That time the Ghostbusters met the Simpsons

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  • @jeffreydotson4842
    @jeffreydotson4842 Рік тому +35

    As much as I loved Slimer he was a lot better as the mascot than as the main character that he turned into. I realize that he was the focus of a few episodes in the early seasons but for the most part he was the comic nuisance which was more than enough to make him lovable, at least in my opinion anyway

    • @MarinetteDupainCheng564
      @MarinetteDupainCheng564 Рік тому +6

      Well, the producers asumed that Slimer is the best choice to draw more children for the show, instead of four middle aged man.
      gladly, Extreme Ghostbusters made Slimer into the Comic Relief again and focused more in the main characters.

    • @jeffreydotson4842
      @jeffreydotson4842 Рік тому +3

      @@MarinetteDupainCheng564 Yeah, the producers clearly failed to recognize that children viewed the Ghostbusters as cool adults. Also, I believe that one of the reasons children responded so well to Slimer as he was was because his reactions to what the Ghostbusters were doing were similar to how kids respond to real life adults.

  • @enything2000
    @enything2000 Рік тому +48

    I'm currently watching The Real Ghostbusters and I just started season four and I just noticed the change in animation and it is very obvious.

    • @user-si9fx4xb6v
      @user-si9fx4xb6v Рік тому +4

      Yeah, when Fox Family was showing reruns of The Real Ghostbusters in 1998/99, I really noticed the change in animation quality once they got to season's six (1990) and seven (1991). I am guessing that DIC decided to switch up the animation studios from Japan to Korea since the show had been around for a while and the ratings had dropped off significantly (during season four in 1988, when the show was renamed Slimer and The Real Ghostbusters the ratings dropped quite a bit when compared to the first three seasons), so they were looking to cut costs just to pump out a few more episodes before cancelation. Also, I would imagine the recycling of animation footage from past episodes was another cost saving measure.

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish Рік тому +2

      That show isn't the Real Ghostbusters. It's the licensed Ghostbusters. The real Ghostbusters are the ones with the gorilla.

    • @cda133
      @cda133 Рік тому +6

      @@fjccommish the one with the gorilla is the “ghostbusters” the cartoon is “the real ghostbusters”

    • @SxD1982
      @SxD1982 Рік тому +1

      "Filmation'S Ghostbusters" vs "The Real Ghostbusters". I happened to love both.

    • @fjccommish
      @fjccommish Рік тому +1

      @@Dargonhuman I see. So I had it backwards. The one with the gorilla was the original, but the name was to let the gorilla have the original name.
      Thanks for explaining.

  • @mightyfilm
    @mightyfilm Рік тому +8

    Had this been an earlier season, and they stayed away from the parody of The Simpsons and Married with Children by someone that clearly has seen neither, I could see the concept of a family of ghosts squatting in the Ghostbusters' fire house as a home being a clever gag episode. But by then, the series went from show made with kids in mind to show directly made for kids at the suggestions of people who had never come in contact with a child. Though I seriously wonder if the character designers are to blame for the family being visually based on The Simpsons, rather than the Bundy clan. That said, I'm surprised they got away with a fart joke back then. What was this, like early 90's? "Butt" was a forbidden word until Tiny Toons used it, farts wouldn't be considered okay for kids for some time.

  • @Antnj81
    @Antnj81 Рік тому +15

    Honestly, I saw this as a kid and didn't even think about this as a Married With Children parody. The name swaps are actually pretty clever

  • @avemgonzo5854
    @avemgonzo5854 Рік тому +9

    I'll say, eqon in the construction outfit reminded me of GB2 when they're digging the hole in the middle of first avenue.

  • @grungieexx..
    @grungieexx.. Рік тому +1

    As a person who named her OC Grungie,I'm proud my name makes a debut in the media.

  • @cabbyteld399
    @cabbyteld399 Рік тому +5

    I definitely remember this episode. It came along during the show's twilight.

  • @KingRandor82
    @KingRandor82 Рік тому +4

    I remember by this point, I was watching Ninja Turtles, and often wondered what I was missing on The Real Ghostbusters. Not much, turned out...

