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Synopsis

The story takes place at around Halloween where the young ghostbusters notice something more than strange affecting their neighborhood on a somber evening. Moreover, they realize a sinister force has breached the firehouse‘s internal control systems according to Dr. Spengler, their mentor. In addition, the sinister force causing the breach is none other than Lilith. Her vile existence intruded the firehouse when the group noticed the level of psychokinetic energy surpassed out of the other demons they encountered. The young ghostbusters struggle to protect their home but failed until they sought help from Dr. Strange and Madame Meredith. They fled the firehouse as fast as they can even though their defeat wasn't tragic when their firehouse is damaged. Dr. Spengler was passed out after confronting the Red Death Army while protecting the containment grid. All hope is lost for the young ghostbusters crew, but fortunately, they found the Avengers at the Abbey along with the Midnight Suns. With both Koza’rai and Lilith on the rampage in summoning the evil Chthon and Ivo Shandor, merging both to become one known as Ivo Chthon, it’s up to the Young Ghostbusters and the Midnight Suns to work together to desist the looming threat.

Characters

There are 32 characters in the roster: 16 from Young Ghostbusters and 16 from Midnight Suns

Young Ghostbusters

Egon Spengler III (voiced by Roger Craig Smith): the leader of the young ghostbusters crew who wields his signature weapon, the proton fist, and fights for justice. He also wields a ghost sniffer, though it acts as a riding crop rather than detecting for odors the spirits left. His tertiary weapon of choice is the psychokinetic defibrillator, which can zap his ghostly opponents as well as exorcising the possessor spirit from their human hosts. He was bullied by a devious group of kids led by Baxter at Hunter College High School before becoming a ghostbuster when he met Peter, Ray, and Winston at the lockers. His fascination with the paranormal was inspired by his late idol, Dr. Lori Fischer. He underwent a physical transformation by taking aerobic classes -as well as dojo and kickboxing classes from Venkman- and handed his fungi collection to his older counterpart in exchange for a new hobby. Moreover, he readopts the bad boy persona but on his own terms. After a few years apart from paranormal action and traveling across the globe to encounter minor entities, he reunited with his mentor and older counterpart from the original timeline, Dr. Egon Spengler, to whom he has a close bond, is a with throughout his days as a ghostbuster. It is also revealed that he published his first book called Paranormal Phenomenon 101 featuring Egon Spengler III, an autobiographical novel about his experiences and adventures with the paranormal.

Deborah Dodgers (voiced by Kari Wahlgren): the young ghostbuster of love and cousin of Egon Spengler III and the only female of the group. She moved to New York City to become a ghostbuster like her cousin after witnessing the death of her mother, Taylor, by the hands of her evil sister Yesenia. Every night, she writes letters to her father Patrick on how her life in New York was throughout her adventure. She is the hostess of her hit paranormal series, ‘Paranormal Diaries’, with her fellow ghostbuster Winston Zeddemore III manning the camera. Deborah wields a set of proton whips crafted by Dr. Spengler and Ray Stantz III can use her green slime tethers to glue herself into safer places without drenching herself in black slime. She also uses her PKE meter app from her iPhone to detect any form of paranormal activity. Deborah dated Peter Venkman III, though his cockiness towards women made her jealous. At the time of her huge birthday party at Hunter College High School, Deborah met her favorite superhero Spider-man in person, along with the other Marvel heroes and the late Stan Lee. Now, she and Spider-man will cross paths again to save New York and the world from the evil Lilith and Koza’rai before things expect to be worse, much worse.

Ray Stantz III (voiced by Aaron Dismuke): the brains of the group -as well as the young ghostbuster of wisdom- and former investigation correspondent for the Daily Bugle, the same newspaper company where Peter Parker worked as a photographer. He is also a genius gadgeteer who invents sufficient ghost catching weapons for the team, for he shares the same jargon as his current mentor, Dr. Spengler. Prior to his immense popularity in his ghost-busting adventures, Ray met Egon Spengler III at their first period biology class during freshmen year. He heard a sign of domestic paranormal activity affecting their school when a ghost crept in their classroom. Years later, he met the young Egon again at the museum while covering an investigation of the incident for the Daily Bugle; it’s until he got fired after explaining what transpired on the night of the encounter though he has his fellow young ghostbusters by his side. Ray uses his ghost facts book to garner deeply on the subject correlating to his spectral encounters. Moreover, the information he has sought displays on his ecto-scouter, and the schematic composition consists within the locations he and the other young ghostbusters were consigned. He wields a bow and has a set of arrows emitting proton energy tied to his quiver that is attached to his proton pack; in addition, he can contact his tactically armored ecto-drones to assist him into the battlefield as well as restraining them with their capture streams.

