The BEST episodes of Ghostbusters

Every episode of Ghostbusters ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Ghostbusters!

Often referred to as "Filmation's Ghostbusters," this 1986 animated series was based on the 1975 live-action TV show "The Ghost Busters" (neither of which are connected to the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" or its subsequent cartoon "The Real Ghostbusters"). In this series, Jake Kong Jr. and Eddie Spencer Jr. are sons of the original Ghost Busters, and they work alongside Tracy the Gorilla (who also worked with their fathers). Together, they are dedicated to ridding the world of the evil ghost wizard Prime Evil and his cast of henchmen.

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#1 - Ghostnappers

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/21/1986

Madam Why receives a gift that turns out to be from Prime Evil and spirits her away as his captive in Hauntquaters. Using her as bait he captures the Ghostbusters, so its up Futura and Jessica to save the day.

Directors: Tom Sito
Writer: Len Riley
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#2 - Runaway Choo Choo

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/8/1986

The Ghostbusters travel to Norway to guard peace prize winner Dr. Alex Miller and Jessica from Prime Evil's latest ghostly plan. The gang not only has to protect Dr. Miller from Apparitia and Scared Stiff, but also stop the runaway train they find themselves on.

Directors: Tom Sito
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32 votes

#3 - Frights of the Roundtable

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1986

Arriving in the future the Ghostbusters bust their first ghosts and meet Futura, the bewitching Ghostbuster of the future. They learn of an ancient Stone Tablet which has clues to their fathers' whereabouts leading them back in time to Camelot.

Directors: Ernie Schmidt
Writer: Robby London
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7.67
3 votes

#4 - The Ones Who Saved the Future

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/12/1986

Avoiding danger in prehistoric times and escaping the Ghost of the Missing Link, the Ghostbusters and Futura are overpowered and imprisoned in Prime Evil's Hauntquaters. The Ghostbusters must locate their fathers and defeat all of the ghosts before being turned into ghosts themselves.

Directors: Lou Kachivas
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#5 - Wacky Wax Museum

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/17/1986

The Ghostbusters happily journey to Paris for the unveiling of their statues in Madame Tutu's Wax Museum. During their visit they have to stop the Tooth Scaries from bringing evil statues to life and prevent the Eiffel Tower from being destroyed.

Directors: Marsh Lamore
Writer: Rowby Goren
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#6 - The Ransom of Eddie Spenser

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/19/1986

Prime Evil's latest plan has his Thunder Ghosts scaring the clouds into making it rain in an attempt to flood the Earth. Jake and Tracy are torn between saving the Earth or saving Eddie who has been captured by Prime Evil.

Directors: Ed Friedman
Writer: Bob Forward
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#7 - A Friend in Need

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/24/1986

Prime Evil's rival, Big Evil arrives at Hauntquarters and using his Specter Scepter overpowers and imprisons the villain. In order to save the Earth the Ghostbusters find themselves working alongside Prime Evil.

Directors: Ed Friedman
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30 votes

#8 - The Secret of Mastodon Valley

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/11/1986

As Jake and Futura attempt to rescue Tracy. Eddie gets lost and is worshipped by the Egyptians as the ghost of the Great Pharoah. The Ghostbusters must race to get their act together in an effort to locate the next piece of the Stone Tablet.

Directors: Bill Nunes
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#9 - The Great Ghost Gorilla

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/1986

While patrolling the skies the Ghostbusters are taken by surprise and Tracy is kidnapped. Traveling to another planet the Ghostbusters learn that it is the Great Ghost Gorilla who has kidnapped Tracy and is planning to use him as the model for an army of super gorilla robots.

Directors: Ed Friedman
Writer: Don Heckman
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38 votes

#10 - I'll Be a Son of a Ghostbuster

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/8/1986

The original Ghostbusters decide to retire and turn their ghostbusting business over to their sons. When their fathers are kidnapped by Prime Evil's ghosts, Jake and Eddie must overcome their fears and go ghostbusting sooner than they expected by journeying to the future.

Directors: Tom Tataranowicz
Writer: Robby London
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6.50
2 votes

#11 - The Headless Horseman Caper

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/30/1986

When Prime Evil sends Fangster to retrieve the Aztec Medallion, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow, a former hench-ghost of Prime Evil arrives at the Ghostbusters Ghost Command warning them of the danger. But can they trust him?

Directors: Tom Tataranowicz
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2 votes

#12 - Eddie Takes Charge

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/22/1986

When Jake and Jessica go on a date Eddie and Tracy go to the rescue of a little girl which turns out to be a trap laid by Prime Evil and find themselves in an old ghost town where they meet a good ghost named Sheriff Stumbleweed and learn that Prime Evil has brought together the most fearsome ghosts from across the universe.

