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* OneSceneWonder: Mr. Stay Puft has about three minutes of screentime at the very end of the first film, but is probably second only to Slimer as the face of the franchise. Nearly ''every'' spin-off, from the 80's cartoon to the Sega Genesis and 2009 video games to the 2016 film, has featured Stay Puft in some way, shape, or form.
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* PowersViaPossession: Dana and Louis exhibit supernatural abilities when possessed. While on her "date" with Peter, Dana levitates above her bed while also growling and snarling like an unearthly beast. Louis' growls and flares his eyes red when angered and shows telekinetic ability when opening and closing the door to Dana's apartment during their demonic reunion.
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* PowersViaPossession: Dana and Louis exhibit supernatural abilities when possessed. While on her "date" with Peter, Dana levitates above her bed while also growling and snarling like an unearthly beast. Louis' Louis growls and flares his eyes red when angered and shows telekinetic ability when opening and closing the door to Dana's apartment during their demonic reunion.
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When Zuul and Vinz meet up at Dana’s apartment they share a passionate kiss before ascending to the rooftop; we later see the Ghostbusters arrive at the foot of the building, the sky darkens and they are nearly swallowed up by an earthquake; in other words, the earth moves. Shortly afterward, Zuul and Vinz are shown lying on a ceremonial table on the rooftop, looking exhausted and vinz’s belt is ripped apart and he wakes with a huge grin on his face.
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A 16th century tyrant and sorcerer, Prince Vigo von Homburg Deutschendorf conquered a good section of Eastern Europe before being put down by a rebellion at the age of 105. Vigo reappeared in modern day Manhattan possessing his own portrait, and generated a "mood slime" that heightened and reacted to people's negative emotions, which hastened his return.
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A 16th century 16th-century tyrant and sorcerer, Prince Vigo von Homburg Deutschendorf conquered a good section of Eastern Europe before being put down by a rebellion at the age of 105. Vigo reappeared in modern day modern-day Manhattan possessing his own portrait, and generated a "mood slime" that heightened and reacted to people's negative emotions, which hastened his return.
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** While not quite mountain-sized, huge piles of skulls have featured over the centuries with human tyrants: The Mongols in particular were fond of creating them.
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* OneWingedAngel: He eventually steps out of the painting in solid form. Outside, the joyous New Year singing neutralises the Mood Slime, which saps him of energy, and forces him back into the painting. In an apparent attempt to stay active, he warps into a thunderously growling horned corpse.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Vinz Clortho when possessing Louis Tully. Unlike Zuul, who is a sinister and forceful presence, Vinz is just as dorky as the person it possessed. He describes Gozer the Traveler and his history of destruction more like an excited child than a terrifying demon.
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* DoYouWantToCopulate: The possessed Dana is visited by Peter and almost immediately begins aggressively trying to bed him.
-->'''Dana:''' Do you want this body?\\
'''Peter:''' Is this a trick question? I guess the roses worked, huh?\\
'''Dana:''' Take me now, subcreature.\\
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'''Peter:''' I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people. ''(passionate kissing)'' Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule.\\
'''Dana:''' I want you inside me.\\
'''Peter:''' Sounds like there are at least two people inside there already. Might get a little crowded.
-->'''Dana:''' Do you want this body?\\
'''Peter:''' Is this a trick question? I guess the roses worked, huh?\\
'''Dana:''' Take me now, subcreature.\\
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'''Peter:''' I make it a rule never to get involved with possessed people. ''(passionate kissing)'' Actually, it's more of a guideline than a rule.\\
'''Dana:''' I want you inside me.\\
'''Peter:''' Sounds like there are at least two people inside there already. Might get a little crowded.
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* ApocalypseMaiden: Because she lives in an apartment building designed by a cultist intending to bring back the ancient god Gozer, known as the Destructor, Dana is chosen to become possessed by the entity Zuul, the Gatekeeper. Louis, her neighbor, is possessed by Vinz Clortho, the Keymaster. Together, the possessed couple open the doorway between worlds to allow Gozer to come to Earth to begin destroying.
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* ThatManIsDead: After Peter arrives to find Dana possessed by Zuul, he makes multiple attempts to communicate with her. Becoming irritated at his insistence she eventually responds in a deep, growling voice "There is no Dana, only Zuul!"
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* SlouchOfVillainy: Vinz finds Zuul-possessed Dana in this position.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Unlike Vinz, Zuul is played straight as an evil, demonic being.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: He wasn't exactly well-liked by his subjects as he was also known as "Vigo the Cruel", "Vigo the Torturer", "Vigo the Despised", and "Vigo the Unholy".
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: He seems to be called "the Destroyer" because that's all humans really know about him: that he destroys things whenever he comes to Earth.
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* OhCrap: When it saw the Ghostbusters crossing their proton streams into its portal, indicating Gozer knew what they were doing.
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* Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: The humans Zuul and Vinz Clortho possessed have a large height disparity which becomes accentuated when Dana Barrett dips Louis Tully during their kiss when they reunite while possessed. Sigourney Weaver is 6' tall while Rick Moranis is listed at 5'6".
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* Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: TinyGuyHugeGirl: The humans Zuul and Vinz Clortho possessed have a large height disparity which becomes accentuated when Dana Barrett dips Louis Tully during their kiss when they reunite while possessed. Sigourney Weaver is 6' tall while Rick Moranis is listed at 5'6".
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* CloudCuckoolander: Vinz clearly isn't all there, though part of it may have been due to possessing Louis Tully.
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* BigEater: When first encountered, he's scoffing his way through a room-service trolley.
