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Apr 28, 2008 15:38:22 GMT -5
Post by Prime Good on Apr 28, 2008 15:38:22 GMT -5
Wondering what the hell happened to Jake (Jr.) and Eddie (Jr.)'s mothers, I mean Jake (Sr.) and Eddie (Sr.)'s girlfriends/wives! Any hints in the live action TV Series? Or in the cartoon?
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Apr 29, 2008 9:50:41 GMT -5
Post by nix on Apr 29, 2008 9:50:41 GMT -5
...Which is one of the problems I have with Ghost Command being their "live-in" headquarters. I tell you, if I were put in charge of an FGB revival, one of the first rules I'd establish is that they do have lives outside of ghostbusting, and that the GBHQ office is only the place where they operate from, and where they keep the company car (LOL).
I suppose Kong and Spenser did have wives, and second jobs outside of being The Ghost Busters, but that Mrs. Kong and Spenser were never told of this (the whole secret identity thing--sending ghosts back to where they came from is potentially quite dangerous.)
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Apr 29, 2008 11:41:09 GMT -5
Post by Zack on Apr 29, 2008 11:41:09 GMT -5
haha I love you guys.
I imagine the original show was never meant to have much depth. Especially with the budget. You could either have them at the office, the one shot of them driving, the hardware store, the castle or the graveyard...lol If you're lucky they would do one or two others. The focus was the cases and honestly I wasn't too surprised to never find out much about their lives. We know they go bowling, to the movies and occasionally have aspirations to have other famous careers.
Very little is revealed of their lives on the live action show. I'd hope they'd have other jobs, it seems like they bust ghosts just for the hell of it lol we never see them get payed that is.
Then of course they probably never expected to try to tie in a cartoon later.
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Apr 29, 2008 18:28:37 GMT -5
Post by Prime Good on Apr 29, 2008 18:28:37 GMT -5
I suppose Kong and Spenser did have wives, and second jobs outside of being The Ghost Busters, but that Mrs. Kong and Spenser were never told of this (the whole secret identity thing--sending ghosts back to where they came from is potentially quite dangerous.) I can see them having "second jobs" (or maybe family fortunes ), but no, I don't really think their wives/fiancées/women were anaware of their "ghostbusting" activity at all! You can't hide things like that, LOL. ;D However, their sons were pretty much aware of their fathers's lives from the beginning... see the very first episode of "Ghostbusters".
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Apr 29, 2008 21:30:02 GMT -5
Post by nix on Apr 29, 2008 21:30:02 GMT -5
In the fanfic script for "The Movie" that I'm working on, I list Peter Kong as a history teacher and Joe Spenser as...an insurance salesman, if I'm not mistaken. Seems to make sense, to have these two working stiffs who hold down a second job as something like a hobby, almost...except for the fact that this hobby is what keeps our side of the Scareway safe.
PS: The name changes are wholly mine as I feel "Jake Kong, Jr." and "Eddie Spenser, Jr." a little too obvious.
PPS: The ghostbusting cases can easily be explained away as "conferences", "business trips", etc. I also want to establish the fathers as sharing their sons' ability to go anywhere and do anything with the help of the transforming Ghostmobile (the aforementioned "company car".)
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May 5, 2008 9:58:25 GMT -5
Post by Prime Good on May 5, 2008 9:58:25 GMT -5
Nix, It seems that you're "building" an alternate universe from a scratch. Great work, truly. Since your True Ghostbusters inhabit an alternative Earth located in a parallel universe, think if they would travel through an interdimensional device (their Ghostmobile?) and meet our True Ghostbusters, Jake, Eddie and Tracy. One hell of cross-over, ain't it?
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May 5, 2008 15:20:02 GMT -5
Post by nix on May 5, 2008 15:20:02 GMT -5
It's not so much an alternate universe, but more of an extension of the Animated Series. It's like the difference between the "cartoon" Inspector Gadget and the "film" Inspector Gadget--the story and the characters are the same, but everything looks a little bit different.
