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* GiantFlyer: The Sewer Dragon is quite long and capable of both swimming and flight. That last one proves problematic as it prevents more conventional trap (which are at ground level) from affecting it.

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* GiantFlyer: The Sewer Dragon is quite long and capable of both swimming and flight. That last one proves problematic as it prevents a more conventional trap (which are is at ground level) from affecting it.



* StarterVillain: It is the first ghost the Spengler capture in ''Frozen Empire''.

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* StarterVillain: It is the first ghost the Spengler Spenglers capture in ''Frozen Empire''.

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!!Stay-Puft Marshmallow Men



The aptly named ghost for 'Frozen Empire'.

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!!Sewer Dragon
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire''

The aptly named ghost for 'Frozen Empire'.who is captured by the Spengler family.



* SmallRoleBigImpact: The way the new Ghostbuster caught him kickstarts Peck renewed antagonism and Phoebe getting benched.
* StarterVillain: It is the first ghost the Spengler captured in ''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire''.

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The way the new Ghostbuster caught Ghostbusters catch him kickstarts Peck Peck's renewed antagonism and Phoebe getting benched.
* StarterVillain: It is the first ghost the Spengler captured capture in ''Ghostbusters: Frozen ''Frozen Empire''.


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[[folder:Sewer Dragon]]
The aptly named ghost for 'Frozen Empire'.
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* GiantFlyer: The Sewer Dragon is quite long and capable of both swimming and flight, requiring the use of a trap drone to capture it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The way the new Ghostbuster caught him kickstarts Peck renewed antagonism and Phoebe getting benched.
* StarterVillain: It is the first ghost the Spengler fights in ''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire''.
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[[folder:Possessor]]
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'''

A ghost that is fond of causing trouble by possessing objects.

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[[folder:Possessor]]
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'''

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[[folder:Sewer Dragon]]
The aptly named
ghost that is fond of causing trouble by possessing objects.for 'Frozen Empire'.



* BodySurf: Possessor noticeably jumps to different objects immediately after leaving whatever it is possessing.
* DemonicPossession: The ghost's bread and butter. All of its appearances have it possessing some sort of object.
* EatenAlive: Well, about as alive as a ghost can be, but the Possessor is devoured by Slimer while possessing a pizza.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's called the Possessor and it possesses objects.

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* BodySurf: Possessor noticeably jumps to different objects immediately after leaving whatever it is possessing.
* DemonicPossession:
GiantFlyer: The ghost's bread Sewer Dragon is quite long and butter. All capable of its appearances have both swimming and flight. That last one proves problematic as it possessing some sort of object.
prevents more conventional trap (which are at ground level) from affecting it.
* EatenAlive: Well, about as alive as a SmallRoleBigImpact: The way the new Ghostbuster caught him kickstarts Peck renewed antagonism and Phoebe getting benched.
* StarterVillain: It is the first
ghost can be, but the Possessor is devoured by Slimer while possessing a pizza.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's called the Possessor and it possesses objects.
Spengler captured in ''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire''.


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[[folder:Possessor]]
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire'''

A ghost that is fond of causing trouble by possessing objects.
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* BodySurf: Possessor noticeably jumps to different objects immediately after leaving whatever it is possessing.
* DemonicPossession: The ghost's bread and butter. All of its appearances have it possessing some sort of object.
* EatenAlive: Well, about as alive as a ghost can be, but the Possessor is devoured by Slimer while possessing a pizza.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's called the Possessor and it possesses objects.
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The opening opponent for 'Frozen Empire'.

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The opening opponent aptly named ghost for 'Frozen Empire'.



* GiantFlyer: The Sewer Dragon is quite long and capable of both swimming and flight, requiring the use of a trap-drone to capture it.

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* GiantFlyer: The Sewer Dragon is quite long and capable of both swimming and flight, requiring the use of a trap-drone trap drone to capture it.
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[[folder:Sewer Dragon]]
The opening opponent for 'Frozen Empire'.
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* GiantFlyer: The Sewer Dragon is quite long and capable of both swimming and flight, requiring the use of a trap-drone to capture it.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The way the new Ghostbuster caught him kickstarts Peck renewed antagonism and Phoebe getting benched.
* StarterVillain: It is the first ghost the Spengler fights in ''Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire''.
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!!!'''Played by:''' Ian Whyte
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire''




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!!!'''Played by:''' Ian Whyte (puppeteer) and Gil Kenan (voice)
!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire''
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* NamedByTheAdaptation: He actually is never called Slimer in the movies, getting his name from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' cartoon series instead. Before the cartoon named him, the production unofficially called him Onionhead. He was later credited as Slimer in ''Film/Ghostbusters2''.

