List of The Real Ghostbusters episodes
The Real Ghostbusters Complete Collection DVD box set, released in North America by Time-Life on November 15, 2008
The animated television series The Real Ghostbusters premiered on ABC on September 13, 1986. It continued airing weekly until the series conclusion on October 5, 1991.[1] After the first season aired, the series entered syndication, during which new episodes aired each weekday. Sixty-five episodes aired in syndication simultaneously with 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. At the end of its seven-season run, 173 episodes had aired, including the syndicated episodes and 13 episodes of Slimer!, with multiple episodes airing out of production order.[1]
Sony Pictures Entertainment released several DVD volumes of the show in North America in 2006. They include random episodes and no extras. Time-Life released the complete series in a single 25-disc box-set collection on November 25, 2008.[2][3] The discs were packed in five steelbook volumes, housed in a box modeled on the Ghostbusters' firehouse, a design chosen in a fan vote.[4] Beginning the next year, the separate volumes were released on their own, first in the United States. Sony only released a 2 disc set featuring all 13 episodes from Season 1 in Australia and the UK.
With the exception of the Syndicated episodes, all the others are arranged in airing order.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||||||||||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | |||||||||||
| The Real Ghostbusters | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 13 | September 13, 1986 | December 13, 1986 | |||||||||
| 2 | 65 | September 14, 1987 | December 11, 1987 | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | September 12, 1987 | December 12, 1987 | |||||||||
| Slimer! And The Real Ghostbusters | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 8 | September 10, 1988 | December 3, 1988 | |||||||||
| 5 | 21 | September 9, 1989 | December 23, 1989 | |||||||||
| 6 | 16 | September 8, 1990 | November 24, 1990 | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | September 7, 1991 | October 5, 1991 | |||||||||
| Slimer | 33 | September 10, 1988 | December 3, 1988 | |||||||||
Episodes
The Real Ghostbusters
Season 1 (1986; ABC Season 1)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code[1] |
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| 1 | "Ghosts R Us" | Richard Raynis | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 13, 1986 | 75002 |
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It's business as usual when the Ghostbusters entrap a family of Class Fives – an irritable dad, a doting mom and a dumb baby. Unfortunately, when Slimer tries to sneak some food without permission, he accidentally ensures that the Class Fives' stay won't even last through the night. The newly freed family are now out for one thing – revenge. Soon enough, Ghosts 'R Us hits the scene and their "successes" make the guys look second-rate at every turn. The Ghostbusters may soon be out of business, but when the ghost family attempts to finish the job, they unleash a force that endangers all of New York City. Note: In the original (ABC) airing of season 1, each episode ended with a green DiC Vortex logo with the byline "Produced In Association With", followed by a CPT logo with the byline "A Unit of the Coca-Cola Company". The first note of the CPT logo would overlap with the final note of the end credits theme. Note: The title card and Start-of-Act 2 bumper were silent, and only had Arsenio Hall's voice-over in this episode. Afterwards, the former began using a 7-note jingle, trimmed from one of the music cues, and the latter had a 9-note jingle. These would also be used during the second (ABC) season. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This version first aired during the 1987-1988 season. | |||||
| 2 | "Killerwatt" | Richard Raynis | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 20, 1986 | 75001 |
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An electric ghost named Killerwatt has taken over the power plant, leaving New York City powerless. Note: This was the first episode to be produced, after the 4-minute Pilot was successfully sold to ABC and local stations.[5] | |||||
| 3 | "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood" | Richard Raynis | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 27, 1986 | 75004 |
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After a week-long lull, the Ghostbusters get a case and to a haunted house, no less. Ray takes the house's occupants – Mrs. Rogers and her pet bird – back to the firehouse for their own safety, while the others inspect the area. A variety of increasingly bizarre happenings do occur and Egon attributes it all to Watt, a powerful demon, disguised as a kindly old lady traps the Ghostbusters in a haunted house while it infiltrates the firehouse and attempts to break open the containment unit. The situation proves worse than they would've imagined, however, as Watt has a bigger plan than a mere haunting. He possesses Peter in order to break open the containment unit. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This version first aired during the 1987-1988 season. | |||||
| 4 | "Slimer, Come Home" | Richard Raynis | J. Michael Straczynski | October 4, 1986 | 75006 |
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After being yelled at by Peter, Slimer runs away and gets mixed up with some very mean Poltergeists. The ghosts leader then tries to absorb Slimer and hundreds of other ghosts into making him invincible. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This version first aired during the 1987-1988 season. | |||||
| 5 | "Troll Bridge" | Richard Raynis | Bruce Reid Schaeffer | October 11, 1986 | 75007 |
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A young Troll leaves his tribe, goes exploring and ends up in New York. While he has a good time, his tribe takes over the bridge and threatens to destroy the city if he isn't returned by sundown, using a group of flying, fire-breathing birds. The Ghostbusters have a hard time catching the Troll, but when they do they can't stand to separate the party animal from the city. Instead, they convince the other Trolls he was turned into a statue when their Proton stream hit him. While the other trolls leave, the Ghostbusters send the young Troll to a friend out of town. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This version first aired during the 1987-1988 season. | |||||
| 6 | "The Boogieman Cometh" | Richard Raynis | Michael Reaves | October 18, 1986 | 75008 |
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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 homes in the middle of the night and ask them to leave. To make things even better, Egon knows the Boogieman from childhood, and convinces the guys to go after him. But in order to stop him, they'll have to find another way to get to the Boogieman which leads them to a showdown in his realm. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This version first aired during the 1987-1988 season. | |||||
| 7 | "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream" | Richard Raynis | J. Michael Straczynski | October 25, 1986 | 75009 |
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All over New York, people are falling asleep and their dreams are becoming reality. A rogue Sandman has plans to put everyone to sleep in order to bring peace to the world, despite that they will be asleep for 500 years. Egon realizes how to beat him, but falls sleep before he can say it. One-by-one, Ray, Peter and Egon are put to sleep, until only Winston is left. Knowing that he can't stop the Sandman alone, Winston tries to figure out what Egon had realized, but couldn't say. It is only with the help of Albert Einstein (from Egon's dream) that Winston is able to figure out what to do. He returns to the Firehouse where he tells Janine his plan. Janine falls under the Sandman's spell and falls asleep as Winston is cornered by the Sandman. In Janine's dream, she transforms herself into a Ghostbuster as she hits the Sandman from behind and, with the help of Slimer, traps him. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This version first aired during the 1987-1988 season. | |||||
| 8 | "When Halloween Was Forever" | Richard Raynis | J. Michael Straczynski | November 1, 1986 | 75010 |
| Samhain, the spirit of Halloween, is released from his centuries-old prison and seeks to make Halloween last forever by stopping time. Can the Ghostbusters prevent eternal Halloween? | |||||
| 9 | "Look Homeward, Ray" | Richard Raynis | Marc Scott Zicree | November 8, 1986 | 75003 |
| 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 spells ultimately backfire, releasing a gigantic flying, fire-breathing puma upon his hometown, and only the Real Ghostbusters can stop it. Egon is as serious as ever (at least he isn't possessed again). | |||||
| 10 | "Take Two" | Richard Raynis | J. Michael Straczynski | November 15, 1986 | 75011 |
| 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 may not be ready for the resulting antics, but bigger problems await. The studio turns out to be home to a ghost that demands total peace and quiet, and it has just woken up. Even worse, workers mistake the proton packs for props and place them in storage without the Ghostbusters' knowledge. When the ghost possesses a giant robot prop and begins an attack, the guys find themselves completely defenseless. | |||||
| 11 | "Citizen Ghost" | Richard Raynis | J. Michael Straczynski | November 22, 1986 | 75012 |
| 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 forced to deal with a certain green ghost from the Sedgwick Hotel (which Ray named Slimer). But having the green goblin constantly hanging around them is nothing compared to the trouble they have when a group of evil ghostly doubles decide to take their place, by getting rid of the original Ghostbusters. | |||||
| 12 | "Janine's Genie" | Richard Raynis | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | December 6, 1986 | 75005 |
| 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 and the second making Egon love her). However, the genie is also opening a gateway to let many ghosts enter our world. | |||||
| 13 | "Xmas Marks the Spot" | Richard Raynis | J. Michael Straczynski | December 13, 1986 | 75013 |
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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 capture the three Ghosts of Christmas. The Ghostbusters return to the present and find Christmas destroyed and quickly realize what happened. Without the three Ghosts of Christmas, Scrooge never learned his lesson and destroyed Christmas. Now the Ghostbusters must make sure that Scrooge learns his lesson, while Egon plunges into the Ecto-Containment Unit to rescue the three spirits, and return them to the past to rehabilitate Scrooge before the portal to the past closes. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This version first aired during the 1987-1988 season. | |||||
Season 2 (1986; Syndication)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date[6] | Production code[1] |
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| 1 | "Knock, Knock" | Dale Schott | J. Michael Straczynski | November 6, 1987 | 76001 |
