstructs the business of the entire world.
* ThePeterPrinciple: He has absolutely ''zero'' understanding of the Ghostbusters' technology, yet legally has the right to screw with both it and them (to a point; Peter actually threatens to sue him for the degree he's abusing his authority even before he shuts down the equipment illegally). [[PillarOfLight Hilarity does not ensue]]. He's just a petty tyrant who thinks being a federal regulator means he can do anything.
** The IDW comics see him admit to Janine that he's effectively ''weaponized'' this against the rest of the P.C.O.C., forcing them to leave the Ghostbusters and their tech alone instead of a repeat performance of this trope.
* RedHerringMole: In the video game, the Ghostbusters think he's the BigBad, [[spoiler:but it turns out he's an UnwittingPawn]].
* SharedMassHallucination: He thinks that the Ghostbusters were using hallucinations to make ghosts.
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Peter in the IDW continuity, who he never misses an opportunity to needle.
* StealthInsult: The astute viewer will notice that Peck continues to refer to Venkman as "Mister" even after pointedly looking over Venkman's two doctorates hanging on the walls of his office.
** He himself is subjected to one with the name of the organization he winds up getting KickedUpstairs into: P.C.O.C. [[labelnote:*]]"Peacock" is slang for an arrogant person who thinks they're [[SmallNameBigEgo far more important than they actually are.]] It also doubles as a reference to the infamous "no dick" insult Venkman slung at him.[[/labelnote]]
* StrawCharacter: Peck is the quintessential Reagan-era caricature of a government inspector.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: In-universe. He's up against the quintessential trifecta of what government inspectors are supposed to inspect; unprofessional, irresponsible and downright ''dangerous'' actions by private individuals. However, he falls flat on his face in that [[YouAreWhatYouHate he is all those things himself]], and makes no attempt to find responsible professionals to make the Ghostbusters' operation safer; he just shows up and throws his weight around because he found a loophole to justify his presence, (and even that is unlikely to stand up in court) and just makes everything worse as government inspectors tend to do.
* TooDumbToLive: Let's see; he believes that mass numbers of average people can be induced to see {{Shared Mass Hallucination}}s. He knows ''absolutely nothing'' about chemicals, radiation, or any of the other things he claims to be harassing the Ghostbusters about, and worst of all, grabs what appears to be a random city worker to shut down equipment he doesn't even begin to understand. He's lucky something ''really unpleasant'' didn't grab him and make him into a snack. He's even luckier he was wrong; if it had been storage for dangerous chemicals and failed as spectacularly he would have killed thousands of people.
* UnusualEuphemism: "This man has no dick."
--> "Well, that's what I ''heard''!"
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[[folder:Mayor Clotch]]
!!Mayor Lenny Clotch
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!!!'''Played by:''' David Margulies
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Marc de Georgi (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
-->''"Somebody get me the Ghostbusters."''
The Mayor of New York City in the first two movies who assists the Ghostbusters to save the city.
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* AscendedExtra: He was a OneSceneWonder in the first film, but got a larger role in the second.
* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments
* FirstNameBasis: The Ghostbusters eventually get to know him on this by the second film.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Seems rather acerbic at first, but is a respected man who'll do whatever it takes to keep New York safe.
* {{Joisey}}: Sports an accent like this.
* RaisedCatholic: Seems probable; he's on very good terms with the Archbishop of New York, even calling him by name and inviting him to his office as a consultant when ghosts start flooding the streets.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In contrast to Peck and Hardemeyer, he is much more willing to accept the Ghostbuster's help.
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[[folder:Janosz Poha]]
!!Janosz Poha
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!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterMacNicol
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Vincent Violette (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
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.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Controlled by Vigo to do his bidding.
* CreepyCrossdresser: [[spoiler:When his ghostly form dresses up like a demon nanny to kidnap Oscar [[{{Beat}} ...]] you'd have to be there.]]
