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The Best Episodes of Ghostbusters Season 1

Every episode of Ghostbusters Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ghostbusters Season 1!

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Jake Kong Jr. and Eddie Spencer Jr. are sons of the original Ghost Busters, and they work alongside Tracy the Gorilla (who also worked with their fathers). Together, they are dedicated to ridding the world

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 1 - I'll Be a Son of a Ghostbuster
    6.4/10(46 votes)

    #1 - I'll Be a Son of a Ghostbuster

    S1:E1

    The original Ghostbusters decide to retire and turn their ghostbusting business over to their sons. When their fathers are kidnapped by Prime Evil's ghosts, Jake and Eddie must overcome their fears and go ghostbusting sooner than they expected by journeying to the future.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robby London

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  2. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 2 - Frights of the Roundtable
    6.1/10(32 votes)

    #2 - Frights of the Roundtable

    S1:E2

    Arriving in the future the Ghostbusters bust their first ghosts and meet Futura, the bewitching Ghostbuster of the future. They learn of an ancient Stone Tablet which has clues to their fathers' whereabouts leading them back in time to Camelot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Forward

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  3. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 3 - No Pharoah at All
    6.6/10(28 votes)

    #3 - No Pharoah at All

    S1:E3

    In Camelot the Ghostbusters team-up with Merlin's apprentice Fuddy in order to battle Sir Trance-A-Lot and recover the next piece of the Stone Tablet. Then they must travel back in time to ancient Egypt where Apparitia and Airhead capture Tracy intent on mummifying him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rowby Goren

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  4. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 4 - The Secret of Mastodon Valley
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    #4 - The Secret of Mastodon Valley

    S1:E4

    As Jake and Futura attempt to rescue Tracy. Eddie gets lost and is worshipped by the Egyptians as the ghost of the Great Pharoah. The Ghostbusters must race to get their act together in an effort to locate the next piece of the Stone Tablet.

    Director:Tom Sito
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 5 - The Ones Who Saved the Future
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    #5 - The Ones Who Saved the Future

    S1:E5

    Avoiding danger in prehistoric times and escaping the Ghost of the Missing Link, the Ghostbusters and Futura are overpowered and imprisoned in Prime Evil's Hauntquaters. The Ghostbusters must locate their fathers and defeat all of the ghosts before being turned into ghosts themselves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Forward

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  6. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 6 - Witch's Stew
    6.6/10(27 votes)

    #6 - Witch's Stew

    S1:E6

    The Ghostbusters race back in time to rescue Futura from Prime Evil at a Salem witch trial. They must not only stop the villain's latest plan, but they must convince the townsfolk that they are not evil spirits.

    Director:Tom Sito
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 7 - Mummy Dearest
    6.3/10(28 votes)

    #7 - Mummy Dearest

    S1:E7

    Knowing the world would come to a standstill without any oil Prime Evil transforms Airhead into a giant so that he can scare the workers from the oil fields. The Ghostbusters travel to the Middle East to defeat the giant mummy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 8 - Wacky Wax Museum
    6.2/10(26 votes)

    #8 - Wacky Wax Museum

    S1:E8

    The Ghostbusters happily journey to Paris for the unveiling of their statues in Madame Tutu's Wax Museum. During their visit they have to stop the Tooth Scaries from bringing evil statues to life and prevent the Eiffel Tower from being destroyed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 9 - Statue of Liberty
    6.9/10(26 votes)

    #9 - Statue of Liberty

    S1:E9

    Jake's grandfather is due to be sworn in as a citizen of the United States of America, but during the ceremony everyone is shocked to discover that Prime Evil has stolen the Statue of Liberty. The Ghostbusters must rush to save the day.

    Director:Tom Tataranowicz
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 10 - The Ransom of Eddie Spenser
    6.6/10(26 votes)

    #10 - The Ransom of Eddie Spenser

    S1:E10

    Prime Evil's latest plan has his Thunder Ghosts scaring the clouds into making it rain in an attempt to flood the Earth. Jake and Tracy are torn between saving the Earth or saving Eddie who has been captured by Prime Evil.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 11 - Eddie Takes Charge
    5.3/10(24 votes)

    #11 - Eddie Takes Charge

    S1:E11

    When Jake and Jessica go on a date Eddie and Tracy go to the rescue of a little girl which turns out to be a trap laid by Prime Evil and find themselves in an old ghost town where they meet a good ghost named Sheriff Stumbleweed and learn that Prime Evil has brought together the most fearsome ghosts from across the universe.

