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The Worst Episodes of The Ghost Busters

Every episode of The Ghost Busters ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Ghost Busters!

The Ghost Busters was a live-action children's television series that ran in 1975, about a team of bumbling detectives who would investigate ghostly occurrences. Only...
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyFamilyComedy
Network:CBS

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Maltese Monkey" is the worst rated episode of "The Ghost Busters". It scored 5.8/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/6/1975. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Flying Dutchman".

  • The Maltese Monkey
    5.8/1044 votes
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    #1 - The Maltese Monkey

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1975

    The Ghost Busters must stop the Fat Man and Rabbit from summoning the ghost of gangster Big Al Caesar, who will help them steal the stuff dreams are made of: the Maltese Monkey.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Flying Dutchman
    5.9/1023 votes
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    #2 - The Flying Dutchman

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1975

    Scroggs schemes to shanghai the unsuspecting Spencer and Tracy to serve as deck hands aboard Cap'n Beane's Flying Dutchman ghost ship.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Only Ghosts Have Wings
    5.9/1019 votes
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    #3 - Only Ghosts Have Wings

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/22/1975

    The Ghost Busters discover the Red Baron and his grease monkey Sparky using the haunted castle to repair their damaged airplane.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dr. Whatshisname
    6.0/1030 votes
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    #4 - Dr. Whatshisname

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1975

    Dr. Frankenstein returns, seeking the brain of the world's most gullible fool to transplant into his Monster. Enter Eddie Spencer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Canterville Ghost
    6.1/1029 votes
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    #5 - The Canterville Ghost

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1975

    Jewel thief Mr. C schemes to scare Carola out of the castle so he can find and steal the Canterville Diamond, not realizing it hangs around the neck of the scaredy-cat ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • They Went Thataway
    6.3/1021 votes
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    #6 - They Went Thataway

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/1/1975

    Those ghostriders in the sky are the spirits of Billy the Kid and Belle Starr back to round up a new gang of cattle rustlers. The Ghost Busters disguise themselves as cowboys to get the Dematerializer drop on 'em.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Vikings Have Landed
    6.3/1019 votes
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    #7 - The Vikings Have Landed

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1975

    The ghosts of Erik the Red and Brunhilda return to plant a Viking banner and establish their claim to having discovered America prior to the loathsome Lothar the Hun.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jekyll and Hyde - Together for The First Time
    6.5/1021 votes
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    #8 - Jekyll and Hyde - Together for The First Time

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/15/1975

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are living as two separate persons, with the Neanderthal Hyde driving insane the urbane Jekyll. Only by drinking a potion made from a person without any personality can Jekyll ever hope to be set free from Hyde.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Merlin The Magician
    6.7/1020 votes
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    #9 - Merlin The Magician

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/1975

    Merlin and jester Gronk are pursued from the Great Beyond by their nemesis Morgan Le Fay, who intends to trap them in this era. The Ghost Busters befriend and assist the broken-down magician in his battle with the beautiful sorceress.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf
    6.8/1019 votes
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    #10 - Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1975

    Hoping to remove the curse of the werewolf from hapless Harry Albert, Gypsy fortuneteller Sophia comes seeking to steal the Baldus Lupus Amulet that Spencer recently unearthed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Abominable Snowman
    6.9/1021 votes
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    #11 - The Abominable Snowman

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/13/1975

    Spencer stumbles onto the scene when Dr. Centigrade is searching for a warm-blooded heart to transplant into the Abominable Snowman. Final episode of the series.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dummy's Revenge
    7.0/1021 votes
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    #12 - The Dummy's Revenge

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1975

    The Phantom of Vaudeville, a masked ventriloquist with his dummy Elmo, seek revenge after suspecting Spencer, Tracy and Kong of being the song and dance act that upstaged them decades earlier.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Worthless Gauze
    7.1/1019 votes
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    #13 - A Worthless Gauze

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/18/1975

    The Ghost Busters become embroiled with Egyptian Queen Forah and her Mummy as they search for the ape-sorcerer Simios, who in turn can bring them to Spen-Zah, possessor of the secret of immortality.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Which Witch Is Which?
    7.2/1022 votes
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    #14 - Which Witch Is Which?

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1975

    The ghost of a 17th century witch and her stooge Gronk return for revenge on the descendant of the Edward Spencer who broke her spell at the Salem Witch Trials.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Vampire's Apprentice
    7.4/1023 votes
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    #15 - The Vampire's Apprentice

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1975

    The Ghost Busters may get the bite put on them when Count and Countess Dracula return from the other side in search of a warm-blooded donor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A