Beetlejuice and Ghostbusters air on teletoon. - Page 2

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 10-22-2005, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I've been at work all day. Now lessee...

The Man Who Never Reached Home: Been a little while since I saw this one, but I remember it being quite good. Ray switches with the ghost of a man caught in limbo, constantly being chased by the Dark Rider until he disappears and it all starts over again the next day. The thing is, the man Ray switched with doesn't know that he's dead and it all comes down to getting him to move on. That's one of the things that was so great about this show. It didn't always come down to blasting the ghost and trapping him, it was so much more intelligent. Sometimes they had to help the spirits fulfil their last mortal wish or free them of a curse or something along those lines. Often times, especially in the episode "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost", these dillemas can be very touching.

The Collect Call of Cthulhu: Despite getting a few things about the Mythos wrong, and making Cthulhu purple, this was a great homage to the Call of Cthulhu and one of Michael Reeve's best offerings. It was pretty damn dark, too. So dark, in fact, that it was banned from television for quite some time. In fact, it hasn't been reairred in America since the banning (parents didn't approve of the devil worshipping). Has some great lines, too.

Peter: So, who is this guy?

Egon: Cthulhu.

Peter: Gazuntite.

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Winston: So when this Cthulhu-guy shows up how will we find him?

Peter: I think something looking like Godzilla wearing a squid for a hat won't be too hard to spot.

Bustman's Holiday: This episode was animated by one of the better Japanese studios used in the first and second season (seasons 1 and 2 were done by several different Japanese and Korean studios). They also did the likes of Ghostbuster of the Year, Night Game and Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster. The bike scene is a great display of animation; extremely well choreographed and fluidly animated. The story's funny and I especially like the end with the bagpipes.

Great reviews, Dr. Spengler.. I am glad they showed that episode that was supposely banned for ahwile.. So um wait till Monday when I tell you the next episode that will air. K? So monday-friday will be 1 episode per day and next saturday and sunday will be like 4-5 episodes on both saturday and sunday.. I hope it's not repeats from the days before.. it would suck!

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 11-11-2005, 03:39 PM

Yes!

We are back on the technodrome.. Anyways, back to important matters, Halloween has been over for 2 weeks now so I apologize but I've been busy with work, etc.. Although I work part-time I have to do chores, and other stuff around the house, etc..

I have all the episdodes taped up to the last one they showed so I will post all the epiosdes from the very first day to the last day.. So if you wanted to know which episodes were on this 13 days of halloween that happened on teletoon, be sure to check this out..

BTW, Dr. Spengler, once I happened to finish all episodes, you are welcomed to give your reviews.. Not too long.. Give ratings as well.. I for one am not a good reviewer plus it's hard to think of a good one..

*DrSpengler* · 11-13-2005, 07:02 PM

I never turn down an oppertunity to talk about Ghostbusters. So go ahead. I've been in a serious GHostbusters-mood lately, since I just one a complete run of the first volume of Real Ghostbusters comics from Now! comics. Great stuff.

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 11-13-2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I never turn down an oppertunity to talk about Ghostbusters. So go ahead. I've been in a serious GHostbusters-mood lately, since I just one a complete run of the first volume of Real Ghostbusters comics from Now! comics. Great stuff.

Bad news dude.. I havent finishted the episodes I taped..

But you can explain about those comics you gotten.. I would like to hear about the comics man!

*DrSpengler* · 11-14-2005, 10:42 AM

An issue guide can be found here:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/2219/

The comics were made to fit in-between some episodes of the cartoon, but since the cartoon was extremely episodic, it often didn't matter where they fit in.

Much like the comic versions of other cartoons (GI Joe, Transformers, etc), the Ghostbusters comic was allowed to be more mature than their cartoon-counterparts.

There was one issue in particular that I liked, Vol. 1 #4, where a mob of ghosts from the 20's are freed from a vault by a Geraldo-parody news reporter. The mobsters don't know their dead and plan to continue with a hit on the headquarters of a rival gang. However, 60 years have passed and that mob headquarters is now a children's hospital. So the Ghostbusters have to beat the ghost-gang to the hospital before they start gunning down children.