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'''[[center: [- [[Characters/{{Ghostbusters}} Main Character Index]] -]]]'''
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!!Villains
[[folder:Gozer]]
!!Gozer
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-->''"Subcreatures, Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, the Traveler has come; choose and perish."''
An ancient Sumerian deity fond of entering dimensions and destroying them. Its impending arrival somehow causes an increase in the spectral activity of the targeted dimension, starting the events of the first movie.
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* EightiesHair: A mean flat-top.
* AgonyBeam: Uses this on the Ghostbusters after they told it they were not gods.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Went from a "large and moving torb" to a "giant sloar" and then a giant marshmallow man. It typically arrives in a pre-chosen form from a previous world it destroyed.
* BigBad: Of the first movie.
* CombatStilettos: In its humanoid form.
* EldritchAbomination: A non-cephalopod variety.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Speaks with a raspy, deep voice.
* ForTheEvulz: Seems to travel universes and destroy civilizations entirely for its own amusement.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Apparently Gozer's trademark. When it arrives to cause an apocalypse, it forces the denizens of the world its about to destroy to choose the form it will end them with. Ray accidentally chooses the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, which he believes to be incapable of causing the kind of destruction Gozer wants (and probably would have been had it not been the size of a skyscraper).
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The video game and comics say it had a major rivalry with its sister Tiamat.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The door Gozer used to enter our world is also the thing that pushed it back out.
** Further, Gozer's habit of making the inhabitants of a realm choose the form used to destroy it works against Gozer this time. Gozer ends up stuck in a chubby, awkward body '''made of marshmallows''' and lacking any special destructive abilities, bringing Gozer down to a level where four random humans on foot manage to thwart the destruction entirely (multiple times if you count the ExpandedUniverse).
* HumanoidAbomination: At least Gozer took the form of one. Its true form has never been revealed.
* IHaveManyNames: Also known as "Gozer the Gozerian", "Gozer the Traveler," "Gozer the Destructor", "Lord of the Sebouillia" and "Volguus Zildrohar."
* JerkassGod: Gozer seems to look down on any being who isn't a deity of some kind to the point where it will torture or kill them on the spot.
-->'''Gozer:''' Are you a god? \\
'''Ray:'''...No. \\
'''Gozer:''' Then....DIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!
* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Ray tries to think of a form for Gozer that couldn't possibly hurt anyone. There were certainly worse forms Gozer could have had, but Gozer still ends up as a hostile kaiju.
-->[[NiceJobBreakingItHero "Nice thinking, Ray."]]
* NoBiologicalSex: Gozer only takes on forms with characteristics of other genders. In truth, it has none of its own.
* NotQuiteDead: Returns as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the 2009 game, but in this game is fried to a crisp.
* OmnicidalManiac: Seems to be Gozer's main goal. It kills everyone, its summoners, even its ''worshipers'' and all else in its way.
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: In the final confrontation, the boys are surprised that s/he's a "girl", but clearly s/he is both, though it leans more towards the feminine. [[note]]Of course that's mostly on account of Gozer being played by an actress.[[/note]]
-->'''Ray''': It's a girl.\\
'''Egon''': It's Gozer.\\
'''Winston''': I thought Gozer was a man.\\
'''Egon''': It's whatever it wants to be.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Gozer has come to be known for its tendency to destroy all that is in its path.
* PhysicalGod: And anyone who isn't can PERISH!
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SadisticChoice: Upon arriving at a targeted planet, Gozer demands the inhabitants choose the form it will takes before it destroys the world. As the inhabitants of Earth find out, [[TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment even seemingly-harmless choices]] will appear as [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever dangerous monsters.]]
* ShapeshifterModeLock: The ExpandedUniverse has implied that she was permanently stuck in the marshmallow man form.
** In [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame the 2009 video game]], Ray mentions the possibility that Gozer is only able to create one Destructor form per dimension and therefore will only be able to manifest as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in this one.
** The IDW comics had an alternate timeline where the Ghostbusters never defeated her and she's stranded on Earth in the Stay Puft form. After asking the Ghostbusters for help, they travel back in time to the Temple of Gozer and cover it in pictures of an even sillier cartoon character called Loofa Joe so their past versions would subconsciously turn Gozer into this if she tried to attack Earth again.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A disturbing HumanoidAbomination with plans to destroy the world in a relatively light-hearted horror-comedy.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: From an androgynous woman covered in bubbles to a giant marshmallow man. Truly, Gozer doesn't seem to care what form it takes.
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[[folder:Zuul and Vinz Clortho]]
!!Zuul and Vinz Clortho
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!!!'''Played by:''' Ivan Reitman (voice of Zuul)
!!!'''Appear in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''
Hellhound demigods and Gozer's loyal minions and scouts. Zuul is "The Gatekeeper" presumably responsible for guarding the Traveler's portal while Vinz Clortho is "The Keymaster" with the power to open it. They enter Earth first to prepare it for Gozer's arrival with Zuul possessing Dana Barrett and Vinz possessing Louis Tully.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Vinz Clortho when possessing Louis Tully. Unlike Zuul, who is a sinister and forceful presence, Vinz is just as dorky as the person it possessed. He describes Gozer the Traveler and his history of destruction more like an excited child than a terrifying demon.
* AffablyEvil: Vinz enthusiastically gushes to Egon about how Gozer has destroyed previous worlds and seems to expect humans to be genuinely excited about being destroyed. Vinz even politely assists Egon in mundane tasks and seems more like an excited puppy than a demonic invader.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Vinz, who is {{adorkable}} when possessing Louis.
* CloudCuckoolander: Vinz clearly isn't all there, though part of it may have been due to possessing Louis Tully.
