Janine Melnitz is a fictitious character in the series Ghostbusters . He is the secretary of Ghostbusters, a believer and sometimes, his own ghost. She was played by Annie Potts in both films, and at The Real Ghostbusters she was voiced initially by Laura Summer, and later on the series by Kath Soucie. In Extreme Ghostbusters , he is voiced by Pat Musick. Potts returns to give his appearance and voice to Janine in 2009 Ghostbusters: The Video Game .
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Personal life
Throughout most of the media Ghostbusters, Janine is often shown as having a romantic interest for Egon Spengler. This is shown in the first and clearer film in the The Real Ghostbusters cartoon. In Ghostbusters II, however, he became involved with Louis Tully, who has been a financial advisor and team counsel. Nevertheless, Janine maintains her appeal to Egon throughout the Real Ghostbusters series and into the Extreme Ghostbusters series.
In "Janine's Genie", in which Janine discovers the evil jinns after receiving the lamp possessed (not realizing that the genie is evil), one of her wishes is for Egon to fall in love with her, and in one instance when she drives Ecto -1, Egon comments " Janine, you're beautiful when you drive. " Egon and Janine share some gentle moments throughout the series, but Egon's rather stiff emotions often create a barrier between them.
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II
In Ghostbusters , Janine is employed as Ghostbusters secretary, where she oversees clients. He also interviewed Winston Zeddemore for work as a member of the four teams. Later, he helped Egon interview Louis Tully who was possessed by Vinz Clortho, Principal of Gozer. After the battle with Gozer, he was seen outside Central Park West, hugging Egon, glad to see him alive and well, joining other Ghostbusters as they drove in Ecto-1.
In Ghostbusters II, he was rehired as secretary by Ghostbusters, working side by side with Louis Tully, a financial advisor, accountant, and team counsel. Later, Peter Venkman assigned him to Dana Barett's Oscar baby. He asks Louis Tully to take care of him, where he, along with Dana and Louis sees Oscar being kidnapped by Dana's boss, Janosz Poha. To help people fight Vigo Carpathian, he lends Louis' one of Egon's backup suits and a Proton backup package, so he can join them in battle. After the battle, he attends the ceremony to restore the Statue, where Ghostbusters and himself were awarded the Key to the City from the mayor.
The Real Ghostbusters
Janine is the youngest daughter of a working-class family. Although his parents, sisters, nephew and grandmother live in Canarsie (as seen on Janine's Day Off), he remains in Brooklyn Heights, where he grew up. He tends to wear hard jewelry, yellow, and (at the beginning of the season) tend to wear miniskirts while working.
In 1987, Janine had a red Volkswagen Beetle convertible, which was badly damaged after being loaned out to Ghostbusters in "Beneath These Streets". In "Baby Spookums" he owns Renault 5 Le Car yellow, though it is unknown whether this is a loaner/rental or his own car; in later examples he has a pink Beetle convertible.
On several occasions, Janine has been forced to take Ghostbusters uniforms and proton packs to save people from problems in the episodes "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me A Dream", "Janine's Day Off", "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster" and "Jailbusters". In the episode of "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster" of Season 2, she borrowed one of Peter Venkman's uniforms, and in the episode of Extreme Ghostbusters A Temporary Insanity she borrowed one from Egon Spengler.
He has a keen sense of humor and is sarcastic and has been known to make jokes about Ghostbusters, either on their faces or under his breath, but most of the time he usually mixes with Ray and Winston, while usually having some kind of sibling rivalry with Peter.
Changes in Real Ghostbusters
Season 3 of Real Ghostbusters sees significant changes in characters. In the first two seasons, his portrayal is almost identical to the rough secretary Potts portrayed in the film. However, Season 3 sees Janine getting new voice actors, new character designs, and a gentle personality. In particular, the thick Brooklyn accent disappears.
In the episode of Season 6 "Janine, You're Changed", it is revealed that the change is the result of his desire to "makeoveris lotsabucks", a demon disguised as a fairy godmother (and even called like that by Janine herself). This is one of several episodes of author J. Michael Straczynski writes as an aid to the show producer, as he can not return as full-time writer because of other work commitments he has at the time. Thus, the devil pours out Janine's insecurity about her performance, and is frustrated at failing to win Egon's heart. The devil uses his magic to blind Egon (and other Ghostbusters) to the Janine changes, thus making Janine more dependent on the devil to "fix" on her appearance in the hope that she will be "perfect," enabling Egon to notice. Unknown to Janine, the devil lusted at wanting to be "perfect" for Egon to slowly abandon his humanity, and transform it into his own "makeoveris muchabucks".
None of the Ghostbusters watched until Slimer showed the photos of Janine in their photo album. They show surprising changes over the years with hologram projectors. The demon uses ectoplasmic energy to change the cellular structure and bone of Janine. When Janine leaves the fire house to meet the demon alone, Ghostbusters sends Slimer after her. In the car Egon tells the others, just as he realizes how much Janine means to him, now he can lose him forever. In the episode peak, Janine transforms into "makeoverus lotsabucks" with a power similar to her "fairy mother" (allowing her to change her own appearance). He hit Egon when he came to save her, blaming her for hardly ever admitting her affection for her. Egon defeats the demon's power over Janine by confessing his love for her (comics NOW and Marvel UK ignore this change). Egon's confession proved sincere (and not just how to defeat the demon), as he and Janine were later seen sitting on a bench together, watching the sun rise. This is where Egon puts his hand around Janine and asks her out.
Janine's character changed at the advice of the consultant, who said that they wanted to change the shape of Janine's glasses (which they thought would frighten the children), and turn them from aggressive characters to the "mother" of the Ghostbusters group when they felt he was "too abrasive". In addition, the Brooklyn accent was discarded with a change of voice actress. This, among other reasons, is why writer J. Michael Straczynski left The Real Ghostbusters .
Extreme Ghostbusters
Set six years after the last series of The Real Ghostbusters , Janine has bounced off various jobs since Ghostbusters closed in 1991. Having recently downsized from her last job, she returns to school in New York City. The college and among the various (unmentioned) courses he attended were the paranormal courses, where he reunited with Egon, proceeding to help him form a new team.
Video game
Janine has had a brief appearance in the Game Boy Color game (just released in Europe) and in the game Extreme Ghostbusters, Ecto-1 Code for Game Boy Advance.
Annie Potts imitated her role as Janine in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, once again being the team secretary, warning them of what happened, either by calling them or through the radio, and making sarcastic remarks about the situation. His physical appearance is very similar to his appearance in the second film.
Janine appears as an unplayable character in Ghostbusters Adventure World of Lego Dimensions voiced by Courtenay Taylor. He has two missions for players: The first one has a player hitting some ghosts for the mayor, while the latter requires the player to help him in recovering the books for Ray's bookstore after they are scattered by ghosts.
Depictions
In the movie series and Ghostbusters: Videogame, she is played by Annie Potts. In the cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters , he was originally voiced by Laura Summer and later by Kath Soucie. In the cartoon series Extreme Ghostbusters , he is voiced by Pat Musick.
References
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General reference
- Shay, Don (1985). Creating Ghostbusters , New York: New York Zoetrope. ISBN: 0-918432-68-5
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