Ghostbusters - Timeline

[Pro Bot]

I like how the Crossing Over comic is set in 1997, the same year as Extreme Ghostbusters, and they act like the Sanctum of Slime timeline is like a potential future Earth of the Prime universe... even though it's only 3 years later. Wow, their Ghostbusters are so much older, am I right?

Also:
https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Earth_Day_Special

On page 19, panel 2, of Ghostbusters Annual 2015, in the upper left is "Call Elon," a nod to Elon Spengler.

On page 24 of Ghostbusters Annual 2018, In panel 2, on the Post It note on the left is a reference to Elon Spengler and the Wastebusters from the Earth Day Special.

...what? Elon is canon? But...

Spoiler: Cast of "The Earth Day Special"

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Well... that's a concerning implication. Both the Waste Busters and Elon Spengler are referenced in the IDW comics... E.T. exists in Ghostbusters? The... Muppets are canon? Doc Brown time travelled into the Ghostbusters universe?

 

[Pro Bot]

I guess The Earth Day Special hasn't been validated by any other continuity so it can be canon to Dimension Prime without bringing in anything else, but... still.

 

[Pro Bot]

For reference.

 

[Pro Bot]

You know what, it'd make perfect sense if Ed Spengler from the validated fanfiction was the son of Elon Spengler due to him being Egon's nephew and Elon is his twin brother.

 

[Pro Bot]

It's all connected, you see. Elon from The Earth Day Special is obviously the father of Ed from the Freddy Krueger fanfic. The truth is right there, lol.

 

[Pro Bot]

If we take this to its logical (or illogical) conclusion, the Ghostbusters universe includes characters and settings from:

The Earth Day Special
Back to the Future
Cheers
The Cosby Show
Doogie Howser, M.D.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Golden Girls
Married... with Children
Murphy Brown
The Muppets
Looney Toons

Crossovers
Casper
Transformers

Denver Ghostbusters Fanfiction
Friday the 13th
Evil Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Mario Bros (?)

 

[Pro Bot]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostbusters/s/S1lMFxTznpApparently this is officially licensed Hasbro/Sony merchandise that references the Return of the Ghostbusters fanfic. Weird.

 

[Pro Bot]

I guess this just goes to show, you can always find something new. Now, taking this advert seriously for a second, Janine is still managing the Ghostbusters' finances in 2019. I can only imagine that her and Slimer are promoting Quickbooks in-universe and relating it to the Ghostbusters due to their popularity.

 

[Pro Bot]

Oh no... oh **** no... god damn it IDW...



The Louisiana Ghostbusters, which references a TON of other fanfiction, is referenced twice in the IDW Ghostbusters comics. They go on to explain how that reference occurred within their fanfiction.







DOES ANY OTHER FRANCHISE COUNT FANFICTION AS MUCH AS GHOSTBUSTERS!?! I appreciate it for all the fanfilms that are validated because of this, but man, I don't wanna go through adding all of that. Call it a branch timeline or something. Good for them, they're canon, man...

 

[Pro Bot]

...Ernie Hudson reprises the role of Winston in some of them... well... that's hard to ignore.

 

[Pro Bot]

Okay, thankfully I can eliminate fanfiction completely. They're a parallel universe, Dimension 68-F. Apparently a canon one, seeing as the main universe references them.

 

[Pro Bot]

I don't even know how Ghostbusters could work in the Buffyverse... Aside from the fact that Ghosts are a thing in Buffy.

Also there's Back to the Future too, so yeah it's a lot.

https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Ivo_Shandorhttps://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Ivo_Shandor
Hey, look. It's JK Simmons from the Buffyverse.

 

[Megatron]

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Hey, look. It's JK Simmons from the Buffyverse.

It's ehm.. probably becouse they're both IDW comics, I.... It's still not canon hahaha.

 

[Pro Bot]

His death in the Buffyverse is different. You could probably explain it though. The worshipers and construction/mining backgrounds definitely strengthen the link between the two.

