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| Episode 17 |
You would think the idea of ghost pirates in search of their
stolen treasure would be an exciting concept but it falls short of its
potential. I believe this episode to be
one in the series that could be liked quite a bit since it’s not bad but it’s
not great either. I’ll explain through
my review why it’s just too plain to be that much fun.
It begins with a diver removing an old treasure chest filled
with gold from the bottom of the sea. A
green cloudy excretion escapes from it as it is taken. The Ghostbusters are at the firehouse singing
a pirates tune. Oh how I loathe it when
an episode is themed to a specific concept, in this case pirates, and the star
characters just happen to be singing a pirate tune. However as the guys talk it’s discovered that
Ray has been following the recent story of the treasure chest in the newspaper
so at least it makes sense why they are doing it. Max Palopolis is the man who recovered the
treasure and Ray has been following him for an undetermined amount of time it
seems. In a short scene following the
guys chatter the ghost pirate ship is sighted in a thick fog apparently in
response to their missing treasure. Why
else would a ghost ship suddenly emerge right?
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| Arr, I've sighted a shaky RGB story! |
The Ghostbusters arrive to a damaged ship but I wonder why
they were called first. I don’t see any
signs of supernatural activity to make someone think they should be here
first. Egon has his PKE meter as usual
and is detecting something but did the person who called them have one? Peter falls over the bow into the ship and
then again when he slides down the stairs below decks. He says, “This is embarrassing.” I’d
think so, falling twice in the span of a minute. He finds three crewmen tied up with a ghost
parrot that eventually flees. I really
find it hilarious that Ray brings Peter up onto the deck leaving the crewmen
tied up! You don’t see them again so I’m
guessing they were left. Hey they are
here to bust ghosts not save people!
Captain Jack Higgins is the ghost pirate after the treasure and he makes
his debut. The ghost parrot lands on his
hat as he says, “There be times I’d like
to kill this bird if it weren’t already dead.” I’m reminded of a certain Captain named Jack
Sparrow and his hatred of an undead monkey.
He also shared desire to certain treasure chests.
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| Egon as the kids say, "Fail." |
The ghost ship heads toward the Ghostbusters as Ray points
out that they are indeed ghosts along with that ship of theirs. Don’t you love it when the characters spell
it out for you especially when you already know? Egon used the PKE meter to figure it out
anyway. Ray goes on to explain, you know
what I think you get the idea already let’s move on. Captain Jack issues orders to plunder away at
New York City. The Ghostbusters fire
upon the ghost ship but it doesn’t do anything although that’s not addressed at
all. Why wouldn’t it? It’s all a ghost, ship and all so what
gives? We’ll never know since it’s never
explained. The ghost pirates fire
showing no effects of the beams. The
guys blast the ghost ship again with the same no effect results. Is their gear malfunctioning? The ghost pirates head out to face the guys
in close range. Egon performs one of the
stupidest things I’ve seen in this show to date. He tries to hit a ghost pirate by swinging
his thrower at it while yelling, “Scram!
Go away!” Why would that ever be a
good idea? Blast the ghost! Are you trying to destroy your equipment?
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| Use your thrower if you want to portray true anger! |
The guys all get thrown into the water and rightfully so, if
you’re dumb enough to do what Egon did you deserve it. Captain Jack and his crew head into the city
to recover the treasure while causing chaos along the way. Winston comes up with an incredible notion, “I just wish I knew what them pirates had on
their minds. It’s as if they were after
something in particular.” For not
being a scientist he has figured out the general plot of the episode
already! How could you know it’s
something in particular? What gave that
away? Come on the audience isn’t that
dumb, maybe Egon is, but we’re not. Ray
figures it to be the treasure that was recently brought into town by matching
the stag on the ghost ship to the treasure chest but Winston didn’t know
that. Maybe he did though I suppose it’s
of no real concern at this point. They
want to speed to the treasure ASAP but something is slowing the engine down and
it’s Slimer, boo. Why is Slimer in the
engine? Oh Slimer had to be written into
the episode that’s why.
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| Can they even, umm, you know? |
Ray does his best Egon impression by attempting to hit
Slimer with his fist. I do like that Ray
is actually pissed at Slimer for a change which is my favorite part of this
episode! The ghost pirates get some
screen time doing some stealing and other stuff of the sort. I do like the horny pirates’ comment he says
as he stares at a female mannequin, “How
long it’s been since, oh since, since when?
It’s been so long I can’t remember.”
It’s delivered very well too as far as the voice work. The Ghostbusters arrive at the building with
the treasure only to be denied of it.
Well of course did you think they’d just let you have it? Peter gives up stating to let Captain Jack
have his treasure and why not? Once he
gets it if he continues to haunt the city then you can bust him and charge a
hefty fee for it! Peter comes up with a
plan, sort of, to capture the pirate ghosts.
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| He's not playing! |
It’s a less than stellar finale even with the theme music
on. Winston does go a tad ‘overboard’ in his attempts to capture
the ghosts. I liked when Peter drops a
trap onto the deck of their ‘pretend ship’
and kicks it out. Slimer tangles with
that ghost parrot which just wastes time.
They eventually trap the ship and the pirates. It probably sounds as if I really hated this
episode but overall it’s still decent enough. The fact that Slimer was minimal, which I
always love, and the story being somewhat creative I can’t thrust it into the
toilet. I have a weakness for pirate
stories as well.
Rating: 6 of 10
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