The Real Ghostbusters

Story editor J. Michael Straczynski went on to fame as the creator and executive producer of Babylon 5. The aforementioned hour-long expansion of the show into "Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters" coincided with his separation from the show; the inclusion of "Junior Ghostbusters", the removal of all personality from Janine (turning her into a mommy figure), and the bad animation of the Slimer! segment marked the death of the cartoon.

The character likenesses were changed so the producers wouldn't have to pay royalties to Bill Murray and company. This led to an amusing episode in which a film studio sought the rights to film the story of their first adventure...

                 RAY
            (reading contract)
        Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis?

                 PETER
        Sounds like a law firm.

And now...

The Real Ghostbusters Episode Guide

Season One (78 Episodes)

• Knock Knock - When a door labeled "Do Not Open Until Doomsday" is opened in a subway tunnel, the Ghostbusters have to save the day.
• Station Identification - Ghost TV is on the air! Can the Ghostbusters put the network off the air?
• Play Them Ragtime Boos - The ghost of a 1940s ragtime musician causes time to flow backwards.
• Sea Fright - Pirate ghosts invade the museum seeking their stolen treasure - artifacts unearthed from a sunken ship!
• The Spirit of Aunt Lois - A scam artist conjures up some real ghosts at Ray's aunt's house.
• Cry Uncle - When Egon leaves the team to work in a research lab, can the guys persuade him to come back?
• Adventures in Slime and Space - If you thought one Slimer was a handful, what about a million of them?
• Night Game - When Winston plays in a baseball game between Good and Evil, who will win?
• Venkman's Ghost Repellers - When Peter's father, a scam artist, sells ghost-repelling ponchos it's up to the Ghostbusters to clean up the mess.
• The Old College Spirit - Members of Peter's old fraternity ask the Ghostbusters to help rid the campus of some rowdy spirits.
• Ain't NASA-sarily So - It's Ghostbusters in space when NASA suffers from spooks on the space shuttle.
• Who're You Calling Two-Dimensional? - When the Ghostbusters get sucked into the world of cartoons, Ray looks to his old childhood cartoon hero for help.
• A Fright At The Opera - Ghosts at the opera? You bet. Guess who has to clean up the mess? That's right.
• Doctor Doctor - When the Ghostbusters bust a ghost at a chemical plant they become contaminated and begin exhibiting horrible symptoms...
• Ghost Busted - When the Ghostbusters dabble in crimebusting, they annoy a vicious criminal who wants revenge.
• Beneath These Streets - Ray goes on a solo mission to find the pillar that holds up Manhattan.
• Boo Dunnit - When a famous mystery writer dies, ghosts appear to act out her last unfinished novel and it's up to Winston to solve the case and save them all.
• Chicken, He Clucked - A man obsessed with getting rid of all the chickens in the world calls forth a demon to accomplish his task.
• Ragnarok And Roll - A depressed young man nearly causes the end of the world.
• Don't Forget The Motor City - When cars begin exploding, gremlins in the engines are to blame!
• Banshee Bake A Cherry Pie? - An Irish rock star is really a banshee whose voice causes great destruction or enslaves men to her will.
• Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Ghost - A ghost hires the Ghostbusters to help find something he lost before he died.
• Hanging By A Thread - A demon tries to steal the shears and thread of the 3 Fates, which determine the life of all mortals.
• You Can't Take It With You - A dying millionaire tries to take his wealth into the afterlife.
• No One Comes To Lupusville - A man comes to the firehouse wanting to hire the Ghostbusters to rid a town of vampires.
• Drool, The Dog Faced Goblin - The guys travel to the Poconos to find a goblin in a circus sideshow.
• The Man Who Never Reached Home - A 100-year-old ghost is Simon Quaig, a man in a carriage trying to reach his home in Providence.
• The Collect Call Of Cthulhu - The Necronomicon is stolen from the Public Library and a cult is trying to awaken Cthulhu.
• Bustman's Holiday - Ray stands to inherit a castle in Argylshire, Scotland but first, the Ghostbusters must evict the resident ghost.
• The Headless Motorcyclist - A descendant of Ichabod Crane is plagued by a headless apparition who chases on a motorcycle her friends and throws his head at them.
• The Thing In Mrs. Faversham's Attic - An elderly woman asks the Ghostbusters for help with something that's been haunting her attic for 70 years.
• Egon On The Rampage - A news crew creates problems in Ghostbusters Headquarters - Egon's soul is switched with that of a demon!
• Lights! Camera! Haunting! - When the Ghostbusters are fired as consultants on a movie set, the director hires real ghosts to make his film instead of actors.
