The Real Ghostbusters: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Real Ghostbusters Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Baby Spookums
Sep 12, 1987
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
It's a Jungle Out There
Sep 19, 1987
An incredibly powerful evil animal demon escapes from his statue prison and turns the animals of New York City into fierce, aggressive, talking beasts that proceed to take over the
Slimer, Is That You?
Dec 3, 1987
Egon and Slimer switch minds and the timing couldn't be worse, as an egomaniacal ghost named the Master of Shadows (William Marshall) wishes to test his wits against the brainy 'bu
The Boogeyman Is Back
Sep 26, 1987
After an almost deadly fall off the World Trade Center, Egon's fears start to get the better of him. So much so that the Boogeyman manages to tap into his fear and escape from his
Once Upon a Slime
Oct 3, 1987
When Slimer hides a book of fairy tales under one of Egon's newest machines, everything in the book comes to life.
The Two Faces of Slimer
Oct 10, 1987
An ectoplasmic entity leaks out of the containment unit and it makes Slimer mutate into a big ugly monster during his sleep.
Sticky Business
Oct 17, 1987
The Ghostbusters release the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the containment unit to shoot a commercial in exchange for getting $50,000 for a children's hospital. However, during th
Halloween II 1/2
Oct 24, 1987
Samhain's goblins release the spirit of Halloween from the Ecto-Containment Unit, and he turns the firehouse into his fortress. The Ghostbusters' attempts to take him down are foil
Loathe Thy Neighbor
Oct 31, 1987
A family asks the Ghostbusters to find out why a bunch of weird stuff is happening in their house. This is complicated by the macabre nature of their mansion, with a very Addams Fa
The Grundel
Nov 7, 1987
A boy named Lee goes to the Ghostbusters for help when his brother, Alec, begins acting strangely and doing bad things. When the guys decide to investigate, Egon learns a Grundel i
Big Trouble With Little Slimer
Nov 14, 1987
The Ghostbusters' old "pal" and nemesis, Walter J. Peck, ex-EPA hatchet man extraordinaire, is back from the Gozer incident, and he's trying to raise some trouble with the Ghostbus
The Copycat
Nov 21, 1987
The Ghostbusters have to deal with a shapeshifter in their own headquarters.
Camping It Up
Dec 5, 1987
The Ghostbusters embark on a camping trip, only to run into (among other things) Bigfoot.