01:02We now return to the real Ghostbusters.
01:35Forget it, Ray.
01:36I guess we're all just a little bugged about having to work on Christmas Eve, right, Peter?
01:40Doesn't bother me.
01:42Christmas is just another day.
01:44Now this is weird.
01:46I don't remember seeing this fork in the road on our way up to you, Egon.
01:50No, but given our general direction and the presumed location of the turnpike, I'd say go left.
02:04You know, I could be mistaken, but this doesn't look like a turnpike.
02:09Shall we put it to a vote?
02:11Not now, Peter, okay?
02:13Come on, girl.
02:14Just a little further, you can do it.
02:16Come on!
02:21I knew I should have worn my long undies.
02:26What a way to spend Christmas Eve, eh, Peter?
02:29Typical.
02:29Come on, let's see if we can find a phone somewhere.
02:32What's with him?
02:34He always gets grumpy about this time of year.
02:36Christmas isn't Peter's favorite season.
02:39His father was always away at Christmas.
02:41That affects you after a while.
02:43It's easier to shrug that off if you pretend you don't care about Christmas.
02:47And you pretend it long enough, pretty soon you believe it.
02:54Oh, boy, this thing is steeper than it looks.
02:58I just hope there's something on the other side.
03:13Whoa, anybody get the number of that truck?
03:16Hey, over here, I found civilization.
03:20Wow, talk about your basic old neighborhood.
03:24This place is ancient.
03:25It's also not on the map, as far as I can remember.
03:28It's almost like something out of Victorian England.
03:31Old or not, they've got to have a phone booth somewhere.
03:34Come on.
03:45Is it ready?
03:48Oh, here now, Bob Cratchit.
03:49Have I ever let you down before?
03:54Oh, it's a fine bird.
03:56Truly fine.
03:57I only wish it could be bigger.
03:59There are so many of us.
04:00It's a wonderful dog, Father.
04:03This will be our best Christmas ever.
04:05Ah, that it will, Tim.
04:06But it won't do us any good if we don't get it home to your mother in time to cook
04:10it.
04:10Thank you so much.
04:11Merry Christmas to you.
04:13And to you and yours, Bob.
04:15By my soul, Elizabeth.
04:16Have you ever seen anyone with as much joy of living as tiny Tim?
04:20Makes you wish his father didn't have to work for that miserable old miser, Mr. Scrooge.
04:31What the heck was that?
04:32Sounded like it came from over there.
04:38Picking up strong readings from inside.
04:41Right there.
04:44There it goes!
04:47I'm picking up other presences.
04:49Big.
04:50Powerful.
04:51They're coming in at 12 o'clock high.
04:56A Ghostbuster's work is never done.
05:03I will not go with you.
05:06Get away from me, spirits.
05:08Leave me be.
05:13Don't just stand there, man.
05:16Do something.
05:17You think nobody's ever heard of the word please?
05:20Young says no.
05:24You do him far more disservice than us.
05:28Release us.
05:29Or you and all Christmases to come will pay the price.
05:33Yeah, yeah.
05:34We've heard it before.
05:40No!
05:41No!
05:42You...
05:43You've done it!
05:45I'm as happy as an angel.
05:48I'm as merry as a schoolboy.
05:51And we're the Ghostbusters.
05:53Well, now that we've introduced ourselves, can we use your phone?
05:57I'm sorry.
05:58I haven't got a phone, did you say?
06:02But, oh, gentlemen.
06:04You have my eternal, unwavering gratitude.
06:07What you've done here tonight...
06:09Will cost you some pretty big bucks if you'd like to write out a check.
06:13Money?
06:14You charge money for this service?
06:17Why, this is an outrage!
06:19If I'd known it would cost me, I'd have dealt with them myself.
06:23Why, I can't even be sure those were real ghosts.
06:28They could have been tricks.
06:30Or something I ate.
06:31An undigested bit of beef.
06:33A blot of mustard.
06:35A fragment of an underdone potato.
06:37There's more of gravy than of grave to those ghosts.
