The Original Ghostbusters (1986–1987): Season 1, Episode 48 - Whither Why - full transcript

[theme song playing]

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters

[grunting]

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Let's go ♪

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[all] Let's go, Ghostbusters!

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[grunting]

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Let's go ♪

[howling]

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Let's go ♪

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[grunting]

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Let's go ♪

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♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters,
Let's go ♪

[laughing]

[eerie music]

[bubbling]

[music continues]

There she is, Cottonmouth.



I have found her at last.

[giggling]

Ah, yes!

[Cottonmouth]
The magical Madame Why.

I suppose you're up to
something again, Wormroot.

Correct.

Madame Why
has magical powers

that equal my own.

If I could add
her powers to mine--

I would be unstoppable!

I must have those powers,
Cottonmouth.

Now what?

Go to the edge of Swamp Dreary
and capture Madame Why.

Bring her here to me.

Oh, all right.

[Wormroot] Excellent.

As soon as Madame Why's powersare added to my own...

my next conquestwill be Prime Evil himself!

And sage is for wisdom.

And garlic,
to keep off vampires.

[eerie music playing]

[sniffs] Mmm! Oh!

Yum, smells like Madam W
is making spaghetti.

Ooh, doubtful, old boy.

Chances are the Madam
is mixing up some
sort of potion.

Oh!

Well, whatever it is,

jolly good smell delicious!

Let's go.

Hello, little flittermouses.
You are wanting something?

A taste, Madam W.
Sure smells good, you know.

Yes, siree!

Can we have a bite,
Madame Why, ma'am?

[gasps] Or is it
a magic potion?

[laughs]
Yes, little bat wings.

Is magic potion to help you
grow big and strong.

Is called supper.

First, I put out small bit
for a small one.

[Madame Why]
Then we eat.

And mind you, eat all your
supper, little flittermouses.

You may need
your strength out there.

Might I enquire
your meaning, Madam?

This is Swamp Dreary.

Many monsters
here are living.

Including one most
evil wizard,

name of Wormroot.

[all gasp]

[clang]

Not to mention Cottonmouth.

[stutters]
You leave her alone!

You little vermin,
I will stun you.

[all] Aah!

Oh, no!
My little flitterlings!

They're just stunned,but they'll be out long enough

for us to get back
to Wormwood Scrubs

and to Wormroot.

Let's go.

Ja,I go.

What happened?

[gasps]

Oh! Oh, Madame Why!

Why, she's gone!

[Beauregard] Rafter!
Eaves! Wake up!

Wake up!

[Eaves] Leave me alone.
Leave me alone!

-What!
-What's wrong?

Why, Cottonmouth kidnapped
Madame Why.

[Beauregard] He's taken herto that evil wizard, Wormroot.

Dash it all!
This is most distressing.

We've got to do somethin'.

But we can't fight
Wormroot by ourselves.

We got to get help.

Oh, and I know
just who to call!

[snaps finger]

[all] The Ghostbusters!

[theme music playing]

[phone ringing]

[Belfry] Hello,
Ghostbusters' office. Huh?

Oh, hi, cousin Beauregard.
What's up? What?

Madame Why's
been kidnapped?

Let me talk, Belfry.
Jake here.

What's all this about
Madame Why being
kidnapped, Beauregard?

Cottonmouth
captured her, Jake.

He's takin' her
to the wizard Wormroot.

Wormroot, huh?

I figured we'd tangle with thatevil wizard sooner or later.

We'll get into our work clothesand be right there.

[all] Let's go, Ghostbusters!

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

[zapping]

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

[whistling]

[zapping]

[Eddie screaming]

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

Aah!

[growls]

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♪ Let's go, let's go

[exclaiming] Whoa!

[screaming]

[bell ringing]

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

[snoring]

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters

♪ Let's go, let's go

[groaning]

Next time, land on your heads,they're softer.

To Swamp Dreary, G.B.
No time to lose.

-Why?
-Exactly.

Madame Why,
she's been captured.

[Ghost Buggy]
Why didn't you say so?

[whooshing]

[Beauregard] Well,
the Ghostbusters
are comin' to the rescue.

Yo! Well, I don't feel like
sittin' here doin' nothin'.

We ought to head after
Madame Why ourselves.

I share your sentiments,
old boy,

but Wormwood Scrubs
is a long way off.

And we don't knowexactly where it is anyhow.

[Foxfire] Excuse me.

Did you say Madame Why
has been kidnapped?

[Eaves] Precisely, old boy.

Who are you?
Are you a friend of hers?

[stutters] I don't know.
I never had a friend.

My name is Foxfire.

Madame Why always feeds me
when she comes out this way.

She's very kind.

[squeals] Well,
now she's gone

and we don't know
how to find her.

We don't know this swamp.

[stutters] Well, I do.

I could take you
to Wormwood Scrubs.

Really? Oh!
Would you do that?

Yes.

Wormwood frightens me

but for Madame Why's sake
I'll do it.

Hold on to my fur.

What the...
you fast or somethin'?

You might say that.

Yikes!

[whooshing]

[intense music playing]

Excellent work,
Cottonmouth.

Of course.

Now I shall drain
all of Madame Why's
magic powers into myself.

No! Release me, Wormroot!

You shall not
get away with this.

Oh? I think I will, Madam.

After all, who will rescue youway out here?

[thunder crashing]

[whooshing]

[screeching]

[thuds]

[all exclaiming] Whoa!

We're here.

They're here.

What? Who's here?

Those bats of Why's,
they're outside.

I can... smell them.

They must be trying
to rescue Madame Why.

Get rid of them,
Cottonmouth.

With pleasure.

[zapping]

[Rafter] Oh,
what a creepy place!

Agreed.

