History Trivia / ExtremeGhostbusters

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show had only six episodes released on VHS in the United States and has zero DVD releases. Thirteen episodes have been released on DVD overseas but the rest of the series is no where to be found. The only places the series can be found are on Website/YouTube and torrents (though most of the episodes are recordings from when the show was on the European Creator/ToonDisney, so some scenes of horror may be edited). However, the show can now be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}.

** A UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor action platformer.

** ''Code Ecto-1'', a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance action game. This one was released in the USA as well, by Dream Catcher Interactive.
** ''The Ultimate Invasion'', a UsefulNotes/PlayStation light gun shooting game which supports Namco's "Gun Con" controller.
** It should be noted that most of these games were released in 2001, long after the series ended. Code Ecto-1 was released in 2002, and The Ultimate Invasion was released in 2004, '''seven years after the series ended and four years after the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 came out'''.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Ghostbusters_Wiki Ghostbusters Wiki]], the compendium of ghostbusting.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/Ghostbusters See here]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
[[WhatCouldHaveBeen/Ghostbusters See here]]

** The show was originally planned as a series-wide MythArc revolving around a coming war in the spirit world between supernatural ghosts (dead humans) and "[[OurGhoulsAreDifferent peranatural ghosts (ghouls)]]" (spiritual entities like Gozer who were never alive to begin with). The ghouls were originally written as [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] ([[MoralGuardians but that was nixed early on to avoid offending anybody's religious sensibilities]]) that threatened to spill over and destroy the Earth. Also, Egon would have long since quit his job at the university to become a mystic and travel through the afterlife (losing his ability to speak English and speak in an unknown ghostly language), only returning to the world of the living to warn people about the war. Janine would have been the teacher and it would have been her who put the group together.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm6uWN2lG0 An early version of the intro]] (used as a promo on certain Columbia-Tristar VHS tapes) shows a ghost trap that used three arms as a cover instead of the three-piece dome cover seen in the final version.
** [[http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/media/egb_original01.gif This early logo]] that was found on a animation website shows rivets in the red 'Ghostbusters'' logo, which were removed in the final version. Even the word "Extreme" is stylized in a manner not seen anywhere else. This rivet logo would actually appear in the series itself; it's seen on the firehouse in the episodes "Home Is Where The Horror Is" and "Moby Ghost".
** Gnat, a mischievous goblin who would have joined Slimer as a second NonHumanSidekick[=/=]TeamPet, never made it to the final show.
** Ghosts from [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters the first show]] such as The Boogeyman, Sandman, Ghost Master, Stay Puft, etc. were planned to appear but the only ones that made it was the Grundel, and Ragnarök.
*** Samhain was going to appear in this show but wasn't able to do so, [[https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7050/6892314631_85b05ae546_z.jpg despite the fact that he had his own toy]] and his [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/ghostbusters/images/3/35/SamhainEB06.png/revision/latest?cb=20081011004733 redesign appeared in the intro and end credits]].
** [[http://ghostbustersnews.com/2013/04/15/more-conceptual-designs-from-extreme-ghostbusters/ Garrett was originally going to be a girl named Lucy.]] When he was changed, he was originally named Lucas.
** Roland was originally a clumsy GentleGiant, Eduardo had a dream of running in the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames, and Lucas had a HairTriggerTemper. (Some of these still made it to the character profiles on the EGB website.)
** According to Creator/MauriceLaMarche, Creator/FrankWelker was approached about reprising Slimer. However, the recording sessions were at night in order to accommodate the schedules of cast members who worked on live-action projects. Since Welker's schedule was busy enough as it was, he opted to just step aside and gave them his blessing to recast Slimer. However, Welker did return to voice Ray Stantz in the last two episodes.
** Garret's nightmare in "In Your Dreams" was originally going to be a ''lot'' worse. It was going to be his mother ''[[NightmareFuel torturing him with a cattle prod!]]''
** Ever wonder where the Deluxe figures' equipment came from? At one early stage, these larger kits were going to ''be'' the new equipment, to be deployed against super-powered ghosts. The only remnant of this is the Field Projector Egon rigs up at the end of "Killjoys", and the "Ghost Vacuum" from "Sonic Youth" (which can also be seen at the end of the intro, as the piece of machinery Roland is resting his arms on).