06:41We're talking money and he's talking lunch.
06:44I'd say we were at an impasse, wouldn't you?
06:47Right!
06:47Okay, Egon.
06:49Let him loose.
06:51No!
06:52No, wait!
06:56So be it.
06:57Of this I'll pay, and not a shilling more.
07:08You've got to be kidding.
07:10Do you know how much our services cost?
07:12We've got...
07:14Yes, Ray, is this some primitive means of telling me you'd like a conference?
07:19Wow, look at this, Peter.
07:20It's 1837 and mint condition.
07:24You'd think it'd been made yesterday.
07:25On second thought, this'll do.
07:28Have a nice day.
07:29Come on, guys.
07:35So, you're not so powerful as I'd thought.
07:39Well, no one interferes with Ebenezer Scrooge's sleep.
07:43From this day forward, it's war.
07:46Christmas.
07:48Bah humbug.
07:56Unseasonal weather for December, wouldn't you say?
08:05We've circled back the way we came.
08:09Well, might as well try her one more time.
08:12Maybe this time it'll catch.
08:18Well, all right.
08:21Coming, Egon?
08:22I just keep thinking there's something very familiar about what happened.
08:27As if it's all happened before.
08:29Oh, well.
08:37Okay, Egon, you go load up the ghosts.
08:40We're going to get the Christmas tree.
08:41Aren't we, Peter?
08:43Christmas.
08:44Phooey.
08:46A tree for Christmas?
08:48Bah!
08:49Nah!
08:50Hang, nah!
08:51But I thought you liked Christmas.
08:54How very odd.
08:56Hmm.
09:03Hi!
09:04Merry Christmas!
09:06Bah!
09:07Humbug!
09:08At least they know how to keep the Christmas spirit over here.
09:11I love how they always decorate 5th Avenue?
09:29A Christmas Humbug?
09:31By Ebeneezer Scrooge.
09:33But, but that's the guy we helped.
09:36That's impossible.
09:37How could we help Scrooge?
09:39Unless we went back in time.
09:42Oh, boy.
09:44That strange disturbance we encountered when we went over the hill.
09:48It must have been a time slip.
09:49A door to the past.
09:51Ebeneezer Scrooge.
09:53Then those ghosts we trapped.
09:54They must have been the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future.
09:57Well, everyone knows that story.
10:00In 1837, Scrooge defeated the three Christmas ghosts all by himself.
10:05Since then, Christmas has been gone.
10:07And good riddance.
10:09We went back in time.
10:11And by changing the past, we changed the present.
10:14No problem.
10:16We took the ghosts.
10:17All we have to do is put them back, right?
10:19But Egon's about to dump those ghosts in the containment unit.
10:23Once they're inside, we'll never get them out.
10:27I don't know.
10:28Well, doesn't seem like that big a deal, if you ask me.
10:34Egon, no!
10:35Wait!
10:36Those three ghosts, Egon!
10:37Are they...
10:38Of course.
10:39I just finished now.
10:45Egon, you sure you can't let those three loose without letting them all out?
10:49Correct, but why would we want to?
10:51Oh, no.
10:52I can't believe it.
10:54We've really done it this time.
10:57What?
10:58What did we do?
10:59We just killed Christmas, Egon.
11:03Christmas is gone.
11:04Forever.
11:13We're now returning to the real Ghostbusters.
11:17Bah, humbug!
11:18Bah, humbug!
11:20Bah, humbug you!
11:21Bah, bah, humbug you!
11:23Hey, pinhead!
11:24Bah, humbug!
11:24Bah, humbug!
11:32Okay, so let me get this straight.
11:34One, we went back in time.
11:36Two, we changed history, so Scrooge won.
11:39And three, now no one celebrates Christmas anymore.
11:43Fascinating.
11:44There's only one solution.
11:46We've got to go back in time and return the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future to Scrooge's place.
11:51Yes, the time slip we passed through may still be in place, but we'll have to hurry.
11:56Time is passing on both sides.
11:58Christmas Eve will be over soon.
