This page will document many of the connections to the Ghostbusters franchise in other media. This page will NOT list every single connection there is. Connections that involve movie filming locations are, appropriately enough, on the Filming Locations page. What makes it onto this page is entirely up to me. This page will not contain the latest connections as I simply can't update often enough for that. Please do NOT send me connections as I have more to add than I can handle right now. Plus I like to personally verify them, and provide multimedia for them. Maybe in the future I will accept them, though it would only be from people would could provide me with a complete copy (not just the Ghostbusters connection part) of the connection media (such as VHS or DVD for videos), but that won't happen any time soon.

Connections are broken down into the following categories:

* Trivia: A fact-based connection to a Ghostbusters production. This can also include some interviews of Ghostbusters cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage.
* Reference: A Ghostbusters production is referenced or a homage paid to it in a subsequent media. For example, a still/poster/artifact; mentioned by name; scene discussed by characters; dialog quoted in non-spoofing way.
* Spoof: A joke reference to a Ghostbusters production is made in a subsequent media.
* Featured In: Extracts from a Ghostbusters production are featured in a subsequent media. For example, characters attend a cinema screening showing a Ghostbusters production or the audio from a Ghostbusters production is heard on a television.
* Edited Into: Actual footage from a Ghostbusters production have been edited into a subsequent media to form part of the newer media.

In some cases there may be a connection media that fits into more than one of those categories. Since I'm only going to list each item once, I will place it in the category that fits the best, based on my own personal judgment.

[ Trivia | Reference | Spoof | Featured In | Edited Into ]

Horror Movie Icons
Two horror icons starred in the Ghostbusters franchise: Michael Myers & Jason Vorhees. George Wilbur played Michael in Halloweens 4 & 6 and Tom Morga played Jason in Friday The 13th Part 5. In addition to this, several GB cast/crew appeared in the Friday The 13th film series.

"Goosebumps" book series
"Goosebumps" author R.L. Stine wrote the "Ghostbusters II" storybook (published by Scholastic) under the pseudonym "Jovial Bob Stine."

Musical Acts
The band Blues Traveler got their name from Gozer The Traveller (and The Blues Brothers), as documented by Pop-Up Video. Another band named themselves after a Ghostbusters character: Slimer. And still one more named themselves after the car: Ecto-1 (archive).

MacGyver (1985-1992)
Ghostbusters shares more than one connection to this television series. Randy Edelman composed the theme song. Christopher Neame and Erik Holland appear in the episode "Deathlock" (Season 1). Christopher Neame and Michael Ensign appear in the episode "Legend of the Holy Rose" (Season 5).

Star Trek: "The Trouble With Tribbles" (December 29, 1967) (Season 2)
There are three Ghostbusters connections to this famous episode. It stars Walter Koenig, it guest stars Michael Pataki, and it was written by David Gerrold.

Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Relics" (October 10, 1992) (Season 6)
The Aldebran Whiskey was actually Hi-C Ecto Cooler. (from Trekkies: Trivia page)

Crew Member Practical Jokes
While shooting the 1984 movie Ghostbusters, Bill Murray paid a security guard to tell Sigourney Weaver that her luxury car had experienced a little accident. Weaver rushed to her parking spot only to find a burned-out hunk of junk sitting in her reserved space. Seems Murray had secretly moved her car and replaced it with a similar-looking vehicle used in an explosion scene for another production. Fast-forward to 2000: during filming of their movie, Company Man, Weaver and visiting buddy Dan Aykroyd arranged to have Bill's beloved Rolls-Royce filled to the rim with puffy white marshmallows. (According to IMDb, Bill Murray had a cameo in the film, but his appearance was cut.) -- Information from the Q&A segment of a cable company advertisement, which contained a section called "The Inside Scoop". Provided by Winston Kozan on 3/24/2000.

The Computer Chronicles: "Games" (January 21, 1985) (KCSM TV, San Mateo, California)
David Crane talks about and demonstrates his then-new Ghostbusters computer game.
You can watch the entire thirty minute program for free (the Crane segment runs from 17:41 to 22:55).

