The WORST episodes of The Real Ghostbusters

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

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: 3/10/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Til Death Do Us Part
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4.19
21 votes

#1 - Til Death Do Us Part

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/2/1989

With Janine on vacation, a beautiful temporary secretary, Dixie, is hired as a substitute. Dixie, secretly a ghost, is short on office skills, but her beauty has the Ghostbusters falling over themselves to impress her.

Loose Screws
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4.53
17 votes

#2 - Loose Screws

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/16/1989

Slimer accidentally breaks one of the Ghost Traps, and rather than confess his mistake, allows the Ghostbusters to take the trap on a job… with scary results!

Attack of the B-Movie Monsters
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4.95
19 votes

#3 - Attack of the B-Movie Monsters

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1991

The Ghostbusters are called to Japan to investigate the sighting of several immense creatures in the Tokyo Bay. A local schoolboy, Kenji, tells the Ghostbusters that the creatures are identical to old Japanese movie monsters of the fifties!

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Future Tense
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5.00
9 votes

#4 - Future Tense

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1989

After a successful bust the Ghostbusters are given a television set as thanks, but due to a piece of spectral matter that has become lodged within it, the television reveals alarming visions of the future… including the death of the Ghostbusters!

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Hanging By a Thread
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5.11
54 votes

#5 - Hanging By a Thread

Season 2 - Episode 64 - Aired 12/10/1987

A large horde of demons invades the city looking for a pair of scissors once owned by the mythical Three Fates. Now, the Ghostbusters find themselves in the depths of the netherworld, racing to stop the demons from controlling the lifespans of all mankind.

It's About Time
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5.24
17 votes

#6 - It's About Time

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/9/1989

The firehouse, by the Mayor's mandate, must be torn down to make way for an urban renewal project. In the midst of their packing, Peter inadvertently short-circuits a Ghost Trap and catapults them all back to the year 1959!

Spacebusters
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5.24
21 votes

#7 - Spacebusters

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1990

Winston is accepted to the National Space Program as a civilian expert in supernatural phenomena, but during his visit at the space station he comes across a class seven alien ghosts that is sucking the energy and atoms out of his fellow astronauts!

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The Old College Spirit
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5.31
58 votes

#8 - The Old College Spirit

Season 2 - Episode 55 - Aired 11/27/1987

A group of college students are being hunted by a gang of unruly frat ghosts, but the Ghostbusters find that they must help the phantoms graduate!

Writer: John Shirley
Venk-Man!
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5.47
19 votes

#9 - Venk-Man!

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1989

Peter becomes supercharged with extraordinary powers of strength and flight, but his new super powers are not without a price.

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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?
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5.50
58 votes

#10 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 10/9/1987

The Ghostbusters are puzzled when the ghost they are trying to capture on their latest bust claims to be the one who called them! Confusion and calamity follows as a real ghost tries to rid his home of fake ghosts!

Kitty-Cornered
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5.52
21 votes

#11 - Kitty-Cornered

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/25/1989

A witch's lost black cat is found by Slimer and use its powers to grant all of Slimer's fondest wishes, resulting in chaos at the firehouse.

Surely You Joust
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5.55
20 votes

#12 - Surely You Joust

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/1989

An ethereal baby dragon draws the Ghostbusters into a real fairy tale, complete with an evil wizard and a climactic duel pitting ancient wizardry against ghostbusting technology!

Writer: Tony Marino
Sea Fright
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5.55
58 votes

#13 - Sea Fright

Season 2 - Episode 42 - Aired 11/10/1987

A ghostly pirate crew invades New York, intent on reclaiming their lost treasure from a museum. The Ghostbusters not only find themselves outnumbered, but on occasion, outwitted by the pirate ghosts!

Standing Room Only
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5.60
20 votes

#14 - Standing Room Only

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1988

Peter creates a Ghost Attractor which lures ghosts to the firehouse like a magnet. He believes that it will not only save the Ghostbusters a lot of legwork, but that it will also make them millionaires. Things don't go as planned.

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A Fright at the Opera
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5.60
58 votes

#15 - A Fright at the Opera

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/26/1987

Attending an opera, Egon and a disinterested Peter are shocked when ghostly Valkyries actually appear and create havoc. The Ghostbusters are soon facing the music... and the Valkyries!

Partners in Slime
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5.61
23 votes

#16 - Partners in Slime

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1989

An overstuffed ghost named Poso wishes to become the ghostfather of all ghosts. He kidnaps Janine and Louis and as ransom for their release, he demands that the Ghostbusters turn over their headquarters and their ghostbusting equipment.

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If I Were a Witch Man
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5.62
21 votes

#17 - If I Were a Witch Man

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1989

The Ghostbusters are called to a small, New England village to exorcise a recently escaped ancient witch, Kestrel. Her intent is to exact revenge on various town descendants, including the Spengler family. Undercover in the local all-girls school, Egon is taken possession of by Kestrel!

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Guess What's Coming to Dinner
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5.66
47 votes

#18 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1990

While the Ghostbusters are on vacation, a grotesque ghost family moves into the firehouse. The guys return to find their home redecorated, all of their equipment thrown away, and the Containment Unit damaged!

Writer: Jules Dennis
Transcendental Tourists
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5.67
21 votes

#19 - Transcendental Tourists

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/1989

Peter, Winston and Slimer head for Mount Rushmore on a much-anticipated vacation. However, a ghost family on their centennial holiday want the place all to themselves!

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Mean Green Teen Machine
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5.70
47 votes

#20 - Mean Green Teen Machine

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/6/1990

The Mean Green Teen Machine, three reptilian-like surfing ghosts, catch a wave into New York City in order to satisfy their unquenchable craving for pizza. After a day of battling the three ghosts, the Ghostbusters decide to test Egon's latest machine which can provide any desired dream... or nightmare!

Writer: Jules Dennis
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Transylvanian Homesick Blues
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5.76
25 votes

#21 - Transylvanian Homesick Blues

Season 2 - Episode 65 - Aired 12/11/1987

Count Vostok sends four Concorde tickets and requests that the Ghostbusters travel to Boldavia to rid his castle of a ghost. When the Ghostbusters arrive and are unable to locate a mirror, they begin to realize that things are not what they seem.

The Haunting of Heck House
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5.77
22 votes

#22 - The Haunting of Heck House

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/29/1990

In flashback, the Ghostbusters recount their most dangerous exploit: the time they spent the night in Heck House, the most haunted house on the planet, inhabited by thousands of ghosts! For their troubles they are to receive a million dollars apiece, provided they survive the evening until dawn, without their Proton Packs!

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My Left Fang
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5.78
18 votes

#23 - My Left Fang

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/20/1990

The mysterious disappearance of all of the ghosts in a haunted Transylvanian town is threatening their tourism and economy. The Ghostbusters are called in to bring the ghosts back, but they meet an evil Count who wants to stop them.

Writer: Sean Roche
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Slimer's Curse
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5.80
20 votes

#24 - Slimer's Curse

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/2/1989

Slimer wins a million dollars in cash on the lottery, but everything Slimer buys with his prize money is cursed!

The Ransom of Greenspud
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5.94
16 votes

#25 - The Ransom of Greenspud

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/9/1989

Three ghosts enter the firehouse intent on releasing their ghostly leader, Spiderlegs, from the Containment Unit. They kidnap Slimer, taking him into their hideout to barter with the Ghostbusters.