  • @mikemeggison5084
    @mikemeggison5084 Рік тому +6

    Now with today's world of Fox/FX/Adult Swim/Hulu/Netflix they could do Ghostbusters animation with the adult humor of the first movie, and do a Simpsons/Bundy's parody right.

  • @user-si9fx4xb6v
    @user-si9fx4xb6v Рік тому +5

    @Ghostbusters News: Its funny, I never would have guessed as a kid that some of the episodes from the 1990 season like this one reused animation from the second season. As an adult, it is really noticeable when the animation shifts from season six to reused animation from the earlier seasons. I am guessing that DIC did this a cost saving measure, since they were known to produce many of their cartoons as cheaply as possible.
    When I was a kid, I did notice that the Grungee family did look similar to the Simpsons since I had seen a few ads for the show when I was channel surfing. I agree, Egon using the Proton Pack to propel himself through the Firehouse is one of the few decent moments of this episode. Even as a kid, I felt this story was a major step down from where The Real Ghostbusters began. Still at least the toy line had some quality toys like the Ecto Bomber and the Slimed Heroes action figures. Also, I was reading The Real Ghostbusters comic books from NOW comics, when I could find them. Funnily, enough besides The Real Ghostbusters, NOW comics also published a comic book series tie in for Married .... With Children, which as you said also played a part in the creation of the Grungee's family's personalities.

  • @Gohliath
    @Gohliath Рік тому +3

    The only ghost who should be busted in that episode is the ghost realtor. You know, for selling a house that's already occupied.

    • @shadown5757
      @shadown5757 6 місяців тому

      That’s more a ghost scammer than anything else 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @snowyyzoe
    @snowyyzoe Рік тому +6

    I think the thing that bothers me the most is how uncanny the Simpsons ghosts look

  • @ericlehman6841
    @ericlehman6841 Місяць тому

    All the occasions of "Ghostbusters" on animated sit-coms represented the movies.

  • @Crackrzz
    @Crackrzz Рік тому +1

    Loving the Maniac Mansion music at 9:42. One of my favourite Commodore 64 games. 😄

  • @supergeoff
    @supergeoff Рік тому +2

    I knew it and that episode where they met the Addams family like Family 😂

  • @carn9507
    @carn9507 Рік тому +4

    They coming back from vacation wearing their uniforms? :O

  • @banonKING
    @banonKING Рік тому +2

    Appreciate the Maniac Mansion theme in there... but yeah, everything past the first 3 seasons of TRGB gets a little dicey for quality.

  • @HORACIOJULIAN809
    @HORACIOJULIAN809 Рік тому +1

    3:21 "-Well, there's no shame in bein' beaten by the best.
    -But he didn't seem all that...
    -We were beaten by the best, boy."

  • @ShockwaveFPSStudios
    @ShockwaveFPSStudios 5 місяців тому

    It’s crazy how the Ghostbusters met a parody of the Simpsons before having the chance to interact with the Real Simpsons in some LEGO Game.

  • @LexVanguard2004
    @LexVanguard2004 Рік тому +1

    Ghostbusters actually did crossover with the Simpsons in 2015 with Lego Dimensions lol

  • @feenix219
    @feenix219 Рік тому +1

    I still like the fact that they didn't bust them at the end, I expected it. I recently watched an EGB episode, where at the end a ghost woman came looking for her dog (that they had just trapped), and they just imprison her too. It didn't set right with me, since (interdimensional weirdness or not) it wasn't a "undead haunting spirit" but just an (interdimensional) alien with obvious intelligence and civilization to be owning a pet. See, we can all over think these things!

  • @fumomofumosarum5893
    @fumomofumosarum5893 Рік тому +4

    WOW! You are the first youtuber to actually acknowledge that the first seasons of the Real Ghostbusters were animated in Japan ( and thus technically count as "anime" ) thank you! ^^

  • @eman1728
    @eman1728 Рік тому +7

    I could tell the differences compared between the earlier and later seasons. I actually preferred the series music score before season 6, that was actually captivating and spooky however after a while it did seem repetitive. Once they started changing things like either the voice casting or animation style that's when it felt different and not necessarily better. I do think there decent episodes throughout but it's definitely more cringeworthy towards the end of the series. If they kept it as true to the source material as possible it would have sustained a longer lifespan.

