Peter Venkman

Peter Venkman is one of the main characters from the Ghostbusters series.
== Charactah Account ==
"The Mouth" of the team who functions as something of a leader due to being the most forward and direct with clients, critics, the press, etc. Always ready with a sarcastic quip when things turn dire.
Peter is the de facto leader of the Ghostbusters, but in actuality his role is more along the lines of spokesman for the group. Although, he usually is the one who chooses whether the team will take a case or not. He has the same personality as his movie counterpart, almost identical. A good-natured, low-key slacker with a hint of con artist and womanizer thrown in.
Peter is a lot smarter than he lets on, and has almost as keen a grasp on paranormal science as Egon and Ray. He admits he generally adopts the guise of an easygoing slacker because it makes it harder for opponents to second guess him. He has on occasion come up with some particularly shrewd plans.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Extreme Ghostbusters
* The Real Ghostbusters
* The Real Ghostbusters Season 2
* The Real Ghostbusters Season 3
* The Real Ghostbusters Season 4
* The Real Ghostbusters Season 5
* The Real Ghostbusters Season 6
* The Real Ghostbusters Season 7
=== Comics ===
* 35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters
* Ghostbusters
* Ghostbusters 101
* Ghostbusters Annual 2015
* Ghostbusters Annual 2017
* Ghostbusters Annual 2018
* Ghostbusters Crossing Over
* Ghostbusters Get Real
* Ghostbusters International
* Ghostbusters Year One
* Ghostbusters: Deviations
* Ghostbusters: Funko Universe
* Ghostbusters: Times Scare!
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ghostbusters
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters
* The X-Files: Conspiracy - Ghostbusters
* Transformers/Ghostbusters: Ghosts of Cybertron
=== Manga ===
* Ghost Busted
=== Movies ===
* Ghostbusters
* Ghostbusters II
* Ghostbusters: Afterlife
=== Video Games ===
* Ghostbusters Beeline
* Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
* Ghostbusters: The Video Game
== Trivia ==
* Peter appeared to have had a precognitive dream about the Sandman just before the team first encountered him.
* Peter thought Robert Redford would be dying to play him in the Ghostbusters movie.
* Peter supposedly saw (part of) the lipsticked, "Venkman, burn in Hell!" graffiti and Bill Murray "playing" him in the episode "Take Two". He said that he doesn't look a thing like him.
* Peter reveals to Cynthia Crawford that he fought a person named Rick in the third grade. Peter noted he was a big guy with big muscles, but the brains of a trout.
* Peter Venkman became indifferent to Christmas because his father, Jim Venkman, was always away during Christmas on business trips.
* Peter always wanted to fire a cannon and got the chance to against Captain Jack Higgins.
* The Forces of Good and Forces of Evil played a game of baseball for Peter's soul.
* Peter is honored in the Tri Kuppa Bro frat history book for the day he ran his underwear up the flagpole when he was still wearing them.
* Peter was weak in Economics in college.
* Peter's license plate on his Y-car is a vanity one and reads "Dr.V."
* Peter takes his suits in size 38 Long.
* Peter has an Uncle Alf. He advised Peter to open a hardware business.
* Peter spent seven years in college.
* Peter attended the Woodstock music festival.
* At the end of the Hob Anagarak incident, Jim was supposed to be sent back home to a farm in Iowa. This implied Peter was from the Midwest like Egon.
* Peter has loved trains since he was a child. He dreamed about driving a big locomotive. He studied engineering in college for two years before he discovered it had nothing to do with trains.
* Peter is a fan of Humphrey Bogart and Spencer Tracy.
* Peter spent his time in college reading Dewey Lamort-authored westerns.
* Peter once tried to cheat the ghosts of the Earp Brothers and Doc Holliday in a friendly game of Poker.
* Peter keeps his jellybeans in a box under his pillow.
* When he was in high school, Peter used to work for carnies during summers.
* Peter confesses to playing a prank on Janine the week before the Dyb Devlin incident. When she was showering, he sent Slimer up the water pipe under the impression there was a doughnut in her shower cap.
* Peter watched a lot of roller derby when he was a child.
