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1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
2	** Does Egon actually like Janine back or not? While in the movie, he explicitly doesn't, here it's more ambiguous. He says, "I love you" to her in "Janine, You've Changed", but follows that up by saying that the rest of the Ghostbusters also love her, so it might have just been a PlatonicDeclarationOfLove. Some suggest that [[http://jeremyreviewstheghostbusters.blogspot.com/2016/07/janine-gets-her-wish.html he doesn't know how to express his feelings]], while others have suggested that [[IncompatibleOrientation he's gay or ace-aro]].
3	** In "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream", Peter Venkman apparently dreams about a monster that resembles the evil Sandman that he and his friends later encounter in the episode. Was this [[PsychicDreamsForEveryone a premonition]]? Was it just a coincidence? Or, seeing as the Sandman says that he's one of many, did Peter get visited by a non-malicious Sandman and mistake it for a dream?
4	** In the "Nothing to Sneeze At" short from the Slimer series, Manx the cat hears the Ghostbusters reveal that they need quiet to recover from their flu and tell Slimer not to raid the fridge, then he starts making noise and raiding the fridge. Is he trying to slow down the Ghostbusters' recovery, get Slimer in trouble, or just being mean for the heck of it?
5	** In "Night Game", the good and evil spirits play a baseball game, and no one can be neutral, not even the audience -- but what side is the umpire on? Is he good, because he told the Ghostbusters about the "no one can be neutral" rule, whereas if he were evil, he would have left them in the dark, allowing them to cheat without realising it would make evil win? Or is he evil, and his explanation that evil was allowed to cheat (and thus the game wasn't fair) was actually [[BatmanGambit luring Peter and Ray to cheat]]? Or is he the sole exception to the "no one can be neutral" rule?
6	** In "Flip Side", the alternate versions of the human characters are undead, so why is the alternate version of Slimer not human? Is it because in that universe, ghosts' alternate counterparts are all living, but not necessarily human? Or is it because Slimer sometimes acts like a human, so a flip of him would be living but act like a ghost? Or is that not even Slimer's parallel counterpart, but rather a creature that the Peoplebusters were planning on eating?
7	** Is Peter's [[UnnamedParent mother]] alive or [[MissingMom dead]]? In "The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic", Peter regrets not spending time with her and talks about her in the past tense, yet in "The Devil in the Deep", he talks about her in the present tense and seems to be worried about her opinion. Some fans think that the episodes are out of order and she died between the events of them, while others think that she's alive but lives far away and that's the reason for Peter's guilt.
8	** Why is Slimer a RidiculouslyAliveUndead -- is he truly catching a cold, being airsick, having [[PlotAllergy hay fever]], needing to go to the bathroom, etc. somehow? Or is he just experiencing sensations that he ''perceives'' as those bodily functions and conditions? If it's the latter, is it due to subconscious memories of life, or are the Ghostbusters' behaviours rubbing off on him?
9	** Why did Count Vostok claim to be the last vampire in "Transylvanian Homesick Blues", despite "My Left Fang" revealing the existence of Count Von Blukenporken, who seems to be another vampire, and many more vampires appearing in "No One Comes to Lupusville"? Was Vostok just being dramatic, was he referring to Boldavia's vampire population only, is Von Blukenporken technically not a vampire due to feeding on {{ectoplasm}} instead of blood, or did Vostok not know about Von Blukenporken and/or the Lupusville vampires or [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated think they were dead]]?
10	* AlternativeJokeInterpretation:
11	** At the end of "Elementary, My Dear Winston", an apparition of Literature/SherlockHolmes poorly plays the main theme on the violin while imprisoned in the containment unit, and the other inmates yell at him to stop. Is it because his music was bad, or because he was playing the Ghostbusters theme?
12	** At the end of "Chicken, He Clucked", a demon named Morganon tells the Ghostbusters that he'll see one of them later, which Egon, Ray, and Winston presume is Peter. Does this mean that Morganon is implying one of them will go to Hell, and them looking at Peter was a [[MythologyGag reference]] to him being told to "burn in Hell" in [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the first movie]]? Or does it mean that Peter struck a deal with Morganon offscreen?