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When a group of subway construction workers accidentally uncover an ancient door, that is not meant to be opened until Doomsday, their persistence accidentally triggers the doors opening, which sends incredible amounts of poltergeist energy surging through the New York subway system, transforming the trains into worm-like monsters. The Ghostbusters are called in to deal with it, and Egon discovers that if they don't close the door soon, the entire world will be transformed into a twisted and barren wasteland of ghostly and demonic creatures that will replace all of humankind and civilization the world over. Note: "THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS is available on MAGIC WINDOW Videocassettes from RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. Original Soundtrack Album Available on Polydor Records, Tapes and Compact Disc." This tagline only appeared on the Syndicated episodes closing credits. Note: Much like the first ABC season, all Syndicated episodes carried a 1986 copyright date, as they were produced during that year. Note: Very few episodes in its original airing used the DIC choir variant kid in bed logo. Some episodes used the DIC green vortex/CPT logo, many used the DIC Kid in Bed/Coca-Cola Telecommunications logo. Note: Arsenio Hall (Winston) does the voice of the NO GHOST in the bumpers, and the episode title is silent. Subsequent Syndicated episodes used an 8-note-jingle, trimmed from one of the Commercial bumper cues. The closing theme music continues to play over the DIC Kid in Bed Logo with the "In Association With" tagline. It is a rare variant in this episode, as usually it is only reserved for the DIC vortex logo. | |||||
| 2 | "Station Identification" | Dale Schott | Marc Scott Zicree | December 9, 1987 | 76002 |
| Ghosts with plans for world domination create a TV station as part of their scheme. Manifesting as various television characters and commercial products, the ghosts can travel through any television in the city to terrorize the public. The Ghostbusters try to stop these ghosts, but when Slimer gets captured by the ghosts, it's up to the guys to get him back and make sure the ghost station does not go nation-wide, and then world-wide! | |||||
| 3 | "Play Them Ragtime Boos" | Dale Schott | Michael Reaves, Steve Perry | November 26, 1987 | 76003 |
| A ghostly bayou trumpet player, Malachai, is living—sort of—in the past, and seeks to turn back the clock by playing a haunting rendition of "When the Saints Come Marching In". Can the Ghostbusters, with help from a bewitching bruja woman, fight this time-warping menace? | |||||
| 4 | "Sea Fright" | Dale Schott | Arthur Byron Cover, Lydia Marano | November 10, 1987 | 76004 |
| When a treasure-seeker uncovers a treasure chest on the ocean floor, he unwittingly summons a ship of pirate ghosts, who wreak havoc on New York in order to reclaim their treasure. The ship, called The Stag, is commanded by Captain Jack Higgins, one of the most notorious pirates in history, whose pirates prove to be too much for the Ghostbusters to handle. Despite being outnumbered, the Ghostbusters give chase to the pirates in order to stop them. To make things worse, Slimer tries to help, and gets into a fight with a ghost parrot, while the guys take on Higgins and his pirates, ambushing The Stag first from another land-beached ship, and then leading the pirates into a trap so that they can end their plundering once and for all. | |||||
| 5 | "The Spirit of Aunt Lois" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller | November 9, 1987 | 76005 |
| Ray's aunt hires some phony psychic to get rid of ghosts in her house, much to the Ghostbusters' dismay. Instead of helping, though, this phony psychic enrages the ghosts, who are, in fact, protective house spirits called domovoi, even more, causing them to throw a nasty temper tantrum. | |||||
| 6 | "Cry Uncle" | Dale Schott | Bruce Reid Schaeffer | November 12, 1987 | 76006 |
| It is not suitable for a Spengler to be anything as unscientific as a Ghostbuster, at least in the eyes of Egon's Uncle Cyrus. Egon has to reluctantly go back to the midwest, over 1500 miles from New York, and feed mice at the Spengler Labs, but the Ghostbusters will try anything to convince Uncle Cyrus that there actually are such things as ghosts. But things get out of hand when Uncle Cyrus unwittingly lets the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man out of the Containment Unit, and the Ghostbusters have to put him back before he destroys the city again. | |||||
| 7 | "Adventures in Slime and Space" | Dale Schott | David Gerrold | September 15, 1987 | 76007 |
| One of Egon's contraptions has a bad effect on Slimer, making millions of little versions of the green ghost. Worse, when they try to fix the problem, Slimer turns evil and starts causing trouble across the entire city, which ends up slimed to great excess. The show itself is infamous for its numerous in-jokes such as Pac-Man, 2001: A Space Odyssey, King Kong, The Three Stooges, Howard the Duck even Star Trek and Adventures in Time and Space. | |||||
| 8 | "Night Game" | Dale Schott | Kathryn M. Drennan | September 22, 1987 | 76008 |
| Winston and Slimer go to the Jaguars baseball stadium to see them play. There, Winston witnesses a supernatural event and tries, unsuccessfully, to convince the guys to investigate. Winston's research into the event leads to an old Indian legend that involves an ancient battle between the forces of Good and Evil that takes place once every 500 years. When Winston becomes trapped in the stadium during the ghostly takeover, the guys go to rescue him. However, when they get inside, they find two supernatural forces playing baseball instead of fighting. According to Winston, the two forces choose their method of battle based on their surroundings, which is now housing a baseball stadium. What's more, the two groups are playing for a single human soul. If good loses, the soul must spend 500 years doing evil's bidding. The Umpire, who seems to be the judge for this contest, has allowed Winston to play on the side of Good since he was there when the battle began, and allows the Ghostbusters to remain and watch. Peter thinks that they are playing for Winston's soul, and that they have to help the good guys win this contest. However, Egon points out that if they try to interfere, Good will lose, and Winston will lose his soul. Winston is the last up to bat for the side of Good, and faces off against a Mammoth pitcher with a cannon-trunk for a pitching arm. Winston manages to hit the last ball, scoring a home run and winning the game. The Umpire then reveals that the whole thing was a test, that the Ghostbusters had to decide whether or not to interfere and let Good win on its own terms. But Winston reveals the biggest secret of all, that they were not playing for his soul, but Peter's, and that's why they let Winston play. | |||||
| 9 | "Venkman's Ghost Repellers" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller | October 20, 1987 | 76009 |
| 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 Slimer. Worse, when the Ghostbusters try to convince Peter's dad to stop selling them, due to the fact it is fraud and amoral, he sells them anyway to a science expedition that is out to investigate the New Jersey Parallelogram, apparently a 'smaller, nastier version' of the Bermuda Triangle, the expedition gets trapped in the Parallelogram. Peter's father, thinking he may be responsible, goes to locate them at the same time the Coast Guard contracts the Ghostbusters to help them locate the missing ship. When the Ghostbusters and Coast Guard get pulled into the Parallelogram, they eventually find the ship and are able to get it out. However, once out, they find Peter's father's speedboat, but he is not there. The boys go back into the Parallelogram in order to locate Peter's dad, finding him at the center of the supernatural structure battling a horde of ghosts. Their fight to save Peter's father results in damaging the center of the Parallelogram, and the Ghostbusters barely manage to escape before the entire structure collapses into the ocean. Peter's father later sends Peter a postcard from Alaska. | |||||
| 10 | "The Old College Spirit" | Dale Schott | John Shirley | November 27, 1987 | 76010 |
| Peter's old college fraternity asks for help from the Ghostbusters to bust a gang of ghosts on campus. Apparently their frat is being framed for numerous crimes by a gang of ghostly delinquients who, several decades ago and when they were still alive, swore revenge against the college for expelling them. The gang of spirit-hooligans vastly outnumber the Ghostbusters, but the Ghostbusters find out that the gang has one weakness: they want to graduate! | |||||
| 11 | "Ain't NASA-Sarily So" | Brian Cosgrove | Craig Miller, Mark Nelson | November 17, 1987 | 76011 |
| The crew of a newly created space platform calls the Ghostbusters for assistance in ridding them of a power-sucking ghost – a crew that oddly resembles that of another spacecraft on a five-year mission! | |||||
| 12 | "Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?" | Dale Schott | J. Michael Straczynski | September 24, 1987 | 76012 |
| 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 to contact the Ghostbusters. So, The Ghostbusters enter a cartoon world where they meet the one and only Dopey Dog. | |||||
| 13 | "A Fright at the Opera" | Dale Schott | Mark Edward Edens | October 26, 1987 | 76013 |
| The Ghostbusters confront Valkyrie ghosts that have been terrorizing an opera. While there, Peter starts up a romance with the opera's diva. There, they also meet the Phantom of the Opera (who apparently summoned the Valkyries in the first place). | |||||
| 14 | "Doctor, Doctor" | Dale Schott | J. Michael Straczynski | October 13, 1987 | 76014 |
| 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 muck to cover everything but their heads. What's more, the slime seems to react to Slimer in a very unusual way, and the doctors at the hospital are less than helpful in dealing with something they have never seen before. The Ghostbusters eventually realize that the slime is actually part of the ghost they tried to bust at the chemical plant, and that it needs ecto-plasm to survive. Which it why it goes after Slimer. Now the guys have to save Slimer before he is eaten. | |||||
| 15 | "Ghost Busted" | Dale Schott | Michael Reaves | October 22, 1987 | 76015 |
| 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 guys bust a criminal, and decide to go into business as the Crimebusters! Within a very short time the guys have busted every criminal in New York, adjusting their proton packs and ghost traps to trap and contain criminals. However, their actions anger the head mafia boss in New York, called Crimelord, who takes Janine hostage to force them to give up. The guys track down the kidnappers and rescue Janine, and Peter uses Slimer to force the thugs to tell them where Crimelord is. Using Ecto-2, the guys go after Crimelord and finally manage to chase him down, impaling his own helicopter on the Empire State building after a lengthy chase. However, with all the criminals in the city locked up, the Crimebusters are once again out of business! Thank goodness the ghosts decide to come back. And then The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man appears before episode ends. | |||||
| 16 | "Beneath These Streets" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller, Daniel Pitlik | November 25, 1987 | 76016 |
| Ray goes into the sewer to find out what's causing earthquakes and heat waves in the city. What he finds is an ancient and mysterious pillar that is holding up all of Manhattan Island. Worse, the ghosts have disrupted the axle grease that keeps the pillar turning and holding up the island, in order to get it to break and eventually sink the island into the sea. The Ghostbusters go after Ray in order to save him from the ghosts, but also to protect the pillar from being destroyed. | |||||
| 17 | "Boo-Dunit" | Dale Schott | Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey | October 30, 1987 | 76017 |
