The Real Ghostbusters (TV Series 1986 - 1991)





 

Plot



The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola. "The Real" was added to the title after a dispute with Filmation and its Ghost Busters properties.[3] The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.[4]

 

There also were two ongoing Real Ghostbusters comics, one published monthly by Now Comics in USA and the other published weekly (originally biweekly) by Marvel Comics in the United Kingdom, and a popular toy line manufactured by Kenner (the toyline lasted longer than the television series itself).



Cast

 

Peter Venkman - Lorenzo Music (seasons 1-2), Dave Coulier (seasons 3-7)
Egon Spengler - Maurice LaMarche
Ray Stantz, Slimer - Frank Welker
Winston Zeddemore - Arsenio Hall (seasons 1-3), Buster Jones (seasons 4-7)[n 1]
Janine Melnitz - Laura Summer (seasons 1-2), Kath Soucie (seasons 3-7)
Louis Tully - Rodger Bumpass (seasons 5-6)
Chilly Cooper - Cree Summer (seasons 3-6)



Episode Guide



 

1st Season
  1- 1             13 Sep 86   Ghosts 'R Us
  1- 2             20 Sep 86   Killerwatt
  1- 3             27 Sep 86   Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood
  1- 4              4 Oct 86   Slimer, Come Home
  1- 5             11 Oct 86   Troll Bridge
  1- 6             18 Oct 86   The Boogieman Cometh
  1- 7             25 Oct 86   Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream
  1- 8              1 Nov 86   When Halloween Was Forever
  1- 9              8 Nov 86   Look Homeward, Ray
  1-10             15 Nov 86   Take Two
  1-11             22 Nov 86   Citizen Ghost
  1-12              6 Dec 86   Janine's Genie
  1-13             13 Dec 86   Xmas Marks the Spot



2nd Season 1987 

 

  2- 1             14 Sep 87   Janine's Day Off
  2- 2             15 Sep 87   Adventures in Slime and Space
  2- 3             16 Sep 87   Ragnarok and Roll
  2- 4             17 Sep 87   Captain Steel Saves the Day
  2- 5             18 Sep 87   They Call Me MISTER Slimer

  2- 6             21 Sep 87   Buster the Ghost
  2- 7             22 Sep 87   Night Game
  2- 8             23 Sep 87   Rollerghoster
  2- 9             24 Sep 87   Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?
  2-10             25 Sep 87   Dairy Farm

 

  2-11             28 Sep 87   Egon's Ghost
  2-12             29 Sep 87   Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster
  2-13             30 Sep 87   The Cabinet of Calamari
  2-14              1 Oct 87   Ghostbuster of the Year
  2-15              2 Oct 87   Egon's Dragon

  2-16              5 Oct 87?  No One Comes to Lupusville
  2-17              6 Oct 87   The Bird of Kildarby
  2-18              7 Oct 87   The Long, Long, Long, etc. Goodbye
  2-19              8 Oct 87?  Cold Cash and Hot Water
  2-20              9 Oct 87   Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?

 

  2-21             12 Oct 87   The Man Who Never Reached Home
  2-22             13 Oct 87   Doctor, Doctor
  2-23             14 Oct 87   You Can't Take It With You
  2-24             15 Oct 87   Victor, the Happy Ghost
  2-25             16 Oct 87   Lost and Foundry

  2-26             19 Oct 87   Chicken, He Clucked
  2-27             20 Oct 87   Venkman's Ghost Repellers
  2-28             21 Oct 87   The Hole in the Wall Gang
  2-29             22 Oct 87   Ghost Busted
  2-30             23 Oct 87   The Ghostbusters in Paris

 

  2-31             26 Oct 87   A Fright at the Opera
  2-32             27 Oct 87   The Collect Call of Cathulhu
  2-33             28 Oct 87   Banshee Bake a Cherry Pie
  2-34             29 Oct 87   Drool, the Dogfaced Goblin
  2-35             30 Oct 87   Boo-dunit

  2-36              2 Nov 87   The Revenge of Murray the Mantis
  2-37              3 Nov 87   The Headless Motorcyclist
  2-38              4 Nov 87   The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic
  2-39              5 Nov 87   Moaning Stones
  2-40              6 Nov 87   Knock, Knock

 

  2-41              9 Nov 87   The Spirit of Aunt Lois
  2-42             10 Nov 87   Sea Fright
  2-43             11 Nov 87   Ghost Fight at the O.K. Corral
  2-44             12 Nov 87   Cry Uncle
  2-45             13 Nov 87   Bustman's Holiday

  2-46             16 Nov 87   The Scaring of the Green
  2-47             17 Nov 87   Ain't NASA-sarily So
  2-48             18 Nov 87   Apocalypse -- What, NOW?
  2-49             19 Nov 87   The Devil to Pay
  2-50             20 Nov 87   A Ghost Grows in Brooklyn

