The Real Ghostbusters
About The Real Ghostbusters
After the success of the 1984 film Ghostbusters, a cartoon adaptation was inevitable. The Real Ghostbusters first started airing on ABC in September 1986. The series was so successful that it went into daily syndication in 1987, with sixty-five episodes airing in syndication simultaneously with new episodes in the official second season in 1987. At the start of the third season in 1988, the show was renamed to Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters and expanded to an hour long time slot, during which the regular thirty-minute episode aired along with a half-hour Slimer sub-series which included two to three short animated segments focused on the character Slimer. In 1989, the boys got their own prime-time special, with The Halloween Door.
Episode guide
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Ghosts 'R Us
This show picks up where the movie left off, with the green ghost now called Slimer joining the Ghostbusters (how that happened is revealed in a future episode). Anyway, the Ghostbusters tr…
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Killerwatt
An electric ghost named Killerwatt has taken over the power plant, leaving New York City powerless.
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Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood
The Ghostbusters receive a call from an old lady named Mrs. Rogers, claiming that her house is haunted. So the guys invite Mrs. Rogers and her pet parakeet, precious to stay with Janine and…
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Slimer, Come Home
The Ghostbusters surprise Winston with a birthday party; but Slimer eats the cake, causing Peter to scold him. Feeling sad, Slimer writes a note and leaves. The others blame Peter and they…
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Troll Bridge
A little harmless troll wanders away from his clan, due to his curiosity. Soon all the other trolls attack the city searching for him. The Ghostbusters arrived at the scene. Egon communicat…
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The Boogieman Cometh
Meghan and Kenny Carter are being scared by the Boogieman and go to the Ghostbusters for help. Unfortunately, the children's parents aren't happy when the Ghostbusters barge into their home…
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Mr. Sandman, Dream Me A Dream
People have been sleeping in broad daylight while their dreams come to life. The Ghostbusters discovered the source of this bizarre phenomenon: the Sandman! This legendary being was suppose…
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When Halloween Was Forever
It is Halloween and everyone is having fun, but the fun comes to an end when two goblins draw a mark on an ancient rune and release Samhain, the evil spirit of Halloween. Soon, Samhain gath…
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Look Homeward, Ray
For once Ray is asked to be in a parade in his hometown, but his homecoming is far from pleasant when a jealous rival tries to make him look bad by casting ghostly spells. However, the spel…
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Take Two
Get ready for Hollywood's surefire blockbuster about the Ghostbusters. The advisors to the project are the guys themselves, and Slimer joins them on their flight to Hollywood. Tinsel Town m…
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Citizen Ghost
Peter tells reporter Cynthia Crawford the story of what happened to the Ghostbusters after they defeated Gozer. While rebuilding their headquarters and Ecto-Containment Unit, the group is f…
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Janine's Genie
Janine accompanies the Ghostbusters on a job and accepts an old lamp as part of the payment. A genie happens to be inside the lamp and he grants her wishes (the first making her the boss an…
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Xmas Marks The Spot
On the way back to the fire house on Christmas Eve, the Ghostbusters unknowingly stumble through a portal to the past and into 19th century Britain where they run into Ebenezer Scrooge and…
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Baby Spookums
A crack in the sidewalk which is a gateway to the netherworld opens, and a baby ghost emerges and wanders away. His parents emerge shortly afterwards and search for him. Meanwhile, the Ghos…
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Janine's Day Off
When Janine takes Egon away from the office to be her date at a family gathering, the other Ghostbusters accidentally release a troublesome "imp" who quickly becomes a giant beast.
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Adventures In Slime And Space
Egon's latest invention causes the mischievous ghost to spawn millions of mini-Slimers.
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Ragnarok And Roll
Abandoned by his girlfriend Cindy, a lonely man named Jeremy and his hunchback-like friend, DyTillio, sets loose the forces of evil as he uses a magical flute to bring about the end of the…
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Captain Steel Saves The Day
A comic book is about to get canceled, and so the superhero on whom it focuses escapes the pages and starts fighting crime in New York. Unfortunately, his nemesis also escapes and releases…
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They Call Me MISTER Slimer
Slimer runs away from home. While trying to earn his keep, the verdant varmint gets a job as bodyguard to a teenage boy who's constantly being bothered by the neighborhood bully.
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It's A Jungle Out There
A animal-demon gives all the animals in New York the ability to talk and interact, acting like humans in a lot of ways, and uses them to help take over the world.
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Buster The Ghost
A lonely and confused ghost tries to help the Ghostbusters out by gathering ghosts at the firehouse.
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Night Game
The spirits of both good and evil have battled for centuries. This time, they've decided a more civilized way: a baseball game. The Ghostbusters investigate this bizarre phenomenon at a vac…
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Rollerghoster
An amusement park starts up a new ride by the name of Ecto-1. What could go wrong? Well, it's haunted by ghosts of animals.
