Ghostbusters Love Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Ghostbusters.

Quote #1

PETER: I have to go now, Jennifer, but I'd like to work with you some more. Perhaps you could come back this evening, say at—

JENNIFER: Eight o'clock?

PETER: I was just about to say eight o'clock! You are a legitimate phenomenon!

When we first meet Venkman, he's way more about sex than love. In his first scene, we see him convincing a pretty young co-ed that she has ESP just to get her in bed. Way to be creepy Dr. Venkman.

Quote #2

LOUIS: Listen, that reminds me, you shouldn't leave your TV on so loud when you go out. The creep down the hall phoned the manager.

DANA: That's strange. I didn't realize I'd left it on.

LOUIS: Well, yeah, you know what I did? I climbed on the ledge and tried to disconnect the cable, but I couldn't get in, so you know what I did? I turned my TV up real loud too so everyone would think all our TVs had something wrong with them.

Venkman's only competition for Dana is Louis, her nerdy accountant neighbor, though really Louis is no competition at all. It's clear that Louis is head over heels for Dana, however, especially since he climbed out on the ledge of the building to help her not get in trouble with the super.

Quote #3

JANINE: You're very handy. I can tell. I bet you like to read a lot, too.

EGON: Print is dead.

JANINE: Oh, that's very fascinating to me. I read a lot myself. Some people think I'm too intellectual, but I think it's a fabulous way to spend your spare time. I also play racquetball. Do you have any hobbies?

EGON: I collect spores, molds and fungus.

It's really common in romantic comedies for there to be a main romantic couple and then a secondary one that's mostly played for laughs. In Ghostbusters, that couple is Janine and Egon. They buck convention, because the woman is the sexually aggressive one and sex seems like the furthest thing from the hyper-intellectual Egon's mind.