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The Real Ghostbusters

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The continuing adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.

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Episodes

7 seasons · 140 episodes
Season 113 ep. · 1986
  1. Episode 1: Ghosts Я Us

    Sep 13, 1986 · 25 min

    After a trio of ghosts escape from the Containment Unit, they decide to discredit the Ghostbusters by disguising themselves as “Ghosts Я Us,” a rival ghostbusting franchise!

  2. Episode 2: Killerwatt

    Sep 20, 1986 · 25 min

    The power blackouts across New York are the work of a veritable army of ghosts, but the power drain leaves the Ghostbusters' Containment Unit vulnerable!

  3. Episode 3: Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood

    Sep 27, 1986 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are called to rid sweet old Mrs. Roger's house of ghosts, the Granny isn't what she seems, and Janine could be facing a demon in the headquarters... alone!

  4. Episode 4: Slimer, Come Home

    Oct 4, 1986 · 25 min

    After ruining Winston's birthday surprise, Slimer leaves the firehouse for good and wanders the streets of New York... where he soon joins in with a bad crowd of poltergeists!

  5. Episode 5: Troll Bridge

    Oct 11, 1986 · 25 min

    A troll who has grown tired of living under the Brooklyn Bridge runs away to the city in search of good times, but when his fellow trolls take control of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Ghostbusters come to the rescue.

  6. Episode 6: The Boogieman Cometh

    Oct 18, 1986 · 25 min

    Two children turn up at the firehouse claiming that the Boogieman is living in their closet, leading the skeptical Ghostbusters on a mission to bedroom closets throughout New York, and finally into the twisted world of the Boogieman himself.

  7. Episode 7: Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

    Oct 25, 1986 · 25 min

    The Sandman decides that humanity might stop its warring and fighting if it had a five-hundered-year-long nap, but his sleep dust causes dreams to come to life, creating havoc for the Ghostbusters!

  8. Episode 8: When Halloween Was Forever

    Nov 1, 1986 · 25 min

    When ancient ruins arrive in New York for examination, the evil spirit of Samhain is released! He declares that Halloween should last forever and calls forth an army of the night!

  9. Episode 9: Look Homeward, Ray

    Nov 8, 1986 · 25 min

    When Ray returns home to a hero's welcome, someone wants to make him look bad in front of his hometown, his childhood heartthrob and the Ghostbusters.

  10. Episode 10: Take Two

    Nov 15, 1986 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are flown out to Hollywood to oversee production of a movie being made about their story. On a tour of the studio they are called into action, but they're armed with fake Proton Packs by mistake!

  11. Episode 11: Citizen Ghost

    Nov 22, 1986 · 25 min

    This flashback story reveals the origins of how and why Slimer came to live with the Ghostbusters, in events immediately following their film encounter with Gozer.

  12. Episode 12: Janine's Genie

    Dec 6, 1986 · 25 min

    Following her first ghostbusting job, Janine takes a brass oil lamp as payment and releases a genie and all his pals. She soon learns that the life of a Ghostbuster is never an easy one!

  13. Episode 13: X-Mas Marks the Spot

    Dec 13, 1986 · 25 min

    Zapped back in time to 1837 England, the Ghostbusters unknowingly trap the ghosts of Christmas, thereby saving Ebenezer Scrooge from his scheduled rehabilitation. The future is changed, and they must go back in time to change it back, while Egon makes an even more frightening trip... into the Containment Unit!

Season 265 ep. · 1987
  1. Episode 1: Janine's Day Off

    Sep 14, 1987 · 25 min

    Janine talks Egon into visiting her family for dinner, Prompting the Ghostbusters to hire a temporary secretary who on this very day of employment must contend with imps, ghosts, a powerful demon, and Peter's advances!

  2. Episode 2: Adventures in Slime and Space

    Sep 15, 1987 · 25 min

    When Slimer passes through Egon's latest invention, he is broken up into thousands of tiny Slimers that coat the city in a layer of green goo. However, the Ghostbusters' solution to the problem only results in a large – and angrier – Slimer.

  3. Episode 3: Ragnarok and Roll

    Sep 16, 1987 · 25 min

    A young man hurt by the woman he loves decides that there is far too much pain in the world and, aided by his loyal yet reluctant companion, sets about a chain of events that will bring Ragnarok, the end of the world!

  4. Episode 4: Captain Steel Saves the Day

    Sep 17, 1987 · 25 min

    Through paranormal means, Ray's favorite comic book character, Captain Steel, comes to life, and crosses paths with the Ghostbusters. When the evil Doctor Destructo also comes to life, a hero team-up may be the only way to save the world.

