The BEST episodes of The Real Ghostbusters season 1

Every episode of The Real Ghostbusters season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Real Ghostbusters season 1!

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.

Last Updated: 12/9/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream
star
8.30
109 votes

#1 - Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1986

The Sandman decides that humanity might stop its warring and fighting if it had a five-hundered-year-long nap, but his sleep dust causes dreams to come to life, creating havoc for the Ghostbusters!

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Citizen Ghost
star
8.10
108 votes

#2 - Citizen Ghost

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

This flashback story reveals the origins of how and why Slimer came to live with the Ghostbusters, in events immediately following their film encounter with Gozer.

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Xmas Marks the Spot
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7.96
110 votes

#3 - Xmas Marks the Spot

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1986

Zapped back in time to 1837 England, the Ghostbusters unknowingly trap the ghosts of Christmas, thereby saving Ebenezer Scrooge from his scheduled rehabilitation. The future is changed, and they must go back in time to change it back, while Egon makes an even more frightening trip... into the Containment Unit!

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Take Two
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7.84
101 votes

#4 - Take Two

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1986

The Ghostbusters are flown out to Hollywood to oversee production of a movie being made about their story. On a tour of the studio they are called into action, but they're armed with fake Proton Packs by mistake!

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When Halloween Was Forever
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7.71
120 votes

#5 - When Halloween Was Forever

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1986

When ancient ruins arrive in New York for examination, the evil spirit of Samhain is released! He declares that Halloween should last forever and calls forth an army of the night!

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The Boogieman Cometh
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7.70
128 votes

#6 - The Boogieman Cometh

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1986

Two children turn up at the firehouse claiming that the Boogieman is living in their closet, leading the skeptical Ghostbusters on a mission to bedroom closets throughout New York, and finally into the twisted world of the Boogieman himself.

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Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood
star
7.30
148 votes

#7 - Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1986

The Ghostbusters are called to rid sweet old Mrs. Roger's house of ghosts, the Granny isn't what she seems, and Janine could be facing a demon in the headquarters... alone!

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Janine's Genie
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7.28
68 votes

#8 - Janine's Genie

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1986

Following her first ghostbusting job, Janine takes a brass oil lamp as payment and releases a genie and all his pals. She soon learns that the life of a Ghostbuster is never an easy one!

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Slimer, Come Home
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7.24
156 votes

#9 - Slimer, Come Home

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1986

After ruining Winston's birthday surprise, Slimer leaves the firehouse for good and wanders the streets of New York... where he soon joins in with a bad crowd of poltergeists!

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Ghosts Я Us
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7.12
303 votes

#10 - Ghosts Я Us

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

After a trio of ghosts escape from the Containment Unit, they decide to discredit the Ghostbusters by disguising themselves as “Ghosts Я Us,” a rival ghostbusting franchise!

Directors: Richard Raynis
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Killerwatt
star
7.11
192 votes

#11 - Killerwatt

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1986

The power blackouts across New York are the work of a veritable army of ghosts, but the power drain leaves the Ghostbusters' Containment Unit vulnerable!

Directors: Richard Raynis
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Troll Bridge
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6.93
110 votes

#12 - Troll Bridge

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/1986

A troll who has grown tired of living under the Brooklyn Bridge runs away to the city in search of good times, but when his fellow trolls take control of the Brooklyn Bridge, the Ghostbusters come to the rescue.

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Look Homeward, Ray
star
6.87
127 votes

#13 - Look Homeward, Ray

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1986

When Ray returns home to a hero's welcome, someone wants to make him look bad in front of his hometown, his childhood heartthrob and the Ghostbusters.

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