The Real Ghostbusters

25min

Action & Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Kids

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.

Production Companies

DiC Entertainment

Columbia Pictures Television

Episodes

Cast

Ghosts Я Us

1. Ghosts Я Us

25min

13th Sep 1986

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!

Killerwatt

2. Killerwatt

25min

20th Sep 1986

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!

Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood

3. Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood

25min

27th Sep 1986

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!

Slimer, Come Home

4. Slimer, Come Home

25min

4th Oct 1986

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!

Troll Bridge

5. Troll Bridge

25min

11th Oct 1986

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.

The Boogieman Cometh

6. The Boogieman Cometh

25min

18th Oct 1986

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.

Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

7. Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

25min

25th Oct 1986

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!

When Halloween Was Forever

8. When Halloween Was Forever

25min

1st Nov 1986

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!

Look Homeward, Ray

9. Look Homeward, Ray

25min

8th Nov 1986

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.

Take Two

10. Take Two

25min

15th Nov 1986

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!

Citizen Ghost

11. Citizen Ghost

25min

22nd Nov 1986

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.

Janine's Genie

12. Janine's Genie

25min

6th Dec 1986

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!

X-Mas Marks the Spot

13. X-Mas Marks the Spot

25min

13th Dec 1986

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!

First air date

13th Sep 1986

Last air date

5th Oct 1991

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks