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Starting in February 2021, the series was uploaded to the official Ghostbusters YouTube channel. In June 2024 the show was included as part of the inaugural schedule of the MeTV Toons all animation channel.
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Ghosts R Us Killerwatt Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood Slimer,...
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In "Moby Ghost", even the Ghostbusters themselves are...
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Parental Abandonment: Peter's father was rarely around when...
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The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991) — The Animated Adaptation of the films. One of the most fondly remembered cartoons of The '80s. Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) - This TV special Crossover extravaganza included an appearance by the Real Ghostbusters version of Slimer.
A page for describing YMMV: Real Ghostbusters. Alternative Character Interpretation: Does Egon actually like Janine back or not? While in the movie, he …
Aug 20, 2024 · In 1984, a Bill Murray /Dan Aykroyd/Harold Ramis supernatural comedy called Ghostbusters was a pretty substantial hit with younger viewers. Within a few years, they decided it would be a good idea to create an Animated Series about the further adventures of the four paranormal investigators.
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The Real Ghostbusters was an Emmy-Nominated American animated television series based on the hit 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television (now Sony Pictures Television), DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore, Dr. Ray Stantz, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer. During the show's six-year run, it was retooled in 1988 with the Slimer! series, which was sandwiched around The Real Ghostbusters and titled Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters. The show also received a new opening sequence (which was used for the remainder of the series) when it was re-titled as well. The series continued to develop the franchise's mythology. In "Partners in Slime", Vigo was mentioned, confirming Ghostbusters II is in the continuity of the animated series. However, due to many reasons the show started the Ghostbusters Animated Timeline Canon.
During the show's run (September 13, 1986 – October 22, 1991) a series of comics were made: NOW Comics- The Real Ghostbusters Series for North America, and Marvel Comics Ltd- The Real Ghostbusters Series for the United Kingdom. A Toy line by Kenner was produced through its run as well. There was even a short lived Magazine. In 1997, the franchise was revived with Extreme Ghostbusters. A group of new Ghostbusters joined Egon, Janine and Slimer, who helped to bridge both cartoons.
The series' origin is told in the episode "Citizen Ghost", which is a flashback episode. Peter reveals that the suits were replaced with new ones that were in new colors. Gozer was taken out but the old suits had ecto-plasmic residue and Peter was supposed to destroy them. Also in that episode, it is revealed that Slimer stuck around the firehouse and while Peter didn't like him, the others after a few days grew to like him, as he was harmless and valuable to research. Ray names him, to spite Peter, Slimer. At the end of the episode the Ghostbusters are in serious trouble with ghostly versions of themselves that wanted them out of business. Slimer wore them out as they fired at him wasting their ecto energy. Because of that, the Ghostbusters were able to capture the ghosts. Slimer earned his spot as a pet and friend of the Ghostbusters.
"Take Two" explained in a way, the differences between the cartoon and the film. The film according to the episode was made based on events in the cartoon. Inside jokes about the film are all over the episode.
In late 1985, Richard Raynis told Kevin Altieri that DiC was going to pitch an animated series based on Ghostbusters to ABC. Due to an "incredibly quick turnaround," there was no planning during production on the pilot promo. Altieri and Eddie Fitzgerald story boarded scenes as the ideas came to them and had no character models to work off of. A short pilot episode was produced, but never aired in full. Scenes of the pilot can be seen in TV promos that aired prior to the beginning of the series. As with most pilots, the short episode has several striking differences from the finished product. For the most part, the differences come down to a greater faithfulness to the movie: Peter Venkman's design bears a greater resemblance to Bill Murray, the Ghostbusters still use their original uniforms, and Slimer appears as a gluttonous bad guy as he does in the movie. Certain scenes from the pilot would be edited and used in the show's intro, most notably the encounter at the end with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Other scenes from the pilot, including a shot of Ray waking up from bed with a Mr. Staypuft doll, the team sliding down the fire pole in silhouette, and a skeletal Red Baron laughing as he flies across the sky, would later be used in the special opening sequence for the 1989 Real Ghostbusters prime time Halloween special, "The Halloween Door".
Maurice LaMarche, the voice of Egon Spengler, described that even though the auditioners did not want him to impersonate Harold Ramis, he did so and got the part. LaMarche mentioned that, supposedly, Bill Murray asked why Lorenzo Music's voice sounded like Garfield and not like himself, and this may have weighed in the replacing of Music, with Dave Coulier replacing him after 78 episodes. This is ironic considering that Bill Murray took over the role of Garfield for the live-action movies. Ernie Hudson was the only actor from the film who auditioned to reprise his role, Winston Zeddemore, for the animated series, but he lost to Arsenio Hall. Marsha Goodman was told by the producers to use Arsenio Hall because he was funnier and sillier.
•"Funny You Should Scream" By Jina Bacarr
•Premise: Dr. Teufel (meaning devil) ran a carnival and trapped children in his Fun House a la Pied Piper.
•"Midnight on the Lady M" By J. Michael Straczynski
•Premise: Set in New Orleans during the last day before the end of Mardi Gras and intended for Season 3. It is the only unused outline done by Straczynski. Egon was only interested in the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium On The Fantastic, while the others were there strictly for Mardis Gras which they missed out on last time they were in the area. They earn the ire of a swami named Kishnu Wannaberichrich. Ray has a new romantic interest named Elizabeth Metairie but she turns out to be a ghost who is tied to the local tragedy that involved a steamship named Lady M. that exploded and sank in 1853.
•Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier tried to do a third episode. J. Michael Straczynski liked some ideas they pitched but they ran out of time and the show ended.
"The Real" was added to the title over a dispute with Filmation. After the success of the film, a TV series based on the Ghostbusters began production. At the same time The Real Ghostbusters was being created, Filmation was making a cartoon known simply as Ghostbusters, a revamp of the 1970s live-action series. Despite rumors to the contrary, Colum...
Note, Seasons 1,3-7 were first aired on Saturday Morning; while Season 2 was aired in syndication for a first airing.
•ABC (broadcasting on Saturdays) - September 13, 1986 - Sep 5, 1992
•The Real Ghostbusters (half hour) seasons 1,3 (September 13, 1986 - Jan 16, 1988?)
•The Real Ghostbusters (hour) season 3 (Jan 23, 1988? - September 03, 1988)
•Note, some stations added the extra half hour after February
•Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters (hour) season 4-6
Mar 22, 2024 · Ghostbusters is a long-lasting franchise with five movies and two TV shows, viewable in release or chronological order. Animated shows like The Real Ghostbusters are geared towards all ages and ran for multiple seasons.
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Every episode of the series (including Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters) was released in 2018 through both a 21-disc DVD and 3-disc Blu-ray (non upscaled transfers) by German distributor Turbine, including both English and German audio tracks.