  5. Episode 5: They Call Me Mister Slimer

    Sep 18, 1987 · 25 min

    To contribute to the Ghostbusters' finances, Slimer becomes a teenager's personal bodyguard. But he doesn't bargain on a gang of young thugs attaining bodyguards of their own… some very dangerous creatures from an abandoned subway station.

  6. Episode 6: Buster the Ghost

    Sep 21, 1987 · 25 min

    A defrocked Tooth Fairy named Buster stumbles upon the Ghostbusters' television ad. Seeing a chance for friendship in a cold, cruel world, he moves in with them, certain he's their pal… but trouble soon follows.

  7. Episode 7: Night Game

    Sep 22, 1987 · 25 min

    A mysterious battle fought by the forces of good and evil is being waged within a baseball stadium. Winston is soon drafted to play on the side of good... within an individual's soul as the prize.

  8. Episode 8: Rollerghoster

    Sep 23, 1987 · 25 min

    Egon and Janine stumble across a carnival with a roller coaster called the Ecto-1. Egon is less than pleased with the trademark infringement, but when the ride is taken over by actual ghosts, the ride's owner capitalizes on the event for publicity.

  9. Episode 9: Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?

    Sep 24, 1987 · 25 min

    Walt Fleischman, foremost cartoonist of the 1940s, has been missing for over thirty years, but strange sounds coming from his studio prompt the Ghostbusters into action. Will the Ghostbusters become cartoon characters?

  10. Episode 10: Dairy Farm

    Sep 25, 1987 · 25 min

    Deciding that a vacation is long overdue, the Ghostbusters go to Ray's cousin's farm. Unfortunately for them, the farm's former owners are rising from the dead, and they aren't too happy.

  11. Episode 11: Egon's Ghost

    Sep 28, 1987 · 25 min

    When Egon is accidentally zapped by one of his own inventions on a bust, he becomes, for all intents and purposes, a ghost. Can the Ghostbusters build a replacement before Egon fades into oblivion?

  12. Episode 12: Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster

    Sep 29, 1987 · 25 min

    With the city undergoing a massive surge in spectral activity the Ghostbusters have no time to take care of Janine's haunted apartment. Janine decides to tackle the job on her own… and may end up saving the day!

  13. Episode 13: The Cabinet of Calamari

    Sep 30, 1987 · 25 min

    Calamari, a magician and escape-artist supreme, is being haunted by a ghost that cannot be captured in a Ghost Trap. To make matters worse, Peter has fallen through Calamari's secret cabinet into a strange dimension!

  14. Episode 14: Ghostbuster of the Year

    Oct 1, 1987 · 25 min

    Charles Foster Hearse III, millionaire publisher of the Spooks Illustrated, challenges the Ghostbusters to a friendly competition to find out which one of them deserves to be on the cover of the next issue as "Ghost Hunter of the Year".

  15. Episode 15: Egon's Dragon

    Oct 2, 1987 · 25 min

    Long ago, Egon's ancestor Zedekiah Spengler summoned up a dragon to do his bidding. When Egon comes across the well in which the creature was put to sleep, he accidentally awakens the dragon, which assumes Egon is its father!

  16. Episode 16: No One Comes to Lupusville

    Oct 5, 1987 · 25 min

    A mysterious stranger from a small town arrives at the Ghostbusters headquarters requesting their help. Soon, the Ghostbusters find themselves caught up in a war between two groups of vampires and the original residents of Lupusville.

  17. Episode 17: The Bird of Kildarby

    Oct 6, 1987 · 25 min

    An Irish castle, moved stone-by-stone to Central Park, turns out to be haunted by ghostly warriors who don't take kindly to being relocated without their permission. The Ghostbusters are soon engaged in a battle for the possession of Manhattan!

  18. Episode 18: The Long, Long, Long, etc. Goodbye

    Oct 7, 1987 · 25 min

    Private eye Phillip Spade is surprised to find himself awake, in ghost form, after being dead for so many years. He soon realizes that he is back to solve a case that he failed to resolve while alive, now aided by four strange guys in funny jumpsuits.

  19. Episode 19: Cold Cash and Hot Water

    Oct 8, 1987 · 25 min

    Peter's father stumbles upon a strange artifact in the Artic; a block of black ice containing a fire demon that was captured ages ago. Unfortunately, he and phony psychic Doctor Bassingame later unleash the demon into New York City!