    

Masters Of Fantasy: "Dennis Muren" (199?) (Sci-Fi Channel)
Ivan Reitman is interviewed in his office (where he has various Ghostbusters artifacts displayed), and Dennis shows the Slimer and Scoleri Brothers clay models used in Ghostbusters II.

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1. Cel of Ghostbusters as seen on the cover of "The Atlantic" in the film Ghostbusters and a Slimer model -- both in Ivan Reitman's office/home.
2. Ivan Reitman in his office/home (notice the Ghostbusters memorabilia on the left side of his desk).
3. Slimer and Scoleri Brother clay models in Dennis Muren's workshop.
4. Scoleri Brother clay models in Dennis Muren's workshop.

The Arsenio Hall Show: Harold Ramis (June 1989)
During the course of the interview to promote Ghostbusters II, Harold and Arsenio talk about Slimer in the new movie and The Real Ghostbusters animated series.

Arsenio: You, ah, wanted to make some changes on this. And I heard you wanted to take Slimer out?!?
Harold: [laughs] Well, it's funny. Slimer got to be a star on the cartoon show, which I know you worked on. So, you worked with Slimer.
Arsenio: Absolutely. Frank Welker did the voice of Slimer for us in the cartoon.
Harold: Well, he got ...
Arsenio: I was ... I was the black guy.
Harold: Right.
[audience laughs]
Harold: I think we got jealous of Slimer 'cause he was such a star with little kids.
Arsenio: Yeah.
Harold: But we thought ... I don't know. It was ... it was tricky to work him in the film, but we decided ultimately he belonged in there.

Charmed: "I've Got You Under My Skin" (October 14, 1998) (Season 1)
Inspector Darryl Morris (Dorian Gregory) asks Inspector Andy Trudeau (T.W. King) if his favorite movie is Ghostbusters. Trudeau says that it is Evil Dead II.

Weird Al Yankovic - "Slime Creatures From Outer Space" (1985)
At the VERY end of the song, right when it fades to complete silence, you hear this: Who you gonna call? Slime creatures!

Will Smith feat. Dru Hill - "Wild Wild West" (1999)
Will doesn't mention the Ghostbusters by name, but instead uses the fan-accepted initial abbreviation "GB" as heard in this segment of the song:

Now who you gonna call?
Not the G.B.s
Now who you gonna call?
G Double E G
If you have a riff with people wanna bust
Break out before you get bum rushed
At the wild wild west
When I roll into the wild wild west
("official" lyrics - from the closed captions at the end of the film)

The Bloodhound Gang - "Magna Cum Nada" (2000)
Part of the song features the lyrics: Wanna be a Ghostbuster / First black president ....

3rd Rock From The Sun: "Scaredy Dick" (October 29, 1997) (Season 3)
On Halloween night Harry and Dick stay home alone. They get frightened by some very weird noises coming from the basement, which prompts them to call for some help.

Harry: Who you gonna call, Dick?
Dick: Ghostbusters!
[audience laughs]
Harry: What are you crazy? It's their busiest night of the year!

The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Near the end of the movie, a secret agent dressed as a waiter is about to make a move on Bill Murray's character. He is given the go-ahead by another secret agent via his earpiece: All right, Venkman ... now. The closed captioning says "drinkman" not "Venkman". Listen and decide for yourself.

Double Dragon (1994)
In this movie, based on the popular video game, a tough guy character named Shuko is experimented on and plumped up to several times his normal size. He is rescued by the good guys, lead by Marian Delario (played by Alyssa Milano). Upon seeing what he's become, she remarks: He's as big as a house. Shuko did some sort of experiment on him. He looks like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.

Family Guy: "North By North Quahog" Table Reading (2005)
On the official Family Guy website, they posted a video of excerpts from the table reading of this episode (Episode #4ACX01). At the very end of the video Seth MacFarlaine, as Peter Griffin, says I want you inside me. This line does not appear in the final aired version of the episode.

The Three Stooges (video game, Nintendo Entertainment System) (1989)
The game features a phony title screen saying "Ghostbusters II" with the No Ghost logo. The three stooges soon appear in front of it and say something to the effect of "We're in the wrong game. You knucklehead." Then the Ghostbusters II screen fades out and the real title screen appears. This game has been released on many different systems, but only the NES version published by Activision contains the Ghostbusters II screen. A lot of the other versions contains the same joke, but with a different phony title screen. Information on the game can be found at 3-Stooges.com.