Winston Zeddemore III (voiced by Khary Payton): the tough guy and only black male of the team as well as the young ghostbuster of kindness. He met Egon, Peter, and Ray at the lockers of Hunter College High School when confronting a paranormal threat with Dr. Fischer. During the team’s hiatus, he began working as a cameraman for Paranormal Diaries, a hit paranormal web series, with fellow ghostbuster Deborah Dodgers. The two have gotten in a strong relationship since the moment Peter introduced him to Deborah. In addition to this, Deborah and Winston discovered the two Egons and Ray at the museum during the ghost janitor incident. Thanks to the reunion of the young ghostbusters, their hit paranormal web-series surpassed a million views. He wields a ghost trimmer and a ghost duster ray gun to disable fast flying spirits. Much to his fascination with the paranormal world, he joined in with his fellow young ghostbusters on missions Dr. Spengler disclosed during the Gozerian scepter era.

Peter Venkman III (voiced by Max Mittelman): the comedian of the group and former leader of the group - not to mention the young ghostbuster of courage. He met Egon on his way to school on the first day. Most of the time, he insults Dr. Spengler unnecessarily, which also demeans the other young ghostbusters, which can lead him into trouble. Peter is considered cunning and evasive towards the demons and specters he encountered due to the gravitational flux skates on his feet. When the young Ghostbusters arrived at Salem, he spurned the choice of shelter. Dr. Strange and Madame Meredith chose but later accepted it after Egon III told him they have no choice but to desist Lilith. Most of the time, he gets what’s coming to him by becoming the bait. He worked as a security guard for an elementary school, much to his boss’ chagrin over the ghost stories he shared with the children and slacking on the job. Wielding a proton mini-gun, Peter will blast and pave his way to victory for his fellow young ghostbusters and the midnight suns.

Dr. Egon Spengler (voiced by Hugh Laurie): He was a parapsychology professor like his colleagues Dr. Venkman and Dr. Stantz until they we’re evicted from their offices as the university discontinues its branches for the kids’ activity. The trio established a paranormal company called Ghostbusters, which helps the citizens who are tormented by troublesome spirits or demons. He has a sincere connection with Caridee when he entered the young ghostbusters universe in the midst of the Crymson strife in New York City. Dr. Spengler learned from the multiverse that his original counterpart was killed by Gozer at the farmhouse. In addition, his sacrifice is not in vain, for it saved not only the future of his grandchildren and daughter Callie but for his comrades and the other citizens. He serves as the de facto mentor of the young ghostbusters and provides them with dangerous ghost hunting missions. With his green buddy Slimer by his side to aid him in combat against his enemies, Dr. Spengler will join the young ghostbusters and the midnight suns alongside thwart Lilith’s forces from terrorizing the entire globe.

Jason Briggs (voiced by Matthew Mercer): He was another classmate of the young ghostbusters in their high school. The spirit of Zuma, who was once possessing the young Egon, emerges from the shadows and dashes toward Jason. Moreover, Zuma leaves a permanent mark on his right forearm, for the spiritual energy within the mark indicates he is chosen as well as gaining its spiritual powers. Dr. Spengler assumed the role Zuma played in the possession reveals a connection with the living, for she attaches herself to Jason despite some restraints that he stated. Now, as a ghostbuster outside of the force, Jason occasionally assists Dr. Spengler and the young ghostbusters on dangerous ghost-busting missions while possessing Zuma’s spiritual powers.

Madame Meredith (voiced by Carol Bach y Rita): She is a gypsy woman who helped the young ghostbusters before their final battle against Zakudir and Ivo Shandor; in addition, she possesses a unique gift of magic compared to the other magicians. She has a sincere connection with both divination and the paranormal, and Meredith can manifest her spiritual powers such as levitation to determine whether the paranormal commences its escalation. Madame Meredith portends the fate of the city by asking the young ghostbusters to imagine themselves confronting the spirit face to face before the prediction happened. She discovered the book of Shandor, which grants her magic powers prior to her first encounter with the paranormal and mystical practices, for it runs through her bloodline. Now, Madame Meredith will be assisting the young ghostbusters with her supernatural magic and keen knowledge.