  20. Episode 20: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?

    Oct 9, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are puzzled when the ghost they are trying to capture on their latest bust claims to be the one who called them! Confusion and calamity follows as a real ghost tries to rid his home of fake ghosts!

  21. Episode 21: The Man Who Never Reached Home

    Oct 12, 1987 · 25 min

    Simon Quegg, a selfish, insolent man, was cursed 100 years ago to never reach home, and is continually pursued by a terrible specter. When Ray is accidentally exchanged for Quegg, the Ghostbusters must try to break the curse!

  22. Episode 22: Doctor, Doctor

    Oct 13, 1987 · 25 min

    During a skirmish at a chemical factory, the Ghostbusters are covered with a contaminated ectoplasmic chemical... and it changes them in creepy ways!

  23. Episode 23: You Can't Take it With You

    Oct 14, 1987 · 25 min

    An unkind dying billionaire has a machine built to send his money and possessions to the other side, so that he'll have it after he dies. Unfortunately, the machine releases horrendous ghosts in exchange.

  24. Episode 24: Victor the Happy Ghost

    Oct 15, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters trap a small and harmless-looking ghost at a museum, but feel guilty. Back in the firehouse he is accidentally released and they decide not to place him in the Containment Unit. But to adopt him as a pet. But Slimer soon discovers a darker side to the new tenant.

  25. Episode 25: Lost and Foundry

    Oct 16, 1987 · 25 min

    When a ghost is caught and trapped in a steelyard by the Ghostbusters, it appears to have been vaporized. However the ghost merges with the steel which is cut and distributed throughout the city…. And now it wants to reassemble itself!

  26. Episode 26: Chicken, He Clucked

    Oct 19, 1987 · 25 min

    A man driven mad by the constant smell of chicken in his life from a nearby chicken restaurant makes a deal with a demon to rid the world of all the chickens in existence.

  27. Episode 27: Venkman's Ghost Repellers

    Oct 20, 1987 · 25 min

    Peter's con man father arrives in New York, peddling phony ghost-repellent ponchos. Meanwhile, a seafaring expedition disappears at sea in the New Jersey Parallelogram. To save the ship – and Peter's father – the Ghostbusters enter a very weird and dangerous dimension.

  28. Episode 28: The Hole in the Wall Gang

    Oct 21, 1987 · 25 min

    At a haunted house, the Ghostbusters find that every hole in the wall offers an opening for ghosts to come through them! And the bigger the hole, the bigger the ghost.

  29. Episode 29: Ghost Busted

    Oct 22, 1987 · 25 min

    When the number of ghosts across the city drops considerably, the Ghostbusters realized that they will soon be broke! But after they prevent a robbery from taking place, they reinvent themselves as... the Crime Busters!

  30. Episode 30: The Ghostbusters in Paris

    Oct 23, 1987 · 25 min

    When workman on the Eiffel Tower accidentally break into Monsieur Eiffel's secret lab and damage a device, thousands of ghosts are released. The Ghostbusters discover that the tower was actually a very early form of a Containment Unit!

  31. Episode 31: A Fright at the Opera

    Oct 26, 1987 · 25 min

    Attending an opera, Egon and a disinterested Peter are shocked when ghostly Valkyries actually appear and create havoc. The Ghostbusters are soon facing the music... and the Valkyries!

  32. Episode 32: The Collect Call of Cathulhu

    Oct 27, 1987 · 25 min

    When the Necronomicon is stolen from the public library, the Ghostbusters find themselves fighting creatures in the sewers, chasing down cults, and researching comic books to help them in their mission.

  33. Episode 33: Banshee Bake a Cherry Pie?

    Oct 28, 1987 · 25 min

    An Irish pop star is topping the charts, but strange things happen when she sings. The Ghostbusters discover her devastating secret, but can they stop her now that Peter has fallen hopelessly in love with her?

  34. Episode 34: Drool, the Dog Faced Goblin

    Oct 29, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters discover a real goblin in an otherwise fake carnival sideshow, but even though they suspect it has been wreaking havoc in several towns, they are prevented from capturing it.

  35. Episode 35: Boo-Dunit

    Oct 30, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are called to the hunted home of recently deceased mystery writer, Agatha Grisley. They soon learned that the specters are actually characters from Grisley's last uncompleted novel!

  36. Episode 36: The Revenge of Murray the Mantis

    Nov 2, 1987 · 25 min

    A large, inflatable balloon of Murray the Mantis becomes possessed during the balloon's appearance in a prominent New York parade. Overwhelmed, the Ghostbusters release the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the Containment Unit and a mighty battle begins.