| As ghosts are acting out an incomplete mystery, Winston is in charge with finishing and solving it. But at the end of the episode, because Winston spoils the endings whenever the Ghostbusters watch mystery movies, he is tied up. | |||||
| 18 | "Chicken, He Clucked" | Brian Cosgrove | J. Michael Straczynski | October 19, 1987 | 76018 |
| 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 named Morgannan (and his Imp) in order to get rid of all the chickens in the world. Despite the ridiculous request, Morgannan gives Cubby the power to make anything disappear or reappear. Cubby then uses the power to make all the chickens in the world disappear, which brings the Ghostbusters running to investigate. However, when they confront Cubby about it, they get teleported into another dimension where the chickens are. They begin falling fast towards the rocky ground as the chickens are floating above them, but are saved from a very nasty crash into the ground by Morgannan, who has been so humiliated by Cubby's actions that he enlists the guys to help him undo the deal. The demon sends them back to the Firehouse, where the Ghostbusters make a gaggle of robotic chickens to trick Cubby into returning the real chickens to Earth. Once the chickens are returned, Morgannan breaks the contract, removing Cubby's powers. The guys take Cubby and put him into a Mental Hospital where Morgannan tortures Cubby with his least favorite food – chicken! | |||||
| 19 | "Ragnarok and Roll" | Dale Schott | J. Michael Straczynski | September 16, 1987 | 76019 |
| 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 world in Norse Mythology. However, DyTillio and Jeremy's ex-girlfriend, manage to convince him to undo his destruction, which the evil force that Jeremy contracted with refuses to allow, and nearly kills him. The Ghostbusters are able to push the spirit back into his dark realm after Jeremy weakens it, and help Jeremy to reverse the damage he's done to the world, by using their own energies to repair the damaged flute. | |||||
| 20 | "Don't Forget the Motor City" | Dale Schott | Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey | December 3, 1987 | 76020 |
| When Peter gets a new car, it suddenly and unexpectedly blows up. The Ghostbusters are then summoned to investigate malfunctioning equipment in a Detroit factory where the cars came from; they discover that gremlins who have been left over from World War II, are messing with the plants equipment. In order to defeat the gremlins, since their weapons only work on ghosts, the Ghostbusters create a special vehicle that the gremlins cannot resist. | |||||
| 21 | "Banshee Bake a Cherry Pie?" | Dale Schott | Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy | October 28, 1987 | 76021 |
| Peter's favorite rock-star singer Shanna O'Callahan arrives in New York turns out to be a banshee, an Irish spirit whose voice causes chaos. She is now planning to use a major rock-concert to broadcast her chaotic spell across the nation, and then, the world. When the Ghostbusters go to confront her, Peter falls under her siren spell, which complicates matters to the team. | |||||
| 22 | "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost" | Dale Schott | Lydia Marano, Arthur Byron Cover | October 9, 1987 | 76022 |
| 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 man, named John, suggests that they hire the guys for the job, but the woman, Olivia, refuses. Winston gives John one of their business cards before they go. At the mansion, the pair try to scare the ghost of Olivia's uncle Horace away, John loses the card that Winston gave him, and Horace himself uses it to call the Ghostbusters to scare away the other two ghosts so that he can find what he lost. However, during all this, another ghost (that escaped from the restaurant the guys were busting) and causes trouble in the mansion. When the Ghostbusters arrive, they mistakenly try to bust Horace, who is unaware of the fact that he has now become a ghost. After convincing the guys not to bust him, Egon's PKE meter detects the other ghost, and the guys go after him, only to find that it has taken Olivia hostage. Egon uses a Tarzan-like move to rescue Olivia as the Ghostbusters trap the rogue spook. Horace, now reunited with Olivia, finally remembers that it was his niece he was searching for. Finally able to say good-bye, Horace passes on peacefully, and both John and Olivia thank the Ghostbusters for their help. | |||||
| 23 | "Hanging By a Thread" | Dale Schott | William Rotsler, Richard Mueller | December 10, 1987 | 76023 |
| A demon and his legion of minions seek to steal The Shears of Fate, possessed by the Three Fates who determine the life of humans, in order to control the lives of all mortals. The Fates send the Shears into time and space in order to keep them out of the demon's hands. However, the Shears eventually fall into the hands of the Ghostbusters, causing the demons to invade New York in order to locate the Shears. After they demons attack the Firehall, the Shears fall into the hands of the Demons, and the Three Fates recruit the Ghostbusters to retrieve the Shears from the Demons. But in order to do that, they must go into the Underworld. Worse, they only have an hour to locate the Shears and return to the spot they were sent to, otherwise they will be trapped in the Underworld forever. With the help of Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx, the Ghostbusters locate the Shears and battle the demons in a pitched fight to get back to their rendezvous point. They boys barely make it, and return the Shears to the Three Fates. | |||||
| 24 | "You Can't Take It With You" | Dale Schott | Durnie King, Richard Mueller | October 14, 1987 | 76024 |
| 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 in the separation between the Human World and the Ghost World. With ghosts invading the human world, the Ghostbusters must find a way to shut down his machine before the entire world is overrun with spooks and phantoms. | |||||
| 25 | "No One Comes to Lupusville" | Dale Schott | J. Michael Straczynski | October 5, 1987 | 76025 |
| 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 they investigate, it turns out that all of the residents are vampires, having their own unusual servants as well. One group is led by Gregore, who took over the town and wishes to come out into the modern world. The other group is led by the old vampire leader, an unnamed vampire who wishes to keep their existence a secret from the world. While Ray and Peter are captured/recruited by the forest vampires after a desperate fight, Egon and Winston are held captive by Gregore and his followers, who want to use them to eliminate their vampiric enemies. As both sides prepare to battle, Winston and Egon are freed by a young slave named Lita, who takes a liking to Egon. Once freed, thanks to Lita finding one of their undamaged proton packs, Egon and Winston find the imprisoned townspeople who originally lived in the village and release them. As the two vampire groups battle, with the Ghostbusters caught in the middle, the townspeople arrive and reveal themselves to be werewolves who chose to live in isolation from the rest of the world for their own safety. Gregore and his minions were unaware of this when they imprisoned them, which leads to a three-way fight consisting of two supernatural races. The Ghostbusters are finally united and escape the chaos, as the battle between the vampries and werewolves is transforming the two groups into each other. The Ghostbusters destroy the dam to the village causing a moat to form which prevents both the Vampires and Werewolves from leaving. As they are leaving Lupusville, Lita is seen sitting on the bumper of Ecto-1 as it drives away. | |||||
| 26 | "Drool, the Dog-Faced Goblin" | Dale Schott | Linda Woolverton | October 29, 1987 | 76026 |
| The Ghostbusters meet Drool, an unamalgamated shapeshifting entity, at a Poconos sideshow. Later it seems the creature has escaped the main tent and is delighting in wreaking havoc and taunting the boys. But, especially when dealing with shapechangers, things are seldom what they seem, when the guys realize that they're being stalked by a vengeful, and maliciously playful shapeshifter that they failed to bust a week ago. | |||||
| 27 | "The Man Who Never Reached Home" | Dale Schott | Kathryn M. Drennan | October 12, 1987 | 76027 |
| In 1887, Simon Queg, a selfish and wealthy man, began to ride home to Providence from New York on a dark and stormy night. However, he is chased by a mysterious man on horseback that appears out of nowhere, and disappears, never reaching his home. One hundred years later, Ray sees him ride by followed by a mysterious figure. After learning from a local cook that Queg is one of the 'local ghosts', but that 'The Rider' is a sign of disaster, The Ghostbusters decide to find out what is happening. It turns out that Queg has spent the past century trying to avoid the figure, and as a result has never been able to get home. When Ray tries to help him, he accidentally trades places with Queg, becoming trapped in the endless cycle Queg was in. The Ghostbusters, with Slimers help, are able to summon back Ray and the ghost buggy, and together with Queg they are able to force the Rider into a showdown and break the curse that Queg has been under for over a century. As it turns out, the Rider was actually Queg's cruel and selfish nature that he has been running from for 100 years. Thanks to Ray, he was able to face it and free himself. | |||||
| 28 | "The Collect Call of Cathulhu" | Dale Schott | Michael Reaves | October 27, 1987 | 76028 |
| When the Necronomicon, the most powerful book of spells in the world, is stolen from the New York Public Library, the Ghostbusters find themselves up against the Spawn, and Cult, of Cathulhu who have stolen the book in order to bring the malevolent god back to Earth. Barely escaping from the Spawn when their weapons prove useless against them, as the Spawn are capable of super regeneration, the guys turn to Professor Alice Derleth, a beautiful scholar and spell user, from Arkham, Mass., to help them stop Cathulhu's return. The guys raid the Cult's meeting place, only to get attacked by another Spawn-like creature, called a Shoggoth, and Alice uses her spells to turn it to stone. The guys then turn to an old friend of Ray's who has access to old Pulp magazines that tell how to defeat Cathulhu (which H.P. Lovecraft and other authors wrote based on the Necronomicon). The team heads to Coney Island, but are unable to stop the resurrection, as Cthulhu rampages through the park. The Ghostbusters proton packs and Alice's spells prove useless in stopping the powerful 'Old One', and the boys are left with one option. Peter lures Cthulhu towards the rollercoaster by shooting it in the head, so that the guys can ionize the coaster enough to attract a lightning bolt, blasting Cathulhu with 100 gigavolts of electricity, which sends the creature back into hibernation. The Cult of Cthulhu is arrested by the cops, and Alice returns the Necronomicon to Arkham, but not before Peter takes her out on a date, though her version of a date is very different from Peter's. | |||||
| 29 | "Bustman's Holiday" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller | November 13, 1987 | 76029 |