* CoDragons: To Gozer.
* CreatorCameo: Director Ivan Reitman provided the voice for Zuul.
-->'''"There is no Dana, ONLY ZUUL."'''
* DemonicPossession: The possessed forms of Louis and Dana.
* DumbMuscle: Vinz even before possessing Louis shows that, while strong and tough, he's not exactly the brightest bulb of all. He attacks Louis in a crowded place, thus letting other people notice him, while Zuul attacks Dana inside her apartment without anyone finding out until Peter arrives for his date with her. Vinz also constantly smashes against tables and walls while chasing Louis.
* EliteMooks: Intimidating and frightening by themselves, but ultimately not the Big Bad.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: After becoming possessed by Zuul, Dana Barrett greets Peter Venkman wearing only a diaphanous, flowing crimson dress which reveals a lot of skin.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Zuul's voice becomes deep and monstrous when angered by Peter Venkman.
* {{Hellhound}}s: They're known as "Terror Dogs".
* LadyInRed: When possessed by Zuul, Dana wears a revealing, red dress and her behavior becomes overtly sexual: first attempting to seduce Peter and later meeting and hooking up with Louis (possessed by Vinz Clortho).
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: When Egon has the possessed Louis hooked up to a brain-wave scanner, the image on the display is of Vinz Clortho's demonic head.
* MsFanservice: Zuul, at least while it's in Dana's body, wears a shiny, flowing red dress which reveals a lot of bare shoulders and long legs throughout her possession.
* PetTheDog: When Vinz -- in Louis's body -- asks a horse drawing a carriage if it's the Gatekeeper, the driver rudely accosts him. Vinz growls at the man with glowing red eyes, gently assures the horse that when Gozer comes all prisoners will be released, then runs off shouting to the driver that he and all his kind will perish in flames.
* PowersViaPossession: Dana and Louis exhibit supernatural abilities when possessed. While on her "date" with Peter, Dana levitates above her bed while also growling and snarling like an unearthly beast. Louis' growls and flares his eyes red when angered and shows telekinetic ability when opening and closing the door to Dana's apartment during their demonic reunion.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: For Gozer.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They both have glowing red eyes, which do shine through the eyes of their human forms.
* Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: The humans Zuul and Vinz Clortho possessed have a large height disparity which becomes accentuated when Dana Barrett dips Louis Tully during their kiss when they reunite while possessed. Sigourney Weaver is 6' tall while Rick Moranis is listed at 5'6".
* UnusualEuphemism: "The Keymaster" and "The Gatekeeper". It's strongly implied they have to have sex to open the portal to Gozer's realm.
* TheVamp: Zuul, while possessing Dana.
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!!Prince Vigo the Carpathian
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!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Jean Violette (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
A 16th century tyrant and sorcerer, Prince Vigo von Homburg Deutschendorf conquered a good section of Eastern Europe before being put down by a rebellion at the age of 105. Vigo reappeared in modern day Manhattan possessing his own portrait, and generated a "mood slime" that heightened and reacted to people's negative emotions, which hastened his return.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Seeing as how Vigo lived to be 105 and was tremendously difficult to kill, coupled with the plainly demonic appearance (complete with black eyes of evil and horns) he assumes in the film's climax, it's highly possible that Vigo was always some kind of demon that had possessed/merged with the human Vigo in the past and desired to possess another host. That, and his talk about "a mountain of skulls", "on the castle of pain" and sitting "on a throne of blood" are things that would exist in {{Hell}}, but not anywhere on Earth, even at the worst points in human history.
** While not quite mountain-sized, huge piles of skulls have featured over the centuries with human tyrants: The Mongols in particular were fond of creating them.
* {{Authority Equals Asskicking}}: A tyrant and sorcerer who curb-stomps the Ghostbusters.
* BadAssBoast: "On a mountain of skulls in a castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood."
* BigBad: Of the second movie.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When possessing Ray.
* BlobMonster: He controls the living ''River of Slime'' beneath New York.
* BodySurf: One of his more frightening powers.
* CardCarryingVillain: He refers to himself as "The Scourge of Carpathia" and "The Sorrow of Moldovia".
* CatchPhrase: "I, Vigo the Carpathian, (the names above), commands you!"
* DemotedToExtra: While still present in the video game, his only role is to be present as a nod to the movie by his appearance via his talking painting in the Firehouse.
* TheDreaded: Universally feared and hated by his own subjects while alive.
* EmotionEater: He feeds on human negative energy.
* EvilOverlord: After rising to power, Vigo ruled his homeland and later the conquered Romanian region of Moldovia with an iron fist. History would remember him as a powerful magician and an intelligent genius, but also an oppressive tyrant, an egotistical autocrat, a psychopathic lunatic, and a genocidal madman
* TheEvilPrince: A notoriously despotic autocrat.
* EvilSorcerer: In his {{backstory}}.
* {{Expy}}: Of Vlad the Impaler aka [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]].
** The novelization implies that he's Vlad Tepes's cousin.
** The account of his drawn out chore of an assassination and accusations of mysticism also seem like a nod to Gregori Rasputin.
* AGodAmI: With the power to back it up.
* HarmlessVillain[=/=]VillainDecay: In the game, he's reduced to nothing more than his painting, unable to do much of anything aside from talk and make the player feel uncomfortable. To add insult to injury, said painting is owned by the very people who beat him: the Ghostbusters.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:A version of Vigo's empathic slime empowered with ''positive'' emotions is what ultimately does him in]].
* HornedHumanoid: Grows two stumpy blood-colored horns after being sucked back into the painting during the final confrontation.