• The Bird Of Kildarby - A haunted Irish castle in the middle of Manhattan is the scene for a grand fight.
• Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster - When her apartment is haunted and the guys disappear, Janine straps on a proton pack and goes busting.
• Apocalypse -- What, NOW? - When the Four Horsemen of the Apopcalypse show up, is it the end of the world?
• Lost And Foundry - When a ghost is merged with melted steel during an encounter with the Ghostbusters, strange things start happening all over town.
• Hard Knight's Day - Ancient tapistries contain angry ghosts.
• Cold Cash And Hot Water - Will an encounter with the first demon be the Ghostbusters' last mission?
• The Scaring Of The Green - A bog hound terrorizes generations of an Irish family.
• They Call Me MISTER Slimer - Slimer gets a job as a bodyguard.
• Last Train To Oblivion - A ghost is doomed to cause train wrecks.
• Masquerade - A young boy claims to be a junior Ghostbuster and gets in trouble trying to prove it.
• Janine's Day Off - When Janine takes a day off, imps invade the firehouse!
• The Ghostbusters In Paris - When a ghost takes up residence in the Eiffel Tower, who ya gonna call?
• The Devil In The Deep - An undersea spirit swallows Ray, Egon, and Winston, and it's up to Peter to rescue them.
• Ghostfight At The O.K. Corral - Wild west ghosts rise from the grave at the OK Corral.
• Ghostbuster Of The Year - Which one of our four heroes will be chosen Ghostbuster Of The Year?
• Deadcon I - Ghosts hold a convention at a new hotel. The Ghostbusters are hired to cancel the festivities.
• The Cabinet Of Calamari - A magician interferes with a trapping operation, leaving Peter trapped in a magic box.
• A Ghost Grows In Brooklyn - A ghost in a geranium causes plenty of headaches.
• The Revenge Of Murray The Mantis - Ghosts possess balloon floats in the Thanksgiving Day parade, causing them to come to life.
• Rollerghoster - An amusement park builds an unauthorized Ghostbusters roller coaster, attracting ghosts.
• I Am The City - A Babylonian God comes to New York to battle his ancient enemy.
• Moaning Stones - Only Winston can stop an ancient ghost by summoning the ghost of his ancestor.
• The Long, Long, Long, Etc. Goodbye - The ghost of a long-dead detective assists the Ghostbusters on a case.
• Buster The Ghost - A lonely ghost wants to help the Ghostbusters and invites other ghosts to the firehouse, thereby saving our heroes the trouble of tracking down the spirits themselves.
• The Devil To Pay - Satan runs a game show, and the Ghostbusters are his first contestants!
• Slimer, Is That You? - Egon and Slimer accidentally switch bodies.
• Egon's Ghost - When Egon is accidentally struck by a stream from a proton pack, the rest of the Ghostbusters try and save him from a fate worse than death.
• Captain Steel Saves The Day - When a comic book hero comes to life, so does his arch enemy and the Ghostbusters have to set things right.
• Victor The Happy Ghost - Only Slimer knows a seemingly cute ghost's horrible secret.
• Egon's Dragon - Egon discovers his ancestor's legacy: dragon wrangler.
• Dairy Farm - Ghosts of farmers take over Sam Stantz's dairy farm.
• The Hole In The Wall Gang - Holes in the wall of an old house act as an entry point for ghosts. The larger the hole, the larger the ghost. So what happens with an entire wall comes crashing down?
• Killerwatt - A power-dependant ghost takes over a power plant.
• Ghosts R Us - Three ghosts go into the ghostbusting business for themselves.
• Look Homeward Ray - Ray's old childhood nemesis causes trouble for the Ghostbusters at a parade in their honor.
• Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood - In order to free ghosts from the Containment Unit, a demon possesses Peter.
• Janine's Genie - Janine finds a genie who gives her three wishes (as well as opens a portal to the Ghost World).
• Slimer, Come Home - After ruining a birthday party, Slimer runs away.
• Troll Bridge - When a troll wants to party in New York City, his ghastly buddies come to retrieve him.
• The Boogeyman Cometh - The Boogeyman arrives in New York City and he knows everyone's fears... even the Ghostbusters'!
• Mr. Sandman, Dream Me A Dream - When the Sandman puts everyone in New York into an eternal sleep, can the Ghostbusters wake everyone up before it's lights out for them as well?
• When Halloween Was Forever - Two goblins release Samhain, the Spirit of Halloween.
• Take Two - The Ghostbusters go to California to watch the filming of a movie based on their first adventure against Gozer.
• Citizen Ghost - How did Slimer come to live with the Ghostbusters? Peter explains...
• X-mas Marks The Spot - When the Ghostbusters travel back in time and trap three ghosts on Christmas Eve, they find the future has changed for the worse.