  37. Episode 37: The Headless Motorcyclist

    Nov 3, 1987 · 25 min

    A descendant of Ichabod Crane is, as his predecessors, tormented by the frequent appearances of the Headless Horseman, who attacks anyone that gets close to her. The Ghostbusters must help break the curse, but Peter's got troubles with the police!

  38. Episode 38: The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic

    Nov 4, 1987

    Mrs. Faversham has not gone up into her attic in over thirty years, not since her father imprisoned terrible forces within the attic. Now, driven nearly mad by the sounds above her, Mrs. Faversham turns to her only hope: the Ghostbusters.

  39. Episode 39: Moaning Stones

    Nov 5, 1987 · 25 min

    When three ancient stones are reunited at a museum, dinosaurs spring back to terrifying life, and a powerful demon begins to make his presence felt. The Ghostbusters find themselves powerless, and Winston is revealed to be the only individual who can banish the demon.

  40. Episode 40: Knock, Knock

    Nov 6, 1987 · 25 min

    Subway workmen accidentally open a door that unleashes all of the evil from hell and it begins to spread across New York, primarily through the subway tunnels. This time, the Ghostbusters may not come back alive!

  41. Episode 41: The Spirit of Aunt Lois

    Nov 9, 1987 · 25 min

    Ray's Aunt Lois invites the Ghostbusters to a séance conducted by phony spiritualist Dr. Bassingame... but aunt Lois is soon trapped by angry spirits.

  42. Episode 42: Sea Fright

    Nov 10, 1987 · 25 min

    A ghostly pirate crew invades New York, intent on reclaiming their lost treasure from a museum. The Ghostbusters not only find themselves outnumbered, but on occasion, outwitted by the pirate ghosts!

  43. Episode 43: Ghost Fight at the O.K. Corral

    Nov 11, 1987 · 25 min

    In the small town of Tombstone, Arizona, the spirits of Doc Holiday and the Earps materialize, intent on recreating the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. The Ghostbusters may soon get caught in one of the greatest showdowns the west has ever seen.

  44. Episode 44: Cry Uncle

    Nov 12, 1987 · 25 min

    When Egon's Uncle Cyrus comes to visit, the Ghostbusters learn that he is ashamed of his nephew's line of work. The guys decide to prove to Egon's uncle that ghosts are real, but not all goes as planned.

  45. Episode 45: Bustman's Holiday

    Nov 13, 1987 · 25 min

    Ray stands to inherit an old castle in Scotland on the condition that he exorcises the ghost that has plagued it for many years. But when he captures the spirit, an army of battling specters rise to cause massive destruction.

  46. Episode 46: The Scaring of the Green

    Nov 16, 1987 · 25 min

    An Irish police officer in New York, the current head of his clan, is being pursued y a Bog Hound from the old country. The Ghostbusters must stop the Hound with the aid of a four-leaf clover, on St. Patrick's Day!

  47. Episode 47: Ain't Nasa-Sarily So

    Nov 17, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are sent into outer space to the space platform Galileo in order to bust a particularly scary creature, while Peter is overjoyed about working under a government contract.

  48. Episode 48: Apocalypse -- What, Now?

    Nov 18, 1987 · 25 min

    The Canon of St Theophilus, a book missing from an abbey in Greece since the 1860s, turns up at a New York auction and is accidentally purchased by Peter. Unbeknownst to the Ghostbusters, the sealed volume contains within it the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

  49. Episode 49: The Devil to Pay

    Nov 19, 1987 · 25 min

    Ray and Winston are talked into going on a game show by Peter, who wants the price: a holiday to Tahiti. But the show is a front for something a lot more sinister and life threatening!

  50. Episode 50: Ghost Grows in Brooklyn

    Nov 20, 1987 · 25 min

    A possessed geranium is given to the Ghostbusters as a gift, who in turn present it to Janine. The plant soon grows and begins to overthrow New York, but how do you "bust" a plant?

  51. Episode 51: I Am the City

    Nov 23, 1987 · 25 min

    Marduk, the Babylonian God of the Cities, has come to live in New York, the ultimate city in the world. But his age-old enemy has followed him, intent on mass destruction!

  52. Episode 52: Last Train to Oblivion

    Nov 24, 1987 · 25 min

    The ghost of Casey Jones returns and commandeers a locomotive for one last midnight ride. Despite his love for trains, a kidnapped Peter would rather be somewhere else in case history repeats itself and the train crashes!

  53. Episode 53: Beneath These Streets

    Nov 25, 1987 · 25 min

    After New York appears to suffer an earthquake, the ever enthusiastic Ray heads off into the sewers by himself to find out more. There, he learns that ghosts are gathering for a massive attack on the city!

