Ghostbusters
During the 1995 movieCasper , Dan Aykroyd pull in a cameo as hisGhostbusterscharacter Ray Stantz , but does that meanCasperisGhostbusterscanon ? It ’s not like stranger crossover have n’t taken place on movie before . If Freddy can fight Jason , and Batman can team up up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , there ’s really no reasonGhostbustersandCaspercan’t exist in the same universe . Especially now in the age of interconnected movie universes being the goal of every studio apartment .
Ghostbustersis of course one of the most democratic multimedia franchises ever , with a fanbase that ’s often too protective for its own good . That ’s despite only twoGhostbustersmovies being made to date , outside ofPaul Feig ’s 2016 all - distaff reboot that show to be super dissentious , partially for rationality that really should n’t have count . Next year , the originalGhostbustersfranchise get novel life thanks to film director Jason Reitman , son of Ivan Reitman , withGhostbusters : Afterlife . The survive original cast will reprise their role .
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By contrast , Caspernever got a sequel , at least a traditional one , although the dealership centered on the titular favorable shade has go on . But couldCasperhave been part of theGhostbustersfranchise all along ? Aykroyd ’s cameo makes it entirely possible .
Ghostbusters: Does Dan Aykroyd’s Casper Cameo Make it Canon?
InCasper , a mansion called Whipstaff Manor located in the Ithiel Town of Friendship , Maine is bequeathed to a whiny inheritress named Carrigan Crittenden . She comes to learn of a possible treasure cover with the home , but to get to it , she require to rid the abode of Casper and his uncle The Ghostly Trio . Before vex to " ghost healer " Dr. James Harvey , Carrigan and her assistant briefly enlist Ghostbuster Ray Stantz ( Dan Aykroyd ) , now sporting a mustache . He enters , then quickly leave , tell them " Who ya gon na call ? Someone else . "
It ’s a funny moment thatCasperfans remember fondly , but does that meanCasperis part ofGhostbusterscanon ? There ’s no real reason it could n’t be , as canonically , no one jazz what the Ghostbusters have been up to since defeating Ivo Shandor in 1991 , as depicted in the officially sanctionedGhostbusters : The Video Game . They announce programme to unfold Ghostbusters franchises , but by four years afterwards , the original squad might not be actively working casing anymore , rather focusing on mentor the next generation .
If that happened , it ’s not surd to suppose a bored Ray agree to make household vociferation like the one at Whipstaff Manor , as Maine is only about a days drive from New York . He likely figured it would be an easy one , explaining why he go alone . understandably , The Ghostly Trio were too much for Ray to manage on his own , and he was belike too mortified to admit his failure to the other Guy . It ’s not like the spook were killing hoi polloi , or doing anything actively malevolent . Of course , whatever one chooses to consider , the event ofGhostbusters : Afterlifemay well insert a monkey wrench into this hypothetical canon timeline .
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