02x20 - Don't Forget the Motor City

[bunniefuu]

[Ray Parker Jr's "Ghostbusters" playing]

♪ Ghostbusters! ♪

[phone ringing]

♪ If there's something strange
In the neighborhood ♪

[alarm rings]

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ Ghostbusters! ♪

♪ If there's something weird ♪

♪ And it don't look good ♪

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ Ghostbusters! ♪

[tires screeching]

♪ I ain't afraid of no ghost ♪

[roaring]

♪ I ain't afraid of no ghost ♪

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ Ghostbusters! ♪

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ Ghostbusters! ♪

[Peter scatting]

Yes, Peter Venkman, born to ride
the highway in his new car.

A wild guy with some wild wheels.

[tires screeching]

[tires screeching]

[Peter scatting]

[horn blaring]

Oh, man, right in the middle of...

I don't believe this brand new car...
[mumbles]

[horn blaring]

[groans]

What's the big idea!

I paid thousands of millions
of dollars or this...

[horn continues blaring]
[groans] You dirty...

I don't know why
I ever thought I...

[Peter grunting]

I don't believe this!

You vivisectionist!

The owner's manual said
this is acceptable discipline.

[all shouting]

What? Oh!

Is it supposed to do that?

[yawns] I scrimped
and saved for that car.

I wanted it more than
anything in the whole world.

He said the same thing when I ate
the last of the ice-cream last night.

When I think of all the millions of cars

that are sold trouble free every year,

and the millions of happy,
contented smug motorists out there,

those rotten, happy motorists
are laughing at me.

Hey, easy now, Pete.

Beating up happy motorists
with a desk lamp is hardly a solution.

Oh!

Yeah.

I really think it's the thing to do.

Grab him!

[grunts]

[Winston] you've got to deal
with this thing constructively.

[Egon] Winston's right, Peter.

You can take the action
of a responsible consumer.

You're right, Egon.

I'm gonna handle this
in a way that will help others too.

That's excellent, Peter.

I'm gonna call the president
of Generous Motors.

And tell him what a jerk he is!
[phone rings]

[shouts] What?

Oh, hello, sir.
May I help you?

It's the president
of Generous Motors.

I didn't think we we're being that loud.

Yes.

All of our new Y-Cars
coming off the assembly line

are self-destructing for no reason.

You don't say.

You must help me.

I'll give you anything you want.

[men shouting]

[man] Oh, oh, my.
What's happening?

Look at that!

It's...It's not normal.

[all shouting]
Oh, no! What's going on?

We can't possibly recall
all the Y-Cars that have been sold.

And someone's gonna get hurt
if we don't put a stop to all this.

Help!

You guys are our last resort.

If you can't help us,

we're gonna have
to close down the plant.

You're right. That doesn't
sound quite normal.

How soon can you get here?

We'll catch the next plane
to Detroit, sir.

Yahoo! We're headed for the motor city.

Mo Town!
You know what that means?

If we pull this one off,

we just might get to meet
the Queen of Soul.

[Peter scatting]

By the way, do you know
where the Queen of Soul lives?

[door opens]

Tell Mr. Abernathy
the Ghostbusters are here.

Can I get you something to drink?

Yo, guys.

Place your orders.

[whirring]

Are you sure the employees
aren't doing the damage?

Absolutely not.

Why, they're as concerned as I am.

Besides, there aren't any employees

who could make the cars
do this kind of thing.

Let's see who can then.

There isn't
any spirit activity.

But this sabotage is definitely
supernatural in origin.

[man] Help! Help!

The vending machines, the lounge!

No refreshments!

No coffee break!

I think he's trying to tell us something.

[sobbing]

[clattering]

Holy...

Whoa!

[Peter] Hit the dirt!

There's really a good food selection
in this lounge, isn't there?

OK, guys, we're gonna
hit the machines

before Ray and Egon start
gaining weight.

[Ghostbusters] one, two!

Let's get 'em!

Whoa!

I take this very personally.

[grunting]

These sandwiches
must be a month old.

They sting like the dickens.
[groans]

Ah!

There's a method
to this madness.

[clattering]

We should tell Janine
to stock our kitchen with these

instead of those drab little donuts.

Could we interest you
to gourmets and a little meeting

-as to how we're gonna stop this?
-Look!

Yeah. That's the ticket.

[PKE meter beeping]

[continues beeping]

[beeps rapidly]

What the...

Uh-oh, I think they've seen us.

[all screaming]

Gremlins.

[Ray] The factory,
how long has it been here?

[Abernathy] It was first opened during
the second world w*r.

Aircraft were manufactured here.

Who are those jokers?

Did you make any
modifications in the factory

when you put this Y-Cars
assembly line into operation?

Well, all we did aside from the robots,

was reopen this part of the factory.

It's been closed for about 40 years.

Ah, 40 years.

It's nice to have a real job again.
Don't you think?

I've always said a picture is worth



Your company, sir,
has fallen prey to gremlins.

[Egon] World w*r II was a boom time

for these particular phenomenon.

Aircraft were the prime target
for their brand of mayhem.

Gremlins simply cannot leave
anything mechanical alone.

You can relate to that, Ray.

It's quite safe to conclude
that these gremlins

were sealed in here since World w*r II.

Opening this part of the factory
set them loose.

And chances are, they won't stop
with this factory.

Could you just chase them
out of my factory

and then do someone else's factories?