| Ray's uncle Andrew dies in Scotland and names Ray as his heir to his castle. However, in order to claim it, Ray must get rid of a ghost that plagued his uncle for most of his life. Ray and the guys go to Scotland and, guided by the castles executor, Angus Lenny, manage to bust the ghost. However, when they do, they find out that it is a 'keystone' ghost. According to history, one man started a war between the Highlanders and the Lowlanders, called the Battle of Dunkell, and that one ghost pays for this tragedy. He is doomed to never rest, so that the others may sleep. Once the keystone ghost is captured, the souls of the Highlanders and Lowlanders wake up and start fighting once again. Their war, which will ultimately destroy the village of Dunkell, is put on Ray's shoulders, and he heads to the village to plan a countermove while the others try to stall the two clans. Ray is able to rig a group of garbage trucks into makeshift ghost traps, and traps both clans inside them. The group later finds out that Mr. Lenny actually worked for Uncle Andrews freeloading relatives who wanted to frame Ray for destroying the village so that they could get the castle and the treasure. Ray turns the castle over to the village, and makes the executor pay for all the damage that was caused. | |||||
| 30 | "The Headless Motorcyclist" | Dale Schott | Randy Lofficier | November 3, 1987 | 76030 |
| For generations, the Headless Horseman has been haunting those descended from Ichabod Crane. It's up to the Ghostbusters to put a stop to it. Especially when Peter is framed for the crime of nearly killing one of the Horseman, now Motorcyclist, latest victims. | |||||
| 31 | "The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic" | Dale Schott | J. Michael Straczynski | November 4, 1987 | 76031 |
| For seventy years, ghostly noises have emanated from the attic of a woman named Mrs. Agatha Faversham. She eventually hires the Ghostbusters to end this threat. Peter takes the case, for free, because Mrs. Faversham reminds him of his mother. However, what they find is a demonic spirit that was summoned up by Agatha's father, Charles, in order to try to give his young daughter a better life. However, unable to control the spirit, her father locked the creature in the attic and forbade his daughter from ever going up there. The Ghostbusters trick the spirit into revealing its true form and lure it into a ghost trap, with Slimer as bait. | |||||
| 32 | "Egon on the Rampage" | Dale Schott | Marc Scott Zicree | December 8, 1987 | 76032 |
| The Ghostbusters seem to have two problems: a newscast at their headquarters and Egon's soul being swapped with a demon's thanks to the reporters playing with their equipment. Now, Ray and Winston have to get Egon's possessed body back to the Firehall while Peter goes into another dimension to retrieve Egon's soul, before the change is permanent. | |||||
| 33 | "Lights! Camera! Haunting!" | Dale Schott | Marc Scott Zicree | December 7, 1987 | 76033 |
| A movie director gets ghosts to help out in his project and all they want in return is to finish off the Ghostbusters. | |||||
| 34 | "The Bird of Kildarby" | Dale Schott | Craig Miller, Mark Nelson | October 6, 1987 | 76034 |
| The Ghostbusters are called in by the Mayor of New York to evict a small army of ghosts from a recently purchased Irish Castle, set up in New York's Central Park, who will not allow anyone to enter. Peter goes to negotiate with the leader of the Castle, only to aggravate the ghost leader as only he can, who forces the Ghostbusters into a wager. If they can defeat the Bird of Kildarby, Lord Kildarby and his men will leave the castle, but if the monster bird defeats them, everyone in New York must leave Manhattan! | |||||
| 35 | "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster" | Dale Schott | Michael Reaves | September 29, 1987 | 76035 |
| With the Ghostbusters captured by a powerful ghost, who is actually an elder god like Gozer, it is up to Janine to rescue them. | |||||
| 36 | "Apocalypse—What, Now?" | Dale Schott | Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens | November 18, 1987 | 76036 |
| Centuries ago, the Codex of Saint Theopolis was lost during a raid on a monastery by bandits. In modern-day New York, Peter and Ray accidentally buy the book at an auction, when Peter sneezes due to excess dust. Janine, on her lunch break, opens the book, not knowing that it contains the spirits of the legendary Four Horsemen, who wreak havoc upon the city, and ultimately the world. Unable to stop the four specters, the Ghostbusters are joined by a priest from Greece, whose ancient Order once protected the Codex of St. Theopolis, since it was St. Theopolis who imprisoned the Four Horsemen 1000 years ago. The Ghostbusters must journey to Greece to acquire a special ring/seal before the world ends. | |||||
| 37 | "Lost and Foundry" | Dale Schott | Mark Edward Edens | October 16, 1987 | 76037 |
| Escaping from the Ghostbusters, a ghost gets merged with pot of molten steel at a Foundry, and ends up getting turned into a variety of everyday items: steel girders, a refrigerator, a steel pole, nails, food cans, a power cable, even a work of neo-impressionist art, bringing them to life in order to make itself whole once again. The Ghostbusters chase down the inanimate objects, to a junk yard, where the different metal pieces have come together to form a giant metal monster. The Ghostbusters trap it using a magnet, and then melt the metal back down in order to free the ghost so that they can trap him regularly. | |||||
| 38 | "Hard Knight's Day" | Dale Schott | Steve Perrin, Bruce Reid Schaeffer | November 30, 1987 | 76038 |
| Peter's bookish and snobbish date takes him to see an ancient tapestry on display. Only thing is, the exhibit's main attraction is a painting of a knight...who comes to life. And Peter's date is a dead ringer for the knight's wife. | |||||
| 39 | "Cold Cash and Hot Water" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller | October 8, 1987 | 76039 |
| Peter's father, Charles, is working in Alaska, and unearths an Inuit statue that holds a powerful demon called Hob Anagarak, who the Eskimos called 'The First Demon'. Egon states that 'The Hob' is one of the rarest of legends, and the guys go to Alaska in order to investigate. En route, Egon reveals that Hob Anagarak was created by the gods, and set to rule over the Earth when it was newly created. But when the humans came, Hob attacked them. They defeated Hob and sealed the fire demon away in a block of magic black ice. This eventually lead to the Ice Age. When the guys get to the village where the block is, they find out that Peter's father wants them to release the demon and trap it, so that he can put it on exhibit. Peter naturally refuses to let this happen. Later that night, when the guys are psychically attacked by Hob Anagarak, who levitates and throws silverware and a mooses head at them, Peter's dad switches the block for a fake. The next morning, the guys use their proton packs to destroy the black ice, which they find pretty easy. Thinking they have destroyed The Hob, the Ghostbusters return to New York. However, a few days later, the guys find out that Peter's father conned them and is planning to unveil The Hob at Madison Square Garden. Charles and Dr. Bassingame, the phony spiritualist responsible for destroying Ray's aunt's home, free Hob from the ice, and in true King Kong-fashion the demon breaks free of his confinement and goes on a rampage. Peter, upset at his father for tricking him, leads the Ghostbusters to try to stop Hob, but their weapons prove useless against the mighty Fire Demon. Egon eventually finds out two important things: 1-Hob is looking to enslave an army of ghosts to lay waste to the world, meaning he is coming for the Ecto-Containment Unit in the Firehall, and 2-he finds a tricky binding ritual that requires all of them, Janine, Peter's father and Dr. Bassingame, to stop Hob. The ritual proves effective, and Hob is once again sealed in his block of ice. Peter's father is sent back to Iowa, after Peter pays his fines, only to sneak off the bus and get on another one, headed for Hollywood to sell the movie rights. | |||||
| 40 | "The Scaring of the Green" | Dale Schott | Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens | November 16, 1987 | 76040 |
| When the Ghostbusters are arrested for accidentally/nearly killing the mayors wife (actually just frying her dress off) the deputy police chief, O'Malley, makes a deal with them to get them out of their predicament. According to him, an ancestor of his stole a pot of gold from a leprechaun, which caused the leprechaun to curse the O'Malley family line. Every St. Patricks Day, during a full moon, a Bog Hound rises up and seeks out the head of the O'Malley clan, which is the deputy police chief, to carry them off. The only thing that can stop the Hound, is a Four-Leaf Clover. The Ghostbusters search the city for a four-leaf clover, while Egon goes alone to try to catch the Bog Hound with 'science'. However, while Egon finds the Bog Hound at the New York City Zoo, he finds out that his proton pack is uncharged, leaving him defenseless as the Hound chases him down. After getting treed by the Hound, which is full of lions, tigers and leopards, Egon barely escapes by tricking the Hound, and then tries to regroup with the others. Peter eventually finds a Four-Leaf Clover, but Slimer eats it. The Ghostbusters have no choice but to play bodyguard to Deputy Chief O'Malley in order to find and capture the Bog Hound. When the Hound attacks O'Malley at the St. Patrick's Day parade, the Ghostbusters try to stop it, only to get their proton packs damaged in the fight. Peter distracts the Hound with a fake Four-Leaf Clover (which he didn't know was plastic) and leads it into a ghost trap laid by Egon. The Ghostbusters are then proclaimed 'Honorary Irishmen' by the St. Patricks Day committee. | |||||
| 41 | "They Call me MISTER Slimer" | Dale Schott | J. Michael Straczynski | September 18, 1987 | 76041 |
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Slimer tries to earn money by becoming a bodyguard for a kid that gets pushed around by bullies. But the bullies hire their own monsters to get back at Slimer, which turns out to be more trouble than they're worth. Note: This was the last episode to use the DIC choir logo, it was only used for the first week of RGB on episodes 1-2 and 4-5, 9/16/87 episode 3 (Ragnarok and Roll) used the kid voiceover, which would frequently be used starting 9/21/87 or sometimes the DIC vortex logo. | |||||
| 42 | "Last Train to Oblivion" | Dale Schott | Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens | November 24, 1987 | 76042 |
| Peter becomes trapped on a train with Casey Jones' ghost and it's up to the other guys to save him, before the train he has hijacked reaches oblivion. However, Casey Jones actually seeks redemption for a terrible train crash over a hundred years ago, which the Ghostbusters are unaware of as they try to rescue Peter, by chasing down the train and trying to survive Ray's crazy plans and driving. | |||||
| 43 | "Masquerade" | Dale Schott | Mark Nelson, Craig Miller | December 1, 1987 | 76043 |
| Bullied boy Kenny Fenderman gets made a junior Ghostbuster, which Peter thinks is more of a game and joke to the boy. The other kids want him to prove himself by staying overnight in a house believed to be haunted. What's more is that Kenny was given an untested device of Egon's, by Peter, that could hurt him more than help. The guys track down Kenny at the haunted mansion, and come face to face with a ghostly general and his minions, and need Kenny's help to stop the ghost once and for all. | |||||
| 44 | "Janine's Day Off" | Dale Schott | Michael Reaves, Steve Perry | September 14, 1987 | 76044 |
| Egon goes with Janine to see her relatives, while Peter, Winston and Ray have to deal with imps at the firehouse. But trouble starts when the imps merge into a gigantic monster that rampages across New York, and Janine, Lois (the temp secretary) and Slimer have to deal with a trio of ghosts who find one of the Ghostbusters proton packs and start shooting up the already damaged Firehouse. | |||||
| 45 | "The Ghostbusters in Paris" | Dale Schott, Bernard Deyries | Randy Lofficier | October 23, 1987 | 76045 |