Hasuhide Takimata (voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch): he is the older brother of Saya Takimata and younger brother to Yomi Takimata. He met the young ghostbusters and Dr. Spengler during the paranormal eclipse era, helping his sister overcome the horrors of her alleged demon stalker claiming to be their archenemy, Zakudir. With the cunning edge technology he crafted, such as ghost-trapping bolas and other high-tech weapons, Hasuhide can tackle dangerous apparitions and demons with the latest gadgets he crafted to propose his ruse such as his yo-yo shaped traps. Hasuhide improvises the gadgets he crafted when he was tackling various yokai back in his home in Mie. In addition, he advocated the students from Dream Academy, the school where he graduated from before the blackmailing incident, for he and the principal worked together to put an end to an sinister force responsible for the involvement in the scheme. He has a certain connection with a ghost of the sister of a classmate whom he knew. In comparison to his sister, Hasuhide can determine if the ghosts or demons were plotting their vendetta against the young ghostbusters crew.

Mei Hua Yu (voiced by Trina Nishimura): She is a psychic medium and a spirit fighter who possessed the power to encounter the spirits face to face. Mei Hua possesses the kind of psychic ability that allows her to attack her enemies, similar to that of Jason Briggs and Madame Meredith, for she senses paranormal sensations occur at every angle. Mei Hua Yu can summon her psychic chakram to help thrive against aggressive spirits and demons that attempt to conquer the world. In addition, she can sense emotions from spirits in the midst of the storm. Combining her psychic powers with martial arts, Mei Hua Yu became the most powerful psychic fighter ever to live on the planet.

Blue Stormhawk (voiced by Daniel Lujan): he’s a shaman inspired by his uncle Powatoan Hahn, and he inhabits the knowledge for demonology according to his deceased maternal grandfather, who was a renowned spiritualist who communicated with the dead. Blue Stormhawk inherits a spiritual connection with his grandfather when he died from an unknown illness. He gains the ability to communicate and confront the spirits using his shamanistic ways regarding his family lineage. He wields a secondary weapon that allows him to conjure good and bad spirits to assist him in combat and in performing his busterality.

Raoul Webber (voiced by John Burgimeier): he is another classmate of the young ghostbusters who has an experience with the paranormal beginning at the opera house where he confronts the Phantom of the Opera and enemy, Nino Erickson, saving his childhood friend Dana Christine. In fact, Raoul possesses the knowledge of his adversary more than Christine’s friends had witnessed, for it betides him at the expense of the opera house. During the rescue of Dana Christine, Raoul, alongside Deborah and Ray, discovered her at the clemency of Nino Erickson’s command.

Vigo the Carpathian (voiced by Robert Englund): he is the main antagonist of the Ghostbusters sequel, for he ordered his henchman Janosz Poha to kidnap the infant Oscar and use him as a weapon to make himself invincible. He is a tyrant and an evil sorcerer from the town of Carpathia during medieval times until his death in 1610 at the age of 105. Aside from his obsession from Oscar, he also craves for the Mysterious Caridee’s tremendous power. At the time of Caridee’s promotion, Vigo the Carpathian has returned to even the odds with the Ghostbusters by possessing her body.

Crymson (voiced by Xander Mobus): he is the ruler of an empire named after him during the medieval times in Bulgaria, rivaling against Vigo the Carpathian’s rule. Crymson is known to unleash a strife against humanity in the city of New York. He was betrayed by Thelma Tisgue, a female apparition who controls botany, and his empire has fallen apart. Now, out to seek his revenge, Crymson will resume his conquest to conquer the world with an iron fist, similar to that of Vigo, but he will unleash hell upon those who disobeyed his order. Crymson, in fact, rivals Vigo’s tyrannical power coupled with his own political ambitions to overthrow the Carpathian regime. He led his army of red moon ghosts and crimson knights in the ongoing war against Vigo’s army of the undead during the Netherworld civil war.

Cece Giddy (voiced by Tara Strong): she is a ghostly clown that haunts Ghost World Amusement Park after selling her own soul to the gatekeeper of the park, Karro Zans, for she enjoys terrorizing the park goers and luring them to their disappearances. She has suffered from a severe mental illness that causes her to repel her victims, for she stayed secluded in the park for all eternity. She wears her evil clown makeup to rouse a feeling of terror for her amusement. When the young ghostbusters arrived at the park to exterminate the demons haunting the park, Cece complicates their plans by unleashing hell upon them. In this game, Cece meets Dr. Faustus at the amusement park in an effort to escalate the negative activity by agreeing to lead Lilith to Koza’rai.