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* NamedByTheAdaptation: He actually is never called Slimer in the movies, getting his name from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' cartoon series instead. Before the cartoon named him, the production unofficially called him Onionhead. He was later credited as Slimer in ''Film/Ghostbusters2''.''Film/GhostbustersII''.
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* TheDanza: The "Von Homburg" portion of his full name comes from his actor, while the Deutschendorf part comes from the twins that played Oscar - who he was trying to possess as his new vessel.

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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.

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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. Other explanations were given in the expanded fiction entries: see MultipleChoicePast below.



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** The ''[[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel UK]]'' comics based on ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' said he's the ghost of a human king called "Remils".

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** The ''[[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel UK]]'' comics based on ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' said he's the ghost of a human king called "Remils"."[[SdrawkcabName Remils]]".



* NamedByTheAdaptation: He actually is never called Slimer in the movies, getting his name from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' cartoon series instead.
** Before the cartoon named him, the production unofficially called him Onionhead.

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* NamedByTheAdaptation: He actually is never called Slimer in the movies, getting his name from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' cartoon series instead.
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instead. Before the cartoon named him, the production unofficially called him Onionhead. He was later credited as Slimer in ''Film/Ghostbusters2''.



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The first ghost seen not known to be the spirit of a deceased human being.

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The first ghost seen not known to be the spirit of a deceased human being.being, though this varies based on which continuity you're dealing with.



* SeriesMascot: When you think of ''Ghostbusters'', you tend to think of this little spud.

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* SeriesMascot: When you think of ''Ghostbusters'', you tend to think of this little spud. He shares this spot with Stay-Puft and the logo ghost.



%%%* TeamPet:

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%%%* TeamPet:* TeamPet: In the cartoons and sometimes in the comics, he's treated almost like a dog by the Ghostbusters. Egon agrees to keep him out of the containment unit for scientific observation, Winston treats him like a pet, and Ray likes having him around to annoy Venkmenn. Peter, for his part, eventually comes around and treats him like an annoying friend.

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Your world will shatter -- bones and ice. My empire will rise."'']]
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* {{Foil}}: She acts as the good counterpart to the giant Stay-Puft from the first film.
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!!!'''Played by:'''by:''' Ian Whyte
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: The ''second'' the sphere containing Garraka is brought to Winston's Aquarium repurposed as ghost prison; ''every'' last one the usually rowdy ghosts inmates banging against their cells ''immedieately'' quiet down. Even the mini Stay-Puft kids, fragments of Gozer ''the Babylonian God of Destruction itself'', are frightened into submissive attention by the MurderousIntent and sheer ''power'' of the horror trapped within it.

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* HorrifyingTheHorror: The ''second'' the sphere containing Garraka is brought to Winston's Aquarium repurposed as ghost prison; ''every'' last one the usually rowdy ghosts inmates banging against their cells ''immedieately'' quiet down. Even the mini Stay-Puft kids, fragments of Gozer ''the Babylonian God of Destruction itself'', are frightened into submissive attention by the MurderousIntent [[KillingIntent rage]] and sheer ''power'' of the horror trapped within it.
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: The ''second'' the sphere containing Garraka is brought to Winston's Aquarium repurposed as ghost prison; ''every'' last one the usually rowdy ghosts inmates banging against their cells ''immedieately'' quiet down. Even the mini Stay-Puft kids, fragments of Gozer ''the Babylonian God of Destruction itself'', are frightened into submissive attention by the MurderousIntent and sheer ''power'' of the horror trapped within it.
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* AchillesHeel: Brass and Fire. The first time he's hurt is when he's struck with a beam from Phoebe's brass-infused Proton Pack, where as moments before he [[NoSell tanks several Proton beams]] effortlessly before freezing them solid, and once he overcomes that by freezing her and her Proton Pack, his NearVillainVictory is undone when [[spoiler: Nadeem wraps him in fire, which immediately unfreezes the surrounding area, freeing the Ghostbusters.]]
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* DawsonCasting: Melody is stated to have been 16 when she died and has been stuck at this age ever since. Creator/EmilyAlynLind was actually in her early twenties during filming.
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* DawsonCasting: Melody is stated to have been 16 when she died and has been stuck at this age ever since. Creator/EmilyAlynLind was actually in her early twenties during filming.
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* FatBastard: A DownplayedTrope, but still present. He's a morbidly obese ghost, and when the Ghostbusters first ran into him, he was causing various disturbances at the Sedgewick Hotel, helping himself to anything edible that he found and leaving a horrific mess in his wake.
* HarmlessVillain: The Ghostbusters caused MUCH more havoc than he did, and he never actually hurt anybody. The worst thing he does in the films is steal some food and slime Venkman.