| When a workman accidentally damages a strange device in the workshop of Gustave Eiffel, at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, he unwittingly frees a horde of ghosts that had been imprisoned within the Tower itself for nearly a century. With the Tower officially haunted, the French government turns to the Ghostbusters for help. The Ghostbusters agree to help, but when they arrive at The Tower, they find hundreds of thousands of ghosts haunting every level of the massive structure. After fighting through hordes of ghosts they get to the workshop, and Egon discovers that Gustave Eiffel designed the Tower to be a primitive but effective ghost containment unit. When the control box was damaged, the Tower started leaking ghosts. Worse, unless the leak is plugged it will eventually explode, releasing millions of ghosts from its structure. Using their own proton packs to power the control box, in order to temporarily imprison the ghosts, The Ghostbusters travel to The Louvre Museum and Notre Dame cathedral in order to find Eiffel's secret papers that tell how to repair the device, fighting off the most aggressive of the ghosts that try to stop them from reaching those notes. The Ghostbusters succeed in repairing the device, only to fail in stopping the ghosts from destroying it. Unable to repair the control box before the Tower explodes, the Ghostbusters resort to a desperate measure, using the Tower's broadcasting equipment to transport the ghosts from France to America, via satellite, where they are pulled into the Ghostbusters Ecto-Containment Unit thanks to Ray's new satellite dish. However, once the guys get back to the states, they find out all the money they got from the French has gone to the cable company to pay off the customers who watched 'five hours of cursing French ghosts' on their satellite television sets. | |||||
| 46 | "The Devil in the Deep" | Dale Schott | J. M. DeMatteis | December 4, 1987 | 76046 |
| When Necksa, lord and ruler of the sea elementals, declares war against the air-breathers for their constant pollution of the seas, the Ghostbusters are hard-pressed to stop him before he drowns the city. But things get worse, when Egon, Ray and Winston are swallowed by Necksa, and Peter is left alone to stop the monstrous behemoth on his own. | |||||
| 47 | "Ghost Fight at the O.K. Corral" | Dale Schott | Mark Edward Edens | November 11, 1987 | 76047 |
| The Ghostbusters visit Tombstone, Arizona where they have a showdown with the spirits of the Earp Brothers and Doc Holiday. | |||||
| 48 | "Ghostbuster of the Year" | Dale Schott, Larry Jacobs | Mark Edward Edens | October 1, 1987 | 76048 |
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A woman hires Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston to get rid of Hearst Castle from the ghost of publishing mogul Charles Foster Hearst. Whoever catches him will get named Ghostbuster of the Year. It eventually turns out that Hearst's ghost simply wanted his sled, called "Rosebud". Note: Columbia Pictures Television logo with video freeze is seen at the end of the episode. | |||||
| 49 | "Deadcon I" | Reg Lodge | Mark Edward Edens, Michael Edens | December 2, 1987 | 76049 |
| Ghosts organize a convention at a hotel and the owner gets the Ghostbusters to bust them. What's more, the ghosts want the Staypuft Marshmallow Man out for their convention! | |||||
| 50 | "The Cabinet of Calamari" | Dale Schott | Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens | September 30, 1987 | 76050 |
| During the Ghostbusters' attempt to catch a ghost, a magician's interference sends Peter through a cabinet into another dimension. | |||||
| 51 | "A Ghost Grows in Brooklyn" | Dale Schott | Michael Edens, Mark Edward Edens | November 20, 1987 | 76051 |
| A ghost evades capture by hiding in a geranium. Janine takes the plant to her apartment, where it grows big enough to take over the city. | |||||
| 52 | "The Revenge of Murray the Mantis" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller | November 2, 1987 | 76052 |
| He was thought to have been destroyed during the Gozer incident, but now....Thanksgiving takes a turn for the worse when ghosts take over the Murray the Mantis balloon. The Ghostbusters are powerless to stop it, and all hope seems to have vanished, except for one faint beacon of light, a light that may yet shine again and save New York...that light is none other than the mascot of Stay Puft Marshmallows returning from the dead to battle Murray the Mantis! That ghost is......THE STAY PUFT MARSHMALLOW MAN! | |||||
| 53 | "Rollerghoster" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller | September 23, 1987 | 76053 |
| 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. | |||||
| 54 | "I Am the City" | Dale Schott | Richard Mueller | November 23, 1987 | 76054 |
| A Babylonian God known as Marduk and his enemy, a multi-headed dragon called Tiamat, arrive in the city and the Ghostbusters get caught in the middle of their ancient battle to protect the city. | |||||
| 55 | "Moaning Stones" | Dale Schott | Steven Barnes | November 5, 1987 | 76055 |
| Winston gets help from an ancestor in order to stop an ancient demon from Africa that is unwittingly released by a scientist at the Natural History Museum. | |||||
| 56 | "The Long, Long, Long, Etc. Goodbye" | Dale Schott | Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy | October 7, 1987 | 76056 |
| 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 guardian, who cannot rest until the treasure is returned to the tomb. | |||||
| 57 | "Buster the Ghost" | Dale Schott | Robert Loren Fleming, Keith Giffen | September 21, 1987 | 76057 |
| A lonely and confused ghost tries to help the Ghostbusters out by gathering ghosts at the firehouse. | |||||
| 58 | "The Devil to Pay" | Dale Schott | Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey | November 19, 1987 | 76058 |
| Winston and Ray are convinced by Peter to go on a game show and win a free vacation to Tahiti. However, it turns out that the host is a minor demon looking to become the next Devil, and the prize is their souls. | |||||
| 59 | "Slimer, Is That You?" | Charles Grosvenor | J. Michael Straczynski | September 26, 1987 | 76059[n 1] |
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Egon and Slimer switch minds—and the timing couldn't be worse, as an egomaniacal ghost named The Master of Shadows wishes to test his wits against the brainy 'buster, and destroy New York if he fails to measure up. Note: Also exists in a re-dubbed version with Dave Coulier and Kath Souice as Peter and Janine respectively. This was the version that first aired in America, before it was replaced with the original, which had previously aired internationally. | |||||
| 60 | "Egon's Ghost" | Dale Schott | Michael Reaves | September 28, 1987 | 76060 |
| 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 before he disappears forever? | |||||
| 61 | "Captain Steel Saves the Day" | Luc Bihan, Bernard Deyries, Bruno-Rene Huchez | Michael Reaves, Steve Perry | September 17, 1987 | 76061 |
| 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 the ghosts from the containment unit. | |||||
| 62 | "Victor the Happy Ghost" | Dale Schott | Michael Reaves | October 15, 1987 | 76062 |
| Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston decide that a particular ghost is too cute to capture, so they take him under their wing. Once at home, the ghost, whom they name Victor, begins pulling pranks, which everyone pins on Slimer. Then, Slimer discovers that Victor is in fact another malevolent spirit. Noticing that Slimer is onto him, the now menacing Victor ensnares Slimer in the Ghostbusters' trap. It's only when the Ghostbusters take Victor on a case that they discover his true identity. | |||||
| 63 | "Egon's Dragon" | Dale Schott | Kathryn M. Drennan | October 2, 1987 | 76063 |
| 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 of years earlier by Zedekiah Spengler (Egon's ancestor) and mistakes Egon for him. What's more, when the dragon was first put to sleep, it was the size of a small horse. After centuries of slumber it is now the size of an office building. | |||||
| 64 | "Dairy Farm" | Dale Schott | Larry DiTillio | September 25, 1987 | 76064 |
| 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 cannot rest until they know the farm is taken care of, and seek to get rid of the Ghostbusters and Rays cousin. | |||||
| 65 | "The Hole in the Wall Gang" | Dale Schott | David Gerrold | October 21, 1987 | 76065 |
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Ghosts are emerging from holes found in a house and the bigger the hole, the bigger the ghost. Note: This was the final episode where Lorenzo Music and Laura Summer respectively did the voices of Peter Venkman and Janine Melnitz. | |||||
Season 3 (1987; ABC Season 2)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code[1] |
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| 1 | "Baby Spookums" | TBA | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 12, 1987 | 140001 |
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A rip between dimensions allows a small friendly ghost to wander off into New York and Slimer decides to look after it. However, the ghost's parents come looking for their child, but the Ghostbusters do not know that and try to bust them. Note: Kath Soucie and Dave Coulier replaced Laura Summer and Lorenzo Music as the respective voices of Janine Melnitz and Peter Venkman, beginning with this season. Note: In the original (ABC) airing, the DIC vortex logo was replaced by the DIC kid in bed logo, and Coca-Coca Telecommunications logo replaced the CPT logo for this season. Note: The "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" tagline was used in all capital letters in the DIC kid in bed logo on the season 2 (ABC) version, and "In Association With" was used in syndication and beginning season 4 (ABC). | |||||
| 2 | "It's a Jungle Out There" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 19, 1987 | 140003 |
| An 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. | |||||
| 3 | "The Boogeyman Is Back" | Charles Grosvenor | Michael Reaves | October 3, 1987 | 140007 |
| 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. | |||||
| 4 | "Once Upon a Slime" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | October 10, 1987 | 140008 |
| When Slimer hides a book of fairy tales under one of Egon's newest machines, everything in the book comes to life. | |||||
| 5 | "The Two Faces of Slimer" | Charles Grosvenor | Michael Reaves | October 17, 1987 | 140002 |
| An ectoplasmic entity leaks out of the containment unit and it makes Slimer turn into a big ugly monster during his sleep. | |||||
| 6 | "Sticky Business" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | October 24, 1987 | 140006 |
| 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 of letting Stay Puft out, a vicious manta ray-like phantom escapes in order to seek revenge against the Ghostbusters. | |||||
| 7 | "Halloween II 1/2" | Charles Grosvenor | Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy | October 31, 1987 | 140004 |
| Samhain's goblins release the spirit of Halloween from the Ecto-Containment Unit, and he turns the Firehouse into his fortress. The Ghostbusters attempts to take him down are foiled when the Junior Ghostbusters are captured by the vengeful spirit, and it's up to Slimer to help get them out. | |||||
| 8 | "Loathe Thy Neighbor" | Charles Grosvenor | Michael Reaves | November 7, 1987 | 140013 |
| A family asks the Ghostbusters to find out why a bunch of weird stuff is happening in their house. This is complicated by the macabre nature of their mansion, with a very Addams Family vibe. | |||||
| 9 | "The Grundel" | Charles Grosvenor | J. Michael Straczynski | November 14, 1987 | 140011 |
| A boy named Lee goes to the Ghostbusters for help when his brother, Alec, begins acting strangely and doing bad things. When the guys decide to investigate, Egon learns a Grundel is making Alec do bad things and if something is not done soon, he will become one. | |||||