* [[IHaveManyNames I Have Many]] NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Also known as Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised and Vigo the Unholy.
-->'''Peter:''' Wasn't he also Vigo the Butch?
* KubrickStare
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Upon dying, he declared he would return to the living world one day. And he did.
* ObviouslyEvil
* RasputinianDeath: Practically almost parodied.
-->'''Ray''': He didn't die of old age, either. He was poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.\\
'''Peter ''': [[{{Understatement}} Ouch!]]\\
'''Ray''': ...There was a prophecy, just before his '''''head''''' died. His last words were, "Death is but a door, time is but a window: I'll be back."
* {{Reincarnation}}: Invoked, then Subverted as Dana's baby Oscar was chosen to be Vigo's "new vessel" before the Ghostbusters foil the attempt.
* [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In A Painting]]: When first encountered. And he's this yet again in the video game, where the only thing he can do is talk to the player when interacted with.
* SorcerousOverlord: He was this in his past life.
* SpookyPainting: Dana comments that the painting gives her chills, even before the paranormal shenanigans begin.
* UndeadAbomination: He was so powerful that in ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game'', he is classified as a Class 7 entity, the same level as Zuul, Vince Clortho and Gozer the Gozerian.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: In the much more family-conscious second movie, Vigo's back story of dictatorship and genocide seems especially imposing.
* WouldHurtAChild: Vigo is more than willing to posses baby Oscar for his new body.
[[/folder]]
!!Ghosts
[[folder:Slimer]]
!!Slimer
[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slimer_gbii89.jpg]]
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
A pudgy, gluttonous, free-floating apparition of unknown origin comprised of a viscous green ectoplasm, "Slimer" is the first ghost the Ghostbusters ever caught when the Sedgewick Hotel hires them to get rid of him. Depending on the continuity he's treated as an ally, an antagonist, a test subject, or a pet/mascot.
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* AllThereInTheManual: It's never really explained where he came from in the movies proper, but according to Dan Aykroyd he's the ghost of Creator/JohnBelushi.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: In the IDW comics, Ray theorises that Slimer is a force of gluttony given form.
* BerserkButton: When Venkman encounters him for the first time, Ray (while communicating with Venkman via walkie-talkie) refers to Slimer as "an ugly little spud". Needless to say, Slimer overhears this and does ''not'' take kindly to it, charging at Peter and coating him in slime.
* BigEater: When first encountered, he's scoffing his way through a room-service trolley.
* BlobMonster: Spherical, and made of slime.
* CanonImmigrant: Although he originated in the first movie, the name Slimer and him living with the Ghostbusters originated in the animated series before it happened in the second film.
* CreatorCameo: His voice is provided by series director Ivan Reitman.
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to Louis' Skinny.
* HarmlessVillain: The Ghostbusters caused MUCH more havoc than he did, and he never actually hurt anybody.
* HeelFaceTurn: He helps Louis (and the other Ghostbusters to an extent) out near the end of the second movie.
* {{Mascot}}
* MeaningfulName: Deliberately. In the animated series, Ray gave him the name "just to annoy Peter."
* MergerOfSouls: Dan Aykroyd says he's an accumulation of spirits that haunt the hotel.
* MultipleChoicePast: The ExpandedUniverse offers multiple origins;
** Creator/DanAykroyd said he was a "vapor - a kind of confluence of stored up psychic energy, an accumulation of spirits that haunt the hotel who doesn't want to leave". He also offered the alternative suggestion that he was the ghost of Creator/JohnBelushi.
** The ''[[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel UK]]'' comics based on ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' said he's the ghost of a human king called "Remils".
** The tabletop game said he's on Earth as a result of cult rituals.
** The 1992 annual said he was the ghost of an obese man who remembers nothing about his life except the desire to eat.
** The [[ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}} 2017 IDW annual]] had the Ghostbusters suggest multiple theories, some of which were [[MythologyGag references to the above]]: a chef at the hotel who suffered a fatal heart attack on the job, a vagrant, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of gluttony summoned by the Gozerian cult, and Venkman's gag suggestion he was a king.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Is never called Slimer in the movies and gets his name from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' cartoon series.
%%%* NonHumanSidekick:
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The first ghost seen not known to be the spirit of a deceased human being.
* SdrawkcabName: Some of the comics say his name was ''King Remils'' when he was alive.
%%%* TeamPet:
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eleanor Twitty]]
!!Eleanor Twitty a.k.a. "The Gray Lady" / "The Library Ghost"
[[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ilyssa_6624.jpg]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Ruth Oliver
%%!!!'''Dubbed by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''
The very first ghost the Ghostbusters ever encountered (but not the first they captured). Gets an expanded role in the [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame 2009 game]] where it's revealed she was murdered.
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* AncientKeeper: [[spoiler:She's spent decades keeping the Gozerian Codex in her last resting place.]]
* AntiVillain: Type II.
* AscendedExtra: Originally she was merely just the first ghost the Busters came across, then after scaring them off she wasn't mentioned again. In the video game, she was given an entire level where we were introduced to who she was and shown her deep connection to the event in the game as a node in the spectral circuit flow.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: [[spoiler:Despite seeming to be just a normal ghost, she ends up having the power to control the entire library, as well as ghosts that are not known to work together. Hurt her and you'll regret it, even if it takes nearly a century.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:In the game, she purposely lured the Ghostbusters to her library by taking control of some ghosts and making them cause a ruckus. All this to get them to go after her murderer/ex-boyfriend so as to finally get her revenge.]]
* FingerOnLips: Shushes them when they disturb her reading. Disturb her reading again and she goes ape.
