Staypuft doll, the team sliding down the fire pole in silhouette, and a skeletal Red Baron laughing as he flies across the sky, would later be used in the special opening sequence for the 1989 Real Ghostbusters prime time Halloween special, " The Halloween Door". Other scenes from the pilot, including a shot of Ray waking up from bed with a Mr. Certain scenes from the pilot would be edited and used in the show's intro, most notably the encounter at the end with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. For the most part, the differences come down to a greater faithfulness to the movie: Peter Venkman's design bears a greater resemblance to Bill Murray, the Ghostbusters still use their original uniforms, and Slimer appears as a gluttonous bad guy as he does in the movie. As with most pilots, the short episode has several striking differences from the finished product. Scenes of the pilot can be seen in TV promos that aired prior to the beginning of the series. A short pilot episode was produced, but never aired in full. Altieri and Eddie Fitzgerald story boarded scenes as the ideas came to them and had no character models to work off of. Due to an "incredibly quick turnaround," there was no planning during production on the pilot promo. In late 1985, Richard Raynis told Kevin Altieri that DiC was going to pitch an animated series based on Ghostbusters to ABC. The Ghostbusters Team: Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, Janine Melnitz, Winston Zeddemore, Ray Stantz, and Slimer (in the background behind Janine). Inside jokes about the film are all over the episode. The film according to the episode was made based on events in the cartoon. " Take Two" explained in a way, the differences between the cartoon and the film. Slimer earned his spot as a pet and friend of the Ghostbusters. Because of that, the Ghostbusters were able to capture the ghosts. Slimer wore them out as they fired at him wasting their ecto energy. At the end of the episode the Ghostbusters are in serious trouble with ghostly versions of themselves that wanted them out of business. Also in that episode, it is revealed that Slimer stuck around the firehouse and while Peter didn't like him, the others after a few days grew to like him, as he was harmless and valuable to research. Gozer was taken out but the old suits had ecto-plasmic residue and Peter was supposed to destroy them. Peter reveals that the suits were replaced with new ones that were in new colors. The series' origin is told in the episode " Citizen Ghost", which is a flashback episode. A group of new Ghostbusters joined Egon, Janine and Slimer, who helped to bridge both cartoons. In 1997, the franchise was revived with Extreme Ghostbusters. A Toy line by Kenner was produced through its run as well. However, due to many reasons the show started the Ghostbusters Animated Timeline Canon.ĭuring the show's run (Septem– October 22, 1991) a series of comics were made: NOW Comics- The Real Ghostbusters Series for North America, and Marvel Comics Ltd- The Real Ghostbusters Series for the United Kingdom. The series continued to develop the franchise's mythology In " Partners in Slime", Vigo was mentioned, confirming Ghostbusters II is in the continuity of the animated series. The show also received a new opening sequence (which was used for the remainder of the series) when it was re-titled as well. In 1988 during the show's six year run it was retooled with the Slimer! show that was sandwiched around The Real Ghostbusters and was titled Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters. Ray Stantz, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television (now Sony Pictures Television), DiC Entertainment and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. The Real Ghostbusters was an Emmy-Nominated American animated television series based on the hit 1984 film Ghostbusters.
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