The comics also brought back villains from the show every once in a while. Samhaine appeared twice and the Boogieman came back once (in a really good, really dark issue). The Peoplebusters got to come back in a cliff-hanger that was never resolved due to cancelation of the series.

All-in-all, once you've seen every episode of the cartoon, the comics ae a great resource for continuing adventures of the Real Ghostbusters.

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 11-16-2005, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DrSpengler

An issue guide can be found here:

http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/2219/

The comics were made to fit in-between some episodes of the cartoon, but since the cartoon was extremely episodic, it often didn't matter where they fit in.

Much like the comic versions of other cartoons (GI Joe, Transformers, etc), the Ghostbusters comic was allowed to be more mature than their cartoon-counterparts.

There was one issue in particular that I liked, Vol. 1 #4, where a mob of ghosts from the 20's are freed from a vault by a Geraldo-parody news reporter. The mobsters don't know their dead and plan to continue with a hit on the headquarters of a rival gang. However, 60 years have passed and that mob headquarters is now a children's hospital. So the Ghostbusters have to beat the ghost-gang to the hospital before they start gunning down children.

The comics also brought back villains from the show every once in a while. Samhaine appeared twice and the Boogieman came back once (in a really good, really dark issue). The Peoplebusters got to come back in a cliff-hanger that was never resolved due to cancelation of the series.

All-in-all, once you've seen every episode of the cartoon, the comics ae a great resource for continuing adventures of the Real Ghostbusters.

Wow that's sounds nice.. Unfortenly teletoon won't show the show in order.

BTW, I'm almost done with all the episodes.. I should be done hopefully by this weekend.. I been doing some researching on finding the names of the episodes. Apprently some of the episodes doesn't show the name of the episode that is playing.. Also I noticed the episodes are from season 1-3, etc.. so it's a mixed bag with some nice episodes..

One last thing, can these comics be bought at a regualr comic store or are they online-only bought?

*DrSpengler* · 11-16-2005, 11:15 PM

They're a little harder to come by in back-issue bins than other cartoon-based comics from the 80's (most noteably, Transformers and GI Joe). I had to go online to get mine. They're very cheap, though. I got a near complete lot for under $30 bucks.

Jo269976 · 11-17-2005, 11:15 AM

Grrr.... Why can't BeetleJuice air in the UK it's been 8 years!!

well anyway if you like the movie, you'll like the toon

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 11-17-2005, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo_Rulez

Grrr.... Why can't BeetleJuice air in the UK it's been 8 years!!

well anyway if you like the movie, you'll like the toon

I understand how you feel. There are shows that don't show on tv anymore.. It also makes me feel sad that neither real ghostbusters or Beetlejuice are on dvd.. well in other countries I think but in north america where I live, they don't exist.. Only 2 episodes exist on dvd and you have to buy the ghostbusters 2 pack dvd..

Btw, I got good news, I'm almost finish watching all episodes on my tapes.. I wrote down all episodes I have on tape from the order they were taped or recorded on the days they shown.. There are some episodes I missed out one reason I forgot about it due to me being busy and to the other I set the timer wrong.

So be sure to see the full list hopefully by tomorrow or Saturday.

One last thing, this is for Dr. Spengler: I will call my comic store and ask if they got any ghostbusters comic.. They might not I hope they do.. If not I will buy em online.

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 11-18-2005, 07:31 PM

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

I have finally completed watching all episodes of both Beetlejuice and The Real Ghostbusters.. I formed a list of all the episodes I have on tape from the day they were aired on Teletoon.. However in the real ghostbusters episodes, the episodes are out of order but they all belong in season 2.. So look below for the episodes. Thanks.

