Much is made of the Containment Unit being loaded with ghosts since the 1980s. However, the previous film revealed that the Ghostbusters stopped operating sometime in the 1990s, so there should only be one decade's worth of captured ghosts, not four.
The name tag on Podcast's Ghostbuster's uniform throughout the film and just before the final battle is hand-written. Immediately after the final battle, he can be seen wearing the familiar black-and-red sewn name tag that the rest of the uniforms have.
When Nadeem is being interviewed with the bowl hat strapped to his head. The strap kept changing from behind his one ear to not and then behind it again.
The beginning of the film shows Hook & Ladder 8 in 1904 having a single door on the front (like in modern day), but back then, Ladder 8 was a double-door station. The building's width was reduced by about half in 1913 upon the widening of Varick St. to become the station that it is today.
There have been five or six major ice ages in Earth's history and probably a host of smaller ones. The GhostBusters would be saving New York from most likely the seventh ice age, not the second.
In the opening scene, Gary claims they've lost power in the Ecto-1. However, the car, which requires electricity to run the engine(and which generates electricity in turn), continues to run.
At around 36 minutes, the phone at Ghostbusters HQ is ringing, however no light is flashing (on the phone depicted, the button indicating which line was ringing would be flashing. Also, no line button was selected, so when the phone was picked up, it wouldn't in reality pick up any call.
In preparation for the final battle, Phoebe cuts the brass fire house slide poles to melt down and plate some of the internal components of the proton pack. After this, the garage poles are shown as intact when being used. There are other poles in the firehouse that aren't seen, such as the one Phoebe uses to go to the kitchen for breakfast. She used one of those less-prominent poles for the pack.
Mayor Peck warns Phoebe that slander is a criminal offense and she could be arrested. Slander is a civil matter and not an arrestable offense, yet moments later, Phoebe is seen in handcuffed in an interview room, presumably after being arrested.
Yet given Peck is the mayor (and a jerk), the cops might arrest Phoebe, or at least detain her, if he so ordered.
Yet given Peck is the mayor (and a jerk), the cops might arrest Phoebe, or at least detain her, if he so ordered.
In the original Ghostbusters, when Slimer/Ugly Spud would eat the food or drink would pass through him and onto the floor. In Frozen Empire the attic is full of wrappers and food packaging, but no rotted food, and nothing fell out of him when Trevor was luring him to the trap with a trail of Cheetos.
In Ghostbusters 2, it is seen in the "We're Back" montage that food no longer falls through Slimer/Onionhead as in Ghostbusters 1.
In Ghostbusters 2, it is seen in the "We're Back" montage that food no longer falls through Slimer/Onionhead as in Ghostbusters 1.
When Phoebe, Podcast, Dr. Wartzki, and Ray are chasing the Possessor out of the library, it possesses the lion to the left of the entrance (As you're looking at it).
Later in the film, the entrance to the library is shown again, with the lion fully intact. However, the fact that this shot is chosen would appear to be deliberate rather than a mistake; an intended sign that things have been restored and put back to normal.
Later in the film, the entrance to the library is shown again, with the lion fully intact. However, the fact that this shot is chosen would appear to be deliberate rather than a mistake; an intended sign that things have been restored and put back to normal.
When the classic Kenner commercials play in the news montage, after the child operating the Neutrona Wand says "break out the new equipment", the beginning of "Ghost trap set" plays in error, before the audio then cuts to "Neutrona blaster charged".
The commercial shown is just a heavily edited version of the commercial for the Kenner Ghost Trap, with certain parts cut out in order to shorten it.
A full version can be found on the Ghostbusters News YouTube channel.
The commercial shown is just a heavily edited version of the commercial for the Kenner Ghost Trap, with certain parts cut out in order to shorten it.
A full version can be found on the Ghostbusters News YouTube channel.
The character of the "linguist" - whose academic specialty is, supposedly, the study of ancient languages - cannot even pronounce the common Latin phrase "et cetera" correctly; furthermore, the sentences uttered by the character during his conversation with the Spengler family contain multiple grammatical errors.
When "Possessor" takes control of Ecto-1, it puts the car in drive...you then see it going in reverse to try and run over Venkman and Winston.
An ancient artifact has been safely kept in a special brass lined room for decades and there are no issues until it is removed from the room. The main characters are aware of this, but nobody even suggests either returning the artifact to the room or making a brass lined container for the artifact. From what is shown, that should solve the problem.
When power is lost at the Ghostbusters Lab, Lars says it will take a few minutes for the generators to turn on, and then states that the proton fields are down until the generators turn on. Since computers and many lights are still running, there's some sort of battery backup. There's no reason something as critical as the Proton Field wouldn't be on this backup.
In the first scene a firefighter checks to see if a door is hot using the palm of his hand. A real firefighter would use the back of his hand.