13	** In "Spacebusters", Winston says that "unfortunately", his bed is downwind from Peter's. Is this meant to imply that Peter [[ToiletHumour farts in his sleep]], has [[YouNeedABreathMint bad breath]], or [[StinkSnub just smells bad]]?
14	* AnimationAgeGhetto: Interestingly, the show began life as an attempt to get ''out'' of this; given that Creator/JMichaelStraczynski ran the show early on, this shouldn't be surprising. The essential idea was to create a show that was acceptable for kids, but would still get the same MultipleDemographicAppeal that the movie had, which is why you have unusually solid (and complex) writing and humor (with examples like "The Thing in Mrs. Faversham's Attic" or "The Hole in the Wall Gang"), episodes with near-psychedelic visuals like "Knock, Knock" and, uh, [[{{Fanservice}} a bit of occasional "focus" on Janine]]. Unfortunately, since TheMerch sold like crazy, the executives saw only dollar signs, and demanded {{Re Tool}}s to try and sell more merch. The writers revolted, many (including JMS) left and the show went right back into the ghetto. (Ironically this also drove away the wee kiddies to shows like, well, ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' since the uniqueness of the early show is what drew people to it in the first place.)
15	* {{Anvilicious}}: Fourth season episode "Follow that Hearse" ''really'' wants you to know that [[GreenAesop pollution is very, very bad]]. When the Ghostbusters get a call to a toxic waste dump, one of the first things they do is scold the worker for polluting, the episode ends with Winston doing a speech about how humans are to blame for the episode's conflict because we pollute, and [[spoiler:the episode's villain used to be a benevolent Native American Earth spirit before exposure to the vaguely-defined toxic substance turned it into a monster]].
16	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score for this show was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_Ixg0B-z7c&list=PLsdTD7jOkpIxWpsK90SwWuhsXuX7l1nw0&index=22 gloriously]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Rwp0O8xIo&list=PLsdTD7jOkpIxWpsK90SwWuhsXuX7l1nw0&index=29 creepy;]] echoing Music/ElmerBernstein's superb work on the film. Of special note is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwS5i2BooBc this insanely catchy tune]] by Tahiti, which popped out of nowhere in the middle of one of the most terrifying episodes of the show ever.
17	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Slimer is a pretty divisive character. For every fan who is amused by his antics and scenes where he annoys the hell out of Peter Venkman, there's one who sides with Venkman and wishes that the Ghostbusters would just trap Slimer and imprison him with the other ghosts in the Containment Unit. It didn't help that the later seasons gave more focus on him and even renamed the show as ''Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters''.
18	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At one point in "Banshee Bake A Cherry Pie", we get a scene of a lovestruck Venkman dreaming he's in a music video with a singer (actually a banshee) whom he has a crush on. Egon appears, interrupting the performance and then [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaks the fourth wall]] as the scene ends.
19	--> '''Egon''': "Uh hello, I'm Dr. Egon Spengler and you're not watching this overblown spectacle. It's totally in the banshee-riddled mind of my colleague here. Um, thank you."
20	* BizarroEpisode: "Chicken, He Clucked" is commonly considered the weirdest episode -- it's one of the few episodes not to have any ghosts, a ''demon'' asks the Ghostbusters for help in dealing with a ''human'' instead of the other way around, and the villain is a crazy, [[{{Gonk}} oddly ugly]], man who made a deal with said demon in order to gain the power to rid the world of, of all things, chickens.
21	* BrokenAesop:
22	** "Janine, You've Changed" actually has a very valid lesson: don't alter your appearance just to impress others, just BeYourself. One small problem, though: Janine isn't how she originally was--her appearance and voice are still altered. So Janine saying she likes herself just as she is rings a little hollow.
23	** "The Bogeyman is Back" has a moral on how FearIsNormal and you shouldn't be ashamed of your fear. However, it was Egon's fear that brought the main villain (the eponymous Boogieman) into New York.
