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Plot Summary:
The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series spun-off from the Ghostbusters franchise. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Enterprises, and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. "The Real" was added to the title after a dispute with Filmation and its Ghost Busters properties. The series continues the adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost Slimer. There also were two ongoing Real Ghostbusters comics, one published monthly by Now Comics in USA and the other published weekly by Marvel Comics in the United Kingdom, and a popular toy line manufactured by Kenner.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, exciting, light, retro, entertaining, gothic, christmas special, spooky, fast
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Sonic Underground (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sonic Underground is an animated series that follows the adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and his siblings, Sonia and Manic. The cartoon follows a main plot separate from all other Sonic the Hedgehog media. The series ran for two seasons, each of twenty episodes. As of June 11, 2012 re-runs of the series began airing on Disney XD.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, cult classic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, anime, nostalgic
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The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! is an American television series based upon Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario Bros. 2 video games. It was originally broadcast via first-run syndication to mostly independent or Fox television stations from September 4, 1989, to December 1, 1989, with reruns continuing until September 6, 1991. The Family Channel picked up the series on September 23, 1991, and aired it until August 26, 1994. The show was produced by DiC Animation and was distributed by Viacom Enterprises in association with Nintendo. DHX Media, the successor company of Cookie Jar Entertainment and DiC, is the current distributor.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro, cult classic, exciting, offbeat, humorous, stylized, semi serious, 2d animation
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Martin Mystery (2003)
Plot Summary:
Martin Mystery is an Anime-influenced television series by the French animation studio, Marathon Media Group with the Japanese animation studio, Tatsunoko Production as an assistant animator, loosely based on the Italian comics Martin Mystère. Over the course of the show's 3 year run, the show was created, developed, written and animated in Tokyo, produced in Paris, and the English-Language voice acting took place in Toronto.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Canada, Italy
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, captivating, anime, entertaining, spooky, 2d animation, nostalgic
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Ghostbusters (1986)
Plot Summary:
Ghostbusters is an animated television series created by Filmation and distributed by Tribune Entertainment and launched following the success of Ivan Reitman and Columbia Pictures' 1984 film Ghostbusters. It ran from September 8 to December 5, 1986 in daytime syndication and produced 65 episodes. The cartoon was based on a live-action television show from 1975 titled The Ghost Busters. It is not to be confused with the animated show The Real Ghostbusters, which was based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Columbia Pictures had to obtain the rights to the name from Filmation for its film, and after Ghostbusters was a hit, Filmation went into production with its animated series based on the characters from its series. The series is technically called simply "Ghostbusters", but home video releases used the name "Filmation's Ghostbusters" to avoid confusion. Reruns of the show currently air on Qubo Night Owl, and on the Retro Television Network. The series can also be seen on Hulu.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, feel good, light, anime, offbeat, dark fantasy
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Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (2013)
Plot Summary:
As Pacworlders excitedly decorate for Berry Day, Pac is saddened about missing his parents as he receives a picture ornament of them from his Aunt Spheria. The teens reminisce of their childhood Berry Day as they enjoy Christmas eggnog. Since Berry Day is one of the happiest days of the year, Betrayus launches a plan to get rid of the day by capturing Santa Pac and his Round Deer and to possess the gifts and Berry Day decorations. All Pac wants for Berry Day is to see his parents Sunny and Zac and is overjoyed when they arrive. But, his parents tell him they want to see the tree of life in the secret location which is forbidden. Are these Pac’s real parents or are they a trick from Betrayus and Dr. Slimestein? Let’s hope Berry Day can be merry after all.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 820
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada, France
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, computer animated, christmas special
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Codename: Kids Next Door (2002)
Plot Summary:
Codename: Kids Next Door, also known as Kids Next Door or by its initials KND, is an American animated television series created by Tom Warburton and produced by Curious Pictures in Santa Monica, California. The series debuted on Cartoon Network on December 6, 2002, and aired its final episode on January 25, 2008. The series came about as the result of a viewer's poll by Cartoon Network. The series centers on the adventures of five 10-year-old children who operate from a high-tech tree house. Their mission is to fight "crimes" against kids, such as homework and flossing, committed by adults, senior citizens, teenagers, and other "evil" children. They make up what is known as Sector V of a worldwide organization called the Kids Next Door. The show was also part of Cartoon Network's series, Cartoon Cartoons, and is the 13th cartoon of the series. It returns on a show called Cartoon Planet.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, captivating, adult animation, funny, feel good, entertaining, retro, smart
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Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015)
Plot Summary:
In this incarnation of the long running Scooby Doo franchise, the Scooby gang are traveling in summer and spending time together which could be their last summer but monsters and ghouls get in the way of completing their adventurers.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, captivating, slapstick comedy