  • @ssikora3154
    @ssikora3154 Рік тому +5

    That sounds really interesting 😁

  • @RyanReidSpeaks
    @RyanReidSpeaks Рік тому

    Much love for utilizing Maniac Mansion music.

  • @dissonanceparadiddle
    @dissonanceparadiddle Рік тому +1

    So THAT'S why the Simpsons don't age!

  • @colehalford1893
    @colehalford1893 Рік тому +1

    Aren’t the alien species from Jetsons the movie called Grungies too?

  • @darrenmckeown990
    @darrenmckeown990 Рік тому +9

    Wow, how they got away with this is crazy. Would have thought Matt Groening would have been all over this

    • @jsmith3946
      @jsmith3946 Рік тому +5

      its called a parody which falls under fair use so there is no copyright infringement it's the same way weird al can do all his songs

    • @rattis
      @rattis Рік тому +7

      Matt Groening himself was actually always super cool with non-licensed uses of the Simpsons. He even collects Simpsons bootleg dolls and merchandise. The only time he personally took legal action was against "Nazi Bart" T-shirts. Fox on the other hand could take legal action from time to time.

    • @snowyyzoe
      @snowyyzoe Рік тому +2

      @@rattis Honestly mad respect for him shutting down Bart being used for Nazi propaganda

  • @waytospergtherebro
    @waytospergtherebro Рік тому +1

    You ever wonder why Donatello does machines? Is it because he has a fear of intimacy?

  • @PeterParker-ff7ub
    @PeterParker-ff7ub Рік тому +1

    if you question ghost looking for a house you arent going to like a ghost show!

  • @Grim2
    @Grim2 Рік тому

    7:18 - Oof, that misaligned FX layer. 8[

  • @nails47
    @nails47 Рік тому +4

    The show suffered do to Q5 and studio interference and Dave Coulier

    • @user-si9fx4xb6v
      @user-si9fx4xb6v Рік тому +1

      Still, I am glad that DIC got J. Michael Straczynski back to write a few episodes for seasons four and five with the stipulation, that he could write the episodes how he wrote for the show in the first two seasons. "Janine You've Changed" is still an outstanding episode of the show, and one of his best in my humble opinion.

  • @k-trashradio5163
    @k-trashradio5163 Рік тому +2

    Foul grungy I wasn't born yesterday in fact I wasn't born!
    So he's the ghost of an unborn baby?

  • @autobotlaserbolt2128
    @autobotlaserbolt2128 10 місяців тому

    You should do "Mean Green Teen Machine" it's basically The Real Ghostbusters vs TMNT

  • @jennydavis4040
    @jennydavis4040 Рік тому

    I actually remembered this episode but I don't know where I originally saw it but I did Remember it

  • @rolfathan
    @rolfathan Рік тому +4

    As a kid I was wondering why the show started to look so much worse.

  • @Shiirow
    @Shiirow Рік тому +2

    I always find the excuse "its for kids" to be pathetic, as if children simply dont deserve quality programmer, just whatever some rando exec shits out their ass on a shoestring budget.

  • @smroussel
    @smroussel Рік тому +3

    They camped in their uniforms lol

  • @Kyranyoutubevids
    @Kyranyoutubevids 9 місяців тому

    I wish they’re is a ghost version of flanders in this episode but he’s the same flanders from the Simpsons show and had the same design but he was glowing green and has his actor reprise his role and the simpsons creator Matt (I can’t spell his last name properly) said that Ned Flanders in this episode is 100% canon (I wish that actually happened)

  • @diegoa0812
    @diegoa0812 Рік тому

    The best crossover for The Real Ghostbusters would have been with 1987's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
    Hopefully one day they Will adapt the IDW crossover

  • @andhowe6093
    @andhowe6093 Рік тому

    I remember watching that when I was young! That’s a long time ago 😂😂

  • @philwhiting5625
    @philwhiting5625 Рік тому +3

    Strangely enough I bought a cel from this episode on Saturday. It's certainly one of the weaker episodes though

  • @BrennySpain
    @BrennySpain Рік тому +2

    Season 4 onwards was named as “slimer and the real ghostbusters.” Strange right?

