Very disappointing...

Thanks for the memories!

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I remember watching this show on Saturday mornings and enjoying it. Some of the voices I recognized later, including Maurice LaMarche, who would later go on to voice the Brain on Pinky and the Brain (and Ghostbusters was the first time I heard his voice but I didn't know his name at the time). I also recognized the late Lorenzo Music's voice as Garfield the cat, a crash dummy from the old Crash Dummy public service announcements, and a mildly-mannered but gullible spider from Darkwing Duck. And I'd heard Frank Welker's voice (though I didn't know his name at the time either), who did G1 Megatron on the G1 Transformers show. But enough of that. This show combined horror with fantasy and science-fiction. What more could you ask for? And it's not just the ghosts, but also demons and monsters. Could be like the old game Doom but without the blood. But this was better and did without the guns. Sorry, Doom fans! As it was, it was very ahead of its time with good writing and memorable characters. Now if Disney and Warner Brothers could do the same, I'd be so happy! Hey, they did it with Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nick, didn't they?

I'd give seasons 1-3 an 8/10. They were great. I grew up on them. The first season of Slimer and the real ghostbusters wasn't too bad. But at Season 5 it starts going downhill. Janine looks fine in seasons 3 and 4 when they change her. But the way she changed in season 5 and later was ridiculous. Her best look was in the first 3 seasons. I don't like the change that much though. And then there's slimer. Slimer wasn't really ever my favorite character. I liked him as the comic relief. But when the whole show starts focussing on him it was stupid. I also don't like the voices of the ghostbusters after season 3. Well, Winston was alright. But Peter's voice just doesn't sound right. Ray's is alright. But the stories later on were just dumb. If you're a fan of the movies then stick with Seasons 1-3.

I loved this cartoon as much as the movie (except for the slimer and the real ghostbusters part, with only the ghostmaster's revenge as an exception). I love the dark and spooky theme the first three seasons have. I bet you any amount of money that there are some episodes that would frighten even older people (thankfully not in the gory and bloody manner) like the episode "Mrs. Roger's neighborhood where the customer is a ghost that possesses Peter that the other busters need to make an extremely risky move. I loved the Sandman episode and Egon's dragon. But the one episode I love the most would have to be "Ragnarok and Roll" about a man with a southern accent who gets a flute that can bring about the end of the world and his fiancée and quasimodo partner must convince him and the busters must battle the demon in the sky. Watch this show and have the time and fright of your life!

Like most animated shows, The Real Ghostbusters got off to a bit of a shaky start and things really improved soon after. Like the movie, there's more to it than just silly stories. The writers took many of their ideas from works of HP Lovecraft and made up their own wild but imaginative plots.There were some slight changes made to the characters. Peter Venkman became younger, Ray Stantz shorter, fatter, ginger and more enthusiastic, Egon Spengler became blonde with round, red glasses, Winston Zeddemore looks nothing like Ernie Hudson, Janine Melnitz become hotter and Onionhead/Slimer became good instead of malevolent. And they also had different colored overalls. Why? Because kids respond better to colors. Though it did bug me that there weren't many references to Gozer, why Dana and Louis disappeared and how all of a sudden the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was good. Animation fans will be unable to not think of Garfield or Fred from Scooby Doo whenever Peter or Ray talk as they are voiced by the same guys and sound exactly alike.The show did go on for a good while and spawned a new generation of Ghostbusters toys and merchandise. There have been many bad animated TV shows made out of movies (The Mummy, Evolution, Ace Ventura, The Mask…I could go on) but The Real Ghostbusters ain't one of them. Extreme Ghostbusters followed in the mid-90's, but it didn't catch on too well.I do wish Columbia would release season box sets on DVD but for now there are ultra-cheap 4-episode DVDs available from Columbia only in Britain. They'll do for now.