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The Worst Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters

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The continuing adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 10 - Deja Boo
    5.6/10(76 votes)

    #1 - Deja Boo

    S6:E10

    The sinister Professor Dweeb captures Slimer by posing as an innocent ice cream vendor. By using his new invention, Dweeb intends to read Slimer's mind and discover a ghost's vulnerability. Helplessly trapped, Slimer can only watch as the evil Professor scans through his memories.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy, Chuck Menville, Michael Reaves, Richard Mueller

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  2. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 11 - Trading Faces
    6.0/10(70 votes)

    #2 - Trading Faces

    S5:E11

    A bad lookalike of Slimer on the run arrives in the firehouse via a mirror and sends Louis and the real Slimer to the Ghost World.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  3. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 18 - The Ransom of Greenspud
    6.1/10(68 votes)

    #3 - The Ransom of Greenspud

    S5:E18

    A trio of ghosts abduct Slimer and will keep him unless the Ghostbusters agree to free a ghost named Spiderlegs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  4. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 5 - Mean Green Teen Machine
    6.1/10(76 votes)

    #4 - Mean Green Teen Machine

    S6:E5

    The Mean Green Teen Machine, three reptilian-like surfing ghosts, catch a wave into New York City in order to satisfy their unquenchable craving for pizza. After a day of battling the three ghosts, the Ghostbusters decide to test Egon's latest machine which can provide any desired dream... or nightmare!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jules Dennis

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  5. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 9 - The Slob
    6.1/10(75 votes)

    #5 - The Slob

    S6:E9

    A New York garbage strike on the hottest day of the year prompts the appearance of Glob, who teams up with the misguided Professor Dweeb, to bust his baby brother Sleaze out of the Ghostbusters' Containment Unit!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy

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  6. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 13 - Stay Tooned
    6.2/10(76 votes)

    #6 - Stay Tooned

    S6:E13

    When lightning hits the Ghostbusters' television antenna, Ray and Slimer's favorite animated character, Sammy K. Ferret, comes to life! The selfish and tricky toon plays classical cartoon pranks, but hides a sinister secret!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  7. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 12 - Transcendental Tourists
    6.3/10(68 votes)

    #7 - Transcendental Tourists

    S5:E12

    A family of ghosts on vacation work to remove those they believe are interrupting their peace and quiet, including Peter, Winston and Slimer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  8. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 12 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner
    6.3/10(70 votes)

    #8 - Guess What's Coming to Dinner

    S6:E12

    While the Ghostbusters are on vacation, a grotesque ghost family moves into the firehouse. The guys return to find their home redecorated, all of their equipment thrown away, and the Containment Unit damaged!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jules Dennis

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  9. The Real Ghostbusters Season 3 Episode 1 - Baby Spookums
    6.4/10(95 votes)

    #9 - Baby Spookums

    S3:E1

    During a rare eclipse of the moon, a baby ghosts slips through a dimensional crack and becomes lost in New York. The Ghostbusters adopt the cute ghost, but soon hear reports of two other ghosts causing trouble around town.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  10. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 5 - Partners in Slime
    6.4/10(118 votes)

    #10 - Partners in Slime

    S5:E5

    A year after the Ghostbusters defeated Vigo the Carpathian, a ghost named Poso kidnaps Janine and Louis to force the Ghostbusters to hand over their business. The Ghostbusters get help from a recently-captured ghost, Shifter, to find out why Poso wants their business and where to find him. Covered in mood slime, Peter goes to the Ghost Town to save Louis and Janine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  11. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 13 - Surely You Joust
    6.4/10(70 votes)

    #11 - Surely You Joust

    S5:E13

    The Ghostbusters become involved in the world of knights and dragons to free a captured Janine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy

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  12. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 14 - Kitty-Cornered
    6.4/10(68 votes)

    #12 - Kitty-Cornered

    S5:E14

    Slimer finds a cat that can make all of his dreams come true.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  13. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 20 - Loose Screws
    6.4/10(72 votes)

    #13 - Loose Screws

    S5:E20

    Slimer breaks a trap and doesn't completely fix it before the guys use it on a job. Now the essence inside starts to leak out and make inanimate objects come to life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  14. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 15 - Slimer's Curse
    6.5/10(71 votes)

