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01:41I tell you, Ashton, no good can come of this.
01:48Putting the Necronomicon on display like this is dangerous.
01:52Nonsense, Klein.
01:54Maybe up in Arkham they still believe in spooks, but here in the big city we're a bit more sophisticated.
02:00Your precious book of spells will be quite safe here, I assure you.
02:32Oh, who's there?
02:40Huh?
02:43Huh?
03:06Hey, listen to this.
03:07From Monday to Friday, the New York Public Library presents the Necronomicon.
03:15I didn't know the library did rock concerts.
03:17It's not a rock group, Winston.
03:19It's the single most powerful book of magic spells ever written.
03:24H.P. Lovecraft and others wrote a whole series of horror stories based on it.
03:28Come on, we gotta see it.
03:30I'll bet the copyright page alone has a P.K.E. valence of 9.9.
03:34You go ahead, Ray.
03:36I've got a date today.
03:37She'll be here any minute, in fact.
03:44Ghostbusters.
03:45Uh-huh.
03:46Hang on.
03:47Help is on the way.
03:51That's for me.
03:53So's this.
03:56I've got it, Peter.
03:57You're a prince, Egon.
04:00Yes.
04:01I see.
04:02No problem.
04:03We can handle it.
04:04Okay, introductions.
04:06Candy the Ghostbusters, the Ghostbusters candy.
04:08Wow.
04:09I've heard so much about you guys.
04:11Well, we got a full day planned, so...
04:13Sorry, Peter.
04:14We've got what sounds like a Class 7 corporeal entity at the library.
04:17Great.
04:18I'll go warm up Ecto-1.
04:20It's not fair.
04:21It's just not fair.
04:22Besides, you knew the job was dangerous when you took it.
04:27But, but...
04:28Ghostbusters is a heartbreaker's kid.
04:31Don't get too close to him.
04:45Thank heaven you've come.
04:47I'm Professor Ted Kline from Miskatonic University in Arkham.
04:50And this is Clark Ashton in charge of the exhibit.
04:53I'm sure there's no reason to be alarmed.
04:55No doubt someone just stole the book for ransom.
05:01You're getting high paranormal readings.
05:04We must get it back.
05:06Otherwise, the city, perhaps even the world,
05:08is in grave peril.
05:10I don't see what all the fuss is about.
05:12It's just a book.
05:13And an atomic bomb is just a couple of rocks slammed together.
05:17This is the only English translation of the Necronomicon.
05:20If someone were to read the spells in it aloud,
05:22the results would be catastrophic.
05:26Should be easy enough to follow the trail.
05:28Please, hurry!
05:34Sheesh, you think that guy Klein owns the paperback
05:36right to the way he's carrying on.
05:38He's right to worry, Peter.
05:40The Necronomicon spells are like sonic keys
05:42that can open portals to other dimensions
05:44where the great old ones wait to take over the earth.
05:48Yeah?
05:49Give me an example.
05:50Cthulhu.
05:52Cthulhu.
05:54Cthulhu?
05:55I heard of him.
05:56He's bad, right?
05:57He makes Gozer look like Little Mary Sunshine.
05:59You're kidding.
06:00We're following them into the sewer?
06:02There's no other choice.
06:06I should have listened to my Uncle Al
06:08from going into the hardware business.
06:15Do you hear something?
06:17I hope not.
06:21Hey, I think we found him.
06:34Wrong, Ray.
06:35I think they found us.
06:40Okay, let's hit him high and low.
06:47Teach him to mess with today's technology.
06:50Look.
06:51Look.
06:57Think we can get our money back
06:58on these proton packs?
07:02I want it.
07:03We can boil it.
07:10Quickly.
07:15Hurry.
07:16I'll hold him off.
07:22These guys sure can't take a hint.
07:28Help!
07:29Hang on!
07:43Whoa!
07:52Thanks, Winston.
07:53That was one party I didn't mind leaving.
07:59Those green meanies match the description here
08:02of the spawn of Cthulhu.
08:04Acolyte creatures that serve the big guy.
08:06I suspect it as much.
08:08We have to find the Necrononicon at once.
08:10What's the rush?
08:12We'll track it down sooner or later.
08:13You don't understand.
08:15The spawn are probably part of a cult of Cthulhu.
08:18And they might be planning to awaken him
08:20from a slumber on the ocean's floor.
08:22That's bad.