 

  2-51             23 Nov 87   I Am the City
  2-52             24 Nov 87   Last Train to Oblivion
  2-53             25 Nov 87   Beneath These Streets
  2-54             26 Nov 87   Play Them Ragtime Boos
  2-55             27 Nov 87   The Old College Spirit

  2-56             30 Nov 87   Hard Knight's Day
  2-57              1 Dec 87   Masquerade
  2-58              2 Dec 87   Deadcon 1
  2-59              3 Dec 87   Don't Forget the Motor City
  2-60              4 Dec 87   The Devil in the Deep

 

  2-61              7 Dec 87   Lights! Camera! Haunting!
  2-62              8 Dec 87   Egon on the Rampage
  2-63              9 Dec 87   Station Identification
  2-64             10 Dec 87   Hanging by a Thread
  2-65             11 Dec 87   Transylvanian Homesick Blues



3rd Season 1987

 

  3- 1             12 Sep 87   Baby Spookums
  3- 2             19 Sep 87   It's a Jungle Out There
  3- 3             26 Sep 87   Slimer, Is That You?
  3- 4              3 Oct 87   The Bogeyman Is Back
  3- 5             10 Oct 87   Once Upon a Slime
  3- 6             17 Oct 87   The Two Faces of Slimer
  3- 7             24 Oct 87   Sticky Business
  3- 8             31 Oct 87   Halloween II 1/2
  3- 9              7 Nov 87   Loathe Thy Neighbor
  3-10             14 Nov 87   The Grundel
  3-11             21 Nov 87   Big Trouble with Little Slimer
  3-12              5 Dec 87   The Copycat
  3-13             12 Dec 87   Camping It Up



4th Season 1988

 

  4- 1             10 Sep 88   The Joke's on Ray
  4- 2             17 Sep 88   Flip Side
  4- 3             24 Sep 88   Poultrygeist
  4- 4              8 Oct 88   Standing Room Only
  4- 5             15 Oct 88   Robo-Buster
  4- 6             22 Oct 88   Short Stuff
  4- 7             12 Nov 88?  Follow That Hearse
  4- 8             19 Nov 88   The Brooklyn Triangle



5th Season 1989

 

  5- 1              9 Sep 89?  Something's Going Around
  5- 2             16 Sep 89?  Three Men and an Egon  5- 3             23 Sep 89?  Elementary My Dear Winston
  5- 4             30 Sep 89?  If I Were a Witch Man
  5- 5              7 Oct 89?  Partners in Slime
  5- 6             14 Oct 89?  Future Tense
  5- 7             21 Oct 89?  Jailbusters
  5- 8             28 Oct 89?  The Ghostbusters Live! from Al Capone's Tomb!
  5- 9             29 Oct 89   The Halloween Door
  5-10             11 Nov 89?  Venk-Man!
  5-11             18 Nov 89?  Trading Faces (15 min)
  5-12             18 Nov 89?  Transcendental Tourists (15 min)
  5-13             25 Nov 89?  Surely You Joust (15 min)
  5-14             25 Nov 89?  Kitty-Cornered (15 min)
  5-15              2 Dec 89?  Slimer's Curse (15 min)
  5-16              2 Dec 89?  Til Death Do Us Part (15 min)
  5-17              9 Dec 89?  It's About Time (15 min)
  5-18              9 Dec 89?  The Ransom of Greenspud (15 min)
  5-19             16 Dec 89?  Revenge of the Ghostmaster (15 min)
  5-20             16 Dec 89?  Loose Screws (15 min)
  5-21             23 Dec 89?  Slimer Streak (15 min)



6th Season 1990

 

  6- 1              8 Sep 90?  Janine, You've Changed
  6- 2             15 Sep 90?  You Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks
  6- 3             22 Sep 90?  Ghostworld
  6- 4             29 Sep 90?  The Haunting of Heck House
  6- 5              6 Oct 90?  Mean Green Teen Machine
  6- 6             13 Oct 90?  Spacebusters
  6- 7             20 Oct 90?  My Left Fang
  6- 8             27 Oct 90?  Russian About
  6- 9              3 Nov 90?  The Slob
  6-10             10 Nov 90?  Deja Boo
  6-11             17 Nov 90?  Afterlife in the Fast Lane
  6-12             24 Nov 90?  Guess What's Coming to Dinner
  6-13              1 Dec 90?  Stay Tooned
  6-14              8 Dec 90?  Very Beast Friends
  6-15             15 Dec 90?  Busters in Toyland
  6-16             22 Dec 90?  The Magnificent Five

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7th Season 1991

 

  7- 1                Sep 91?  The Treasure of Sierra Tamale
  7- 2                Sep 91?  Not Now, Slimer!
  7- 3                Sep 91?  Attack of the B-Movie Monsters
  7- 4                Sep 91?  20,000 Leagues Under the Street