Zakudir (voiced by Troy Baker): he is a demon who serves Ivo Shandor in retribution against his former comrade Cazzar Shandor. Zakudir is the archenemy of the young ghostbusters, for his sole purpose is to unleash hell across the world; moreover, he will bring misery and pain upon the living when he grasps his primitive target, Saya Takimata.

Midnight Suns

Doctor Stephen Strange (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch): After a horrific car accident that causes him his hands and his career as a neurosurgeon, Dr. Strange must find a different way to recover them despite the lack of medical remedy. It’s until he met The Ancient One, a powerful sorcerer, to whom he became a student at the mystic arts. In the same universe as the young Ghostbusters, his late student Caridee Barrett became his student and later moved back to New York to pursue a career as a paranormal expert and later paranormal phenomenon instructor, replacing her deceased comrade Dr. Lori Fischer. At Deborah’s birthday party, a spiritual clone of his handed an envelope with a message inside and a box containing Caridee’s best memories.

Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers (voiced by Erica Lindbeck): Carol Danvers dreamt of one day going into space when she was serving her time at the military. In addition to her life, Carol investigated and safeguarded the American space program from alien attackers responsible for the disruption impacting the conduit. On the other hand, her life was at stake when a Kree device affected her half alien DNA, which gained her super strength and the power to fly as well as harnessing vast cosmic energy to eliminate her enemies while working alongside the Avengers.

Iron Man/Tony Stark (voiced by Eric Loomis): Before becoming Iron Man, renowned engineer and playboy Tony Stark suffered an intense chest injury during the kidnapping in the Middle East. In addition, he constructs a powerful suit to not only save himself but to escape captivity. Later, he made arrangements to his suit by adding weapons and other technological apparatuses he designed through Stark Industries, the company he established. Moreover, after trying to conceal his identity, he spoke to the press that he is Iron Man, which got him besieged with questions from News reporters.

Blade/Eric Brooks (voiced by Michael Jai White): As a human who possessed supernatural abilities of a vampire, or a dhampir for short, Blade doesn’t share their vulnerabilities. Moreover, he utilizes his physiology to become the perfect vampire hunter.

Magik/Illyana Rasputina (voiced by Laura Bailey): Magik, also known as Illyana Rasputina, is a mutant with the ability to use her teleportation in her encounters against darker forces. She is a member of a fictional species of humanity known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. Due to her imprisonment in (and later ruling) Limbo, dethroning Mephisto, she is a powerful sorceress. Moreover, her mutant power, which first manifested during her imprisonment in that Limbo, is the ability to teleport via stepping discs utilizing that dimension's magic.

Nico Minoru/Sister Grimm (voiced by Lyrica Okano): She is the daughter of a duo of super powered villainous wizards known as, ‘the Pride’; upon revealing the truth, she decides to run away with a group of teenagers known as the ‘Runaways’, forcing her and the group to unite to desist the schemes their supervillain parents plotted.

Ghost Rider/Robbie Reyes (voiced by Giancarlo Sabogal (Robbie Reyes) and Darin De Paul (Ghost Rider)): Robbie Reyes is a high school student who works as a mechanic at an auto shop who lives with his brother with special needs and seeks to escape from notorious gangs coming in his way.

Spider-Man/Peter Parker (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal): after being bitten by a radioactive spider at the museum, science whiz Peter Parker’s life changes as he becomes a crime fighter by the name of Spider-Man, while his personal life continues to offer him extraordinary obstacles. All his life, he dreamt of becoming an avenger like his idol Tony Stark. Peter uses his powers for his personal gain, for he learned from his late uncle Ben, who was killed by a thief that Parker failed to stop, that ‘with great power comes great responsibility.’ Now he begins to use his powers to stop crime as Spider-man. At the time of Deborah’s birthday party, he made a surprise appearance at Hunter College High School in front of a thousand students, including Deborah.

Captain America/Steve Rogers (voiced by Brian Bloom): Steve Rogers was enlisted in the military when he was a scrawny Army reject at the start of the Second World War. He became a super soldier when he volunteered for a risky military science experiment, for they injected him with the Super Soldier serum, transforming him into a powerful military soldier who fights against evil. After an encounter against the Red Skull, thus putting an end to the second World War, a terrifying accident left Steve frozen in suspended animation until the present day.

