The Real Ghostbusters Season Guide

The Real Ghostbusters Animated TV Series had seven active seasons. The show had an active run of 140 episodes, one of which was a TV special. Writer credits were taken from screen caps intro cards, unless noted differently.

Unless otherwise noted, Air Dates were taken from Spook Central. Paul (webmaster for Spook Central) has noted that Air Dates are most likely incorrect. Noted issues are seasons 5 through 7.

Seasons

• Season 1 of The Real Ghostbusters started off on Saturday mornings on ABC during 1986-87, and consisted of 30-minute format shows.

• Season 2 of The Real Ghostbusters ran Syndicated on weekdays and were 30-minute format shows also, during 1987-88. Some stations would remain running the reruns for a few years, and later included episodes from seasons 1, 3, and 4.

• Season 3 of the show saw serious changes in direction of the series. During early 1988 the show was changed to an hour format and the season 1 shows where shown along with season 3. However the episodes from season 1 had the voices of Lorenzo Music (Peter Venkman) and Laura Summer (Janine Melnitz) removed and replaced by Dave Coulier and Kath Soucie. In the new season 3 episodes, Slimer had a bigger role and went with the Ghostbusters on most of their jobs. His speech was more prevalent and understandable. Winston was portrayed as having a bigger role in maintaining the advanced mechanical devices instead of just maintaining the car as in previous seasons.

• Season 4 was when the hour block was renamed "Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters". It was reformatted to a more kid-friendly show. Including two 15-minute-long Slimer! slots and one 30-minute slot for a The Real Ghostbusters episode in the middle of them. Buster Jones replaced Arsenio Hall as the voice of Winston Zeddemore

• Season 5 had more changes to the show with Ghostbusters II in theaters that summer. The cartoon was re-tuned to fit with the movie. The most noticeable change was the addition of Louis Tully. The "Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters Format was changed to one 15-minute slot of The Real Ghostbusters, a 30-minute slot of The Real Ghostbusters, and a 15-minute Slimer! slot.

• Season 6's programming block consisted of two 30-minute The Real Ghostbuster episodes, but the intro and show title remained "Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters." The intro music was updated to the new hard rock style version of Ray Parker, Jr. music.

• Season 7 was the final season and only had four episodes. It was changed to a half-hour block with one The Real Ghostbusters episode which was moved to the time slot 11/12 am. However, like season 6 the title of the show and intro was still "Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters".

Interestingly, while in the last season, ABC switched Hammerman with Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters putting it back at 9/10 am.

Episodes

Key: S=Season(The season it aired in), A#=Overall Episode Number(That is from the Box Set),, S# Epidsode number in the season, P#=Production Number, N=Name of Episode, L=Length, AD=Air Date, VD=Volume and Disc on RGB Box Set, WB=who Wrote the episode