-BEETLEJUICE EPISODES-

Season 1 Episodes

1-Critter Sitters
2-The Big faceoff/Skeletons in My closet
3-A Dandy Handy Man/ Out of My Mind
4-Laugh of the party
5-Worm Welcome
6-Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice/Campfire Ghouls
7-Pest O' The West
8-Poopsie/ It's The Pits
9-Prince Of The Netherworld
10-Quite While Your A Head
11-Cousin B.J./Beetlejuice's Parents

Season 2 Episodes

1-Dragster Of Doom
2-Driven Crazy
3-Summer Vacation

-The Real Ghostbusters EPISODES-

1-They Call Me Mister Slimer
2-Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster
3-The Bird Of Kildarby
4-Cold Cash And Hot Water
5-The Man Who Never Reached Home
6-Lost And Foundry
7-The Collect Call Of Cathulhu
8-The Thing In Ms. Faversham's Attic
9-Bustman's Holiday
10-Scaring Of The Green
11-Apocalypse -- What Now?
12-Last Train To Oblivion
13-Hard Knight's Day
14-Lights! Camera! Haunting!
15-Egon's On The Rampage

Well here are all the episodes I have on tape. In Beetlejuice, the episodes were shown in the exact order but in The Real Ghostbusters I had to use a episode guide to find out where exactly do they episode were first aired.. Like The first episode that aired on Teletoon wasn't They Call me Mister Slime it was The Man Who Never Reached Home. So I decided to go to a episode guide and put together the episdoes when they first aired.

Now that the episodes are posted up, feel free to give your opinions/reviews on any epsiodes of any of the shows.. This would make me happy to see fans of the cartoons talk about their memories..

*DrSpengler* · 11-18-2005, 08:56 PM

1-They Call Me Mister Slimer

This was one of Straczynski's bette ideas, didn't think it was executed perfectly, though. He did a much better Slimer-story in "Slimer, Come Home". The animation in this one was also a little under-par compared to many of the other episodes in seasons 1-2. The idea of Slimer going out and getting a job so he can pull his own weight was interesting, though. And instead of doing it in a really goofy way, like they would've in later episodes or in the Slimer! series, it was done in a fairly "believable" fashion. The rat-creatures were pretty cool, too. Anybody else notice that the comic book nerd that hires Slimer looks awfully similar to the animated version of Louis Tully?

2-Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster

Ah, one of my favorites. Has some of the best animation (same studio that did Bustman's Holiday, Night Game and Ghostbuster of the Year) and it's probably the closest the show ever got to the return of Gozer. They referenced Gozer several times in the first few seasons and constantly worried about his return, but it never happened. Prometheus, as they explained, was a Primal God of the same clan as Gozer-himself. Prometheus actually came to Earth to take revenge of the Ghostbusters for Gozer's defeat. Some good character-work on Janine, too, though I do find it a little hard to believe the Ghostbusters would be so callous as to not give Janine's apartment a free busting. But the world WAS in danger, so I guess it was in character. Also, it's one of the few episodes where you actually get to see Janine without her glasses on for any length of time.

And no, I didn't cap these images. Paul Rudoff of Spook Central did.

3-The Bird Of Kildarby

This one was sorta "meh". The Ghostbusters sneak into an ancient castle to take out the ghosts haunting it and end up fighting a giant fire-breathing bird. Nothing much of interest. If I recall correctly, though, I think it was the first animated appearance of Lenny the Mayor. He appeared several times through-out seasons 1 and 2, but due to the different animation studios being used, wound-up with two different character designs (one showed him with smooth black hair, a bald spot and a thin moustache, the other showed him with wild grey hair, a bald spot and no moustache). He was consistently voiced by Frank Welker, though.