    • @1977TA
      @1977TA Рік тому +2

      Yeah, I think the writer's noticed how popular Slimer was with kids, so they decided to make him into the lead character to give the show a Scooby Doo type set up of human characters playing supporting cast to a headlining mascot.

    • @BrennySpain
      @BrennySpain Рік тому

      @@1977TA I’m getting scrappy doo vibes from what you just said lol

    • @vgtrp
      @vgtrp Рік тому

      @@1977TA Not so much the writers, but the network and the consulting firm they hired. Anyway, when it became Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters is when thing’s really starting to go downhill.

  • @doomedhuh
    @doomedhuh Рік тому +5

    did they really play do the bartman?

    • @user-si9fx4xb6v
      @user-si9fx4xb6v Рік тому +4

      No, in the episode "Guess What's Coming To Dinner" they play generic instrumental music when Bug is playing his custom stereo. When Peter and Egon rush to save the day, the remixed version of the Ghostbusters theme song then kicks in over it.

    • @kidwajagstang
      @kidwajagstang Рік тому +1

      Thanks for clarifying. I was honestly taken aback by The Bartman playing and now feel that (even tho it would have been very expensive) it was a missed opportunity, at least IF the song was released by the time this episode was made anyway…

  • @TheLokiBiz
    @TheLokiBiz Рік тому +2

    Question: The "Homer" ghost says "I wasnt born yesterday - in fact, I wasn't born!" - I don't remember Real Ghostbusters lore very well because I haven't actually seen the show since I was a kid, when it originally was airing - Are the ghosts in the show not supposed to be dead humans? Did they retcon this to make it more kid friendly than the movie or something?

    • @Meteorcentric
      @Meteorcentric Рік тому

      I had the same thought.

    • @josephjones7828
      @josephjones7828 Рік тому

      If I remember right its a bit of both. Sometimes they are dead humans, sometimes they are entities of some sort of primordial or demonic nature comparable to Gozer that have always been. It varied depending on what the story needed them to be.

    • @Shiirow
      @Shiirow Рік тому +2

      Im pretty sure the lore in show not all ghosts or spectral beings are in fact the souls of dead humans. I mean they had a bizarro ghost world with humanbusters. so unless the GBs are half dead, a ghost Ray knock off really doesnt make sense.

    • @Stathio
      @Stathio Рік тому

      Ghosts in Ghostbusters have a bunch of different origins. There's the classic human ghosts, and a lot of the 'brightly coloured blob' ghosts like Slimer and such are manifestations of various kinds with no original living origins. Then there's demons, deities, creatures from folklore, entities from other dimensions- all kinds of stuff.

  • @Lorenzo-fw3gx
    @Lorenzo-fw3gx Рік тому +2

    Oh yeah, now I remember why I stopped watching TRGbusters. Cause they RUINED IT. This is the same time they came out with the weird fright toys with the double faces etc… really bothered me, which is why i strayed to TMNT… Always longing in my heart for original Real Ghostbusters.

    • @DonaldDucksRevenge
      @DonaldDucksRevenge Рік тому +1

      Yeah that was the downfall of it, all marketing no real writing.

  • @jankverneland5043
    @jankverneland5043 Рік тому +1

    I like this episode,

  • @TwesomE
    @TwesomE Рік тому +2

    I remember this episode, it was a smart desision that worked up the simpsons & bundies as a ghostly familly! But think for a second that simpsons were inspired also from married with children as well! 😉

    • @mattphillips3537
      @mattphillips3537 Рік тому

      Wasn’t it the other way round?

    • @mattphillips3537
      @mattphillips3537 Рік тому

      @@shadowangel2235 you didn’t say the year, it was April 5th 1987 so yeah, only a month apart.

