02x54 - I Am the City

[bunniefuu]

[Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" playing]

♪ Ghostbusters ♪

[phone ringing]

♪There's somethin' strange ♪

♪ In the neighborhood ♪

[alarm ringing]

♪ Who you gonna call? ♪

♪ Ghostbusters! ♪

♪ There's somethin' 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! ♪

[drilling]

[snoring]

[babbling in sleep]

[buzzing]

[rattling]

What...What the...

Whoa!

What the...

Whoa!
[grunts]

[shatters]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, whoa!

No more chili before bedtime for this kid.

What is it?
What...What's happening?

I think it's an earthquake.

In New York City?

[shatters]

[police siren wailing]

Control room, this is 4905. Over.

[static]
Dead!

Look!

-You got your camera?
-Yeah.

Did you get it on film?

"It" is right.
What did we see?

I don't know. Listen.
The earthquake stopped.

Look, you flag down
the first thing you see moving

and get that film to the station.

-I'll stay with the car.
-Roger.

[expl*si*n]

Hey, Egon.

It wasn't very nice of you to hold
a party here last night and not invite us.

[laughs]

Very funny!

Well, for your information,

what happened last night
was not just an earthquake.

[Winston] I'll say.

It was almost urban renewal.

Will you listen to me?

It was not a normal earthquake.

I checked the line recorders,

the psychic energy readings
went off the scale.

Wow! A protonic anomaly.
Do you know what this means?

Yeah. It means that
they'll blame it on us.

That's crazy.
What could they do to us?

They could always make us pay for it.

For an earthquake?

I wouldn't worry about that happening.

[door opens]

[Peter] I knew it!
I knew it! I knew it.!

Hi!

Are you the Ghostbusters?

We didn't do it!

We didn't think you did.

Would you look at this, please?

What do you think?

Looks like a flying hotdog with legs.

Can you catch it?

Sure, no problemo.
Leave it to the pros.

We'll be in touch.

-You told 'em we could catch it.
-Right.

We don't even know what it is.

So, we look it up in Tobin's Spirit Guide
under "flying hotdogs."

And there on our starboard side
is the liner Queen Elizabeth 2.

Skipper! Look!

[horn blows]

[people screaming]

[screaming]

Ah! We're doomed!

Abandon ship!

[all scream]

[cheering]

Look!

Who was that?

Who cares? We're saved!
Let's get these people ashore.

[Newscaster] After depositing the steamer
on the mid-town pier,

the person or creature responsible
rose into the air and flew off uptown.

[keyboard clacking]

[Egon] Four eyes,
four ears, red skin.

This new computer version
of Tobin's Spirit Guide is great!

[Egon] It is expensive though.

I guess it's not a very popular seller.

Huh, I don't know why.

[computer beeps]
Here it comes.

Marduk, Babylonian god of the city.

I thought we didn't
have to do any more gods.

It's not as bad as all that.

He seems to be a pretty good guy.

If you like earthquakes.

Hey, give the guy a break.
He did save that ferry boat.

Yeah, he's probably got
a real big bathtub at home.

-What's he want here?
-Let's find him and ask!

You ask him.

When he tells you,
you call and tell me.

There may be a problem.

There's always a problem.

What problem?

Marduk had an eternal adversary,

a giant five-headed dragon named Tiamat.

It's just possible that Tiamat
may have followed Marduk here.

I'm so glad.
Now if you'll excuse me,

I'm gonna go thump my head
against the wall some more.

[snores]

Hey!

Hey, you!
[man grunts]

Huh?

Yucch!

Move along!

Oh, yeah, yeah, sure thing.

[explodes]

[screeches]

How's it going?

The divariable universal is jammed,
but I can fix it.

Almost fixed!

Did we have to stop here to fix it?

Well, we don't want to lose the signal.

-Hey, youse!
-Me? Or him?

Yeah, both of youse,
all of youse.

What do you think youse doin'?

I don't know.
What do you think I'm doin'?

You a smart guy, huh?

No, we're Ghostbusters.

And if you don't back off, pilgrim,
we'll vaporize your pants.

