in which case you surely recall these televisions), it’s likely that you viewed “The Real Ghostbusters”, the animated series that came after the 1984 live-action “Ghostbusters”, on your family’s vintage ’80s TV set. And who could ever overlook Slimer (voiced by Frank Welker), the mischievous green ghost that practically acted like a gluttonous pet at the Ghostbusters headquarters? Well, oddly enough, nearly everyone who participated in the production of the 1989 sequel, “Ghostbusters II.”
As per Dennys McCoy, a writer for the ABC series, the entire sequel was initially penned and filmed without any mention of Slimer whatsoever. In a 2023 discussion with Den of Geek, McCoy remarked, “If you notice in ‘Ghostbusters II,’ there are all these minor scenes where Slimer shows up. However, the reality is, they completed the whole film without Slimer.” Director Ivan Reitman (whose son, Jason, carried on the franchise after his passing) and the remainder of the “Ghostbusters II” team only contemplated including the ghostly troublemaker after the animated series’ creators, Joe Medjuck and Michael C. Gross, highlighted that he was the most favored and cherished character in the franchise.