Editing Filmation (section)

==== ''The Ghost Busters'' ====
Filmation produced a live-action series called ''[[The Ghost Busters]]'' (1975), starring former ''[[F Troop]]'' stars [[Larry Storch]] and [[Forrest Tucker]], with noted science-fiction fan and collector [[Bob Burns III|Bob Burns]] as "Tracy the Gorilla".<ref name="fls750512"/> The characters worked as paranormal investigators, working for an unseen "Chief" named "Zero" who delivered their "Ghost Busting Assignments" in whimsical disguised recording devices as in ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''.

Nine years later, [[Columbia Pictures]], who produced an unrelated 1984 movie of [[Ghostbusters|almost the same name]], had to obtain the rights to the title from the company. Filmation capitalized on the popularity of the film by producing [[Ghostbusters (1986 TV series)|a new cartoon]] based on their earlier series. Like its other shows, it used stock footage heavily; in one episode, character designs and animation sequences were recycled from the ''[[Groovie Goolies]]'' series of nearly 15 years earlier.

To avoid confusion, the animated series based on the film was called ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]''. As a dig on the Filmation series, an episode was written about a group of fraudulent ghost fighters, trying to steal the "Real" Ghostbusters' business and thunder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5561|title=Interview: Lou Scheimer: A Candid Conversation with Filmation's Founder|last=Carter|first=R.J.|date=2007-06-11|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525111532/http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5561|archive-date=2012-05-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>