24	* BrokenBase: Again, concerning the post-Season 2 episodes. Some fans consider them still enjoyable in their own right, if inferior to the best of the earlier seasons, while others consider anything post-retool as a dead loss. Other people admit that some post-Season 2 episodes are good, but they consider the final two seasons (6-7), or everything past either "Janine, You've Changed" or "Ghostworld" to be the point the show goes downhill, since they introduce Professor Dweeb and Elizabeth, characters from the unpopular ''Slimer!'' subseries, to the main show.
25	* CommonKnowledge: One common criticism about Seasons 3-7 was that Winston no longer had any [[ADayInTheLimelight days in the limelight]] and was "just the driver". This is not true; there have been a few later episodes focusing on him, like "Elementary, My Dear Winston" and "The Brooklyn Triangle". One executive ''suggested'' they make his role "the driver" due to not knowing what it really was while the others had defined roles (Egon as TheSmartGuy, Ray as the PluckyComicRelief, and Peter as the spokesman) but was turned down due to the suggestion being seen as racist.
26	* CompleteMonster: See [[Monster/{{Ghostbusters}} here]].
27	* CreatorsPet:
28	** Slimer; he was already a BaseBreakingCharacter to viewers, so what did the executives at Q5 do? Rename the show ''Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters'' and have him show up even more, [[TheScrappy thus making everyone hate him]]. Slimer was at least a little more bearable when he genuinely helped the Ghostbusters save the day, like when they went up against Killerwatt. A large part of the problem was that ExecutiveMeddling changed Slimer's character. Originally, Slimer was an affable sidekick that didn't speak coherently. While there were some episodes where he would play a major role, there were others in which he barely appeared if at all. However, with the third season, Slimer started to take more focus in plots and began speaking coherently, all because Q5 and the suits at Creator/{{ABC}} wanted him to be the KidAppealCharacter.
29	** Then, there were the "Junior Ghostbusters", three children who were essentially a fan club for the Ghostbusters. While there were some writers who hated them, they were lauded by the Q5 people, who thought that since this was a kids' show, it needed more kid characters to be {{Audience Surrogate}}s. The audience, however, did not agree and pretty much everyone ended up hating them for having barely any personality aside from Jason occasionally being TheSmartGuy, and for stealing focus away from the actual Ghostbusters in episodes they appeared in. The main characters, however, had an IntergenerationalFriendship with them.
30	* DemographicallyInappropriateHumour:
31	** At the end of one episode, Ray reads Slimer a cooking magazine, but the rest of the Ghostbusters react in disgust, believing it to be a "girly magazine".
32	** In "The Mean Green Teen Machine", Egon tests his dream-reading device on Peter, but then he, Ray, Winston, and Slimer react in disgust to the dream that involves Peter making suggestive comments, and Slimer calls it "mushy", indicating it's an EroticDream (especially since it's Peter, who's very flirty, having the dream).
33	* DontShootTheMessage: "Follow That Hearse" has a GreenAesop, but many people dislike its execution, despite agreeing that helping the environment is important. The episode came across as {{Anvilicious}} with Winston's speech about how HumansAreTheRealMonsters and the fact that the antagonist was a benevolent Native American deity that had turned into a monster due to exposure to toxic waste, and it didn't really give any advice on ''how'' not to pollute, not really defining what "toxic waste" even was.
34	* FandomSpecificPlot:
35	** Egon or Peter becoming severely injured (though he typically [[EarnYourHappyEnding recovers by the end]]).
36	** One of the Ghostbusters (usually Egon, with Peter as the second-most common) is threatened to be part of a human sacrifice.
37	** Egon [[AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul actually loves Janine back]] and is either in a secret relationship with her, doesn't know how to express his feelings, or [[UnknowinglyInLove doesn't even realise it]]. These stories might also have him losing his virginity.
38	** [[SlashFic Peter is dating Egon, or Ray is dating Winston]]. The latter will have Ray as a CuddleBug.
39	** Someone has a NearDeathExperience, and Ray acts as the team's emotional support provider.
