Venk-Man!
Original
Air date November 18, 1989
Writer:
Richard Mueller
Director:
Charles Grosvenor
Main
Cast:
- Dave
Coulier as Peter Venkman
- Frank
Welker as Raymond Stantz
- Maurice
LaMarche as Egon Spengler
- Buster
Jones as Winston Zeddemore
- Kath
Soucie as Janine Melnitz
- Frank
Welker as Slimer
- Rodger
Bumpass as Louis Tully
(Rating
5 of 5)
Summary: Egon is
testing some equipment out on Slimer while Peter is off working out trying to
get a beach body. While both projects are going on an accident with the exercise equipment flings Peter through the air to land on
Egon’s experiment. As a result Peter is blasted with the strange energy from the equipment.
Peter feels okay at first, then weird, then he hulks out growing more
massive and turns into a super human.
Peter at first is just happy to have a killer beach body but soon learns
he can fly!
 |
| You have a choice you can either work hard or get your to build a device that turns you into a superhero! |
The
Ghostbusters get a call and Peter uses his super-strength and invulnerability
to catch the ghost revealing his superpowers to the world. He starts calling himself "Venk-man" and makes
himself a superhero suit. The rest of
the Ghostbusters talk him into taking Slimer as his sidekick and they battle
crime as Venk-man and Super-Spud. Peter
and Slimer have a really good superhero career going with all the fame that
comes with it. However all of that ends when Peter’s powers fade mid-mission, as Egon said they
would. The Ghostbusters rescue their
comrade and Peter apologizes for being a jerk who got drunk with power. The team forgives him.
My Review: So this episode explores the group dynamics of when
one member of your group goes on to transform into a superhero. While there are many things can occur under these
circumstances I think the episode misses the giant elephant in the room. That elephant is the question: what is more important
someone turning into a superhero or someone inventing a device that can turn
another person into a super hero?
Now for
my stray observations:
·
Slimer again proving himself useful by
volunteering for their tests.
·
Peter getting his powers was very similar to the
show my Secret Identity that was on air at the same time.
·
I thought Ray was a little out of character not
getting excited about the whole Super hero concept.
·
Slimer is very strong but not strong enough to
carry weakened Peter.
·
Why didn’t Peter try to get blasted again after his powers faded? Why not Ray?
Why not anyone who found out?
·
How many people knew how Venk-man got his powers?
·
Super-spud.
A real fun episode even if it
left a lot of plot threads.
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