4-Cold Cash And Hot Water

Another one of my favorites. It's also an episode that relies on the actual continuity of the series, requiring you to have seen The Spirit of Aunt Lois and Venkman's Ghost-Repellers in order to get the characters of Dr. Basingame and Peter's Dad. Never-the-less, it's a GORGEOUS episode, featuring some of the best possible animation in the series. Hob Anagarak ranks as one of the show's most visually memorable monsters and most powerful enemies. His teleporation-power was done particularly well; calling forth a pillar of flames from the Earth and vanishing in the fire, then popping up some place else. Unfortunately, he wasn't given much time to run amok and was re-captured in black ice fairly quickly. The closest thing he ever got to a return was a brief appearance in the opening sequence of Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters, where the animators at Toei drew him at a MUCH smaller scale (human-sized) and showed him getting trapped in an ally along with Samhaine and a Terror Dog.

That's the best pic of Hob Anagarak I could find. There were better ones over at Burning Knight Raven's House of Anime, but the site finally went offline after 6 years without an update.

He's in the pic right below Professor Dweeb. Toei accidentilly mis-colored him with white fur.

*DrSpengler* · 11-18-2005, 09:16 PM

6-Lost And Foundry

I think this episode was also done by the same studio that did Night Game and Bustman's Holiday (the best studio), as the animation was really good. The Junkyard Monster had a great character designs. I loved the way they made the refridgerator his "mouth" so it could look like he was drooling. The idea of a ghost being melted down at a steel-works and then possessing all the various gadgets and tools he was made into is a really inspired idea. The fight int he junkyard at the end is a great moment, and might have even been "ripped-off" (if only be accident) in the first Nano episode of the new TMNT.

And just because it's a classic image, here's Slimer with a proton pack:

8-The Thing In Ms. Faversham's Attic

Another good one with some fantastic character-work on Peter. We find out that his Mother died while he and his Father were both away, and that's he's always felt guilty over it. So when he offers to help Mrs. Faversham for free, since she reminds him of his mother, the scene is really sweet and about as "moving" as the show could ever get. I also remember it as being one of the few episodes to actually freak me out when I was a kid. It was mostly the possessed attic that the Ghostbusters went into that creeped me out so bad. When the windows opened up to reveal giant eyeballs and a mouth.

The Attic Ghost also had some great lines. His entire arguement with Peter is a riot. "You will BRING, or you. Will. DIE!" And his whole monologue at the end where he talks about how hellish his imprisonment in the attic was is particularly creepy.

10-Scaring Of The Green

Returning character Officer Frump got to be in this one, but unfortunately he didn't have much to do with the story. Which is a shame, as he was my favorite of the returning characters in seasons 1 and 2. The episode-itself is another "meh" one along the lines of the Bird of Kildarby. The Ghostbusters just fight the Bog Hound and that's it. Not a bad episodes, just nothing really outstanding to talk about. The Bog Hound was kinda neat-looking, though.

11-Apocalypse -- What Now?

They didn't do enough with the concept of the Four Horsemen being unleashed uponthe Earth as I was hoping, but I still love this episode.

Egon: Peter, the seal-impression!!

Peter: Arf Arf!

Egon: Not the impression of a seal, the seal-impression!

I love that bit, and it's done right in the middle of an earth-shattering crisis of biblical proportions. Great stuff.

*DrSpengler* · 11-18-2005, 09:25 PM

12-Last Train To Oblivion

Not the best in way of animation, but a decent episode. It was another good example of the Ghostbusters helping a ghost cross over to the otherside instead of just blasting him with their partical beams and taking the easy way out. Not too much to really remark about this one aside from that.

13-Hard Knight's Day

Bleh. Never cared for this episode. Sir Bruce was a mediocre villain at best and the way they defeated him felt so tacked on at the end it almost hurt. It's like the writers thought it up at the last minute. No, not one of the best episodes.

14-Lights! Camera! Haunting!

Gah, another episode I really didn't care for. The only thing that I liked about it was the very end, where the ghosts of dead film-heroes like John Wayne came to the Ghostbusters' aid and then rode off into the sunset. Aside from that it was pretty boring. The three villain ghosts were particularly boring and generic.