** Ever wonder where the Deluxe figures' equipment came from? At one early stage, this larger kit was going to ''be'' the new equipment, to be deployed against super-powered ghosts. The only remnant of this is the Field Projector Egon rigs up at the end of "Killjoys", and the "Ghost Vacuum" from "Sonic Youth" (which can also be seen at the end of the intro, as the piece of machinery Roland is resting his arms on).

** While Frank Welker reprises his role as Ray Stantz in the GrandFinale two-parter "Back in the Saddle", some of his lines were actually done by Creator/PatFraley because of Welker being sick at the time those lines were recorded.

** [[http://ghostbustersnews.com/2013/04/15/more-conceptual-designs-from-extreme-ghostbusters/ Garrett was originally going to be a girl named Lucy.]] But when he was changed he was originally named Lucas.

** Ever wonder where the Deluxe figures' equipment came from? At one early stage, this larger kit was going to ''be'' the new equipment, to be deployed against super-powered ghosts. The only remnant of this is the equipment Egon rigs up at the end of "Killjoys."

* LicensedGame: Apparently Extreme Ghostbusters was more popular in Europe than in the US, since several video games based on the series were developed there.

** The show was originally planned as a series-wide MythArc revolving around a coming war in the spirit world between supernatural ghosts (dead humans) and "[[OurGhoulsAreDifferent peranatural ghosts (ghouls)]]" (spiritual entities like Gozer who were never alive to begin with). The ghouls were originally written as [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] ([[MoralGuardians but that was nixed early on to avoid offending anybody's religious sensibilities]]) that threatened to spill over and destroy the Earth. Also, Egon would have long since quit his job at the university to become a mystic and travel through the afterlife (losing his ability to speak english and speak in an unknown ghostly language), only returning to the world of the living to warn people about the war. Janine would have been the teacher and it would have been her who put the group together.

** Ghosts from [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters the first show]] such as The Boogeyman, Sandman, Ghost Master, Stay Puft, etc. was planned to appear but the only ones that made it was the Grundel, and Ragnarök.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The show was originally planned as a series-wide MythArc revolving around a coming war in the spirit world between supernatural ghosts (dead humans) and "[[OurGhoulsAreDifferent peranatural ghosts (ghouls)]]" (spiritual entities like Gozer who were never alive to begin with). The ghouls were originally written as [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] ([[MoralGuardians but that was nixed early on to avoid offending anybody's religious sensibilities]]) that threatened to spill over and destroy the Earth. Also, Egon would have long since quit his job at the university to become a mystic and travel through the afterlife (losing his ability to speak english and speak in an unknown ghostly language), only returning to the world of the living to warn people about the war. Janine would have been the teacher and it would have been her who put the group together.

* WorkingTitle: In early development the show was called ''Super Ghostbusters'' which was dropped in early development- so early that the crew working on the show doesn't remember that title, but [[http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/media/egb_original04.jpg early promotional material]][[http://www.theraffon.net/~spookcentral/journal/supergb_ad.jpg proves it was used]].

* TheOtherDarrin: Neither Laura Summer nor Creator/KathSoucie returned to voice Janine. Her voice actor in this series was Pat Musick.

** Garret's nightmare in "In Your Dreams" was originally going to be a ''lot'' worse. It was going to be his mother ''[[NightmareFuel torturing him with a cattle prod!]]'' The Sandman was planned to appear in this episode too but never did.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show had only six episodes released on VHS in the United States and has zero DVD releases. Thirteen episodes have been released on DVD overseas but the rest of the series is no where to be found. The only places the series can be found are on YouTube and torrents (though most of the episodes are recordings from when the show was on the European Creator/ToonDisney, so some scenes of horror may be edited). However, the show can now be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The show had only six episodes released on VHS in the United States and has zero DVD releases. Thirteen episodes have been released on DVD overseas but the rest of the series is no where to be found. The only places the series can be found are on YouTube and torrents (though most of the episodes are recordings from when the show was on Creatsor/ToonDisney, so some scenes of horror may be edited). However, the show can now be watched on Creator/{{Hulu}}.