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The Real Ghostbusters: Season 4

8 episodes Premiered Sep 10, 1988 Updated Oct 3, 2026
Previously on The Real Ghostbusters

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of The Real Ghostbusters Season 3.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (5): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

The Joke's on Ray

Sep 10, 1988 · 25 min

Ray and Slimer have been in a joking mood lately, but things are about to get worse when a magical box is opened and releases two imps that like to play deadly practical jokes.

S4·E2 Core

Flip Side

Sep 17, 1988 · 25 min

Investigating a bizarre tornado in Central Park, the Ghostbusters are tossed into another dimension, a strange place that is exactly the opposite of New York City. In a world popul

S4·E3 Core

Poultrygeist

Sep 24, 1988 · 25 min

A Werechicken strikes an unsuspecting farmhouse, leaving a trail of mayhem and one very large egg. After a hungry Slimer tries to cook the egg and unintentionally hatches it, the n

S4·E4 Core

Standing Room Only

Oct 8, 1988 · 25 min

Peter creates a Ghost Attractor which lures ghosts to the firehouse like a magnet. He believes that it will not only save the Ghostbusters a lot of legwork, but that it will also m

S4·E5 Core

Robo-Buster

Oct 15, 1988 · 25 min

Janine falls head-over-heels for a wealthy industrialist who uses her friendship to gain acess to the Ghostbusters' files, from which he creates the Robo-Buster X-1! Now, the manuf

S4·E6 Core

Short Stuff

Oct 22, 1988 · 25 min

The Ghostmaster general, tired of the Ghostbusters' constant interference, sends three ghostly bounty hunters to eliminate the heroes at the firehouse. In the ensuing battle the Gh

S4·E7 Mytharc

Follow That Hearse

Nov 12, 1988 · 25 min

At an Eastside wrecking yard, a pit of toxic liquid waste has an evil effect on a long dormant Indian earth spirit. When polluted, the once benign spirit rises from it's sacred res

S4·E8 Mytharc

The Brooklyn Triangle

Nov 19, 1988 · 25 min

At an excavation site in Brooklyn, workers accidentally uncover a dimensional gateway to the world where all lost objects go. The Ghostbusters are called in to help plug the ever-w

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