Gender: Female
Age: 32
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"You want to destroy me, Janine? I won't try to stop you. But remember this... I love you."
Doctor Egon Spengler to Janine Melnitz, "Janine, You've Changed," The Real Ghostbusters. ^_^
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The run down on RGB voices:
Peter Venkman, Lorenzo Music (Garfield, Tummi Gummi, Carlton the doorman in Rhoda), Seasons 1-2. Dave Coulier (Joey in Full House), Seasons 3-7 & EGB, Back in the Saddle. Lorenzo was replaced by Dave when Bill Murray asked, "How come he doesn't sound like me?" Lorenzo was nearly 50 years old when he was voicing Peter Venkman! Lorenzo died from lung & bone cancer on August 4th 2001.
Egon Spengler, Maurice LaMarche (The Brain), Seasons 1-7 & EGB. (Note: Maurice LaMarche took a while to settle into the role, so Egon's voice is a little deeper in the very early eps) Egon is blond because actors rarely, if ever, give permission for their likenesses to be used in cartoons. (Personally I prefer the blond hair & I like the irony of him being a smart blond as opposed to being a dumb one).
Ray Stantz, Frank Welker (Freddie Jones in Scooby Doo, Megatron/Galvatron, Dr. Claw), Seasons 1-7 & EGB, Back in the Saddle.
Winston Zeddemore, Arsenio Hall, Seasons 1-3. Buster Jones (Blaster in The Transformers), Seasons 4-7 & EGB, Back in the Saddle. Arsenio left to do his own talk show, so he was replaced with Buster.
Janine Melnitz, Laura Summer, Seasons 1-2. Kath Soucie (Linka in Captain Planet & the Planeteers), Seasons 3-7. Pat Musick, EGB. Laura was replaced by Kath when some consultants said that Janine's voice was too abraisive & loud & should be softer & more feminine. Janine's appearance was also changed for simliar reasons. Watch "Janine, You've Changed" for the supernatural explanation for Janine's changes.
Slimer, Frank Welker, Seasons 1-7. Billy West, EGB.
J. Michael Straczynski was head staff writer & story editor for seasons 1-3, but left when the changes happened. He was begged to come back in 1989-1990 to try & correct the problems that arose from the changes. Sadly he only wrote a few episodes as he was very busy on other projects. He wrote "Janine, You've Changed" as a way of explaining Janine's constant changes & also in retaliation for them. He's also incorrectly billed in the episode as Michael J. Straczynski. Most people refer to him as JMS.
I hope this clears up some things for people who keep enquiring about them.
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