Ghostbusters Afterlife EndCredits Scenes & Sequel SetUp Explained

Ghostbusters: Afterlife End-Credits Scenes & Sequel Set-Up Explained

Ghostbusters: Afterlife comes with a couple of stingers, with a secret cameo and a surprising look to the franchise’s possible future.



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Ghostbusters Afterlife EndCredits Scenes & Sequel SetUp Explained

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

After more than three decades, many failed attempts to make Ghostbusters 3, and one deeply divisive reboot, Ghostbusters: Afterlife is here and it contains two credits sequences that balance nostalgia with a surprise look to the future. Afterlife is very much about embracing the ghosts of the past, quite literally, with a clear idea of where it came from – which is not surprising given Jason Reitman replaced his father as director.

Ghostbusters Afterlife may have picked up accusations of pandering to original fans, but it does a great job of balancing what original fans loved with a legacy message, particularly around Harold Ramis’ Egon Spengler. Fundamentally, it offers a roadmap for a future where more Ghostbusters properties are possible, and the limited screen-time for the original Ghostbusters characters sets the stage for new chapters that aren’t entirely beholden to their participation. Yes, there is certainly an element of misty-eyed fondness for the perfect planes of the past, but it’s never as overwhelming as some reviews would suggest.

As already qualified, the most interesting thing about Ghostbusters in the wake of Afterlife is what comes next. Can the franchise survive without the original cast of characters? Would the IP’s fans accept another rebooted team in the same timeline even after 2016’s false start? Ghostbusters: Afterlife actually begins to pose one of those questions as it has two credits scenes including both a huge cameo for a returning original Ghostbusters character and also a trip back to New York.

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife Mid-Credits Scene Explained: Sigourney Weaver’s Cameo

Ghostbusters Afterlife EndCredits Scenes & Sequel SetUp Explained

The Ghostbusters: Afterlife mid-credits scene flips a classic scene from 1984’s original Ghostbusters, in which Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman purports to test two of his students for ESP abilities. In the original version of the scene, Venkman uses blind cards and asks his two students to guess what he is holding up, giving them an electric shock if they fail to guess correctly. Inevitably, Venkman plays the scene to his advantage, allowing the female student (Jennifer Runyon) to “win” while shocking the male student (Steven Tash) despite him getting the answers correct. It’s often pointed to as an indication that Peter Venkman was a terrible human being who simply should not have been in a position of trust in an education environment.

In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the scene is turned back on Murray’s returning Ghostbuster, as Sigourney Weaver’s Dana Barrett returns for a short, nostalgia-soaked cameo. She tests Venkman with the same cards, realising his acing of the test means he cheated and shocking him. It’s a cute little exchange that suggests their relationship endured after the first two movies, though perhaps not in the long-term; there’s absolutely still a flirtatious dynamic and more importantly, the scene offers Venkman a chance to apologize for his conduct during the 1984 tests, admitting that he never shocked the female test subjects. Given the accusations of toxic behavior on his part, it’s a smart way to reclaim the scene.



Ghostbusters: Afterlife After-Credits Scene Explained: Winston Returns To The Firehouse

Ghostbusters Afterlife EndCredits Scenes & Sequel SetUp Explained

After Sigourney Weaver’s cameo in the mid-credits scene, Ghostbusters: Afterlife’s post-credits scene feels more like a set-up to a potential future for the franchise. In it, Winston returns ECTO-1 to New York, to its “home” at the Firehouse and seems to set up his refurbishment of the old Ghostbusters haunt and possibly a relaunch for a future generation. There’s obviously one big issue here to address immediately earlier in the movie, Dan Aykroyd’s Ray Stantz says the Firehouse was sold off when lots of Tribeca was bought up by an actor (Robert DeNiro, who, in real life owns significant real estate in the area). He outright says that the Firehouse is a Starbucks, but by the time Winston returns to it at the end, the Firehouse remains as it was when Egon left, abandoned and dusty, but very much not a Starbucks. It could well be that Winston didn’t tell Ray because of his bitterness, or Ray could be lying to Phoebe to throw her off the trail of his continued affection for the team, but it’s a headscratcher all the same.

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Crucially, Winston’s after credits speech to Janine and subsequent return to the Firehouse seems to set a pathway to a sequel that could follow the approach of 1997’s animated spin-off Extreme Ghostbusters, which saw the introduction of a new, younger team led by Egon, Janine and Slimer. That legacy set-up is also how the story for Ghostbusters: The Video Game (which Dan Aykroyd has previously called the real Ghostbusters 3 canon story) ended. It’s an interesting set-up, but it does fit with Sony’s plans to continue a Ghostbusters franchise, since Dan Aykroyd has already written a prequel, titled Ghostbusters High and there are reportedly two follow-ups to Ghostbusters: Afterlife already in the works. Whether they include Jason Reitman’s animated Ghostbusters movie remains to be seen, but that appears to be the next thing on the agenda. Perhaps the animation could follow on from Afterlife’s post-credits to set up a new team in New York?

The Ghostbusters: Afterlife After-Credits Scene Sets Up A Ghostly Catastrophe In New York (Again)

Ghostbusters Afterlife EndCredits Scenes & Sequel SetUp Explained

The other interesting note in the Ghostbusters: Afterlife after-credits scene is the final shot of the Firehouse’s containment unit, and the ominous red flashing light. That warning light has been seen before, in Ghostbusters when Walter Peck turned off the system and overloaded it, freeing all of the Ghostbusters’ trapped spirits and plunging New York into a ghostly disaster. That would seem to suggest that the warning light is setting up a similar issue, brought about by a failure in the laser containment grid that holds all of the ghosts captive, which is where a possible Ghostbusters 4 story could follow on from.

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Will Ghostbusters 4 Happen?

While the critical reaction to Ghostbusters: Afterlife suggests the franchise may be overstaying its welcome, critics don’t matter in a franchise like this, as Ghostbusters: Answer The Call proved. The nostalgic element of Afterlife and the reverence it shows to the original movie (if not to its sequel) should mean that franchise fans react far more favorably: but the box office will prove whether that is the case. Given the state of the industry thanks to the real-world challenges presented by COVID-19, that box office performance may be hamstrung somewhat, but there is certainly reason within the movie to suggest the original fans who turned against Paul Feig’s reboot will not have the same issues here. If Sony lower their expectations and Ghostbusters: Afterlife makes reasonable money, the Ghost Corps future dream may well come off and fans may get another follow-up to this story directly. If not, Ghostbusters 4 is considerably less likely than a full reboot: the IP is simply too valuable to let go entirely.

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