08:23And according to this,
08:24the stars are in the right position
08:25to try such a resurrection
08:27only once every 60 years.
08:29And the next favorable time is...
08:31Let me guess.
08:32Tonight.
08:33How'd you know?
08:34We need as much information
08:35on the cult of Cthulhu as we can get.
08:37There's a woman named Alice Darylith
08:39up in Arkham, Massachusetts
08:40who might be able to help us.
08:42Ray, you and Winston check the book of Dizan
08:45and the narcotic manuscripts.
08:47Peter, you and I will go up to Arkham.
08:54So, what's this Alice Darylith like?
08:57A renowned academician and scholar
08:59with a Ph.D. in occult sciences.
09:01Well, I bet she looks like a tank
09:04and has a personality to match.
09:11This looks like Frankenstein's alma mater.
09:15Dr. Spangler?
09:21I'm Alice Darylith.
09:26Wow, you sure don't look smart.
09:29I beg your pardon?
09:30I mean, uh, that is...
09:32Can we talk?
09:35And that's the situation.
09:37What do you think?
09:39That is not dead which can eternal lie
09:42and with strange eons even death may die.
09:46Gee, that's catchy.
09:47It's a quote from the Necronomicon
09:49about great Cthulhu.
09:51If we don't do something quickly,
09:52this cult may succeed in awakening him
09:54from his age-long sleep.
09:56I'll go with you back to New York.
09:58Hurry, there's not a moment to lose.
10:02She's a take-charge kind of lady.
10:04I like that.
10:08There it is.
10:09Wagner's Occult Shop.
10:11We think this is where the cult is meeting.
10:13Let's check it out.
10:25Wait, listen.
10:29It's coming from there, the basement.
10:31Cthulhu Quintana.
10:34Cthulhu Quintana.
10:34Yeah, yeah, it's coming from there.
10:43Cthulhu Quintana.
10:43Huh?
10:44This is a raid.
10:45Nobody moves.
10:47Nobody gets hurt.
10:48You put your ass cut up.
10:49Cthulhu, I'll keep in peace.
11:03Oh, Shagga!
11:12Oh, Shagga!
11:14Ah!
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11:27We now return to the real Ghostbusters.
11:51Did you do that?
11:55Hey, hey, easy.
11:57I'm all right.
11:59Spellcasting takes a lot out of one.
12:01Looks like we're back to square one. The cult's beat it.
12:04Right. We better think of something fast or...
12:07I've got an idea.
12:08Listen, Ray, that is the craziest idea I ever heard.
12:12You think some old science fiction stories can save the world?
12:16Listen, H.P. Lovecraft and other writers back in the 20s and the 30s
12:19created a whole mythos around Cthulhu.
12:22And I remember one story in an old issue of Weird Tales
12:24that told how to defeat him.
12:26It just might work.
12:28Those writers used the Necronomicon as research for their fiction.
12:31But where can we find a collection of old pulp magazines?
12:34Just leave it to me.
12:42This joint would scare Stephen King.
12:54Yes?
12:56Mr. Howard? Remember me, Ray Stans?
12:58I used to borrow your books when I was a kid.
13:01Of course.
13:02Come in and bring your friends.
13:12This is ridiculous.
13:14We've been at this for hours.
13:16We can't give up.
13:17If Ray's right, it's our only chance to stop the summoning.
13:20We're getting nowhere.
13:22I thought we'd just wait for... whatever his name is.
13:25When he shows up, let's blast him.
13:27Winston's got a point.
13:29Something that looks like Godzilla wearing a giant octopus hat
13:32won't be hard to find.
13:33This is it.
13:35It's called The Horror from the Depths.
13:38That's the one, all right.
13:40Let's go.
13:42According to my calculations,
13:44the most opportune place for the cult to perform the summoning ceremony
13:48is the southern tip of Brooklyn.
13:50Coney Island, the exact.
13:52It seems oddly appropriate.
13:56Whoa!
13:57Whoa!
14:03I thought you were supposed to rotate the tires.
14:06I figured, why bother?
14:08They rotate enough when the car's moving.
14:11Oh.
14:12Hey, no problem.
14:13We'll just put on the spare and...
14:15That was the spare.
14:17Oh, Jack.
14:37Where's the costume party happening?
14:39Back off, man.
14:40I'm a Ghostbuster.
14:42Oh, yeah?
