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It's definitely set in the same universe as Afterlife and Frozen Empire.
Ghostbusters - Timeline
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I mean, they could... but might as well keep things simple.
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Primary Universe
Ghostbusters I-IV
Casper
Ghostbusters: Night Shift
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed
Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord
Dark Horse Comics
Monster House**
The Real Ghostbusters**
Slimer!**
Extreme Ghostbusters**
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime**
NOW Comics**
Marvel Comics**
Dimension Prime
Ghostbusters I-II
Ghostbusters: The Video Game
IDW Comics
Dimension 11-W
Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Version)
IDW Comics
Dimension 35-N
New Ghostbusters II
IDW Comics
Dimension 50-S
Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime
IDW Comics
Dimension 68-E
Extreme Ghostbusters
IDW Comics
Dimension 68-F
Ghostbusters Fan Film Cinematic Universe
Dimension 68-M
Tokyo ESP
IDW Comics
Dimension 68-Q
Slimer!
IDW Comics
Dimension 68-R
The Real Ghostbusters
IDW Comics
Dimension 80-C
Ghostbusters: Answer the Call
IDW Comics
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And plus, the movie versions are shown to be separate, there's two in the back that looks like the movie version, but I don't know which one is which though http://danieltessier.blogspot.com/2019/03/review-ghostbusters-crossing-over.html
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Those are the anime Ghostbusters from Tokyo ESP, I think.
Which ones?
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Top middle.
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The comic book tie-in to Monster House is extremely hard to add due to being rare. I found a PDF of it but it forces itself to close randomly. If I can find a good copy of that, yeah, maybe.
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I mean, yeah, sure, but I'd like the comic too as it's a package deal. If one counts, so does the other.
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Slimer is intended to be set in the same universe as The Real Ghostbusters. IDW placed it in it's own universe though, so it's simultaneously standalone and exists alongside the rest.
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This is how I'd probably categorise everything.
The Real Ghostbusters, Slimer! and Extreme Ghostbusters are intended to be the same universe as each other and the first two movies. The second movie is only referenced as actual events - there was never an in-universe Ghostbusters II film. Plus, the in-universe Ghostbusters (1984) has a way different voice for Peter. I take it that the real life actors played the characters that they played in real life in an in-universe movie version.
IDW essentially went ahead, made a new "movie universe," established that basically everything is it's own standalone universe (including The Real Ghostbusters, Slimer! and Extreme Ghostbusters), and promptly got discontinued.
Easy solution (kinda...), the main timeline includes everything that isn't linked directly to IDW's storyline, and then the IDW Dimensions only include events from the specific iteration it draws from.
In other words:
- Primary Universe includes The Real Ghostbusters, Slimer! and Extreme Ghostbusters. (+non-IDW storyline comics [possibly Mars Attacks The Real Ghostbusters?])
- Dimension 68-Q includes Slimer!. (+IDW storyline appearances)
- Dimension 68-R includes The Real Ghostbusters. (+IDW storyline appearances)
Dimension 68-E includes Extreme Ghostbusters. (+IDW storyline appearances)
Heck, maybe there's a decent in-universe explanation here. Maybe it was the movie versions crossing the streams that created this multiverse where their adventures are fragmented rather than the IDW versions. Nonsense? Yeah.
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Canon
Ghostbusters: Back in Town (Dark Horse)
Ghostbusters: Dead Man's Chest (Dark Horse)
Canon-Adjacent (not in a YJ way, but in a "it fits" way)
The Real Ghostbusters (Marvel UK)
The Real Ghostbusters (NOW Comics)
Slimer (NOW Comics)
Ghostbusters: Times Scare! (IDW)
Mars Attacks The Real Ghostbusters (IDW)
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That's part of the IDW storyline. The way I see it, anything linked to that is set in Dimension Prime or related realities.
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The reason Mars Attacks and Times Scare are allowed is because neither is part of the official storyline continuity. They're compatible with Dimension Prime and Dimension 68-R respectively, but they're not made to be part of them... even though they could be.
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I kinda see it like watching each Ghostbusters property is a bit of a Schrödinger's cat. Extreme Ghostbusters could either be preceded by The Real Ghostbusters (and the two movies) like intended, or it could be preceded by similar events to those stories in Dimension 68-E, one where Slimer canonically looks different rather than an art style change.
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What this means is that, when I finish The Real Ghostbusters, I'll add exclusively that show to the Dimension 68-R timeline (no Slimer or Extreme). Same thing with Dimension 68-E for Extreme Ghostbusters.
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Unless they're contradicted, I don't see why not.
