The Original Ghostbusters (1986–1987): Season 1, Episode 22 - Laser and Future Rock - full transcript

Futura's nephew and his rock band are captured by a slug-like energy called Corpulon.

[theme music]

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

[grunting]

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters



[grunts]

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go

[howls]

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

[cackles]

[heroic music]

[electronics beep]

[upbeat drum music]

Yeah, Trace, all right, hit it!



[upbeat drum music]

Hey, Jake, isn't
he a great drummer?

Just doesn't
appreciate good music.

[upbeat drum music]

[upbeat rock music]

♪ We've got the spirit

♪ We've got the soul

♪ We've got the power

♪ That takes control

♪ We are the Future Rock

♪ We play the sound
with shock ♪

♪ We are the Future Rock

[powerful guitar music]

Wait, let's try it again
from, like, the second chorus.

Right.
Two, three, four.

♪ We are the Future Rock

♪ We play the sound
with shock ♪

♪ We are the Futura

♪ We are the Future Rock

♪ We sing a future tongue

♪ We are the Future Rock

♪ We are the Future Rock

♪ We play the sound
with shock ♪

♪ We are the Future Rock

[powerful guitar music]

[glass shatters]

Wow, did you see
that glass break?

Of course, because we
hit the right frequency.

Yeah, man!

We better remember
that last chord.

It's heavy.

How do you like my new
group, Aunt Futura?

Oh, it's wonderful.

You and Rae and Tempo
are the first rock group

in the galaxy.

That's why we call
ourselves Future Rock.

We're just about
to take off for

a very important
concert on Spector.

Uh, Spector?

That's a ghost planet, and
a very dangerous place.

Why would anyone want
a rock group to play there?

I guess they heard we were
good, and you know what?

I got the job by myself, and...

Oh, I'm sorry, Laser.

When your parents
went on vacation,

I promised to take care of you

as though you were
my own child.

But Aunt Futura...

And ghost planets
are too dangerous.

I just can't let
you go to Spector.

Aw, now we can't go.

Uh, yes we will, Rae.

Yes, we will.

[upbeat drum music]

[Eddie] Jake, Jake!

What?

Ow!

Trace, hold it
down for a minute!

What'd you say?

I just wanted you to
hear Tracy's drumming.

Hear it?

I haven't heard anything
else for the last two weeks.

Ooh, I'm sorry.

It's okay, Trace.

I didn't mean it.

I love your drumming.

[Eddie] Yeah, play some
more rock and roll.

[upbeat drum music]

Laser!

Laser, where are you?

Where could they have gone?

Laser said they'd be
practicing for hours.

[engine roars]

That's Laser's rocket, andit's headed for planet Spector!

He's gone to do the concert
even after I told him not to.

[upbeat drum music]

Jake, look!

Now what?

Hi, guys.

Sorry about that noise.

-How are you, Futura?
-I'm fine.

Or I should say, I was fine
until a little while ago.

Well, what happened?

It's my nephew, Laser.

I'm afraid he may
be getting himself

in some serious trouble.

[Rae] Check it out.

Spector's a scary looking
kind of place, isn't it?

[Laser] It's just a
little dark.

In an hour or so,
it'll be full of kids.

I hope you're right.

Well, you broke your
Aunt Futura's rules

when you brought us here,

so this concert
better be worth it.

Trust me. Now, come on,
let's get our stuff inside.

[futuristic music]

So, that's about it.

I'm sure his rocket was
heading in the direction

of planet Spector.

Oh, it may be hard to
rescue them from there.

Will you help me?

Okie dokie.

You bet!
Come on, let's suit up.

One rescue comin' up.

Let's go Ghostbusters!

[upbeat funky music]

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go

♪ Let's go, let's go

Oh, ah, ooh!

If that ape doesn't go on a
diet, I'm going on a strike.

Looks as though I'm
going to make the load

even heavier, GB.

[funky music]

What? You, Futura?

Heavier?
Never!

Carrying you is like
carrying a feather

or wearing a silk scarf, or...

Enough, GB!

We've got work to do.

Can we switch on
the time turbo?

[Tracy grunts]

Not the time turbo!

[GB shouts]

[Rae] I'm sorry, Laser,
it still looks scary to me.

Yep, me, too.

If they think
they're scared now,

just wait until I
get them in my maze.