All right. Carry on, men.

I'll go write some memos on all this.

I only hope the board of directors
has a sense of humor.

OK, man,
let's carry on, huh?

Carry on with weapons
designed to handle ghosts, not gremlins.

Wonderful.

Then we got to use
our brains on this one.

You're absolutely right, Winston.

We scientists shouldn't substitute
high tech for good old horse sense.

Which tells me that one of us has
got to get on an auto frame,

travel the length of this assembly line

and get these little dudes
where they live.

[all laughing]

And since you share my fabulous facility
for common sense...

[Winston] listen, Pete,
I didn't come up with the idea.

Don't worry, Winston.

Hey, stop it!
[grunting]

I just know we're gonna wish
we'd gone too.

Hey.

[Gremlins] Hey, he's coming.

Huh?

At least I can have a seat.

This may not be so bad.

[yells]

I should know enough to keep
my big mouth shut!

Help!

Whoa!

Oh, well...

[Gremlin] How is he doing?

[indistinct talking]

[laughing]

I got...I got friends
who are rushing to help me.

[Gremlins laughing]

[Gremlins] yeah. Right.

Tell us another one.

[laughing]

I never could pull a bluff.

[Gremlins] We love to trash cars.
Oh, yes, we love to trash cars.

Shut up, you little jerks.

[Gremlins] It's more fun than
trashing airplanes

and equal to trashing motorcycles.

We love to trash cars!
Oh, yes, we love to trash cars!

[all talking indistinctly]

[continues talking]

[frustrated yelling]

I think I see him.

[gasps]

[Winston] [muffled]
Get me out of here!

[all gasp]

[all shout]

[Ray] Now this is what
I call a real custom job.

[Winston] Hey! What's going on?
I can't see anything.

[all yelling]

Winston, you don't wanna know.

[Ray] Careful. We don't know where
Winston is in that thing.

Great. I just realized.

This may be a robot but it's still a car.

Are they trying to make
a point or something?

You never try to think, do you?

Come with me.

[inhales]

[coughing] Whoa!

[continues coughing]

[whirring]

[crashing]

[grunts] That's it!

I've had with those little weirdos.

So, you can rent yourself
out for parties.

Those gremlins ruined everything!

Oh, yeah?

[Peter] I know you can build
us a good one, Ray.

[Ray] Yeah, no problem.

I built three in my
last year of auto shop.

Wow!

Look at this great Z flange...

I'm sure they'll have everything
I'll need for modifications.

Hey, Egon.

You think they have formats
that'll fit Ecto-1?

[Egon] You never can tell, Ray.

Well, they're safely on Mars.

Why don't you and I see if they've got
those vending machines restocked yet?

Those clowns are gluttons for punishment.

As everyone knows, the team
with the ballpark advantage

has the odds in its favor.

Therefore, we've decided
to take the next game on the road.

Uh, metaphorically, of course.

Nothing worse than professors who would
throw around sports metaphors.

Ugh!

Through my abilities of the art
of automobile mechanics

and Egon's amazing skills of invention,

we present to you...

Isn't there anything
in your combined genius

that could have made this car pretty?

This is beautiful!

Yes, I'm personally very excited about it.

But how will it get rid of the gremlins?

Sir, to the gremlins,

this is even more beautiful than it is
in the warped minds of my two colleagues.

It's utterly indestructible.

[laughing]
Is he kidding?

Why don't we get rid of it

and then get over to those
new vending machines?

OK.

Couldn't you at least
have used a decent color?

Pea soup green is my favorite color.

I have a tuxedo that color.

That's one of the reasons
you're such a lonely man, Ray.

Here they are.

[Peter] Get ready, Egon.

The colorblind
little critters are gonna go for it.

Couldn't we paint it another color first?

What's wrong with pea soup green?

I have a thing on that color.

That's one of the reasons you're such
a lonely gremlin, Gorner.

Now.

[clicks]

She's armed.

[chuckling] It's working.

As soon as they get started,
it turns into another new car.

[gremlins exclaiming]

It's doing it again.

I don't believe it.

The thing just keeps getting uglier.

Nobody said science was pretty, Winston.

I think it's time for phase two, Ray.

Well, I'll be...

Ray, the box is supposed to open.

Looks like they caught on to our trap.

That does it.

Those short maniacs aren't
gonna get away with this.

[Winston] Wow, I didn't know
he could move that fast.

You guys have any idea
what he's trying to do?

Nope.

Nope.

OK, sometimes a leader has to lead.

So what if I don't know
what I'm doing.

No, Pete, don't do it.

You're too valuable to the team.

Oh, heck.
Why not?

Boy, I sure hope this works!

[all] Whoa!

[screams]

-How did you do that?
-Great going.

Ooh! What a move.

Piece of cake.

[Winston] How long
can they keep that up?

[Egon] Theoretically, forever.

They won't give up
until they destroy the car.

But it'll keep changing into a new car
and they'll have to start all over.

Keep the tank full.

Give it a lube and oil
every 2000 transformations

and it'll run forever.

I'll do that.

This check cannot fully represent
the gratitude of this company.

If there's anything
I can do for you...

Well, there is one little thing.

Do you, by any chance,
know the Queen of Soul?

[scatting]

[scatting]

So did you meet the Queen of Soul?

♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ♪

♪ Find out what it means to me ♪

♪ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ♪

[singing indistinctly]

[theme music playing]

[screams]