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Janine Melnitz is a fictional character in the Ghostbusters series. She is the Ghostbusters' secretary and confidante and occasionally, a ghostbuster herself. She was played by Annie Potts in the first two movies, and in The Real Ghostbusters, she was voiced initially by Laura Summer and later on by Kath Soucie.
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Janine Melnitz was the receptionist that worked for the boys in grey at the Firehouse. She, like the four Ghostbusters and Slimer, is usually present in all Ghostbusters media.
Janine in the Primary Canon is developed from Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. In Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions), a Secondary Canon, Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II pre-date the game, Ghostbusters: Afterlife conflicts with the game. Janine (prime) appears in t...
Primary Canon HistorySecondary Canon HistoryTertiary Canon HistoryIn "The Real Ghostbusters" she started off much like her film counterpart in character but with green pointy glasses. Later season saw her becoming less tough and more motherly as the show wanted to give good role models. She also returned in "Extreme Ghostbusters", following up the previous series. •For more information of the animated version of Janine Melnitz go to the animated article.Janine is highly sardonic with her eccentric bosses, while taking her job in such an unusual business in stride. As such, no matter how strange circumstances become at work, she is largely unflappable. Her hobbies included racquetball and reading.
In the first film, Janine showed romantic interest in Egon, but by the second film, begins a relationship with Louis Tully.
In Ghostbusters II, Janine's appearance is very different from the first film; she now has red hair, a new hairstyle, and wears humongous glasses. This new look was perhaps influenced by the Real Ghostbuster cartoon series, which was popular at the time.
Ghostbusters (1984) Trivia
•Sandra Bernhard was offered the role of Janine Melnitz. •Melanie Mayron auditioned for Janine. •When Annie Potts auditioned for the role of Janine Melnitz, she asked her Brazilian nanny to dress her for it because Potts thought her really whimsical style suited Janine. •Janine's look in the first movie was based on costume designer Suzy Benzinger. •Newly recovered dailies from a Kansas mine in 2019 revealed some of the alternate takes and discarded material. One was from Chapter 20: Keymaster. When Janine hugs Egon, he responds she has nice clavicles. •In the Chapter 08: "Bug-Eyes Thing", Janine is reading the January 23, 1984 issue of People Weekly, evidenced by the Cher cover. While an old back issue in-universe, that issue of People Weekly conveys the scene was filmed on that day in January 1984 or right around that time. •In the same scene, Janine reveals to Egon her hobbies are reading and racquetball. •In the August 5, September 30, and October 7, 1983 drafts, Janine implies Peck's various documents, when he arrives to shut down the protection grid, are comparable to the Gestapo in Poland during World War II. •In the July 6, 1983 draft, part of the ending of the first movie included Egon and Janine getting married in Las Vegas.
Ghostbusters II Trivia
•In the August 5, 1988 draft: •On page 44, Janine left an office temp job before coming back to work with the Ghostbusters. •On page 60, Janine did not babysit. Only Louis did. •On page 78, Janine's 'I'm sorry, the earliest we could get to you...' line appears amid the montage of supernatural activity at the end of the story. •In the September 29, 1988 draft: •On page 46, a nameless man and woman play the husband and wife in the new commercial. •On page 48, Janine tells a caller the Ghostbusters might be in the area later in the week. She tells another caller it sounds like a Free Roaming Vaporous Phantasm if it isn't the landlord. •On page 49, Janine mentions the weekly special is $199.95, which includes trapping, removal, and a 1 year ghost-free guarantee. She talks to Peter while he walks to the basement with a smoking Trap. He notes she left a great office temp job and informs her they only have unisex restrooms then notes they have to go to the World Trade Center before the Murray Hill case. Janine sighs and hits the alarm button. •On page 64-66, Louis pretends to be a Ghostbuster upstairs while Janine prepares to close up for the day. Janine surprises him and he almost blasts her. He notes he celebrates New Years on March 1st to avoid the crowds and big rush. Louis asks her if she's ever been to Tad's and recalls a steak, bakes potato, roll, and salad with choice of dressing all for $5.29. •On page 72, Egon, Ray, and Winston pass by Janine and Louis in the hall in their yellow rubber jackets. Peter jokes they were helping change a diaper. Janine survey's Peter's apartment and asks him if he