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Other than the obvious real life reason, there's a possible explanation. In past films, we've seen that less powerful ghosts aren't known to speak. For example, Slimer in the films never spoke a word (in comparison to this animated series counterpart), but has roared, snarl and whine. Though Vigo the Carpathian is seen able to speak, he appeared to be rather powerful in comparison to Slimer. So, it's possible that the reason why [[spoiler:Egon doesn't say anything to his friends and family after finishing off Gozer]] is because he's not powerful enough to do so. Despite how much he would want to say his goodbyes, he is unable to do so due to the fact he was a lower level ghost and whatever boundary that separates the dead and living wouldn't allow him to do so in an intelligible way.
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Other than the obvious real life reason, there's a possible explanation. In past films, we've seen that less powerful ghosts aren't known to speak. For example, Slimer in the films never spoke a word (in comparison to this animated series counterpart), but has roared, snarl and whine. Though Vigo the Carpathian is seen able to speak, he appeared to be rather powerful in comparison to Slimer. So, it's possible that the reason why [[spoiler:Egon doesn't say anything to his friends and family after finishing off Gozer]] is because he's not powerful enough to do so. I surmise Egon went from a Class Two spirit (wispy and invisible, but can move small objects such as books and chess pieces) to a Class Four (possessing bodies and recognizable facial features) temporarily because of ambient spectral energy available in the atmosphere about Zuul. Class Fours may or may not possess the power of speech, and there have been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s_ghost documented real-world sightings of such silent specters]]. Despite how much he would want to say his goodbyes, he is unable to do so due to the fact he was a lower level ghost and whatever boundary that separates the dead and living wouldn't allow him to do so in an intelligible way.
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* This is consistent with what Ray explains about the Destructor Form in the [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame Ghostbusters video game]], about the Destructor Form being locked into the Stay-Puft look because one God is allowed one Destructor Form per dimension. This would explain why Gozer is still manifested as a woman in the non-destructor form, as Gozer is probably allowed one non-Destructor Form in the same way.
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* This is consistent with what Ray explains about the Destructor Form in the [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame Ghostbusters video game]], about Gozer, like the other ghosts, operates on a form of [[MagicAIsMagicA symmetry]] that has him locked into Stay Puft for the Destructor Form being locked into the Stay-Puft look because one God is allowed one Form. "One Destructor Form per dimension.god per dimension''. This would explain why Gozer is still manifested as a woman in the non-destructor form, as Gozer is probably allowed one non-Destructor Form in the same way.
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* This is consistent with what Ray explains about the Destructor Form in the [[VideoGame/GhostbustersTheVideoGame Ghostbusters video game]], about the Destructor Form being locked into the Stay-Puft look because one God is allowed one Destructor Form per dimension. This would explain why Gozer is still manifested as a woman in the non-destructor form, as Gozer is probably allowed one non-Destructor Form in the same way.
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[[WMG: Ivo Shandor is the one who chose for Gozer to manifest as a woman.]]
As established in [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first film]], Gozer appears in a form chosen by those who summon her. In the first film she appears as a woman, gets turned into Stay-Puft, and appears here as a woman again. She changes back because the woman is the form the resurrected Shandor has chosen for her. (This also would explain why the new woman form looks different from the 1984 version. She is not tied to a particular image.)
As established in [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first film]], Gozer appears in a form chosen by those who summon her. In the first film she appears as a woman, gets turned into Stay-Puft, and appears here as a woman again. She changes back because the woman is the form the resurrected Shandor has chosen for her. (This also would explain why the new woman form looks different from the 1984 version. She is not tied to a particular image.)
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[[WMG: Callie knew more about her father and the farm than we thought.]]
For most of the movie, Callie talks as if she had little or no contact with her father even as a child. But when sees the working PKE meter and follows it to the underground lab, it's as if she knew what the device was for (unlike Phoebe, who was following it out of curiosity). Perhaps she had been exposed to his ghostbusting work before he left her life. And when the lights in the lab (animated by Egon) pointed things out to her, she didn't react in shock like most adults would; maybe something happened (offscreen) that made her realize that Egon was haunting the farm.
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** Another alternative: Egon conducted the experiment to determine the best way to make his own daughter happy. The room in which the little girl in was was full of toys, it is possible that Egon asked his assistant to give the girl a different toy every so often, while he evaluated what would be an ideal gift for Carrie. And the puppy went to determine if a pet would make the girl happier than a toy.
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The person will be an [[UpToEleven even bigger dick]] than he was. They'll probably have a blog or [=YouTube=] channel dispelling ghosts and call the new Ghostbusters fakes.
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The person will be an [[UpToEleven even bigger dick]] dick than he was. They'll probably have a blog or [=YouTube=] channel dispelling ghosts and call the new Ghostbusters fakes.
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[[WMG: Egon is asexual, and Callie's conception happened out of curiosity.]]
The above theory that Callie is adopted has been Jossed, but the fact remains that Egon in the previous movies seemed disinterested in relationships. Perhaps he simply knocked a woman up by accident while trying to see what sex felt like just because he was curious.