* FogFeet: It seems to be the main way one tracks her.
* OneWingedAngel: Her "angry form."
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Ray; he really wanted to [[IncrediblyLamePun get her]] after scaring him.
* ScaryLibrarian: Especially in her angry mode.
* SnubByOmission: Her initial response to the Ghostbusters is to ignore them.
* SpookySilentLibrary: Her chosen domain.
* RevengeAgainstMen: [[spoiler:Her EX-boyfriend]], not the Ghostbusters.
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler:Subverted. After thinking they had helped her pass on by taking her book, she suddenly reappears and laughs maniacally as she transforms into her angry mode.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She has a disturbing tendency to shift between a quiet plain librarian [[OneWingedAngel to a raging grotesque ghoul. Though the others suspect this was also part of it - that the fight was not only to give the Ghostbusters the book, but so that they would wreck the room and uncover the path to the ghost world where her murderous ex was hiding.]]
* WomanScorned: Oh yes...
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Her boyfriend used her to get at her rare book collection. When this is discovered, she dumps him and revokes his pass to her collection. He then kills her, trapping her in the library she tried to protect. It is soon shown, despite her circumstances, she isn't going to mope about. Instead she'll spend her afterlife plotting the downfall of her ex-boyfriend. She succeeds, with the help of the Ghostbusters.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Scoleri Brothers]]
!!Tony and Nunzio Scoleri
[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scoleribrothers.jpg]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Jim Fye (voice of Tony), Tim Lawrence (voice of Nunzio)
%%!!!'''Dubbed by:'''
!!!'''Appear in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
The ghosts of convicted sibling murderers that appear at the Ghostbusters' trial. Their arrival and subsequent mayhem quickly convince everyone to reinstate the Ghostbusters.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Their first names (as well as the identity of their actors) were given in an article about the film's special effects.
* FatAndSkinny: Tony is the skinny one, Nunzio is the fat one.
* FatBastard: Nunzio is disgustingly overweight ''and'' a murderer.
* GigglingVillain: Tony has a really high-pitched laugh as probably his only vocalization.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Their eyes glow brightly.
* TheHyena: Tony.
* KnightOfCerebus: To the extent that they're the only regular ghosts (in the movies, anyway) shown to be actively dangerous as opposed to merely a nuisance.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If it weren't for their timely arrival the Ghostbusters would have been permanently disbanded.
* PsychoElectro: They're covered with surging electricity because they got executed via electric chair, although it's unclear if they can actually use it as a power.
* SiblingTeam: They're ''literal'' BashBrothers!
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
!!Villains
[[folder:Gozer]]
!!Gozer
[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ghostbusters_-_Gozer_631.jpg]]
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[[caption-width-right:256:The Destructor's "chosen form".]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Slavitza Jovan (humanoid form), Paddi Edwards (voice)
%%!!!'''Dubbed by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''
-->''"Subcreatures, Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, the Traveler has come; choose and perish."''
An ancient Sumerian deity fond of entering dimensions and destroying them. Its impending arrival somehow causes an increase in the spectral activity of the targeted dimension, starting the events of the first movie.
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* EightiesHair: A mean flat-top.
* AgonyBeam: Uses this on the Ghostbusters after they told it they were not gods.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Went from a "large and moving torb" to a "giant sloar" and then a giant marshmallow man. It typically arrives in a pre-chosen form from a previous world it destroyed.
* BigBad: Of the first movie.
* CombatStilettos: In its humanoid form.
* EldritchAbomination: A non-cephalopod variety.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Speaks with a raspy, deep voice.
* ForTheEvulz: Seems to travel universes and destroy civilizations entirely for its own amusement.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Apparently Gozer's trademark. When it arrives to cause an apocalypse, it forces the denizens of the world its about to destroy to choose the form it will end them with. Ray accidentally chooses the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, which he believes to be incapable of causing the kind of destruction Gozer wants (and probably would have been had it not been the size of a skyscraper).
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: The video game and comics say it had a major rivalry with its sister Tiamat.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The door Gozer used to enter our world is also the thing that pushed it back out.
** Further, Gozer's habit of making the inhabitants of a realm choose the form used to destroy it works against Gozer this time. Gozer ends up stuck in a chubby, awkward body '''made of marshmallows''' and lacking any special destructive abilities, bringing Gozer down to a level where four random humans on foot manage to thwart the destruction entirely (multiple times if you count the ExpandedUniverse).
* HumanoidAbomination: At least Gozer took the form of one. Its true form has never been revealed.
* IHaveManyNames: Also known as "Gozer the Gozerian", "Gozer the Traveler," "Gozer the Destructor", "Lord of the Sebouillia" and "Volguus Zildrohar."
* JerkassGod: Gozer seems to look down on any being who isn't a deity of some kind to the point where it will torture or kill them on the spot.
-->'''Gozer:''' Are you a god? \\
'''Ray:'''...No. \\
'''Gozer:''' Then....DIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!
* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Ray tries to think of a form for Gozer that couldn't possibly hurt anyone. There were certainly worse forms Gozer could have had, but Gozer still ends up as a hostile kaiju.
-->[[NiceJobBreakingItHero "Nice thinking, Ray."]]
* NoBiologicalSex: Gozer only takes on forms with characteristics of other genders. In truth, it has none of its own.
* NotQuiteDead: Returns as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the 2009 game, but in this game is fried to a crisp.
* OmnicidalManiac: Seems to be Gozer's main goal. It kills everyone, its summoners, even its ''worshipers'' and all else in its way.
