Ghostbusters
1986 · TV Series · TV-Y7 · 25 min · ★ 6.7
Two young ghost hunters team up with a gorilla partner to take on a powerful ghost wizard and a rotating crew of spooky troublemakers. Each episode sends them on a new mission, mixing light scares, slapstick comedy, and simple lessons aimed at younger viewers.
Also known as Filmation's Ghostbusters · Ghostbusters: The Animated Series
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Details
- Years
- 1986–1987
- Release date
- 1986-09-08
- Network
- Syndication
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-Y7
- Runtime
- 25 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (80 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a goofy, not-too-scary kids’ cartoon with easy stories and a standout villain; Not for you if you expect the sharper tone of Extreme Ghostbusters or more complex plotting.
Pros: kid-friendly spooky fun; catchy theme music; memorable main villain | Cons: very simple plots; uneven animation quality; repetitive moral endings
Themes
- ghostbuster
- time travel
- time machine
- paranormal phenomena
- ghost hunting
- paranormal investigation
- ghost hunter
- ghost
- father son reunion
- changing the past or future
- animation
- comedy
- +2 more
Cast & crew
Lou Scheimer
as Tracy the Gorilla / Anabone / Skelevision / Fuddy / Fib Face / Sir Trance-A-Lot
Alan Oppenheimer
as Merlin / Prime Evil / Fangster / Captain Long John Scarechrome / Airhead
Pat Fraley
as Jake Kong, Jr. / Ghost Buggy, Jr. / Scared Stiff
Susan Blu
as Belfry / Futura / Jessica Wray
Linda Gary
as Madam Why / Mysteria / Apparitia
Erika Scheimer
as Corky / Skelevator / Shock Clock
Peter Cullen
as Eddie Spenser, Jr. / Haunter / Brat-a-Rat / Floatzart / Big Evil / Corpulon
Directed by Bill Reed, Tom Sito, Tom Tataranowicz
Created by Marc Richards