History Film / Ghostbusters2016

* CulturalTranslation: In the French dub of the film, the scene where Patty unsuccessfully attempts to {{Crowd Surf|ing}} makes a reference to the French singer Shy'm who was victim of the same failure in 2015.

** The film's teaser trailer mentions that the original film happened "30 years ago", implying that ''this'' film was a PassingTheTorch continuation of the original series similar to ''Film/{{Creed}}'' or ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. The original cast having not-yet-disclosed roles in the film also seemed to support this. The film is actually a complete ContinuityReboot of the series, and the original actors [[RemakeCameo play unrelated, minor characters]].

* ColonCancer: Erin and Abby's book ''Ghosts of Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal''. In the extended cut, Erin's denial of having written it even includes "This is a different Erin Gilbert, one who likes {{Long Title}}s."

* LongTitle: Used to parody academic book titles. Erin and Abby's book is called ''Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal''. The tie-in version published [[{{Defictionalization}} in the real world]] reveals that they are writing a follow-up which has a full name of ''A Glimpse into the Unknown: [[spoiler: A Journey into a Portal]]; Catching Sight of the Other Dimension: Discovering the Undiscoverable: A Curiosity Piqued ''and'' Peaked''. They're fond of [[ColonCancer colons]], apparently.

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* ToiletHumor: * Holtzmann also claims that the fart sound on the 'EVP' recording "came from the front." She could, of course, be referring to someone blowing a raspberry... or she could be referring to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal_flatulence this]].

* VisualPun: * Holtzmann's necklace pendant is a rebus; "screw" + "you."

** The tour guide who encounters Gertrude Aldridge could be considered the SpearCounterpart of the original film's librarian, both of whom have similar run-ins with a female specter and are asked [[BringMeMyBrownPants embarrassingly personal]] [[AllPeriodsArePMS questions]] about said encounter.

-->'''Erin:''' OK, it seems like the slime has it in for me, personally. That's all I'm saying.* EstablishingCharacterMoment: A subtle example; at the beginning, after pranking Erin with the "EVP" fart joke, Abby and Jillian remark that no-one else had even come over to listen, let alone listened intently like Erin had. It's a sign that Erin is more of a believer than she wants to admit, since the likely reason no-one else even came over was because they didn't believe in Electronic Voice Projection to begin with.

* OldShame: Erin's book on the paranormal, co-authored with Abby.

* OneWingedAngel: During the climactic showdown, [[spoiler:Rowan takes the form of a giant mutated version of the Ghostbusters' logo]].

* CoveredInGunge: A RunningGag involves Erin getting drenched with ectoplasm on [[OncePerEpisode nearly every bust.]]
-->'''Erin:''' OK, it seems like the slime has it in for me, personally. That's all I'm saying.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: A subtle example; at the beginning, after pranking Erin with the "EVP" fart joke, Abby and Jillian remark that no-one else had even come over to listen, let alone listened intently like Erin had. It's a sign that Erin is more of a believer than she wants to admit, since the likely reason no-one else even came over was because they didn't believe in Electronic Voice Projection to begin with.

** Invoked: Patrick Swayze movies, especially ''Film/{{Ghost}}''. For RuleOfFunny, the reference is jumbled with ''Film/DirtyDancing''. They suggest adding in ''Film/RoadHouse'' to complete the reference train wreck.

* SharedMassHallucinations: A newsreader near the end asks the mayor if he's going to say that the ghosts are actually hallucinations caused by terrorists poisoning the water supply.

* BastardBoyfriend: Erin's ex-boyfriend Phil in his EstablishingCharacterMoment where he tries to control what Erin is wearing and what Erin is doing and criticizing her wardrobe. Not to mention, when Erin goes to kiss him on the cheek, he turns her down in favor of one of his friends seeing him, leaving Erin to awkwardly kiss him on the shoulder. The final nail in the coffin is when Erin gets fired from the university and Phil turns his back on her, literally as he doesn't want to face her nor be seen with her or associated with her anymore.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Holtzmann for Erin. [[AmbiguouslyBi Maybe]]. Not that she's attractive but her over the top antics and behavior make Erin feel uncomfortable if not flattered.

* HollywoodNerd: Played with.

** Jillian on the other hand lets her freak flag fly, dressing in whatever suits her fancy of the moment.

->''"I see shadows all on my wall\\

* GilliganCut: Abby claims that the institute she and Holtzman work for are fully supportive of their research and all they have to do is ask the dean for more money. Cut to the exasperated dean, who wasn't even aware that their department ''still existed'' and orders them out.

The characters appear in the 2017 Creator/IDWPublishing CrisisCrossover mini-series ''[[ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}} Ghostbusters 101]]'', in which the main casts of both the original two films and the 2016 film meet and team up against a new threat. Furthermore, another limited IDW title featuring this film's characters --''Ghostbusters: Answer the Call''-- will also be published later in the year.

* MoreThanJustATeacher: Erin once worked as a supernatural physicist before the start of the film, trying to prove that ghosts exist. However, she later abandoned the project and disavowed it as nonsense in order to accept a teaching job at Columbia.