sons) and a younger sister Jean (a journalist living in California with one daughter). However, Ray and his siblings are not in contact with each other since their parents' deaths. After talking with Peter Venkman and Egon Spengler, they decided to try hunting ghosts full-time. Ray mortgaged the house he was born in to provide the starting capital to get the company started and lease the firehouse. In addition, he rummaged through used car lots and purchased a dilapidated 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Sentinel which restored to make the Ecto-1. Stantz also has the distinction of being the first Ghostbuster to meet Slimer, initially dropping his cigarette in fear. He then attempted to proton blast the ghost after his call for assistance was unheard by Venkman. He was later partnered with newly hired Winston Zeddemore, with whom he became good friends. Ray accidentally chose the form of Gozer's Destructor form based of his childhood memories at Camp Parkside, initially thought of what he believed is harmless, but later regret it after seeing the giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man's rampage across the city. Despite his initial attempt at negotiations, he wound up fighting Gozer with his Proton Pack. After reversing the particle flow to force Gozer back into his realm, during which Ray used himself to shield Winston from the explosion and melted marshmallow, and they both survived. He then concerned about the other guys' welfare, and celebrated with them all afterward. Although this was short-lived by the, "ungrateful, yuppie larvae!" representing the city, county and state of New York. Ghostbusters II (1989) In the second film, following the decline of the Ghostbusters' business, Stantz and Winston were entertainers for parties, where they were repeatedly debased by children. When he was not doing that, he was running his bookstore, Ray's Occult Books, located on St. Mark's Place, a store dedicated to occult studies and the paranormal, selling books and metaphysical supplies. It is implied by Venkman that two years prior, the team had used their proton packs for a secret adventure. When Dana Barrett comes to Egon and later Ray, it becomes clear that something supernatural was once again happening underneath New York City. During the investigation on Vigo's painting, while Venkman taunts it, Ray notices Vigo's eyes glowed and caught under his spell, turning Ray into Vigo's sleeper agent by subtly controlling Ray's subconscious and allowing Vigo to spy on the