History YMMV / ExtremeGhostbusters

* HarsherInHindsight\{{Irony}}: The premise of having Egon as the only active member of the Ghostbusters can seem a bit darker now that Harold Ramis ''(Egon's original actor)'' passed away, leaving only three of the original Ghostbusters alive.

* JustHereForGodzilla: The episode most older fans remember and like is the two-part finale where the Ghostbusters from the 1980s reunite with Egon and work with the younger generation of Ghostbusters. Really says a lot about how stuck in their ways cartoon fans can be.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Despite putting teenaged characters[[note]]Though, considering that they all go to college, it's safe to say that they're at least between 18 and 22 -- the typical age bracket for college students[[/note]] front and center, the series generally avoided 'totally radical' territory. Except for the title. The diverse cast also worked to keep the show relevant to the 90's.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Of the "tasteless after the September 11th attacks" variety: The second part of the series finale episode, "Back in the Saddle," has one scene in which the World Trade Center towers are being devoured by the blob-like ghost that's invading NewYorkCity.

* CompleteMonster: [[''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostBusters'' The Grundel]] returns, 10 years after he was captured by the original Ghostbusters. It is revealed that he has a connection to one of the new Ghostbusters, Kylie. The Grundel tried to corrupt Kylie as a child, but she was too strong willed, so he corrupted her friend Jack instead. Deciding that Kylie's influence will mean that Jack will not be a keeper, the Grundel places Jack in a cocoon for 10 years, so that he will become another Grundel, thus managing to steal ten years of Jack's life. When Kylie confronts the original Grundel about this new Grundel, the Grundel taunts Kylie about their past history and the fate of her former childhood friend. The Grundel later escapes from the containment unit and tries to corrupt Roland's brother Casey. When Kylie manages to confront the Grundel, Kylie says she is not afraid of him, because his powers only work on children. The Grundel knows this, but thinks it would be fun to murder Kylie anyway.

* CompleteMonster: [[''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostBusters'' The Grundel returns]], 10 years after he was captured by the original Ghostbusters. It is revealed that he has a connection to one of the new Ghostbusters, Kylie. The Grundel tried to corrupt Kylie as a child, but she was too strong willed, so he corrupted her friend Jack instead. Deciding that Kylie's influence will mean that Jack will not be a keeper, the Grundel places Jack in a cocoon for 10 years, so that he will become another Grundel, thus managing to steal ten years of Jack's life. When Kylie confronts the original Grundel about this new Grundel, the Grundel taunts Kylie about their past history and the fate of her former childhood friend. The Grundel later escapes from the containment unit and tries to corrupt Roland's brother Casey. When Kylie manages to confront the Grundel, Kylie says she is not afraid of him, because his powers only work on children. The Grundel knows this, but thinks it would be fun to murder Kylie anyway.

* JustHereForGodzilla: The only episode fans remember and like is the two-part finale where the Ghostbusters from the 1980s reunite with Egon and work with the younger generation of Ghostbusters. Really says a lot about how stuck in their ways cartoon fans can be.

** Additionally, his characterization is more in line with the early days of the prior series. Rather than act like a CousinOliver with a dash of WereStillRelevantDammit, he behaves the way that made fans like him in the first place: a BigEater that speaks incoherently and tries to do his best to help his friends.

* FridgeBrilliance: Kylie's proton pack is smaller and differently shaped because she's much smaller and physically less strong than her teammates.
** That, and she's also wearing the larger Trap on her back!

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Despite putting teenaged characters[[note]]Though, considering that they all go to college, it's safe to say that they're at least between 18 and 22 -- the typical age bracket for college students[[/note]] front and center, the series didn't feel like to was trying to be hip and current to get an audience and actually stayed true to itself. The same, however, can't be said for the actual title of the show (and the fact that the four new Ghostbusters picked were racially diverse, which a lot of cynical viewers will claim is a weak attempt at pushing diversity on TV[[note]]Even though the original Ghostbusters series from the 1980s had a black guy in it and no one complained[[/note]] so writers, producers, and everyone else involved in its production won't feel like they're being racist), which does fall victim in trying to be hip and current to get an audience (which is why a lot of people [[FanonDiscontinuity will never consider this series as a legitimate installment of the Ghostbusters franchise]]).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The second part of the series finale episode, "Back in the Saddle," has one scene in which the Twin Towers are being devoured by the blob-like ghost that's invading NewYorkCity.

* LighterAndSofter: The end of an episode would always show the horrific damage wrought by the MonsterOfTheWeek to be reversed upon their defeat. TheRealGhostbusters on the other hand, showed a train full of passengers to be possessed and the people aboard to be zombified in "Knock Knock". The aftereffects of the victory are never shown, indicating that the victims were KilledOffForReal.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Actually, despite putting teenaged characters front and center, the series overall tended to avert this. Still, the title of the show does seem to [[TotallyRadical scream this trope]].

