Ghostbusters - Timeline

[Pro Bot]

Multiverse
Dimension Prime - Original Ghostbusters Universe
Dimension 11-W - Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Version)
Dimension 35-N - New Ghostbusters II + IDW Comics
Dimension 50-S - Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime + IDW Comics
Dimension 68-E - The Real Ghostbusters/Extreme Ghostbusters + IDW Comics
Dimension 68-M - Tokyo ESP + IDW Comics
Dimension 68-R - The Real Ghostbusters + IDW Comics
Dimension 68-Q - Slimer! + IDW Comics
Dimension 80-C - Ghostbusters: Answer the Call + IDW Comics
Connects to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles multiverse

The TV show is canon to both Dimension 68-E and Dimension 68-R, but not Dimension Prime.

TMNT IDW is connected to Ghostbusters through the multiverse, although the Transformers crossover is actually about variants of the G1 versions. So, there's actually a version of all those Transformers existing in the Ghostbusters canon.

 

[Megatron]

Updating: I Just checked and in their all Canon timeline they left out the IDW comics doue to some Major inconsistances, I don't Remember anything, so I can't Say for certain.

 

[Pro Bot]

It was about the Afterlife movie stating there hasn't been a ghost sighting in 30 years. Obviously, that has to be ignored here. It was implied that the Ghostbusters were still around so there's wiggle room.

 

[Megatron]

It was about the Afterlife movie stating there hasn't been a ghost sighting in 30 years. Obviously, that has to be ignored here.

Oh ok thanks.

 

[Pro Bot]

Oh, and screw it. I'll include Casper while I'm at it.

 

[Megatron]

Last thing, Can I use this for the Transformers Thread? You know Infestation complicated a lot of things ahahah.

 

[Pro Bot]

Timelines are a collaborative project. Of course you can use whatever you want.

 

[Pro Bot]

Honestly, despite the discrepancies with the comics, we're quite lucky. There's such a huge time gap that they're unlikely to go back and contradict anything major. It's kinda part of the DNA of the series that people always try to rationalise and deny the existence of ghosts.

And hey, if they do physically contradict it, more so than dialogue in Afterlife did? I'll just place the comics as an alternate timeline. No big deal.

 

[Pro Bot]

See? Afterlife is totally IDW canon.

 

[Pro Bot]

Also Will you ever do a timeline of the IDW comics and reboot expanded universe?

While I'm not thrilled with the idea of covering the 2016 universe any time soon, that is technically canon to the multiverse, as are the cartoons. Perhaps one day I'll do a timeline of at least the 2016 film and its comic continuations and multiverse crossover appearances.

 

[Pro Bot]

Tokyo ESP: Scene 03 Penguin and Girl

Tokyo ESP episode: Scene 03 "Penguin and Girl" has a spoof of the Ghostbusters as Penguin-Hunters. Peggi (the flying Penguin) is found by two Penguin-Hunters. They attempt to capture the Penguin, only to lose Peggi as it flies to Murasaki (the girl with glasses). Peggi with Murasaki holding on...

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Tokyo ESP takes place in Dimension 68-M due to that show featuring the Ghostbusters... uh... kidnapping flying penguins for money. Sounds about right.

Which, based on theories in the comics, would mean that Tokyo ESP might be a splinter reality created by the prime Ghostbusters crossing the streams in 1984. Yeah, the IDW lore is a lot.

Also, Casper overlaps with the comics. Ray had one busy October.

 

[Megatron]

Just wondering, Isn't Casper a bit larger? He has an animated series for sure, IDK about comics and video games tho.

 

[Jozaca]

Just wondering, Isn't Casper a bit larger? He has an animated series for sure, IDK about comics and video games tho.

Seem to be all alternate continuities to the film

 

[Jamesctl]

This is the timeline for the original Ghostbusters universe.

Ghostbusters = 808080
Casper = CCCCCC

Timeline
7??
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**Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #2** (pg. 6)
**Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #1** (pg. 22)
**Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #2**

1780
????
**Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #4** (pg. 25-28)
**Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #4** (pg. 23-24, 29-30)

18??
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Ghostbusters #10 (pg. 7)

1886
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**Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #1**

1945
June 17
Ghostbusters: Year One #1 (pg. 4)

1975
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Ghostbusters: Year One #2 (pg. 4-5)

1976
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Ghostbusters: Year One #2 (pg. 3)

1984
September
Ghostbusters Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:06:38)
Ghostbusters Chapter 2 (0:06:39 - 0:12:07)
Ghostbusters: Year One #2 (pg. 6-8)
Ghostbusters Chapter 2 (0:12:08 - 0:15:46)
Ghostbusters Chapter 3 (0:15:47 - 0:16:45)

October 7
Ghostbusters Chapter 3 (0:16:46 - 0:21:49)
Ghostbusters Chapter 4 (0:21:50 - 0:28:35)
Ghostbusters Chapter 5 (0:28:36 - 0:34:51)
Ghostbusters Chapter 6 (0:34:52 - 0:39:06)
Ghostbusters: Year One #4 (pg. 8-17)

October
Ghostbusters: Year One #3 (pg. 9-19)
Ghostbusters Chapter 7 (0:39:07 - 0:41:35)