15-Egon's On The Rampage

Now THIS episode I liked! A good "race against time" episode. We get another good look at the Netherworld (or as later episodes were forced to call it, the "Ghost Dimension"), too. I always loved the episodes where the Ghostbsuters had to travel there. The transformation scene at the beginning where Egon's device malfunctions and we see every body screaming and panicing through the cameraman's snowy video was directed REALLY well. And the possessed Egon was pretty cool, too.

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 11-19-2005, 11:49 AM

I really find your reviews of the episodes well, you were even nice of adding screencaps which i don't know how to do.

I wonder who here remembers beetlejuice and could talk about it.. Say, Dr. Spengler, like you some of the epsiodes were good and some were bad.. The Real Ghostbusters must have some mixed bag episodes all through the series.. I bet the Extreme Ghostbusters was worse huh?

I also heard there was a video game based on the real ghostbusters or was it the extreme ghostbusters? It's too bad we don't get the RGB on dvd otherwise I will contuine to watch it on tape for days to come..

BTW, you must be drooling over the episode where Janine had her glasses off and was in the shower.. Huh...?

Jo269976 · 11-19-2005, 12:46 PM

, Slimer looks kinda cute with a proton pack

you know apart from the constipated face

*DrSpengler* · 11-19-2005, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Turtledude2k3

I really find your reviews of the episodes well, you were even nice of adding screencaps which i don't know how to do.

I wonder who here remembers beetlejuice and could talk about it.. Say, Dr. Spengler, like you some of the epsiodes were good and some were bad.. The Real Ghostbusters must have some mixed bag episodes all through the series.. I bet the Extreme Ghostbusters was worse huh?

The show had it's ups and downs. The bulk of the best and most memorable episodes were in seasons 1 and 2. Season 3 had some prety awful episodes (and was the first season to enforce the soccer mom-requested "changes" that drove JMS away) while season 4, though incredibly short, was fantastic. Seasons 5-7 have nearly no redeeming value, though, save for a couple great JMS episodes (he came back, briefly) and some gems here and there.

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I also heard there was a video game based on the real ghostbusters or was it the extreme ghostbusters? It's too bad we don't get the RGB on dvd otherwise I will contuine to watch it on tape for days to come..

There are games based on both. The Real Ghostbusters had and arcade game which I've never had the pleasure of playing. I believe it was an FPS with a tiny proton gun you could use. Might be wrong. There was also a Gameboy RGB game (and a GBII game) that I have had the misfortune of playing and owning. It's alright for a puzzle game, I supposed, but it bores the crap outta me.

The Extreme Ghostbusters got a Gameboy Advance game a couple years ago, well-after the series was cancelled. Haven't bothered to play it, myself. Heard awful things about it.

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BTW, you must be drooling over the episode where Janine had her glasses off and was in the shower.. Huh...?

Janine's cute, but not my type when it comes to cartoon chicks. But for those who DO dig her, here she is in a bikini:

And NO, I didn't write that stupid caption.

~~Turtledude2k3~~ · 11-20-2005, 05:09 PM

eh i liked her in the shower part no thte bikini.. i wished her glasses was off..

Jo269976 · 11-22-2005, 10:41 AM

did anyone notice that:

Bill Marray played Venkman and voiced Garfield in the Garfield movie

Lorenzo Music played Venkman in the cartoons and voiced
Garfield in the cartoons!!

wierd

11-17-2005, 11:15 AM	#28
Jo269976 Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 592	Grrr.... Why can't BeetleJuice air in the UK it's been 8 years!! well anyway if you like the movie, you'll like the toon __________________

11-19-2005, 12:46 PM	#35
Jo269976 Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 592	, Slimer looks kinda cute with a proton pack you know apart from the constipated face __________________

11-22-2005, 10:41 AM	#38
Jo269976 Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Arkham Asylum Posts: 592	did anyone notice that: Bill Marray played Venkman and voiced Garfield in the Garfield movie Lorenzo Music played Venkman in the cartoons and voiced Garfield in the cartoons!! wierd __________________

