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No, don't worry, he will not be harmed! He—He has been chosen, to be the vessel of the spirit of Vigo! And you... will be the mother of the ruler of the world! Doesn't that sound nice?
~ Janosz explaining Vigo's plans for Oscar to Dana.

Dr. Janosz Poha is the secondary antagonist of the 1989 supernatural comedy film Ghostbusters II, the second installment of the Ghostbusters franchise.

He is an art restoration expert at the Manhattan Museum of Art in New York City, and the boss of Dana Barrett. He later becomes the right-hand man of the sixteenth-century Carpathian tyrant Vigo and aids him in his quest to be reborn; choosing Dana's infant son Oscar to be his vessel due to his infatuation with her.

He was portrayed by Peter MacNicol, who also voiced Fenwick in Recess: School's Out!, Mad Hatter in Batman: Arkham City, Man-Bat in The Batman, Doctor Octopus in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Gary Granger in Addams Family Values, R.M. Renfield in Dracula: Dead and Loving It, and X the Eliminator in Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.

Personality[]

Janosz was originally a neutral character who while mostly harmless was also quite antagonistic in his own way, having a crush on Dana and easily becoming jealous. he was, however, not a threat to anyone and largely seemed your average unwanted love interest.

Yet when Vigo manifested things changed quickly and Janosz was quick to throw himself at the feet of the evil spirit, originally out of sheer fear and awe. However, Janosz soon grew darker as Vigo convinced him that he could woe Dana and become a future "father" to a "god" by helping him capture Oscar, his fear quickly fading into a dark obsession he willingly allowed himself to be further corrupted by Vigo and thus his neutral status changed to that of a malevolent stalker who was willing to take Dana by force, as well as put Oscar in great danger just to fulfil his own selfish ambitions.

Yet even in his darkest moments Janosz was still a rather comedic villain and was not terribly threatening, indeed he was cowardly and weak - though he had moments of being a more serious threat, such as when he kidnapped Oscar in the guise of a ghostly "nanny".

After Vigo's defeat and being sprayed with positive mood slime, Janosz personality improved dramatically, as his evil urges seemed to vanish. Given his nature, it is assumed Janosz would return to his neutral status after these events and no longer threatened anyone.

Biography[]

However Janosz was not prepared for the intervention of the Ghostbusters and in order to aid his master became possessed by Vigo, gaining supernatural powers but also losing a bit of his humanity in the process - although he was an antagonist throughout the movie it is worth noting that Janosz was never a truly evil individual, just very misguided and desperate - thus easily manipulated by more sinister beings such as Vigo.

After gaining a link to Vigo his character darkened considerably and he would go as far as utilizing demonic powers to kidnap Oscar and take him to be sacrificed to Vigo, so that the evil spirit could live on in Oscar's body: Janosz was promised that in exchange for his betrayal, he would be given Dana as his bride and a status as an adopted "father" to the reborn Vigo.

Janosz was ultimately defeated by the Ghostbusters using a special device that reversed Vigo's "Mood Slime" via transforming the negative psychic energy into positive ones - this was really the only non-lethal way to deal with Janosz (since he was human) and worked very well as he became almost instantly reformed afterwards - his ultimate fate is unknown but it is safe to assume he resumed his role as a supervisor at the Manhattan Museum of Art.

Powers and Abilities[]

Janosz originally had no unusual powers, indeed he was physically weak and cowardly in nature, making him a rather comedic and harmless figure. After willingly giving himself up as an enforcer of Vigo, he would be granted a darker personality and a collection of demonic powers, sufficiently powerful that he could turn himself into a ghostly creature in order to capture Oscar (his magic was sufficient that he was mistaken as a ghost by one of the main cast, though Dana knew it was Janosz).

Even with his new powers Janosz didn't utilize them to their full potential and tried to avoid physical confrontation, still being rather cowardly in nature - after being exposed to positive mood slime all his demonic powers were removed, as were his more destructive urges.. making him a non-powered and more mentally stable human being once more.

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Movies
Ghostbusters (1984): Gozer | Terror Dogs (Zuul & Vinz Clortho) | Library Ghost | Subway Ghost | Zombie Taxi Driver
Ghostbusters II: Vigo | Janosz Poha | Scoleri Brothers | Jogger Ghost | Theatre Ghost | Mink Coat | Washington Square Ghost
Ghostbusters (2016): Rowan North | Marshmallow Man | Mayhem | Flasher Ghost | Electrocuted Ghost | Gertrude Aldridge
Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Gozer | Ivo Shandor | Terror Dogs (Zuul & Vinz Clortho) | Muncher | Mini-Pufts | Miner Ghost | Bug-Eye Ghost | Flaming Phantasm

Television
The Real Ghostbusters: Stay Puft Marshmallow Man |Grundel | Samhain | Cathulhu | Cult of Cathulhu (Spawn of Cathulhu & Clark Ashton) | Tiamat | Old One | Old One Cult (Dmitri Smerdyakov) | Wat | Quetzalcoatl | Spectral Mass | Winchester Wolf | Apshai | Anshar | Kishnar
Extreme Ghostbusters: Achira | The Ringleader | Demonic Clowns | Tempus | Mistress | Demi-Dog | Cohila | Harasvelg | Shanbahac | Leprechaun (Extreme Ghostbusters)| Mirror Demon |

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