* DemonicPossession: Vigo forces his will upon Janosz, making him do his bidding.
* {{Deprogram}}: [[spoiler:Thanks to the ''good'' version of the mood slime, he's freed from Vigo's influence. And he and Ray are turned into a pair of [[LoveFreak Love Freaks]].]]
* FunnyForeigner: Of some kind... He speaks with a thick, vaguely European-sounding accent.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Chillingly realized when he visits Dana during the blackout scene. After a somewhat unnerving discussion, Dana tells him to leave. Once he is now alone in the dark, his eyes suddenly start to glow like flashlights in the dark hallway. A lot more disturbing than it sounds.
* HarmlessVillain: [[spoiler:He becomes a NotSoHarmlessVillain after kidnapping Oscar.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Thanks to the mood slime.]]
* HopelessSuitor: Where Dana is concerned.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: His first name is pronounced "yaw-nosh".
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Well, DemonicPossession, but still counts.
* LoveRedeems: Mood-Slime Redeems
* TheRenfield: Peter [=MacNicol=] played the Renfield here before playing ''the'' Renfield in ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt''.
* {{Ruritania}}[=/=]WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Just where on Earth ''is'' he supposed to be originally from?
-->'''Venkman''': You'll never get a green-card with that attitude, pal.
** "The Upper Vest Side," of course.
*** According to the comics, he's from Moldavia.
* VampireVords
* UnwittingPawn
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[[folder:Stephen Wexler]]
!!Judge Stephen "The Hammer" Wexler
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!!!'''Played by:''' Harris Yulin
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Yves Barsacq (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
A notorious New York HangingJudge who nearly put the Ghostbusters permanently out of commission. It was he who also tried and convicted the Scoleri Brothers for murder, sentencing them to electrocution.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: Despite his tough exterior, he has no qualms about begging the Ghostbusters to save his sorry ass when he is proved wrong that ghosts definitely exist.
* AdaptationNameChange: The {{Novelization}} identifies him as Judge Roy Beane, presumably as a ShoutOut to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Bean the famous judge]] from TheWildWest.
* 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 terrorised 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.
* HairTriggerTemper: Angry seems to be his default mood.
* HangingJudge: Has a rep for giving defendants harsh sentences. Tellingly the ghosts awoken from his ranting are two crooks he sentenced to death.
* {{Jerkass}}: In addition to acting like an asshole toward everyone in his courtroom he uses the sentencing statement as a chance to bellow about how much he hates the Ghostbusters and how much he wishes he could give them harsher, more draconian punishments. His anger and hatred are so extreme it spawns ghosts from the Hate Slime, something not seen in anyone else in the movie up to that point.
* LargeHam: Especially during his "BURNED AT THE STAKE!!!!" rant.
* OhCrap: ''"Oh my God, '''THE SCOLERI BROTHERS!'''"''
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sort of becomes one out of desperation when he decides to rescind his sentence and let the ghostbusters take care of the Scoleri Brothers' ghosts who were terrorizing the courthouse.
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[[folder:Jack Hardemeyer]]
!!Jack Hardemeyer
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!!!'''Played by:''' Kurt Fuller
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Michel Derain (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
Mayor Lenny's assistant who views the Ghostbusters with disdain.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Hardemeyer is an arrogant AmoralAttorney who abuses his position of working with the mayor and gets the Ghostbusters committed out of spite.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Like Peck before him, he goes out of his way to make things miserable for the Ghostbusters.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He takes Walter Peck's role as the jackass close to the mayor who antagonizes the Ghostbusters, though arguably he's even worse. Naturally, they briefly work together in the IDW comics.
* VillainousFriendship: He ''thought'' he had this with Peck in the comics. However, as Peck points out, all they have in common is a shared hatred of Peter Venkman.
* VillainTeamUp: Of a sort. Peck brings him in as the group's liason when the original team goes missing, making the replacement team's lives very difficult and focusing solely on the marketing end of the business.
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