Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

Paul Rudd: Grooberson

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Quotes 

• Phoebe : Is this safe?

  Grooberson : No, history is safe, geometry is safe, science is nuclear and hydrogen bombs, science is injecting yourself with the plague and trying to find a cure in time.

  Phoebe : Science is reckless.

  Grooberson : Exactly, it's punk rock.

• Grooberson : [on the earthquakes]  I've tried triangulating and I can't figure out where they're coming from.

  Phoebe : Did you use three phones?

  Grooberson : Yeah, I know how many sides are on a triangle.

  Phoebe : I know, I just thought you were being obtuse.

  [winks] 

  Grooberson : Was that a geometry joke?

  Phoebe : Yes, hence the wink.

  Grooberson : [laughs]  That's bad... no, I like it.

• Grooberson : Did you catch anything?

  Phoebe : It's inside the trap.

  Grooberson : Right now?

  Phoebe : Yes.

• Callie : Let's go. You were supposed to look after her this summer.

  Grooberson : I was?

  Callie : Not you. Him.

  Trevor : This was her idea.

  Phoebe : But what about our stuff? The Ecto-1?

  Sheriff Domingo : Everything will remain nice and safe in our impound locker.

  Phoebe : No! We need it.

  Callie : Phoebe, let's go.

  Phoebe : We caught a ghost tonight.

  Deputy Medjuck : Dirt farmer's family.

  Phoebe : It's true. And there will be more.

  Sheriff Domingo : Hey, kid. You're starting to sound like your lunatic grandfather.

• Phoebe : I found this in my living room.

  [Mr. Grooberson picks up the ghost trap] 

  Grooberson : Whoa! Killer replica.

  Phoebe : A replica of what?

  Grooberson : A ghost trap.

• Grooberson : [Showing them a video of The Ghostbusters going to battle Gozer]  None of this rings a bell?

  Phoebe : It happened 20 years before we were born.

  Podcast : Well, I believe it.

• Phoebe : Are you sure this is safe?

  Grooberson : History is safe. Geometry, that's safe. Science is all particle accelerators and hydrogen bombs. Science is giving yourself the plague and gambling on the cure. Science is reckless.

  Phoebe : Science is reckless.

  Grooberson : Totally! Yes! It's punk rock. It's a safety pin through the nipple of academia

• Grooberson : [after testing the trap and unleashing a ghost, which damages the cars]  We should probably get out of here.

  Phoebe : You're an adult.

  Grooberson : Yeah, and liable.

• Callie : I'm sorry the night went sideways.

  Grooberson : No. I-I- had a blast. Why don't we just pick it up tomorrow night, same time.

  Callie : You really want more of this?

  Grooberson : Are you kidding me? We had kung pao shrimp. We went to jail. I don't know how we're gonna top this. This is a home run.

  Callie : Um, my life is a dumpster fire.

  Grooberson : I love dumpster fires. You should see my apartment.

• [on Phoebe's lack of social skills] 

  Grooberson : [jokingly]  Maybe she'll take up pole dancing?

  Callie : She's not that coordinated.

  Grooberson : I don't think that matters.

• Callie : I have an allergy to science.

  Grooberson : Have you tried Benadryl?

• Grooberson : [after being a terror dog]  I'm bleeding, why am I bleeding?

  Callie : Oh, you headbutted a park bench.

  Grooberson : Okay.

• Grooberson : Somehow, a town that isn't anywhere near a tectonic plate, has no volcanic activity, that has no fault lines, no fracking, no loud music even, is shaking on a daily basis.