The Real Ghostbusters - X-Mas Marks the Spot - Phelous

[@Rebochan]

I love how Scrooge is still in his nightcap and nightshirt on his book cover XD I'm just going to imagine he's this crazy rich bastard who never bothers to wear real clothes.

[@wellthatwaswierd4570]

The Victorian Hugh Hefner?

[@TheaterPup]

I actually kinda like the idea of Scrooge writing A Christmas Carol under a pen name.

[@nomduclavier]

TheaterPup But he used his real name in the book?

[@TheaterPup]

Plausible deniability?

[@gothnerd887]

I've come across a pirate who did that

[@12fuzzyrats]

My all time favorite episode is "The thing in Mrs.Favrishum's Attic". It's such a heartwarming episode and one of the reasons why I love Peter so much!

[@LeftytheGansterGremlin]

Now I want to watch this episode. This Christmas one sticks out to me. It reveals more about Venkman's childhood. It kinda explains why he is the way he is, Holidays without a father.

[@enclavehere.7995]

Me and my friend watched this episode a few days ago and we lost it when Peter was pretending to take Scrooge through his past with the projector

[@gothnerd887]

3:33 fun fact: Japanese mythology has a snow ghost known as Yuki Onna

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

Wasn’t she referenced in Yume Nikki?

[@InsanelyADD]

I can't believe Fred Jones quit Mystery Inc to be a Ghostbuster.

[@KidSnivy69]

Well when he was a kid, he was always talking about the supernatural (when he wasn't accusing Red Herring)

[@InsanelyADD]

True.

[@ThePhantomSafetyPin]

God damn it, I can't unhear it...

[@MegaAnimazing]

How can you unhear it to begin with, it's the exact same voice actor, doing the same voice, same goes with Garfield and Peter being voiced by the late Lorenzo Music.

[@ethanedwards3357]

I knew that voice sounded familiar.

[@jantzenbruce2155]

You could argue the Proton Packs kept them warm in the snow and that's why they brought them. They are miniature nuclear accelerators after all.

[@LeftytheGansterGremlin]

Then they must be a bitch to wear during the summer in New York. I am joking of course. That's not how Nuclear Accelerators work for Proton packs specifically.

[@johntangen7567]

the guy who voices scrooge in this episode also voices splinter in the 80s tmnt cartoon

[@U014B]

Didn't everybody and their grandma voice '87 Splinter?

[@ExplorerDS6789]

@@U014B No, surprisingly. He was one of the few characters to retain the same voice for the entire 9 year run. Peter Renaday was EVERYWHERE back in the day; you'd be hard-pressed not to find something that doesn't have his voice.

[@V1NCYN1CAL]

The "Credits-Joke" never gets old :p

[@RippahRooJizah]

I am enjoying the Garfield scene more than I should.

[@KidSnivy69]

I keep rewatching that part

[@genesisfrost8627]

I love the cameo of all the ghosts they busted in past episodes when Egon heads into the Unit. Samhain, Sandman, Winged Puma, Wat to name a few.

[@tfordham13]

The family ghost

[@nicholastosoni707]

RE: Ray and cats ...So THAT'S where Peter's "hairless pet" from _World of the Psychic_ came from.

[@TDImiracle]

4:24: "it's a fine bird, truly fine!" please tell me you're being nice. that's a Christmas turkey for ANTS.

[@jasongretencord3326]

Didn't the show establish that putting multiple ghosts in the same trap irreparably fuses them or something? The Ghostbusters just found a temporal anomaly they can traipse back and forth through and nobody seems to give it much thought.

[@T5ComixCartoonz]

4:25 Pigeon my ass! That looks more like the headless corpse of Tweety Bird! Sylvester is not going to be pleased!

[@SunyCartoons]

I like how an old goat like Scrooge can apparently make Christmas fall out of favor with a book.

[@ripleyjlawman.3162]

Ghostbusters kill Christmas as a whole by saving Scrooge from having a change of heart, what an amazing Christmas adventure. Also, I just wanted to say this, “Ha, ha, ha, what a story Phelan.”

[@Dimensioneer88]

Weirdly enough, they say in a later episode that ghosts get merged and can't be separated when you bust two at a time, yet the 3 Christmas Ghosts come out perfectly fine.

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

So I guess in this version, when Scrooge asked if he could just see all three ghosts at once and get it over with, Marley actually agreed to it?

