The Real Ghostbusters
The Real Ghostbusters
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The Real Ghostbusters

Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!

7.7 / 10
1986
7 seasons
140 episodes
Action & AdventureAnimationComedyKidsSci-Fi & Fantasy

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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Seasons

  • Ghosts Я Us

    1.Ghosts Я Us

    6.2
    13-09-198625m

    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

    6.0
    20-09-198625m

    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

    7.0
    27-09-198625m

    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

    4.0
    04-10-198625m

    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

    6.0
    11-10-198625m

    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 G...

  • The Boogieman Cometh

    6.The Boogieman Cometh

    8.0
    18-10-198625m

    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,...

  • Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

    7.Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

    7.2
    25-10-198625m

    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...

  • When Halloween Was Forever

    8.When Halloween Was Forever

    7.2
    01-11-198625m

    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

    6.3
    08-11-198625m

    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

    7.0
    15-11-198625m

    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 wi...

  • Citizen Ghost

    11.Citizen Ghost

    8.0
    22-11-198625m

    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

    6.3
    06-12-198625m

    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 eas...

  • X-Mas Marks the Spot

    13.X-Mas Marks the Spot

    7.5
    13-12-198625m

    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 cha...

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