Bug droids, make sure Futura
gets to the center stage

of my ghost tunnel.

Then lock them up.

Good.
My plan is working.

Futura's nephew is in my hands.

She will come to his rescue,
and then I'll put her

in the ghost tunnels where
she'll be lost forever.

[evil laughter]

[water splashes]

[Corpulon laughs]

Oh no, I hate time travel,
and it makes me dizzy.

Aw, GB, don't worry.

We're almost there.

Can't be soon enough for me.

[funky music]

When is the audience
gonna get here?

Pretty soon, I guess.

Let's play a few bars and
check out the microphones.

Here goes.

One, two, three, four.

[upbeat rock music]

[loud buzzing]

Hold it.

I bet that's the audience now.

Doesn't sound like
people to me.

[loud buzzing]

Maybe not.
But what is it?

Whew, I didn't think
I was gonna make it.

[brakes screech]

[GB boings against the ground]

Why does the gorilla
have to drive?

I ask you, why?

Who ever heard of
a gorilla driving?

[Tracy grunts]

There's Laser's ship.

This must be the place
where his group is playing,

but I don't see any people.

You're right, Futura.

I don't like the look of this.

Neither do I.
Let's check it out.

[Tracy] Okie dokie.

[suspenseful music]

Well, what is it?

What's going on?

I don't know.

[stammers] I do.

Robots!

And they look like giant bugs.

Maybe they're part
of the audience.

[bug's fist smashes
against speaker]

-[Tempo] Or maybe not.
-Hey, that's my best speaker!

Let's see how they
like this song.

[bug thuds to ground]

Try dancing to this beat.

[mallet pounds against drum]

[drum smashes over bug]

[Corpulon] Blast!
Those useless bug droids.

I have to do everything myself.

[container dings]

Hey, like, there's
too many of them.

-[beam hums]
-They haven't got us yet.

I can't move that way.

It's a freeze beam,
and it's got us.

And so have those bugs.

Look, that blue light!

It's a freeze beam.

Laser's in trouble.

We've got to help him!

[Tracy grunts]

[Futura] That blue
glow is a freeze beam.

Laser and Rae and Tempomust've been drawn into a trap.

Then it's up to us
to get 'em out of it.
Let's go.

[suspenseful music]

Those robots are really ugly.

[fluid squirts]

[Rae] Now what are they up to?

It's a web.

-We're trapped.
-Now what?

[door clicks open]

You'll find out soon
enough, my friends.

[Rae] Major rad!
What's that?

Haven't seen anything that big

since the last time we
went whale watching.

There's nothing to
laugh about, Laser.

You're nothing more than
bait to trap my enemy,

your Aunt Futura.

What's that?

Here they come.

[Corpulon laughs]

Good, good.

Futura and the Ghostbusters.

My trap is working even
better than I had hoped for.

[Corpulon laughs]

Watch as I throw them
into my ghost tunnels

where they can wander through
the dark passages in fear

forever! [laughs]

I sure wish we didn't
have to bust ghosts

in the dark so much.

[Jake] Sorry about that, Eddie.

[all scream]

[door slams shut]

Slipperin' spirits,
what is this place?

I'm afraid I know what it is.

Uh-oh. I don't like the sound
of that word, afraid.

We've fallen into
Corpulon's endless tunnels.

[Eddie] Did you say
endless tunnels?

Yes, and they're
filled with ghosts.

[ghostly laughter]

Oh no!

But who is Corpulon?

A mean and vicious ghost.

I sent him into limbo
years ago,

but it looks as
though he's back,

and he tricked Laser
into coming here.

But why?

Because he wants to
get even with me.

Don't worry, Futura.

We'll find Laser, and
we'll stop Corpulon, too.

If there's a way in here,
then there's a way out.

Let's start there.

Very good, very good.

The Ghostbusters and Futura
are lost in my ghost tunnel.

Fools! I warned you to keep
my food jug full.

I can't survive without energy.

[playful music]

[Laser] Nice guy, huh?

[Corpulon slurps]

Now it's time to pay
Futura back

for putting me in ghost limbo.

-Tracy, stay close to me.
-No problem.

[Eddie yelps]

I didn't mean that close.
That's better.

Trace, I told you
not to walk so close.

Trace, cut it out.