11-11-2005, 03:39 PM	#22
~~Turtledude2k3~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 783	Yes! We are back on the technodrome.. Anyways, back to important matters, Halloween has been over for 2 weeks now so I apologize but I've been busy with work, etc.. Although I work part-time I have to do chores, and other stuff around the house, etc.. I have all the episdodes taped up to the last one they showed so I will post all the epiosdes from the very first day to the last day.. So if you wanted to know which episodes were on this 13 days of halloween that happened on teletoon, be sure to check this out.. BTW, Dr. Spengler, once I happened to finish all episodes, you are welcomed to give your reviews.. Not too long.. Give ratings as well.. I for one am not a good reviewer plus it's hard to think of a good one..

11-13-2005, 07:02 PM	#23
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	I never turn down an oppertunity to talk about Ghostbusters. So go ahead. I've been in a serious GHostbusters-mood lately, since I just one a complete run of the first volume of Real Ghostbusters comics from Now! comics. Great stuff.

11-14-2005, 10:42 AM	#25
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	An issue guide can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/2219/ The comics were made to fit in-between some episodes of the cartoon, but since the cartoon was extremely episodic, it often didn't matter where they fit in. Much like the comic versions of other cartoons (GI Joe, Transformers, etc), the Ghostbusters comic was allowed to be more mature than their cartoon-counterparts. There was one issue in particular that I liked, Vol. 1 #4, where a mob of ghosts from the 20's are freed from a vault by a Geraldo-parody news reporter. The mobsters don't know their dead and plan to continue with a hit on the headquarters of a rival gang. However, 60 years have passed and that mob headquarters is now a children's hospital. So the Ghostbusters have to beat the ghost-gang to the hospital before they start gunning down children. The comics also brought back villains from the show every once in a while. Samhaine appeared twice and the Boogieman came back once (in a really good, really dark issue). The Peoplebusters got to come back in a cliff-hanger that was never resolved due to cancelation of the series. All-in-all, once you've seen every episode of the cartoon, the comics ae a great resource for continuing adventures of the Real Ghostbusters.

11-16-2005, 11:15 PM	#27
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	They're a little harder to come by in back-issue bins than other cartoon-based comics from the 80's (most noteably, Transformers and GI Joe). I had to go online to get mine. They're very cheap, though. I got a near complete lot for under $30 bucks.

11-18-2005, 07:31 PM	#30
~~Turtledude2k3~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 783	GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! I have finally completed watching all episodes of both Beetlejuice and The Real Ghostbusters.. I formed a list of all the episodes I have on tape from the day they were aired on Teletoon.. However in the real ghostbusters episodes, the episodes are out of order but they all belong in season 2.. So look below for the episodes. Thanks. -BEETLEJUICE EPISODES- Season 1 Episodes 1-Critter Sitters 2-The Big faceoff/Skeletons in My closet 3-A Dandy Handy Man/ Out of My Mind 4-Laugh of the party 5-Worm Welcome 6-Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice/Campfire Ghouls 7-Pest O' The West 8-Poopsie/ It's The Pits 9-Prince Of The Netherworld 10-Quite While Your A Head 11-Cousin B.J./Beetlejuice's Parents Season 2 Episodes 1-Dragster Of Doom 2-Driven Crazy 3-Summer Vacation -The Real Ghostbusters EPISODES- 1-They Call Me Mister Slimer 2-Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster 3-The Bird Of Kildarby 4-Cold Cash And Hot Water 5-The Man Who Never Reached Home 6-Lost And Foundry 7-The Collect Call Of Cathulhu 8-The Thing In Ms. Faversham's Attic 9-Bustman's Holiday 10-Scaring Of The Green 11-Apocalypse -- What Now? 12-Last Train To Oblivion 13-Hard Knight's Day 14-Lights! Camera! Haunting! 15-Egon's On The Rampage Well here are all the episodes I have on tape. In Beetlejuice, the episodes were shown in the exact order but in The Real Ghostbusters I had to use a episode guide to find out where exactly do they episode were first aired.. Like The first episode that aired on Teletoon wasn't They Call me Mister Slime it was The Man Who Never Reached Home. So I decided to go to a episode guide and put together the episdoes when they first aired. Now that the episodes are posted up, feel free to give your opinions/reviews on any epsiodes of any of the shows.. This would make me happy to see fans of the cartoons talk about their memories..