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[[WMG: Egon and Janine ''were'' in a relationship.]]
Note that Janine fumbles before saying she was "a friend" to Egon while introducing herself to Callie. Janine undoubtedly knew how strained the relationship was between the two of them and thought it best to not mention that she was romantically involved with Egon.
[[WMG: Egon "got spooky" because he looked in the trap in the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 first movie]].]]
Unlike how Egon explains why crossing the streams would be bad, Ray never says why looking into the trap is a bad idea. At the time, nothing seemed to happened but it unknowingly made Egon's mind more susceptible to paranormal influences and his exposure/experimentation with the mood slime in the [[Film/GhostbustersII second movie]] only increased that sensitivity to the point he "knew" that something was coming but was unable to adequately explain or convince his friends.
Note that Janine fumbles before saying she was "a friend" to Egon while introducing herself to Callie. Janine undoubtedly knew how strained the relationship was between the two of them and thought it best to not mention that she was romantically involved with Egon.
[[WMG: Egon "got spooky" because he looked in the trap in the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 first movie]].]]
Unlike how Egon explains why crossing the streams would be bad, Ray never says why looking into the trap is a bad idea. At the time, nothing seemed to happened but it unknowingly made Egon's mind more susceptible to paranormal influences and his exposure/experimentation with the mood slime in the [[Film/GhostbustersII second movie]] only increased that sensitivity to the point he "knew" that something was coming but was unable to adequately explain or convince his friends.
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Ray and Egon are the most likely candidates to be the teammate who's daughter is the mother of the family in the trailer. The beginning of the first movie did mention that Ray had to mortgage his family's house to get the startup money for the team, so are we looking at that house in the trailer? Figures Ray would be packrat enough about the many toys and such they had from the busting days.
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Ray and Egon are the most likely candidates to be the teammate who's whose daughter is the mother of the family in the trailer. The beginning of the first movie did mention that Ray had to mortgage his family's house to get the startup money for the team, so are we looking at that house in the trailer? Figures Ray would be packrat enough about the many toys and such they had from the busting days.
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[[WMG: Even if Gozer ever escapes the trap, they won't be as powerful as they were.]]
When Gozer is trapped, they don't just get sucked in like normal ghosts, but the field of traps seems to rip out what look to be souls out of Gozer before trapping them, so perhaps their apocalypses weren't just something Gozer did, but were to farm souls to power themselves up, and the traps have significantly DePowered them.
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[[WMG: Trapping Gozer in the trap field was Egon's backup plan.]]
For Gozer to be summoned, both Vinz Clortho and Zuul have to be possessing host bodies to perform the ritual. But in the prologue, Egon already had Vinz Clortho in a ghost trap. Further, the equipment Egon had set up to hold back the death pit was apparently working fine without maintenance, even several weeks after Egon's death, until the possessed Grooberson sabotaged it. The only reason Gozer was even ''at'' the farm is because Vinz Clortho escaped the trap in the first place.
Thus, Egon's initial plan (and the one he actually died trying to carry out) was to have Vinz Clortho and Zuul stuck indefinitely in separate ghost traps. Since he already had Vinz in one trap, the trap field was the most convenient place to trap Zuul in the time he had. Thus, with the Keymaster and Gatekeeper unable to perform the ritual, Gozer would be essentially unable to come to our world. The only reason the trap field even existed in the form seen in the movie (which undoubtedly used up almost every trap Egon had) is because Egon wanted to have an option in case [[CrazyPrepared Gozer came through anyway]].
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[[WMG: Egon didn't die from using the taser on himself.]]
Now, a lot of people have come to the conclusion that Egon pulled off a HeroicSuicide to avoid being possessed by Zuul at the beginning of the film, trying to do a KillTheHostBody to avoid being possessed. However, when you look at the scene again, you notice that one of the hands that grabs him in the chair actually grabs ahold of his hand with the PKE meter in it, meaning that he wouldn't be able to turn his hand in any way to be able to shock himself. Phoebe points out as the cause of Egon's death was a heart attack, stating it was natural causes. Had he shocked himself, there would be telltale signs of being tasered and the PKE Meter would have been taken by the police as evidence of a potential murder (as the police would have to investigate if the death was a suicide or a murder, as they wouldn't have any context as to why Egon had shock marks on him where the zapping portion of the meter would have shown up on his skin). Seeing that the heart attack was natural causes, as Phoebe states, that means that Egon died of a heart attacked induced by extreme fear. It is possible, as there are documentation that intense emotion can actually trigger a heart attack in susceptible individuals. Given Egon's old age, there's a chance he might not have been aware that he was an susceptible individual (or he might have but ignored it, which would be in character of Egon).
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* The containment unit failure problem becomes [[spoiler:a SequelHook in the [[TheStinger second stinger]] as well.]]
