New Orleans [1] is a major US port and the largest city in the state of Louisiana. The city is named after Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans and Regent of France, and is famous for its distinct French Creole architecture and its cross cultural and multilingual heritage.
History[]
The Real Ghostbusters[]
While Tulane University hosted the International Para-Psychological Expo, Mardi Gras was in full effect. Of the four Ghostbusters, Peter Venkman planned to go to Mardi Gras. They were forced to temporarily change their plans to fight the ghost Malachi. In search of spare parts, the Ghostbusters drove through New Orleans to Tulane. After Malachi was dispersed, Peter went onward to New Orleans. He was unaware Mardi Gras had just ended.
IDW Comics[]
During a summer tour, the Ghostbusters stopped in New Orleans to take on private job for a Mr. Thibodeaux. The locals suspected the Ghostbusters were going to capture the ghost of their beloved Voodoo queen Marie Laveau and formed an angry mob in Lafayette Square. Once Peter Venkman neutralized the crowd with positively charged Psychomagnotheric Slime, they moved onto the Garden District to meet with Thibodeaux and their true client, Marie Laveau. The next night, on St. John's Eve, the Ghostbusters trapped Marie Laveau II before she could exact her revenge.
Trivia[]
- There was an unproduced outline of a proposed season three episode of The Real Ghostbusters titled "Midnight on the Lady M" by J. Michael Straczynski that was essentially a follow-up to "Play Them Ragtime Boos" with the Ghostbusters returning to New Orleans.[2] On the last day before the end of Mardi Gras,[3] they arrived to take part in the festivities but Egon was only interested in the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium On The Fantastic.[4] They earn the ire of a swami named Kishnu Wannaberichrich.[5] Ray has a new romantic interest named Elizabeth Metairie but she turns out to be a ghost who is tied to the local tragedy that involved a steamship named Lady M. that exploded and sank in 1853.[6]
Appearances[]
- Ongoing Series
- Volume 1
See Also[]
- Tulane University
- St. Louis Cemetery
- Lafayette Square
- Garden District
- I-10 Bridge
- Lake Pontchartrain
References[]
- ↑ Ray Stantz (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "Play Them Ragtime Boos" (1987) (DVD ts. 13:21-13:28). Time Life Entertainment. Ray says: "Our gear should have arrived in New Orleans by now."
- ↑ straczynski Tweet 5/6/19 J. Michael Straczynski says: "Not sure there was one...we didn't have the money to buy scripts we didn't use, so I usually found a way to make it work. The only unused outline of mine was for an ep called Midnight on the Lady M, set in New Orleans, intended for Season 3. It's in a box around here somewhere."
- ↑ Straczynski, J. Michael (1996). The Complete Book of Scriptwriting, p. 221. Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati OH USA, ISBN 0898795125. Line reads: "The place: New Orleans. The present. Carnival. The last day before the end of Mardi Gras."
- ↑ Straczynski, J. Michael (1996). The Complete Book of Scriptwriting, p. 222. Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati OH USA, ISBN 0898795125. Line reads: "They've come for the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium On The Fantastic, which only Egon is interested in. The rest are there strictly for Mardi Gras, having missed it the last time they were in the area."
- ↑ Straczynski, J. Michael (1996). The Complete Book of Scriptwriting, p. 222. Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati OH USA, ISBN 0898795125. Line reads: "They find particular annoyance with the turbaned Swami Kishnu Wannaberichrich, who sniffs with great disdain at their equipment. He is an eccentric's eccentric."
- ↑ Straczynski, J. Michael (1996). The Complete Book of Scriptwriting, p. 225. Writer's Digest Books, Cincinnati OH USA, ISBN 0898795125. Line reads: "He finds that Elizabeth Metairie died the last night of Mardi Gras in 1853 when the boiler on the steamship Lady M. exploded, sinking the grand paddle wheeler and killing all aboard. It's rumored that every year at midnight, at the end of Mardi Gras, the spectral ship rises from the bottom of the Mississippi, and in that moment, all is as it was before: the fine dresses, the roulette wheel doing business on the main deck, costumes and laughter and the glittering madness of Mardi Gras. The steamship is trying to navigate its way past the fate that struck it last time."
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