The Crawler

The Crawler
Air Date Number:	011
Written By:	Steve Slavkin
Date First Aired:	09/22/1997
Season Aired:	Season 1

Cast

Cohila

Crawler

Janine Melnitz

Egon Spengler

Eduardo Rivera

Roland Jackson

Garrett Miller

Kylie Griffin

Slimer

Equipment

Proton Pack

P.K.E. Meter

Trap

Plot

A bug demon Cohila, who is capable of taking human form, looks for a female host to be the Queen of his bug kingdom, which will take over New York City. Janine is meanwhile trying to get Egon to notice her, and to make him jealous, she accepts a date with Cohila, only to be almost transformed into the bug queen before the Extreme Ghostbusters step in to rescue her.

Trivia

• When the EGBs first encounter Cohlia, he picks up a Volkswagon Beetle and throws it at Eduardo. The Beetle was also known as "The Bug."

• Janine names the spider "Charlotte" after the character from the book "Charlotte's Web."

• Cohlia uses the name Gregor Samsa when he's in human form. Gregor Samsa is the name of the central protagonist who turns into an insect in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis."

• Janine thinks Samsa is another Julio Iglesias clone. Iglesias is a famous Spanish singer.

• The outbreak of bugs is referred to as Legionnaire's Disease, a potentially fatal infectious disease.

• Janine's astrological sign is Scorpio, she likes the music band, The Beatles, and wants to have children.

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