From The TV IV

After the huge success of the 1984 movie, Columbia Pictures hired DIC Enterprises to make a cartoon series based on the Ghostbusters. J. Michael Straczynski helped develop the project (as well as write some of the most popular episodes) and The Real Ghostbusters premiered on September 13, 1986, quickly becoming a huge hit.

The series continued where the first movie left off, with the four Ghostbusters facing forces of the supernatural. Helping out the Ghostbusters would be their secretary, Janine Melnitz, and eventually Louis Tully. Also joining in would be the green ghost busted at the Sedgewick Hotel in the first movie, which was given the name Slimer.

Hoping to further the success of RGB, a spin-off was created in the 1988-1989 season titled Slimer!. It was shown with RGB in a 1-hour programming block titled Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters. The spin-off was aimed at a younger audience and starred Slimer and showed his adventures with his own group of friends. The spin-off was ultimately a failure, however, lasting only a single season. Meanwhile, RGB continued on for the next couple years, but began losing quality in stories and animation. Complaints from parents about violence, as well as lack of interest ultimately ended The Real Ghostbusters.

As for why the series was titled The Real Ghostbusters, it was discovered during production of the first movie that Filmation owned the name (they had produced a short-lived live action TV series titled The Ghost Busters in the 1970s). Columbia and Filmation came to an agreement about it, but Filmation kept the cartoon rights, so Columbia just named the cartoon series, The Real Ghostbusters. At the same time, Filmation had a syndicated cartoon version of their original series, which was simply titled Ghostbusters.

After the first season, Dave Coulier (Full House) took over for Lorenzo Music (Garfield and Friends) as the voice of Peter. A season later, Edward L. Jones replaced Arsenio Hall as the voice of Winston.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast
Lorenzo Music	Peter Venkman	1	2
Dave Coulier				3	4	5	6	7
Maurice LaMarche	Egon Spengler	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Arsenio Hall	Winston Zeddmore	1	2	3
Edward L. Jones					4	5	6	7
Frank Welker	Ray Stantz	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Slimer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Laura Summer	Janine Melnitz	1	2
Kath Soucie				3	4	5	6	7
Rodger Bumpass	Louis Tully				4	5

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
ABC
Season One	September 13, 1986	December 13, 1986	13
Syndication
Season Two	September 14, 1987	December 11, 1987	65
ABC
Season Three	September 12, 1987	December 12, 1987	13
Season Four	September 10, 1988	November 19, 1988	8
Season Five	September 9, 1989	December 23, 1989	21
Season Six	September 8, 1990	Secember 22, 1990	16
Season Seven	September 7, 1991	September 28, 1991	4

[edit] In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series
• Characters: A listing of characters in the series

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Complete Series
The Complete Series	November 25, 2008 (Time Life) September 29, 2009 (General)	25	purchase
Episode Collections
Volume 1	March 31, 2009	5	purchase
Individual Episodes
Volume 1: Creatures of the Night	February 28, 2006	1	purchase
Volume 2: Spooky Spirits	February 28, 2006	1	purchase
Volume 3: Slimefighters	February 28, 2006	1	purchase
Episode(s) as Special Features
Ghostbusters 2	March 14, 2006	1	purchase

[edit] External Sites

• The Real Ghostbusters Fan Page
• "The Real Ghostbusters" Episode Guide