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"Bug-Eyes Thing" is the eighth chapter on the DVDs of Ghostbusters. This chapter introduces Janine.

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Janine Melnitz, the Ghostbusters' secretary, sat at her desk on the first floor of the Firehouse reading a People Weekly magazine. Peter walked to her desk with a file under his right arm. Peter asked her if there were any calls. Janine replied, "No." Peter asked if there were any messages. Janine replied, "No." Peter asked if there were any customers Janine looked up at him and replied, "No, Dr. Venkman." Peter jokingly asked her if it was a good job. He asked her to type something since they were paying her. Peter continued on into his office area behind hers. He told her not to stare at him because she had the "bug eyes." He apologized to Janine then told her he would be in his office. Egon emerged from under Janine's desk. Janine smiled and remarked he was very handy. She bet he liked to read a lot, too. Egon remarked, "Print is dead." Egon went around and squatted behind Janine's computer and checked the connections. Janine continued on about how she liked to read a lot herself and some people thought she was too intellectual. Egon looked at her. She thought reading was a fabulous way to spend one's spare time. She also revealed she liked to play racquetball then asked him if he had any hobbies? She took off her glasses. Egon replied he collected spores, molds and fungus.

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Ghostbusters (1984) Trivia[]

  • The scene was filmed on the ground floor of the Fire House #23 at 225 East 5th Street in Los Angeles.
  • In the July 6, 1983 draft:
    • Peter gives Janine copies of their advertising: a business ad in the Times, Voice, and Post, the Help Wanted item for a security man, a Yellow Pages quarter page, and copy of their TV spot he needs her to type out for the shoot tomorrow. Egon finds the comedic ad amusing.
    • Peter interviews Winston for the security position and notes he is overqualified.
  • In the August 5, 1983 draft:
    • On page 21, the gag of Egon finding the comedic ad amusing is discarded.
    • On page 29, Ray now interviews Winston for the security guard position.
  • Janine is reading the January 23, 1984 issue of People Weekly, evidenced by the Cher cover.
    • While an old back issue in-universe, that issue of People Weekly conveys the scene was filmed on that day in January 1984 or right around that time.
  • Janine reveals her hobbies are reading and racquetball.
  • Egon reveals his hobby is collecting spores, molds and fungus.
  • The hobby sequence appears on page 87 of the August 5, 1983 draft right before Egon takes the possessed Louis Tully into his custody from the NYPD. Janine notices Egon doing research and asks him if he likes to read because she does so people think she's too intellectual and she also likes racquetball. Egon tells her he collects spores, molds, and fungus then offers to show her his collection. She is interested.
  • The hobby sequence appears on page 22 before Dana, Louis, and the Shandor Building's introduction in the September 30, 1983 draft. Egon comments he thinks molds, spores, and fungus are the food of the future and Janine makes it a note never to eat lunch with him.
  • The hobby sequence appears on page 21 in the October 7, 1983 draft after Dana, Louis, and the Shandor Building's introduction like in the movie.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trivia[]

  • Egon's collection of spores, mold and fungus are present in his underground laboratory at the Farmhouse.
  • Janine's whale paperweight from the first movie is also present in the underground laboratory. It is on top of a computer.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Trivia[]

88 MPH Comics Trivia[]

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  • On page 10 of Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #1, Janine has a book titled "Learn Squash and Racquetball in a Weekend" which references her racquetball hobby conversation with Egon in Ghostbusters.
  • On page 11 of Ghostbusters: Times Scare!, Egon gets in a line about his hobby, spores and fungus.
  • In Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #6:
    • On Cover A, below is Peter's "bug-eyes thing" line from the first movie. Also below is a racquet ball set, one of Janine's hobbies, and under Egon's right hand is a racquet ball book.
    • On page 9, the job interview memory fills in between scenes of the first movie showing how Janine was hired.
    • On page 10, the first memory is when Egon emerges from under Janine's desk and they talk about their hobbies
    • On page 20, racquetball, Janine's hobby, comes up in conversation.
  • On page 9 of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #18, in Egon's footlocker are three bottles labeled 'Spores', 'Mold' and 'Fungus' - a nod to the first movie when Egon tells Janine what his hobby is.
  • On page 9 of Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #1, Janine is sporting one of her outfits and her hairdo from the first movie. It is the outfit she wore when she first debuted in the movie in Chapter 8: "Bug-Eyes Thing"
  • On page 6 of Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #2, Janine in the same outfit as last issue.
  • In Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #3:
    • On Page 5, continued from last issue, Janine is wearing one of her outfits from the first movie.
    • On page 13, in panel 5, Janine is looking at "The Digest Book of Racquetball." It was printed in January 1980.
  • On page 3 Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #4, continued from last issue, Janine is still wearing the outfit when she first appeared.
  • In Ghostbusters Annual 2015:
    • On the Regular Cover, Janine's book is about her racquetball hobby.
    • On page 19, in panel 2, to the upper left of Egon is his "Print is dead" line from the first movie.
  • In Ghostbusters International Issue #1:
    • On the Dramatis Personae, Janine's biography mentions her racquetball hobby.
    • On page 16, there is a chart of spores, molds, and fungus on the wall and fungi in the fish tank.
  • On page 8 of Ghostbusters 101 Issue #1, Janine has on a variation of an outfit from the first movie, when she first appeared.
  • On page 8 of Ghostbusters 101 Issue #2, in panel 2, Janine is, like last issue, wearing variation of an outfit from the first movie, when she first appeared.
  • The back of the RI Wraparound Photo Cover of Ghostbusters 101 #6 features a still of Janine Melnitz from Chapter 8 when she talks to Egon.
  • On the bottom of Cover A of Ghostbusters: Answer The Call Issue #4, Egon's spores, molds, and fungus hobby is referenced.
  • On Cover B of Ghostbusters Crossing Over #8, Janine is in her first outfit from the movie.
  • On page 1 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #3, in panel 7, Janine is wearing the modified version of the outfit from her first appearance in Chapter 8: "Bug-Eyes Thing" that has been seen in past issues like Ghostbusters 101 Issue #1.
  • On page 1 of Ghostbusters Year One Issue #4, Janine is wearing the modified version of the outfit from her first appearance in Chapter 8: "Bug-Eyes Thing". Janine alludes to trying to get to know Egon like when she asked him what his hobby was at the end of Chapter 8.

Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Trivia[]

  • In Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, the achievement I collect Spores, Molds, and Fungi is earned when you collect 500 Spores, Molds, and Fungi in the game.
    • The collection can be seen on the second floor of the Firehouse.

Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord Trivia[]

  • In the story trailer, released on June 1, 2023, the November 25, 2022 edition of The Bay of Today mentions spores, molds and fungus.

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