[@amandapike2477]

Actually there was a view finder in the Victorian era. It was called a stereoscope.

[@realitysfrank1695]

a stereopticon, I believe it was called

[@johnalogue9832]

Dammit, that's just a stereotype. Sorry if this joke isn't good in stereo sound. I'm sorry, I don't have a joke for this but I feel a need to comment one anyways.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

@@realitysfrank1695 Sounds like a transformer.

[@moosematson3892]

I would love to hear your commentary on other GOOD episodes of The Real Ghostbusters

[@LizardOfOz69]

I'm not used to hearing loranzo music and seeing his mouth move.

[@TheMultiFandomFangirl44]

12:07 I'm about as dead as Phelous

[@gamer708886]

Uh oh the ghost busters killed christmas, the nostalgia critic is going to be pissed! *evil laugh*

[@comixproviderftw_02]

The pigeon bit made me laugh harder than I should've.

[@SabiNewman]

I've never seen this cartoon but whenever Ray talks all I hear is Fred from Scooby Doo

[@KaraOfTheSea]

It is because Frank Welker did both of their voices ;).

[@gracekim1998]

@@KaraOfTheSea ah no wonder it’s distracting 🤣

[@ChrissieBear]

In the real world the popularity of Christmas started with Charles Dickens. Before the popularity of his stories Christmas was a very reserved and plain holiday, and most people didn't celebrate it in any way, it was just a day on the Calendar that some would go to Church on.

[@dimsumboy22]

wow this really really anime. infact, the first season... i wouldnt be surprised if you could pass some shots off as a Ghostbusters 80s anime. they have a japanese/korean animation studio?

[@amberalvia1101]

Yes they did.

[@OnTheRoadcast]

A REAL GHOST THAT IS!? WHAT!?! NOoooOoOOoOo Oh man that is so fantastic.

[@LizardOfOz69]

You know it's early Phelous when Aladdin from the Adventure of all time doesn't appear when Ray said "oh boy"

[@gamermoogle2939]

Actually it's really genius when you think about it, and Phelous didn't point this out but, having busted the Ghosts of Christmas Present and Future, there would be no chance of Christmas continuing either way. The whole "Christmas is evil" novel was completely pointless.

[@T5ComixCartoonz]

Actually, that's yet another reason why this episode makes no sense, because by that logic Halloween should have stopped after they trapped Samhain.

[@unitkilla5967]

It's a funny episode, lighten up lol.

[@matane2465]

Where's the Easter episode where they bust the holy spirit? What?

[@susanfit47]

The Real Ghostbusters Xmas Marks the Spot was a great Christmas episode during the Holidays of December and was re-aired on its own on USA Network on Dec 1992, and Dec 1993, as a Saturday Morning Special on ABC (24 Dec 1994) and later on CBS (9 Dec 1995), and on Fox Family as part of Fox Family Christmas in July block (July 1999). Both airings were one off airings and have slightly altered intro credits. This episode is one of 7 episodes from the early seasons to be re-dubbed with Dave Coulier and Kath Soucie. This version first aired in the 1987-88 season in 1988. It was rebroadcast as part of season 4. The 2nd version was not included on the DVD.

[@birdiejett3163]

When you think about it, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol had a big influence in bringing the holiday back into popularity IRL. So if it were never written and instead their was a book about the evils of Christmas that were just as popular. . . It could destroy Christmas forever . . . !

[@LeftytheGansterGremlin]

I didn't know that!

[@gracekim1998]

Mmm 🤔 makes sense…I think 😅

[@Zucca101]

1:17 Is the same... the very same... scream that I let loose upon first hearing the magnificent, the impeccable, the amazing Lorenzo Music replaced with... with... Dave... My parents wanted to know what was making their son so upset. Don't sweat the small stuff, they said. ... But I was not sweating the small stuff. >_> Lorenzo Music was replaced by a complete and utter doof. And that was the first sign things were going downhill. I didn't hate Slimer until... well, you know when, Phelous. *Shudders* You know when... yOu KnOw WhEn...!!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

[@baynorac4724]

And the promise was kept and Phelous revisited the series. :D

[@KidSnivy69]

And it was awesome!

[@trilby3447]

In that intro card there is the skull of the nostalgia critic

[@xgray2012]

Merry X-Mas, Phelous!!!

[@TheaterPup]

So in a previous life, Splinter was a Christmas hating miser?

