The Real Ghostbusters: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Real Ghostbusters continues where the first movie left off, with the four Ghostbusters facing forces of the supernatural. Helping out the Ghostbusters would be their secretary, Janine Melnitz, and (eventually) Louis Tully. Also joining in would be the green ghost busted at the Sedgewick Hotel in the first movie, which was given the name Slimer.

Series details

• Title: The Real Ghostbusters
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Children
• Premiere date: 1986-09-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-10-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 4299

Cast and credited roles

• Kath Soucie — Janine
• Laura Summer — Janine
• Arsenio Hall — Winston
• Buster Jones — Winston
• Dave Coulier — Peter
• Lorenzo Music — Peter
• Maurice LaMarche — Egon
• Frank Welker — Ray
• Frank Welker — Slimer
• Rodger Bumpass — Louis

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1986-09-13; final listed air date 1986-12-13; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1987-09-14; final listed air date 1987-12-11; episode order: 65.
• Season 3: premiered 1987-09-12; final listed air date 1987-12-12; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 1988-09-10; final listed air date 1988-11-19; episode order: 8.
• Season 5: premiered 1989-09-09; final listed air date 1989-12-23; episode order: 21.
• Season 6: premiered 1990-09-08; final listed air date 1990-12-22; episode order: 16.
• Season 7: premiered 1991-09-14; final listed air date 1991-10-05; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

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