The Real Ghostbusters

The Real Ghostbusters is an Emmy-nominated American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters . The series ran from 1986 to 1991 with a total of 140 episodes. "The Real" was added to the title to the series clearly distinguishable from Filmation's Ghost Bustersseries.

The series got a spin-off in the form of two comic series: a monthly series by Now Comics and a weekly series of Marvel Comics. The series was later succeeded by a second series: Extreme Ghostbusters.



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[hide] *1 Story and characters  ==Story and characters[ Edit] == The story continues where the original movie left off. The Ghostbusters have to deal with new supernatural, where often legendary monsters are involved.
 * 2 Background
 * 2.1 Creation
 * 2.2 Connections with the film
 * 2.3 Undertone
 * 2.4 Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters
 * 3 Cast
 * 4 external links

The team is initially from the four members from the movie. Dr. Peter Venkman is the head of the team, and decide whether they adopt a case or not. He also serves frequently as comic relief as he always be allowed to do things that no one else wants to do. Dr. Egon Spengler, a scientific genius, is the primary source of knowledge in the group. He often comes with the solution when all seems lost. Dr. Ray Stantz is a male of everything, and after Egon the smartest of the team. He makes more use of the practice side of the science, where Egon is confined to the theory. He is also always optimistic. There he one of the few to understand where Egon's talking about, he often brings Egons theories in practice. Winston Zeddemore is the courageous serious man of the team. He is a descendant of a powerful African blood line.

A new Member of the team is Slimer, the ghost that the Ghostbusters in the film caught in the hotel during their first major contract. Also, the team assisted by their Secretary, Janine Melnitz. ==Background[ Edit] == ===Creation[ Edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A pilot episode was produced in 1986, but never aired. Scenes from the pilot were later included in the first episode of the series. The pilot was more in line with the film than the final series. As the Ghostbusters in the pilot wore uniforms similar to those in the film, and Slimer was just like in the movie one of the antagonists.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Maurice LaMarche, the voice of Egon Spengler, got when he did Audition for the role to hear that he's not had to try Harold Ramis after doing so. He did so anyway, and got the role.

<p lang="en" len="744" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When production of The Real Ghostbusters began, Filmation began with its own animation series titled The Original Ghostbusters, which was based on the series The Ghost Busters from the 70 's.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The characters were adapted for the series heavy relative to their film versions. This is because the studio all the original actors rights would have to pay for the use of their image in the series. ===Connections with the film<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Although "The Real Ghostbusters" departed from the film, the series contains quite a few references to the movie. So comes the marshmallowman from the movie several times before in the series.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After Ghostbusters II appeared, the character Louis Tully was added to the series. Also the phlegm out this film was used in the series.

<p lang="en" len="725" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the episode "Citizen Ghost" shows how the Ghostbusters oversee the production of a film based on their adventures, and they criticize the fact that "Murray, Aykroyd and Ramis" will play their characters. ===Undertone<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">J. Michael Straczynski, the head writer of the series, gave the series a dark undertone which was not usual for a Saturday morning series. He also showed the series often make use of popular legends and stories.Thus, the Ghostbusters, gremlinsand the bogeyman against vampires, as well as samples from the Greek Mythology and ancient gods. An episode contained references to horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and his creations "The Call of Cthulhuand the Necronomicon. ===Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters<span class="mw-editsection" len="361" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">It soon became apparent the character Slimer to do it right with the young viewers of the series. Therefore, the producers gave him a bigger role. In 1988, the name of the series even changed to ''Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters''. From this point, the series also make him more suitable for a lighter undertone the increasing flow young viewers. In addition to a regular episode episodes were also expanded to include also a separate movie about Slimer.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Many of the older fans found this time but nothing, and by 1990 the viewing figures were walking fast reverse. This led to the series was discontinued in 1991. ==Cast<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Peter Venkman - Lorenzo Music (seasons 1-2), Dave Coulier (seasons 3-7), Hans Kuyper (Dutch version)
 * Egon Spengler - Maurice LaMarche, Albert Palomo mountain (Dutch version)
 * Ray Stantz - Frank Welker, Peter Jafari (Dutch version)
 * Winston Zeddemore - Arsenio Hall (seasons 1-3), Buster Jones (seasons 4-7), Peter van Hoof (Dutch version)
 * Janine Melnitz- Laura Summer (seasons 1-2), Kath Soucie (seasons 3-7)
 * Slimer- Frank Welker
 * Louis Tully- Rodger Bumpass (seasons 5-6)
 * Rafael- Charlie Adler
 * Professor Dweeb- Jeff Altman
 * Mrs. Hammer 's-Fay DeWitt
 * Catherine-April Hong
 * Jason- Katie Leigh
 * Stay Puft Marshmallow Man - John Stocker in one episode, Frank Welker
 * Donald-Danny McMurphy
 * Morris Grout- Alan Oppenheimer
 * Chilly Cooper- Cree Summer
 * Luigi-Danny Mann
 * Rudy-Jeff Marder
 * Bud-Danny Mann