    • @TwesomE
      @TwesomE Рік тому

      @@shadowangel2235 They had some very few inspirations from all bundy i know,not from the whole married with children!

    • @mattphillips3537
      @mattphillips3537 Рік тому

      @@shadowangel2235 you have a lot of aggression, I actually envy you I’m feeling pretty detached emotionally right now. But you’re right I made a mistake I was thinking The Simpsons started May 1987.

    • @TwesomE
      @TwesomE Рік тому

      @@shadowangel2235 Yeah i get it my educated friend! 😆

  • @FlixCreEightR
    @FlixCreEightR Рік тому

    I remember this episode LOL!

  • @Alex_DC413
    @Alex_DC413 Рік тому +1

    This technically popped up in the GOOD episodes, but shouldn't the Ghostbusters go on vacation in pairs instead of all four members? You know, to prevent stuff like this from happening!

  • @carn9507
    @carn9507 Рік тому +3

    Sorta strange to see parody in the 1980's RGB show of a cartoon that is still running to this day. :O

  • @stevenbutcher4565
    @stevenbutcher4565 Рік тому +4

    This episode had a lot of focusing problems lol

    • @GhostbustersNews
      @GhostbustersNews  Рік тому +2

      A hard watch in a variety of ways!

    • @SuperMarioBrosIII
      @SuperMarioBrosIII Рік тому +1

      @@GhostbustersNews Jason the the final season of Slimer And The Real Ghostbusters consisted of only 4 episodes and by this point was back to it's 30 minute timeslot sadly! 👻🚫🙏👍

  • @DonaldDucksRevenge
    @DonaldDucksRevenge Рік тому

    It does look like a large industrial washing machine though. Realest thing about the ep

  • @Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent
    @Jervis-JehanYvesLaurent Рік тому

    7:54 :OOO

  • @wyldelf2685
    @wyldelf2685 Рік тому +1

    Usually their quality was a lot better story wise and continuity speaking of course , ,cost cuts made them switch to Korean animators at the peak of show's popularity Wich is suspect , , great ratings usually means BIGGER budget , so why they got cheap all of a sudden baffles me , , Real GB is the love-child of Harold Ramis and Dan Akroyd , , , in movies I wish they would've replaced Bill Murray with Dave Coulier so GB-3 could've come out more than a decade earlier , , , Murray something they should name toilets because BM is what happens in them , , ,BTW great video man 👍👽

  • @superfunforce8052
    @superfunforce8052 Рік тому

    It was fun!

  • @hubertgonzalez4671
    @hubertgonzalez4671 Рік тому

    Flip side is a bizarre episode

  • @Drixenol86
    @Drixenol86 Рік тому

    Ay Caramba!

  • @eriksimons5131
    @eriksimons5131 3 місяці тому

    6:00 fart joke😂😂😂

  • @zachmegna7003
    @zachmegna7003 Рік тому +1

    I remembered this one it was ok

  • @dillonwright13
    @dillonwright13 Рік тому

    I think Lorenzo Music was the better Peter.

  • @israelsuarez9378
    @israelsuarez9378 Рік тому

    😎👍

  • @crammergamer1303
    @crammergamer1303 Рік тому

    Simpsonsbusters. Ghostbusters

  • @martincraw7698
    @martincraw7698 Рік тому

    Was this episode even on the air after the Simpsons made their debut in 1989?

    • @cammy85
      @cammy85 Рік тому +2

      This episode debuted on November 24th, 1990; almost a year since the Simpsons series started; but of course they were on the Tracey Ullman Show before that; since 1987.

