Random Facts About The Ghostbusters

Random facts about the Ghostbusters

Egon Spengler

*Born November 21st 1957 (a week before Thanksgiving)

*Has a twin brother (according to the '1990 Earth Day Special' which also has Doc Brown so we can conclude that Ghostbuster and Back to the Future take place in the same universe)

*Knows at least four other languages. (Sumerian, Sign Language, Russian, and Japanese)

*Most likely has a Jewish family background

* Nickname as a baby: Spookums

*Once got an A- in college and his parents wouldn't talk to him for a week.

*Receive scientific equipment as gifts (recieved a microscope for his 3rd birthday and often played with a chemistry set)

*When he was 5 years old, his mother threw out his picture of Socrates. 

*Uses the word "nifty", but only when he feels perky

* he and Ray were kicked out of the New York State University for trying to reanimate the dead

Peter Venkman

*Born October 24th, 1954

*Is honored in the Tri Kuppa Bro frat history book for the day he ran his underwear up the flagpole... When he was still wearing them

*Attended Woodstock

*Studied engineering in college for two years before he discovered it had nothing to do with trains

* Flunked music in high school

*Became indifferent to Christmas because his father was always away during Christmas on business trips.

*Was weak in Economics in college

*Failed math twice in college

* Lived in a bad neighborhood as a child

*Admitted to not knowing much about computers

Ray Stantz

*Born October 13, 1959

* Has two siblings, a brother named Carl and a sister named Jean (this came from the Ghostbusters novelization)

* Ancestors hail from both Russia and Scotland.

*Has a birth mark under his chin

*Knows sign language

*Math was always his weakest subject

*Took clarinet lessons instead of swimming lessons

*Loves horror movies

* Was a boy scout

* Both he and Egon have/had ant farms

Winston Zeddemore

*Born May 2nd, 1953

*Favorite flavor of cake is Blueberry Fudge

*Has a Doctorine in Egyptology

*Huge baseball fan

*Afraid of needles

*Used to be a construction worker

*Reincarnation of Shimabuku

*Knows Spanish

*Loves trains (how ironic considering he was hit by a ghost train in GB 2)

*Once served in the military but doesn't recall boot camp too fondly.

Janine Melnitz

* Born Oct. 28, 1958

* Most likely has a Jewish family background

* Was bullied as a child

*Has a sister named Doris

*Loves The Beatles

* Was Cleopatra in her past life

* Loves Animals

* Very family-oriented

*Likes horror movies

* Likes people for their minds