Wolverine/James “Logan” Howlett (voiced by Steve Blum): before he became known for his time with the X-Men, James ‘Logan’ Howlett was cursed with berserker fury, which earned him the reputation of both as an outstanding superhero and as a lethal killer. He was forced to abandon his family after horrific proof of gaining accelerated healing factor, sharp bone claws in each hand, and enhanced senses. Inheriting the name, ‘Logan’, he travels across the nation to help any mutant even battle evil mutants, including his arch nemesis Sabretooth. Logan was invited by Charles Xavier to the X-Men.

Scarlet Witch/ Wanda Maximoff (voiced by Emily O’Brien): she is first depicted as a reluctant villain alongside her twin brother, Pietro Maximoff, due to a hatred against Tony Stark and organized anti-American protests after her parents were killed by the Novi Grad Bombings. After knowing the true intentions of Ultron, she and her brother joined the Avengers during the Sokovia War.

The Hulk/Bruce Banner (voiced by Mark Ruffalo (as Bruce Banner)/Fred Tatascoire (as the Hulk): After a scientific experiment has gone awry, Bruce Banner’s inner demons transformed him into a massive green monster known as the Hulk. Most of the Hulk’s origins occurred when his estranged father began to experiment on himself and transfer his genes onto Bruce. In this version, he resists Lilith’s attempts to bring Armageddon and assists Dr. Spengler and Tony Stark on conducting experiments to help the young ghostbusters apprehend every ghost that escaped from the containment grid and put an end to Lilith and Koza’rai’s plot to summon the combined dark lord Ivo Chthon.

Doctor Faustus (voiced by Time Winters): he is an Austrian psychiatrist and criminal mastermind working for Hydra. His sole purpose is to bring Lilith back from her eternal slumber and bring her under Hydra’s control. He was killed by Crossbones to prevent the Midnight Suns and the Avengers from learning Lilith’s plans. In this version, he prevents the ghostbusters from learning Koza’rai’s plans under the care of Hydra. The young ghostbusters and the Midnight Suns will need Dr. Davis Tennyson’s assistance to go through time to prevent Koza’rai from destroying the world.

Crossbones (voiced by Rick D. Wasserman): he is an enemy Hydra supervillain and an adversary of Captain America, the one whom he seeks to assassinate but failed.

Sabretooth (voiced by John Byrne): he is a supervillain and an enemy of the Wolverine and the X-Men. Unlike Wolverine, Sabertooth‘s feral behavior led him responsible for a myriad of deaths throughout history, for both his personal pleasure and as a mercenary.

Mephisto (voiced by Jason Isaacs): he’s the arch-nemesis of Ghost Rider, and a major enemy to others including Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, and now the Young Ghostbusters.

unplayable sub-bosses

Koza’rai

Lilith

Final Boss

Ivo Chthon

Stages

Young Ghostbusters’ stages

Firehouse Sub-basement Bunker

Thelma’s nether gardens

New York cemetery catacombs

Parkview Psychiatric Hospital

Camp Waconda Field Arsenal

Ghost World Amusement Park

River of Slime

Garment District Fabric Factory

Vigo’s badlands

Sedgewick Hotel

Shandor Island Castle

Ghostbusters’ firehouse

Midnight Suns

Avengers Tower

Sanctum Sanctorum

Alphabet City

Hell’s Kitchen

The Abbey

Bleecker Street

The Forge

The havens

Wild Cliffs

Transia

Agatha’s shrine

Misty Moors

Non-playable characters

The Caretaker

Dr. Davis Tennyson

Trish Johnson

Saya Takimata

Charlie

Johnny Blaze

Janine Melnitz (photograph on yearbook)

Kylie Griffin (mentioned by Egon Spengler III)

Dr. Stantz (mentioned by Dr. Spengler)

The Mysterious Caridee

Agatha Harkness

Principal Glenwich (mentioned only)

Louis Tully

Walter Peck (mentioned only)

Luke Peck (mentioned only)

Dana Barrett

Dr. Fischer (mentioned only)

Vice Principal Hawkins (mentioned only)

Lady Elmhurst (mentioned only)

Dr. Reynolds/Cazzar Shandor (mentioned only and photograph)

Coach Hightower (photograph on yearbook)

Mrs. Solistia (photograph on yearbook only)

Callie Spengler (mentioned only)

Yelena Nicovich (statue only)

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