History WesternAnimation / ExtremeGhostbusters

Developed by Jeff Kline and Richard Raynis, ''Extreme Ghostbusters'' is a SequelSeries to ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' (which was itself a SpinOff of the first ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' film), airing for one season in [[TheNineties late 1997]].

** In the premiere, Eduardo says that anyone that believes in ghosts has half a brain cell. [[spoiler:Coming face-to-face with Slimer changes his outlook, however]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the show retains the trademark ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' humor, it treats the horror elements more seriously than either the movies or ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''.
** Especially considering that its predecessor got LighterAndSofter as time went on, at the behest of ExecutiveMeddling.

* {{Golem}}: In "The True Face of a Monster", a rabbi's son creates one when his father's synagogue is victimized by racist hooligans.

* TakeThatMe: The FBI agents in "Eyes of a Dragon" are mostly there to parody ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' (which was also adapted by Sony/Columbia to a cartoon series around the time that ''XGB'' was on, but unlike XGB ran for a few more seasons, possibly because [=MiB=] was on Kids' WB whereas XGB was syndicated, and that might have been what doomed the show).

** "Don't touch that pudding! [[Film/TimeBandits It's evil]]!"

* {{Claustrophobia}}: [[spoiler:Garrett (though unlike the others, he would be the last person to admit his fear)]].

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Seriously, are they really ghosts or {{Eldritch Abomination}}s from a different dimension?
** The 2009 video game explains this: [[spoiler:the "shockwave" in 1991 made ghosts much bigger, stronger, and meaner. The Extreme Ghostbusters are therefore "Busters of Extreme Ghosts."]].

* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: [[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters' reunion in later episodes.]]

* ResetButton: Capturing a ghost resets the damage they did. This is particularly good news for people in the episode "Deadliners", who [[spoiler:suffered some of the worst of the BodyHorror]].

* HandorObjectUnderwear: In Killjoys after freeing Roland from the monster he is in his birthday suit and covers himself. But it starts of as SceneryCensor.

* BellyMouth: The Piper has one.
* TheBermudaTriangle: Is revealed in the second part of "Back in the Saddle" to be [[spoiler: a huge, all-devouring spiritual entity.]]

* SealedEvilInACan: Achira in "Darkness at Noon", who was sealed in an underground tunnel until it is broken by tunnel workers trying to open up a path for the subway. [[spoiler:Her release also unleashes other ghosts at the end of the episode]]. Several other episodes had the team fight a few ghosts that were imprisoned until being recently freed, such as the Leprechaun in "Luck of the Irish", the Oil Demon in "Ghost in the Machine", and Cohila in "The Crawler".

* TheHeroesAlwaysWin: As per the norm, the EGBs always win, despite some ghosts being untrappable. Though, some ghosts get pretty darn close to winning.

* HeroProtagonist: As usual for kids shows, the heroes must always win. But that doesn't stop from some ghosts almost winning.

* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: Averted, as the ghost of the episode "Eyes of a Dragon", is a Chinese bone demon, though, as always, the ghost must fail in the end.

* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: The episode "Eyes of a Dragon" has Eduardo and Kylie arguing about ''the properties of light'', of all things. Doubles as a ChekhovsGun, as both halves of the argument become critical to successfully busting the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ghost of that episode, Gu Mo]].

* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: One episode has Eduardo and Kylie arguing about ''the properties of light'', of all things. Doubles as a ChekhovsGun, as both halves of the argument become critical to successfully busting the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ghost of that episode]].

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The title of an episode featuring a LiteralGenie as the MonsterOfTheWeek.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In "Slimer's Sacrifice," a damaged ghost trap allows Fenris to break free and threatens to allow the other ghosts in the Containment Unit to escape. Slimer rams the escaping ghosts and closes the unit from the inside - trapping himself in the process. The trope is naturally subverted when Eduardo goes in to retrieve the spud]].

** In the premiere, Eduardo says that anyone that believes in ghosts has half a brain cell. Coming face-to-face with Slimer changes his outlook, however.

* NotUsingTheZWord: More like "Not Using the ''D'' Word." Nobody calls the Hraesvelgr what it pretty much is - a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]].

** The 2009 video game explains this: the "shockwave" in 1991 made ghosts much bigger, stronger, and meaner. The Extreme Ghostbusters are therefore "Busters of Extreme Ghosts."

* ResetButton: Capturing a ghost resets the damage they did. This is particularly good news for people in the episode "Deadliners", who suffered some of the worst of the BodyHorror.

* SealedEvilInACan: Achira in "Darkness at Noon", who was sealed in an underground tunnel until it is broken by tunnel workers trying to open up a path for the subway. Her release also unleashes other ghosts at the end of the episode. Several other episodes had the team fight a few ghosts that were imprisoned until being recently freed, such as the Leprechaun in "Luck of the Irish", the Oil Demon in "Ghost in the Machine", and Cohila in "The Crawler".

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Kylie gets kidnapped by the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Ghost Of The Week]] an amazing number of times. Then she is promptly released once the ghost realises they cannot manipulate her (like the ghost clown that couldn't make her laugh).
* VandalismBackFire: In "The True Face of a Monster", a gang of hooligans decides to vandalize a synagogue, not knowing that there is a {{Golem}} protecting it.

* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: "Fear Itself". Induced by a MonsterOfTheWeek that was probably using it for self-defense, seeing as it was small and meek in person.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: InUniverse example used in "Deadliners". Eduardo is mocked for reading a book series considered [[AnimationAgeGhetto mere children's stories]] that Roland's little brother reads. What does the book contain, you may ask? A trio of monsters that resemble [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} Cenobites]] mixed with [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the Gentlemen]] who horrifically [[BodyHorror mutilate their victims' bodies]] [[ForTheEvulz for "Fun"]] while trapping the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed author]] [[Creator/RLStine of]] [[Literature/GooseBumps the series.]] There is little doubt that this ep was made with a RealitySubtext in mind.

* [[INeedToGoIronMyDog I Need To Go Bathe My Cat]]

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The federal agent from "Grease" is a self-righteous idiot who deludes himself that he knows everything and jumped to the VERY wrong conclusions about the Ghostbusters when they were trying to trap a gremlin. Then the idiot winds up [[spoiler: [[TooDumbToLive releasing the gremlin from the ghost trap aboard a plane in flight because he thought it was a bomb and tried to "disarm it"]].

* EldritchAbomination: Many villains fall into this territory. A hell of a lot more often than in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''. The one that stands out the most is the giant fog monster in the final episode.

* EyeScream: The episode "The Unseen" has the XGB crew track down a monster who takes away a person's eyes the moment a person looks at a magic orb.

* GrandFinale: The series ended with the two-part episode "Back in the Saddle", which had Egon Spengler reunite with the other original Ghostbusters Peter Venkman, Winston Zeddemore, and Ray Stantz on his 40th birthday and also had both the old team and the new team work together to stop a massive fog-like entity from destroying New York.

* HeroicSacrifice: In "Slimer's Sacrifice," a damaged ghost allows Fenris to break free and threatens to allow the other ghosts in the Containment Unit to escape. Slimer rams the escaping ghosts and closes the unit from the inside - trapping himself in the process. The trope is naturally subverted when Eduardo goes in to retrieve the spud.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In many cases, the Ghostbusters defeat or weaken the MonsterOfTheWeek through their own tricks. Most notably is when Kylie and Eduardo turn an orb that marked anyone who looked at it as a target for a ghost who steals eyes on said ghost, causing all its victims to regain their eyesight.
** Also, there was a spirit from the dream world who was impervious to the busters' Proton Packs who decided to come over into the human realm, but in doing so, he lost his immunity to the packs and was captured the instant he crossed over. Big oops there.

'''"Old lady"''': Ah, but skin and bones are my favorite parts. ''(unveils her true demonic form while speaking, complete with SlasherSmile)''

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: The federal agent from "Grease" is a self-righteous idiot who deludes himself that he knows everything and jumped to the VERY wrong conclusions about the Ghostbusters when they were trying to trap a gremlin. Then the idiot winds up [[TooDumbToLive releasing the gremlin from the ghost trap aboard a plane in flight because he thought it was a bomb and tried to "disarm it"]].

* CallBack: In "Eyes of a Dragon", Garrett shows disdain to an FBI agent because of how two [[KnowNothingKnowItAll incompetent know-it-all]] agents wrongfully tried to arrest him and the Ghostbusters, which almost got them all killed back in "Grease".

** In "Slimer's Sacrifice," the containment unit is populated by Siren and Banshee (from "Sonic Youth") and Lotan (from "Moby Ghost"; even though Lotan was destroyed and not captured). Surt is also mentioned as being previously captured by the RGB.

** In "Eyes of a Dragon", Garrett takes offense to an FBI agent, citing how he and the other [=XGBs=] were arrested by "Feds" and handcuffed to a plane being torn apart by a gremlin (which happened in "Grease").

* {{Expy}}: "Deadliners" delivers a double-helping. A special type of eldritch abomination called the Vathack invade the works of young adult horror genre writer "JN Kline". They bring to life the titular Deadliners, monsters which are clearly based on the ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'''s Cenobites.

* TheBermudaTriangle: Is revealed in the second part of "Back in the Saddle" to be a huge, all-devouring spiritual entity.

** "The Sphinx" has two examples, one in-universe and one regular. In-universe: A trio of what we are probably meant to assume are geniuses (they were [[SmartPeoplePlayChess playing Chess]] and watching {{Jeopardy}}) identify the Sphinx as a Basilisk, which is typically presented as a serpent of some sort while the eponymous Sphinx is largely mammalian with only secondary avian and reptilian characteristics. Regular: The Sphinx is wearing an Egyptian-esque headdress despite being explicitly identified as Greek.

* BerserkButton: Don't call Eduardo a daisy. Don't use Kylie's great Grandmother as a means to attack her. Don't mess with Roland's Equipment.

* BroadStrokes: The show is a SequelSeries to ''The Real Ghostbusters'', but much of the returning castmembers have personalities more in line with the series' more well-liked earlier seasons, and don't make any mention of the Junior Ghostbusters or Louis Tully.

* ArtEvolution: The series had redesigns for the returning ''Real Ghostbusters'' characters and the Ecto-1.

* XtremeKoolLetterz: The heroes are referred to as the XGB in a song.