[@nomduclavier]

TheaterPup yes... only in his previous life...

[@Tape_Time]

I swear sometimes if I just listen to this without looking at it I feel like I’m watching Scooby-Doo

[@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110]

Cause Frank Welker voiced Fred from Scooby-Doo in all of the Scooby Doo shows.?

[@dgood5707]

I love this guy's channel it's awesome

[@coolhandlucas4148]

Continuity issue: In Drool, the Dog-Faced Goblin they said if they capture more than one ghost in the same trap the molecules would mix and they'd be inseparable. Just sayin'!

[@TheaterPup]

+Joey Lucas ...Oops.

[@steelersguy74]

Coolhand Lucas yep

[@nicholastosoni707]

Aha, but, don't forget, *the events of the episode were all according to the Christmas Ghosts' plan.* It was more for Peter's benefit than anything, so that he could learn the hard way to appreciate the holiday. Also, they're the Ghosts of Christmas. As Scrooge said, "they can do anything they like."

[@GibusGang]

Fun fact: A decent 1837 shilling is only about £65 - £80. (According to eBay as of 2016.)

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

This episode was written by JMS!??! He's worked on so much it's hard to keep track, but I had no idea he worked on this too.

[@mikethegrunty5968]

1:17 well, that’s gonna haunt my nightmares

[@LizardOfOz69]

I don't know what's more terrifying, the picture, the text in the picture, or Phelous screaming in terror.

[@apex2000]

actually Scrooge wouldn't be fooled, as they did have something very simular to the viewfinder in the 1800s.

[@U014B]

1:54 Isn't it kind of weird that Scrooge, of all people, would have a painting of Martin Luther on his wall?

[@artistwithouttalent]

OK, so if the ghosts are real, does that make the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come Death? Is the physical manifestation of death a thing in this universe?

[@nicholastosoni707]

Not quite. The Ghost of Christmas Yet-To-Come took on a Death-form because its purpose was to put a gun to Scrooge's head (so to speak) and get him to change himself for the better. Besides, Death is the only sure thing for Scrooge, at his age. He's probably only got another ten or fifteen years in him (if that), so he's got to make sure they count for something.

[@lestatcomedante3907]

@@nicholastosoni707 you make a really good point. At first I was aboard for it being death but indeed it took the form based on a already old man's future in order to illicit a desired response as per what came before it and building upon and reiterating that message in a finality way. Unfortunately Dickinson simply repeated the message in his four other Christmas stories hence why they aren't as popular. He made the mistake of repeating what was a success without adding much of anything. Of course that was basically his literary legacy, redundancy.

[@Shenaldrac]

@@nicholastosoni707 That's actually a problem I always had with that story. Scrooge doesn't change because he realizes what he's been doing is wrong. He changes because he wants to be remembered. Like you say, effectively putting a gun to his head and telling him to change. He doesn't actually think Tiny Tim and his family matter, he's just trying to buy popularity. Which, yeah, that's a real thing that people do in real life, sure. But it's hardly a positive moral.

[@nicholastosoni707]

@@Shenaldrac Mm. If you went only by Yet-To-Come, you might have a case, but then, the spirits are as much about _healing_ and letting go of personal baggage ("link by link") as they are about forcing him to change his ways. Perhaps that's a project for next Christmas--take the various adaptations of _A Christmas Carol_ and rank them by how pure they are, how close they stick to the meaning and the intent of the text.

[@LeftytheGansterGremlin]

@@nicholastosoni707 I love how you put that 15 year thing. Scrooge needed to make them count.

[@davymartini64]

This was my introduction to the real ghostbusters

[@TheDUDERulez1]

Was the suit Egon wore to travel inside the containment unit ever used again? Cause IDW reused the design when their Ray traveled to the Real universe in Ghostbusters Get Real and I was wondering if the writer remembered this ep specifically or if they remember seeing that suit in another ep.

[@youkai3785]

TheDUDERulez1 plenty of stuff from the RGB universe was engineered in the IDW/Movie universe BEFORE the "Ghostbusters: Get Real" storyline, and plenty of characters made cameos and appearances through reference. most notably being the Ecto-Gyro which was the RGB-Ecto 2. so its not outside the realm of possibility...

[@collectingmythoughts991]

At least this episode made the Super Fright Features Egon figure useful.

[@gracekim1998]

Rewatching Phelous makes me feel GREAT🥳😎

[@cathieupchurch4166]

Is Ray voice by the guy who played Fred from Scooby Doo?