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[[WMG: Egon and Ray extensively refurbished and modified the Ecto 1 after the events of ''Ghostbusters II'']]
When Lucky and Trevor are retrieving the Ecto 1 from impound, they find it in the garage on a lift. You can even briefly see the trick rear suspension, which is clearly not stock '59 Cadillac suspension. In-universe, Trevor eyes the rear axle and its suspension components. When compared to how the car performed in "Ghostbusters II" versus Afterlife, you can clearly see that the car handles far better in Afterlife than it did before. Both the Ecto 1 and the 1A wallowed in turns and neither of them had a gunner seat (that we saw in action at least).
Part of Ray's resentment of Egon is that he took the Cadillac that Ray had put a lot blood, sweat and tears into refurbishing and improving. In the first film, Ray was the one to source the Ecto 1 and fix it up. In the second film, he's the one who holds onto the car and brings it or another Cadillac back into service. Of course, whether in-universe the Ecto 1 and 1A are different cars is still up for debate (though it's speculated that they are different cars).
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* Ghosts are likely to be back like never before. 1) Gozer is no longer hoovering up souls. 2) Gozer may have been trapped, but unlike in the first film, the portal has not been closed. It's STILL OPEN, and flooding the surrounding world with pure psychokinetic energy. There's plenty of evidence from all the films that elevated ambient PKE levels can cause previously dormant ghosts to manifest more strongly, hence why Egon became fully corporeal at the end. 3) Gozer is no longer ruling the sprit realm, and neither Zuul nor Vince Clortho are available to deputise. Are there likely to be power struggles among the denizens, which might lead to other purely supernatural entities coming though, either in search of Gozer, or seeking to rule our world themselves?
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** Alternatively: Egon did take Callie to the same lab while "working" and incorporated her into experiments, though on the day Dana came by, she was with her mom instead of with Egon.
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[[WMG: Egon named Callie himself.]]
The name Callie is derived from the Greek word "kallos" meaning "beautiful" or "lovely." Who else but Egon would even know that?
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Not only does she show up at the farmhouse soon after Callie and the kids, indicating a continued acquaintance with Egon, but she's evidently the only person from the old crew who actually knew where he was living. (If the others ''had'' known, they'd probably have shown up to demand their stuff back.) And Egon couldn't have made proper use of Ecto-1's gunner seat without having someone else on hand to drive the car. Yet he never cannibalized the seat or its power supply for spare parts, even though he'd gone far into debt to pay for his other devices' components, implying he wanted to keep open the option of using it for high-speed ghost pursuits.
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Not only does she show up at the farmhouse soon after Callie and the kids, indicating a continued acquaintance with Egon, but she's evidently the only person from the old crew who actually knew where he was living. (If the others ''had'' known, they'd probably have shown up to demand their stuff back.) And Egon couldn't have made proper use of Ecto-1's gunner seat without having someone else on hand to drive the car. car and the remote-controlled ghost trap. Yet he never cannibalized the seat or its power supply for spare parts, even though he'd gone far into debt to pay for his other devices' components, implying he wanted to keep open the option of using it for high-speed ghost pursuits.
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[[WMG: Janine actually worked with Egon intermittently as a driver/backup.]]
Not only does she show up at the farmhouse soon after Callie and the kids, indicating a continued acquaintance with Egon, but she's evidently the only person from the old crew who actually knew where he was living. (If the others ''had'' known, they'd probably have shown up to demand their stuff back.) And Egon couldn't have made proper use of Ecto-1's gunner seat without having someone else on hand to drive the car. Yet he never cannibalized the seat or its power supply for spare parts, even though he'd gone far into debt to pay for his other devices' components, implying he wanted to keep open the option of using it for high-speed ghost pursuits.
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* Except the little girl from ''GB2'' had dark hair, and Callie is blond even in her childhood photos.
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* Except the little girl from ''GB2'' had dark hair, and Callie is blond even in her childhood photos.
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** Given that Louis was an accountant, it makes sense that he'd be asked to help with financial enterprises.
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** It's also possible that he ''does'' have the capacity to vocalize, but his ghost-voice is simply too ''ghostly'' for him to want his daughter or her children to hear him sounding like that. Better if they know his voice from old YouTube clips than remember it as something eerie and morbid.
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** It's also possible that he ''does'' have the capacity to vocalize, [[spoiler: but his ghost-voice is simply too ''ghostly'' for him to want his daughter or her children to hear him sounding like that. Better if they know his voice from old YouTube [=YouTube=] clips than remember it as something eerie and morbid.
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** It's also possible that he ''does'' have the capacity to vocalize, but his ghost-voice is simply too ''ghostly'' for him to want his daughter or her children to hear him sounding like that. Better if they know his voice from old YouTube clips than remember it as something eerie and morbid.
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[[WMG: Winston's "one employee" he started his company with was Louis Tully.]]
Seeing we know that Louis was involved with the Ghostbusters in the second film, it's hard to know what happened to him between the events of the second film and Afterlife. However, seeing he was doing good with working with the guys, after Egon took off with Ecto-1 and equipment, it'd make sense that Winston took Louis in for his new business venture due to his knowledge on taxes (as he was his profession in the first film).
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