*Cover A
**On the Ecto-2 from The Real Ghostbusters are Abby Yates and RGB Egon with his P.K.E. Meter and Helmet Goggles on.
**On the bottom of the page is Eduardo Rivera from Extreme Ghostbusters and Alan Crendall from Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime.
*Cover B
**The cover is a homage to the DC vs. Marvel covers.
**EGB Egon is wearing the Ecto Suit based on the Molecular Destabilizer Suit from The Real Ghostbusters episode "X-Mas Marks the Spot".
**Erin and Ron have the Kenner Ghost Poppers.
**Janine is in her RGB counterpart's yellow outfit from "X-Mas Marks The Spot" and has on the Compact Pack.
**Garrett Miller from Extreme Ghostbusters appears.
**There is a candy bar in Garrett's chest pocket, a nod to his constant supply on the show.
**The ghosts include:
***Ghash
***Victor
***Pull Speed Ahead Ghost with its T-Stick Ghost
***X-Cop from Kenner's Haunted Humans figures
*Cover RI
**On the cover are:
***Ellen Gold
***The Orphan ghosts
***Special Agent Melanie Ortiz
***Peter
***Egon
***Holtzmann
*What Came Before
**Connla and his army from Ghostbusters Annual 2018 are alluded to.
**The events of the end of Annual 2018 and Crossing Over #1 are summarized.
*Dramatis Personae
**Walter Peck and Jimmy's bios are included but they don't appear in the issue.
*Page 1
**Holtzmann is wearing her coveralls from the Aldridge case in the 2016 movie.
**Ron is wearing his stock "Yes, It's My Real Name" T-shirt that Chevy Chase wore in the mid-1970s.
**Behind Holtzmann, in the corner of the frame is the credit for John DeCuir and Bernie Brillstein in the "They're Here to Save the World" poster of the 1984 movie.
*Page 2
**Once again, the third floor is modeled after the second floor in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Stylized Versions, including:
***The map of New York City
***The loading screen
***The Ghost Capture arcade
**Ron refers to his conversation with Egon and Ray in Annual 2018 while their headed out to Grand Central Station.
*Page 3
**Holtzmann mentions Abby, Erin, Patty, and Kevin.
**Holtzmann mentions meeting the Prime team in Ghostbusters 101.
**In panel 4, the middle arcade is also from the Firehouse 2nd floor in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Stylized Versions.
**In panel 5, on the shelf is a can of Ecto Cooler 2016.
**Holtzmann refers to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as alien lizards.
**In panel 6, on the two green screens are from Stage 1 of the Ghostbusters II Game Boy video game.
*Page 4
**Jenny hates hospitals.
**Janine is wearing a coat her animated counterpart wore in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghost Busted" when they found Slimer mistakenly helping a jewel thief.
**Janine and Jenny are at a Pequod's, the coffee chain introduced back in Volume 1.
**Jenny's outfit is based on an outfit worn by Donna Dixon in the early 1980s TV Show "Bosom Buddies" season 2 episode 2 "There's No Business...".
**In panel 2, immediately right of Janine's left arm is a logo referencing El's Diner from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Man Who Never Reached Home".
**In panel 2, in the drink case are:
***Top: The 1989 England Ghost in Can promoting Ghostbusters II with the Slimer side facing out.
***Bottom: A carton of milk from Stanz' Dairy, a nod to the location and misspelled sign in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Dairy Farm".
***Both: Yuppie Water from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Short Stuff".
**In panel 2, behind Jenny, are Ghostbusters themed snacks:
***Top: New Spirit Chips from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Something's Going Around"
***Middle: The Real Ghostbusters Potato Snacks, Cheese & Bacon (black bag)
***Bottom Left: The Real Ghostbusters Potato Snacks, Salt & Vinegar (blue bag)
***Bottom Right: A snack size bag of Wise Natural Potato Chips minus the text between the Wise logo and big yellow strip.
**Janine mentions Peter's next of kin.
**Janine mentions Walter Peck.
*Page 5
**Janine tells Jenny about the job offer Peck made to her last issue.
**On Peter's right is the Bruce doll that Janine delivered on Ray's behalf at the end of Volume 1 Issue #7.
**In panel 5, the clipboard on the table ?
*Page 6
**Peter does his Dah! from the first movie.
**Peter refers to when he was possessed by the Hungry Manitou during the Schenectady Fantastic Land bust in Volume 1 Issue #6 and #7 where he spoke to it in his mind.
**The voice's suggestion of "repossession" and Peter's quip about softballs is a nod to the 1990 movie "Repossessed" which as a parody of "The Exorcist".
**The glowing door is a nod to when Zuul possessed Dana Barrett in the first movie.
*Page 7
**The room recreates Dana's kitchen from the first movie in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
**Peter's outfit is based on the one he wore to his initial investigation in Chapter 10: Checking Out Dana in the first movie.
**The entity takes on the form of Dana Barrett from the first montage in Chapter 14 in the first movie down to her chopping vegetables.
**Peter reveals Dana doesn't do broccoli.
***In the montage, Dana was chopping carrots and celery.
*Page 8
**Jenny jumping into Peter's mind was a last minute addition by Erik Burnham.
**Jenny's outfit is based on ?
*Page 10
**Ray and Egon talk about their experiment and Peter's accident from last issue.
**Holtzmann is eating from a stand-in for Pringles she ate in the 2016 movie at Aldridge. It appeared on last issue's Cover B but the whole name is currently unknown.
**Ron's outfit is based on one worn by Chevy Chase's character in "Caddyshack" when he gave Danny some advise during a tee-time.
