Ghostbusters story
A teams of eccentric parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City.
20 total · 8 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| entrepreneurship | major | The Ghostbusters' started up and ran their own ghost-busting business. They struggled to get customers at first, and after the became successful an Environmental Protection Agency regulator tried to shut them down. |
| ghost | major | Ghosts were running wild in New York City. |
| ghost hunting | major | Three parapsychology researchers formed a ghost hunting team. |
| human vs. spirit | major | The Ghostbusters' saved the world from the demon Zuul and his ethereal minions. |
| monster apocalypse | major | The demon Zuul was poised to open a gateway that would bring the even worse demon Gozer and his minions to destroy the world. In the end, it was the Stay Puft Marshmello Man that Gozer tasked to do the job. |
| pride in one's community | major | The Ghostbusters were proud New Yorkers. |
| the religious end of the world | major | Winston Zeddemore speculated that the reason the Ghostbusters' had been so busy was because Judgment Day was nigh. It turned out that Dana's building was designed as a gateway to summon Gozer and bring about the end of the world. |
| the supernatural | major | The film was about the Ghostbusters' investigating paranormal activity in New York City. |
| bureaucracy | minor | The Ghostbuster's small business was obstructed by incompetent government regulator William Atherton. |
| demon | minor | We learned that Zuul is a demigod that was worshiped by the Hittites and the Sumerians. |