Dr. Raymond Stantz Listen! Do you smell something?
Played by Dan Aykroyd 
Ghostbusters (1984) · 73 quotes
Ghostbusters (1984) · 73 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Ghostbusters (1984): in 17 of its 73 quotes
Most scenes with: Janine Melnitz (11), Dr. Peter Venkman (10), Dr. Egon Spengler (4)
Smells like barbecued dog hair. Oh, Venkman! Oh, Venkman, I'm sorry!
More lines from Dr. Raymond Stantz
5 quotes Dr. Raymond Stantz Dr. Raymond Stantz Hey! Does this pole still work?
Dr. Raymond Stantz This is a major disgrace! Forget MIT or Stanford, no they wouldn't touch us with a 10-meter cattle prod!
Dr. Raymond Stantz Funny us going out like this; killed by a hundred-foot Marshmallow Man!
Dr. Raymond Stantz [to Peter, after being fired from the university]
"You don't understand. I've worked in the private sector - they expect results.
Scenes with Dr. Raymond Stantz
11 scenes Dr. Raymond Stantz [about to capture their first ghost]
Get her!
[later, when the ghost has scared them out of their wits]
'Get her'? That was your whole plan? 'Get her'? Tee hee.
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.
Dr. Raymond Stantz For what purpose?
To go into business for ourselves. [Takes a swig of schnapps]
Dr. Raymond Stantz 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.
Dr. Raymond Stantz I know, but at 19%? You didn't even bargain with the guy.
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.
Dr. Raymond Stantz Ugly little spud, isn't he?
I think he can hear you, Ray.
Dr. Raymond Stantz Don't move, it won't hurt you.
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
Dr. Raymond Stantz VENKMAN!!! Venkman!! Venkman!! Pete! Are you okay?
He slimed me.
Dr. Raymond Stantz That's GREAT!!! ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT!!! Can you move?
I feel so funky!
Dr. Raymond Stantz 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!
Dr. Raymond Stantz 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"?
Dr. Raymond Stantz 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.
Dr. Raymond Stantz Hey. Where do these stairs go?
They go up.
Dr. Raymond Stantz Right!
Go get her, Ray!
Dr. Raymond Stantz [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?
Dr. Raymond Stantz [Ray looks at the others, who all nod] [hesitant]
Uh...no.
Gozer Then...DIEEE!!
[Gozer begins shocking the Ghostbusters with lighting]
Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say "YES!!"
Dr. Raymond Stantz [sigh of resignation]
It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow man.
[while seeing Stay-Puft walk towards the building and the Ghostbusters]
Well, that's something you don't see every day.
Dr. Raymond Stantz 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.
Dr. Raymond Stantz 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.
Dr. Raymond Stantz Don't look directly at the trap!
I looked at the trap, Ray!