  54. Episode 54: Play Them Ragtime Boos

    Nov 26, 1987 · 25 min

    While on vacation in Louisiana, the Ghostbusters find themselves in a town under the influence of mean-spirited jazz-playing ghosts who want to turn the clock back to the 1930s.

  55. Episode 55: The Old College Spirit

    Nov 27, 1987 · 25 min

    A group of college students are being hunted by a gang of unruly frat ghosts, but the Ghostbusters find that they must help the phantoms graduate!

  56. Episode 56: Hard Knight's Day

    Nov 30, 1987 · 25 min

    When Peter takes his date to the Cloisters in New York, warrior spirits spew forth from the tapestries with only one thing on their mind: taking Peter's date back into the tapestries with them, where she will remain forever.

  57. Episode 57: Masquerade

    Dec 1, 1987 · 25 min

    Young Kenny fancies himself a Ghostbuster, and having been given a tour of the firehouse, tries to convince his friends that he is a member of the team. In an effort to prove himself, the boy enters a haunted house with one of Egon's latest inventions.

  58. Episode 58: Deadcon 1

    Dec 2, 1987 · 25 min

    A paranormal convention comes to town, but when the Ghostbusters are called into action, they are forbidden by the hotel's manager from using their technology for fear of disturbing another group… a convention for dentists!

  59. Episode 59: Don't Forget the Motor City

    Dec 3, 1987 · 25 min

    After Peter's car explodes, the Ghostbusters travel to Detroit's Generous Motors, where the automobile assembly line has been invaded by World War II gremlins, pesky little creatures who like to take apart anything mechanical.

  60. Episode 60: The Devil in the Deep

    Dec 4, 1987 · 25 min

    Necksa, lord and ruler of the sea elementals, strikes out at the air-breathers who have been polluting the oceans. When the Ghostbusters attempt to stop him, Egon, Ray and Winston are swallowed by the creature, leaving Peter to save the day.

  61. Episode 61: Lights! Camera! Haunting!

    Dec 7, 1987 · 25 min

    An unscrupulous film producer reacts with unusual enthusiasm when the Ghostbusters pursue a number of ghosts on his horror movie set. The ghosts help him in exchange for doing a film of their own… a movie that will feature the destruction of the Ghostbusters!

  62. Episode 62: Egon on the Rampage

    Dec 8, 1987 · 25 min

    A news crew, trying to create a sensationalist story about the Ghostbusters, disrupts an experiment being conducted by Egon. Egon's soul is sucked into another dimension and a demon takes possession of his body!

  63. Episode 63: Station Identification

    Dec 9, 1987 · 25 min

    Ghosts start coming out of televisions across New York, taking the form of famous TV characters! The Ghostbusters race against time to stop the spirits, while Slimer must save Peter's life.

  64. Episode 64: Hanging By a Thread

    Dec 10, 1987 · 25 min

    A large horde of demons invades the city looking for a pair of scissors once owned by the mythical Three Fates. Now, the Ghostbusters find themselves in the depths of the netherworld, racing to stop the demons from controlling the lifespans of all mankind.

  65. Episode 65: Transylvanian Homesick Blues

    Dec 11, 1987 · 25 min

    Count Vostok sends four Concorde tickets and requests that the Ghostbusters travel to Boldavia to rid his castle of a ghost. When the Ghostbusters arrive and are unable to locate a mirror, they begin to realize that things are not what they seem.

Season 313 ep. · 1987
  1. Episode 1: Baby Spookums

    Sep 12, 1987 · 25 min

    During a rare eclipse of the moon, a baby ghosts slips through a dimensional crack and becomes lost in New York. The Ghostbusters adopt the cute ghost, but soon hear reports of two other ghosts causing trouble around town.

  2. Episode 2: It's a Jungle Out There

    Sep 19, 1987 · 25 min

    An incredibly powerful evil animal demon escapes from his statue prison and turns the animals of New York City into fierce, aggressive, talking beasts that proceed to take over the city.

  3. Episode 3: Slimer, Is That You?

    Dec 3, 1987 · 25 min

    Egon and Slimer switch minds and the timing couldn't be worse, as an egomaniacal ghost named the Master of Shadows (William Marshall) wishes to test his wits against the brainy 'buster', and destroy New York if he fails to measure up.

  4. Episode 4: The Boogeyman Is Back

    Sep 26, 1987 · 25 min

    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.