S	A#	S#	P#	N	L	AD	VD	WB
0	000	000	N/P	The Real Ghostbusters Pilot	04	01986-06-01June 01, 1986 (N/A)	0, 0	Kevin Altieri, Dan Riba
1	001	101	75002	Ghosts R Us	30	01986-09-13September 13, 1986	1, 1	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
1	002	102	75001	Killerwatt	30	01986-09-20September 20, 1986	1, 1	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
1	003	103	75004	Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood	30	01986-09-27September 27, 1986	1, 1	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
1	004	104	75006	Slimer, Come Home	30	01986-10-04October 04, 1986	1, 1	J. Michael Straczynski
1	005	105	75007	Troll Bridge	30	01986-10-11October 11, 1986	1, 1	Bruce Reid Schaefer
1	006	106	75008	The Boogieman Cometh	30	01986-10-18October 18, 1986	1, 1	Michael Reaves
1	007	107	75009	Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream	30	01986-10-25October 25, 1986	1, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
1	008	108	75010	When Halloween Was Forever	30	01986-11-01November 01, 1986	1, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
1	009	109	75003	Look Homeward, Ray	30	01986-11-08November 08, 1986	1, 2	Marc Scott Zicree
1	010	110	75011	Take Two	30	01986-11-15November 15, 1986	1, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
1	011	111	75012	Citizen Ghost	30	01986-11-22November 22, 1986	1, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
1	012	112	75005	Janine's Genie	30	01986-12-06December 06, 1986	1, 2	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
1	013	113	75013	Xmas Marks the Spot	30	01986-12-13December 13, 1986	1, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
2	014	248	76001	Knock, Knock	30	01987-11-06November 06, 1987	1, 3	J. Michael Straczynski
2	015	275	76002	Station Identification	30	01987-12-09December 09, 1987	1, 3	Marc Scott Zicree
2	016	265	76003	Play Them Ragtime Boos	30	01987-11-26November 26, 1987	1, 3	Michael Reaves, Steve Perry
2	017	251	76004	Sea Fright	30	01987-11-10November 10, 1987	1, 3	Arthur Byron Cover, Lydia Marano
2	018	250	76005	The Spirit of Aunt Lois	30	01987-11-09November 09, 1987	1, 3	Richard Mueller
2	019	253	76006	Cry Uncle	30	01987-11-12November 12, 1987	1, 3	Bruce Reid Schaefer
2	020	203	76007	Adventures in Slime and Space	30	01987-09-15September 15, 1987	1, 3	David Gerrold
2	021	209	76008	Night Game	30	01987-09-22September 22, 1987	1, 4	Kathryn M. Drennan
2	022	233	76009	Venkman's Ghost Repellers	30	01987-10-20October 20, 1987	1, 4	Richard Mueller
2	023	266	76010	The Old College Spirit	30	01987-11-27November 27, 1987	1, 4	John Shirley
2	024	257	76011	Ain't NASA-Sarily So	30	01987-11-17November 17, 1987	1, 4	Craig Miller, Mark Nelson
2	025	211	76012	Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?	30	01987-09-24September 24, 1987	1, 4	J. Michael Straczynski
2	026	238	76013	A Fright at the Opera	30	01987-10-26October 26, 1987	1, 4	Mark Edens
2	027	227	76014	Doctor, Doctor	30	01987-10-13October 13, 1987	1, 4	J. Michael Straczynski
2	028	235	76015	Ghost Busted	30	01987-10-22October 22, 1987	1, 5	Michael Reaves
2	029	264	76016	Beneath These Streets	30	01987-11-25November 25, 1987	1, 5	Richard Mueller, Daniel Pitlik
2	030	242	76017	Boo-Dunit	30	01987-10-30October 30, 1987	1, 5	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
2	031	232	76018	Chicken, He Clucked	30	01987-10-19October 19, 1987	2, 1	J. Michael Straczynski
2	032	204	76019	Ragnarok and Roll	30	01987-09-16September 16, 1987	2, 1	J. Michael Straczynski
2	033	270	76020	Don't Forget the Motor City	30	01987-12-03December 03, 1987	2, 1	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
2	034	240	76021	Banshee Bake a Cherry Pie?	30	01987-10-28October 28, 1987	2, 1	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
2	035	224	76022	Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?	30	01987-10-09October 09, 1987	2, 1	Arthur Byron Cover, Lydia Marano