| 10 | "Big Trouble With Little Slimer" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | November 21, 1987 | 140005 |
| The Ghostbusters' old "pal" and nemesis, Walter J. Peck, ex-EPA hatchet man extrodinaire, is back from the Gozer Incident, and he's trying to raise some trouble with the Ghostbusters again. First he tries to get them arrested for illegal trespassing by calling in a phony ghost alert at a military base in Queens, but after that backfires, Peck joins up with BUFO (Bureau of Unidentified Flying Organisms), and takes Slimer with a court order. After some tests, Peck deems Slimer a hazard case and plans to destroy him with a cyclotron. Will the Ghostbusters be able to save Slimer before it's too late? Let's just say, Slimer's last moments in the cyclotron ain't pretty. | |||||
| 11 | "The Copycat" | Charles Grosvenor | Michael Reaves | December 5, 1987 | 140009 |
| The Ghostbusters have to deal with a shape shifter in their own headquarters. | |||||
| 12 | "Camping It Up" | Charles Grosvenor, Bernard Deyries | Michael Reaves | December 12, 1987 | 140010 |
| The Ghostbusters embark on a camping trip, only to run into (among other things) Big Foot. | |||||
| 13 | "Transylvanian Homesick Blues" | Charles Grosvenor | Michael Reaves | December 11, 1987 | 140012[n 1] |
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Count Vostak of Boldavia requests the Ghostbusters to join him at his castle. It turns out a group of giant humanoid bats are terrorizing a local village, and the villagers are turning against Vostak because they believe him to be a vampire. What's more, is that Vostok IS a vampire, but the attacking bats don't belong to him. Note: This was the final episode where Arsenio Hall did the voice of Winston Zeddemore. Note: Starting in January 1988, during the second cycle of the second ABC season, the program was expanded to an hour, predating the eventual renaming to Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters by eight months.[7][8] | |||||
Slimer! And The Real Ghostbusters
Season 4 (1988; ABC Season 3)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code[1] |
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| 1[n 2] | "The Joke's on Ray" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 10, 1988 | 175001 |
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Ray and Slimer have been in a joking mood lately, but things are about to get worse when a magical box is opened and releases two imps that like to play deadly practical jokes. Note: Buster Jones replaced Arsenio Hall as the voice of Winston Zeddemore, beginning with this season. Note: The show is now retitled Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters. Note: In the original broadcasts of the 1988-1989 season, the end credits were a minute long, and featured clips from the Slimer! spin-off, and the old sequence for the regular show. In international broadcasts, as well as on the Time-Life DVD, they're replaced with separate 30-second end credits for both shows. Note: In the original (ABC) airing, the Columbia Pictures Television logo with Coca-Coca byline was reused, as it was in season one. Note: The title card jingle is now the outro of the ending theme. | |||||
| 2 | "Flip Side" | Charles Grosvenor | Tony Marino | September 17, 1988 | 175002 |
| Peter, Egon and Ray are transported to another dimension via a supernatural tornado. They arrive in Boo York and not only do they have to worry about getting home, but also the ghostly Peoplebusters. | |||||
| 3 | "Poultrygeist" | Charles Grosvenor | Duane Capizzi, Steven Roberts | September 24, 1988 | 175003 |
| Peter, Ray and Winston And Eduardo Garret And Roland get a call from a farmer, who claims to have encountered a giant chicken which came to life by a siren. They find a giant were-chicken egg and Peter and Slimer bring it back to the firehouse, where it hatches and the were-chicken inside bites Egon, turning him into one. and it came to life by a siren singing. | |||||
| 4 | "Standing Room Only" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | October 8, 1988 | 175004 |
| It's spring and a hay fever stricken Peter doesn't want to leave the firehouse, so he invents a ghost attractor that will bring the ghosts to them instead. Ghosts do start arriving, but it's not because of Peter's invention. It's because the ghosts are fleeing Mee-Krah, a ghost feeding entity that will destroy New York City if it isn't stopped. | |||||
| 5 | "Robo-Buster" | Charles Grosvenor | Francis Moss | October 15, 1988 | 175005 |
| Janine's rich new boyfriend, Paul Smart, steals a ghost trap and other technology to build a robot catching ghost, Robo-Buster. The Ghostbusters are being driven out of business by Robo-Buster, which seemingly destroys ghosts rather than trapping them. Turns out all those ghosts, including poor Slimer, have been made into one giant ghost because of this and they want revenge. | |||||
| 6 | "Short Stuff" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | October 22, 1988 | 175006 |
| The vile Ghostmaster sends his three best bounty hunters to capture the Ghostbusters alive. The first two get busted, but the third shrinks the guys down. While they try to avoid capture, Janine and Slimer try to find a spell to return them to normal size. | |||||
| 7 | "Follow That Hearse" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | November 5, 1988 | 175008 |
| As Winston readies Ecto-1 for a car show, the Ghostbusters get called to a dump to stop a very angry ghost. They fail to trap the ghost and think it got away, but it really takes over Ecto-1. | |||||
| 8 | "The Brooklyn Triangle" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | November 19, 1988 | 175007 |
| The Ghostbusters have been losing stuff left and right lately and they aren't the only ones. Turns out it's part of a hole that has been opened at Winston father's construction site. When Winston and his dad fall in, Peter and Ray go after them and arrive in the land of lost objects. | |||||
Season 5 (1989; ABC Season 4)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code[1] |
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| 1[n 3] | "Transcendental Tourists[n 4]" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 9, 1989 | 201010 |
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A family of ghosts on vacation work to remove those they believe are interrupting their peace and quiet, including Peter, Winston and Slimer. Note: A new CPT byline is now used: A Unit of Columbia Pictures Entertainment with new 6 note horn music. Note: The title card is now superimposed with the first scene of the episode, which the Slimer! spin-off had already done. Note: This season was set after the events of Ghostbusters II. Thus, Janine has her look from that film, and has a relationship with Louis Tully. | |||||
| 2 | "Something's Going Around" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 9, 1989 | 201001 |
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Peter falls ill, and Louis asks a doctor he met two days ago to come and take a look. It turns out the doctor has sent them potato chips, which makes people allergic to ghosts, and only Peter has eaten enough of them. The doctor gives them more chips. The Ghostbusters don't know, but the doctor is a ghost and they have to develop resistance to the allergy. Note: First appearance of Louis Tully. | |||||
| 3 | "Trading Faces[n 5]" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 16, 1989 | 201009 |
| A bad lookalike of Slimer on the run arrives in the firehouse via a mirror and sends Louis and the real Slimer through to the Ghost World. | |||||
| 4 | "Elementary My Dear Winston" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | September 16, 1989 | 201003 |
| The legendary and apparently ghostly Sherlock Holmes and Watson arrive in New York to find Moriarty. When Watson gets captured, Sherlock Holmes selects Winston to help him. Moriarty seeks to absorb all the ghosts in the containment unit. | |||||
| 5 | "Slimer's Curse[n 6]" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | September 23, 1989 | 201013 |
| Slimer wins the lottery, only to find his winnings have been cursed. | |||||
| 6 | "Partners in Slime" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | September 23, 1989 | 201005 |
| A year after the Ghostbusters defeated Vigo the Carpathian, a ghost named Poso kidnaps Janine and Louis to force the Ghostbusters to hand over their business. The Ghostbusters get help from a recently captured ghost, Shifter, to find out why Poso wants their business and where to find him. Covered in mood slime, Peter goes to the Ghost Town because Louis and Janine were kidnapped by Poso. | |||||
| 7 | "Til Death Do Us Part[n 7]" | Martin Gates | Pat Allee, Ben Hurst | September 30, 1989 | 201014 |
| The Ghostbusters get a temp (who turns out to be a ghost) and she decides Egon would make a great husband. | |||||
| 8 | "Three Men and an Egon[n 8]" | Charles Grosvenor | Joe S. Landon | October 7, 1989 | 201002 |
| A confrontation with a giant clock monster causes Egon to become younger and younger. | |||||
| 9 | "Kitty-Cornered[n 9]" | Charles Grosvenor | Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy | October 14, 1989 | 201012 |
| Slimer finds a cat that can make all of his dreams come true. | |||||
| 10 | "If I Were a Witch Man[n 10]" | Charles Grosvenor | Charles Kaufman | October 21, 1989 | 201004 |
| The Ghostbusters are called to stop a witch that has been terrorizing the town of Lewiston. She wants revenge against the descendants of those who imprisoned her three hundred years ago, which includes Egon. | |||||
| 11 | "It's About Time[n 11]" | Charles Grosvenor | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | October 28, 1989 | 201015 |
| The firehouse is going to be torn down to make way for a new express way, but that's the least of the Ghostbusters' problems. The guys and Slimer get sent back to 1959 due to a trap accident. They have to find a way back and fight ghosts without their equipment. | |||||
| 12 | "The Halloween Door" | TBA | J. Michael Straczynski | October 29, 1989 | 75002[n 12] |
| The Ghostbusters are confronted by Crowley and his group, who want their help in ending Halloween. The guys turn him down, but one of their PKE meters is stolen and used by Crowley to accomplish his goal. Unfortunately, all he does is break a seal, opening our world to numerous ghosts – including the huge, rampaging Boogaloo – and giving the Ghostbusters a lot to handle on Halloween night. | |||||
| 13 | "Jailbusters[n 13]" | Martin Gates | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | November 4, 1989 | 201007 |
| The Ghostbusters are tricked into letting their guard down and get captured by ghosts. They're charged with crimes against ghosts and stand trial. It's up to Janine, Louis and Slimer to save them from a horrible punishment. | |||||
| 14 | "Surely You Joust[n 14]" | Charles Grosvenor | Tony Marino | November 11, 1989 | 201011 |
| The Ghostbusters become involved in the world of knights and dragons to free a captured Janine. | |||||
| 15 | "Future Tense" | Raymond Jafelice | Richard Mueller | November 11, 1989 | 201006 |
| The Ghostbusters get a new TV as payment for a job. When Ray stays up to watch television, he sees into the Ghostbusters' future. The others don't believe him at first, but Ray is quickly proved right and the next vision shows them their deaths. | |||||
| 16 | "Venk-Man![n 15]" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | November 18, 1989 | 201019 |
| Peter becomes something of a super hero, but it won't last long. | |||||
| 17 | "Loose Screws[n 16]" | Charles Grosvenor | Pat Allee, Ben Hurst | November 25, 1989 | 201018 |