40	** Ray is found out to be a virgin in a [[UnicornsPreferVirgins story with unicorns]]. (If, however, unicorns preferring virgins is true in the Ghostbusters universe, then everyone would already know that Ray was a virgin, and Winston would be one too, since the two of them rode unicorns in "Hard Knight's Day".)
41	** Explorations of Peter's ConMan dad being his CynicismCatalyst.
42	** Peter is [[DistressedDude put into danger]], sometimes from a villain who wants him dead or being kidnapped or [[DemonicPossession possessed]].
43	** Janine tries to get Egon to notice her.
44	** The containment unit gets shut down or blown up.
45	** One or more of the Ghostbusters (generally Peter and/or Egon) goes missing or gets amnesia.
46	** One of the Ghostbusters (usually Peter or Egon) gets [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated mistaken for dead]].
47	** Someone (usually Winston) [[HurtComfortFic nurses an injured Ghostbuster back to health]].
48	** Stories with AnAesop about teamwork.
49	* FanonDiscontinuity:
50	** For many fans, the show is a two season series at best, maybe three if you're feeling a little generous. But any episodes beyond that point (Namely the "Coulier Venkman" era and the "Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters" seasons) that aren't written by Creator/JMichaelStraczynski are often ignored due to ExecutiveMeddling pretty much stripping what made the show so beloved.
51	** Even fans who don't pretend the post-season 3 episodes didn't happen often ignore the ''Slimer!'' shorts, not only because they're unpopular, but because they're hard to fit into the show's canon (with things like {{Funny Animal}}s and ToonPhysics that the main show lacks).
52	* FandomEnragingMisconception: This series and its concept are created by Creator/ColumbiaPictures (which produced the original movies), ''not'' [=DiC=], who only did the animation work.
53	* FanNickname:
54	** The individual Ghostbusters tend to be nicknamed "RGB [character name]" or "Cartoon [character name]", to distinguish them from their counterparts in the movies. Egon in particular sometimes gets called "Blond Egon".
55	** The Peoplebusters from "Flip Side", plus the undead counterpart to Janine and the monster that seemed to be a counterpart to Slimer, sometimes get called "Flip-[character name]", "Flip Side [character name]", "Peoplebuster [character name]" or "Dead [character name]".
56	* FranchiseOriginalSin: Many fans dislike the later seasons for having Venkman be nicer to Slimer, though even the earlier episodes occasionally implied that Venkman [[HiddenHeartOfGold had a hidden soft spot for the spud]] and he would sometimes cut Slimer some slack in spite of the misery he caused him. At one point, he even sneaked Slimer a pizza while demanding that he keep quiet about it. Admittedly, the dislike is more about how later seasons crammed that niceness a little too far rather than having him be nice to Slimer at all.
57	* HarsherInHindsight:
58	** The episode "Janine's Genie" has one scene in which the Ghostbusters, including Janine, attempt to prevent a ghost-hijacked plane, with passengers inside, from crashing in New York City. Janine and Peter, piloting the plane themselves, nearly avoid crashing against the World Trade Center.
59	** There's also the episode "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost" where Janine gives the Ghostbusters the contact info for their next gig and a complaining Venkman has this to say:
60	--->'''Venkman:''' Not if you hung me from the World Trade Center.
61	** There are numerous examples of Egon being [[ObliviousToLove oblivious to Janine's feelings for him]]. Funny at the time, not so much when you watch "Janine, You've Changed" and see what it led her to.
62	--->'''Janine:''' ''[to Egon]'' It's your fault! All of it! I did it for you! I wanted to be prettier so you'd notice me, and you never did!
63	** The moment he appears onscreen, the Grundel talks about how he needs to "find another" and soon sets out to turn the episode's featured victim. ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters'' would reveal he was actually fresh off having claimed a boy named Jack and sticking him in a cocoon to properly gestate. Since no one else knew what had happened to the boy, the Ghostbusters trapping the Grundel meant Jack was left in that cocoon for a decade before being freed by a lightning strike.