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May 5, 2008 18:06:40 GMT -5
Post by Prime Good on May 5, 2008 18:06:40 GMT -5
Nix, Yeah, I can see that, but since you're re-arranging the main continuity, it still looks like an alternate Earth to me!
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Mar 19, 2009 22:36:36 GMT -5
Post by Devil of the Ghostbusters on Mar 19, 2009 22:36:36 GMT -5
Ok in the episode "Who's Afraid of the big bad wolf?" at the end when they are back at the office Spenser howls like a wolf and then says he was looking at his girlfriend "Maple?" picture. Not sure if her name is Maple because of how quick he said it, but check that out.
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Mar 31, 2009 3:32:06 GMT -5
Post by Prime Good on Mar 31, 2009 3:32:06 GMT -5
Ok in the episode "Who's Afraid of the big bad wolf?" at the end when they are back at the office Spenser howls like a wolf and then says he was looking at his girlfriend "Maple?" picture. Not sure if her name is Maple because of how quick he said it, but check that out. Wow, that's beautiful... but that doesn't really fit with the continuity running between the live action Tv series and the cartoon. So I guess Eddie Senior and Junior's mother just divorced in the past... and he's talking about a new flame !!!
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Mar 31, 2009 17:03:53 GMT -5
Post by nix on Mar 31, 2009 17:03:53 GMT -5
Her name is Mabel. It's not a very common name anymore ("That's, like, soooo 20th Century!"), so don't worry about being confused.
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Apr 1, 2009 9:59:53 GMT -5
Post by Devil of the Ghostbusters on Apr 1, 2009 9:59:53 GMT -5
Wow, that's beautiful... but that doesn't really fit with the continuity running between the live action Tv series and the cartoon. So I guess Eddie Senior and Junior's mother just divorced in the past... and he's talking about a new flame !!! Ok, breathe in.....its all fiction and anyways canon was never perfect between the Live Action and the Cartoon to begin with. I'm sure she is a moment in the series only for a joke. I was only trying to add to the conversation, not piss off anyone. I see this all the time on Fritz Ectozone Board as Ghostbusters II and RGB didn't agree with each other. Seriously, be happy you don't have crazy movies made with no respect to the animated/live action series. The Sony Ghostbusters seems to be retcon out RGB and EGB as of late. lol
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Apr 1, 2009 13:19:50 GMT -5
Post by Prime Good on Apr 1, 2009 13:19:50 GMT -5
Wow, that's beautiful... but that doesn't really fit with the continuity running between the live action Tv series and the cartoon. So I guess Eddie Senior and Junior's mother just divorced in the past... and he's talking about a new flame !!! Ok, breathe in.....its all fiction and anyways canon was never perfect between the Live Action and the Cartoon to begin with. I'm sure she is a moment in the series only for a joke. I was only trying to add to the conversation, not piss off anyone. I see this all the time on Fritz Ectozone Board as Ghostbusters II and RGB didn't agree with each other. Seriously, be happy you don't have crazy movies made with no respect to the animated/live action series. The Sony Ghostbusters seems to be retcon out RGB and EGB as of late. lol Devilman, there aren't retcons between the live action series and the cartoon... oh yes, the original Ghost Busters look younger in the cartoon, but there's a great fan fiction explanation for that... by ME! ;D
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Jul 19, 2009 10:44:19 GMT -5
Post by GhostBuggy on Jul 19, 2009 10:44:19 GMT -5
Even though we know the writers of both the 1975 and 1986 shows never took things too seriously, I think we could have a lot of fun inventing explanations for everything within each series, and to connect both series...so I've enjoyed these discussions!
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Aug 8, 2009 19:15:14 GMT -5
Post by Prime Good on Aug 8, 2009 19:15:14 GMT -5
Even though we know the writers of both the 1975 and 1986 shows never took things too seriously, I think we could have a lot of fun inventing explanations for everything within each series, and to connect both series...so I've enjoyed these discussions! This is truly one of the main reasons I absolutely love the FGB universe.
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