11-18-2005, 08:56 PM	#31
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	1-They Call Me Mister Slimer This was one of Straczynski's bette ideas, didn't think it was executed perfectly, though. He did a much better Slimer-story in "Slimer, Come Home". The animation in this one was also a little under-par compared to many of the other episodes in seasons 1-2. The idea of Slimer going out and getting a job so he can pull his own weight was interesting, though. And instead of doing it in a really goofy way, like they would've in later episodes or in the Slimer! series, it was done in a fairly "believable" fashion. The rat-creatures were pretty cool, too. Anybody else notice that the comic book nerd that hires Slimer looks awfully similar to the animated version of Louis Tully? 2-Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster Ah, one of my favorites. Has some of the best animation (same studio that did Bustman's Holiday, Night Game and Ghostbuster of the Year) and it's probably the closest the show ever got to the return of Gozer. They referenced Gozer several times in the first few seasons and constantly worried about his return, but it never happened. Prometheus, as they explained, was a Primal God of the same clan as Gozer-himself. Prometheus actually came to Earth to take revenge of the Ghostbusters for Gozer's defeat. Some good character-work on Janine, too, though I do find it a little hard to believe the Ghostbusters would be so callous as to not give Janine's apartment a free busting. But the world WAS in danger, so I guess it was in character. Also, it's one of the few episodes where you actually get to see Janine without her glasses on for any length of time. And no, I didn't cap these images. Paul Rudoff of Spook Central did. 3-The Bird Of Kildarby This one was sorta "meh". The Ghostbusters sneak into an ancient castle to take out the ghosts haunting it and end up fighting a giant fire-breathing bird. Nothing much of interest. If I recall correctly, though, I think it was the first animated appearance of Lenny the Mayor. He appeared several times through-out seasons 1 and 2, but due to the different animation studios being used, wound-up with two different character designs (one showed him with smooth black hair, a bald spot and a thin moustache, the other showed him with wild grey hair, a bald spot and no moustache). He was consistently voiced by Frank Welker, though. 4-Cold Cash And Hot Water Another one of my favorites. It's also an episode that relies on the actual continuity of the series, requiring you to have seen The Spirit of Aunt Lois and Venkman's Ghost-Repellers in order to get the characters of Dr. Basingame and Peter's Dad. Never-the-less, it's a GORGEOUS episode, featuring some of the best possible animation in the series. Hob Anagarak ranks as one of the show's most visually memorable monsters and most powerful enemies. His teleporation-power was done particularly well; calling forth a pillar of flames from the Earth and vanishing in the fire, then popping up some place else. Unfortunately, he wasn't given much time to run amok and was re-captured in black ice fairly quickly. The closest thing he ever got to a return was a brief appearance in the opening sequence of Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters, where the animators at Toei drew him at a MUCH smaller scale (human-sized) and showed him getting trapped in an ally along with Samhaine and a Terror Dog. That's the best pic of Hob Anagarak I could find. There were better ones over at Burning Knight Raven's House of Anime, but the site finally went offline after 6 years without an update. He's in the pic right below Professor Dweeb. Toei accidentilly mis-colored him with white fur.