    #14 - Slimer's Curse

    S5:E15

    Slimer wins the lottery, only to find his winnings have been cursed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  15. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 16 - Til Death Do Us Part
    6.5/10(69 votes)

    #15 - Til Death Do Us Part

    S5:E16

    The Ghostbusters get a temp (who turns out to be a ghost) and she decides Egon would make a great husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  16. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 15 - Busters in Toyland
    6.5/10(77 votes)

    #16 - Busters in Toyland

    S6:E15

    A demon trapped inside an ancient cuckoo clock snatches Louis Tully's nephew, Lawrence, from his birthday party. The Ghostbusters come to the rescue, but Peter is sucked into a dimensional portal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Bob Schooley, Mark McCorkle

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  17. The Real Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 1 - Ghosts Я Us
    6.6/10(351 votes)

    #17 - Ghosts Я Us

    S1:E1

    After a trio of ghosts escape from the Containment Unit, they decide to discredit the Ghostbusters by disguising themselves as “Ghosts Я Us,” a rival ghostbusting franchise!

    Director:Richard Raynis
    Writers:Chuck Menville, Len Janson

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  18. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 17 - It's About Time
    6.6/10(70 votes)

    #18 - It's About Time

    S5:E17

    The firehouse is going to be torn down to make way for a new expressway, but that's the least of the Ghostbusters' problems. The guys and Slimer get sent back to 1959 due to a trap accident. They have to find a way back and fight ghosts without their equipment.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  19. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 11 - Afterlife in the Fast Lane
    6.6/10(75 votes)

    #19 - Afterlife in the Fast Lane

    S6:E11

    During an automobile race for charity, the Ghostbusters are tricked into entering a tunnel to the Netherworld run by a demon with a passion for high risk games. The team must now outrace and defeat the creature's ghoulish obstacles.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 16 - The Magnificent Five
    6.6/10(76 votes)

    #20 - The Magnificent Five

    S6:E16

    Black Bart, a villainous cowboy-ghost from the Spirit World, takes over a Texas town, planning to drain its underground spectral energy well of a power source that will turn him into a full-fledged demon!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sean Roche

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  21. The Real Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 4 - Slimer, Come Home
    6.7/10(217 votes)

    #21 - Slimer, Come Home

    S1:E4

    After ruining Winston's birthday surprise, Slimer leaves the firehouse for good and wanders the streets of New York... where he soon joins in with a bad crowd of poltergeists!

    Director:Richard Raynis
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  22. The Real Ghostbusters Season 1 Episode 9 - Look Homeward, Ray
    6.7/10(184 votes)

    #22 - Look Homeward, Ray

    S1:E9

    When Ray returns home to a hero's welcome, someone wants to make him look bad in front of his hometown, his childhood heartthrob and the Ghostbusters.

    Director:Richard Raynis
    Writer:Marc Scott Zicree

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  23. The Real Ghostbusters Season 2 Episode 6 - Buster the Ghost
    6.7/10(112 votes)

    #23 - Buster the Ghost

    S2:E6

    A defrocked Tooth Fairy named Buster stumbles upon the Ghostbusters' television ad. Seeing a chance for friendship in a cold, cruel world, he moves in with them, certain he's their pal… but trouble soon follows.

    Director:Masakazu Higuchi
    Writers:Robert Loren Fleming, Keith Giffen

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  24. The Real Ghostbusters Season 2 Episode 64 - Hanging By a Thread
    6.7/10(96 votes)

    #24 - Hanging By a Thread

    S2:E64

    A large horde of demons invades the city looking for a pair of scissors once owned by the mythical Three Fates. Now, the Ghostbusters find themselves in the depths of the netherworld, racing to stop the demons from controlling the lifespans of all mankind.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  25. The Real Ghostbusters Season 6 Episode 2 - You Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks
    6.7/10(72 votes)

    #25 - You Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks

    S6:E2

    All of The Great Strazinski's assistants keep disappearing in the magician's new cabinet trick and the Ghostbusters are called in to figure out the creepy cabinet's mystery. Soon enough they are transported into the realm of Gorgar, a ghost craving knowledge from a true magician.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Larry DiTillio

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Deja Boo" is the worst rated episode of "The Real Ghostbusters". It scored 5.6/10 based on 76 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy, Chuck Menville, Michael Reaves, Richard Mueller, it aired on 10/13/1990. This episode scored 0.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Trading Faces".