* Peter hates it when his hair is tousled and dislikes cockroaches, bats, bugs, snakes, and rats. He hated bugs since he was a child. Peter's three main fears are falling, premature burial, and being eaten.
* Peter's favorite television show is "The Bob Newhart Show."
** This was a nod to the voice of Peter at the time, Lorenzo Music, who produced "The Bob Newhart Show."
* Peter flunked music in high school.
* Bill Murray, who played the original version of Peter Venkman, had complained that Lorenzo Music's voice for the character sounded too much like the cartoon cat Garfield, also played by Music and later - ironically - by Bill Murray himself. Because of this, Dave Coulier replaced Music as Peter's voice from "Baby Spookums" to the remainder of the series and appearances in Extreme Ghostbusters.
* Peter has a collection of baseball cards.
* Peter mentioned his mother twice in "The Two Faces of Slimer ."
* Peter used to be a box boy. 
* Peter hates goodbyes.
* Peter has at least one filling but lost it during dessert at the Micawb Mansion.
* Peter mentions his mother while commenting on the Spider Hair Fondue served at the Micawb Mansion.
* Peter watches the television series "Moonlighting." 
* According to the call sheets for "The Grundel", Maurice LaMarche filled in for Dave Coulier as the voice of Peter.
* Peter attended a junior high school that Alec Meredith and Lee Meredith went to. 
* Peter suffers from hay fever during spring.
* Peter lost his T-Bo the Bunny lunchbox in the 6th grade.
* Peter thinks he does a terrific Elvis impersonation and is a natural born actor.
* Peter was once tricked into thinking he was being auctioned off to the highest bidder at the Ladies' Charity Function.
* Peter sold the TV rights to ABC for two specials, one about Al Capone and one about the Bermuda Triangle, before the others could stop him. In addition to money, jukeboxes may have been part of the deal.
* After a car crash during the battle against Al Capone, Peter asks his dad to borrow the car for prom and promises to get it back in one piece.
* Peter waited five years to slime Slimer.
* Peter did his taxes through Louis Tully at least once.
* Peter went to Riverota, South Dakota every summer as a child.
* The first time he went camping with his father, Peter learned there is nothing too big to handle in life.
* During his childhood, Peter lived in a bad neighborhood.
* While dreaming, Peter mentions he is a Scorpio.
* Peter doesn't know diddly about computers.
* Every spring, the Venkman's basement got flooded.
* Peter once watched Lawrence Tully because he owed Louis $50.
* For Lawrence's birthday party, Peter dressed as a clown and went by the stage name "Venko the Clown."
** The clown costume appears to be loosely inspired by Grimm, a character dressed up as a clown portrayed by Bill Murray in "Quick Change".
* During Lawrence's party, Peter demonstrated his proficiency in juggling.
* An Egyptian water spirit once dragged Peter 50 feet underwater in the East River. Peter found it cute but moody.
* Peter failed math twice in college but that didn't stop him from becoming a scientist.
* This version of Peter Venkman makes an unofficial cameo on IDW Comics' "What in Samhain Just Happened?!" one-shot issue. On page 17, he is one of the guests attending Artie Lester's Halloween gala. He was flirting with Lester's assistant, Sherri.
* Peter appears on the RI cover of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #8.
* On the subscription cover of Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #16, Peter makes a non-canon cameo.
* On page 1 of Ghostbusters 101 #4, in panel 2, Erin Gilbert's flight suit is based on the one worn by Peter.
* On page 21 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #2, Peter's file photo is from "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood".
* Peter was mentioned in The Real Ghostbusters' bio on the 33rd Crossing Over Virtual Trading Card, posted on June 12, 2018.
* On cover A of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #4, Peter is featured.
* Peter was mentioned in the Groovy Doom Dimension bio in the 40th Crossing Over Virtual Trading Card, released on July 5, 2018.
* On page 15 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #5, Peter's possessed design is visually based on when he was possessed by Wat in "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood".
* Peter appears on Cover RI of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #6.
* On page 13 of Ghostbusters Crossing Over Issue #6, Peter 68-R's possessed look is based on his possession in "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood".
* Peter appears on the front cover of the Ghostbusters Crossing Over TPB.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Peter Venkman at Ghostbusters Wiki
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