    
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The Witches (1990)
Kenner's Ghostbusters Firehouse and Bad To The Bone toys are featured in the movie. The main character lives in the firehouse toy after he's transformed into a mouse.

Kindergarten Cop (1990)
Ivan Reitman payed homage to his earlier work by giving Dominick Ghostbusters bedsheets in this film. They can be glimpsed when Arnold Schwarzenegger's character searches his house.

Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue (April 21, 1990)
Slimer is one of many popular cartoon characters to appear in this 30-minute anti-drug animated special, which aired simultaneously on CBS, NBC, and ABC in the United States.

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More Information: Internet Movie Database, Wikipedia, X-Entertainment.

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Suburban Commando (1991)
The PKE Meter is the device that Shep Ramsey (Hulk Hogan) uses to locate the alien spacecraft.

       

Janet Jackson - "You Want This" (music video) (1994)
Janet and her friends come out of a motel and are surrounded by various classic cars. One bystander, in his car, looks over and leers at the girls. In the next shot, as the bystander drives away, the car is revealed to be the same 1959 model Cadillac hearse/ambulance that was used for the Ecto-1. This happens about a minute into the video, after which the Cadillac is never seen again.

This video is available in a black and white version (available on the VHS "janet") and in a colored version (available on the bonus DVD packaged with the special edition of her "All For You" album). The colored version can also be viewed online (alt url).

They Live (1988)
After Nada (Roddy Piper) and Frank (Keith David) go through a portal created by one of the alien's wristwatches, they spy two aliens who are listening to a broadcast that's being transmitted on a PKE Meter!

Honey I Shrunk The Kids - The TV Show: "Honey, We're Young At Heart" (November 7, 1998) (Season 2)
The Salinski children go into an arcade decked out in wacky uniforms. A little girl in the arcade remarks to her father, "Look, it's Ghostbusters."

Moonlighting: "Poltergeist III - Dipesto Nothing" (January 13, 1987) (Season 3)
There are three references. (1) Rhoda Gemignani, who played the real estate woman in Ghostbusters, is a featured guest star. (2) A lady goes to David and Maddie seeking their help to prove that her house is haunted. David (Bruce Willis) suggests that she go to see someone who specializes in that sort of thing - "A psychic? A priest? Dan Aykroyd?!?" (3) After hearing some spooky sounds, Ms. Dipesto (Allyce Beasley) stands up ready to face the ghost and proclaims, "I ain't afraid of no ghost!"

The Mummy Returns (2001)
At 92.17 (DVD time) into the movie Rick O'Connell (Brendan Frasier) says, "Nice shooting, Tex".

FHM Magazine (September 2001)
On page 130 in the Tony Siragusa interview, he mentions the Stay Pufy Marshmallow Man.

Beethoven's 3rd (2000)
The two bad guys wear night vision goggles that look like Ecto-Goggles.

RoboCop 2 (1990)
Robocop deals with a crooked cop in an arcade full of Data East machines (they made the Robocop video game, so this is obvious product placement). At the end of the scene, Robocop tosses the cop across the room, and he lands right in front of "The Real Ghostbusters" arcade game. This appears approximately 30 minutes into the film.

Osmosis Jones (2001)
The "protein packs" used by the mouth workers use the same sound effects as the proton packs. Of course, both films star Bill Murray.

Pro-Wrestler Koko B. Ware
Koko B. Ware (best known for his stint in the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980's/early 1990's where he would come to the ring with a colorful bird named "Frankie") had a finishing move called the "Ghostbuster", which is described as follows: Brainbuster (Suplex): Put opponent in a Front Facelock, throw his right arm behind your neck, and grab his tights with your left hand; lift him straight up so he is inverted vertically above you, then fall straight down, driving him headfirst into the mat. Called the "Ghostbuster" by Koko B. Ware; also used as a finisher by the late "Captain Redneck" Dick Murdoch. Also be sure to check out Koko's Obsessed With Wrestling profile.

