Janine Melnitz [after the team finally gets their first job]
WE GOT ONE!!!
Played by Annie Potts 
Ghostbusters (1984) · 73 quotes
Ghostbusters (1984) · 73 quotes
2nd most-quoted character in Ghostbusters (1984): in 33 of its 73 quotes
Most scenes with: Dr. Peter Venkman (24), Dr. Raymond Stantz (11), Dr. Egon Spengler (11)
Dropping off or picking up?
More lines from Janine Melnitz
2 quotes Janine Melnitz Janine Melnitz [answering a customer]
Ghostbusters, whaddaya want?!
Scenes with Janine Melnitz
30 scenes
Teenage Nerd
[Venkman has just administered a static electric shock to him]
HEY!! I'm getting a little TIRED of this!!!
You volunteered, didn't you?! We're paying you, aren't we?
Teenage Nerd
Yeah, but I didn't know you were going to give me electric shocks!! What are you trying to prove here, anyway?
I'm studying the effect of negative reinforcement on ESP ability.
Teenage Nerd
THE EFFECT?!! I'll tell you what the effect is! IT'S PISSING ME OFF!!!
Well then maybe my theory is correct!!!
Teenage Nerd
You can KEEP the five bucks, I'VE HAD IT!!
I WILL, Mister!! (Teenage Nerd slams the door behind him on his way out.) You may as well get used to that. That's the kind of resentment your gift is gonna provoke in a lot of people.
Teenage Girl
You really think I've got it, Dr. Venkman?
You're no fluke, Jennifer.
Hey Egon, you know, this reminds me of the time that you tried to drill a hole through your head.
That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.
Have you, or any member of your family, ever been diagnosed schizophrenic...mentally incompetent?
Alice (librarian)
My uncle thought he was Saint Jerome.
I'd call that a big yes.
[later, when the ghost has scared them out of their wits]
'Get her'? That was your whole plan? 'Get her'? Tee hee.
Are you guys serious about this catching a ghost?
I'm always serious.
(pause)
Egon, I'm gonna take back some of the things I said about you. (Takes out a candy bar and hands it to Egon) Here...you've...you've earned it.
(Ray chuckles at both of them)
For whatever reasons, Ray, call it... fate, call it luck, call it karma, I believe everything happens for a reason. I believe that we were destined to get thrown outta this dump.
For what purpose?
To go into business for ourselves. [Takes a swig of schnapps]
This ecto-containment unit that Spengler and I talked about is going to take a load of bread to capitalize. Where are we going to get the money?
[exiting a bank]
You're not going to lose the house. Everybody has three mortgages nowadays.
I know, but at 19%? You didn't even bargain with the guy.
That's the bedroom... But nothing ever happened in there.
What a crime...
You know, you don't act like a scientist.
They're usually pretty stiff.
You're more like a game show host.
I know. I'll prove myself to you.
That's not necessary.
Then you'll say, 'Pete Venkman's a guy who can get things done. I wonder what makes him tick? I wonder if he'd be interested in knowing what makes me tick.' I bet you'll be thinking about me, after I'm gone.
I bet I will. [shoves him out]
Man at Elevator What are you supposed to be, some kind of a cosmonaut?
[chuckles]
No, we're exterminators. Someone saw a cockroach up on twelfth [the twelfth floor].
Man at Elevator That's gotta be some cockroach.
Bite your head off, man.
Man at Elevator I'll take the next one.
(Inside the elevator.)
You it' just occurred to me that we really haven't had a successful test of this equipment.
I blame myself.
So do I.
Well, no sense worrying about it now.
Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.
Yeah. Well, let's get ready. Switch me on.
(Egon turns on Ray's pack. It emits a strange sound and begins humming. Egon backs away from it.)
Dr. Peter Venkman [nervously staring down Slimer]: Come in... Ray.
Dr. Rawmond Stantz
Venkman? I saw it, I saw it, I saw it!!
It's right here, Ray. It's looking at me.
Ugly little spud, isn't he?
I think he can hear you, Ray.
Don't move, it won't hurt you.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
VENKMAN!!! Venkman!! Venkman!! Pete! Are you okay?
He slimed me.
That's GREAT!!! ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT!!! Can you move?
I feel so funky!
There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
What?
Don't cross the streams.
Why?
It would be bad.
I'm a little fuzzy on the whole "good/bad" thing here. What do you mean, "bad"?
Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Total protonic reversal!
That's bad. Okay. All right, important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
Janine Melnitz Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full trance mediums, the Loch Ness monster and the theory of Atlantis?
Ah, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.
Not that I know of. [Door immediately slams in his face]
Is this a trick question?
There is no Dana... there is only Zuul.
Oh Zuulie, you little nut, now, come on....
What a lovely singing voice you must have.
Janine Melnitz Would you like some coffee, Mr. Tully?
Yes, have some.
Yes, have some!
[after the Containment Unit explodes thanks to Walter Peck]
This is it! This is the sign!
Janine Melnitz Yeah, it's a sign alright. We're going out of business!
Walter Peck
Captain, I want these men arrested! They're in criminal violation of the Environmental Protection Act! And this explosion is the direct result of it!
YOUR MOTHER!!!
Cold-riveted girders, with cores of pure selenium.
[to everyone who's not a Ghostbuster]
Everyone getting this so far?
So what? I guess they just don't make them like they used to.
Dr. Raymond Stantz No! Nobody ever made them like this! The architect was either a certified genius or an authentic wacko!
Hey, wait a minute. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hold it! Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and tell him that some moldy Babylonian God is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start tearing up the city?!
Sumerian, not Babylonian.
Yeah. Big difference.
No offense, guys, but I've gotta get my own lawyer.
I am the Keymaster!
I am the Gatekeeper!
Everything was fine [with our system] until our power grid was shut off by dickless here.
Walter Peck
They caused an explosion!
Mayor [To Peter]
Is this true?
Yes, it's true. [slight pause] This man has no dick.
[Peck then tries to attack Dr. Venkman but is kept away by others in the room]
Well, that's what I heard!
[Note: Censored version has Venkman saying "This man is some kind of rodent, I don't know which".]
This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.
Mayor What do you mean, "biblical"?
What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath-of-God type stuff. Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes...
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - MASS HYSTERIA!
Mayor Enough! I get the point! And what if you're wrong?
If we're wrong, then nothing happens. We'll go to jail. Peacefully. Quietly. We'll enjoy it. But if we're right, and we can stop this thing... Lenny... you will have saved the lives of millions of registered voters.
Hey. Where do these stairs go?
They go up.
Right!
Go get her, Ray!
[Ray glares at him]
Gozer the Gozerian? Good evening. As a duly-designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the next convenient parallel dimension.
That oughta do it, thanks very much Ray.
Gozer Are you a god?
Gozer Then...DIEEE!!
[Gozer begins shocking the Ghostbusters with lighting]
Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES!!"
It's Miller Time.
[while seeing Stay-Puft walk towards the building and the Ghostbusters]
Well, that's something you don't see every day.
I tried to think of the most harmless thing. Something that I loved from my childhood. Something that would never ever possibly destroy us. Mr. Stay-Puft.
Nice thinking, Ray.
We used to roast Stay-Puft Marshmallows, by the fire at Camp Waconda.
Dr. Peter Venkman [looks at Egon]: Ray has gone bye-bye, Egon. What have you got left?
Sorry, Venkman. I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.
Don't look directly at the trap!
I looked at the trap, Ray!