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Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?
Strange noises emanating from the room that legendary animator, Walt Fleishman, used to animate his characters until his disappearance in the 1940s prompts an old lady working at the studio…
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Dairy Farm
The Ghostbusters hope to get some rest from the world of ghost busting at Ray's cousin's farm, only to find out that the farm is actually the resting place of a family of farmers, who canno…
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Slimer, Is That You?
Egon and Slimer switch minds?and the timing couldn't be worse, as an egomaniacal ghost wishes to test his wits against the brainy 'buster, and destroy New York if he fails to measure up.
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Egon's Ghost
One of Egon's devices throws him slightly out of phase with reality, rendering him, for all intents and purposes, a ghost. Can the Ghostbusters bring him back to this plane of existence bef…
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Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster
When New York is overwhelmed by ghosts, Janine becomes a Ghostbuster who saves her colleagues and the city from a gruesome fate.
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The Cabinet Of Calamari
The great magician Calamari is being haunted by a ghost that keeps escaping from the traps of the Ghostbusters- could it be the spirit of Houdini?
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Ghostbuster Of The Year
The Ghostbusters try to capture the infamous ghost of Charles Foster Hearse as they each pursue the title of "Ghostbuster of the Year."
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Egon's Dragon
After finishing their latest job, the Ghostbusters accidentally wake a large dragon from its sleep at the bottom of a dried up well. The dragon was accidentally created/summoned up hundreds…
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The Bogeyman Is Back
After an almost deadly fall off the World Trade Center, Egon's fears start to get the better of him. So much so that the Boogeyman manages to tap into his fear and escape from his realm.
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No One Comes To Lupusville
The Ghostbusters are hired by a mysterious man named Gregore, leader of a small secluded village called Lupusville, that is located deep in the woods, to get rid of a coven of vampires. As…
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The Bird Of Kildarby
A haunted Irish castle is imported to New York's Central Park, and the Ghostbusters are called in to work a deal with its evil spirit tenants.
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The Long, Long, Long, etc. Goodbye
The spirit of a private detective helps the Ghostbusters to capture a cursed ghost named Blackey, who 40 years ago stole a cursed Egyptian treasure and was transformed into a monstrous guar…
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Cold Cash And Hot Water
Peter's father discovers a demon frozen in Alaskan ice, and he makes the mistake of bringing the block of ice back to New York to display to the public.
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Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Ghost?
During a routine ghostbust in the city, the Ghostbusters take down a bunch of ghosts at a restaurant, where a young couple are talking about getting rid of a ghost in their own mansion. The…
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Once Upon A Slime
When Slimer hides a book of fairy tales under one of Egon's newest machines, everything in the book comes to life.
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The Man Who Never Reached Home
The Ghostbusters meet a ghost who's been cursed to a hundred-year ride on a horse and carriage, and they help the man return to the real world.
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Doctor, Doctor
The Ghostbusters have to go to the hospital after a job at a chemical plant. The bust at the plant causes a strange chemical to cover the guys, which results in a thick-layer of slime and m…
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You Can't Take It With You
Wishing to take his vast fortune with him to the afterlife, a dying, and insanely avaricious billionaire creates a machine to open a doorway to the afterlife. However, this causes a rupture…
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Victor, The Happy Ghost
Slimer's tenure as the resident adorable ghost is jeopardized. The gang adopts a cute and seemingly innocent little spirit as their new pet until they realize that he becomes a snarling mon…
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Lost And Foundry
After a ghost is trapped in a pot of molten steel, all of New York's metallic objects become "possessed," thus requiring the services of the Ghostbusters.
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The Two Faces Of Slimer
An ectoplasmic entity leaks out of the containment unit and it makes Slimer turn into a big ugly monster during his sleep.
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Chicken, He Clucked
A chicken-phobic man named Cubby finally has a breakdown and uses a trio of magic books from the New York Public library, which Egon was also looking to check out, to summon up a demon name…
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Venkman's Ghost Repellers
Peter's dad sells a product that he claims act as a ghost repellent. However, the product, which are actually plain and ordinary ponchos, prove to be useless against a ghost as simple as Sl…
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The Hole In The Wall Gang
Ghosts are emerging from holes found in a house and the bigger the hole, the bigger the ghost.
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Ghost Busted
When a dry season of Ghostbusting puts financial stress on the guys and Janine, the group tries to compensate by taking side jobs. Much to their own disaster. But things change when the guy…
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The Ghostbusters In Paris
Hundreds of ghosts are accidentally let loose from the Eiffel Tower, and the Ghostbusters are called to Paris to save France from destruction.
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Sticky Business
The Ghostbusters release the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the containment unit to shoot a commercial in exchange for getting $50,000 for a children's hospital. However, during the process…