| Slimer breaks a trap and doesn't completely fix it before the guys use it on a job. Now the essence inside starts to leak out and make inanimate objects come alive. | |||||
| 18 | "The Ghostbusters! Live, from Al Capone's Tomb![n 17]" | Charles Grosvenor | J. Michael Straczynski | December 2, 1989 | 201008 |
| The Ghostbusters are on live tv at the tomb of Al Capone where his ghost is supposed to appear at midnight. Something does happen and the guys get transported to the other side, getting involved with Al Capone and supernatural criminals. | |||||
| 19 | "Revenge of the Ghostmaster[n 18]" | Charles Grosvenor | Richard Mueller | December 9, 1989 | 201017 |
| The Ghostmaster is back and casts a spell on the Ghostbusters that causes all electronic equipment near them to shut off, including their proton packs and traps. | |||||
| 20 | "Slimer Streak[n 19]" | Charles Grosvenor | Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy | December 16, 1989 | 201020 |
| Stuck on a train, the Ghostbusters have to play games to bring it to a halt. | |||||
| 21 | "The Ransom of Greenspud[n 20]" | Charles Grosvenor | Stan Phillips | December 23, 1989 | 201016 |
| A trio of ghosts abduct Slimer and will keep him unless the Ghostbusters agree to free a ghost named Spiderlegs. | |||||
Season 6 (1990; ABC Season 5)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code[1] |
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| 1[n 21] | "Janine, You've Changed" | Raymond Jafelice | J. Michael Straczynski | September 8, 1990 | 140–504 |
| Looking through a photo album causes the Ghostbusters and Slimer to realize Janine has gone through numerous changes over the years. Some investigating shows that a supernatural force disguised as a fairy godmother is the cause of it. | |||||
| 2 | "You Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks" | Raymond Jafelice | Larry DiTillio | September 8, 1990 | 140–503 |
| A cabinet sends the Ghostbusters to another dimension and encounter a demon interested in learning magic tricks. After years of meeting only magicians assistants and white doves, the demon chooses Ray as his new teacher. | |||||
| 3 | "The Haunting of Heck House" | Raymond Jafelice | J. Michael Straczynski | September 15, 1990 | 140–502 |
| Kids are visiting the firehouse and Peter tells the story behind an old souvenir. The Ghostbusters had an opportunity to get millions of dollars so long as they stayed in a haunted house for one night. One condition though: no proton packs. | |||||
| 4 | "Ghostworld" | Raymond Jafelice | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 15, 1990 | 140–509 |
| A ghost uses an amusement park called Ghost World as a way to gain control over the Ghostbusters. With everyone else under his power, only a sick Egon is capable of stopping him. Fortunately, he has his mother to help him out. | |||||
| 5 | "Mean Green Teen Machine" | Raymond Jafelice | Jules Dennis | September 22, 1990 | 140–505 |
| The Ghostbusters take a turn for the worse when they're invaded by a trio of ghosts who like to surf and eat pizza. The situation is worse because the ghosts invade their dreams in order to trap them forever. | |||||
| 6 | "Spacebusters" | Raymond Jafelice | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 22, 1990 | 140–506 |
| Winston gets the chance of a lifetime when he gets to go up on a space station. Unfortunately, there's a nasty ghost up there absorbing the life force of anyone it can find. It'll take Winston and the other Ghostbusters to save the station. | |||||
| 7 | "My Left Fang[n 22]" | Raymond Jafelice | Sean Roche | September 29, 1990 | 140–513 |
| The Ghosbusters and Slimer arrive in German town and get an unusual request from the locals: to save ghosts. Turns out the local ghosts have been threatened by a creature that feeds on them. | |||||
| 8 | "Russian About" | Raymond Jafelice | J. Michael Straczynski | October 6, 1990 | 140–501 |
| During a trip to Russia, the Ghostbusters face off against a bizarre cult who wish to awaken one of The Old Ones from his eons long slumber. But in order to stop this powerful creature, they send Slimer back to New York to bring back a device that Egon finished inventing before leaving for Russia. | |||||
| 9 | "The Slob" | Raymond Jafelice | Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy | October 6, 1990 | 140–511 |
| After once again failing to capture Slimer, Professor Dweeb reaches an agreement with a ghost known as the Glob. The Glob will catch Slimer for Professor Dweeb and Dweeb will set the captured Sleaze free. | |||||
| 10 | "Deja Boo[n 23]" | Raymond Jafelice | Chuck Menville Richard Mueller Pamela Hickey Dennys McCoy Michael Reaves | October 13, 1990 | 140–517 |
| Professor Dweeb uses a machine to see Slimer's past adventures with the Ghostbusters. | |||||
| 11 | "Afterlife in the Fast Lane[n 24]" | Raymond Jafelice | Tony Marino | October 20, 1990 | 140–510 |
| The Ghostbusters and Slimer compete with each other in a race to win money for a charity. Unfortunately, a ghost gamesmaster tricks them into entering the Netherworld during the race and getting out won't be easy. | |||||
| 12 | "Guess What's Coming to Dinner[n 25]" | Raymond Jafelice | Jules Dennis | October 27, 1990 | 140–507 |
| The Ghostbusters and Slimer return home from vacation to find a ghost family has moved in. Getting rid of them won't be easy since they threw away the Ghostbusters' proton packs. And things quickly get worse when the ghosts fiddle with the Containment Unit and set it to selfdestruct. | |||||
| 13 | "Stay Tooned[n 26]" | Raymond Jafelice | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | November 3, 1990 | 140–514 |
| Ray and Slimer try to fix the tv so they can continue watching The Sammy K. Ferret Show, but a freak accident occurs and brings the title character into the real world. The Ghostbusters have to deal with them as Sammy's cartoon antics become all too real and dangerous. | |||||
| 14 | "Very Beast Friends[n 27]" | Raymond Jafelice | Gordon Bressack | November 10, 1990 | 140–508 |
| Sumerian gods Anshar (god of wind and water) and Kishar (god of fire and earth) are waging their millennial fight. As gods, they are immortal, and thus neither can ever defeat the other, and can only face each other once every thousand years. They decide to transfer themselves to mortal bodies in order to settle their fight. As it happens, the Ghostbusters are going sailing that day. The strong winds created by Anshar and Kishar blow the boat off course and strand the men on the island created by the gods. Peter is angry at Ray for getting them stranded, and Ray returns the anger. As a result of this, Anshar and Kishar possess the two Ghostbusters. Every time that they start arguing, they mutate into the gods, getting bigger and meaner each successive time. Egon, Winston and Slimer must find a way to depossess them before their friends kill each other. | |||||
| 15 | "Busters in Toyland[n 28]" | Raymond Jafelice | Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley | November 17, 1990 | 140–512 |
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The firehouse is the scene for a birthday party for Louis' nephew, Lawrence. Louis wants to get him a good gift, but he inadvertently buys three toys possessed by ghosts. They take Lawrence to Toyland and the Ghostbusters have to rescue him. Note: Final appearance of Louis Tully. | |||||
| 16 | "The Magnificent Five[n 29]" | Raymond Jafelice | Sean Roche | November 24, 1990 | 140–516 |
| The Ghostbusters have a ghostly showdown with Black Bart in a Texan town. | |||||
Season 7 (1991; ABC Season 6)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code[1] |
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| 1[n 30] | "The Treasure of Sierra Tamale" | Raymond Jafelice | Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller | September 7, 1991[9] | 140–603 |
| Peter's scheming dad is back with a plan to get rich by finding a treasure in Mexico. The others take a pass, but Ray and Slimer join him on the exciting and dangerous adventure. | |||||
| 2 | "Not Now, Slimer!" | Raymond Jafelice | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 14, 1991 | 140–602 |
| After getting yelled at by Peter for causing too many interruptions, Slimer has to contend with the ever persistent Professor Dweeb by himself. Meanwhile, the Ghostbusters have to deal with a squid ghost created by the anger of the ghosts in the containment unit. | |||||
| 3 | "Attack of the B-Movie Monsters" | Raymond Jafelice | Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller | September 21, 1991 | 140–605 |
| The Ghostbusters and Slimer arrive in Tokyo, Japan to battle ghosts that resemble Japanese movie monsters. | |||||
| 4 | "20,000 Leagues Under the Street" | Raymond Jafelice | Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller | October 5, 1991 | 140–601 |
| New York City suffers an earthquake and giant insects. Peter is taken underground by the giant insects and meets their master, who plans to sacrifice him and destroy humanity. Only the Ghostbusters can stop him. | |||||
Slimer sub-series (1988)
| No.[1] | Title[1] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Slimer for Hire [n 31]" | Jean Scott | Pat Allee, Ben Hurst | September 10, 1988 |
| Slimer gets jobs working at the Ritz Cafe and walking dogs for Rudy. However Dweeb is after him with a Slime Sucking Machine. | ||||
| 2 | "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'" | Jean Flynn | Dennis O'Flaherty | September 10, 1988 |
| Mr. Grout hires Bruiser to make Fred stay in his hotel room. However, Slimer tries to outsmart Bruiser, so he can get Fred to the Ghostbusters barbecue. | ||||
| 3 | "Nothing to Sneeze At" | David Edwards | Don Dougherty | September 10, 1988 |
| With the Ghostbusters sick, and resting in their beds upstairs, Slimer is left in charge of the firehouse – which means dealing with a hungry, noise-making Manx. | ||||
| 4 | "A Mouse in the House" | David Edwards | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | September 17, 1988 |
| Manx chases a mouse around the firehouse, causing all kinds of havoc – which Slimer gets blamed for. | ||||
| 5 | "Cash or Slime" | Floyd Norman | Floyd Norman | September 17, 1988 |
| Slimer goes to the department store to buy Chilly a gift for her birthday, but he has to deal with security guard dog Bruiser. | ||||
| 6 | "Doctor Dweeb, I Presume" | Bernard Deyries, Eduoard David, Andy Roper | Tony Marino | September 17, 1988 |
| Slimer goes to the doctor's with Janine. When he smells food, he goes on an adventure through the hospital. As usual, Professor Dweeb is there to catch him. Slimer must avoid Professor Dweeb and be back before Janine gets out of the doctor's office. | ||||
| 7 | "Quickslimer Messenger Service" | David Edwards | Dennys Hickey, Pamela McCoy | September 24, 1988 |
| In need of money to buy ice cream, Slimer takes a job as a messenger for Rudy's Messenger Service. Professor Dweeb, seeing his opportunity to catch Slimer, calls Rudy's service and tells him he has some packages to be delivered. Slimer is soon on his way to the addresses, where Professor Dweeb has really laid out various traps to catch him. | ||||
| 8 | "Pigeon-Cooped" | Jean Flynn | Temple Mathews | September 24, 1988 |
| Slimer teaches a pigeon how to fly, all the while trying to keep it out of Manx's clutches. | ||||
| 9 | "Go-pher It" | Jean Scott | Tony Marino | September 24, 1988 |
| While doing some gardening work, Slimer must contend with a tulip-hungry gopher. | ||||
| 10 | "Scareface [n 32]" | David Edwards | Charles Kaufman | October 1, 1988 |
| Ghosts are partying on the 13th floor of Hotel Sedgewick. The party "dies" when two gangster-like ghosts, who work for Scareface, appear. Slimer tries pretending to be Scareface to get rid of the two – until the real Scareface arrives. | ||||
