It's clear from early on revisting The Real Ghostbusters almost practially straight after the one show, that it's vastly superior to the Filmation Ghostbusters with a gorilla. Characters are more memorable, better animation and the stories are better... Even with this wasn't based on the classic film and was just a show in it's own right I think it still would fondly remembered.
The series was really the first thing to make Slimer the mascot (and as a funny moment in the episode when dreaming eats his own pillow that makes him sneeze) and it's really him who sets this pilot epsiodes plot in motion when he accidnetally releases three ghosts who end up disguising themselves as rival ghost-busting company Ghosts R Us.
The episodes ghosts - Slug, Znark and Zunk - are very entertaining and this was the only episode that centered around them and the show does a g ood job of making Zurlokk a more formimable enemy for the final part of the episode.
One thing I always wondered if it was a choice not to make the characters resemble there movie characters counterparts or the actors being stubborn when it came to allowing their likeness, I think it was probably the first one to make it it's own thing.
Overall, obviously the animation is 80s (which add to it's charm) but the stories, characters etc. hold up remarkably well. I Recommend you to revisit the show if you haven't in years.
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