really lives there. Peter jokes it's a front and his real apartment is behind one of the walls. •On page 73, Peter is okay with Louis helping babysit and tells him he doesn't want to come home and find them humping on his couch. •On page 74, Janine watches TV while Louis paces around with a crying Oscar and a bottle of milk. •In the November 27, 1988 draft: •On page 49, Janine sets up her desk with family photos and a Garfield doll. Janine tells Louis her Social Security number is 129-45-8986. Louis tells her his is 322-36-7366. Janine notes according to numerology, he is a person with a great appetite for life and has a deeply passionate nature. •On page 84, Louis pretends to be a Ghostbuster but Janine surprises him and he almost blasts her. He notes he celebrates New Years on March 1st to avoid the crowds and big rush. •On page 91, Peter leans in to kiss Dana but she thinks she should call Janine. Peter promises she has a special way with children. Janine watches TV while Louis paces around with a crying Oscar and a bottle of milk. •In the February 27, 1989 draft: •On page 75-76, Louis uses a Proton Pack to try and catch Slimer but he almost blasts Janine. He notes he celebrates New Years on March 1st to avoid the crowds and big rush. •Janine's debut scene in Ghostbusters II was filmed inside the Fire Station No. 23 in Los Angeles. •In the Ghostbusters II commentary, during the Chapter 16: Vigo 101 segment, Joe Medjuck mentioned Janine's hair style was slightly based on Janine's at the time on The Real Ghostbusters. •Elements of the commercial in Ghostbusters II originated in the commercial in pages 17-18 in the October 7, 1983 draft of the first movie. It featured a frightened family. One of the mother's lines, "It's that darn ghost again," is spoken by Janine. One of the father's lines, "I guess we'll just have to move," is spoken by Louis. Read excerpt here. •In the Ghostbusters II commercial, Janine is reading the Cosmopolitan magazine November 1988 issue. •Janine does not like horses. •In the Ghostbusters II deleted scene They're Gonna Need Me, Janine uses the fire pole in the Firehouse.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trivia
•Janine repeats one of her lines from the first movie, "Can I help you?" •Janine's hesitance to answer who she was to Egon alludes to the romantic sub-plot between her and Egon in the first movie. •A daily of Egon and Janine hugging at the end of the first movie, from Chapter 28: Crossing Streams, appears in the video Gary Grooberson shows Phoebe and Podcast. •Janine's whale paperweight from the first movie is on top of the old computer in Egon's underground lab.
Primary Canon Appearances
•Ghostbusters (1984) •Chapter 08: "Bug-Eyes Thing" •Chapter 09: The 1st Customer •Chapter 11: "We Got One!" •Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard •Chapter 15: E.P.A. Man •Chapter 20: Keymaster •Chapter 21: Out of Biz •Chapter 28: Crossing Streams •Ghostbusters II •Chapter 12: Two in the Box •Chapter 16: Vigo 101 •Chapter 18: In the Tunnel •Chapter 19: Scaring the Straights •Chapter 20: Kidnapping Oscar •Chapter 23: The Statue of Liberty •Chapter 28: World is Safe Again •Ghostbusters: Afterlife •Chapter 02 •Chapter 06 •Seen in online video only. •Chapter 16 •Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Expanded Universe •Ghostbusters (1984) •Deleted Scenes •Winston •Busy •Ghostbusters II •Deleted Scenes •Louis' Secret •They're Gonna Need Me •Statue of Liberty Back in Place •Ghostbusters: Afterlife •Deleted Scene •Is It Ever Too Late?
Secondary Canon Appearances
•Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions) •IDW Comics •"The Other Side 3" •"Displaced Aggression 4" •"Working Overtime" •"Past, Present, and Future" •"Tainted Love" •"What in Samhain Just Happened?!" •"Ghostbusters: Infestation 1" •"Ghostbusters: Infestation 2" •Volume One •Issue #1 •Issue #2 •Issue #3 •Issue #4 •Issue #5 •Issue #7 •Issue #8 •Issue #13 •Issue #14 •Issue #16 •Volume Two •Issue #1 •Issue #2 •Issue #3 •Issue #4 •Issue #5 •Issue #6 •Issue #7 •Issue #9 •Issue #11 •Issue #13 •Issue #14 •Issue #15 •Issue #16 •Issue #17 •Issue #18 •Issue #19 •Issue #20 •Regular Cover •Mentioned by Peter on page eight. •Mentioned on page 25 •Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ghostbusters •Issue #1 •Issue #2 •Issue #3 •Issue #4 •Ghostbusters Get Real •Issue #1 •Issue #2 •Issue #3 •Issue #4 •Ghostbusters Annual 2015 •"Daydreams and Nightmares!" •"Trick or Treat" •"Hot Foot" •Volume Three •Ghostbusters International #1 •Ghostbusters International #2 •Benvenuti A Venezia •Haunted America Case File •Ghostbusters International #3 •Ghostbusters International #4 •The Plot Thickens •Haunted America Case Files •Mentioned on page 23 in Spectral Incident Report •Ghostbusters International #6 •Ghostbusters International #8 •Ghostbusters International #9 •Ghostbusters International #10 •Ghostbusters International #11 •Ghostbusters Annual 2017 •Ghostbusters 101 Prelude •Pagan's Bust •Mentioned by Kylie on page 44 •Ghostbusters 101 •Issue #1 •Issue #2 •Issue #3 •Issue #4 •Issue #5 •Issue #6 •Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 •Issue #2 •Issue #5 •Ghostbusters Annual 2018 •Ghostbusters Crossing Over •Issue #1 •Issue #2 •Issue #3 •Issue #5 •Issue #6 •Issue #7 •Issue #8 •Ghostbusters IDW 20/20 •IDW 20/20 (Dimension 50-S version only) •35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters •Transformers/Ghostbusters •Issue #3 •Issue #4 •Mentioned by Peter Venkman on page 2 and 5. •Issue #5 •Mentioned by Winston Zeddemore on page 18. •Ghostbusters Year One •Issue #1 •Issue #2 •Issue #3 •Issue #4
