Pukey is a small bipedal ghost that ecto-projects plasm at its targets.

History

Before Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Pukey was captured and placed in an enclosure at the Paranormal Research Center for study. It was kept in an enclosure that was formerly used for a Lionfish.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

In the summer of 2024, Winston Zeddemore gave a tour of the Paranormal Research Center to the current Ghostbusters. Pukey got on top of a rock. Enamored with how cute Pukey was, Gary Grooberson and Callie Spengler and waved at it. Pukey responded by simply puking Ectoplasm at them, but it hit the glass.

Two days later, Pukey escaped when Garraka ransacked the Paranormal Research Center upon his escape. Making its way to the Firehouse, it crashed through Trevor Spengler's bedroom window on the third floor, attracting the attention of Lars Pinfield. Lars quickly got out his Particle Thrower before dropping his guard in relief once Pukey came out of the bedroom. Lars asked Pukey how it got all the way there from Staten Island when he suddenly realized what the ghost was about to do. Unable to react in time, Lars was drenched in Pukey's ectoplasm and lost consciousness.

Powers

Pukey pukes streams of a yellowish ectoplasm.

Classification

Tertiary Canon Classification

Pukey is a Class 5 Full Roaming Vapor.^[1]

Trivia

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Trivia

• Pukey was inspired by Jason Reitman's love of pugs.^[2]
• There was some back and forth with leaving in and removing Pukey from the movie.^[3]
• The name "Pukey" was first leaked on December 15, 2023 on an advance Funko Pop listing.^[4]
• The "first look" at Pukey was a stylized rendition on the back of the Hasbro Ecto Stretch Tech Gary Grooberson figure. Pukey was listed as a Class V Full Roaming Vapor.^[1]
• Armorer Doug McCarthy made the Pukey set puppet.^[5] He hand carved it from a closed cell white foam and it was used for the actors to perform to and with during filming.^[6]
• The ectoplasm made for Pukey was referred to as Ecto Puke. The colors were yellow with a little bit of green.^[7][8]
• Doug McCarthy made and shot all the Ecto Puke for Pukey.^[9]
• Over 24,000 pints of Pukey's ectoplasm was made for practical on-set use and testing.^[10]
• A compressed air slime system was rigged to emit the ectoplasm from the on-set puppet's mouth. For each scene, it would shoot 28 pints.^[11]
• There is deleted content involving Pukey.^[12]

Appearances

Primary Canon Appearances

• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Chapter 06
  • Chapter 14

Expanded Universe

• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Deleted Scenes
    • News Report
      • Mentioned by Lucky Domingo.^[13]
    • Slime Bath

Notes

References

Gallery

Primary Canon Images

Behind the Scenes Images

Aquarium Pukey Tank version 4 concept by Andrew George Smith dated 3/23/2023

Concept (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Size chart (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey set puppet (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey set puppet (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey set puppet (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey's slime rig (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey's slime rig (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey's slime rig (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey's enclosure at the Paranormal Research Center set (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey's enclosure at the Paranormal Research Center set (Credit: Yes Have Some)

Pukey's enclosure (Credit: FilmInk Magazine)

Pukey stand-in for filming (Credit: FilmInk Magazine)

Merchandise Images

Ecto-Stretch Tech Fright Feature Gary, front of packaging

Ecto-Stretch Tech Fright Feature Gary, back of packaging

Ecto-Stretch Tech Fright Feature Pukey Ghost Figure

Ecto-Stretch Tech Fright Feature Pukey Ghost Figure