*Page 11
**The Containment Unit opens like it did in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Cry Uncle" when Uncle Cyrus accidentally released the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
*Page 12
**When Ron was part of Janine's New Ghostbusters, the team encountered Gareth Dibello in Volume 2 Issue #2 at Central Park.
**Ron alludes to Melanie Ortiz. She got Dibello's attention by taunting him with the discovery of his victims' bodies.
*Page 13
**Multiple portals generate from the teleportation unit just like Ron and Holtzmann's unit did last issue.
*Page 15
**Egon alludes to when he was terrified by the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the first movie.
*Page 16
**The entity conjures images of:
***Ellen Gold, who first appeared in Volume 1 Issue #2.
***Gozer
***Hungry Manitou, who first appeared in Volume 1 Issues #5 to 7.
***Sandman, from Annual 2015.
*Page 17
**Peter alludes to Ray's spirit guide, who appeared in Volume 1 Issue #1 and 14; sort of in Volume 2 Issue #17, and Annual 2015.
**Peter alludes to the Aura Video-Analyzer.
**The entity mentions Peter's paper on the theory of Werewolf Gladiators of Atlantis, a riff on the 'theory of Atlantis' question Janine read in the first movie.
*Page 18
**Ray wears civies based on those worn by his counterpart in The Real Ghosbuters. He previously wore them in Volume 2 Issue #5.
*Page 19
**In panel 1, the foot X-ray is from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Doctor, Doctor".
**Peter quotes Dorothy from the end of "The Wizard of Oz".
**Ray refers to the Scarecrow character from Oz.
**Peter mentions ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
**Peter alludes to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
**In panel 4, Egon is wearing his suit and vest outfit from the first movie.
*Page 20
**In the upper left are the 'Saturday Morning' Ghostbusters from Slimer!
***The Virtual Trading Card released online on March 27, 2018 revealed the inhabit the dimension designated 68-Q.
**Next to the 'Saturday Morning' Peter is Kevin Tanaka.
***Kevin's box references the Ghostbusters Wiki and the Kenner Firehouse playset.
**Under the 'Saturday Morning' Ghostbusters are the Sanctum of Slime junior team, last seen in Annual 2018.
**Under the Sanctum of Slime junior team are The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer, last seen in Annual 2018.
**Right of Kevin Tanaka is the Robo-Buster of Dimension 68-V, revealed in the Virtual Trading Card of March 29, 2018.
**Center top are the Penguin-Hunters from the Tokyo ESP Scene 3 episode, last seen in Get Real #2.
**Below the Penguin-Hunters are the Extreme Ghostbusters and Slimer. The Virtual Trading Card from March 6, 2018 revealed they are in Dimension 68-E and not the same as The Real Ghostbusters.
**Below the Extreme Ghostbusters are the Ghostbusters and Slimer from New Ghostbusters II, last seen in Get Real #2.
***Dan Schoening added these Ghostbusters, prompting Erik Burnham to come up with a back story for them.
**Right of Penguin-Hunter Egon is Mike the Golem of Dimension 68-V, last seen in Annual 2018.
**Below Mike is Melanie Ortiz.
**Top right corner are the Ghostbusters from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Stylized Versions, last seen in Get Real #2.
**Below the Stylized Versions team are the Chicago Ghostbusters.
**Right of Ron is Kevin Beckman.
***Kevin is holding a photo of his dog Mike Hat, a reuse of an image from Ghostbusters 101 #1.
**Below the Chicago Ghostbusters are the Answer The Call Ghostbusters.
**The last time the Saturday Morning Ghostbusters, Sanctum of Slime junior team, Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, Penguin-Hunters, Stylized Versions team, and New Ghostbusters II team all appeared in the same issue was Get Real Issue #2.
*Page 21
**The 68-R designation was revealed on Winston's Virtual Trading Card on February 27, 2018.
**The events of Get Real Issue #1 and Proteus are mentioned.
**In the upper right, the DS- code ends in the 15 easter egg.
**The notes mention the Winstons enlisted in different military branches. The prime Winston was with the Marine Corps, the RGB Winston was with the Air Force - also revealed in his trading card.
**Janine, Slimer, and the Sedgewick Hotel of The Real Ghostbusters are mentioned.
**Cait Banner is alluded to.
**Slimer's adoption, seen in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Citizen Ghost", is mentioned.
**The fact it was a cartoon is riffed on.
**The no hiatus between Gozer and Vigo is mentioned. Vigo was referenced in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Partners in Slime".
**The potential leak in the Real Ghostbusters' Containment Unit came up in Get Real Issue #2 and served as an in-universe explanation for Dan Schoening's easter eggs.
**The P.K.E. Meter is mentioned.
**The Peters' argument about payment for the flow of ghosts from Get Real Issue #2 is brought up.
**The 68-R capture was a poltergeist at the Bronx Zoo in Get Real Issue #2 that was visually based on the Makoveris Lotsabucks.
***There is a typo of it referred to as "86-R".
**The file photos are borrowed from episodes of The Real Ghostbusters:
***Ray's is from "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood".
***Winston's is from the first Intro sequence when the alarm sounds.
***Peter's is also from "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood".
***Egon's is from "Bustman's Holiday" before he gives the thumb's up at the end.
***Janine's is from "Ghosts R Us".
To Be Verified/Identified
1. Page 5: In panel 5, the clipboard on the table ?
2. Page 8: Jenny's navy blue outfit is based on ?
3. Page 20: The 15 easter egg is at the end of the file code in the upper right corner?
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