History Main / TheRealSpoofbusters

** Danny's parents would qualify as well. They wear jumpsuits, are professional ghost hunters and are seen as eccentric weirdos by many, including their own children. Jack's enthusiasm for ghost hunting is very similar to Ray Stanz.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': In "The Million Dollar Ghost", Danny encounters groups of ghost hunters that parody well-known franchises, including ghost-hunting parodies of [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery Inc.]], the Film/MenInBlack and WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters.

* The exterminator in ''Film/TheBorrowers'', whose insecticide foam ("burns on contact!") is administered with a Slime Blower in all but name.

* Retroactive: In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' issue #14 (Gold Key, "The Miniature Haunt"), the gang encounters a man who discarded a scale model of his home because whatever happens in the scale model happens for real inside his home. Stepping up to the plate to solve the mystery, Fred tells the man "We're experienced ghost busters!"

* Retroactive: In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' issue #14 (Gold Key, "The Miniature Haunt", the gang encounters a man who discarded a scale model of his home because whatever happens in the scale model happens for real inside his home. Stepping up to the plate to solve the mystery, Fred tells the man "We're experienced ghost busters!"

* In the cooperative card game ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', in [[VillainTeamUp team villain]] mode, the mutant RatMen Plague Rat is put on an ExplosiveLeash by EvilInc company [=RevoCorp=]. Rather than EvilMinions of his own, his deck consists of various [=RevoCorp=] handlers... who inevitably lose control of him and get eaten.

* ''VideoGame/GhostControlInc'' is basically a Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} game without the official license. It's a TurnBasedStrategy Business Sim about managing a team of "Ghost Controllers" as they take on jobs battling and trapping ghosts.

* ''Ghost Control Inc.'' allows players to sign on with teams of not-Ghostbusters. It's a turn-based AffectionateParody of (and improvement on) David Crane's original ''Ghostbusters'' game from 1984.

* In the ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' games, Luigi (of the famous Franchise/SuperMarioBros) winds up having to hunt ghosts [[CowardlyLion despite his cowardice]] in a massive haunted mansion (which was a trap for him and Mario) with the help of Professor E. Gadd and his patented Poltergust 3000, a back-strapped vacuum designed to suck up ghosts of all shapes and sizes. And he already wears plumbers' overalls, so he matches the blue collar image of the basic trope already. ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' also introduces Polterpup, whose mischievous but ultimately non-malicious actions evoke Slimer.

* While for the longest time combating supernatural phenomena used either magical (enchanted swords, chicken's feet, talismans) or religion implements (holy water, crucifix, sacred rights), the Spoofbuster instead forgoes older superstitions favor of the knowledge and skill of a ScienceHero. Geiger-counters that react to ectoplasm, chemical isotopes that make demons violently ill, and of course a bootleg proton-pack; a (probably unlicensed) nuclear accelerator strapped to their backs similar to a backpack. They can come in many settings; they can [[WeaponsThatSuck suck up the ghosts like a vacuum]], spray out anti-ectoplasmic solutions, shoot streams of energy that can explode every molecule in your body at the speed of light should they be crossed and a dozen other contrived doo-dads and what-have-you's to get the job done.

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* Before ''The Real Ghostbusters'' (and after the live action ''Ghost Busters'' series), there was Sidney Merciless, the antagonist of Hanna-Barbera's ''Shake, Rattle and Roll'' (about three ghosts who run a haunted hotel).

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has a VillainOfTheWeek named Kwamibuster, armed with a proton pack that can suck the [[FairyCompanion kwamis]] out of the heroes and capture them. She also says "Back off, I'm a scientist" at one point.

* In 1985, a group of guys in the audience of ''Series/PressYourLuck'' came as "[=WhammyBusters=]," dresses in orange jumpsuits with a mock-up of proton packs on their backs and the Whammy in a circle-slash symbol on their sleeves.

* In 1985, a group of guys in the audience of ''Series/PressYourLuck'' came as "WhammyBusters," dresses in orange jumpsuits with a mock-up of proton packs on their backs and the Whammy in a circle-slash symbol on their sleeves.

* In the cooperative card game ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'', in [[VillainTeamUp team villain]] mode, the mutant RatMan Plague Rat is put on an ExplosiveLeash by EvilInc company [=RevoCorp=]. Rather than EvilMinions of his own, his deck consists of various [=RevoCorp=] handlers... who inevitably lose control of him and get eaten.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bonkers}}'': "When the Spirit Moves You" had Bonkers and the gang try to chase the Disney/LonesomeGhosts; Prof. Ludwig von Drake put together a proton pack to help catch them. They even donned similar costumes to the 'Busters.

* ''[[Series/TheAddamsFamily The New Addams Family]]'' episode "Granny the Happy Medium had the Addamses" hire a husband and wife team of paranormal exterminators called the Ghost Toasters to get rid of the ghost of Grandmama's brother Uncle Jester. Their introduction even features an instrumental spoof of the Ghostbusters theme song and is preceded by Fester asking "Who ya gonna call?"

* ''[[Series/TheAddamsFamily The New Addams Family]]'' episode "Granny the Happy Medium had the Addamses hire a husband and wife team of paranormal exterminators called the Ghost Toasters to get rid of the ghost of Grandmama's brother Uncle Jester. Their introduction even features an instrumental spoof of the Ghostbusters theme song and is preceded by Fester asking "Who ya gonna call?"

* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' Halloween special "[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventuresNightGhoulery Tiny Toons' Night Ghoulery]]" has Furrball dress up in full Ghostbusters gear to take on the ghost of Sneezer. [[ShownTheirWork And it is surprisingly accurate for a ten-second gag, right down to the barrel that pops out of the wand]].

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': In "The Million Dollar Ghost", Danny encounters groups of ghost hunters that parody well-known franchises. One pair are known as "The Extreme Ghostbreakers", parodying ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeGhostbusters''.

* ''[[Toys/{{Lego}} Lego's]]'' ''Hidden Side'' is about people catching ghosts with a smartphone app

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse The New Adventures'' had a segment titled "Don't Touch That Dial!" that featured several parodies of other cartoons. Among them "[[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters The Real Gagbusters]]", who were choppily-animated generic anime characters (probably a reference to the fact that RGB was animated by Japanese companies) with proton packs and futuristic jumpsuits with a parody of the "no ghost" logo on them. As their name implied, they were stoic and humorless, and tried to bust with their weapons the funny cartoon characters including Mighty Mouse himself.