Deadcon I
Writers:
Mark Edward Edens and Michael Edens
Director:
Reg Lodge
Main
Cast:
- Lorenzo
Music as Peter Venkman
- Frank
Welker as Raymond Stantz
- Maurice
LaMarche as Egon Spengler
- Arsenio
Hall as Winston Zeddemore
- Laura
Summer as Janine Melnitz
- Frank
Welker as Slimer
(Rating
3 of 5)
Summary: At the
opening of the new Plump Towers the owner, Mr. Plump, is pleased to be hosting
this year’s convention of dentists. However
at the same time they are also hosting another convention that turns out to be
a convention of ghosts. Plump originally
thought the name Deadcon 1 meant they were a bunch of undertakers. The Ghostbusters are called in but Mr. Plump
doesn’t want them to use their particle throwers because they almost blasted a
dentist. The Ghostbusters surprisingly
complied and decided to track the ghost by posing as the hotel staff.
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| When you a dentist sometimes you hang about with ghosts. |
The
Ghostbusters spent their time working as bellhops, room service, chefs, front
desk receptionist—even had some of the calls rewired to the firehouse—, and
anything else the guests needed, both living and dead. At one point Janine calls Ray to tell him
that the ghosts have an odd request and he tells her to answer it. So Janine releases the Stay Puft Marshmallow
Man, who then reports to Plump Towers as the keynote speaker.
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| You want us to catch ghosts without our equipment? |
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| Ray waiting on a ghost. |
Things
start to get rowdy so the Ghostbusters go grab their equipment to deal with the
ghosts. The problem is there are too
many of them and they find themselves surrounded. Peter gets into the festive spirit and calls
a conga line and brings it into the lobby where pre-laid out traps are waiting to
the ghosts. Peter gets out of the line
and ghosts head into the traps. The
dentists in the line hardly notice.
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| Abe Lincoln and Lawrence of Arabia these aren't bad ghosts why do we want to catch them again? |
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| King Louis XVI hanging out with Winston. Without the King we wouldn't have the United States, and they want to put him in the Containment Unit? |
A few
remaining ghosts kidnap Plump and bring him to the dentists’ ball but the
Ghostbusters capture them as well. The
dentists all had a good time, but the Ghostbusters run out of traps and leave
forgetting all about the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
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| Apparently a good public speaker. |
My Take: Okay so
the ghosts want to have a convention. So
if they are actually paying their bills why does Mr. Plump want them gone? I mean if they are not doing anything to hurt
anybody so who are they offending? Most
ghosts don’t pay, why harass the few that do?
Now for
my stray observations:
·
Mr. Plump doesn’t want the Ghostbusters to use
their equipment. Let’s pretend that was
possible for a moment, is that something they want to start doing as request
for people? Can other customers request
no particle thrower jobs? Maybe the
Ghostbusters should charge a different rate for that.
·
Speaking of rates how much money did they get
from Plump to take care of his guests for him?
·
Okay let’s review the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
for a minute. He is destroyed during the film. Yet, in "Cry Uncle" he escapes
from the Containment Unit with aid from Egon's uncle in a manner that didn’t make
sense. The Ghostbusters catch him again
using multiple traps (that also didn’t make sense). So he is back in the Containment Unit, yet at
the end of their Crimebusters adventure he was seen walking around, so somehow
he escaped. But in this episode he is
back in the Containment Unit so they must have caught him again. Yet they
overlook him when leaving?
·
Speaking of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man how
did the ghosts know they could call the front desk and they could request his
release? They’re not supposed to know
these are the Ghostbusters, although to be fair the Ghostbusters are still wearing their jumpsuits.
·
And speaking of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in
the Containment Unit, how did Janine get him out? We were shown in “X-mas Marks the Spot” that
is not an easy thing to do, yet Janine does it on request? If we can get ghosts out that easy now
shouldn’t we be helping Drool?
·
How can I ever repay you? Pay you’re bill!
An okay episode with a lot of
plot holes.
[1]
Listed original air dates for entire syndicated season may not be correct.
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