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Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King (2008)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and Shaggy must go into the underworld ruled by the Goblin King in order to stop a mortal named The Amazing Krudsky who wants power and is a threat to their pals, Fred, Velma and Daphne.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: not serious, exciting, humorous, dark, spooky, offbeat
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Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword (2008)
Plot Summary:
The gang of Mystery Inc. take a trip to Japan and find themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to possess extraordinary supernatural powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, entertaining, dark, anime
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Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mystery Inc. withdraws from solving crimes after botching a case. When Vincent Van Ghoul contacts the gang about an unfinished investigation from Daphne, Shaggy and Scooby's past, the gang springs into action to finish the job that involves catching the 13th Ghost that escaped from the Chest of Demons and is still at large.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: not serious, light, feel good, entertaining, humorous
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The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
Plot Summary:
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is the seventh incarnation of the Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo, and the final first-run version of the original 1969–86 broadcast run of the series. It premiered on September 7, 1985 and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour program. Thirteen episodes of the show were made in 1985. It replaced Scary Scooby Funnies, a repackaging of earlier shows; another repackaged series, Scooby's Mystery Funhouse, followed. The series used to air in reruns on Cartoon Network, but now the series only airs from time to time on Cartoon Network's sister channel Boomerang.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: detective, anime, spooky, exciting, humorous, semi serious
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Pac-Man (1982)
Plot Summary:
Pac-Man is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera based on the video game Pac-Man by Namco, which premiered on ABC and ran from 1982 to 1983. It was also the first Hanna-Barbera animated series based on a video game.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, humorous, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
Plot Summary:
Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day he's zapped into another dimension with his friends to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, feel good, nostalgic
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The Secret Saturdays (2008)
Plot Summary:
The Secret Saturdays is an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens for Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 3, 2008, in the United States. The series follows the adventures of the Saturdays, a family of cryptozoologists that work to keep the truth about cryptids from getting out, in order to protect both the human race and the creatures themselves. The Saturdays travel the world searching for cryptids to study and battling twisted villains like the megalomaniac V.V. Argost. The series is influenced by the style of '60s-era Hanna-Barbera action series, and is combined with Jay Stephens' own personal interest in cryptozoology. The show finished its run on January 30, 2010 and is currently in reruns airing on Boomerang as of December 5, 2011. The Saturdays are also set to appear in Ben 10: Omniverse.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, children's program, anime, nostalgic
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Sonic the Hedgehog (1993)
Plot Summary:
Sonic the Hedgehog is an American animated television series created by Len Janson and produced by DIC Entertainment with the partnership of Sega of America. The show is based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series and aired two seasons on ABC from September 18, 1993, until April 1, 1995, which reran until June 3, 1995.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, adult animation, cyber, exciting, humorous, futuristic, semi serious, fast, romantic
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Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994)
Plot Summary:
Three young monsters — Ickis, Oblina and Krumm — attends an institute for monsters under a city dump and learn to frighten humans.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: offbeat, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, retro, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy, children's program
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Underdog (1964)
Plot Summary:
A shoe shine puppy transforms himself into a superhero every time Sweet Polly Purebread (a pretty TV reporter) gets in trouble.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, light, captivating, retro, not serious, comic
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Atomic Betty (2004)
Plot Summary:
Atomic Betty is a Canadian-French animated science fantasy television series produced by Atomic Cartoons, Breakthrough Films & Television, and Tele Images Kids. Additional funding for production is provided by Teletoon in Canada and M6 and Télétoon in France. It currently airs on CITV. The series has once again begun airing on U.S. TV on The Hub on October 10, 2010; it previously aired on Cartoon Network from September 2004 through December 2005. In the U.S, it is a Cartoon Cartoon for Cartoon Network. The series' last episode aired in January 29, 2008 on the Canadian channel Teletoon. A sequel series titled Atomic Betty Redux is currently planned for production, which shows Atomic Betty as a much taller and prettier seventeen-year old teenager and an even stronger and more powerful superheroine/Galactic Guardian than ever before since the original series. It is planned for late 2013 and the middle of 2014.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, Kazakhstan, USA, Argentina, Mexico
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, fast, nostalgic
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The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996)
Plot Summary:
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper is an animated television spin-off of the feature film Casper, which, in turn, was based on the Harvey Comics character of Casper the Friendly Ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, gothic, spooky, spoof, parody
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Casper and Friends (1990)
Plot Summary:
