This post is part of Debutniverse, a series where I watch just the first episode of various cartoons. The blog is also hosted on Neocities.

First episode title: Ghosts Я Us
How familiar with the show am I?: I've seen the first film but nothing of the show.

Ghostbusters is this 80s Bill Murray film about a team that fights ghosts and... oh I'm going to have to explain why the cartoon is The "Real" Ghostbusters aren't I. OK, here's the short version:

There was a 70s live action TV show called The Ghost Busters, by Filmation, completely unrelated to the more well-known franchise. When the Ghostbusters film was made, by Columbia Pictures, the similarity of the titles was noticed, and Columbia had to pay Filmation for the use of the name. Then the film came out and got popular, and Filmation decided to take advantage of the similar names by releasing a cartoon adaptation of their TV show, called Ghostbusters (which I hope to someday cover on this blog). As a result, Columbia couldn't call the cartoon of the film "Ghostbusters" without a naming conflict, so they added "The Real" to distinguish it.

So, they're not lying - this is the Ghostbusters you've heard of, and therefore, for all intents and purposes, it's the real one.