2	036	276	76023	Hanging By a Thread	30	01987-12-10December 10, 1987	2, 1	Richard Mueller, William Rotsler
2	037	228	76024	You Can't Take it With You	30	01987-10-14October 14, 1987	2, 1	Richard Mueller, Durnie King
2	038	220	76025	No One Comes to Lupusville	30	01987-10-05October 05, 1987	2, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
2	039	241	76026	Drool, the Dog Faced Goblin	30	01987-10-29October 29, 1987	2, 2	Linda Woolverton
2	040	226	76027	The Man Who Never Reached Home	30	01987-10-12October 12, 1987	2, 2	Kathryn M. Drennan
2	041	239	76028	The Collect Call of Cathulhu	30	01987-10-27October 27, 1987	2, 2	Michael Reaves
2	042	254	76029	Bustman's Holiday	30	01987-11-13November 13, 1987	2, 2	Richard Mueller
2	043	245	76030	The Headless Motorcyclist	30	01987-11-03November 03, 1987	2, 2	Jean-Marc Lofficier(uncredited), Randy Lofficier
2	044	246	76031	The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic	30	01987-11-04November 04, 1987	2, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
2	045	274	76032	Egon on the Rampage	30	01987-12-08December 08, 1987	2, 3	Marc Scott Zicree
2	046	273	76033	Lights! Camera! Haunting!	30	01987-12-07December 07, 1987	2, 3	Marc Scott Zicree
2	047	221	76034	The Bird of Kildarby	30	01987-10-06October 06, 1987	2, 3	Craig Miller, Mark Nelson
2	048	215	76035	Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster	30	01987-09-29September 29, 1987	2, 3	Michael Reaves
2	049	258	76036	Apocalypse - - What, Now?	30	01987-11-18November 18, 1987	2, 3	Mark Edens, Michael Edens
2	050	230	76037	Lost and Foundry	30	01987-10-16October 16, 1987	2, 3	Mark Edens
2	051	267	76038	Hard Knight's Day	30	01987-11-30November 30, 1987	2, 3	Bruce Reid Schaefer, Steve Perrin
2	052	223	76039	Cold Cash and Hot Water	30	01987-10-08October 08, 1987	2, 4	Richard Mueller
2	053	256	76040	The Scaring of the Green	30	01987-11-16November 16, 1987	2, 4	Mark Edens, Michael Edens
2	054	206	76041	They Call Me MISTER Slimer	30	01987-09-18September 18, 1987	2, 4	J. Michael Straczynski
2	055	263	76042	Last Train to Oblivion	30	01987-11-24November 24, 1987	2, 4	Mark Edens, Michael Edens
2	056	268	76043	Masquerade	30	01987-12-01December 01, 1987	2, 4	Craig Miller, Mark Nelson
2	057	202	76044	Janine's Day Off	30	01987-09-14September 14, 1987	2, 4	Michael Reaves, Steve Perry
2	058	236	76045	The Ghostbusters in Paris	30	01987-10-23October 23, 1987	2, 4	Randy Lofficier
2	059	271	76046	The Devil in the Deep	30	01987-12-04December 04, 1987	2, 5	J.M. DeMatteis
2	060	252	76047	Ghost Fight at the O.K. Corral	30	01987-11-11November 11, 1987	2, 5	Mark Edens
2	061	217	76048	Ghostbuster of the Year	30	01987-10-01October 01, 1987	2, 5	Mark Edens
2	062	269	76049	Deadcon 1	30	01987-12-02December 02, 1987	3, 1	Mark Edens, Michael Edens
2	063	216	76050	The Cabinet of Calamari	30	01987-09-30September 30, 1987	3, 1	Mark Edens, Michael Edens, Matt Edens (uncredited)
2	064	260	76051	A Ghost Grows in Brooklyn	30	01987-11-20November 20, 1987	3, 1	Mark Edens, Michael Edens
2	065	244	76052	The Revenge of Murray the Mantis	30	01987-11-02November 02, 1987	3, 1	Richard Mueller
2	066	210	76053	Rollerghoster	30	01987-09-23September 23, 1987	3, 1	Richard Mueller
2	067	262	76054	I Am the City	30	01987-11-23November 23, 1987	3, 1	Richard Mueller
2	068	247	76055	Moaning Stones	30	01987-11-05November 05, 1987	3, 1	Steven Barnes
2	069	222	76056	The Long, Long, Long, etc. Goodbye	30	01987-10-07October 07, 1987	3, 2	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
2	070	208	76057	Buster the Ghost	30	01987-09-21September 21, 1987	3, 2	Robert Loren Fleming, Keith Griffen
2	071	259	76058	The Devil to Pay	30	01987-11-19November 19, 1987	3, 2	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
3	072	213	76059	Slimer, Is That You?	30	01987-09-26September 26, 1987	3, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
