Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
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Four or six years after The Real Ghostbusters dropped off the air completely (depending on where you lived), rumors were flying about the possibility of a third Ghostbusters movie, several comparable franchises had gotten another chance, and it only seemed right that Ghostbusters should as well. While fans waited for a third movie to develop, Sony brought us Extreme Ghostbusters.
Egon Spengler, Janine, and Slimer all return and gather together four of Egon's students to get back into the ghost busting buisness. This rag tag team of four college students includes Kylie a goth girl obsessed with the paranormal, Eduardo a cocky slacker, Roland the sensible brains, and Garrett the wheelchair-bound rush junkie from Brooklyn Heights. So when there are extreme new ghosts trying to take over the world, who you gonna call? The Extreme Ghostbusters!
The series was produced by Sony and brought back many of the original team from The Real Ghostbusters. This led to many stories being connected to the original series, such as a return of The Grundel and even a return of the entire original cast for a two-part special.
While many fans complained about the very P.C. new characters and the pointlessly updated equipment (which was at first shown to be a necessity, although the old equipment was later used to complete success), the stories were fairly solid and showed plenty of promise. Sadly, Sony and the company that was given the rights to distribute the cartoon did everything wrong when it came to promoting the show and giving it good time slots for airing. Many areas aired the show well into the morning when the older fans were at work and the age group the show suited was at school, leaving pre-school kids to watch it on a daily basis.
Sadly, the show ran for only one 40-episode season. However, the cartoon did seem to last past its prime, with a run of toys and video games that stayed on shelves long after the show was over.Episode ListingThe series spanned a total of 40 episodes from Sept 2007 to Dec. 2007. They were aired in Syndication mostly on UPN or Fox Stations & later on the Sci-Fi Channel.
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