[@randalgraves6979]

Yep, Peter’s also Garfield. Snd Egon is also Brain, in Pinky & the Brain, not Inspector Gadget 👀.

[@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110]

@@randalgraves6979 Egon’s voice actor did voice Inspector Gadget though, and Mortimer Mouse though.

[@randalgraves6979]

Inspector Gadget was Don Adams.

[@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110]

@@randalgraves6979 I’m talking about the cartoon show “Gadget And the Gadgetinis”.

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

"Christmas" - "Bah, Humbug" - "Christmas" - "Humbug" - "Fascinating" 😂

[@desmondmalone438]

4:04 Kinda if fit when there were a references later in the series

[@christinawilkephillips7684]

Where did you get all that ghost busters stuff :-o

[@joe95883]

This was the beginning of many Ghostbuster videos to come.

[@Maddie-zv3gv77]

Great Christmas Episode.

[@yukiskyzero1313]

Are you actually collecting those coins, Phelous? That's so cool. :D

[@ccutehoney]

Who did the voices because I hear Garfield but the other voice actors seem familiar as well?

[@steelersguy74]

Ana Moran Frank Welker did the voice for Ray and Slimer. He's done voice work on pretty much every animated series in the past 50 years.

[@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110]

Lorenzo Music and Frank Welker

[@MaggieOffutt]

That pigeon is twice the size of the bird from Mickey's Christmas Carol

[@Heavenlyhounds96]

Ghostbusters busting the Ghosts of Christmas... Considering the fact the Ghosts kinda bully Scrooge into behaving in a socially-acceptable manner...that is a good idea; especially since nowadays there's really no such thing as truly, socially-acceptable.

[@thegayghost872]

Eh, Scrooge was a huge dick, the ghosts did the right thing

[@Oliviagarry69420]

Dropkick Queen also he dumped his girlfriend because she wanted a wedding and he didn't compromise with the wedding budget and pretty much dumped her for it

[@ninjagregshow9423]

Ghostbusters and Christmas? and yet no one thought to the episode about krampus, a Christmas monster with actual malicious intent?

[@sixgunshauna3486]

Is Krampus a ghost?

[@CaffeineDeprivation]

Krampus is a bogeyman-ish demon, apparently He did make an appearance, actually. Iit was in the IDW comics though, not in this series. Which kinda sucks. But then again, he DOES punish bad children by putting them to his sack and abducting them, so...

[@NodDisciple1]

Well, he wasn't well-known outside of Austria until the past 5-10 years.

[@thegayghost872]

He's not a ghost, he's a demon.

[@brianjones4344]

they busted demon also

[@janinesummer2247]

Phelous, who wouldn't want in #fiftytestsofegon

[@solouno2280]

Actually Santa is a vampire... but those traps still work on them

[@s.nifrum4580]

You know what we need? an entirely new story involving pretty much everything associated with Christmas Jesus, Santa, the Christmas ghosts,Krampus (that's a Christmas thing right?), elves, frosty the snowman, Jack Frost (preferably a combination of the one from rise of the guardians and the one from Santa clause 3), and whatever else seriously did I miss anything?

[@s.nifrum4580]

Oh my god Rudolph the red nose reindeer! I forgot the most famous reindeer of all! What else did I miss!?!

[@s.nifrum4580]

Oh my god the cricket on the hearth!

[@GOFFBITZH666]

Maybe Krampus.

[@s.nifrum4580]

XxDAMARIESU123xX {DA ACTRUAL MARU SUIE} I listed krampus

[@docthemetalfreak]

I had no idea Arsenio Hall waz a voice actor on the show

[@morganspider-manmarvelfan6110]

He was Winston. Ernie Hudson auditioned to reprise his role as Winston Zeddemore, but he didn’t get the part.

[@duomaxwell6523]

11:08 One problem with that though: Onionhead Slimer isn't wet. So he isn't useless. Yet.

[@OldSchoolCurt]

Snowbusters! Skiing makes us feel good!

[@AndrewAmbrose]

It's a good thing you didn't accidentally get your soul sucked into the trap at the end

[@LION0410]

JMS was a Writer on the real ghostbusters Neat :}

[@wellthatwaswierd4570]

I know I always had a crush on cartoon Egon Seriously, I really really did, no sarcasm here

[@mrsteamtrains2193]

I actually have a view vlfinder from around that age bus it only shows one really large photo at a time

[@lieutenantyoshi5704]

Worst case of the pot calling the kettle black XD so true

[@lynngreen7978]

Peter Venkman and the story of a Christmas Carol? It might just work.