Season Two (13 Episodes)

• Baby Spookums - Slimer babysits a baby ghost.
• The Two Faces Of Slimer - Slimer lets his evil side show after an accident with another ghost.
• It's A Jungle Out There - A ghost wants to see animals take over the world.
• Halloween II 1/2 - Samhain returns!
• Big Trouble With Little Slimer - Walter Peck from the Ghostbusters movie returns to take Slimer away.
• Sticky Business - The Ghostbusters release the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man to help raise money for a worthy cause.
• The Boogeyman Is Back - The Boogeyman has been feeding off fear since his capture and now he's ready to strike back.
• Once Upon A Slime - Some new ghostbusting equipment accidentally brings fairy tale characters to life.
• The Copycat - A metamorph invades the firehouse and confuses everyone, taking the forms of other people and objects.
• Camping It Up - The Ghostbusters meet the Sasquatch while on a camping trip.
• The Grundel - A young boy asks the Ghostbusters to stop the ghost that has possessed his brother.
• Transylvanian Homesick Blues - A vampire invites our heroes to a castle in what used to be Transylvania.
• Loathe Thy Neighbor - A strange family in the same vein as the Addams Family hire the Ghostbusters to clear their house of spooks.

Season Three (8 Episodes)

• Flip Side - The Ghostbusters wind up in an alternate universe where ghosts live free and humans are hunted by the Peoplebusters.
• Poultrygeist - Beware the curse of the werechicken!
• The Joke's On Ray - When Ray opens a ghostly joke box, trouble rears its ugly head.
• Standing Room Only - When ghosts begin turning themselves in to be trapped by the Ghostbusters, our heroes figure out the surrendering ghosts are actually trying to flee a major spook that actually feeds on spirits.
• Robo-Buster - It's man versus machine when an inventor creates a robotic ghostbuster.
• Short Stuff - The Ghostmaster sends a trio of evil agents to torture the Ghostbusters.
• The Brooklyn Triangle - The Ghostbusters are trapped and taken to the land of lost objects.
• Follow That Hearse - When Ecto-1 is possessed by a ghost, it begins acting for itself.

Season Four (21 Episodes)

• Something's Going Around - Tainted potato chips make the Ghostbusters allergic to ghosts!
• Three Men And An Egon - A clock monster causes Egon to grow younger at a rapid pace.
• Elementary My Dear Winston - The ghosts of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson need the Ghostbusters' help.
• If I Were A Witch Man - Our heroes help to track down a witch that has a bone to pick with Egon.
• Partners In Slime - Janine and Louis Tully are captured by a ghostly mob.
• Future Tense - Ray's new TV begins showing chillingly accurate visions of the future.
• Jailbusters - The Ghostbusters are captured and put on trial by ghosts, and it's up to Janine and Louis to save them.
• The Ghostbusters Live From Al Capone's Tomb - What's really in Al Capone's tomb? Could it be an angry gangster ghost?
• The Halloween Door - A man who wants to get rid of Halloween angers the ghosts.
• Trading Faces - An evil Slimer from another dimension takes the good Slimer's place in the firehouse.
• Transcendental Tourists - Two ghostly families go on vacation together, causing trouble wherever they go.
• Surely You Joust - Janine is kidnapped and taken to a fantasy realm.
• Kitty-Cornered - Evil magic is to blame when all of Slimer's wishes begin to come true.
• Slimer's Curse - When Slimer wins the lottery he find out that money isn't all it's cracked up to be.
• Til Death Do Us Part - A temporary secretary is smitten with Egon.
• It's About Time - The Ghostbusters travel back in time to the 1950s.
• The Ransom Of Greenspud - Ghosts kidnap Slimer and demand that other ghosts be freed in exchange for his safe return.
• Revenge Of The Ghostmaster - The Ghostmaster returns!
• Loose Screws - A leaky ghost trap is leaving paranormal energy wherever it goes.
• Venk-Man! - An accident gives Peter superpowers.
• Slimer Streak - The Ghostbusters are held prisoner on a ghost train.

Season Five (16 Episodes)

• Janine, You've Changed - Janine falls prey to a ghostly makeover artist.
• You Can't Teach An Old Demon New Tricks - A demon wants Ray to teach him magic tricks.
• Ghostworld - Clearing out a demonic amusement park is the Ghostbusters' latest job.
• The Haunting Of Heck House - The Ghostbusters vie for a million dollars by staying in a haunted house for a night.
• Mean Green Teen Machine - Three teenage ghosts come to New York to party.
• Spacebusters - Researchers on a space station disappear so it's up to the Ghostbusters to solve the mystery.
• My Left Fang - This is a switch: a town actually wants their ghosts back.
• Russian About - The Ghostbusters travel to the Soviet Union and are arrested.
• The Slob - A ghost wants to make a deal for the release of his brother from the Containment Unit.
• Deja Boo - When Slimer's memory is probed we see a series of flashbacks.
• Afterlife In The Fast Lane - A charity car race goes horribly wrong and it's up to Janine and Louis to save the event.
• Guess What's Coming To Dinner - When the Ghostbusters go on vacation ghosts move in to the firehouse.
• Stay Tooned - Television cartoons begin coming to life and causing havoc.
• Very Beast Friends - Peter and Ray are possessed by two ghosts who plan to battle to the death in their new human bodies.
• Busters In Toyland - Louis' greedy nephew causes all sorts of trouble and the Ghostbusters must save him.
• The Magnificent Five - The ghost of Black Bart is looking for some lost gold in a desert town.

Season Six (4 Episodes)

• The Treasure Of Sierra Tamale - Peter's father angers an Aztec God.
• Not Now, Slimer! - Slimer is in the way when the Ghostbusters battle a mighty ghost.
• Attack Of The B-Movie Monsters - Ghosts take on the forms of B-movie monsters.
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Street - An Egyptian bug causes trouble in the sewers of New York City.

http://www.ghostbusters.net/realghostbusters/ was an invaluable source for episode titles and some of the descriptions. Other elements of the list were compiled from my steel-trap of a memory.