History WesternAnimation / ExtremeGhostbusters

** "Eyes of the Dragon" had a bone-stealing demon named Gu Mo, who was imprisoned in a golden dragon statue.

* In "Fear itself while the ghost wasn't evil it was sealed up in bricked up catacombs and was perfectly happy that way since it was terrified of people and just wanted to be left alone. The episode ended with Ghistbuster with putting the "Fear itself ghost"in a small box in the catacombs and sealing them up again so that it would be left in peace.

** "The Luck of the Irish" had the team fight an evil leprechaun who targeted the descendants of the people who originally sealed him away.

* CoolOldGuy: Egon. Just cause he's a decade older doesn't mean he can't still let ghosts have it.

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

* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Slimer, although less so than in ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SubvertedCatchPhrase You know who to call!]]

* TheBermudaTriangle: The Bermuda Trinagle is revealed in the second part of "Back in the Saddle" to be [[spoiler: a huge, all-devouring spiritual entity.]]
* 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.

* BigNo: Kylie, [[spoiler:when she succumbs to her fear of maggots]], and Eduardo, [[spoiler:when he succmbs to his fear of death]], in the episode "Fear Itself."

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In "Bird of Prey" Kylie claims Hraesvelg literally means bird of prey. It actually means "corpse swallower".
* BreakoutCharacter: Kylie. The amount of fan art of her, even over twenty years after the show's debut, outnumbers that of all the show's other characters ''combined''. She was popular enough to [[CanonImmigrant make the jump]] to the [[ComicBook/GhostbustersIDWComics IDW comics]].

-->'''Roland''': ''(upon seeing that the Jersey Devil's BreathWeapon dissolved the roof of his car)'' What the - my car!\\
'''Eduardo''': ''(stretching in the back seat)'' You always said you wanted a convertible.
* CatchPhrase: Eduardo's are noted above; another one is the team's BattleCry: "OnThree! ''Three''!"

* 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.

* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: Averted, as the ghost of the episode "Eyes of a Dragon", Gu Mo, is a Chinese bone demon, though, as always, the ghost must fail in the end.
* {{Claustrophobia}}: [[spoiler:Garrett is claustrophobic (though unlike the others, he would be the last person to admit his fear)]].

** Several of the antagonist are world-menacing and would wipe out human civilization if they succeed. This is even shown in the BadFuture episode "Ghost Apocalyptic Future".

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

*** The events of "Drool, the Dog-Faced Goblin" are also slyly referenced, where Egon compares the bowling alley case to "...the time we busted that Class-4 shape-shifter in the Poconos." Also, in the same episode, the bowling-alley bust is a nod to the very first bust in the very first RGB episode, "Knock Knock".

** [[spoiler: Also the other members of the original Ghostbusters during their brief appearance. When coming up against a ghost the current 'busters were having trouble with, they take it down in a matter of seconds]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the show retains the trademark ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' humor, it treats the horror elements more seriously than any other entry in the franchise so far--especially considering that ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' became LighterAndSofter as time went on, at the behest of ExecutiveMeddling.

* DeadpanSnarker: Kylie, Eduardo and Garrett.

* DisabledMeansHelpless: Garrett is hardly this trope - he's a pair of guns with a body attached - but he is savvy enough to [[ExploitedTrope exploit]] it from time to time. The show is not afraid to show that he ''does'' need that wheelchair though.

* 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 S.I.D.N.E.E. the giant fog monster in the final episode.

* 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 [[spoiler:stop a massive fog-like entity named S.I.D.N.E.E. from destroying New York]].

* HateSink: Mayor [=McShane=] is an arrogant jerk who demeans the Ghostbusters every chance he gets and stubbornly insists on refusing to believe in ghosts in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, clearly indicating that he is a character the audience is intended to despise.
* HellIsThatNoise: The credits can only be summed up as this. Consisting of demonic shrieks, banshee screams and ghostly moans.

** [[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]].
** [[spoiler:In "Moby Ghost" Maiikrob goes into Lotan's stomach with the damaged proton packs, and "kills" Lotan, as well as himself]].
* HeroProtagonist: As usual for kids shows, the protagonists are the heroes.
* HiddenDepths: Mostly Eduardo who, among other things, is an avid reader who Garrett seeks out for literary advice. He even tells him "There's a ''lot'' about me you don't know." He's also shown doing an assignment for a ''Philosophy'' class for one episode. Granted, he just copy-pasted elements of multiple articles, but he's doing that with at least 6 different books.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In many cases, the Ghostbusters defeat or weaken the MonsterOfTheWeek through their own tricks. Most notably is when Kylie and Eduardo [[spoiler:turn the Orb of Moldova that marked anyone who looked at it as a target for Tenebraug, a ghost who steals eyes on himself, causing all his victims to regain their eyesight]].
** Also, there was Morpheus, [[spoiler: 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]].
** Probably just a coincidence or due to ignorance but [[spoiler: Kahlil]] got defeated by the very person (incantation started by Kylie and ended by [[spoiler: Eduardo]]) whom he made do his endless manuscripts, one of them containing the very incantation needed to defeat him.

* IgnoredExpert: The Ghostbusters' warnings about the supernatural antagonists would go unheeded by disbelieving idiots like Mayor McShane and Eduardo's police brother, Carl, the former not believing any of it and the latter thinking he and his police force are enough to do the job.
* [[INeedToGoIronMyDog I Need To Go Bathe My Cat]] Kylie uses this excuse many times.