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: In the final confrontation, the boys are surprised that s/he's a "girl", but clearly s/he is both, though it leans more towards the feminine. [[note]]Of course that's mostly on account of Gozer being played by an actress.[[/note]]
-->'''Ray''': It's a girl.\\
'''Egon''': It's Gozer.\\
'''Winston''': I thought Gozer was a man.\\
'''Egon''': It's whatever it wants to be.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Gozer has come to be known for its tendency to destroy all that is in its path.
* PhysicalGod: And anyone who isn't can PERISH!
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SadisticChoice: Upon arriving at a targeted planet, Gozer demands the inhabitants choose the form it will takes before it destroys the world. As the inhabitants of Earth find out, [[TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment even seemingly-harmless choices]] will appear as [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever dangerous monsters.]]
* ShapeshifterModeLock: The ExpandedUniverse has implied that she was permanently stuck in the marshmallow man form.
** In [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame the 2009 video game]], Ray mentions the possibility that Gozer is only able to create one Destructor form per dimension and therefore will only be able to manifest as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in this one.
** The IDW comics had an alternate timeline where the Ghostbusters never defeated her and she's stranded on Earth in the Stay Puft form. After asking the Ghostbusters for help, they travel back in time to the Temple of Gozer and cover it in pictures of an even sillier cartoon character called Loofa Joe so their past versions would subconsciously turn Gozer into this if she tried to attack Earth again.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: A disturbing HumanoidAbomination with plans to destroy the world in a relatively light-hearted horror-comedy.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: From an androgynous woman covered in bubbles to a giant marshmallow man. Truly, Gozer doesn't seem to care what form it takes.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zuul and Vinz Clortho]]
!!Zuul and Vinz Clortho
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terror_dogs2.jpg]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Ivan Reitman (voice of Zuul)
!!!'''Appear in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''
Hellhound demigods and Gozer's loyal minions and scouts. Zuul is "The Gatekeeper" presumably responsible for guarding the Traveler's portal while Vinz Clortho is "The Keymaster" with the power to open it. They enter Earth first to prepare it for Gozer's arrival with Zuul possessing Dana Barrett and Vinz possessing Louis Tully.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Vinz Clortho when possessing Louis Tully. Unlike Zuul, who is a sinister and forceful presence, Vinz is just as dorky as the person it possessed. He describes Gozer the Traveler and his history of destruction more like an excited child than a terrifying demon.
* AffablyEvil: Vinz enthusiastically gushes to Egon about how Gozer has destroyed previous worlds and seems to expect humans to be genuinely excited about being destroyed. Vinz even politely assists Egon in mundane tasks and seems more like an excited puppy than a demonic invader.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Vinz, who is {{adorkable}} when possessing Louis.
* CloudCuckoolander: Vinz clearly isn't all there, though part of it may have been due to possessing Louis Tully.
* CoDragons: To Gozer.
* CreatorCameo: Director Ivan Reitman provided the voice for Zuul.
-->'''"There is no Dana, ONLY ZUUL."'''
* DemonicPossession: The possessed forms of Louis and Dana.
* DumbMuscle: Vinz even before possessing Louis shows that, while strong and tough, he's not exactly the brightest bulb of all. He attacks Louis in a crowded place, thus letting other people notice him, while Zuul attacks Dana inside her apartment without anyone finding out until Peter arrives for his date with her. Vinz also constantly smashes against tables and walls while chasing Louis.
* EliteMooks: Intimidating and frightening by themselves, but ultimately not the Big Bad.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: After becoming possessed by Zuul, Dana Barrett greets Peter Venkman wearing only a diaphanous, flowing crimson dress which reveals a lot of skin.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Zuul's voice becomes deep and monstrous when angered by Peter Venkman.
* {{Hellhound}}s: They're known as "Terror Dogs".
* LadyInRed: When possessed by Zuul, Dana wears a revealing, red dress and her behavior becomes overtly sexual: first attempting to seduce Peter and later meeting and hooking up with Louis (possessed by Vinz Clortho).
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: When Egon has the possessed Louis hooked up to a brain-wave scanner, the image on the display is of Vinz Clortho's demonic head.
* MsFanservice: Zuul, at least while it's in Dana's body, wears a shiny, flowing red dress which reveals a lot of bare shoulders and long legs throughout her possession.
* PetTheDog: When Vinz -- in Louis's body -- asks a horse drawing a carriage if it's the Gatekeeper, the driver rudely accosts him. Vinz growls at the man with glowing red eyes, gently assures the horse that when Gozer comes all prisoners will be released, then runs off shouting to the driver that he and all his kind will perish in flames.
* PowersViaPossession: Dana and Louis exhibit supernatural abilities when possessed. While on her "date" with Peter, Dana levitates above her bed while also growling and snarling like an unearthly beast. Louis' growls and flares his eyes red when angered and shows telekinetic ability when opening and closing the door to Dana's apartment during their demonic reunion.
* QuirkyMinibossSquad: For Gozer.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They both have glowing red eyes, which do shine through the eyes of their human forms.
* Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: The humans Zuul and Vinz Clortho possessed have a large height disparity which becomes accentuated when Dana Barrett dips Louis Tully during their kiss when they reunite while possessed. Sigourney Weaver is 6' tall while Rick Moranis is listed at 5'6".
* UnusualEuphemism: "The Keymaster" and "The Gatekeeper". It's strongly implied they have to have sex to open the portal to Gozer's realm.