14:43I thought you was an astronaut or something, man.
14:46If you want, we can send you to the moon, either enough.
14:49Do you think we'll make it?
14:50We have to, that's all.
14:52We have to.
14:55Okay.
14:55Now what?
15:04That way.
15:14Oh, yeah.
15:17Oh, yeah.
15:20Oh, yeah.
15:21Oh, yeah.
15:23Oh, yeah.
15:25Oh, yeah.
15:26Oh, yeah.
15:26Oh, yeah.
15:27Oh, yeah.
15:28Oh, yeah.
15:29Oh, yeah.
15:30Oh, yeah.
15:30Oh, yeah.
15:32Oh, yeah.
15:32Oh, yeah.
15:33Oh, yeah.
15:34Oh, yeah.
15:34Oh, yeah.
15:34Oh, yeah.
15:35Oh, yeah.
15:38Oh, yeah.
15:48Pull him in!
15:54Oh, no!
16:02I think we're too late.
16:04What gave you the first clue?
16:24Full stream, now!
16:30It's not working!
16:32We're in serious trouble.
16:33There's one thing left to try.
16:36Alice!
16:42Itaka Futura Nodens!
16:45Itaka Futura Nodens!
16:51Itaka Futura Nodens!
16:54Itaka Futura Nodens!
17:00Aim for the head.
17:02Maybe we can blind him.
17:07Uh-oh.
17:08I think we made it mad.
17:09Run for it!
17:21Sometimes I really regret answering that ad you guys ran.
17:24Egon!
17:25What do you got?
17:26His power is completely off the scale.
17:29None of our equipment can even begin to stop him.
17:31We don't have a prayer.
17:32You're such a Pollyanna Egon.
17:36Ray!
17:36The story in the magazine!
17:38Right!
17:39I forgot about it!
17:42Great!
17:43He moves his lips when he reads.
17:45Aha!
17:46It says here that they lured Cthulhu to an electrical plant and blasted him with a hundred gigavolts of electricity.
17:52So, did it work?
17:54I don't know.
17:54The last page is missing.
17:56Where can we get that kind of power?
17:58There's one chance.
18:00If we can lure him near the roller coaster, we can use our particle beams to ionize the metal superstructure.
18:06That might attract a lightning bolt.
18:08It's worth a try.
18:09But how do we get Cthulhu near the roller coaster?
18:12I've got an idea.
18:14A very crazy idea.
18:32Okay, Squid Face.
18:34I'm gonna make calamari out of you.
18:43Yeah!
18:45He's gotta get off the track.
18:47We can't electrify it until he does.
18:49Whoa!
18:52Yeah!
18:54Oof!
18:56Peter!
18:59Boy, talk about an e-ticket ride.
19:03Now!
19:04Oh!
19:08Oh!
19:09Oh!
19:09Oh!
19:09Oh!
19:20Oh!
19:20Oh!
19:22Oh!
19:25Oh!
19:27Oh!
19:27Oh!
19:29Oh!
19:30Oh!
19:31Oh!
19:33Oh!
19:34Oh!
19:35Oh!
19:35Oh!
19:36Oh!
19:37Oh!
19:37Oh!
20:00Well, now we know how the story ended.
20:03Yeah, and somebody wants to talk to us about it.
20:20Better late than never.
20:32Clark Ashton, well, you can't trust anybody.
20:37You may have won this time, but Cthulhu cannot be destroyed.
20:42He waits and dreams in the deep, and the cities of man shall fall before him.
20:48Yeah, yeah, sure. Book them, boys.
20:58I'll take the Necronomicon back to Miskatonic University with me, where it can't be used for evil.
21:05Do you think Cthulhu was destroyed, Professor Derelict?
21:08Even if he wasn't, the stars are no longer right for him to awaken.
21:12The world is safe again, for a time. I must be going.
21:16Uh, what's your hurry? Why not let me show you the town for a few days?
21:21Wonderful. We'll start by seeing the exhibit of the Elfdown Shards at the Natural History Museum.
21:26Uh, that wasn't exactly what I had in mind.
21:29And there's a lecture on the Xanthru tablets and other pre-Jeriotic petroglyphs at Columbia.
21:33Listen, there's this great restaurant I know. You'd like it. Really?
21:37Or movie?
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22:22What's the rewarding thing?
22:24What theζγ?
22:28The real Ghostbusters.
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