Tertiary Canon Appearances
•The Real Ghostbusters •Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord •Frozen Empire Mission 1 "Call For Help" •Mentioned by Ray Stantz. •IDW Publishing •The X-Files: Conspiracy: Ghostbusters •Ghostbusters: Deviations •Ghostbusters: Funko Universe •Cryptozoic Entertainment •Ghostbusters: The Board Game •Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime •Ghost Busted (manga) •Chapter 3 •Chapter 4 •Chapter 5 •Chapter 6 •88MPH Studios •Legion 1 •Legion 2 •Legion 3 •Legion 4
1.Janine Melnitz (2022). Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2021) (Blu-Ray ts. 02:01:56-02:02:03). Sony Pictures. 2.Janine Melnitz (2022). Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2021) (Blu-Ray ts. 02:02:07-02:02:10). Sony Pictures. 3.Janine Melnitz (2022). Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 2 (2021) (Blu-Ray ts. 11:24-11:27). Sony Pictures. 4.Janine Melnitz (2020). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters Year One Issue #3" (2020) (Comic p.1). 5.Harold Ramis (2005). Ghostbusters- Commentary (2005) (DVD ts. 1:27:01-1:27:04). Columbia TriStar Home Video. 6.Greene, James, Jr., (2022). A Convenient Parallel Dimension: How Ghostbusters Slimed Us Forever, p. 34. Lyons Press, Essex, CT USA, ISBN 9781493048243. 7.Annie Potts (2019). Cleanin' Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019) (Blu-Ray ts. 37:36-37:54). Bueno Productions. 8.Wallace, Daniel (2015). Ghostbusters The Ultimate Visual History, p. 28. Insight Editions, San Rafael CA USA, ISBN 9781608875108. 9.Slash Film YouTube "Lost Ghostbusters Footage Revealed by Jason Reitman and Ivan Reitman at Ghostbusters Fan Fest" 6/9/19
10.Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1983). Ghostbusters (First Draft August 5, 1983) (Script p. 95). 11.Shay, Don (November 1985). Making Ghostbusters, p. 203 annotation. New York Zoetrope, New York NY USA, ISBN 0918432685. 12.Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1988). Ghostbusters II (August 5, 1988 Draft) (Script p. 44). "Peter Venkman says: "Look, Janine, I know you left a very good position as an office temp and we appreciate your coming back, but you'll have to bear with us while we get things straightened out, okay?"
13.Aykroyd, Dan & Ramis, Harold (1988). Ghostbusters II (August 5, 1988 Draft) (Script p. 60). 14.Joe Medjuck (2019). Ghostbusters II- Commentary (2019) (Blu-ray ts. 55:26-55:29). Sony Home Entertainment. 15.A Trip to the Movies with Alex Zane YouTube "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Spoiler Talk with Director Gil Kenan!" 6:00-6:34 3/21/2024 16.A Trip to the Movies with Alex Zane YouTube "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire - Spoiler Talk with Director Gil Kenan!" 3:00-3:16 3/21/2024 17.Aykroyd, Dan (2006). Ghostbusters III: Hellbent (June 23, 2006 Draft) (Script p. 19). "Janine Melnitz says: "No one gets in 'til they're finished."
18.Dille, Flint & Platten, John Z. (2009). Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Draft Revision February 11, 2008) (Script p. 221). 19.Mark; At start of Welcome to the Hotel Sedgewick, Firehouse 2nd Floor Answering Machine Message 3 of 7 (2009). Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions) - Firehouse (2009) (PC/PS3/Xbox 360). Terminal Reality. 20.Janine's photo frame
21.Wide shot of Janine's desk
22.Grab from Ghostbusters: The Video Game Central Park Cemetery opening cinematic
Aug 31, 2023 · Janine Melnitz serves as the Ghostbusters’ receptionist. She handles office duties, manages incoming calls, and often jumps into action alongside the Ghostbusters in their pursuit of catching ghosts and saving the day.
Mar 20, 2024 · Read Empire’s conversation with Annie Potts here – discussing Janine becoming an official Ghostbuster, the quotes fans always say to her, and making a Ghostbusters film without Ivan Reitman.
Annie Potts is best known for her role as Janine Melnitz in the Ghostbusters films. She is also known for her role as Mary Jo Jackson Shively on Designing Women and Bo Peep in the Toy Story series. When Annie Potts auditioned for the role of Janine Melnitz, she asked her Brazilian nanny to dress...
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