    • @martincraw7698
      @martincraw7698 Рік тому +1

      @@cammy85 wow and yes I know that

  • @TheMemeguy127
    @TheMemeguy127 7 місяців тому

    If you think the animation errors in this are bad then wait till you watch transformers season 3

  • @jordan_velasquez
    @jordan_velasquez Рік тому +6

    Still better than the trash cartoons kids have now days 🤣

  • @Jerbraska
    @Jerbraska Рік тому

    These arent even like ghosts…these just seem to be extradimensional beings lol

  • @cjlarson4553
    @cjlarson4553 Рік тому

    Can we sign a petition to end the Simpsons?
    It was dead in 2002

  • @oryanstar1010
    @oryanstar1010 Рік тому

    IF THE GHOSTS WHERE THE SIMPSONS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER WAY BETTER

  • @chickypooh73
    @chickypooh73 Рік тому

    I would love to own the real ghostbusters and filmation one

  • @rubyanne3160
    @rubyanne3160 Рік тому

    lol they look like ai renders of the simpsons

  • @HossBlacksilver
    @HossBlacksilver Рік тому

    Still, imo the worst episode is Fright at the Opera.

  • @susanfit47
    @susanfit47 Рік тому +1

    I like the show's background music score and the episodes in this version in the final 2 seasons of The Real Ghostbusters, when it was known as Slimer! And The Real Ghostbusters, way better than the first 5 seasons. I liked the later seasons of The Real Ghostubsters, better than the earlier seasons. To me, it doesn't hurts some/several of those episodes in the final two (2) seasons. The Grungy family was patterned after The Simpsons, and their last names of them came from parodies of the Bundy family on Married... with Children. Foul, Pig, Bug, Smelly, Yuk (the Dog), compared to Al, Peg, Bud, Kelly, and Buck (the dog).

  • @annonymousannonymous9586
    @annonymousannonymous9586 Рік тому

    Well even the Best shows can still have some Bad episodes, some even go so far as to have bad Seasons entirely!

  • @MrKevin486
    @MrKevin486 Рік тому

    Oh man I remember I hated this episode even as a kid lol

  • @ultramaximusreviews
    @ultramaximusreviews Рік тому

    I do not remember this episode at all

  • @Ginnijisan
    @Ginnijisan Рік тому +1

    This one was ok though it was going on what was popular at the time aka the Simpson's, egon using his pack as a booster was the only reason I gave this an 👍 not great but ok

  • @Grim2
    @Grim2 Рік тому

    The moment designs and colour pallet got revamped was the moment the shows condition got terminal. 8[

    • @Grim2
      @Grim2 Рік тому

      And what makes it all the worse is absence of Shuky Levi's score. 8[

  • @ByungSuk
    @ByungSuk Рік тому

    I'm so glad that Korean animation has improved drastically. Nowadays, if you're doing animation then there's a good chance that there's a few Koreans if not most involved in the animation for the vast majority of animations that I've seen. If it's anime, there's probably a Korean involved.

  • @vernfreeman
    @vernfreeman Рік тому

    do you talk about characters from other show is being on Ghostbusters or such like that how about Peter Griffin from Family Guy being a ghostbuster there's one episode of The real Ghostbusters I can't remember the title of it but at the end they have Peter venkman sing little Pety venkman going to throw up it kind of a baby talk voice

  • @danballard7405
    @danballard7405 Рік тому

    The name of the episode doesn’t even match the content.lol

  • @bernie472
    @bernie472 Рік тому

    The series got really bad after season 1 and the syndacated episodes. This episode was one of the worst. Animation went to Korea, instead of Japan, the writing was awful. ABC hired these idiots with Phd's in business atire called "Q5" and they took over the show and destroyed it. This episode inparticular shows how this program was just a lame shell of it's former self. Very sad.

  • @Artisan1979
    @Artisan1979 Рік тому

    Ridiculous

  • @BroganRaserPaws9832
    @BroganRaserPaws9832 Рік тому

    I have to say I didn't like this one just being honest

  • @keithburgoyne
    @keithburgoyne Рік тому

    I don't love much after season 3, but this episode is particularly awful. Slimer was the worst.

  • @tonybakerii2126
    @tonybakerii2126 Рік тому

    Yeah.. wasn’t ever a fan of this episode. Even when it came out.

  • @asunachan9999
    @asunachan9999 Рік тому

    The later seasons of GB was 👎👎👎💩💩💩
    👻❤️🇵🇭

  • @zombie_8u2
    @zombie_8u2 Рік тому

    No I did not