6.3/1075 votes#1 - Baby Spookums
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1987
During a rare eclipse of the moon, a baby ghosts slips through a dimensional crack and becomes lost in New York. The Ghostbusters adopt the cute ghost, but soon hear reports of two other ghosts causing trouble around town.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
6.9/1077 votes#2 - It's a Jungle Out There
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1987
An incredibly powerful evil animal demon escapes from his statue prison and turns the animals of New York City into fierce, aggressive, talking beasts that proceed to take over the city.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
7.9/1083 votes#3 - Slimer, Is That You?
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 12/3/1987
Egon and Slimer switch minds and the timing couldn't be worse, as an egomaniacal ghost named the Master of Shadows (William Marshall) wishes to test his wits against the brainy 'buster', and destroy New York if he fails to measure up.
Director: Masakazu Higuchi
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
8.1/1081 votes#4 - The Boogeyman Is Back
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1987
After an almost deadly fall off the World Trade Center, Egon's fears start to get the better of him. So much so that the Boogeyman manages to tap into his fear and escape from his realm.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
6.7/1066 votes#5 - Once Upon a Slime
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/1987
When Slimer hides a book of fairy tales under one of Egon's newest machines, everything in the book comes to life.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.1/1071 votes#6 - The Two Faces of Slimer
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/1987
An ectoplasmic entity leaks out of the containment unit and it makes Slimer mutate into a big ugly monster during his sleep.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
7.4/1074 votes#7 - Sticky Business
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1987
The Ghostbusters release the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the containment unit to shoot a commercial in exchange for getting $50,000 for a children's hospital. However, during the process of letting Stay Puft out, a vicious manta ray-like phantom escapes in order to seek revenge against the Ghostbusters.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.2/1081 votes#8 - Halloween II 1/2
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/1987
Samhain's goblins release the spirit of Halloween from the Ecto-Containment Unit, and he turns the firehouse into his fortress. The Ghostbusters' attempts to take him down are foiled when the Junior Ghostbusters are captured by the vengeful spirit, and it's up to Slimer to help get them out.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
7.2/1069 votes#9 - Loathe Thy Neighbor
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/31/1987
A family asks the Ghostbusters to find out why a bunch of weird stuff is happening in their house. This is complicated by the macabre nature of their mansion, with a very Addams Family vibe.
Director: N/A
Writer: Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
8.2/1087 votes#10 - The Grundel
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/7/1987
A boy named Lee goes to the Ghostbusters for help when his brother, Alec, begins acting strangely and doing bad things. When the guys decide to investigate, Egon learns a Grundel is making Alec do bad things and if something is not done soon, he will mutate into one.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
7.1/1070 votes#11 - Big Trouble With Little Slimer
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1987
The Ghostbusters' old "pal" and nemesis, Walter J. Peck, ex-EPA hatchet man extraordinaire, is back from the Gozer incident, and he's trying to raise some trouble with the Ghostbusters again. First he tries to get them arrested for illegal trespassing by calling in a phony ghost alert at a military base in Queens, but after that backfires, Peck joins up with BUFO (Bureau of Unidentified Flying Organisms), and takes Slimer with a court order. After some tests, Peck deems Slimer a hazard case and plans to destroy him with a cyclotron, forcing Ghostbusters to save Slimer from Peck.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
7.3/1071 votes#12 - The Copycat
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1987
The Ghostbusters have to deal with a shapeshifter in their own headquarters.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
6.7/1065 votes#13 - Camping It Up
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/5/1987
The Ghostbusters embark on a camping trip, only to run into (among other things) Bigfoot.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 3
Every episode of The Real Ghostbusters Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 3!
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...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyKids
Network:ABC
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Baby Spookums" is the best rated episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" season 3. It scored 6.3/10 based on 75 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Chuck Menville, it aired on 9/12/1987. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "It's a Jungle Out There".