2	073	214	76060	Egon's Ghost	30	01987-09-28September 28, 1987	3, 2	Michael Reaves
2	074	205	76061	Captain Steel Saves the Day	30	01987-09-17September 17, 1987	3, 2	Michael Reaves, Steve Perry
2	075	229	76062	Victor the Happy Ghost	30	01987-10-15October 15, 1987	3, 2	Michael Reaves
2	076	218	76063	Egon's Dragon	30	01987-10-02October 02, 1987	3, 3	Kathryn M. Drennan
2	077	212	76064	Dairy Farm	30	01987-09-25September 25, 1987	3, 3	Larry DiTillio
2	078	234	76065	The Hole in the Wall Gang	30	01987-10-21October 21, 1987	3, 3	David Gerrold
3	079	201	140001	Baby Spookums	30	01987-09-12September 12, 1987	3, 3	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
3	080	207	140003	It's a Jungle Out There	30	01987-09-19September 19, 1987	3, 3	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
3	081	219	140007	The Bogeyman Is Back	30	01987-10-03October 03, 1987	3, 4	Michael Reaves
3	082	225	140008	Once Upon a Slime	30	01987-10-10October 10, 1987	3, 4	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
3	083	231	140002	The Two Faces of Slimer	30	01987-10-17October 17, 1987	3, 4	Michael Reaves
3	084	237	140006	Sticky Business	30	01987-10-24October 24, 1987	3, 4	Richard Mueller
3	085	243	140004	Halloween II 1/2	30	01987-10-31October 31, 1987	3, 4	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
3	086	249	140013	Loathe Thy Neighbor	30	01987-11-07November 07, 1987	3, 4	Michael Reaves
3	087	261	140005	Big Trouble With Little Slimer	30	01987-11-21November 21, 1987	3, 4	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
3	088	272	140009	The Copycat	30	01987-12-05December 05, 1987	3, 5	Michael Reaves
3	089	278	140010	Camping it Up	30	01987-12-12December 12, 1987	3, 5	Michael Reaves
3	090	255	140011	The Grundel	30	01987-11-14November 14, 1987	3, 5	J. Michael Straczynski
2	091	277	140012	Transylvanian Homesick Blues	30	01987-12-11December 11, 1987	3, 3	Michael Reaves
4	092	302	175001	Flip Side	30	01988-09-17September 17, 1988	3, 5	Tony Marino
4	093	303	175002	Poultrygeist	30	01988-09-24September 24, 1988	4, 1	Duane Capizzi, Steven Roberts
4	094	301	175003	The Joke's on Ray	30	01988-09-10September 10, 1988	4, 1	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
4	095	304	175004	Standing Room Only	30	01988-10-08October 08, 1988	4, 1	Richard Mueller
4	096	305	175005	Robo-Buster	30	01988-10-15October 15, 1988	4, 1	Francis Moss
4	097	306	175006	Short Stuff	30	01988-10-22October 22, 1988	4, 1	Richard Mueller
4	098	307	175008	Follow That Hearse	30	01988-11-12November 12, 1988	4, 1	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
4	099	308	175007	The Brooklyn Triangle	30	01988-11-19November 19, 1988	4, 1	Richard Mueller
5a	100	401	201001	Something's Going Around	30	01989-09-09September 09, 1989	4, 2	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
5a	101	402	201002	Three Men and an Egon	30	01989-09-16September 16, 1989	4, 2	Joe Landon
5a	102	403	201003	Elementary My Dear Winston	30	01989-09-23September 23, 1989	4, 2	Richard Mueller
5a	103	404	201004	If I Were a Witch Man	30	01989-09-30September 30, 1989	4, 2	Charles Kaufman
5a	104	405	201005	Partners in Slime	30	01989-10-07October 07, 1989	4, 2	Richard Mueller
5a	105	406	201006	Future Tense	30	01989-10-14October 14, 1989	4, 2	Richard Mueller
5a	106	407	201007	Jailbusters	30	01989-10-21October 21, 1989	4, 2	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
5a	107	408	201008	The Ghostbusters Live! from Al Capone's Tomb!	30	01989-10-28October 28, 1989	4, 2	J. Michael Straczynski
5b	108A	501A	201009	Trading Faces	15	01989-11-18November 18, 1989	4, 3	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
5b	108B	501B	201010	Transcendental Tourists	15	01989-11-18November 18, 1989	4, 3	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
5b	109A	502A	201011	Surely You Joust	15	01989-11-25November 25, 1989	4, 3	Tony Marino
