Slimer!

Slimer!
Starring:	Jeff Altman Frank Welker
Season Run:	33
Original Channel:	ABC
Original Run:	September 10, 1988 - April 8, 1989

Slimer! the animation series was added to The Real Ghostbusters in Season 4 and was renamed "Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters. It was reformatted in 1988, to give the show a more kid-friendly atmosphere. The show can best be described as a Warner Bros. / MGM style American animation.

In this cartoon series Slimer is the main character. Many of the episodes have little to do with the Ghostbusters franchise and the show was about everyday events for Slimer. Interestingly, he still haunts the Sedgewick Hotel in this show in many episodes as a visiting pest. Slimer was also given some personal enemies (an eccentric scientist named Professor Dweeb who wanted to capture Slimer in order to study him, an alley cat named Manx, a dog named Bruiser, and two ghosts named Goolem and Zugg).

A comic series was produced as well for both the UK and the USA like The Real Ghostbusters.

Season Guide & Episode Guide

• List according to air dates
• List according to Dvd Volume 5

Characters

• Slimer (voiced by Frank Welker) is the star of the show and everything centers around his world. He for the most part enjoys a good meal and a fun time.

• Manx was an orange scruffy alley cat.

• Chilly Cooper was a singing ice cream truck driver.

• Luigi was an Italian chef.

• Rafael was the owner of the restaurant that Luigi worked at.

• Bud was the bellboy for the Sedgewick Hotel.

• Morris Grout was the manager of the Sedgewick Hotel.

• Mrs. Van Huego was a rich socialite that was at the Sedgewick Hotel.

• Fred is a purple, Scottish Terrier dog that was owned by Mrs. Van Huego.

• Rudy was a self-employed Businessman.

• Goolem is a mobster ghost.

• Zugg is Goolem's partner.

• Scareface is Goolem and Zugg's boss.

• Professor Dweeb (voiced by Jeff Altman) is wanting to get Slimer to study him, and to prove he is more of a scientist than the Ghostbusters.

• Elizabeth is the poodle that is with, and frequently bites, Professor Dweeb.

• Mrs. Stone is the tough woman that appears as a security guard, nurse, and lifeguard.

• Bruiser is a mean dog that is muscular.

• Junior Ghostbusters Donald (voiced by Danny McMurphy)

• Junior Ghostbusters Catherine (voiced by April Hong)

• Junior Ghostbusters Jason (voiced by Katie Leigh)

• Ray Stantz (voiced by Frank Welker) is a close friend of Slimer's and a Ghostbuster.

• Peter Venkman (voiced by Dave Coulier) is a fast-talking Ghostbuster.

• Egon Spengler (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is another Ghostbuster.

• Winston Zeddemore (voiced by Buster Jones) is another one of the Ghostbusters.

• Janine Melnitz (voiced by Kath Soucie) is the secretary of the Ghostbusters.

• Sleaze is a ghost that the Ghostbusters caught that later gets free, and Slimer has to get him back.

Vehicles

• Ice Cream Truck is Chilly Cooper's vehicle.

• Ecto-1 is the prime vehicle used by the Ghostbusters.

• Ecto-Junior is the vehicle used by the Junior Ghostbusters.

Places/Locations

• Firehouse

• Sedgewick Hotel

DVD Releases

The DVD box set, released by Time-Life in 2008, contains all 33 episodes of the Slimer! show.

Trivia

• An unused episode called "A Star is Born" starts with Slimer sleeping over at the Junior Ghostbusters' clubhouse. They ask Slimer what his childhood was like. Slimer reminisces back to when he was a ghost at the Sedgewick Hotel before the Ghostbusters went into business. He and the other ghosts had fun and banquets until two evil spirits named Goolem and Zugg moved in.
  • It appears aspects of this episode evolved into "Scareface"
• An unused episode called "The Bad Seed" involved Rudy and Slimer as gardeners for hire who have to deal with a fern growing out of control before their wealthy benefactor and her big, burly chauffeur returns.
  • It appears aspects of this episode evolved into "Go-pher It!"
• When the Slimer! segments were used, many characters from those segments are seen in the intro. Bud is seen opening the door for a "hotel guest" that turns out to be a monster and Luigi, Chilly Cooper, and Slimer are seen driving an ice cream truck to escape a pizza creature. Even Professor Dweeb appears in the beginning of the intro (with Elizabeth) trying to blast Slimer.
• The "Real GB" spinoff also had a NOW Comics version. Some of the stories published included follow up material from the episodes and original pulp for readers.

References in IDW Comics

In Ghostbusters Volume 1 #11: On Cover B, the Tourist Alien from "Space Case" is in the last L In Ghostbusters Volume 2 #1: On Page 2, the Ritz Cafe acts as a stand-in for the Tavern on the Green. On Page 5, the marker Egon was using has Manx's name on it. In Ghostbusters Volume 2 #3: On Page 13, Janine runs into the wall of Bijou Theatre from "Movie Madness". The Uptown Hotel is from "Out with Grout". In Ghostbusters Volume 2 #5: On Page 19, by Egon is a directory that references Gumball's Department Store from "Cash or Slime". In Ghostbusters Volume 2 #13: On Page 15, in the refrigerator is Luigi's Fresh Pizza Dough, a nod to Luigi. On Page 20, on the stand is the Freaky Flakes cereal box with the Super Duper Spy Kit ad from "Dr. Strangedog". In Ghostbusters Volume 2 #14: On Page 12, still in Dana's kitchen from last issue are the Freaky Flakes cereal box with the Super Duper Spy Kit ad from "Dr. Strangedog". In Ghostbusters Volume 2 #18: On Page 12, on the wall between Kas and Tiyah is a portrait of Luigi. In Ghostbusters Volume 2 #20: On Page 3, in the storage room is the canister of Rocket Fuel on the table by the tool box is from "Go-pher It". On Page 9, in the last panel on the right is Mrs. Van Huego. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #2: On Page 16, there is an ad for the Bijou Theatre, seen in "Movie Madness". On Page 20, in the box by the stairs is a copy of a Flex-O-Man Comic from "Room at the Top". In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #4: On Page 4, in panel 2, still in the box on the file cabinet is a Flex-O-Man Comic "Room at the Top". In Ghostbusters: Get Real #2: On Page 16, in the bottom right corner are the Ghostbusters from Slimer! In Ghostbusters: Get Real #3: On Page 7, Janine recalls Slimer's encounters with mice. In the animated continuity, Slimer has met one in "A Mouse in the House". On Page 20, in the last panel, left of Peter in the box is a book with the cover from Slimer! #1 of the NOW Comics series. In Ghostbusters Annual 2015: On Page 38, the name of the ice cream truck may be a nod to Chilly Cooper.

Gallery

Press Materials

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Secondary Canon

As seen in Ghostbusters: Get Real Issue #2