64	** In "When Halloween Was Forever", Egon attempts to set up a bunch of spotlights to his proton pack, only for it to fail. He complains that the universe just waits for him to get cocky. The events of ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' open with Egon attempting to trap Gozer's minions with a series of traps buried on his farm. The traps fail due to inadequate power, and this failure results, ultimately, in Egon's death.
65	*** Really, in light of the film, '''any''' time Egon risks his life, is [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated thought to have been killed]] in action, or is [[DemonicPossession possessed]]/physically altered by supernatural or technological means.
66	* HeartwarmingInHindsight:
67	** Following 9/11, one of Peter's lines in "Knock Knock":
68	--->"Hey, this is New York. Nothing stops this town. I love this place."
69	** In the Sandman episode, Winston laments not being a scientist like the others to figure out the problem. Website/IMDb states that for 2020's ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'', Ernie Hudson will be playing '' '''Dr.''' '' Winston Zeddemore.
70	** Egon's vicious PapaWolf tendencies towards ghosts threatening small kids wasn't shown in the films, but a staple of the animated series. ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife''? [[spoiler: Even ''death'' isn't going to stop him from kicking Gozer's ass back to hell for threatening his daughter and grandchildren!]]
71	** In "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?", the ghost of Horace Stewart is allowed to dissipate peacefully after being able to say good-bye to his niece, Olivia. Years later, in ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'', [[spoiler: Egon is also able to peacefully dissipate after being able to say good-bye to his family and friends.]]
72	* HilariousInHindsight: [[HilariousInHindsight/{{Ghostbusters}} See here.]]
73	* InformedWrongness: In "The Bogeyman Comes Back", Egon was meant to be in the wrong for not telling his friends about his fear, since the fear then led to the Boogieman emerging. However, by the time Egon was truly terrified, his friends were asleep and waking them up would have been rude. He was also trying to quell his fears by drinking cocoa and watching TV, which is a perfectly reasonable response to fear.
74	* MagnificentBastard:
75	** "Mrs. Rogers' Neighborhood": Wat is a sinister and clever [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils demon lord]] who wants to TakeOverTheWorld. Wanting to get the Ghostbusters out of the picture, Wat creates a house in New York that's actually an elaborate {{death trap}} and lures the Ghostbusters into it by hiring them to investigate it while under the guise of an old lady named Mrs. Rogers. Claiming to be too scared to stay at the house, Wat convinces the Ghostbusters to allow him to stay at the Firehouse, where he intends on freeing the ghosts from the Containment Unit to use as his own personal army. When Wat learns that he needs one of the Ghostbusters to open the Containment Unit, he [[DemonicPossession possesses Peter Venkman]] and [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeds in unleashing the captured ghosts.]]
76	** "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream": TheSandman is a spirit who helps people go to sleep. Upset that humanity constantly fights wars with each other, the Sandman intends to use his powers to [[KnightTemplar put humanity to sleep for 500 years]] and allow humanity to be replaced by living dreams. When confronted by the Ghostbusters, he decides to deal with them by turning all the harmless dreams into aggressive nightmares and having them attack the Ghostbusters. Later, the Sandman tricks Ray and hits him with his sleeping sand. The Sandman manages to put Peter and Egon to sleep as well. With only Winston and Janine left to oppose him, the Sandman [[NearVillainVictory nearly achieves his goal.]]
77	** "When Halloween Was Forever": [[HolidayPersonification Samhain]] is a Celtic spirit that is the basis for Halloween. 1200 years Samhain was imprisoned in some ruins in Ireland. In modern times, the ruins were displayed in NYC and Samhain was freed by his minions. Samhain used his powers to create a cloud of darkness that spreads across the world and stops time, trying to make Halloween last forever. Samhain summons all ghosts in NYC to him and deduces that Slimer is an ally of the Ghostbusters, taking him hostage. Samhain also protected his ghost minions from the Ghostbusters seeing them as his [[AFatherToHisMen children.]] The Ghostbusters defeated Samhain, but he reappears in the episode ''Halloween II 1/2.'' After being freed from the containment unit, Samhain uses his magic to transform the Ghostbusters firehouse into his [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs personal fortress]], denying the Ghostbusters most of their resources. Samhain's fortress is surrounded by a forcefield that protects him from the Ghostbusters attacks. Samhain also captures the Junior Ghostbusters to force the Ghostbusters to surrender to him.
