The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)

TV Series   |  TV-Y7   |    |  Animation, Action, Comedy

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The continuing adventures of the staff of the ghost removal service.

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  • Michael Rye and Brian O'Neal in The Real Ghostbusters (1986)
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  • Maurice LaMarche and Frank Welker in The Real Ghostbusters (1986)
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Awards

3 nominations.

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14 January 2008 | departed07
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| A Childhood Pleasure!
The Real Ghostbusters is the animated spin off to 1984's kick-ass classic movie "Ghostbusters" which deals with four ghost eliminators (Peter, Egon, Winston and Ray) catching all sorts of poltergeists and saving New York from destruction while at the same time not losing it's nerve to be a comedy. What's different about The Real Ghostbusters after the first movie's release was how they make the character of Janine Melnitz more developed and making her not afraid while adding the character of Slimer as the group's mascot. The highlights of the show were things that people of today wouldn't handle from spooky music; bringing in mythical creatures, classic fairy tales and spirits in the cartoons such as The Bogeyman, The Sandman, even a revised version of The Headless Horseman on a motorcycle was awesome. Even though the series doesn't come on cable anymore, The Real Ghostbusters was a real guilty pleasure in my childhood where every Saturday morning i would wake up to see the cartoons along with having my action figures to recreate the scenes.

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Trivia

A longstanding joke in the series involves Peter making disparaging remarks about New Jersey.

Quotes

Peter Venkman (I): Let's see. I can never remember if it's positive to negative or positive to positive.

Goofs

Though the series takes place in 1980s New York City, the traffic lights in some episodes only have red and green light - no amber

Alternate Versions

Several episodes have different music used in different scenes, either a pop song by Tahiti or standard series music. These episodes sometimes appear on home video or different TV airings. For example, in the episode "Knock, Knock", when the Ghostbusters are on the train, sometimes you'll "The Bogeyman" by Tahiti, and sometimes you'll hear a remix of the theme song. The long-running Ghostbusters' website Spook Central (SpookCentral.tk) has a detailed list of these Alternate Episodes.

Soundtracks

Hometown Hero
Performed by Tahiti - Tyren Perry & Tonya Townsend

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Plot Summary

Genres

Animation | Action | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Details

Release Date:

13 September 1986

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

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