Directors: Tom Sito
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#13 - Mummy Dearest

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/16/1986

Knowing the world would come to a standstill without any oil Prime Evil transforms Airhead into a giant so that he can scare the workers from the oil fields. The Ghostbusters travel to the Middle East to defeat the giant mummy.

Directors: Ernie Schmidt
Writer: Bob Forward
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2 votes

#14 - Statue of Liberty

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/18/1986

Jake's grandfather is due to be sworn in as a citizen of the United States of America, but during the ceremony everyone is shocked to discover that Prime Evil has stolen the Statue of Liberty. The Ghostbusters must rush to save the day.

Directors: Tom Sito
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6.50
2 votes

#15 - Witch's Stew

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/1986

The Ghostbusters race back in time to rescue Futura from Prime Evil at a Salem witch trial. They must not only stop the villain's latest plan, but they must convince the townsfolk that they are not evil spirits.

Writer: Don Heckman
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6.09
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#16 - No Pharoah at All

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/10/1986

In Camelot the Ghostbusters team-up with Merlin's apprentice Fuddy in order to battle Sir Trance-A-Lot and recover the next piece of the Stone Tablet. Then they must travel back in time to ancient Egypt where Apparitia and Airhead capture Tracy intent on mummifying him.

Directors: Tom Sito
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2 votes

#17 - No Mo' Snow

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/25/1986

Prime Evil creates a dragon to melt the polar ice caps and flood the Earth. When the Ghostbusters discover their Ghost Command underwater they race to the North Pole where they find that fighting a fire-breathing dragon is not an easy bust.

Writer: Bob Forward
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#18 - The Bad Old Days

Season 1 - Episode 53 - Aired 11/19/1986

At Hauntquaters, Prime Evil taps the power of four mysterious urns unleashing the spirits of the four phantoms of Babylon! With their power the villain plans on sending the world back to the time of Ancient Babylon in a nefarious plot to take over the world. The Ghostbusters must travel through time to stop him!

Directors: Marsh Lamore
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#19 - Really Roughing It

Season 1 - Episode 52 - Aired 11/18/1986

The Ghostbusters, in an effort to get away from it all, take a vacation in the wilderness with Corky. However, the evil ghosts Benny and Clyde have stolen a statue for Prime Evil and are hiding out nearby. When Corky is captured by the gruesome twosome the Ghostbusters rush to his rescue.

Directors: Bill Reed
Writer: Rowby Goren
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#20 - Little Big Bat

Season 1 - Episode 51 - Aired 11/17/1986

When Prime Evil learns that Belfry wants to be bigger he disguises himself as the magician Monroe and hands him an amulet to help him. When Belfry shows the amulet to the Ghostbusters it shoots out a beam, shrinking them. Belfry must learn a valuable lesson as he helps Jessica and Futura save the Ghostbusters.

Directors: Lou Kachivas
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#21 - The Girl Who Cried Vampire

Season 1 - Episode 50 - Aired 11/14/1986

The Ghostbusters travel to a Moon Colony in the future to help install an anti-ghost security device. Whilst there they meet Keyta, a little girl with a penchant for false alarms. However when Keyta sees two vampires disguising themselves as humans can she get anyone to believe her?

Directors: Bill Reed
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#22 - Knight of Terror

Season 1 - Episode 49 - Aired 11/13/1986

Corky's friend Gene, a young computer genius, is kidnapped by Prime Evil. The villain plans to use the boy to help take over the computers that control nuclear missiles and rule the world. Prime Evil's cousin the King of Terror uses his ghostly powers to scare Corky into not telling anyone about the incident.

Directors: Rich Trueblood
Writer: Bob Forward
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#23 - Whither Why

Season 1 - Episode 48 - Aired 11/12/1986

The Batz; Beauregard, Rafter and Eaves, are horrified when their close friend Madam Why is kidnapped by the evil Wormwood. The villain plans to drain all of Madam Why's powers and add them to his own. The Ghostbusters must team-up with the Batz and overcome the many obstacles Wormwood throws in their direction.

Directors: Lou Kachivas
Writer: Bob Forward
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#24 - The White Whale

Season 1 - Episode 47 - Aired 11/11/1986

The evil ghost Harpoon and his hip full of pirates kidnap the ghost of Moby Dick and they ghost of Captain Ahab. With Moby Dick in his power, Harpoon plans to capture space liners and continue plundering. The Ghostbusters learning of this race to rescue Moby Dick and Captain Ahab.

Directors: Bill Reed
Writer: Bob Forward
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#25 - The Ghost of Don Quixote

Season 1 - Episode 46 - Aired 11/10/1986

In Spain an unscrupulous mine owner plans to evict a farmer and his family from their property by using force. The Ghostbusters must help, but when the ghost of Don Quixote appears they question whether or not they can trust the aid of a ghost.

Directors: Bill Reed
Writer: Bob Forward
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