Coffee And Cigarettes (2004)
The movie is a collection of vignettes filmed over many years of people talking about coffee and cigarettes. Bill Murray plays himself in the vignette entitled "Delirium" which also contains a Ghostbusters reference. This reference is seen at the beginning of the film's trailer.

Dancing With The Stars (October 31, 2006, Live) (Season 3, Week 8)
Monique Coleman and Louis Van Amstel danced the Cha Cha Cha to "Ghostbusters" about an hour and fifteen menutes into the episode. It didn't sound like it was Ray Parker Jr. singing, though the official site says it was. The judges scored their dance as follows: Carrie gave it a 9, Len gave it a 10, and Brundo gave it a 10 (29 points total out of 30). The couple repeated the dance the next night (November 1st) on the results show, in which they were eliminted from the competition.

Video clip will eventually be put here. It was deleted from YouTube.

Marvel - The Amazing Spider-Man #507 (comic book) (July 2004)
In one panel of this issue written by J Michael Straczynski, Spider-Man says to a villain "Let me guess...you're the Gatekeeper, right? Well, if you're looking for the Keymaster, he's in another movie. Ghostbusters. C'mon, everybody in New York's seen it, it's mandatory or they take away your driver's license." This issue can be purchased from Mile High Comics.

Alien Ant Farm - "Movies" (music video, 2nd version) (2001)
The group's second music video for the song features the band magically become part of the movie they're watching in a theater. Besides becoming Ghostbusters and rocking out in the library stacks, they also give nods to "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory", "The Karate Kid" (star Pat Morita has a cameo in the video), and "Edward Scissorhands". The Ghostbusters spoof runs from 0:53 to 1:10.

    
    

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Casper (1995)
When Carrigan and Dibbs (Cathy Moriarty and Eric Idle) are trying to get the ghosts out of the mansion, they first try a priest (played by Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci) to exorcise them. When that doesn't work the scene changes to several pieces of furniture being thrown out of the door, and Dr. Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd in an uncredited reprisal of his role from the Ghostbusters films) is seen running out. He stops by Carrigan and Dibbs and says, "Who ya gonna call? [evil laughter from the ghosts] Someone else!" He then leaves quickly.

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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!: "Slime Busters" (September 8, 1989) (Season 1?)
The Mario brothers suspect that a ghost is haunting their home, so who do they call? Ernie Hudson, that's who.

The Critic "L.A. Jay" (June 22, 1994) (Season 1)
The fictional "Ghostchasers 3" is mentioned throughout this episode. In the scene that is shown, a giant Mayor Ed Koch is rampaging down the streets of New York ala the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. Louis Tully screams out: Oh my God, save yourselves. New York is being destroyed by an 80-foot Ed Koch.

SomethingAwful.com - Weekly Awful News (December 15, 2003)
If the events of Ghostbusters actually happened, this might have been what you saw on the cover of the newspaper the next morning.

The Earth Day Special (1990)
Harold Ramis donned his Ghostbusters uniform to play Dr. Elon Spengler, the so-called brother of Egon Spengler in a scene with Downtown Julie Brown and Martin Short.

Alvin & The Chipmunks: "Who Ghost There?" (September 21, 1985) (Season 3)
In this episode we get to hear The Chipmunks rendition of Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters."

Hero (1992)
A clip from Ghostbusters is shown in this Columbia Pictures film. Thirty-one minutes into the film, we see a kid watching the Sedgewick Hotel scene on a small TV, as his dad (played by Dustin Hoffman) visits his mother downstairs.

Muppet Babies "I Want My Muppet TV!" (October 26, 1985) (Season 2)
This is one of several episodes that has actual film clips from Ghostbusters edited into it as part of the episode.

The What NOW Caper! (1989)
A very cheesy film made to promote NOW Comics and give you an inside look at how comic books are made. You may recall seeing ads for this in The Real Ghostbusters comics. It was promoted as starring some of the NOW Comics characters, such as The Real Ghostbusters. In actuality, a few clips from The Real Ghostbusters opening title sequence were edited into the film near the end. I guess that's what they consider "starring". Some behind-the-scenes footage of the making of The Real Ghostbusters comics book series is shown. Also, Ghostbusters II movie posters are seen on the walls in some scenes. I cover this video in more detail on the NOW Comics Videos page.