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In Killerwatt, the power blackouts across New York are the work of a veritable army of ghosts, but the power drain leaves the Ghostbusters' Containment Unit vulnerable.[2]

Cast[]

Egon Spengler

Ray Stantz

Peter Venkman

Winston Zeddemore

Slimer

Janine Melnitz

Mayor Lenny

Killerwatt

Electric Possessor Ghosts

Equipment[]

Proton Pack

Particle Thrower

Trap

P.K.E. Meter

Ecto-1

Containment Unit

Items[]

Ferocious Fondue Casserole

Locations[]

Firehouse

Stacy's Department Store

Plot[]

A news flash revealed the top news story was a rash of power failures plaguing the city. An electric company worker saw a ghost manifest on the electric line. At the Firehouse, Ray presented an old family recipe to the guys: Ferocious Fondue Casserole. When Ray was distracted, everyone fed their portion to Slimer. Ray offered them seconds but the alarm rang. The Ghostbusters had orders from Mayor Lenny to take care of ghosts haunting a Stacy's Department Store. Slimer went along but kissed Janine goodbye, first.

The department store building surged with electricity and floated in mid-air. The Ghostbusters arrived. Amid the crowd's cheers, they noted the major psychic disturbance and it seemed the ghosts invaded the mall's electrical wiring. Inside, hardware items activated on their own and attacked the Ghostbusters. After some doing, the team trapped all the ghosts. Ray thought there was one more but it was just Slimer, who was stuck in a vacuum. The building returned to normal and shopping resumed.

Back at the Firehouse, the Ghostbusters dumped the ghosts into the Containment Unit but a power surge occurred. The alarm activated but Egon reminded everyone he installed an emergency backup generator. However, the generator was possessed by a ghost and ran off. With 60 seconds before the Containment Unit blew up, the Ghostbusters scrambled to prevent another explosion. They rigged a manual device with Ecto-1's generator and a bicycle Peter bought from a girl who happened to be outside. Janine peddled the device and the power turned back on. The Ghostbusters focused the bigger threat at hand and traced the P.K.E. surges to Brooklyn. As they got closer and closer, readings got stronger and confirmed definite psychic turbulence from the power lines. However, the battery ran out in Ecto-1.

The Ghostbusters went out on foot and saw a power plant further ahead. Slimer, meanwhile, was playing with Ecto's steering wheel and the car rolled down the hill with the team. Peter climbed to the sun roof and reached for the emergency brake. As the Ghostbusters regrouped, a ghost appeared and introduced himself as Killerwatt, the grand ghoul and ethereal master of many. Ray deduced Killerwatt was the leader and Killerwatt blasted at them. Peter raised an ecto-scope to catch some electricity and power Ecto-1 but instead it got possessed. The Ghostbusters were unable to bring themselves to shoot it and ran away until Ecto-1 crashed into a pole. They then followed Killerwatt into the plant.

The team got split up: Peter and Winston, Ray and Egon, and Slimer. They all ended up in the same room and Killerwatt jumped into a machine. It rose up and Killerwatt declared his army was feeding on electricity to become stronger. Killerwatt's claim rang true when he absorbed full force Proton Streams. To make matters worse, the power plant's electricity was shielding Killerwatt. Winston pointed out the power plant's generators were the key and they had to shut them down. Killerwatt tried to stop them and created a wide chasm between them and the shut off switch. Slimer pulled the plug. Killerwatt was left vulnerable and vacated its host body. The Ghostbusters opened fire and trapped him. Slimer then placed the plug back into its socket and the city was back to normal.

A parade was held in the Ghostbusters' honor. Mayor Lenny rode with them in Ecto-1. However, Ray realized something. Janine was still pedaling, unaware the threat was over. And she was fuming mad.

Quotes[]

Janine: Oohhh Egon. [giggles] SMAK! [blows him a kiss] Take care.

Animation Errors[]

  • Ray shouts, "Hey, the car's rolling!" in Peter's voice when the Ecto-1 starts moving by itself.

Trivia[]

  • The episode was recorded on May 27, 1986 and June 10, 1986.[3]
  • On the episode call sheet, Killerwatt was also simply referenced as "Beast".[4]
  • The Ghostbusters' case initially involves Stacy's Department Store, which seems to be based on the retail chain, Macy's.
  • Slimer kisses Janine good-bye like in the title sequence.
  • Just like the rest of the episodes of season 1 it uses a track from The Real Ghostbusters Soundtrack. This episode features the song "Charge You Up" in part of the episode.
  • When Killerwatt absorbs Peter's Proton Stream, Peter nicknames him "Mikey" after the fictional character Little Mikey from the famous 1972 Life cereal commercial.[5]
  • This episode is noted in the Box Set as the first episode to go into production.[6]
  • This is the first episode where the villain ghost's name is in the title.


References[]

  1. Marsha Goodman (1986). Episode Call Sheet and SAG Report - "Killerwatt" (1986).
  2. Eatock, James & Mangels, Andy (2008). The Real Ghostbusters Complete Collection booklet, p. 3. CPT Holdings, Inc.
  3. Marsha Goodman (1986). Episode Call Sheet and SAG Report - "Killerwatt" (1986).
  4. Marsha Goodman (1986). Episode Call Sheet and SAG Report - "Killerwatt" (1986).
  5. Peter Venkman (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "Killerwatt" (1986) (DVD ts. 19:07-19:09). Time Life Entertainment. Peter says: "Uh oh, Mikey likes it."
  6. Eatock, James & Mangels, Andy (2008). The Real Ghostbusters Complete Collection booklet, p. 3. CPT Holdings, Inc.

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