Ghostbusters - Timeline

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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 (?)

 

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostbusters/s/S1lMFxTznp

Apparently this is officially licensed Hasbro/Sony merchandise that references the Return of the Ghostbusters fanfic. Weird.

 

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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.

 

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Oh no... oh fuck 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...

 

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

 

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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.

 

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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.

Ivo Shandor

Ivo Shandor was a former surgeon, the architect of 550 Central Park West, and the leader of a cult that worshiped Gozer. Ivo Shandor in the Primary Canon is developed from Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. In Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic...

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Ivo Shandor

Ivo Shandor was a warlock and the founder of Mosaic Wellness Center.[1] According to what Betta George read in Wiseau's head, Shandor had built the Mosaic compound in the early 1900s. With this, he tried to cut out what he believed was the cancer in society: the supernatural. Shandor, who had...

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

 

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Ivo Shandor

Ivo Shandor was a former surgeon, the architect of 550 Central Park West, and the leader of a cult that worshiped Gozer. Ivo Shandor in the Primary Canon is developed from Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. In Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic...

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Ivo Shandor

Ivo Shandor was a warlock and the founder of Mosaic Wellness Center.[1] According to what Betta George read in Wiseau's head, Shandor had built the Mosaic compound in the early 1900s. With this, he tried to cut out what he believed was the cancer in society: the supernatural. Shandor, who had...

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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?

 

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

 

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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.

 

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Ghost Busted (manga)

Ghost Busted is a 2008 manga published by Tokyopop. It mainly concerns the Ghostbusters having to deal with ghosts who've invented weapons that can trap human souls. Egon Spengler Peter Venkman Ray Stantz Haunted F-14 Blintzy Jones Runaway Romance Director Runaway Romance Lead Animated Curtains...

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It'd be cool if this was in Dimension 68-M(anga) alongside Tokyo ESP. It'd make sense too.