Bug-Eye Ghost

Not to be mistaken for Bug-Eye Ghost from the Kenner toyline

The Bug-Eye Ghost is a purple ghost with a large third eye seen during the Summerville cross-rip.

History[]

Primary Canon History[]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife[]

While the Summerville cross-rip was happening, the Bug-Eye Ghost launched its large eye with its chord attached through a window at the Garden Center. After taking a peek at its surroundings, the rest of the ghost came through the window before flying out into the streets of Summerville.

Tertiary Canon History[]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe[]

As soon as the recruit acquired a P.K.E. Meter, the Bug-Eye Ghost appeared and engaged the recruit, launching its large eyeball at them before eventually being trapped.

The Bug-Eye Ghost was eventually freed from the Containment Unit by Gozer and participated in the climatic showdown, where it engaged the recruit while Gozer recovered. However, it was recaptured by the recruit using the Trap Field.

Description[]

The Bug-Eye Ghost is a large purple ghost with a reptilian face, two small green eyes, a larger third eye on its "forehead", three-fingered hands, and small horns near its eyebrows and at the top of its head.

Classification[]

Tertiary Canon Classification[]

In Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe, the Bug-Eye Ghost is a Class 5.

Trivia[]

The ghost is visually based on the Bug-Eye Ghost figure from the Kenner The Real Ghostbusters Toy Line.
The Bug-Eye Ghost was added into the movie during the delay caused by the start of the covid pandemic.^[1]
Similar to its IDW counterpart, the Bug-Eye Ghost is classified as a Class 5 in Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe.
- In the game, the ghost is also shown to be able to turn invisible, though it can reappear whenever it is hit by Proton Beams.
In Ghostbusters: The Official Cookbook, on page 98, Podcast claims the Bug-Eye Ghost is either a pre-Atlantean battle curse spirit or the ghost of a Kansas City basketball fan who spontaneously combusted in 1972 after seeing his team miss a winning shot.^[2]

Appearances[]

Primary Canon Appearances[]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Chapter 15

Tertiary Canon Appearances[]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe
- Episode 3: "Make Your Move"
- Episode 8: "Sumerian Showdown"

References[]

↑ The Containment Unit YouTube "Brynn Metheney (Concept Artist, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) Interview!" 16:30-17:28 1/26/2022 Brynn Metheney says: "No, he was such a surprise and what was interesting was he-and this is, I mean I'm sure you might know this but he came about because the film was delayed because of covid and so we had time and so they were like 'Well, that if we put in another ghost? How about Bug-Eye?' Because someone had someone, I think Jason, or someone was like 'Bug-Eye's a good one. He's kind of an obscure ghost that the fans really love and it'll be you know a ton of fun and so I remember literally sitting there just sketching Bug-Eye while I was sitting next to Jason on a couch while we were talking about it like and it was that right at the beginning of the covid stuff, we weren't even wearing masks or anything because we didn't know what to do like we hadn't really received the rules yet and so we were like "Oh" so yeah Bug-Eye was such a wonderful surprise and it was great, too, because I told my husband 'Oh I'm you know I'm designing this ghost and I showed him the image and he was like 'Oh, I had that toy as a kid. Oh my God!' so it was cool."
↑ Fukikawa, Jenn, & Burnham, Erik (2022). Ghostbusters: The Official Cookbook, p. 98. Insight Editions, San Rafael, CA USA, ISBN 9781647227401. Podcast says: "The bug-eye ghost he drew seemed really familiar, so I researched it with some books Ray recommended. Now I'm 99 percent sure that it's either a pre-Atlantean battle curse spirit, the kind of thing that was sent after your enemies if you got killed... or the ghost of a Kansas City basketball fan who spontaneously combusted when his team missed a winning shot back in the ancient days of 1972."