Follow the adventures of the world's friendliest ghost, Casper, and his friends Wendy the Good Little Witch, Baby Huey, Little Audrey and more, in this spook-tacular cartoon collection!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, anthology
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Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated is the eleventh incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo animated series, and the first incarnation not to be first-run on Saturday mornings. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network and premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on April 5, 2010, with the next twelve episodes continuing, and the first episode re-airing, on July 12, 2010. The series concluded on April 5, 2013 with two seasons and fifty-two episodes, with a total of twenty-six episodes per season. Mystery Incorporated returns to the early days of Scooby and the gang, when they are still solving mysteries in their home town, though it makes many references to previous incarnations of the franchise, not least among them many cases and creatures from the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. Episode by episode, the series takes a tongue-in-cheek approach to the classic Scooby-Doo formula, with increasingly outlandish technology, skills and scenarios making up each villain's story, and a different spin on the famous "meddling kids" quote at the end of every episode. Contrasting sharply with this, however, are two elements that have never been used in a Scooby-Doo series before: a serial format with an ongoing story arc featuring many dark plot elements that are treated with near-total seriousness, and ongoing relationship drama between the characters.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, light, anime, detective, suspense, slapstick, teen horror, lovecraft, comedy drama
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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
Plot Summary:
Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo are on their way to a Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they have been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that it is actually a school for girl ghouls.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, not serious, entertaining, spooky
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Beetlejuice (1989)
Plot Summary:
Beetlejuice is an American-Canadian animated television series which ran from September 9, 1989 to October 26, 1991 on ABC and, on Fox from September 9, 1991 to December 6, 1991. Loosely based on the 1988 film of the same name, it was developed and executive-produced by the film's director, Tim Burton. The series focus on the life of goth girl Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice as they explore the world, called The Neitherworld, a wacky afterlife realm inhabited by monsters, ghosts, ghouls and zombies. Danny Elfman's theme for the film was arranged for the cartoon by Elfman himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: gothic, not serious, offbeat, feel good, humorous, retro, psychedelic, anime, dark comedy, spooky
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Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
Plot Summary:
A cosmic case of flying saucers, intergalactic intrigue and out-of-this-world romance launches Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang into their most unearthly adventure ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, detective, spooky
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Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan Adventures is an American animated television series chronicling the adventures of a fictionalized version of action film star Jackie Chan. Many of the episodes contain references to Chan's actual works. This series ran on Kids' WB! from September 9, 2000 to July 8, 2005 for a total of 95 episodes, or 5 seasons. During its run, it was also shown on Cartoon Network, and afterwards, its reruns landed on Disney XD. An Arabic translation has been airing on MBC 3 since early 2006 and a Tamil translation has been airing on Chutti TV since its launch. It also used to air on Cartoon Network in Urdu. There have been several toys and video games based on the series. Its main character designer is Jeff Matsuda.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, tense, anime, entertaining, colorful, spectacular, semi serious, fast, 2d animation
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Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
While being trained by S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man battles evil with a new team of teen colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, anime, feel good, humorous, entertaining, epic, saga, manga
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Danny Phantom (2003)
Plot Summary:
Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. It was distributed by Nelvana, a Canadian animation company, as was The Fairly OddParents. The show is about a 14-year-old named Danny Fenton who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world and the supernatural "Ghost Zone", becomes half-ghost and frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret from everyone, except his best friends Tucker Foley and Samantha Manson. The series premiered on April 3, 2004 and ended on August 24, 2007; it ran for 3 seasons with a total of 53 episodes. It is currently being released on DVD. On August 5, 2013, Hartman announced the possible revival of the show as a result of persisted praise from fans and successful T.U.F.F. Puppy ratings on his Twitter account, but there has been not yet been any official word from Hartman or Nickelodeon.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, intellectual, gothic, spooky, slapstick comedy, slapstick, humorous, odd, nostalgic
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The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001)
Plot Summary:
The exploits of the Grim Reaper, who has been forced into being the best friend of two children. A spin-off of the show Grim & Evil.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: gothic, humorous, not serious, anime, spooky, adult animation, adult cartoon, exciting, horror comedy, offbeat
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Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang become involved in a supernatural mystery in Egypt.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, light, feel good, surprise ending, campy
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Ghostbusters (1984)
Plot Summary:
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 437000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, parody, entertaining, light, cult classic, scary, not serious, horror comedy, art deco