  5. Episode 5: Once Upon a Slime

    Oct 3, 1987 · 25 min

    When Slimer hides a book of fairy tales under one of Egon's newest machines, everything in the book comes to life.

  6. Episode 6: The Two Faces of Slimer

    Oct 10, 1987 · 25 min

    An ectoplasmic entity leaks out of the containment unit and it makes Slimer mutate into a big ugly monster during his sleep.

  7. Episode 7: Sticky Business

    Oct 17, 1987 · 25 min

    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.

  8. Episode 8: Halloween II 1/2

    Oct 24, 1987 · 25 min

    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.

  9. Episode 9: Loathe Thy Neighbor

    Oct 31, 1987 · 25 min

    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.

  10. Episode 10: The Grundel

    Nov 7, 1987 · 25 min

    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 mutate into one.

  11. Episode 11: Big Trouble With Little Slimer

    Nov 14, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters' old "pal" and nemesis, Walter J. Peck, ex-EPA hatchet man extraordinaire, 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, forcing Ghostbusters to save Slimer from Peck.

  12. Episode 12: The Copycat

    Nov 21, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters have to deal with a shapeshifter in their own headquarters.

  13. Episode 13: Camping It Up

    Dec 5, 1987 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters embark on a camping trip, only to run into (among other things) Bigfoot.

Season 48 ep. · 1988
  1. Episode 1: The Joke's on Ray

    Sep 10, 1988 · 25 min

    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.

  2. Episode 2: Flip Side

    Sep 17, 1988 · 25 min

    Investigating a bizarre tornado in Central Park, the Ghostbusters are tossed into another dimension, a strange place that is exactly the opposite of New York City. In a world populated by ghosts, the heroes must evade capture by their own ghostly counterparts, the human-hunting Peoplebusters!

  3. Episode 3: Poultrygeist

    Sep 24, 1988 · 25 min

    A Werechicken strikes an unsuspecting farmhouse, leaving a trail of mayhem and one very large egg. After a hungry Slimer tries to cook the egg and unintentionally hatches it, the newborn Werechicken bites Egon, turning him into a half-man, half-chicken creature!

  4. Episode 4: Standing Room Only

    Oct 8, 1988 · 25 min

    Peter creates a Ghost Attractor which lures ghosts to the firehouse like a magnet. He believes that it will not only save the Ghostbusters a lot of legwork, but that it will also make them millionaires. Things don't go as planned.

  5. Episode 5: Robo-Buster

    Oct 15, 1988 · 25 min

    Janine falls head-over-heels for a wealthy industrialist who uses her friendship to gain acess to the Ghostbusters' files, from which he creates the Robo-Buster X-1! Now, the manufacturer claims the Robo-Buster doesn't merely contain spirits.. It actually destroys them!

  6. Episode 6: Short Stuff

    Oct 22, 1988 · 25 min

    The Ghostmaster general, tired of the Ghostbusters' constant interference, sends three ghostly bounty hunters to eliminate the heroes at the firehouse. In the ensuing battle the Ghostbustesr are reduced to six inches in height!

  7. Episode 7: Follow That Hearse

    Nov 12, 1988 · 25 min

    At an Eastside wrecking yard, a pit of toxic liquid waste has an evil effect on a long dormant Indian earth spirit. When polluted, the once benign spirit rises from it's sacred resting grounds and takes possession of the Ecto-1, causing the hearse to come alive!

  8. Episode 8: The Brooklyn Triangle

    Nov 19, 1988 · 25 min

    At an excavation site in Brooklyn, workers accidentally uncover a dimensional gateway to the world where all lost objects go. The Ghostbusters are called in to help plug the ever-widening chasm and discover that the company is run by someone very close to Winston.

Season 521 ep. · 1989
  1. Episode 1: Something's Going Around

    Sep 16, 1989 · 25 min

    Peter falls ill, and Louis asks a doctor (Stanley Ralph Ross) 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. What the Ghostbusters don't know is that the doctor is a ghost and they have to develop resistance to the allergy.

  2. Episode 2: Three Men and an Egon

    Oct 28, 1989 · 25 min

    A confrontation with a giant clock monster causes Egon to become younger and younger. The catch- they only have until midnight, at which time the now infant Egon will vanish from existence forever.

  3. Episode 3: Elementary My Dear Winston

    Sep 30, 1989 · 25 min

    The legendary and apparently ghostly Sherlock Holmes and Watson arrive in New York to find Professor Moriarty. When Watson gets captured, Sherlock Holmes selects Winston to help him. Moriarty seeks to absorb all the ghosts in the containment unit.

