The Real Ghostbusters is a cartoon from the eighties featuring four men, Egon, Winston, Ray and Peter, who have very distinct personalities and different hobbies but share the same job of ghost-hunting. Because of that, they live together in an ex-firehouse that belongs to them. There is also Janine, the Ghostbusters' secretary and dear friend. She often helps the guys in more ways than just answering the calls, as she saves their lives on occasion. And then there's Slimer, a good ghost adopted by the Ghostbusters under the excuse of having a subject to test their equipment on.
Basically this is a show featuring a team-as-family. They’re sleeping together in one bedroom (the firehouse dorm), and doing all sorts of activities together other than their job, including going on vacation together. These are guys that tease each other but also love one another and aren't shy about showing it. And it’s really what I love the most about this show. It is all too easy to ship them together in various configurations of OT2, 3, 4 and 5. :D
The episodes are all self-contained and you can watch them completely out of order to still make sense. The Ghostbusters have a case to solve each episode, and they get to catch the monster, or monsters, of the week, fearlessly risking their lives while performing their jobs and saving the lives of their employers, sometimes saving New York City or the whole world from apocalyptic-sized threats. Of course there are spooky/cartoonish ghosts, but also a lot of folklore, ancient myths, mysticism, magic and intriguing alternate realities, and the score and background tracks are all simply great!
Additional Notes:
You can find the cartoon on Netflix, the whole series is actually located under the folder 'Season 1' on the network, it is a very long season while they are 78 episodes. I feel to mention that imo you aren't required to watch the whole thing in order to get the characters and write this fandom, besides checking wikipedia should be enough to check which episodes are important for the characters' backgrounds (or I could put together a handy rec list with the best episodes if you wish).
The other folders ('Season 2' through '5') feature actually a sequel/spin-off called "Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters", a cartoon aimed to younger kids and because of this, the characters' personalities are different and Slimer gets a central role in every episode. I lean toward not considering this show really part of the RGB cartoon, because of how different the characters are and act, though I actually watched it all anyway. XD
The Real Ghostbusters
Basically this is a show featuring a team-as-family. They’re sleeping together in one bedroom (the firehouse dorm), and doing all sorts of activities together other than their job, including going on vacation together. These are guys that tease each other but also love one another and aren't shy about showing it. And it’s really what I love the most about this show. It is all too easy to ship them together in various configurations of OT2, 3, 4 and 5. :D
The episodes are all self-contained and you can watch them completely out of order to still make sense. The Ghostbusters have a case to solve each episode, and they get to catch the monster, or monsters, of the week, fearlessly risking their lives while performing their jobs and saving the lives of their employers, sometimes saving New York City or the whole world from apocalyptic-sized threats. Of course there are spooky/cartoonish ghosts, but also a lot of folklore, ancient myths, mysticism, magic and intriguing alternate realities, and the score and background tracks are all simply great!
Additional Notes:
You can find the cartoon on Netflix, the whole series is actually located under the folder 'Season 1' on the network, it is a very long season while they are 78 episodes. I feel to mention that imo you aren't required to watch the whole thing in order to get the characters and write this fandom, besides checking wikipedia should be enough to check which episodes are important for the characters' backgrounds (or I could put together a handy rec list with the best episodes if you wish).
The other folders ('Season 2' through '5') feature actually a sequel/spin-off called "Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters", a cartoon aimed to younger kids and because of this, the characters' personalities are different and Slimer gets a central role in every episode. I lean toward not considering this show really part of the RGB cartoon, because of how different the characters are and act, though I actually watched it all anyway. XD
(sorry for the bad-quality image)