Oh, yeah?

[clangs]

Huh?

[screams] OK, yeah, sorry!

Nice touch, my man.

I like to think of myself
as tough...but fair.

Hmm.

It's fixed and I'm picking up
Marduk's emanations.

Can we go north?

[Winston] Sure, hang on.

[loud crash]

[tires screech]

[people shouting]

[tires screeching]

-That was exciting.
-Best show in town.

-I'm picking up something else.
-What?

One ghost at a time.

First we deal with the big Babylonian.

[screams]

[screams]

[horse winnies]

Oh!

[screams]

[tiamat screeching]

-Oh, boy.
-This place is big!

That's not a problem.

Use your PKE Meters,
set them on infinite.

That way they won't be distracted

by psychic background noise
or local specters.

Infinite. That should give you an idea
of the kind of power we're dealing with.

Chill out, man, you're scaring me.

Oh!

[PKE meter beeping]

[yawns loudly]

Egon, this thing isn't working!

[beeping]

[Egon] Yes it is.

That's him!

[PKE meters continue beeping]

Stop that nun!

This may take a little longer
than I figured.

[PKE meter beeping]

Hold it right there!

[groans]

[PKE meter beeping]

[panting]

Eeyah! Egon!

[Switches off PKE meter]

Sorry. Feedback.

I think I found our boy!

Egon, we got him.
Front doors.

[Winston] Stop!

You're out of season.

Hail, Marduk the Babylonian.

On behalf of the city, county
and state of New York,

we welcome you to our fair...

[clears throat]
Well, um...

To our fair city, county
and state. Right, Egon?

Uh, you look out of place.
Can you do something else?

How's that?

Very nice!

Uh, about this god business...

Hey, I've done nothing wrong.

I'm Marduk, the god of the city.

I've been to Babylon, Athens, Rome,
Peking, Paris, London,

I've seen them all

and there's no greater city
than New York.

I'm settling down here.
You should be glad to have me.

We are, and I for one,
think it's a fine idea.

But the police want to talk to you
about making your own subway stations.

Hey, I'm sorry about that.
I can fix it.

But there's one thing you can't fix.
What about Tiamat?

I lost him in ancient China.
He'll never follow me here.

Wanna bet?

[pulsating]

[roars]

[all] Whoa!

[people scream]

Our eternal battle
is once again joined.

I shall fight him here,

as I have fought him
through the centuries.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

You do that, you two will destroy
the city in the process.

No way, jack, babe.

Are you going to stop me?
Are you gods?

-Ah...
-Don't you say a word.

We don't want to stop you,
but if you let us help.

Help?

Well, we think we can keep the breakage
down to a minimum.

We call it "strategy."

[tires screech]

Come in, Peter, are you in position?

That's a roger. Ecto-1, I read you,
five by five, sir.

[Egon] Do you see Tiamat?

[screeches]

[Peter] Oh! Ah!

Good! Winston?

Tiamat in sight
and here comes Marduk.

[Tiamat screeches]

I see him.
I'm starting my run now.

[Egon] Be careful.

[screeches]

[Ray] Whoa!

[roars]

They didn't say anything
about dragons in the pilot's manual!

[screeching and roaring]

And Marduk's down.

I don't see him, but the big lizard
is still coming in...

Uh-oh! I think he sees me.

Talk to you later.

[screeches]

[Peter] This one's for smokey the bear.

[screeches]

[horse winnies]

Don't sh**t me.

[gasps and sighs]

Rough?
Where's Marduk?

He went down in the trees.

I think we may have lost him.
Have you seen Winston?

I'm right here.

And Tiamat's right behind me.

[screeches]

We've got him right...

where he wants us.

Fire!

[screeches]

And that's all she wrote for Tiamat.

And Marduk, too, I guess.

What happened?

I suppose they couldn't exist
without each other.

Ectosymbiosis.
Still, it's probably best.

New York has enough troubles
without a Babylonian god.

I kinda liked the guy.
I'll miss him.

[neighs]

You did good, boy.
Now go on back to the barn.

[Peter] You coming?

Yo.

[theme music playing]