[@s.nifrum4580]

4:10 you know I would watch the shit out of that

[@SamuraiMotoko]

oh my god, taking little babysteps to some copyrighted material.... unless this is a free domain video. on any case, is always good to see this episode. next to the sonic one.

[@insanePyro13]

do you really collect coins phelous? if so that's pretty awesome :)

[@nomduclavier]

insanePyro13 He collects everything. I think he has a problem. ... No, really. Look at all that shit.

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

What a hilarious intro

[@U014B]

11:08 And thus, Danny Phantom was born.

[@konstance13]

Noel Goetowski His molecules got all rearranged!

[@artistwithouttalent]

Noel Goetowski Egon as a teenage half-ghost superhero? Fascinating.

[@nomduclavier]

Noel Goetowski I wonder if the makers were fans of this Maybe they watched the revival via Extreme! and thought "man, but wouldn't it be cool if one of the kids --"

[@Pidaanma]

3:32 And it could be useful to make a fire, don't you think ?

[@hunter692007]

Depending on the coin it could range from $20 to $4k difficult to tell since all you can see is the crown on the back which is used on a lot of english coins.

[@RandomVideoCircus]

Now this hit the spot

[@lieutenantyoshi5704]

Were taking money and he's talking lunch....I was hoping for a clip of Garfield at the buffet. XD

[@jsb8261]

This is just what children want to see; their heroes ruin a holiday they love forever.

[@Kaefer1973]

Well, to be fair when I was watching the real ghostbusters, I had no idea what the Ghosts of Chritmas are (while for bringing presents there were 3 people, which means even with losing Santa Clause there still would be 2 replacements on the go), so seeing them in this episode the first time, they seemed optional at best.

[@e93sports80]

9:14 Ray Stanz breaking the fourth wall!

[@gipadonimus]

5:19 Phelous could do a great squidward impression

[@Aaronwiles]

Will you be uploading Santa's Slay ?

[@gr8kat1]

OMG we've found the origin of the War on Christmas!

[@ittay123]

8:50 wait. is that louise from ''family guy''?

[@miningmo1585]

49,000 subs! your almost to half 100,000

[@spindalis79]

Why is Scrooge Master Splinter with a bit of Vernon Fenwick?

[@floatingf8783]

Santa is so fat he couldn't get out of the containment unit.

[@nvfury13]

The Real Ghostbusters cartoon named him Slimer? Then why was he named that in the Ghostbuster handbook released right after the first movie, before the cartoon?

[@phelous]

Because that's not true.

[@nvfury13]

Phelan Porteous Well, the one that is still at my parents house (the one mentioned in my comment) does...it lists him as an “example of a Class Five Full Roaming Vapor, Slimer.” Under his picture from the movie, which was the only Ghostbusters media yet. (They bought it for me since I’d loved it so much in the theater.)

[@floatingf8783]

@@nvfury13 FAKE NEWS!

[@gracekim1998]

@@floatingf8783 huh?

[@gracekim1998]

What about a time paradox?🤣

[@EagleTimberWolf]

If they wanted it to look like the shopkeeper felt sorry for the guy and his son, why make him give them such a tiny ass bird? Wouldn't something bigger make it seem like he was doing them a favor out of sympathy? I mean, damn, at LEAST give them a medium-sized one! Having him rip them off then talk about Scrooge being a jerk makes him look painfully un-self-aware XD

[@Schornforce]

Aw... you're so mean to poor Ray. :(

[@Beanmachine91]

jewish stereotypes awareness episode

[@undynetheundying874]

wauw dude! you have an actuall fucking ghost trap? where did you get that? i want one!

[@nicholastosoni707]

+pascal “liegebeest” koppens I think it's the very rare MattyCollector one from a couple of years ago.

[@fandomvault4901]

Nice use of the matty trap bud

[@desmondmalone438]

12:23 That bring me back

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

Yeah the whole Christmas Carol with the Ghosts of Past/Present/Future was cool, but it'd be even cooler if the monster was the Krampus. He's not a ghost I know but if they can have Samhain, who wasn't a ghost either, then they could have had Krampus. Also, isn't Egon jewish?