The Foundry Haunter was a ghost that haunted a UR Steel mill.
History[]
Upon attempting to capture the haunter at a UR Steel mill, Egon Spengler accidentally knocked him into a vat of molten steel and his energy readings quickly faded away, leaving Egon to assume he disintegrated.[2][3] In actuality, the ion streams from the Particle Throwers electrolyzed the ghost and fused it to the molten steel.[4] The interference from the rigid molecular structure of steel put off negative readings when the P.K.E. Meter was used.[5]
The molten steel was then formed into workable material, and shipped out to be used in everyday life. They soon came to life in various shapes and sizes: a refrigerator at a Dears department store, a repairman's cable line, nails at a hardware store, can food at a super market, a new sculpture at an art museum, construction site girders, and even a new pole for the Firehouse. Each item with the haunted steel responded to a natural tendency to reunite and traveled on the New Jersey Turnpike to a Noble's Salvage junkyard in New Jersey.[6] The possessed steel chose to form together and try to re-create the haunter. Instead, it formed into a much larger, more threatening monster which was impervious to the Proton Streams.
Even using the car crusher in the scrap yard didn't stop the haunter's metallic form, because the compacted cube was able to fold out and regroup into a second form. By accident, Peter activated a crane's large magnet, trapping the metal pieces, and preventing it from reforming. Using the Ecto- 1 to tow the crane, they brought the steel back to the U.R. Steel mill where they melted the metal and freed the Haunter. Peter and Winston Zeddemore confined him and Egon trapped him.
Description[]
The Foundry Haunter was a pink snake-like ghost with yellow beaver-like teeth, eyes that resemble the headlights of a car, skinny arms and legs, three-clawed hands, and two-toed feet.
The Foundry Haunter took on different forms after it was electrolyzed and fused with to the molten steel:
- A green Dears fridge.
- Cable wire.
- Nails.
- Cans
- Girders.
- A new firehouse pole that the Ghostbusters ordered.
- A giant mechanical scorpion made from the items and devices the molten steel was made into.
- A three-legged giant with pincer claws after it was thrown into a car crusher.
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References[]
- ↑ Marsha Goodman (1986). Episode Call Sheet and SAG Report - "Lost and Foundry" (1986).
- ↑ Ray Stantz (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "Lost and Foundry" (1987) (DVD ts. 2:39-2:41). Time Life Entertainment. Ray says: "A ghost can't just disintegrate into the ion streams."
- ↑ Egon Spengler (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "Lost and Foundry" (1987) (DVD ts. 2:41-2:43). Time Life Entertainment. Egon says: "Well, theoretically, it is possible."
- ↑ Egon Spengler (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "Lost and Foundry" (1987) (DVD ts. 14:29-14:32). Time Life Entertainment. Egon says: "The ion streams must have electrolyzed the ghost and fused it with the molten steel."
- ↑ Egon Spengler (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "Lost and Foundry" (1987) (DVD ts. 14:33-14:41). Time Life Entertainment. Egon says: "That's why the ghost never registered on the P.K.E. Meter. Too much interference from the steel's rigid molecular structure."
- ↑ Ray Stantz (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - "Lost and Foundry" (1987) (DVD ts. 14:53-14:57). Time Life Entertainment. Ray says: "But if that's true, then the different parts of the ghost have a natural tendency to reunite."
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