[Eddie screams]

[ghost laughs]

A monster!
Tracy!

Gotcha!

[Tracy slams against ground]

[ghost laughs]

Leave me alone!

Futura, I'll get the first one.

You get the other.

[Futura] Let's go!

[gun fires]

[laser fires]

Wow, that was some dance!

Yeah.

Are you guys okay?

Sure, but what's
next in this place?

I don't know.

We've just gotta keep
trying to find Corpulon.

[Jake] Let's get going.

Okie dokie.

[suspenseful music]

Corpulon uses a tremendous
amount of energy.

He actually eats it.

If we had some kind of
detector, we could track
him down.

What do you think, Trace?

Can you throw
something together?

Perhaps.

[Rae] Eww, how grody.

He's been eating nonstop.

[Laser] Yeah, and
have you noticed

how his body glows
when he eats?

[Rae] That's right, it does!

But why?

[Tempo] Must be
some kind of energy.

[Rae] He gets it in
those big jugs there.

[Laser] I wish I
could smash them.

Maybe he'd lose his power.

Perhaps you could find
the right frequency.

That's it, Tempo!

Let's get our instruments.

We're gonna find
the chords that will

smash our disgusting
friend's energy jugs.

-Well, here it is.
-That's great, Trace.

Switch it on.

It's working!

It should lead us directly
to the center of the tunnels

and Corpulon.

Let's go, Ghostbusters!

[suspenseful music]

One, two, three, four.

[mellow rock music]

What are you doing there?

Stop that!

Make them stop playing.

I hate rock and roll music.

-[jugs crack and smash]
-[Laser] That's it, guys.

We found it!

[Corpulon] Stop them,
stop them!

They're destroying
my energy food.

[Laser] It's working.

Hit it again!

[jugs crack]

[Rae] Guys, we're a smash!

[jug cracks]

[Corpulon screams]

I need that!

You'll pay for that.

Quick, let's aim the
music at the cocoon.

Maybe it'll break through.

[upbeat rock music]

[ground rumbles]

[cage shatters]

[Rae] Far out!

Come on, let's grab him.

Fool!

You'll pay for this insolence.

Watch this.

All my power is now
in the energy jugs.

In five minutes,
they will explode,

and the caves will
be filled in.

It'll take you years
to find your way out.

Then I return, and the
30th century will be mine.

[Corpulon laughs]

Oh, you think it's true?

I'm afraid so.

Look at the way those
energy jugs are glowing.

[Futura] Laser, thank
goodness you're safe.

Aunt Futura!

How did you find us?

Tracy's trusty energy
detector led us here.

[detector beeps]

[Tracy grunts]

In a few minutes, this
whole place is gonna blow up

and keep us locked in here.

Looks like he's right.

[Eddie] What are we gonna do?

Trace, looks like we have
to call on you again.

Okie dokie.

[upbeat music]

[Tracy grunts]

Easy, Tracy, easy.

[Tracy grunts]

[heroic music]

[Jake] Now, Tracy!
It's gonna blow.

[all cheer]

We did it, all right!

[Tracy grunts happily]

You know, you never should've
gone to planet Spector

without my permission, Laser.

I know, Aunt Futura.

It was foolish, and
I'll never do it again.

But we did find out
something important.

What's that?

Well, our music
has amazing powers.

We used it to smash
those energy jugs

and break out of the cocoon.

And I'll bet we could do
even more than that, man.

Yeah, we could help you
fight ghosts, Aunt Futura.

Hm, it's a possibility,
but for right now,

how about some 30th
century rock and roll?

I know somebody who can't
wait to sit in with you guys.

[Tracy] All right!

Good idea!

Here we go, Tracy.

One, two, three, four.

[Jake and Futura cheer]

♪ We've got the rhythm

♪ We've got the beat

♪ We've got the music

Laser was very foolish
to go to the ghost planet

without telling Futura
where he was going.

Yeah, especially after
she told him not to go.

[Skelevision] He and his
friends were lucky that

the Ghostbusters and
Futura rescued them.

But if you go somewhere
without telling your parents

where you're going, you
might not be so lucky.

So, remember, never go anywhere

until you let your parents
know where you'll be

and how long you're
gonna be there, okay?

Bye.

[upbeat funky music]

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go Ghostbusters ♪