# Who's your favorite original Ghostbuster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046 "2019-04-25T18:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/1 "2019-04-25T18:41:41Z")
Who’s your favorite of the original Ghostbusters, and why? (I exclude the new movie not as a sexist gesture, but because I’ve only seen that film once, and I don’t remember it very well.) Mine would have to be Peter Venkman. He was a real jerk to start out with, but he underwent significant character development in the first film (“I want you inside me!” “Go ahead! No; sounds like you’ve got at least two people in there already.”) and by the second film, he’d kinda mellowed out and was even a little bit humble. I love all of them, though. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/2 "2019-04-25T18:48:19Z")
Ray is just so delighted to be part of the group, and always willing to drop six complex sentences of infodump into the conversation - so I’m team Ray. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/3 "2019-04-25T19:05:43Z")
There was a second film? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/4 "2019-04-25T19:11:39Z")
Um… I don’t see Spencer, Tracy, or Kong in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/5 "2019-04-25T19:12:36Z")
I love Dan Aykroyd in everything, even crappy movies like _Dr. Detroit_ and _The Couch Trip_. So Ray it is. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/6 "2019-04-25T19:12:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Um… I don’t see Spencer, Tracy, or Kong in the poll. I mean the _real_ Ghostbusters. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/7 "2019-04-25T19:12:59Z")
Movies - toss up between space cadet Egon and firmly grounded Winston… Peter’s a sleeze (though not as bad in the second) and Ray doesn’t go as weird as Egon, so isn’t as fun. Cartoon - toss up between naif Ray and uber-nerd Egon. IDW Comic - toss up between Ray (who has a slightly expanded role) and Egon. (Yeah, I love the nerds.) Peter moves up in my estimation, having totally taken on the growth from the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/8 "2019-04-25T19:17:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Um… I don’t see Spencer, Tracy, or Kong in the poll. Definitely Spencer ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/9 "2019-04-25T19:19:09Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Definitely Spencer Not Tracy? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/10 "2019-04-25T19:20:02Z")
Venkman. The master manipulator. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/11 "2019-04-25T19:22:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Not Tracy? I’m a Storch fan… ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/12 "2019-04-25T19:44:22Z")
Egon. Ramis [del]is[/del] was (:() arguably the funniest of all of them IRL, and he plays the straight man in _Ghostbusters_ (and other films) brilliantly. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/13 "2019-04-25T20:04:54Z")
Gotta go with Bill Murray (OK, Venkman. But he’s really just Bill Murray with a stage name). His opportunism and sarcasm works so well with the wide-eyed naivete of the others. I like Spengler, but I can’t vote for a guy whose hobby is collecting molds, spores and fungus. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/14 "2019-04-25T20:05:28Z")
“That would’ve worked if you hadn’tve stopped me.” How can you not vote for Egon? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/15 "2019-04-25T20:23:20Z")
Egon. Venkman’s smarminess gets increasingly irritating with repeat viewings, I’ve found. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/16 "2019-04-25T20:55:26Z")
I’m Team Ray; he was the one I most identified with, even if he wasn’t the funniest overall. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/17 "2019-04-25T21:08:34Z")
I’ve got to represent for my brother nerd Egon. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/18 "2019-04-25T21:30:44Z")
Egon & Scotty from TOS, in a workshop fulla junk parts. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/19 "2019-04-25T21:46:26Z")
Definitely the smart one-Tracy. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046/20 "2019-04-25T22:03:24Z")
Winston, the everyday guy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-your-favorite-original-ghostbuster/833046.md?page=2)