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Look Homeward, Ray

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Episode

Series
Real Ghostbusters
Season
1
Episode
9
Air date
November 8, 1986
Writer
Marc Scott Zicree
Episode List
Real Ghostbusters: Season 1; Real Ghostbusters: Episode Guide
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When Ray returns home to a hero's welcome, someone plots to make him look bad in front of his hometown, his childhood heartthrob and the Ghostbusters.

Contents

  1. Characters
  2. Trivia
  3. Quotes
  4. Screenshots
  5. References
View historyLast edited June 14, 2026 by GBFans Staff

Episode

Series
Real Ghostbusters
Season
1
Episode
9
Air date
November 8, 1986
Writer
Marc Scott Zicree
Episode List
Real Ghostbusters: Season 1; Real Ghostbusters: Episode Guide
Prev
When Halloween Was Forever
Next
Take Two

Parent

  • The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991)

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  • The Real Ghostbusters (1986-1991)

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  • Take Two
  • When Halloween Was Forever
  • Season 1
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Street
  • A Fright at the Opera
  • A Ghost Grows in Brooklyn
  • Adventures in Slime and Space
  • Afterlife in the Fast Lane
  • Ain\'t NASA-sarily So
  • Apocalypse -- What, NOW?
  • Take Two
  • When Halloween Was Forever
  • Season 1
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Street
  • A Fright at the Opera
  • A Ghost Grows in Brooklyn
  • Adventures in Slime and Space
  • Afterlife in the Fast Lane
  • Ain\'t NASA-sarily So
  • Apocalypse -- What, NOW?

Characters

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Peter Venkman{.wikilink}

File:Real_Ghostbusters_Egon_Spengler.jpg%7Clink=Egon Spengler|

Egon Spengler{.wikilink}

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Ray Stantz{.wikilink}

File:Real_Ghostbusters_Winston_Zeddemore.jpg%7Clink=Winston Zeddemore|

Winston Zeddemore{.wikilink}

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Janine Melnitz{.wikilink}

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Slimer{.wikilink}

: Alan Favish The central human villain in the episode. Favish, a shoe salesman, resents Ray's success as a Ghostbuster and will do anything to make him look bad.

: Elaine Fuhrman Ray's childhood crush who he tries to impress.

: Resident Ghosts The harmless looking ghosts Ray intends to bust are transformed into big terrifying ghosts with the use of magic.

Trivia

  • Ray has a stuffed toy of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
  • In his first appearance, Alan Favish's suit changes color between blue and brown.
  • Due to either a coloring error, or something frightening he saw, in one scene Winston turns white.
  • There are numerous spelling oddities throughout this episode, including "Ize Cleem" and "Twuck Sreet Twuck".
  • When Ray gives up his proton pack and says "maybe you can use it for parts", his mouth doesn't move.
  • The song used in this episode is Hometown Hero by Tahiti.

Quotes

: Mayor: Today's party and tomorrow's parade is Morrisville's way of saying "we will never forget the name, Roy Stantz".
: Ray: Uh, that's Ray....RAY!
: Mayor: How's that?\

: Egon: I have a plan.
: Peter: No electric shock, Egon.
: Egon: ...I have another plan.\

: Peter Venkman: I never thought it would end like this. Fighting a flying cat from inside a shoe!\

Screenshots

References

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{{Real Ghostbusters: Season 1|state=expanded}}