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The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters

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The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters

The continuing adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost...

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  1. Background image for The Boogieman Cometh
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #1 - The Boogieman Cometh

    S1:E6

    Two children turn up at the firehouse claiming that the Boogieman is living in their closet, leading the skeptical Ghostbusters on a mission to bedroom closets throughout New York, and finally into the twisted world of the Boogieman himself.

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    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Citizen Ghost

    S1:E11

    This flashback story reveals the origins of how and why Slimer came to live with the Ghostbusters, in events immediately following their film encounter with Gozer.

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  3. Background image for Adventures in Slime and Space
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Adventures in Slime and Space

    S2:E2

    When Slimer passes through Egon's latest invention, he is broken up into thousands of tiny Slimers that coat the city in a layer of green goo. However, the Ghostbusters' solution to the problem only results in a large – and angrier – Slimer.

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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Night Game

    S2:E7

    A mysterious battle fought by the forces of good and evil is being waged within a baseball stadium. Winston is soon drafted to play on the side of good... within an individual's soul as the prize.

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  5. Background image for Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional?

    S2:E9

    Walt Fleischman, foremost cartoonist of the 1940s, has been missing for over thirty years, but strange sounds coming from his studio prompt the Ghostbusters into action. Will the Ghostbusters become cartoon characters?

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  6. Background image for Doctor, Doctor
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Doctor, Doctor

    S2:E22

    During a skirmish at a chemical factory, the Ghostbusters are covered with a contaminated ectoplasmic chemical... and it changes them in creepy ways!

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  8. Background image for A Fright at the Opera
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - A Fright at the Opera

    S2:E31

    Attending an opera, Egon and a disinterested Peter are shocked when ghostly Valkyries actually appear and create havoc. The Ghostbusters are soon facing the music... and the Valkyries!

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  9. Background image for Play Them Ragtime Boos
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Play Them Ragtime Boos

    S2:E54

    While on vacation in Louisiana, the Ghostbusters find themselves in a town under the influence of mean-spirited jazz-playing ghosts who want to turn the clock back to the 1930s.

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  10. Background image for The Halloween Door
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Halloween Door

    S5:E9

    The Ghostbusters are confronted by Crowley (Michael Rye) and his group, who want their help in ending Halloween. The guys turn him down, but one of their PKE meters is stolen and used by Crowley to accomplish his goal. Unfortunately, all he does is break a seal, opening our world to numerous ghosts – including the huge, rampaging Boogaloo (Brian O'Neal) – and giving the Ghostbusters a lot to handle on Halloween night.

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  11. Background image for X-Mas Marks the Spot
    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - X-Mas Marks the Spot

    S1:E13

    Zapped back in time to 1837 England, the Ghostbusters unknowingly trap the ghosts of Christmas, thereby saving Ebenezer Scrooge from his scheduled rehabilitation. The future is changed, and they must go back in time to change it back, while Egon makes an even more frightening trip... into the Containment Unit!

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  12. Background image for Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream
    7.2/10(4 votes)

    #11 - Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

    S1:E7

    The Sandman decides that humanity might stop its warring and fighting if it had a five-hundered-year-long nap, but his sleep dust causes dreams to come to life, creating havoc for the Ghostbusters!

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  13. Background image for When Halloween Was Forever
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #12 - When Halloween Was Forever

    S1:E8

    When ancient ruins arrive in New York for examination, the evil spirit of Samhain is released! He declares that Halloween should last forever and calls forth an army of the night!

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  14. Background image for Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood

    S1:E3

    The Ghostbusters are called to rid sweet old Mrs. Roger's house of ghosts, the Granny isn't what she seems, and Janine could be facing a demon in the headquarters... alone!

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  15. Background image for Take Two
    7.0/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Take Two

    S1:E10

    The Ghostbusters are flown out to Hollywood to oversee production of a movie being made about their story. On a tour of the studio they are called into action, but they're armed with fake Proton Packs by mistake!

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  16. Background image for Look Homeward, Ray
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Look Homeward, Ray

    S1:E9

    When Ray returns home to a hero's welcome, someone wants to make him look bad in front of his hometown, his childhood heartthrob and the Ghostbusters.

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  17. Background image for Janine's Genie
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Janine's Genie

    S1:E12

    Following her first ghostbusting job, Janine takes a brass oil lamp as payment and releases a genie and all his pals. She soon learns that the life of a Ghostbuster is never an easy one!

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  18. Background image for Ghosts Я Us
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #17 - Ghosts Я Us

    S1:E1

    After a trio of ghosts escape from the Containment Unit, they decide to discredit the Ghostbusters by disguising themselves as “Ghosts Я Us,” a rival ghostbusting franchise!

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  19. Background image for Killerwatt
    6.0/10(5 votes)

    #18 - Killerwatt

    S1:E2

    The power blackouts across New York are the work of a veritable army of ghosts, but the power drain leaves the Ghostbusters' Containment Unit vulnerable!

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  20. Background image for Troll Bridge
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - Troll Bridge

    S1:E5

    A troll who has grown tired of living under the Brooklyn Bridge runs away to the city in search of good times, but when his fellow trolls take control of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Ghostbusters come to the rescue.

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  21. Background image for Slimer, Come Home
    4.0/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Slimer, Come Home

    S1:E4

    After ruining Winston's birthday surprise, Slimer leaves the firehouse for good and wanders the streets of New York... where he soon joins in with a bad crowd of poltergeists!

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  22. Background image for Janine's Day Off
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    #21 - Janine's Day Off

    S2:E1

    Janine talks Egon into visiting her family for dinner, Prompting the Ghostbusters to hire a temporary secretary who on this very day of employment must contend with imps, ghosts, a powerful demon, and Peter's advances!

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  23. Background image for Ragnarok and Roll
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    #22 - Ragnarok and Roll

    S2:E3

    A young man hurt by the woman he loves decides that there is far too much pain in the world and, aided by his loyal yet reluctant companion, sets about a chain of events that will bring Ragnarok, the end of the world!

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    #23 - Captain Steel Saves the Day

    S2:E4

    Through paranormal means, Ray's favorite comic book character, Captain Steel, comes to life, and crosses paths with the Ghostbusters. When the evil Doctor Destructo also comes to life, a hero team-up may be the only way to save the world.

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    #24 - They Call Me Mister Slimer

    S2:E5

    To contribute to the Ghostbusters' finances, Slimer becomes a teenager's personal bodyguard. But he doesn't bargain on a gang of young thugs attaining bodyguards of their own… some very dangerous creatures from an abandoned subway station.

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    #25 - Buster the Ghost

    S2:E6

    A defrocked Tooth Fairy named Buster stumbles upon the Ghostbusters' television ad. Seeing a chance for friendship in a cold, cruel world, he moves in with them, certain he's their pal… but trouble soon follows.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Boogieman Cometh" is the best rated episode of "The Real Ghostbusters". It scored 8/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by Richard Raynis and written by Michael Reaves, it aired on 10/18/1986. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Citizen Ghost".