History WesternAnimation / FilmationsGhostbusters

* DiagonalBilling: Played with. While Tucker gets, "Starring Forrest Tucker as Kong," Storch comes right after with "Starring Larry Storch as Spencer."

* OldFaithful: Featured in "Belfry Leads the Way". During their attempt to conquer a race of mole people who live underground, Prime Evil and Apparitia wind up standing directly beneath the geyser. The Ghostbusters defeat Prime Evil by maneuvering him into getting caught up in the blast. Also used as the setting for Belfry's [[AnAesop Aesop]] epilogue.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter / PublicDomainCharacter: Both generations of 'busters have had encounters with spooks of this ilk, including Count Dracula, Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, the Canterville Ghost, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Headless Horseman, Merlin, Morgan Le Fay, The Red Baron, Billy the Kid, the crew of the Flying Dutchman, among others.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter / PublicDomainCharacter: Both generations of 'busters have had encounters with spooks of this ilk, including Count Dracula, Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, the Canterville Ghost, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Headless Horseman, Merlin, Morgan, Le Fay, The Red Baron, Billy the Kid, the crew of the Flying Dutchman, among others.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter/PublicDomainCharacter: Both generations of 'busters have had encounters with spooks of this ilk, including Count Dracula, Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, the Canterville Ghost, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Headless Horseman, Merlin, Morgan, Le Fay, The Red Baron, Billy the Kid, the crew of the Flying Dutchman, among others.

* PublicDomain: Both series borrows a lot from classic mythology, literature, and sometimes film.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it "Spencer" or "Spenser"? The opening credits have it the first way, but the door on their office has it the second way (For what it's worth, [[Creator/SpencerTracy the actor whose name the gag comes from]] had it the first way too).

* DemonicDummy: The Phantom of Vaudeville had one that was ''not at all threatening or even scary''. In a cute plot twist, [[spoiler: the Phantom himself turned out to be the dummy, and the dummy was the Phantom]].

* PublicDomain: Both series borrow a lot from classic mythology, literature, and sometimes film.

!!Tropes particular to the live action series include:

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the earlier Tucker/Storch sitcom ''Series/FTroop''.

In 1975 Creator/{{Filmation}} created a series for Creator/{{CBS}} called ''The Ghost Busters,'' starring ''Series/FTroop'' veterans Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch, as well as Bob Burns in a gorilla suit (yeah, this show was kind of odd). For this low-budget live-action series, Forrest Tucker, Larry Storch and Bob Burns played Jake Kong, Eddie Spencer, and Tracy[[note]]When you hear the names "Spencer Tracy and Kong", you'd probably think of the famous actor and a gorilla named Kong. Nope... the gorilla's name is Tracy[[/note]] who would receive a message from the mysterious, unseen "Zero" who would inform them that some spook or other was up to mischief, and the Ghost Busters would have to stop it. [[HilarityEnsues Hijinks would ensue]] as the Busters and the Ghosts would use every trick you could think of (and even some you wouldn't) to outwit each other. For fifteen episodes the show ran on a rather "random" style of humor and was finally laid to rest, reportedly out of a desire by the studio to devote their efforts to the popular ''Series/TheSecretsOfIsis''.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: One episode takes everybody back to the Salem Witch Trials. Instead of being burned at the stake, the punishment for being accused of being a witch is that the person is tarred and feathered and chased out of town.