- Dr. Peter Venkman: [Kate is crying] So is this ghost, eh... a... friend of yours?
- Kate: Friend? He's my family's curse!
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: [using walkie talkie] The eagle is landing! The eagle is landing!
- Dr. Egon Spengler: I wish you wouldn't be so melodramatic, Ray. This is just a simple ectoplasmic manifestation of 12.5 on the Flammarion scale, not a ride at Disneyland.
- Dr. Raymond Stantz: Huh. Sorry, Egon.
- Dr. Peter Venkman: Okay gang, it's unanimous. We're gonna take care of the young lady's pesky paraphysical pest. Besides, I have to clear my good name.
- Lt. Frump: Why don't you make both of our lives easier and tell me how you did it?
- Dr. Peter Venkman: I didn't do anything! Hey, it's not my fault if this guy's such a pain in the neck he even bugs ghosts.
- Lt. Frump: But you're the only guy in New York with a motive and easy access to ghosts.
- Dr. Peter Venkman: A ghost isn't a hit man, they don't listen to me.
- [Slimer appears from the ceiling and cozies up to Peter affectionately]
- Dr. Peter Venkman: Shoo, shoo...
- Lt. Frump: Oh yeah, I can see ghosts don't like you at all...
- Dr. Peter Venkman: I can explain everything. It won't make any sense, but, never mind.