The Real Ghostbusters

1986 • ABC
4.5
425 reviews
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Volume 5 episodes (12)

1 Apocalypse--what Now?
9/13/86
Centuries ago, the Codex of Saint Theopolis was lost during a raid on a monastery by bandits. In modern-day New York, Peter and Ray accidentally buy the book at an auction, when Peter sneezes due to excess dust. Janine, on her lunch break, opens the book, not knowing that it contains the spirits of the legendary Four Horsemen, who wreak havoc upon the city, and ultimately the world. Unable to stop the four specters, the Ghostbusters are joined by a priest from Greece, whose ancient Order once protected the Codex of St. Theopolis, since it was St. Theopolis who imprisoned the Four Horsemen 1000 years ago. The Ghostbusters must journey to Greece to acquire a special ring/seal before the world ends.
2 Lost And Foundry
9/13/86
After a ghost is trapped in a pot of molten steel, all of New York's metallic objects become possessed. The Ghostbusters must help solve the problem.
3 Hard Knights Day
9/13/86
Peter's bookish and snobbish date takes him to see an ancient tapestry on display. Only thing is, the exhibit's main attraction is a painting of a knight...who comes to life. And Peter's date is a dead ringer for the knight's wife.
4 Cold Cash And Hot Water
9/13/86
Peter's father, Charles, is working in Alaska, and unearths an Inuit statue that holds a powerful demon called Hob Anagarak, who the Eskimos called 'The First Demon'. Egon states that 'The Hob' is one of the rarest of legends, and the guys go to Alaska in order to investigate.
5 The Scaring Of The Green
9/13/86
When the Ghostbusters are arrested for accidentally/nearly killing the mayors wife the deputy police chief, O'Malley, makes a deal with them to get them out of their predicament. According to him, an ancestor of his stole a pot of gold from a leprechaun, which caused the leprechaun to curse the O'Malley family line. Every St. Patricks Day, during a full moon, a Bog Hound rises up and seeks out the head of the O'Malley clan, which is the deputy police chief, to carry them off. The only thing that can stop the Hound, is a Four-Leaf Clover. The Ghostbusters search the city for a four-leap clover, while Egon goes alone to try to catch the Bog Hound with 'science'.
6 They Call Me Mister Slimer
9/13/86
While trying to earn his keep, Slimer gets a job as a bodyguard for a young boy. Slimer's job is to protect the kid from a teenage bully.
7 Last Train To Oblivion
9/13/86
Peter becomes trapped on a train with Casey Jones' ghost and it's up to the other guys to save him, before the train he has hijacked reaches oblivion. However, Casey Jones actually seeks redemption for a terrible train crash over a hundred years ago, which the Ghostbusters are unaware of as they try to rescue Peter, by chasing down the train and trying to survive Ray's crazy plans and driving.
8 Masquerade
9/13/86
Bullied boy Kenny Fenderman gets made a junior Ghostbuster, which Peter thinks is more of a game and joke to the boy. The other kids want him to prove himself by staying overnight in a house believed to be haunted. What's more is that Kenny was given an untested device of Egon's, by Peter, that could hurt him more than help. The guys track down Kenny at the haunted mansion, and come face to face with a ghostly general and his minions, and need Kenny's help to stop the ghost once and for all.
9 Janine's Day Off
9/13/86
Egon goes with Janine to see her relatives, while Peter, Winston and Ray have to deal with imps at the firehouse. But trouble starts when the imps merge into a gigantic monster that rampages across New York, and Janine, Lois (the temp secretary) and Slimer have to deal with a trio of ghosts who find one of the Ghostbusters proton packs and start shooting up the already damaged Firehouse.
10 The Ghostbusters In Paris
9/13/86
When a workman accidentally damages a strange device in the workshop of Gustave Eiffel, at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, he unwittingly frees a horde of ghosts that had been imprisoned within the Tower itself for nearly a century. With the Tower officially haunted, the French government turns to the Ghostbusters for help.
11 The Devil In The Deep
9/13/86
When Necksa, lord and ruler of the sea elementals, declares war against the air-breathers for their constant pollution of the seas, the Ghostbusters are hard-pressed to stop him before he drowns the city. But things get worse, when Egon, Ray and Winston are swallowed by Necksa, and Peter is left alone to stop the monstrous behemoth on his own. Janine also spends the whole episode in a bikini.
12 Ghost Fight At The Ok Corral
9/13/86
The Ghostbusters visit Tombstone, Arizona where they have a showdown with the spirits of the Earp Brothers and Doc Holiday.

About this show

Fire up a Proton Pack and join Peter, Ray, Egon, Winston, and Slimer as they battle fiendish ghouls and goblins from attacking New York City in an all-new animated series based on the film franchise.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
425 reviews
Amy
July 16, 2016
This show is very much a product of its time but it holds up pretty well. Four stars because it sometimes just gets a little *too* corny but I'm honestly being picky. I'm not a rabid fan of the franchise but this is a good watch on a lazy Saturday with a 12 pack of Ecto-Cooler. Watch the two-part episode where Egon dies-- I dare you not to cry.
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Alonzo Chambers
August 20, 2016
Cool but pricey and does not include every episode. I am a long time fan. Always have been and always will be. Cool because it is my absolute favourite. Not cool because the episode selection is limited.
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The RANT Files
September 10, 2016
Sony decided not to release every single episode and that is why I am giving it two stars. Sony dropped the ball with this digital release and making this an incomplete series was wrong. Sony should have did the digital release by seasons instead of volumes that are like the 2016 DVD releases. Yes, there are five more episodes included in the digital release that the 2016 DVD volumes didn't have. However, making this an incomplete series was wrong on all levels.
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