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

24. The Logo

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The film deals with the backstory of the famous Ghostbusters logo pretty well (though it is a little conceited), with Kevin the idiot initially charged with designing one. Inevitably, his abilities as a graphic designer have been exaggerated and the best he can offer is a ghost with giant breasts.

When the team head out on their first real mission - to the underground - they encounter a graffiti artist who they ask if he's ever seen a ghost and if he can describe it. Instead, he mockingly draws a cartoon ghost on the wall (off screen of course), before Patty (still an underground employee at this stage) tells him off so he draws the red cross through the ghost.

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At that point Holtzmann decides it would make a good logo and the rest is reappropriated history.

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