12:00Question is, how do we open the way for those three to get out and not let all the other
12:05ghosts escape?
12:06There is a way.
12:07I can jerry-rig a device that will open a hairline fracture in the containment grid.
12:11But that means getting the ghosts to the right place at exactly the right time.
12:16Good theory, only how do we do it?
12:18Simple.
12:19I'll go inside the unit and find them.
12:22Hmm.
12:23Pulse seems normal.
12:24Are you sure you haven't hit your head?
12:26I don't get it.
12:28I mean, big deal.
12:29Christmas is just another day.
12:32Just another day?
12:33Sound familiar, Peter?
12:35I didn't sound like that.
12:36Besides, that was different.
12:38Okay, Egon, you're right.
12:40But we'll all go into the containment unit.
12:43No good.
12:44This might not work.
12:45You'll have to go back ahead of me.
12:47If I get the ghosts, I'll join you at Scrooge's.
12:50And if you don't make it out,
12:51then you three will have to become the three ghosts of Christmas.
12:54Why do I get the distinct feeling I'm not going to enjoy this?
13:03This is going to be very difficult, Janine.
13:06I...
13:06I'll need your help.
13:08All right, Egon.
13:09Just as long as you know I'm doing it for you
13:12and not this...
13:14Christmas.
13:16Christmas.
13:20Humbug.
13:21Fascinating.
13:29This must be the place.
13:31The time slip to Scrooge's day should be right over that hill.
13:34I still don't think Scrooge is going to believe this, guys.
13:37I don't even believe it.
13:39Come on, Peter.
13:40Have a little faith.
13:41A little Christmas spirit.
13:43Are you kidding?
13:45Christmas spirits got me into this in the first place.
13:48Yeah.
13:49And maybe that's something you ought to think about.
13:55Let's see.
13:56Where to begin?
13:58Yes, that's it.
13:59A title.
14:01A Christmas Humbug by Ebenezer Scrooge.
14:05I dare say I like the ring of that.
14:08Okay.
14:10Everybody ready?
14:11Yeah, yeah.
14:11I'm as ready as I'll get.
14:13But I want you to know I think this is not exactly dignified.
14:30Hello?
14:31Who's there?
14:36What are you?
14:37Unhand me!
14:40Who do you think you are?
14:42Hey, Jack.
14:42I'm Peter.
14:43I mean, I'm the ghost of Christmas past.
14:46That can't be.
14:47You were defeated.
14:49I saw it myself.
14:52You've changed.
14:54And you're still the same.
14:56Depressing, isn't it?
14:57If you're really the ghost of Christmas past, where's your aura?
15:02Your glow?
15:03Oh, yeah, right.
15:05Let's see.
15:05Where's the switch for the magnesium flares?
15:07Oh, yeah.
15:09You want auras?
15:09You get auras.
15:14Very well, spirit.
15:16I believe you.
15:17What is it you wish of me?
15:19Scrooge, baby.
15:20We're going to do our version of this is your life.
15:25All right, Janine.
15:26Everything's set.
15:36This will destabilize my molecular density enough for me to be put into the containment unit for one hour.
15:41And if you're not back in one hour?
15:43Then I'll be trapped inside permanently.
15:47Oh, no!
15:51Now, no matter what happens, keep this portal open or I'll never get out.
15:59Wish me luck.
16:13Good luck.
16:15Come on, Slimer.
16:17Let's watch in the monitor upstairs.
16:19Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
16:49Oh, Egon, be careful.
16:52Well, how's he doing?
16:58Oh, boy.
17:02Spirit, can we not stop flying now?
17:06Not yet.
17:08And don't touch.
17:09The magic window will fall.
17:11Here, what do you see now?
17:14Why, it's the school I attended.
17:17Why, I grew up there.
17:19I was a boy there.
17:21Yes, I remember that school room all too well.
17:24I spent many Christmases alone there.
17:27My father off on some business or other.
17:29But I survived.
17:31My books were my friends.
17:33What more does a boy need?
17:34A lot more.
17:36I sure did.
