Abby Yates

“*Calm down folks, the Ghostbusters are here!*”
— Abby's first line when entering the game

“*Did somebody call?*”
— Abby's second line when entering the game

“*Doctor Abigail L. Yates, paranormal studies professional and Ghostbuster, at your service.*”
— Abby's third line when entering the game.
**Abby Yates** is one of the Story Pack characters in *LEGO Dimensions*. She appears in the 71242 Story Pack for the Ghostbusters (2016) franchise.

## Background

**Abby Yates** was responsible for the book "Ghosts from Our Past Both Literally & Figuratively: The Study of the Paranormal", which she wrote along with Erin Gilbert, but later published it online without her permission. She and Jillian Holtzmann had teamed up after a falling out with Erin. When Erin discovered that the book she co-wrote with Abby had been released, she demanded that Abby take it down. During that conversation, Erin informed Abby about the paranormal sighting at Aldridge Mansion Museum. She agreed to take the book down from the internet if Erin took her and Jillian to the Museum and introduced them to Ed Mulgrave Jr.

While there, the three witnessed the appearance of the ghost of Gertrude Aldridge, although Erin got a little more than she bargained for as the ghost spewed slime all over her. Luckily, Abby got the whole thing on video, which would later become viral on the internet, but was also the result of both Abby and Jillian being fired from Kenneth P. Higgins Institute and Erin being fired from Columbia University.

## World

**Ghostbusters (2016)**: New York (Ghostbusters 2016) (Ghostbusters H.Q. (2016))

## Abilities

* Intelligence
* Ghost Trap
* Suspend Ghost
* Ghost Puzzles
* Laser
	+ Melt Ice
* Hazard Protection
* Charge Transfer
* P.K.E. Meter
* Character Changing (Can change into Erin Gilbert, Jillian Holtzmann, and Patty Tolan)

## Quotes

“*I suppose I could take a break to play some video games!*”
— Abby when riding Arcade Machine

“*Hit the siren and let's go!*”
— Abby when riding Ecto-1 (2016)

“*Not quite the Hearse, but it'll do.*”
— Abby when riding Ecto-1

“*You call that a wand? This is a wand!*”
— Abby when seeing Harry Potter

“*I'm very flattered by your homemade Ghostbusters costume, but it's not quite right.*”
— Abby when seeing Peter Venkman

“*Oh wow! Is that a real life, Free-Roaming Class VI, lower life-form apparition?*”
— Abby when seeing Sonic the Hedgehog

“*You look remarkably familiar. Do you happen to have a brother? Green skin? Eats a lot?*”
— Abby when seeing Lumpy Space Princess

“*Well aren't you the cutest little thing!*”
— Abby when seeing Gizmo

“*Ghost traps attached to aerial drones... that might work!*”
— Abby when idle

“*This will be solved in no time at all.*”
— Abby's line when about to solve a puzzle

“*Hmmm... I can't figure this out.*”
— Abby's first line when unable to solve a puzzle

“*This out is out of my area of expertise.*”
— Abby's second line when unable to solve a puzzle

“*I can take a look at this one!*”
— Abby when about to solve a puzzle.

“*I'll need to analyze this back in the lab.*”
— Abby's line when collecting a collectable

“*It looks like Holtzmann finally perfected her cloning machine experiment!*”
— Abby to Abby

“*Somebody has been eating their greens!*”
— Abby when seeing a giant character or when riding a mech

“*There is something strange in another neighborhood that requires my attention.*”
— Abby's first line when leaving the game

“*I need to go and empty the Ghost Traps.*”
— Abby's second line when leaving the game

“*I'm going to get some Chinese. Anybody else want in?*”
— Abby's third line when leaving the game

## Trivia

* In the film, she was portrayed by Melissa McCarthy. In the game, she is voiced by Kaitlyn Robrock.
* Her Toy Tag resembles her uniform and includes the Female Ghostbusters logo.
* One of Abby's departure lines has a take on one of the lines from the Ghostbusters theme song "*If there's something strange in your neighborhood...*".