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.
A comic series was produced as well.
The Slimer! cartoons were centered around Slimer and his adventures with his friends. In this cartoon the ghostbuster act as support cast for a plot. Many characters were introduced for the series including animals and a arch-nemesis for slimer called Professor Dweeb. Many of the shows had nothing to do with the ghostbusters at all. The show also gave a new outlet for the Junior Ghostbusters to show up on.
Season Guide & Episode Guide
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 a orange scruffy alley cat.
- Chilly Cooper, the singing ice cream truck driver.
- Luigi the Italian chef.
- Bud a bellboy from the Sedgewick Hotel.
- Fred is a purple dog that is friends with Slimer and Bud.
- Morris Grout the grumpy manager of the Sedgewick Hotel.
- 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 a poodle that is with Professor Dweeb.
- Bruiser a neighborhood dog that bullies him.
- 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 is a Ghostbuster.
- Peter Venkman (voiced by Dave Coulier) is a Ghostbuster.
- Egon Spengler (voiced by Maurice LaMarche) is another Ghostbuster.
- Winston Zeddemore (voiced by Buster Jones) is another of the Ghostbusters.
- Janine Melnitz (voiced by Kath Soucie) is the secretary of the Ghostbusters.
Vehicles
- Ecto-1 was the prime vehicle they used.
Places/Locations
DVD Releases
The Box Set which has all 33 episodes of Slimer! show was released through Time-Life.
Trivia
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 Dweeb appears in the beginning of the intro with Elizabeth.