  4. Episode 4: If I Were a Witch Man

    Oct 21, 1989 · 25 min

    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 300 years ago, which includes Egon.

  5. Episode 5: Partners in Slime

    Oct 14, 1989 · 25 min

    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 to save Louis and Janine.

  6. Episode 6: Future Tense

    Dec 23, 1989 · 25 min

    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.

  7. Episode 7: Jailbusters

    Dec 9, 1989 · 25 min

    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.

  8. Episode 8: The Ghostbusters! Live, from Al Capone's Tomb!

    Dec 2, 1989 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are on live TV at the tomb of Al Capone (Jocko Marcellino) 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 other supernatural criminals.

  9. Episode 9: The Halloween Door

    Dec 2, 1989 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are confronted by Crowley (Michael Rye) 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 (Brian O'Neal) – and giving the Ghostbusters a lot to handle on Halloween night.

  10. Episode 10: Venk-Man!

    Nov 18, 1989 · 25 min

    After being hit by Egon's experimental proton ray, Peter becomes something of a superhero, as his muscles grow and he becomes a buldging muscle hunk with powers, but it won't last long.

  11. Episode 11: Trading Faces

    Sep 23, 1989 · 25 min

    A bad lookalike of Slimer on the run arrives in the firehouse via a mirror and sends Louis and the real Slimer to the Ghost World.

  12. Episode 12: Transcendental Tourists

    Sep 9, 1989 · 25 min

    A family of ghosts on vacation work to remove those they believe are interrupting their peace and quiet, including Peter, Winston and Slimer.

  13. Episode 13: Surely You Joust

    Dec 16, 1989 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters become involved in the world of knights and dragons to free a captured Janine.

  14. Episode 14: Kitty-Cornered

    Nov 18, 1989 · 25 min

    Slimer finds a cat that can make all of his dreams come true.

  15. Episode 15: Slimer's Curse

    Oct 7, 1989 · 25 min

    Slimer wins the lottery, only to find his winnings have been cursed.

  16. Episode 16: Til Death Do Us Part

    Oct 21, 1989 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters get a temp (who turns out to be a ghost) and she decides Egon would make a great husband.

  17. Episode 17: It's About Time

    Nov 25, 1989 · 25 min

    The firehouse is going to be torn down to make way for a new expressway, 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.

  18. Episode 18: The Ransom of Greenspud

    Oct 29, 1989 · 25 min

    A trio of ghosts abduct Slimer and will keep him unless the Ghostbusters agree to free a ghost named Spiderlegs.

  19. Episode 19: Revenge of the Ghostmaster

    Dec 9, 1989 · 25 min

    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 ghost traps.

  20. Episode 20: Loose Screws

    Dec 9, 1989 · 25 min

    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 to life.

  21. Episode 21: Slimer Streak

    Dec 16, 1989 · 25 min

    Stuck on a train, the Ghostbusters have to play games to bring it to a halt.

Season 616 ep. · 1990
  1. Episode 1: Janine, You've Changed

    Sep 8, 1990 · 25 min

    By comparing new and old photographs of Janine, the Ghostbusters discover she has physically transformed during the last few years! As Janine feels less and less appreciated and attractive to the guy, the more she lets her Fairy Godmother change and possess her.

  2. Episode 2: You Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks

    Sep 8, 1990 · 25 min

    All of The Great Strazinski's assistants keep disappearing in the magician's new cabinet trick and the Ghostbusters are called in to figure out the creepy cabinet's mystery. Soon enough they are transported into the realm of Gorgar, a ghost craving knowledge from a true magician.

  3. Episode 3: The Haunting of Heck House

    Sep 15, 1990 · 25 min

    In flashback, the Ghostbusters recount their most dangerous exploit: the time they spent the night in Heck House, the most haunted house on the planet, inhabited by thousands of ghosts! For their troubles they are to receive a million dollars apiece, provided they survive the evening until dawn, without their Proton Packs!

  4. Episode 4: Ghostworld

    Sep 15, 1990 · 25 min

    When Janine, Ray and Slimer go to check out the new amusement park, Ghostworld, they are kidnapped by a demonic gatekeeper and possessed by his evil ghost companions. Unfortunately, Winston and Peter are led into the same trap! Can Egon and his over-nurturing mother rescue them?

  5. Episode 5: Mean Green Teen Machine

    Sep 22, 1990 · 25 min

    The Mean Green Teen Machine, three reptilian-like surfing ghosts, catch a wave into New York City in order to satisfy their unquenchable craving for pizza. After a day of battling the three ghosts, the Ghostbusters decide to test Egon's latest machine which can provide any desired dream... or nightmare!