    Director:Tom Sito
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 12 - The Great Ghost Gorilla
    6.4/10(27 votes)

    #12 - The Great Ghost Gorilla

    S1:E12

    While patrolling the skies the Ghostbusters are taken by surprise and Tracy is kidnapped. Traveling to another planet the Ghostbusters learn that it is the Great Ghost Gorilla who has kidnapped Tracy and is planning to use him as the model for an army of super gorilla robots.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 13 - A Friend in Need
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #13 - A Friend in Need

    S1:E13

    Prime Evil's rival, Big Evil arrives at Hauntquarters and using his Specter Scepter overpowers and imprisons the villain. In order to save the Earth the Ghostbusters find themselves working alongside Prime Evil.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 14 - No Mo' Snow
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    #14 - No Mo' Snow

    S1:E14

    Prime Evil creates a dragon to melt the polar ice caps and flood the Earth. When the Ghostbusters discover their Ghost Command underwater they race to the North Pole where they find that fighting a fire-breathing dragon is not an easy bust.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bob Forward

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  15. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 15 - Prime Evil's Good Deed
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #15 - Prime Evil's Good Deed

    S1:E15

    Big Evil returns to Hauntquarters and curses Prime Evil with the Arcane Curse, a spell that can only be broken by performing a geniune heartfelt good deed. A battle between Prime Evil and Big Evil takes place at Ghost Command with no winner in sight for the Ghostbusters.

    Director:Tom Sito
    Writer:J. Larry Carroll

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  16. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 16 - Cyman's Revenge
    5.2/10(25 votes)

    #16 - Cyman's Revenge

    S1:E16

    In the future the evil cyborg Cyman sends a ghostly being into the master computer of the Star Base Crusader in attempt to get revenge on Futura. The Ghostbusters travel to the future, shrink themselves down and enter the master computer, not knowing what lies ahead of them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. Larry Carroll

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  17. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 17 - The Headless Horseman Caper
    5.8/10(26 votes)

    #17 - The Headless Horseman Caper

    S1:E17

    When Prime Evil sends Fangster to retrieve the Aztec Medallion, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, a former hench-ghost of Prime Evil arrives at the Ghostbusters Ghost Command warning them of the danger. But can they trust him?

    Director:Tom Tataranowicz
    Writer:J. Larry Carroll

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  18. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 18 - Banish That Banshee
    6.9/10(26 votes)

    #18 - Banish That Banshee

    S1:E18

    After a howling contest takes place at Hauntquarters Prime Evil summons the Wailing Banshee whose voice can cause thunderstorms. The Ghostbusters must go back in time and find a leprechaun to help them defeat the Banshee.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 19 - Rollerghoster
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Rollerghoster

    S1:E19

    A newly opened ghostly-themed amusement park prompts Prime Evil to send Apparitia and Bratarat to haunt it. When the Ghostbusters realize that the ghosts are loose in the park they fight back, but they must first find Jessica's mischievous nephew Corky.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 20 - He Went Brat-A-Way
    6.8/10(24 votes)

    #20 - He Went Brat-A-Way

    S1:E20

    In an attempt to impress Bratarina, Bratarat capitalizes on Prime Evil's vacation claming that he owns Hauntquarters. The Ghostbusters race to England to stop Bratarat, but not before the villain has already overthrown Buckingham Palace.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 21 - The Looking Glass Warrior
    7.0/10(25 votes)

    #21 - The Looking Glass Warrior

    S1:E21

    When the other-dimensional Invertroids begin capturing people through mirrors the Ghostbusters join forces with Jessica's uncle John Guardian in order to defeat them. But for the Ghostbusters to prevail a great sacrifice has to be made.

    Director:Tom Tataranowicz
    Writer:Bob Forward

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  22. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 22 - Laser and Future Rock
    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Laser and Future Rock

    S1:E22

    The Ghostbusters travel to the future to help Futura save her nephew, Laser and his friends Rae and Tempo who have been captured by Corpulon, a large slug-like energy ghost who seeks vengeance against Futura.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 23 - Runaway Choo-Choo
    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #23 - Runaway Choo-Choo

    S1:E23

    The Ghostbusters travel to Norway to guard peace prize winner Dr. Alex Miller and Jessica from Prime Evil's latest ghostly plan. The gang not only has to protect Dr. Miller from Apparitia and Scared Stiff, but also stop the runaway train they find themselves on.

    Director:Tom Sito
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 24 - Dynamite Dinosaurs
    5.3/10(25 votes)

    #24 - Dynamite Dinosaurs

    S1:E24

    Prime Evil sends Haunter to steal a recently discovered dinosaur egg, believing that he can raise the creature and conquer the earth. The Ghostbusters journey back to the past with the egg to reunite it with its mother before it hatches.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rowby Goren

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  25. Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 25 - Ghostbunglers
    5.5/10(25 votes)

    #25 - Ghostbunglers

    S1:E25

    The Ghostbusters go back in time to ancient Rome to aid Madam Why's great ancestor , Tonya and prevent Prime Evil's ghosts from stealing a magical wreath owned by Julius Ceasar. It is not long before the Ghostbusters are taking part in a deadly chariot race against Marcus Phantamus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"I'll Be a Son of a Ghostbuster" is the best rated episode of "Ghostbusters" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Robby London, it aired on 9/8/1986. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Frights of the Roundtable".