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The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 1

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

The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 1

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 Ghosts Я Us
    6.5/10(312 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for Killerwatt
    6.7/10(241 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood
    7.5/10(230 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Background image for Slimer, Come Home
    6.7/10(194 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for Troll Bridge
    6.8/10(184 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for The Boogieman Cometh
    8.1/10(236 votes)

    #6 - 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. Background image for Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream
    8.0/10(219 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. Background image for When Halloween Was Forever
    7.8/10(224 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for Look Homeward, Ray
    6.7/10(163 votes)

    #9 - 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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    7.4/10(162 votes)

    #10 - 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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    7.5/10(234 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for Janine's Genie
    7.4/10(158 votes)

    #12 - 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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    7.7/10(200 votes)

    #13 - 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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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Ghosts Я Us" is the best rated episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" season 1. It scored 6.5/10 based on 312 votes. Directed by Richard Raynis and written by Chuck Menville, Len Janson, it aired on 9/13/1986. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Killerwatt".