  6. Episode 6: Spacebusters

    Sep 22, 1990 · 25 min

    Winston is accepted to the National Space Program as a civilian expert in supernatural phenomena, but during his visit at the space station he comes across a class seven alien ghosts that is sucking the energy and atoms out of his fellow astronauts!

  7. Episode 7: My Left Fang

    Sep 29, 1990 · 25 min

    The mysterious disappearance of all of the ghosts in a haunted Transylvanian town is threatening their tourism and economy. The Ghostbusters are called in to bring the ghosts back, but they meet an evil Count who wants to stop them.

  8. Episode 8: Russian About

    Oct 6, 1990 · 25 min

    When the Ghostbusters visit Russia to lecture about ghostbusting, they are made scapegoats for the theft of the precious Nameless Book, a link to awakening a great evil.

  9. Episode 9: The Slob

    Oct 6, 1990 · 25 min

    A New York garbage strike on the hottest day of the year prompts the appearance of Glob, who teams up with the misguided Professor Dweeb, to bust his baby brother Sleaze out of the Ghostbusters' Containment Unit!

  10. Episode 10: Deja Boo

    Oct 13, 1990 · 45 min

    The sinister Professor Dweeb captures Slimer by posing as an innocent ice cream vendor. By using his new invention, Dweeb intends to read Slimer's mind and discover a ghost's vulnerability. Helplessly trapped, Slimer can only watch as the evil Professor scans through his memories.

  11. Episode 11: Afterlife in the Fast Lane

    Oct 20, 1990 · 25 min

    During an automobile race for charity, the Ghostbusters are tricked into entering a tunnel to the Netherworld run by a demon with a passion for high risk games. The team must now outrace and defeat the creature's ghoulish obstacles.

  12. Episode 12: Guess What's Coming to Dinner

    Oct 27, 1990 · 25 min

    While the Ghostbusters are on vacation, a grotesque ghost family moves into the firehouse. The guys return to find their home redecorated, all of their equipment thrown away, and the Containment Unit damaged!

  13. Episode 13: Stay Tooned

    Nov 3, 1990 · 25 min

    When lightning hits the Ghostbusters' television antenna, Ray and Slimer's favorite animated character, Sammy K. Ferret, comes to life! The selfish and tricky toon plays classical cartoon pranks, but hides a sinister secret!

  14. Episode 14: Very Beast Friends

    Nov 10, 1990 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters take a cruise on Ray's brand-new sailboat and get caught up in a battle between immortal demons Kishnar and Anshar. They soon possess the bodies of Peter and Ray in order to battle to the death.

  15. Episode 15: Busters in Toyland

    Nov 17, 1990 · 25 min

    A demon trapped inside an ancient cuckoo clock snatches Louis Tully's nephew, Lawrence, from his birthday party. The Ghostbusters come to the rescue, but Peter is sucked into a dimensional portal.

  16. Episode 16: The Magnificent Five

    Nov 24, 1990 · 25 min

    Black Bart, a villainous cowboy-ghost from the Spirit World, takes over a Texas town, planning to drain its underground spectral energy well of a power source that will turn him into a full-fledged demon!

Season 74 ep. · 1991
  1. Episode 1: The Treasure of Sierra Tamale

    Sep 7, 1991 · 25 min

    Peter's father shows up with a map to the lost treasure deep in the jungles of Mexico. Ray and Slimer agree to aid him, but the three hunters get more than they bargained for when they face the Winged Spirits guarding the treasure!

  2. Episode 2: Not Now, Slimer!

    Sep 14, 1991 · 25 min

    Slimer has been pestering they guys too much and they finally snap at him. He sulks off to the attic, just as the Ghostbusters are called out on a mission. When a powerful ghost heads for the firehouse to destroy it, a despondent Slimer is the last line of defense!

  3. Episode 3: Attack of the B-Movie Monsters

    Sep 21, 1991 · 25 min

    The Ghostbusters are called to Japan to investigate the sighting of several immense creatures in the Tokyo Bay. A local schoolboy, Kenji, tells the Ghostbusters that the creatures are identical to old Japanese movie monsters of the fifties!

  4. Episode 4: 20,000 Leagues Under the Street

    Oct 5, 1991 · 25 min

    As a man who hates bugs, Peter is horrified with an ant farm arrives in the mail for Ray. Peter's phobia is put to the test when he is taken captive by the spirit of the long-dead Egyptian Insect God, Apshai, and his horde of giant insect slaves.