* InsultBackfire: In "Home is Where the Horror Is," Garrett [[SelfDeprecation insults himself]] to try to sound less appealing to the mansion's [[ImAHumanitarian carnivorous monsters]]. It doesn't work:
-->'''Garrett''': You don't want me. I'm nothing but skin and bones.\\
'''"Old lady"''': Ah, but skin and bones are my favorite parts. ''[[spoiler:(unveils her true demonic form while speaking, complete with SlasherSmile]])''
* {{Irony}}: Kylie screaming when [[spoiler:succumbing to her fears]], despite that she said previously she's "not a screamer" in "Fear Itself."

* KneelBeforeZod: In the episode "Casting the Runes," Kylie and Roland experience this when they both encounter Kahlil:
-->'''Kahlil''': How does it feel to be on your knees before the great Kahlil?
-->'''Kylie''': Lousy.

** And for the record, Ray's current profession is more the result of a destructive incident at a university in Idaho than a bonafide career choice. (Not that he's bitter about it.)

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

* OldShame: InUniverse, where viewers learn that Kylie was voted best eighth grade cheerleader. She's mortified when the others find out and insists that "was [[ThatManIsDead another life]]."

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "Throw! The! Trap!" is what Roland says when the gang is about to catch ghosts in "Darkness at Noon" and in "Casting the Runes."

-->'''Eduardo''': Well, looks like ''you'' lost my gun. That makes us even.
-->'''Kylie''': Eduardo. Get! Out of! MY! FACE!
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: [[spoiler:The two-part GrandFinale "Back in the Saddle" involved Egon reuniting with the other original Ghostbusters Peter, Winston, and Ray.]]

* SadlyMythtaken: Hraesvelg from the episode "Bird of Prey." In Myth/NorseMythology, Hraesvelg is a giant in the shape of an eagle whose name means "corpse swallower" and whose wing-beats cause the wind to blow. In [=XGB=], Hraesvelg is a dragon whose name quote "Literally translates from Old Norse as 'Bird of Prey'" and who has complete control over the weather.

* SceneryCensor: After defeating the clown monster in "Killjoys" Roland is released nude while hiding behind a background set.
* SealedEvilInACan: As in the show's [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters predecessor]], there were several episodes where our heroes battled ghosts who were freed after being sealed away for a long time.
** 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]].

** "The Luck of the Irish" had the team fight a leprechaun who targeted the descendants of the people who originally sealed him away.

* SelfDeprecation: 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).

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Eduardo was pretty clearly modeled on Peter, being sarcastic and often irritated with Slimer. Garrett and Roland are visually reminiscent of Ray and Winston, respectively, but their characteristics were vastly different. Kylie averted the trope outright.

* 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 [[spoiler:(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 [[spoiler: there is a golem protecting it]].
* VerySpecialEpisode: "The True Face of a Monster," which touched on the dangers of prejudice, anti-Semitism, and how violence is never the answer in confronting bullies.

* WeHelpTheHelpless: Lampshaded by Peter, who noted the pay had a tendency to be non-existent.

* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: "Fear Itself". Induced by a MonsterOfTheWeek that was probably using it for self-defense, seeing as it was [[spoiler:small and meek in person]].

** Even though the ghosts victims are usually shown returned at the end of an episode, at the end of "Killjoys," the only one shown to be fine is Roland. To be fair, Garrett does bring up that they need to find the rest of the clowns' victims.

* YourAnswerForEverything: Egon, as discussed by Jeanine and Garrett in "Bird of Prey."

'''Garrett''': You're kidding me. Egon thinks the weather is ectoplasmically based?\\
'''Jeanine''': Egon thinks ''everything's'' ectoplasmically based.

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

** The difference is perhaps exemplified by the way the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ghostbusters/images/4/4c/FirehouseAnimatedExteriorNight.jpg Firehouse]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ghostbusters/images/e/e8/FirehouseAnimatedEGBOverall01.jpg exterior was depicted in both series]].

* VandalismBackFire: In "The True Face of a Monster", a gang of hooligans decides to vandalize a synagogue, not knowing that [[spoiler: there is a {{Golem}} protecting it]].

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

* BroadStrokes: The show is a SequelSeries to ''The Real Ghostbusters'', but much of the returning cast members 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.

* RoleReprisal: Not only does Creator/MauriceLaMarche reprise his role as Egon Spengler from ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', but the two-part episode "Back in the Saddle" also has Creator/FrankWelker, David Coulier, and Buster Jones return to reprise their roles as Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman, and Winston Zeddemore.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: when in shorts or sleepwear Garret's exposed legs are proportional for his body-type. As a paraplegic, they would be atrophied and skinnier than Eduardo's.
** It is possible; some real paraplegics do leg "exercises" which help maintain a more "complete" body image, might not work anymore but some like to maintain how they look. And Garrett does like to think of himself as a ladies' man.

** It is possible; some real paraplegics do leg "exercises" which help maintain a more "complete" body image, might not work anymore but some like to maintain how they look.

* CustomUniform: What Kylie and Eduardo wear does not match the traditional Ghostbuster uniform [[CaptainObvious at all]].

* RearrangeTheSong: A darker version of the famous ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme sung by Creator/JimCummings.

*** Same episode has Egon refer to entering the Containment Unit before - which he did in ''RGB'' in "Xmas Marks the Spot."

** It is possible,some real paraplegics do leg "exercises" which help maintain a more "complete" body image, might not work anymore but some like to maintain how they look.

* BadassGrandpa: Egon. Just cause he's a decade older doesn't mean he can't still let ghosts have it.
** [[spoiler: Also the other members of the original Ghostbusters during their brief appearance. When coming up against a ghost the current 'busters were having trouble with, they take it down in a matter of seconds.]]

* CoolOldGuy: Egon.