Ghostbusters Reboot: 29 Easter Eggs, References & In-Jokes

12. Slimer (And The Familiar Hotdog Stand)

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Just as it wouldn't have been a Ghostbusters movie without a Stay Puft cameo, the idea that Slimer wouldn't appear would have been inconceivable.

He obliged with a late movie cameo - alongside his wife, for some reason - stealing Ecto-1 and taking it for a joyride around the streets of New York with a host of ghostly sidekicks in tow.

When he first appears he's attacking a hotdog stand, which has the same yellow and blue umbrella as the one he attacked in the 1984 original. That guy's business is obviously just cursed...

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