5b	109B	502B	201012	Kitty-Cornered	15	01989-11-25November 25, 1989	4, 3	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
5b	110A	503A	201013	Slimer's Curse	15	01989-12-02December 02, 1989	4, 3	Richard Mueller
5b	110B	503B	201014	Til Death Do Us Part	15	01989-12-02December 02, 1989	4, 3	Pat Allee, Ben Hurst
5b	111A	504A	201015	It's About Time	15	01989-12-09December 09, 1989	4, 3	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
5b	111B	504B	201016	The Ransom of Greenspud	15	01989-12-09December 09, 1989	4, 3	Stan Phillips
5b	112A	505A	201017	Revenge of the Ghostmaster	15	01989-12-16December 16, 1989	4, 3	Richard Mueller
5b	112B	505B	201018	Loose Screws	15	01989-12-16December 16, 1989	4, 3	Pat Allee, Ben Hurst
5b	113A	506A	201019	Venk-Man!	15	01989-12-23December 23, 1989	4, 3	Richard Mueller
5b	113B	506B	201020	Slimer Streak	15	01989-12-23December 23, 1989	4, 3	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
5	114	409	N/P	The Halloween Door	30	01989-10-29October 29, 1989	4, 3	J. Michael Straczynski
6	115	608	140501	Russian About	30	01990-10-27October 27, 1990	4, 4	J. Michael Straczynski
6	116	604	140502	The Haunting of Heck House	30	01990-09-29September 29, 1990	4, 4	J. Michael Straczynski
6	117	602	140503	You Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks	30	01990-09-15September 15, 1990	4, 4	Larry DiTillio
6	118	601	140504	Janine, You've Changed	30	01990-09-08September 08, 1990	4, 4	J. Michael Straczynski
6	119	605	140505	Mean Green Teen Machine	30	01990-10-06October 06, 1990	4, 4	Jules Dennis
6	120	606	140506	Spacebusters	30	01990-10-13October 13, 1990	4, 4	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
6	121	612	140507	Guess What's Coming to Dinner	30	01990-11-24November 24, 1990	4, 4	Jules Dennis
6	122	614	140508	Very Beast Friends	30	01990-12-08December 08, 1990	4, 5	Gordon Bressack
6	123	603	140509	Ghostworld	30	01990-09-22September 22, 1990	4, 5	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
6	124	611	140510	Afterlife in the Fast Lane	30	01990-11-17November 17, 1990	4, 5	Tony Marino
6	125	609	140511	The Slob	30	01990-11-03November 03, 1990	5, 1	Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
6	126	615	140512	Busters in Toyland	30	01990-12-15December 15, 1990	5, 1	Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley
6	127	607	140513	My Left Fang	30	01990-10-20October 20, 1990	5, 1	Sean Roche
6	128	613	140514	Stay Tooned	30	01990-12-01December 01, 1990	5, 1	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
6	129	616	140516	The Magnificent Five	30	01990-12-22December 22, 1990	5, 1	Sean Roche
6	130	610	140517	Deja Boo	60	01990-11-10November 10, 1990	5, 1	Chuck Menville (Archivist)
7	131	701	140603	The Treasure of Sierra Tamale	30	01991-09-14September 14, 1991	5, 2	Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller
7	132	702	140602	Not Now, Slimer!	30	01991-09-21September 21, 1991	5, 2	Len Janson, Chuck Menville
7	133	703	140605	Attack of the B-Movie Monsters	30	01991-09-28September 28, 1991	5, 2	Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller
7	134	704	140601	20,000 Leagues Under the Street	30	01991-10-05October 05, 1991	5, 2	Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller

Intros, Bumpers, and Credits

The Real Ghostbusters was re-tooled three times during its six year run.

• Intro 1 (Seasons 1-3)
• Network Tie-ins (Season 1-7)
• Bumpers (Season 1-7)
• Ads (Seasons 1-7)
• Credits 1 (Seasons 1-3)
• Intro 2 (Seasons 4-5)
• Mini "Real Ghostbusters" Intro (Seasons 4)
• Credits 2 (Seasons 4-5)
• Intro 3 (Seasons 6-7)
• Credits 3 (Season 6-7)
• Intros for Re-airings (ABC Christmas Special, Fox Family)
• Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters Credits (All 7 Real Ghostbusters seasons and Slimer! season)

Also See

• Slimer! Season Guide

• Extreme Ghostbusters Season Guide