Ghostbusters

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Ghostbusters is a film series about a group of professional ghost hunters.

References to Ghostbusters in The Simpsons

Episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 13 283 "Tales from the Public Domain" Homer tells Bart that Hamlet was made into a great movie called Ghostbusters. The family then dance to the theme music. 21 453 "Boy Meets Curl" Ivan Reitman is mentioned as being Canada's "most famous director" for bringing Ghostbusters. The "Ghostbusters" theme is then played.

Comics

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Simpsons Comics #111 Know It All in the Family Homer was disappointed to find that Marge had made a microwave gun as he thought she had became a Ghostbuster. Simpsons Comics #207 Snooze Alarm! Chief Wiggum has a dream where he is the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, fights the Ghostbusters and eats Ernie Hudson's character. Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13 Prop, Prop, Whiz, Whiz! Comic Book Guy's shop is shown to have a collection of cursed movie props and DVDs in the back room. Whoever touches an item is transported into the world of that movie. Among the victims were Carl, Lenny, Moe, and Barney, who touched a Ghostbusters DVD and ended up fighting the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

Books

Picture Book Reference Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture Peter Venkman's quote, "Back off, man. I'm a scientist", is mentioned in Comic Book Guy's list of the "Greatest Quotes of All Time".

Common cast and crew

Cast

Picture Name Role in the Ghostbusters franchise Role on The Simpsons Shohreh Aghdashloo Provided the voice of Gozer in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Voiced Mina bin Laden in "MyPods and Boomsticks". Dan Aykroyd Played Ray Stantz. Voiced Postage Stamp Fellow in "The Dad-Feelings Limited". Paul Rudd Played Gary Grooberson in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Voiced Dr. Zander in the season 22 episode "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing", and himself in the season 25 episode "Steal This Episode" and in the season 32 episode "Three Dreams Denied". J. K. Simmons Played Ivo Shandor in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Voiced J. Jonah Jameson in the season 18 episode "Moe'N'a Lisa", a tabloid editor in the season 18 episode "Homerazzi", JJ Gruff in the season 29 episode "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage", Dr. Jessup in the season 30 episode "Daddicus Finch" and Victor Kleskow in the season 30 episode "Girl's in the Band".

External links

• Ghostbusters at Wikipedia

Greatest Quotes of All Time
Pvt. William Hudson (Aliens) • Veronica Quaife (The Fly) • Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters) • Short Round (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) • The Black Knight (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) • Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense) • Superman (Superman)

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