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* FatBastard: A DownplayedTrope, but still present. He's a morbidly obese ghost, and when the Ghostbusters first ran run into him, he was is causing various disturbances at the Sedgewick Hotel, helping himself to anything edible that he found finds and leaving a horrific mess in his wake.
* HarmlessVillain: The Ghostbusters caused MUCH ''much'' more havoc than he did, and he never actually hurt anybody. The worst thing he does in the films is steal some food and slime Venkman.



* SeriesMascot: When you think of ''Ghostbusters'', you tend of think of this little spud.

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* SeriesMascot: When you think of ''Ghostbusters'', you tend of to think of this little spud.
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:He manages to put the entire Ghostbusters team out of commission and is only foiled by Melody's change of heart and Nadeem figuring out how to control his fire powers.]]

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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:He briefly manages to put the entire Ghostbusters team out of commission and is by freezing them. They are only foiled rescued by Melody's Melody having a change of heart and Nadeem figuring out how to control his fire powers.]]
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* AccidentalHero: ''Frozen Empire'' has him eat the Possessor ghost while it was possessing a pizza before it can escape, that's eliminating the Possessor as a threat.

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* AccidentalHero: ''Frozen Empire'' has him eat the Possessor ghost while it was possessing a pizza before it can escape, that's thus eliminating the Possessor as a threat.
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* AccidentalHero: ''Frozen Empire'' has him eat the Possessor ghost while it was possessing a pizza before it can escape, that's eliminating the Possessor as a threat.

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* EatenAlive: Well, about as alive as a ghost can be, but Possessor is devoured by Slimer while possessing a pizza.

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* EatenAlive: Well, about as alive as a ghost can be, but the Possessor is devoured by Slimer while possessing a pizza.pizza.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's called the Possessor and it possesses objects.


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* TheCameo: She gets a brief scene in ''Frozen Empire'' to scare Ray as he chases the Possessor out of the Library.

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* AndIMustScream: He's still able to see and interact outside of his prison.



* HornedHumanoid: His most distinct feature are the pair of ram horns on hi head, which were ripped from his head before he reattaches them.

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* HornedHumanoid: His most distinct feature are the pair of ram horns on hi his head, which were ripped from his head before him until he steals them back and reattaches them.
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* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:He manages to put the entire Ghostbusters team out of commission and is only foiled by Melody's change of heart and Nadeem figuring out how to control his fire powers.]]
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* ExactWords: He needs to possess a child in order to live again. Nothing says it needs to be an ''actual'' child as {{Manchild}} Ray works just as well.

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* TheComicallySerious: His reaction to Nadeem's goofy attempts to look badass are to stare at the man with a stoic, almost confused expression.



* HornedHumanoid: Their most distinct feature are the pair of ram horns on their head, which were ripped from his head before he reattaches them.

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* HornedHumanoid: Their His most distinct feature are the pair of ram horns on their hi head, which were ripped from his head before he reattaches them.


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* NoNonsenseNemesis: Once he's freed, the first thing he does is try to kill the last remaining Fire Master. Unfortunately for him, he kills a smoke shop employee instead, allowing Nadeem to help stop him in the climax.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At least in the film itself, it's never made clear if she's a real spirit who only appears in people's dreams, or if Ray was merely having a particularly sexual fantasy that night.
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* MonstrousCannibalism: He unwittingly eats the possessor ghist when it inhabits a pizza in ''Frozen Empire''.

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* MonstrousCannibalism: He unwittingly eats the possessor ghist ghost when it inhabits a pizza in ''Frozen Empire''.

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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''

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!!!'''Appears in:''' ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''
''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' | ''Film/GhostbustersFrozenEmpire''


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* JokerImmunity: All of the Mini-Pufts got killed off after Gozer is sealed away in ''Afterlife'', but ''Frozen Empire'' reveals that not only have some survived but seemed to have begun multiplying. Given that Gozer is the only reason why Stay-Puft is associated with the supernatural, they shouldn't be active and still mischievously evil to begin with, but since the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man is such an iconic figure in the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise, it's not surprising to see their UnexplainedRecovery.
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!!Melody
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/EmilyAlynLind

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