The BEST episodes of The Real Ghostbusters season 3

Every episode of The Real Ghostbusters season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Real Ghostbusters season 3!

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: 9/11/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Grundel
star
8.48
33 votes

#1 - The Grundel

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1987

A young boy asks the Ghostbusters about a strange creature he has seen talking to his brother. Egon soon realizes that the boy described a Grundel, a creature who appears to young kids and turns them bad, until they become Grundels themselves.

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Slimer, Is That You?
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8.14
35 votes

#2 - Slimer, Is That You?

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1987

During a freak accident, Egon's mind and Slimer's mind are exchanged hours before Egon is due to enter a test of mental power with the ghostly Master of Shadows. Can Egon reverse the process, even as his personality deteriorates into a quest for food?

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The Boogeyman Is Back
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7.67
33 votes

#3 - The Boogeyman Is Back

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1987

After a near-death experience atop the World Trade Center towers, Egon's fear inadvertently releases the Boogieman from his dimensional prison. The Ghostbusters follow him to a hideously converted amusement park, where he traps them with their own fear, leaving Slimer and the Junior Ghostbusters to save the day.

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Sticky Business
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7.39
38 votes

#4 - Sticky Business

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1987

A local children's hospital needs $50,000 to remain operational so the Ghostbusters make a deal to use the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in a commercial for that amount of money. Unfortunately, when Stay Puft emerges, so does the nasty Phantom, who begins to create havoc.

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Loathe Thy Neighbor
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7.34
29 votes

#5 - Loathe Thy Neighbor

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1987

A ghost is pestering the Micawbs, a family stranger than many of the busted spirits now residing in the Containment Unit. However this case proves incredibly tough for the Ghostbusters as they are kept busy sorting the weird from the paranormal!

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Big Trouble With Little Slimer
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7.12
26 votes

#6 - Big Trouble With Little Slimer

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1987

Walter Peck is back and out to discredit the Ghostbusters any way he can. When his efforts to expose them as frauds fail, he hits them where it hurts by taking Slimer away for government testing. Will Slimer be sent to oblivion?

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The Copycat
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7.00
26 votes

#7 - The Copycat

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1987

The Ghostbusters are plagued at the firehouse by a metamorph dubbed Copycat. It changes its shape to match anything, and soon there is much animosity amongst the team, as each blames the other for an act of malice!

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Halloween II 1/2
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6.97
31 votes

#8 - Halloween II 1/2

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1987

As a Halloween party takes place in the firehouse, two goblins sneak in unnoticed and release Samhain from the Containment Unit. The spirit of Halloween immediately sets up his headquarters in the firehouse and captures the Junior Ghostbusters.

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Once Upon a Slime
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6.60
30 votes

#9 - Once Upon a Slime

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1987

Not wanting to return his favorite fairy-tale book to the library, Slimer hides it in Egon's latest invention and accidentally turns it on. The next day the fairy tales have come to life, and the fantastical beings learn that Egon's machine was designed to turn ethereal entities into solid matter!

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Camping it Up
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6.55
22 votes

#10 - Camping it Up

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1987

The Ghostbusters head off to the woods for a camping vacation. That night, Ray scares the wits out of everyone with a spooky ghost story which inadvertently reveals a Bigfoot nearby!

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It's a Jungle Out There
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6.46
28 votes

#11 - It's a Jungle Out There

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1987

An incredibly powerful evil animal demon escapes from his statue prison and turns the animals of New York City into fierce, aggressive, talking beasts that proceed to take over the city.

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The Two Faces of Slimer
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6.26
23 votes

#12 - The Two Faces of Slimer

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1987

A wisp of ectoplasmic energy seeps out from the Containment Unit and merges with Slimer, turning him into a huge monstrously hungry ghosts. Can the Ghostbusters separate Slimer from this malevolent force before he is unable to return to normal?

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Baby Spookums
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6.04
28 votes

#13 - Baby Spookums

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1987

During a rare eclipse of the moon, a baby ghosts slips through a dimensional crack and becomes lost in New York. The Ghostbusters adopt the cute ghost, but soon hear reports of two other ghosts causing trouble around town.

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