Janosz Poha
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| Appeared in | Ghostbusters II Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime |
| Played by | Peter MacNicol |
Janosz Poha is the Curator for the Manhattan Museum of Art. He is Dana Barrett's boss and seems to have a crush on her. He was also the servant of Vigo under his mind control, until the Ghostbusters freed him.
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Personality
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Even after Vigo transforms him into his minion, Janosz is pretty much the same artsy, somewhat pretentious egomaniac who is obsessed with winning the affections of Dana Barrett.
Subtlety is not one of Janosz's attributes. He has been seen in public openly talking to and even arguing and pleading with the painting of Vigo, apparently oblivious as to how crazy he appears to others.
Janosz has a flair for the melodramatic, as after being empowered by Vigo, he takes the form of a red eyed, spectral Nanny with a baby carriage when he abducts little Oscar Barrett. He even shows a protective side to him by making the baby comfortable and even attempting to make barricades to "protect" him from the Ghostbusters.
In an interveiw in Starlog magazine, Peter MacNicol himself described Janosz as not an evil guy, just very lonely and so desperate for Dana's affections that he was easily manipulated by Vigo.
Ghostbusters IIEdit
Added by DevilmanozzyJanosz was Dana's supervisor at the Manhattan Museum of Art; she was the only worker whom he did not berate for shoddy work (due to his crush on her). While working on a portrait of Vigo, he was ordered to find a child for his spirit to possess and became his minion. Janosz decided that Dana's baby would be suitable.
Like Louis Tully, Janosz was jealous when Peter Venkman came to visit Dana at work. When he noticed the painting of Vigo, Janosz ordered him to leave. He tried to do the same when the rest of the Ghostbusters came, but was less than successful. Vigo promised Janosz that if he could bring Oscar, Dana would be made his wife. Supernaturally powered, Janosz then kidnapped Oscar and after Dana arrived, the museum was encased in slime.
When the Ghostbusters arrive just before midnight, Janosz says they are "like the buzzing of flies to Vigo". Wasting no time, they hose him with positively charged mood slime. He indeed wakes up "feeling like a million bucks".
New Ghostbusters II GameEdit
He is the penultimate boss. He replicates himself and the Ghostbusters defeat him by capturing his clones.
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of SlimeEdit
On January 2, 2011, it was revealed Janosz will be the incidental villain of the game and is related to one of the new rookies.[1]
Following the Ghostbusters' triumph over Vigo, Janosz Poha is committed to Parkview Psychiatric Hospital still covered in mood slime. Janosz is assigned to the same room as Ismael McEnthol. He empathizes with Ismael and the two become fast friends. Over the years, Ismael makes Janosz a part of his plan to revive Dumazu. After being discharged from Parkview, Janosz uses his credentials to get a job at the American Museum of Natural History, where a shard of the Relic of Nilhe is on display. Janosz steals it and returns to Parkview. Ismael takes it and goes back on his deal with Janosz, if he delivered the shard, Dumazu would give him Dana Barrett.
Janosz approaches the Ghostbusters and recounts what happened to the senior and junior teams. It is revealed that Janosz is the brother of Alan Crendall's mother and the family disowned Janosz after the Vigo incident. Alan holds nothing but disdain for Janosz but after Dumazu is defeated, he decides to forgive his uncle and make amends. Janosz is pleased and announces he has finally found the solution to his love woes, online dating.
TriviaEdit
- There is a general misconception that Janosz's answer "the Upper West Side" in response to Peter's question "Johnny, where in the hell are you from, anyway?", implies that he was actually born in New York. This is, however, merely a joke playing on Janosz's misunderstanding of Peter's question (Peter is referring to Janosz's nationality, where as Janosz thinks he is referring to his residence). This is backed up by Peter's earlier taunt: "Well, you ain't gonna get a Green Card with that attitude pal".
- Janosz is the second Ghostbusters antagonist to get coated in goo at the end of a movie. The first being Walter Peck. He also shares a similarity to Louis Tully in the Dana obsessed nebbish turned villainous henchman regard.
- Janosz is mentioned on pages 11-12 of Ghostbusters Issue #1
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