I certainly hope Madame Why
is all right.

Come on, let's go find her.

[intense music playing]

[zap]

[creaking]

That looks like the way in.

[Cottonmouth] That's right.

But unfortunately...

you're on your way out!

[all gasp]

[zapping]

[stutters] What?

[Beauregard]
Oh, it's the Ghostbusters!

How you doin', boys?

Looks like we got here
just in time.

[Wormroot]
Not quite, Ghostbusters.

You might have
dematerialized Cottonmouth

but I still have Madame Why.

And you have yet
to face my magic.

[splashing]

Hey, my Dematerializer!

That's not our only problem!

Look!

[growling]

Here comes
the welcoming committee!

[growling]

[Eddie screaming]

They're comin', Jake!
Now what do we do?

With the Dematerializer
gone...

We'll just have to
do the best we can, guys.

We still got to find
Madame Why.

So, when I give the word...

-[growling]
-...scatter!

[intense music playing]

Help!

This will slow him down.

[thuds]

Nice work, Eddie. Uh-oh.

Unfortunately,
it didn't last long.

Tracy, do something!

Okey-dokey.

[growling]

[splashing]

[all] Yay!

[cheering indistinctly]

Uh-oh.

Time we lent a hand, chaps.
Let's go.

[growling]

[Eddie] I don't like
the looks of this.

[swooshes]

Thanks, little fellas.
Just keep them busy
for a second.

Come on, guys,
I've got an idea.

Oh, Foxfire, now!

Right.

[whooshing]

[growling]

[crashing]

Nice work, fellas.
Now leave it to us.

Hit it, guys!

[squeaking]

[water running]

[Eddie] Yay! It works, Jake.
They're dissolvin'!

Yep, looks like those
mud monsters
are all washed up.

[Wormroot] You defeated my
mud monsters, Ghostbusters,

but you have not
defeated me.

I have many other tricks
up my sleeve.

Observe.

[bubbling]

Pee-yoo! I don't like
the smell of this.

No wonder, Eddie.
It's a swamp gas monster.

[howling]

Ugh! A swamp gas monster!

Man, that really stinks.

[sighs] This is no time
for bad jokes, Rafter.

Madame Why
is still a prisoner.

And that means
we gotta go after her.

Uh-huh.
You said it, captain.

Let's go!

[Wormroot laughing]

My swamp gas monster should
buy me all the time I need...

to drain the magical powers
from your body

and add them to my own.

Uh-oh. We better do somethin',and quick!

I've got an idea, chaps.

Beauregard, can you imitate
Jake's voice?

Oh, of course, I can.

Why? Oh, ah!
Good plan, cuz!

Watch this.

[in Jake's voice]
Hey, slimeface!

Release Madame Why
or else...

What? Jake Kong?
Impossible.

You're still outside
fighting my monster.

[Beauregard imitating Jake]
If that's what
you think, ugly...

then you're right.

[in own voice]
♪ Na-na-na-na-na

Oh!

You pesky bats!

[blowing raspberry]

[zaps]

Awfully bad shooting what?

[zaps]

Jake, how can we fight
a monster that
we can't even touch?

It's like fightin' the wind.

Wind. Of course,
Eddie, that's it.

That's how we fight
a gas monster.

What? How?

Tracy!

Tracy, blow him away!

Okey-dokey.

[exhaling forcefully]

[both screaming]

You okey-dokey?

I'm fine, Tracy.
How about you, Jake?

Ow!
I landed on something hard.

Look!

The Dematerializer.
What a lucky break!

Now for Wormroot.
Wha--

What on earth
is going on in there?

[rumbling]

[Beauregard] You ugly...

[blowing raspberry]

[Eaves] I say, old boy,
over here!

[zapping]

♪ Na-na-na-na-na

[Beauregard] Oh!

I hate those blasted bats!

[zaps]

[rumbling]

Now's our chance,
Foxfire.

While the others
keep Wormroot busy...

can you get me
close to Madame Why?

I'll sure try, Belfry.

[whooshes]

[screeching]

Oh! What happened?

Thanks, Foxfire.
Now for a Belfry blast.

[wind whooshing]

[exclaiming] What!

What? No!

Not this time, Wormroot.

[grunts] I'll show you!

I wouldn't do that,
butchface.

[zapping]

[rumbling]

Whoops!

Evil place is falling,
my little flitterlings.

Everybody out!
And hurry!

Let's go, Belfry.

[grunts]

Oh, Foxfire!

[rumbling]

[Jake] Madame Why!

-Are you all right?
-Yeah.

But where is Belfry
and Foxfire?

[grunting]

[Foxfire] It's no use, Belfry.

Leave. Save... yourself.

[straining]
Not a chance, Foxfire.

I won't leave a friend.

[Madame Why] Oh, no!

Belfry and Foxfire
are still inside.

[exclaims] Wait! Look!

[loud crash]

[screeching]

[all cheering]

Uh, are you all right,
my friends?

You bet we are... friend!

My plans, ruined!

My evil tree, destroyed!

But I can still have
my revenge on you!

Sorry, Wormroot,
but there's something
you forgot.

And that is?

This!

[zaps]

Well, yes.

[all laughing]

[Foxfire] It was awfully nice
of you fellas

and Madame Why
to let me come along.

Oh, no problem, old chap.
That's what friends are for.

Gee, friends,
I never had friends before.

That's because you're shy
and didn't give anyone

a chance to get to know you.

It's hard to make friends

if you keep away from people.

But now you're with us

and you'll have
a chance to make friends

all over the world.

-Right, Rafter?
-Oh, right.

[Rafter] Sure, man,
like, uh, you.

[theme song playing]

♪ 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

[theme music playing]

♪ Let's go, Ghostbusters