| 11 | "Sticky Fingers" | Jean Scott | Bob Forward | October 8, 1988 |
| At the firehouse Slimer attempts to wallpaper the kitchen in an effort to please the Ghostbusters, but Dweeb and Elizabeth are intent on stopping and capturing him. | ||||
| 12 | "Don't Tease the Sleaze" | Jean Scott | Dennys Hickey, Pamela McCoy | October 8, 1988 |
| The Ghostbusters trap a foul smelling, obnoxious ghost called "The Sleaze." Not heeding to Ray's warning, Slimer accidentally lets The Sleaze out of the Containment Unit. Knowing the Ghostbusters will be back from a call, Slimer MUST get the Sleaze back into the Containment Unit before they return. With the help of the Junior Ghostbusters, Slimer tries various schemes, including dressing as a woman, in order to try to recapture the Sleaze. | ||||
| 13 | "Room at the Top" | Daniel Ivanic | Charles Kaufman | October 15, 1988 |
| All Slimer wants is quiet, so he can read his new comic book. But with Peter snoring and Egon doing some experiments, the Firehouse is way too noisy for some relaxing reading. What's a ghost to do? Slimer decides to build himself a little shack on the Firehouse roof, so he can have all the quiet he wants. But unfortunately, that orange cat, Manx, is going to complicate things a bit. | ||||
| 14 | "Tea but not Sympathy" | Don Dougherty | Mike Harding, Brian Trueman | October 15, 1988 |
| Manx fakes being sick, and Slimer has to baby-sit him as he causes havoc around the firehouse. | ||||
| 15 | "Special Delivery" | Keith Scoble | Floyd Norman, Leo Sullivan | October 15, 1988 |
| Luigi asks Slimer to deliver a lavish spread for a party being held at Rafael's house, but Manx desires the food. | ||||
| 16 | "Out with Grout" | Jean Scott | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | October 22, 1988 |
| In an effort to stop Mr. Grout from bossing them around, Slimer and Bud get him a job at the Uptown Hotel. However, when Professor Dweeb becomes the new manager of the Hotel Sedgewick, Slimer and Bud do everything they can to get Mr. Grout back. | ||||
| 17 | "Dr. Strangedog" | Jean Scott | Tony Marino | October 22, 1988 |
| Slimer receives a "Super Duper Spy Kit" from a cereal company. He goes out for trouble ... and finds it. He overhears a mad scientist dog through a storm drain. Dr. Strangedog plans to turn humans into dog's servants. Slimer must stop him but a huge guard dog stands in his way. | ||||
| 18 | "The Dirty Half-Dozen[n 33]" | Chris Randall, Keith Scoble | Temple Mathews | October 29, 1988 |
| Ghoullem and Zugg, the ghost gangsters from "Scareface", return from the South Pole to get revenge on Slimer. They put the Ghostbusters to sleep with a sleep-walking potion, and Slimer is the only one who can rescue them (which is just what Ghoullem and Zugg want). However, Slimer doesn't go unprepared, as he gets all his friends to help him. | ||||
| 19 | "Movie Madness" | Chris Randall | Robert Davenport | October 29, 1988 |
| Slimer helps Bud clean the movie theater to get into his favorite movie for free. It's all but a pleasant monster movie – there's gummed up seats, Professor Dweeb, and the movie monster. | ||||
| 20 | "Slimer's Silly Symphony" | Brian Cosgrove | Don Dougherty | November 5, 1988 |
| After going to a symphony with Slimer, Egon decides to give him a conductor's baton. This inspires Slimer to start (and conduct) his own symphony, with a little help from his friends. But Professor Dweeb crashes the party and makes things a little "bouncy" for Slimer. | ||||
| 21 | "Little Green Sliming Hood" | Milan Blazekovic | Bob Forward | November 5, 1988 |
| To stop Slimer from watching TV before bed, Peter convinces him to listen to the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Slimer imagines himself as Little Green Sliming Hood with his friends in the story. Professor Dweeb is the scientific Big Bad Wolf & Elizabeth is the Little Bad Wolf, Chilly as the hippest grandma, and Peter as the Hunter. | ||||
| 22 | "Monkey See, Monkey Don't" | Chris Randall | Michael C. Gross, Ted Mann | November 5, 1988 |
| Slimer has a run in with the cops! | ||||
| 23 | "Beach Blanket Bruiser[n 34]" | Chris Randall | Pat Allee, Ben Hurst | November 12, 1988 |
| Bruiser tries to stop Slimer, who is sneaking into the beach. | ||||
| 24 | "Class Clown" | Robert Alvarez | Francis Moss | November 12, 1988 |
| When Donald loses some scripts, Slimer flies to his school to give them back to him ... but not after having a few encounters with Mrs. Stone, the school's tough guard. | ||||
| 25 | "Dog Days" | Charles Grosvenor | Floyd Norman, Leo Sullivan | November 12, 1988 |
| Slimer helps Fred pass obedience school. | ||||
| 26 | "Up Close and Too Personal" | Brian Cosgrove, Dale Schott | Bob Forward | November 19, 1988 |
| Slimer uses his video camera to capture Manx in some rather embarrassing moments, much to Manx's dismay. When Slimer uses his camera to film a commercial for Luigi, that's when Manx gets his revenge. | ||||
| 27 | "Sweet Revenge" | David Edwards | Charles Kaufman | November 19, 1988 |
| While Slimer is out trick-or-treating, Professor Dweeb (who dressed up in a Slimer costume) has to deal with Slimer's chores and some ghosts who want revenge on Slimer. | ||||
| 28 | "Rainy Day Slimer[n 35]" | David Edwards | Dennys McCoy, Pamela Hickey | November 26, 1988 |
| Since Slimer can't go to the amusement park because it's raining outside, he draws pictures of the amusement park and enters them to have a pretend visit to the park. | ||||
| 29 | "Slimer & the Beanstalk" | David Edwards | Don Dougherty | November 26, 1988 |
| As Peter reads Slimer the bedtime story of Jack & The Beanstalk, Slimer imagines himself and his friends in the story. | ||||
| 30 | "Space Case" | David Edwards | Tony Marino | November 26, 1988 |
| Slimer gives a vacationing space alien a tour of the city. | ||||
| 31 | "Show Dog Showdown[n 36]" | Chris Randall | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | December 3, 1988 |
| Slimer and Fred enter a dog show in an effort to win food, competing against Dweeb and Elizabeth. | ||||
| 32 | "The Not-So-Great Outdoors" | Ben Turner | Len Janson, Chuck Menville | December 3, 1988 |
| While on a camping trip, Slimer and Chilly encounter some mischief-loving rabbits. | ||||
| 33 | "Unidentified Sliming Object" | Jean Flynn | Pat Allee, Ben Hurst | December 3, 1988 |
| Two spacemen mistaking Slimer for a typical earthling capture him and take him to their home! | ||||
Notes
- 1 2 "Slimer, Is That You" was written for the syndicated season but produced and aired in the 2nd network season. "Transylvania Homesick Blues" was written for the 2nd network season and switched places during production with "Slimer, Is That You", airing in syndication and resulting in the use of Season One character designs.
- ↑ During this seasons' hour-long block, two or three Slimer! shorts were shown, with an episode of The Real Ghostbusters, rerun or debut airing, sandwiched in between.
- ↑ During this season, the hour-long block would feature either a 14 minute episode of The Real Ghostbusters, a 21 minute episode, and a 7 minute Slimer! short rerun, or two 21 minute episodes of the former.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and "Something's Going Around", aired alongside a rerun of the Slimer! short "Room at the Top".
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and "Elementary My Dear Winston", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and "Partners in Slime", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of "Mrs. Roger's Neightboorhood", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of "Troll Bridge", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of "Camping It Up".
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of "Loathe Thy Neighbor", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ First aired as a prime-time special.[1]
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and "Future Tense", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of "Flip Side", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of a previous season episode, aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of a previous season episode, aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of "Standing Room Only", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ 14 minute episode. This, and a rerun of "Xmas Marks the Spot", aired alongside a rerun of a Slimer! short.
- ↑ The hour-long block now consisted of two full-length episodes of The Real Ghostbusters.
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode.
- ↑ "Deja Boo" aired in both hour-long and half-hour-long versions. Both versions tell the same story. The half-hour version contains flashbacks from "The Copycat", "Halloween II 1/2" and "Sticky Business." In the hour version, flashbacks from "The Two Faces of Slimer" are also shown. The half-hour version was paired up with an encore airing of "The Slob".
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of "Ghosts 'R Us".
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of the Primetime special "The Halloween Door".
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of "Big Trouble With Little Slimer".
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode.
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of "The Bogeyman is Back".
- ↑ Aired alongside a rerun of "Sticky Business".
- ↑ The show was now scaled back to a half-hour.
- ↑ Each episode of Slimer! consisted of 2–3 named segments. As they were aired with an episode of The Real Ghostbusters episodes , they have the same airdates as the episodes they aired with, and do not have separate production codes. With the exceptions of the 14 minute long "Don't Tease the Sleaze", "Out with Grout", "Scareface", "The Dirty Half-Dozen", and "Sweet Revenge", all other segments were 7 minutes in length.[1]
- ↑ Episode 13 of Slimer! is a combination of the original pilot for the series, shortened to the Slimer! format, and the first segment of episode 2 with a different title card. Both shorts aired alongside a rerun of "Slimer, Is That You?".[1]
- ↑ This, and the other short that aired that day, aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode of The Real Ghostbusters.
- ↑ This, and the other two shorts that aired that day, aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode of The Real Ghostbusters.
- ↑ This, and the other two shorts that aired that day, aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode of The Real Ghostbusters.
- ↑ This, and the other two shorts that aired that day, aired alongside a rerun of a previous season episode of The Real Ghostbusters.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The Real Ghostbusters Complete Collection (Booklet). Fairfax, Virginia: Direct Holdings Americas, CPT Holdings. 2008. 80083-Z.
- ↑ Lambert, David (2008-07-25). "The Real Ghostbusters – Formal Press Release from Time Time for their Exclusive Complete Series Package". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ↑ Lambert, David (2008-11-02). "The Real Ghostbusters – Small Date Change for Time Life's Complete Series Set is Made Up by FedEx Shipping". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ↑ Lacey, Gord (2008-08-11). "The Real Ghostbusters – Cover Art 'Winner' Plus Release Date Update". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
- ↑ Eatock, James & Mangels, Andy (2008). The Real Ghostbusters Complete Collection booklet, p. 3. CPT Holdings, Inc.
- ↑ US Copyright Office, official registered airdate
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19880122&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8_tS2Vw13FcC&dat=19880130&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8_tS2Vw13FcC&dat=19910907&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
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