EPISODE GUIDE

In this animated update of the hit motion picture, the Ghostbusters are up to their same old tricks, keeping the city safe from demons, curses, spooks and every other off-the-wall weirdness known (and unknown) to mortal man. This time they have help from their old nemesis Slimer ("Onionhead"), a new arsenal of weapons, and an occasional assist from their faithful secretary Janine Melnitz.

In 1988, the series was part of a one-hour block of Ghostbusters cartoons (it was joined with the newly created "Slimer!" series) known as "Slimer! And The Real Ghostbusters."

These are the regular cast and characters that appear in every episode. These actors and characters will not be listed on the individual episode pages, except for when these regular cast members have also voiced other incidental characters.

• Dave Coulier [Peter Venkman (Seasons 2-6)]
• Arsenio Hall [Winston Zeddemore (Seasons 1-2)]
• Buster Jones [Winston Zeddemore (Seasons 3-6)]
• Maurice LaMarche [Egon Spengler]
• Lorenzo Music [Peter Venkman (Seasons 1 Network & 1 Syndicated)]
• Kath Soucie [Janine Melnitz (Seasons 2-6)]
• Laura Summer [Janine Melnitz (Seasons 1 Network & 1 Syndicated)]
• Frank Welker [Ray Stantz, Slimer]

Rodger Bumpass as Louis Tully only appeared in 13 episodes in Seasons 4 and 5, so he's not considered a regular. He's a guest star, and is listed as such on the pages of the episodes he appears in.

For the first few seasons, only the main cast was credited at the end of each episode. In the later seasons, all voice actors were credited together in every episode, whether they appeared in that episode or not. All guest and incidental information that appears in this guide comes from the official The Real Ghostbusters Call Sheets, which reliably lists every actor and character for each episode. Although the overwhelming majority of these actors are uncredited in the final product, I am not noting it as such on each episode page. The text you're reading right now serves as that notation.

Go to the Ghostbusters Wiki for the full list of screen credits: Seasons 1-2, Seasons 3-4 & Slimer!, and Seasons 5-6. Be aware that the Wiki's numbering differs from mine as they refer to Season 1 Syndicated as "Season 2".

There are officially six seasons, with Season 1 being divided into "Season 1 - Network (ABC)" and "Season 1 - Syndicated". These are noted by "1n" and "1s", respectively, in the list below. The "Season" column lists the episodes based upon the official season designations and the production numbers. You can find the exact production numbers on each episode page.

The "DVD #" column, which is the default sorting method, lists the episodes in the order from The Real Ghostbusters: Complete Collection DVD box set - which is the IDEAL CONTINUITY ORDER. This is almost the same as the Season order, except primarily for seasons 1-Network, 2, and 6, where some episodes were rearranged to better fit the series continuity. If you'd like to know which episodes are on which volumes and discs, please consult the DVD Complete Set Breakdown.

Although I'm referring to them as "episodes", as most people do, what is listed below are all 140 The Real Ghostbusters STORIES. These stories were put together into 134 episodes, with six episodes from Season 4 containing two stories each. The two-story episodes are listed as .1 and .2 in the "DVD #" column.

The episode numbers listed on the individual pages are based on the production numbers.

OTHER EPISODES: Alternate Episodes page. Information about a historically significant unproduced Real Ghostbusters script

REGARDING AIRDATES: The airdates come from TV.com and are probably completely INCORRECT! The only one that I know to be correct is "The Halloween Door", and that's due to its special Sunday primetime airing. I'm guessing that the editors at TV.com just simply assumed one new episode aired each week, regardless of whether it was a 15-minute or 30-minute episode, or was in a one-hour block or not, and just ran through each Saturday on the calendar until they ran out of episodes. I WOULD NOT TAKE ANY OF THESE AIRDATES AS FACT! In fact, the reason Time-Life's DVD box set doesn't list airdates in the liner book is because there is no concrete record of when each episode first aired. A project has been started in an attempt to come up with a more accurate list of airdates. You can read about it on the Ghostbusters Wiki.

GUIDE CREDITS: Compiled by Paul Rudoff. Episode Synopses written by Caroline Craig (copyright © 1997 by Caroline Craig, used with permission). Series Synopsis (seen above) written by Paul Rudoff, with the first sentence based on text from Jeff Lenburg's "The Encyclopedia Of Animated Cartoons". Additional information provided by Matthew Jordan, MrMichaelT, Sheila Paulson, Alex Newborn, Paul Tower, Andrew Ellis, James Eatock, Anne Langsdorf, Michael Reaves, Juan Ruvalcaba, and "Elctrowolf".