11-18-2005, 09:16 PM	#32
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	6-Lost And Foundry I think this episode was also done by the same studio that did Night Game and Bustman's Holiday (the best studio), as the animation was really good. The Junkyard Monster had a great character designs. I loved the way they made the refridgerator his "mouth" so it could look like he was drooling. The idea of a ghost being melted down at a steel-works and then possessing all the various gadgets and tools he was made into is a really inspired idea. The fight int he junkyard at the end is a great moment, and might have even been "ripped-off" (if only be accident) in the first Nano episode of the new TMNT. And just because it's a classic image, here's Slimer with a proton pack: 8-The Thing In Ms. Faversham's Attic Another good one with some fantastic character-work on Peter. We find out that his Mother died while he and his Father were both away, and that's he's always felt guilty over it. So when he offers to help Mrs. Faversham for free, since she reminds him of his mother, the scene is really sweet and about as "moving" as the show could ever get. I also remember it as being one of the few episodes to actually freak me out when I was a kid. It was mostly the possessed attic that the Ghostbusters went into that creeped me out so bad. When the windows opened up to reveal giant eyeballs and a mouth. The Attic Ghost also had some great lines. His entire arguement with Peter is a riot. "You will BRING, or you. Will. DIE!" And his whole monologue at the end where he talks about how hellish his imprisonment in the attic was is particularly creepy. 10-Scaring Of The Green Returning character Officer Frump got to be in this one, but unfortunately he didn't have much to do with the story. Which is a shame, as he was my favorite of the returning characters in seasons 1 and 2. The episode-itself is another "meh" one along the lines of the Bird of Kildarby. The Ghostbusters just fight the Bog Hound and that's it. Not a bad episodes, just nothing really outstanding to talk about. The Bog Hound was kinda neat-looking, though. 11-Apocalypse -- What Now? They didn't do enough with the concept of the Four Horsemen being unleashed uponthe Earth as I was hoping, but I still love this episode. Egon: Peter, the seal-impression!! Peter: Arf Arf! Egon: Not the impression of a seal, the seal-impression! I love that bit, and it's done right in the middle of an earth-shattering crisis of biblical proportions. Great stuff.

11-18-2005, 09:25 PM	#33
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	12-Last Train To Oblivion Not the best in way of animation, but a decent episode. It was another good example of the Ghostbusters helping a ghost cross over to the otherside instead of just blasting him with their partical beams and taking the easy way out. Not too much to really remark about this one aside from that. 13-Hard Knight's Day Bleh. Never cared for this episode. Sir Bruce was a mediocre villain at best and the way they defeated him felt so tacked on at the end it almost hurt. It's like the writers thought it up at the last minute. No, not one of the best episodes. 14-Lights! Camera! Haunting! Gah, another episode I really didn't care for. The only thing that I liked about it was the very end, where the ghosts of dead film-heroes like John Wayne came to the Ghostbusters' aid and then rode off into the sunset. Aside from that it was pretty boring. The three villain ghosts were particularly boring and generic. 15-Egon's On The Rampage Now THIS episode I liked! A good "race against time" episode. We get another good look at the Netherworld (or as later episodes were forced to call it, the "Ghost Dimension"), too. I always loved the episodes where the Ghostbsuters had to travel there. The transformation scene at the beginning where Egon's device malfunctions and we see every body screaming and panicing through the cameraman's snowy video was directed REALLY well. And the possessed Egon was pretty cool, too.

11-19-2005, 11:49 AM	#34
~~Turtledude2k3~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 783	I really find your reviews of the episodes well, you were even nice of adding screencaps which i don't know how to do. I wonder who here remembers beetlejuice and could talk about it.. Say, Dr. Spengler, like you some of the epsiodes were good and some were bad.. The Real Ghostbusters must have some mixed bag episodes all through the series.. I bet the Extreme Ghostbusters was worse huh? I also heard there was a video game based on the real ghostbusters or was it the extreme ghostbusters? It's too bad we don't get the RGB on dvd otherwise I will contuine to watch it on tape for days to come.. BTW, you must be drooling over the episode where Janine had her glasses off and was in the shower.. Huh...?

11-20-2005, 05:09 PM	#37
~~Turtledude2k3~~ Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada, BC Posts: 783	eh i liked her in the shower part no thte bikini.. i wished her glasses was off..