** FridgeBrilliance: Ah, but, the Ghostbusters themselves are not "extreme." The *ghosts* are.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Slimer has a smaller role here than in ''TheRealGhostbusters'', and is therefore much more tolerable.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Textbook example used in "Deadliners". Eduardo is mocked for reading a book series considered [[AnimationAgeGhetto mere children's stories]] that Roland's little brother reads. What does the book contain, you may ask? A trio of monsters that resemble [[Film/HellRaiser Cenobites]] [[XMeetsY mixed with]] [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer the Gentlemen]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel who horrificly]] [[BodyHorror mutilate their victims' bodies]] [[ForTheEvulz for "Fun"]] while trapping the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed author]] [[RLStine of]] [[GooseBumps the series.]] There is little doubt that this ep was made with a RealitySubtext in mind.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Textbook example used in "Deadliners". Eduardo is mocked for reading a book series considered [[AnimationAgeGhetto mere children's stories]] that Roland's little brother reads. What does the book contain, you may ask? A trio of monsters that resemble [[HellRaiser Cenobites]] [[XMeetsY mixed with]] [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer the Gentlemen]] [[AccidentalNightmareFuel who horrificly]] [[BodyHorror mutilate their victims' bodies]] [[ForTheEvulz for "Fun"]] while trapping the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed author]] [[RLStine of]] [[GooseBumps the series.]] There is little doubt that this ep was made with a RealitySubtext in mind.

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Actually, despite putting teenaged characters front and center, the series overall tended to avert this. Still, the title of the show does seem to [[TotallyRadical scream this trope]].

* NightmareFuel: It has often been cited how the spirits and creatures seen in the show could get surprisingly gruesome and monstrous for a "kids'" cartoon.
** It's not just physical appearance. What they ''do'' can be ''really'' creepy, as seen in these examples:
*** How many kid's shows could have an evil trio of ghosts that were inspired by CliveBarker's ''{{Hellraiser}}''?
*** Or, for that matter, uses a VERY similar plot to ''{{In the Mouth of Madness}}''. [[spoiler: think about it: A creepy group of monsters force their way into our world by having an author write about them, thus giving them life. The main difference is that G.N. Kline is unwilling, and the whole 'experimenting on the humans' thing.]]
*** This troper is near-sighted and has a slight fear of losing his sight - and as a result, the episode featuring a Class-13 demon (a level of ghost that no incarnation of the Ghostbusters have ever faced before) STOLE PEOPLE'S EYES IF THEY EVEN AS MUCH AS GLANCED AT AN ORB was pretty damn freaky.
*** {{Monster Clown}}s that force you to laugh and then devour you alive. Not since [[{{IT}} Pennywise]] was this troper given such a fit of chills.
***** [[spoiler:[[TheVirus Oh, and laughter isn't the only thing infectious about them: Eduardo found out the hard way.]]]]
*** Poor [[strike:R.L. Stine]] G.N. Kline. Stuck in a living chair that clamps his hands down, forcing him to type up stories forever and ever and ever.
*** "The Crawler": Janine meets a handsome man who wants to make her his queen. {{Body Horror}} included.
*** Any victim who fails to answer the Sphynx's riddle. He opens his human-like mask, revealing a mass of tentacles and a giant circular maw which suck away the person's intelligence, leaving them a drooling, bug eyed {{Empty Shell}} with zero brainwave patterns. And according to Egon, the sphynx was also responsible for wiping nearly the entire population of Thebes, leaving pestilence, plague, and horror in its wake.
*** The Ghost Bride, a skinless, flesh-exposed floating ghost woman who hunts down one of the {{Victim Of The Week}} after he wishes from a haunted well for a wife. It tries countless times to drain his life force and keeps sprouting again and again from the well (the well being the only thing to banish it for good) even after the Ghostbusters team have captured it and put it in containment. In addition, it is capable of traveling from any reflective surface, meaning anyplace with mirrors is a potential portal for the Ghost Bride to come out and drain your life force. {{Paranoia Fuel}} much.
*** The Chinese ghost Gu Mo seamlessly removes the bones of his victims, leaving them looking like semi-liquid fleshy puddles incapable of movement yet still alive. The appearance of animal-like skulls implies he doesn't just do this to humans.
** And if the episode itself doesen't scare you the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fTDfwfLlZQ closing credits]] will

* WereStillRelevantDammit: Actually, despite putting teenaged characters front and center, the series overall tended to avert this. Still, the title of the show does seem to scream this trope.

* BetterThanItSounds: At a glance, the show seems like your typical Xtreme Politically Correct retool, but it's actually surprisingly good (though a lot of fans of ''TheRealGhostbusters'' have stated that the only episode of this series that was actually good was the two-parter where [[spoiler:the original Ghostbusters come back and team up with the new Ghostbusters to stop an unseen force from the Bermuda Triangle that's wiping out everything on the Eastern seaboard]]).

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Slimer has a smaller role here than in ''TheRealGhostbusters'', and is therefore much more tolerable.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: The lack of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man in the series.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Slimer has a smaller role here than in ''TheRealGhostbusters'', and is therefore much more tolerable.
* UnfortunateImplications: Do you want to live the thrills of fighting supernatural abominations with your high power particle beams? You'd better be a minority or a cripple. Are you a healthy white guy? Too bad, you stay in the lab and do boring theoretical research.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Slimer has a smaller role here than in ''TheRealGhostbusters'', and is therefore much more tolerable.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The second part of the series finale episode, "Back in the Saddle," has one scene in which the Twin Towers are being devoured by the blob-like ghost that's invading New York City.