17:37What did you say, Spirit?
17:40Nothing.
17:41Now, hang on.
17:42We're going to fly even higher this time.
17:45Oh!
17:49Which way?
17:51Left.
17:51Go left.
17:53I mean, go right.
17:55Right.
17:59Oh, Slimer.
18:00I'm sure he's never going to get out of there.
18:03Slimer?
18:04Never around when you need him.
18:15Flight's over, Scroogey.
18:17Thank you for flying Venkman Airlines.
18:20Now, what have you learned?
18:22Oh, I'm dreadfully sorry.
18:24Was I supposed to be learning something?
18:26Were you supposed to...
18:28You were supposed to learn that just because you had a rotten past,
18:31that's no reason to blame Christmas.
18:34Lots of us had Christmases that weren't the best.
18:36But if you give up, you just end up denying yourself what you're so mad about never having had before.
18:42I think maybe that's a lesson we could all stand to learn.
18:46Well, I suppose.
18:47But I'm not quite convinced yet, Spirit.
18:50Well, then you've got two more chances.
18:54Yes, sir.
18:54As soon as I'm gone, the ghosts of Christmas present and future are going to pay you a little visit.
19:01Ah!
19:15And there, the workhouses, where you said to send the poor.
19:20See them?
19:22No, Spirit.
19:24Well, hang around.
19:25We'll swing past again in a second.
19:27Where's Egon?
19:28I don't think Scrooge is going to be convinced by just us.
19:31We can't let Christmas down, Peter.
19:33We can't.
19:35It's no good, Egon.
19:37Come back.
19:38The hour's almost over.
19:39You'll be trapped.
19:41Got it.
19:42There they are.
19:45Hurry.
19:46Follow me.
19:50Trouble, Janine.
19:51I think the other ghosts here have figured out what's up.
20:08They'll try to beat us to the portal.
20:10We can't let them escape.
20:12Get to the grid device, Janine.
20:14Fast.
20:15If they start to come through, turn it off.
20:18Forget about me, but don't let them escape.
20:41Good work, Janine.
20:42No time to talk.
20:44Please, inside.
20:45It's faster.
20:47It's faster.
20:47It's faster.
20:55First syllable?
20:57It sounds like...
20:59This isn't going to work.
21:00We failed.
21:02Not yet.
21:03Look.
21:04I got them.
21:05I got them.
21:06All right, Egon.
21:07Catch.
21:12Duck.
21:21You will be visited this night by three spirits.
21:25Three more?
21:27I'm not sure I can stand it.
21:29The first will come at one.
21:32The second at two.
21:34The third will come...
21:36Whenever.
21:36Now, Ebenezer Scrooge, farewell.
21:41Now, as my brother Christmas Future might say, let's take it from the top.
21:48Well, did we do okay?
21:51Yeah.
21:51You think old Scrooge will learn his lesson?
21:54Aye.
21:55I think you'll learn his lesson, as I assume you two have learned yours.
21:59That is, of course, why you are here.
22:02Believe me, I have.
22:04I don't think I ever appreciated Christmas until I lost it.
22:08Honest.
22:09Now, can we go home?
22:12Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, of course.
22:15You had only to ask.
22:17Take hold of my robe.
22:18That's it.
22:22How did we...
22:23I mean, we were just at Scrooge's place.
22:26What a way to travel.
22:28Question is, did it work?
22:30Is Christmas back?
22:32We wish you a Merry Christmas.
22:34We wish you a Merry Christmas.
22:35I'd say it worked out just fine.
22:38And a Happy New Year.
22:40So I propose a toast to Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts of Christmas.
22:46Hear, hear.
22:47You know, it's funny.
22:49I always thought all that was just a story.
22:52Makes you wonder what else might be real.
22:58I'm Dancer, I'm Dancer, I'm Dahmer, I'm Blitzen.
23:03Nah, couldn't be.
23:06Then again, why not?
23:09Merry Christmas to all.
23:12And to all, a good night.
23:33Crying
23:35Crying
23:42Crying
23:44Hi!
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