* TheVamp: Zuul, while possessing Dana.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vigo]]
!!Prince Vigo the Carpathian
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!!!'''Played by:''' Wilhelm von Homburg (humanoid form), Creator/MaxVonSydow (voice)
!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Jean Violette (European French)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
A 16th century tyrant and sorcerer, Prince Vigo von Homburg Deutschendorf conquered a good section of Eastern Europe before being put down by a rebellion at the age of 105. Vigo reappeared in modern day Manhattan possessing his own portrait, and generated a "mood slime" that heightened and reacted to people's negative emotions, which hastened his return.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Seeing as how Vigo lived to be 105 and was tremendously difficult to kill, coupled with the plainly demonic appearance (complete with black eyes of evil and horns) he assumes in the film's climax, it's highly possible that Vigo was always some kind of demon that had possessed/merged with the human Vigo in the past and desired to possess another host. That, and his talk about "a mountain of skulls", "on the castle of pain" and sitting "on a throne of blood" are things that would exist in {{Hell}}, but not anywhere on Earth, even at the worst points in human history.
** While not quite mountain-sized, huge piles of skulls have featured over the centuries with human tyrants: The Mongols in particular were fond of creating them.
* {{Authority Equals Asskicking}}: A tyrant and sorcerer who curb-stomps the Ghostbusters.
* BadAssBoast: "On a mountain of skulls in a castle of pain, I sat on a throne of blood."
* BigBad: Of the second movie.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When possessing Ray.
* BlobMonster: He controls the living ''River of Slime'' beneath New York.
* BodySurf: One of his more frightening powers.
* CardCarryingVillain: He refers to himself as "The Scourge of Carpathia" and "The Sorrow of Moldovia".
* CatchPhrase: "I, Vigo the Carpathian, (the names above), commands you!"
* DemotedToExtra: While still present in the video game, his only role is to be present as a nod to the movie by his appearance via his talking painting in the Firehouse.
* TheDreaded: Universally feared and hated by his own subjects while alive.
* EmotionEater: He feeds on human negative energy.
* EvilOverlord: After rising to power, Vigo ruled his homeland and later the conquered Romanian region of Moldovia with an iron fist. History would remember him as a powerful magician and an intelligent genius, but also an oppressive tyrant, an egotistical autocrat, a psychopathic lunatic, and a genocidal madman
* TheEvilPrince: A notoriously despotic autocrat.
* EvilSorcerer: In his {{backstory}}.
* {{Expy}}: Of Vlad the Impaler aka [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Count Dracula]].
** The novelization implies that he's Vlad Tepes's cousin.
** The account of his drawn out chore of an assassination and accusations of mysticism also seem like a nod to Gregori Rasputin.
* AGodAmI: With the power to back it up.
* HarmlessVillain[=/=]VillainDecay: In the game, he's reduced to nothing more than his painting, unable to do much of anything aside from talk and make the player feel uncomfortable. To add insult to injury, said painting is owned by the very people who beat him: the Ghostbusters.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:A version of Vigo's empathic slime empowered with ''positive'' emotions is what ultimately does him in]].
* HornedHumanoid: Grows two stumpy blood-colored horns after being sucked back into the painting during the final confrontation.
* [[IHaveManyNames I Have Many]] NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Also known as Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised and Vigo the Unholy.
-->'''Peter:''' Wasn't he also Vigo the Butch?
* KubrickStare
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Upon dying, he declared he would return to the living world one day. And he did.
* ObviouslyEvil
* RasputinianDeath: Practically almost parodied.
-->'''Ray''': He didn't die of old age, either. He was poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disemboweled, drawn and quartered.\\
'''Peter ''': [[{{Understatement}} Ouch!]]\\
'''Ray''': ...There was a prophecy, just before his '''''head''''' died. His last words were, "Death is but a door, time is but a window: I'll be back."
* {{Reincarnation}}: Invoked, then Subverted as Dana's baby Oscar was chosen to be Vigo's "new vessel" before the Ghostbusters foil the attempt.
* [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In A Painting]]: When first encountered. And he's this yet again in the video game, where the only thing he can do is talk to the player when interacted with.
* SorcerousOverlord: He was this in his past life.
* SpookyPainting: Dana comments that the painting gives her chills, even before the paranormal shenanigans begin.
* UndeadAbomination: He was so powerful that in ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game'', he is classified as a Class 7 entity, the same level as Zuul, Vince Clortho and Gozer the Gozerian.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: In the much more family-conscious second movie, Vigo's back story of dictatorship and genocide seems especially imposing.
* WouldHurtAChild: Vigo is more than willing to posses baby Oscar for his new body.
[[/folder]]
!!Ghosts
[[folder:Slimer]]
!!Slimer
[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slimer_gbii89.jpg]]
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' | ''Film/GhostbustersII''
A pudgy, gluttonous, free-floating apparition of unknown origin comprised of a viscous green ectoplasm, "Slimer" is the first ghost the Ghostbusters ever caught when the Sedgewick Hotel hires them to get rid of him. Depending on the continuity he's treated as an ally, an antagonist, a test subject, or a pet/mascot.
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* AllThereInTheManual: It's never really explained where he came from in the movies proper, but according to Dan Aykroyd he's the ghost of Creator/JohnBelushi.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: In the IDW comics, Ray theorises that Slimer is a force of gluttony given form.
* BerserkButton: When Venkman encounters him for the first time, Ray (while communicating with Venkman via walkie-talkie) refers to Slimer as "an ugly little spud". Needless to say, Slimer overhears this and does ''not'' take kindly to it, charging at Peter and coating him in slime.
* BigEater: When first encountered, he's scoffing his way through a room-service trolley.
* BlobMonster: Spherical, and made of slime.
* CanonImmigrant: Although he originated in the first movie, the name Slimer and him living with the Ghostbusters originated in the animated series before it happened in the second film.
* CreatorCameo: His voice is provided by series director Ivan Reitman.
