The Real Ghostbusters

Original title: The Real Ghost Busters

TV Series
1986–1991
TV-Y7
23m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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Hand-Drawn Animation Superhero Action Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Sci-Fi

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

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

11K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,610

404

Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Episodes140

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TopTop-rated7 seasons6 years

Trivia
According to Ernie Hudson, who played Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters films, he auditioned to voice the character on the cartoon, but the role instead went to Arsenio Hall.

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

Quotes
Peter Venkman (I): [plugging in a wire] Let's see. I can never remember if it's positive to negative or positive to positive.

Alternate versions
When aired on the USA Network, the show's title card is removed, along with the first couple minutes. When aired on Fox Family (now Freeform), there were numerous commercial breaks and a large section of the title sequence was removed.

Connections
Edited into The What NOW Caper (1989)

Soundtracks
Ghostbusters
Written by Ray Parker Jr.
Performed by John Smith

User reviews43

Review

Featured review

One of the coolest shows of the 1980s!

I grew up watching the Real Ghostbusters, and I gotta tell ya, it blew my mind. The voice acting was great, the stories were very original and the effects were incredible. What made the stories great was that the writers didn't insult the intelligence of the audience and presented it like the movie did when dealing with scientific problems. But what interested me were the episodes written by Michael Reaves, the man responsible for the two Bogeyman episodes. What I still don't know is what gave him the idea to not only reveal the reason why Egon wanted to be a Ghostbuster and why he didn't make the Bogeyman a ghost. Pure genius. Too bad he didn't write a Bogeyman episode for the Extreme Ghostbusters, but I guess that's my job. Well, till next time.