Ghostbusters II Page #10

VENKMAN:

(confidentially)

I may be wrong, but I think you've got a

little crush on this guy.

DANA:

Good-bye, Peter.

VENKMAN:

(dragging his feet)

I'd like to stay, but I really don't have

time to hang around here. I'll call you.

(calls out to Janosz)

Later, Johnny!

He exits.

VIGO:

Vigo turns his head and follows Dana as she returns to her workbench.

DANA:

She stops, vaguely aware of the movement, and looks up curiously at the

painting. As she starts to walk on, Vigo looks at her again, but Dana

turns suddenly and catches the movement. Frightened now, she hastily

leaves the studio.

CUT TO:

INT. FIREHOUSE - LIVING QUARTERS - CONTINUOUS ACTION - DAY

Venkman and Winston enter and find Stantz and Spengler at work in the lab

area.

STANTZ:

Oh good, you're here. Spengler and I have

something really amazing to show you.

VENKMAN:

(to Spengler)

It's not that thing you do with your

nostrils, is it?

Stantz goes to the refrigerator, opens the freezer, rummages around among

the TV dinners and frozen pizza and pulls out a slime specimen in a

Tupperware container.

STANTZ:

(to Venkman)

We've been studying the stuff that we took

from the subway tunnel.

He pops the specimen jar in the microwave and lets it thaw for a minute.

VENKMAN:

And now you're going to eat it?

STANTZ:

No, I'm just restoring it to its normal state.

He takes the specimen out of the microwave and pours some of it into a

large Petri dish.

STANTZ:

Now watch this.

He leans over the specimen and starts shouting at it.

STANTZ:

(simulating anger)

You worthless piece of slime!!

(as the slime starts to

twitch and glow)

You ignorant disgusting blob!!

SPECIMEN:

It bubbles and swells, changing color with each insult.

STANTZ:

You foul, obnoxious muck!!

STANTZ:

He continues venting his rage on the slime.

STANTZ:

I've seen some real crud in my time, but

you're a chemical disgrace!!

The specimen doubles its size and starts spilling over the rim of the

Petri dish.

STANTZ AND SPENGLER

They turn to Venkman for his reaction. He's dumbfounded.

VENKMAN:

This is what you do with your spare time?

STANTZ:

(very excited)

This is an incredible breakthrough, Venkman.

A psychoreactive substance! Whatever this

is, it clearly responds to human emotional

states.

VENKMAN:

'Mood slime.' We ought to bottle this stuff

and sell it.

SPENGLER:

We've found it at every event site we've

been to lately.

WINSTON:

(poking at the slime)

You mean this stuff actually feeds on 'bad

vibes'?

STANTZ:

Like a goat on garbage.

STANTZ:

We're running tests to see if we can get an

equally strong positive reaction.

VENKMAN:

What kind of tests?

STANTZ:

(a little embarrassed)

Well, we sing to it, we talk to it, we say

supportive, nurturing things --

VENKMAN:

You're not sleeping with this stuff, are you?

Spengler reacts as if he might be.

STANTZ:

It really responds to music.

(to Spengler)

Let's calm it down.

Spengler picks up a guitar and he and Stantz start singing "Cumbaya" to

the slime specimen.

SPECIMEN:

It stops bubbling and starts to shrink.

WINSTON:

Does it have any favorites?

STANTZ:

It likes all the sappy stuff: 'Cumbaya,'

'Everything is Beautiful,' 'It's a Small

World' -- but it loves Jackie Wilson.

Venkman and Winston watch intently as Spengler spoons some of the

psych-reactive slime onto an old toaster.

STANTZ:

Watch this.

Stantz turns on a CASSETTE PLAYER and Jackie Wilson's "HIGHER AND HIGHER"

BLASTS from the speakers.

TOASTER:

It shakes, spins and actually starts moving in time with the MUSIC.

VENKMAN:

He stares in disbelief at the dancing toaster as it shoots two pieces of

toast into the air and catches them without missing a beat.

VENKMAN:

I don't care what you say. This could be a

major Christmas gift item.

WINSTON:

Right, and the first time someone gets mad,

their toaster will eat their hand.

VENKMAN:

So we'll put a warning on the label.

Stantz turns OFF the MUSIC and the toaster stops moving. Venkman looks

at the toaster and sticks his fingers in the slot.

VENKMAN:

(to the toaster)

Go ahead. I dare you.

Suddenly, he yelps as if the toaster has actually bitten into his hand

and won't let go. The others jump in to help him, but Venkman laughs and

easily withdraws his hand.

VENKMAN:

Just kidding.

CUT TO:

INT. DANA'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Dana brings Oscar into the bathroom and lays him on the bassinet. She's

wearing a robe over her nightgown, preparing to bathe the baby. She

turns the taps on the old claw-footed bathtub, checks the water

temperature, then turns away and starts to undress the baby.

DANA:

(talking sweetly to the

baby)

Look at you. I think we got more food on

your shirt than we got in your mouth.

BATHTUB:

The water pouring from the faucet changes to slime and settles at the

bottom of the tub. Dana reaches over and turns off the water without

looking into the tub. When she turns away, both taps start to spin by

themselves and the tub flexes and bulges.

DANA:

Still unaware, she routinely reaches over and squirts some bubble bath

into the tub.

BATHTUB:

The rim of the tub puckers up and the sides convulse as if swallowing the

bubble bath.

DANA:

She picks the baby up off the bassinet and turns to place him in the tub.

She is just about to lower him into the water when the tub starts to

close up around the baby like a hugh mouth. Dana screams, snatches the

baby away and runs from the room clutching Oscar to her bosom as the

bathtub convulses and vomits up buckets of slime.

CUT TO:

INT. VENKMAN'S LOFT - SAME NIGHT (LATER)

The big open loft space is a chaotic clutter of mismatched furniture, old

magazines, books, tapes, and sports equipment. Venkman is asleep on the

floor, still wearing his coat, scarf, hat and gloves, having collapsed

just short of the bedroom. The DOORBELL RINGS, he wakes up, lumbers to

his feet and answers it. He opens the door and sees Dana standing there.

She is wearing only a nightgown under her coat and Oscar is naked,

wrapped in a baby blanket.

DANA:

(somewhat embarrassed to

be there)

I'm sorry. Were you on your way out?

VENKMAN:

(surprised to see her)

No, I just got in -- a couple hours ago.

Come on in.

(noting her apparel)

Are we having a pajama party?

DANA:

(upset)

Peter, the bathtub tried to eat Oscar.

Venkman looks at her for a long moment.

VENKMAN:

You know, if anyone else told me that, I'd

have serious doubts. But coming from you,

I can't honestly say I'm surprised.

DANA:

I must be losing my mind. At the museum

today I could have sworn that terrible

painting of Vigo looked right at me.

VENKMAN:

Who could blame him? Were you wearing this

nightgown?

DANA:

(distraught)

I don't know what to do anymore.

VENKMAN:

I'll get Ray and Egon to check out the

bathtub. You better stay here.

He exits to the bathroom. She looks around the loft, amazed at the

disorder. Venkman comes back immediately with an old sweatshirt and

takes Oscar from her.

VENKMAN:

Now this kid has a serious nudity problem.

He spreads the sweatshirt out on the sofa, lays the baby on it and starts

tying it around him like a diaper.

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