* FatAndSkinny: The Fat to Louis' Skinny.
* HarmlessVillain: The Ghostbusters caused MUCH more havoc than he did, and he never actually hurt anybody.
* HeelFaceTurn: He helps Louis (and the other Ghostbusters to an extent) out near the end of the second movie.
* {{Mascot}}
* MeaningfulName: Deliberately. In the animated series, Ray gave him the name "just to annoy Peter."
* MergerOfSouls: Dan Aykroyd says he's an accumulation of spirits that haunt the hotel.
* MultipleChoicePast: The ExpandedUniverse offers multiple origins;
** Creator/DanAykroyd said he was a "vapor - a kind of confluence of stored up psychic energy, an accumulation of spirits that haunt the hotel who doesn't want to leave". He also offered the alternative suggestion that he was the ghost of Creator/JohnBelushi.
** The ''[[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel UK]]'' comics based on ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' said he's the ghost of a human king called "Remils".
** The tabletop game said he's on Earth as a result of cult rituals.
** The 1992 annual said he was the ghost of an obese man who remembers nothing about his life except the desire to eat.
** The [[ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}} 2017 IDW annual]] had the Ghostbusters suggest multiple theories, some of which were [[MythologyGag references to the above]]: a chef at the hotel who suffered a fatal heart attack on the job, a vagrant, an AnthropomorphicPersonification of gluttony summoned by the Gozerian cult, and Venkman's gag suggestion he was a king.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Is never called Slimer in the movies and gets his name from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' cartoon series.
%%%* NonHumanSidekick:
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The first ghost seen not known to be the spirit of a deceased human being.
* SdrawkcabName: Some of the comics say his name was ''King Remils'' when he was alive.
%%%* TeamPet:
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Eleanor Twitty]]
!!Eleanor Twitty a.k.a. "The Gray Lady" / "The Library Ghost"
[[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ilyssa_6624.jpg]]
!!!'''Played by:''' Ruth Oliver
%%!!!'''Dubbed by:'''
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''
The very first ghost the Ghostbusters ever encountered (but not the first they captured). Gets an expanded role in the [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame 2009 game]] where it's revealed she was murdered.
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* AncientKeeper: [[spoiler:She's spent decades keeping the Gozerian Codex in her last resting place.]]
* AntiVillain: Type II.
* AscendedExtra: Originally she was merely just the first ghost the Busters came across, then after scaring them off she wasn't mentioned again. In the video game, she was given an entire level where we were introduced to who she was and shown her deep connection to the event in the game as a node in the spectral circuit flow.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: [[spoiler:Despite seeming to be just a normal ghost, she ends up having the power to control the entire library, as well as ghosts that are not known to work together. Hurt her and you'll regret it, even if it takes nearly a century.]]
* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:In the game, she purposely lured the Ghostbusters to her library by taking control of some ghosts and making them cause a ruckus. All this to get them to go after her murderer/ex-boyfriend so as to finally get her revenge.]]
* FingerOnLips: Shushes them when they disturb her reading. Disturb her reading again and she goes ape.
* FogFeet: It seems to be the main way one tracks her.
* OneWingedAngel: Her "angry form."
* SitcomArchNemesis: To Ray; he really wanted to [[IncrediblyLamePun get her]] after scaring him.
* ScaryLibrarian: Especially in her angry mode.
* SnubByOmission: Her initial response to the Ghostbusters is to ignore them.
* SpookySilentLibrary: Her chosen domain.
* RevengeAgainstMen: [[spoiler:Her EX-boyfriend]], not the Ghostbusters.
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler:Subverted. After thinking they had helped her pass on by taking her book, she suddenly reappears and laughs maniacally as she transforms into her angry mode.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She has a disturbing tendency to shift between a quiet plain librarian [[OneWingedAngel to a raging grotesque ghoul. Though the others suspect this was also part of it - that the fight was not only to give the Ghostbusters the book, but so that they would wreck the room and uncover the path to the ghost world where her murderous ex was hiding.]]
* WomanScorned: Oh yes...
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Her boyfriend used her to get at her rare book collection. When this is discovered, she dumps him and revokes his pass to her collection. He then kills her, trapping her in the library she tried to protect. It is soon shown, despite her circumstances, she isn't going to mope about. Instead she'll spend her afterlife plotting the downfall of her ex-boyfriend. She succeeds, with the help of the Ghostbusters.]]
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[[folder:The Scoleri Brothers]]
!!Tony and Nunzio Scoleri
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!!!'''Played by:''' Jim Fye (voice of Tony), Tim Lawrence (voice of Nunzio)
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!!!'''Appear in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersII''
The ghosts of convicted sibling murderers that appear at the Ghostbusters' trial. Their arrival and subsequent mayhem quickly convince everyone to reinstate the Ghostbusters.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Their first names (as well as the identity of their actors) were given in an article about the film's special effects.
* FatAndSkinny: Tony is the skinny one, Nunzio is the fat one.
* FatBastard: Nunzio is disgustingly overweight ''and'' a murderer.
* GigglingVillain: Tony has a really high-pitched laugh as probably his only vocalization.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Their eyes glow brightly.
* TheHyena: Tony.
* KnightOfCerebus: To the extent that they're the only regular ghosts (in the movies, anyway) shown to be actively dangerous as opposed to merely a nuisance.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If it weren't for their timely arrival the Ghostbusters would have been permanently disbanded.
* PsychoElectro: They're covered with surging electricity because they got executed via electric chair, although it's unclear if they can actually use it as a power.
* SiblingTeam: They're ''literal'' BashBrothers!
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