78	** "The Halloween Door": Boogaloo is a [[FauxAffablyEvil fun-loving demon lord.]] 2000 years ago, the world was infested with demons. The Druids struck a deal with the demons, the worst of them would go back to the spirit world and humanity would have one day to remember them, Halloween. Wanting to break the Halloween deal, Boogaloo sends his minion Fairweather to Earth. Fairweather is disguised as a human and helps an anti-Halloween extremist, Dr. Crowley, build an anti-Halloween machine. Crowley activates the machine, wiping out all traces of Halloween, and [[LoopholeAbuse breaking the Halloween deal.]] Boogaloo and his minions appear on Earth and Boogaloo has his minions destroy Crowley's machine and free all the ghosts from the Containment Unit. Boogaloo is one of the few villains who almost achieved [[NearVillainVictory complete victory.]]
79	** "Something's Going Around": Doctor [=McCatheter=] is a ghost who pretends to be a human [[MadDoctor doctor.]] In his human form, he sets up a clinic in the Ghostbusters' neighborhood. [=McCatheter=] introduces himself to the Ghostbusters' friend, Louis Tully, and gives him free samples of his health food chips. Peter Venkman eats the chips, not knowing that [=McCatheter=] had [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink tainted the chips]] with negative spiritual energy, which makes Venkman [[AbnormalAllergy allergic to ghosts]]. [=McCatheter=] visits the Ghostbusters on a house call and says [[ManipulativeBastard Venkman has become allergic to ghosts and needs to quit being a Ghostbuster]], he also tells Louis that all the Ghostbusters should eat his health chips to keep up their strength. With all the Ghostbusters infected by the illness created by the chips, they are rendered helpless as [=McCatheter=] plans to take over NYC.
80	* MemeticMolester: The Grundel has a reputation of being interpreted as some kind of sexual predator thanks to his unsavory obsession with manipulating children. Many people even assumed he was meant to be a stand-in for child molesters.
81	* OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight: The show's downturn in quality coincides with Creator/JMichaelStraczynski with quitting as head writer, though he did return to write some good episodes as a freelancer.
82	* ReplacementScrappy:
83	** Dave Coulier's 'performance' as Peter Venkman (from season 3 onwards) is cringe-worthy due to the way he delivers his dialogue as if he were brain-dead. Even worse is when the studio redubs older episodes that originally had Lorenzo Music as Venkman, sucking all the humor out of his one-liners. Luckily for fans, the [=DVDs=] leave them alone.
84	** Creator/KathSoucie's sweet take on Janine is far less liked than Laura Summer's DeadpanSnarker take, though this personality change wasn't necessarily her fault as the recasting was done in the first place to accommodate Janine's {{Chickification}} mandated by ExecutiveMeddling. Like the above example, there are episodes that originally had Laura Summer as Janine redubbed with Soucie, which end up downplaying if not outright removing her snark and can be jarring to hear out of her pre-GirlinessUpgrade self.
85	* RetroactiveRecognition:
86	** Before hosting his own talk show, Arsenio Hall was voicing Winston Zeddemore.
87	** Disney fans will spot Linda Woolverton's name on "Drool, the Dog-Faced Goblin." It was likely one of her first writing gigs before going on to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast.''
88	** This also has one of Creator/TonyAnselmo's (future voice of Donald Duck) earliest voice roles as the Mayor of Morrisville in "Look Homeward Ray"
89	* TheScrappy:
90	** The Junior Ghostbusters, a trio of kids. None of the writers were thrilled with using them. JMS even once recalled saying he'd only use them if he could run them over with a truck. The kids only appeared twice here (though with [[AscendedExtra expanded roles]] on Slimer's own cartoony spin-off), but fans were still irritated because their two appearances took away screentime from the Ghostbusters' re-matches with fan favorites the Boogieman and Samhain, respectively.