 

[Megatron]

His death in the Buffyverse is different. You could probably explain it though. The worshipers and construction/mining backgrounds definitely strengthen the link between the two.

so what's the percentage of the Buffyverse being canon?

 

[Pro Bot]

Hm, I don't know. I'm taking it as a variant from... uh... Dimension 97-B.

 

[Pro Bot]

My theory on when Dimension 68-E (Extreme Ghostbusters) split off from Dimension 68-R (The Real Ghostbusters) is whenever the Ghostbusters: Get Real crossover happens within the animated continuity. It's the only thing that makes sense, since it involves Interdimensional travel. I, uh... I might get round to covering that reality eventually. Added separate timelines for the universes with reality numbers too.

Ghostbusters (2016) commentary:

"Corvette Summer is one of my favorite movies and Annie Potts was in it and her name was Vanessa. So when you watch this in HD, look at her name tag. Her name in the scene is Vanessa."

Lol, that'd be funny if she were the same character and Ghostbusters: Answer The Call was a sequel to Corvette Summer.

 

[Pro Bot]

https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Ghost_Busted_(manga)It'd be cool if this was in Dimension 68-M(anga) alongside Tokyo ESP. It'd make sense too.

 

[Pro Bot]

It's probably fair to say that Earth-88326 is Dimension 68-E. This might be due to that alien or ghost that originated from the Doctor Who comics and reappeared somewhere in Ghostbusters.

Also, those Marvel UK magazines are gonna be a nightmare to cover if I get to it.

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

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It's probably fair to say that Earth-88326 is Dimension 68-E. This might be due to that alien or ghost that originated from the Doctor Who comics and reappeared somewhere in Ghostbusters.

Also, those Marvel UK magazines are gonna be a nightmare to cover if I get to it.

You mean the Gwanzulum?
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix7/gwanzulum.htm

 

[Pro Bot]

Yep!

 

[Pro Bot]

https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wik...ostbusters_starring_in_Ghostbusters_II_part_1See, The Real Ghostbusters totally wasn't referencing Ghostbusters II, which is completely non-canon to it.

...it was referencing the comic book adaptation of Ghostbusters II. Completely different thing, totally.

 

[LegionAOD]

The two golfers might look familiar if you've seen Caddyshack... (Found it via someone posting it on Something Awful's comics forum and apologies if posted before!)

 

[Pro Bot]

Lol, Caddyshack sharing a universe with Ghostbusters (2016). That's an entertaining thought.

 

[Pro Bot]

Also, Scrooged too. That's the ghost of Jacob Marley.

 

[Pro Bot]

Lol, Caddyshack sharing a universe with Ghostbusters (2016). That's an entertaining thought.

One that isn't likely, considering that in the same comic series, they mention visiting the actual reality of Caddyshack. Unless they visited the same universe but didn't realise it, checked out the history of Peter's double, and came across Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) instead of Martin Heiss (Ghostbusters: Answer The Call) by chance.

 

[iceman109]

One that isn't likely, considering that in the same comic series, they mention visiting the actual reality of Caddyshack. Unless they visited the same universe but didn't realise it, checked out the history of Peter's double, and came across Carl Spackler (Caddyshack) instead of Martin Heiss (Ghostbusters: Answer The Call) by chance.
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I thought doubles were only people with the same names

 

[Pro Bot]

I thought doubles were only people with the same names

Doppelgänger. Peter Venkman would have two doppelgängers in Dimension 80-C if Caddyshack were the same universe as it, and the Dimension Prime Ghostbusters would have been unaware that they're interacting with characters from the same reality as that film.

 

[Pro Bot]

I just got to this. Couldn't stop laughing, lol.

I guess Winston meant it when he said he's seen things that'll turn you white, huh?

 

[Pro Bot]

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's props place Winston's birthday on June 17th, 1945 - something they must have gotten from the Ghostbusters: Year One miniseries most likely.