91	** Professor Dweeb, a character previously exclusive to the ''Slimer!'' spinoff, was later integrated into the main series, bringing his hyper-stylized appearance, behaviour and [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife pink poodle]] Elizabeth with him. He only made a few appearances in the main series, but the damage was permanent.
92	* SeasonalRot:
93	** After the syndicated episodes, Seasons 3 and 4 were a bit wobbly, plus they recast the [=VAs=] for Venkman, Winston and Janine. But they still contained some fan-favorites. Season 5, however, awkwardly shoehorned-in elements from the second movie. Louis was one thing. Janine getting ''another'' makeover to match her movie counterpart was yet another thing. But the city's injunction against the team was seen as forced. Slapstick humor became even more apparent, and a number of episodes saw a TwoShorts format instead of one story.
94	** Not only did the animation get cheaper in Season 6, but composers Haim Saban and Shuki Levy (of Creator/SabanEntertainment) left [[Creator/DiCEntertainment DiC]] at this point, resulting in a new but less-memorable score.
95	* ShallowParody: The Ghost Family in "Guess What's Coming To Dinner" have designs which are clearly based on "''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''", however their names and mannerisms show that they were written more as a parody of the Bundys from "''Series/MarriedWithChildren''", than of "''The Simpsons''".
96	* SignatureScene: The show has a few moments with a near-legendary status among the fandom and may even be known by the odd person without much familiarity with the series, or even the franchise.
97	** The pumpkin-headed Halloween deity Samhain summons all of the ghosts in the city in "When Halloween Was Forever."
98	** The HeroicSacrifice of the eponymous character in "Drool, the Dog-Faced Goblin."
99	** Egon's showdown with his childhood tormentor the Boogieman in "The Boogieman Cometh," especially the moment when the monster's reflection is showing in Egon's glasses.
100	** The scene where Slimer saves the Ghostbusters from an attack by their ectoplasmic PsychoRangers opponents in "Citizen Ghost."
101	** The first time Doomsday Door (a talking demonic head on a metal door) announces its ominous mantra when a pair of workers stumble across it in "Knock, Knock."
102	** The FurAgainstFang MeleeATrois at the end of "No One Comes to Lupusville."
103	* {{Squick}}:
104	** "Doctor, Doctor" involves the Ghostbusters first getting bizarre swelling on their arms, then growing thick, pink slime all over their bodies to the point where they need to use wheelchairs. Even grosser, later on they grow ''body parts'' on said slime.
105	** In "Beneath These Threads", the Ghostbusters fall into sewage several times.
106	* StrawmanHasAPoint: Anytime Venkman complains about Slimer, there's at least some degree of merit to his complaints. In "Slimer, Come Home," he condemns Slimer for eating "anything that's not nailed down or on fire." In "They Call Me MISTER Slimer," he points out Slimer is responsible for a lot of bills that he doesn't have to pay for.
107	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How many people reacted to the changes that was a part of season 3 and beyond. JMS and quite a few other members of the writing have stated on record that they completely agree.
108	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The CerebusRetcon of Janine's appearance in "Janine, You've Changed" established her shifting voice and appearance were the result of an evil spirit granting her wish to be prettier. By the time the Ghostbusters figured out what was happening, they asked themselves why it took so long for them to notice Janine's altered looks. It was more or less stated the spell being cast on Janine initially made it so no one would be suspicious. Once the spell's broken, Janine doesn't revert back to her old appearance. It would've made for a compelling story to have Janine face life with everyone suddenly realizing how drastically she'd been altered with no way for her to go back.
109	* UglyCute: Slimer. The spud was actually pretty likable until he got [[WolverinePublicity overexposed]] in the later seasons.
110	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Jeremy, the main antagonist of "Ragnarok and Roll", is meant to be an AntiVillain instead of a straight-up villain, since he pulls a HeelFaceTurn and did evil out of sadness. However, the reason he was sad was extremely petty (his girlfriend turned down a proposal, and didn't even reject it entirely; she just said she wasn't currently ''ready'' to get married), and even if he changed his mind, his plan was to destroy the ''[[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt entire world]]''.

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