October 22
Ghostbusters: Year One #1 (pg. 4-5)
Ghostbusters Chapter 7 (0:41:36 - 0:42:33)
Ghostbusters: Year One #1 (pg. 6-9)

October 24
Ghostbusters: Year One #1 (pg. 11-19)

November
Ghostbusters: Year One #2 (pg. 10-19)
Ghostbusters Chapter 7 (0:42:34 - 0:48:38)

November 8
Ghostbusters Chapter 7 (0:48:39 - 0:48:46)
Ghostbusters Chapter 8 (0:48:47 - 0:52:15)
Ghostbusters Chapter 9 (0:52:16 - 0:55:03)
Ghostbusters Chapter 10 (0:55:04 - 1:04:33)

November 9
Ghostbusters Chapter 11 (1:04:34 - 1:10:41)
Ghostbusters Chapter 12 (1:10:42 - 1:13:34)
Ghostbusters Chapter 13 (1:13:35 - 1:18:02)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:01:51 - 2:02:12)
Ghostbusters Chapter 13 (1:13:03 - 1:18:58)
Ghostbusters Chapter 14 (1:18:59 - 1:25:16)
Ghostbusters Chapter 15 (1:25:17 - 1:30:44)
Ghostbusters Chapter 16 (1:30:45 - 1:35:00)

November 10
Ghostbusters Chapter 16 (1:35:01 - 1:40:36)

November
Ghostbusters: Year One #1 (pg. 1-5, 7, 10, 20)
Ghostbusters: Year One #2 (pg. 1-4, 6, 8-9, 20)
Ghostbusters: Year One #3 (pg. 1-9, 16, 20)
Ghostbusters: Year One #4 (pg. 1-7, 13-14, 17-20)

1989
November
Ghostbusters II Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:05:00)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 2 (0:05:01 - 0:11:43)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 3 (0:11:44 - 0:18:15)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 4 (0:18:16 - 0:23:36)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 5 (0:23:37 - 0:32:39)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 6 (0:32:40 - 0:36:42)

December
Ghostbusters II Chapter 6 (0:36:43 - 0:39:09)

December 30
Ghostbusters II Chapter 6 (0:39:10 - 0:39:20)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 7 (0:39:21 - 0:46:14)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 8 (0:46:15 - 0:49:43)

December 31
Ghostbusters II Chapter 8 (0:49:44 - 0:52:36)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 9 (0:52:37 - 0:58:45)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 10 (0:58:46 - 1:05:33)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 11 (1:05:34 - 1:14:06)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 12 (1:14:07 - 1:19:21)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 13 (1:19:22 - 1:27:22)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 14 (1:27:23 - 1:33:06)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 15 (1:33:07 - 1:35:50)

1990
January 1
Ghostbusters II Chapter 15 (1:35:51 - 1:38:10)
Ghostbusters II Chapter 16 (1:38:11 - 1:40:05)

January
Ghostbusters II Chapter 16 (1:41:45 - 1:42:13)

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Ghostbusters: The Other Side #1
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #2 (pg. 1-3)
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #2 (pg. 4-9) [Purgatory]
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #2 (pg. 10-11)
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #2 (pg. 12-22) [Purgatory]
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #3 (pg. 1-12) [Purgatory]
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #3 (pg. 13-18)
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #3 (pg. 19-22) [Purgatory]
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #4 (pg. 1-19) [Purgatory]
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #4 (pg. 20-22)

1991
November 26
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered Mission 1: Welcome to the Hotel Sedgewick
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered Mission 2: Panic in Times Square

November 27
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered Mission 3: Checking Out the Library
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered Mission 4: Museum of (Super)Natural History

November 28
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered Mission 5: Return to the Sedgewick
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered Mission 6: Lost Island Rising
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered Mission 7: Central Park Cemetery

December 24
Ghostbusters: Past, Present, and Future (pg. 1-2)

1992
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Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #1 (pg. 9)
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #3 (pg. 4)
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #4 (pg. 24-25)
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #3 (pg. 21-22)
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #4 (pg. 1-22)

December 24
Ghostbusters: Past, Present, and Future (pg. 3-6)

December 25
Ghostbusters: Past, Present, and Future (pg. 7-22)

1993
February 14
Ghostbusters: Tainted Love

July 4
Ghostbusters: Con-Volution!

October 31
Ghostbusters: What in Samhain Just Happened?! (pg. 1-21)

November 1
Ghostbusters: What in Samhain Just Happened?! (pg. 22)

November 25
Ghostbusters: Haunted Holidays, "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?"

????
Infestation: Ghostbusters #1
Infestation: Ghostbusters #2

1994
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Ghostbusters #1 (pg. 21-22)
Ghostbusters #1 (pg. 1-20)
Ghostbusters #2
Ghostbusters #3
Ghostbusters #4
Ghostbusters #5
Ghostbusters #6
Ghostbusters #7
Ghostbusters #8

June
Ghostbusters #9

June 22
Ghostbusters #10 (pg. 1-10)

June 23
Ghostbusters #10 (pg. 11-19)

June 24
Ghostbusters #10 (pg. 20)

June
Ghostbusters #11**

July
Ghostbusters #11
Ghostbusters #12

????
Ghostbusters #13
Ghostbusters #14

November
Ghostbusters #15

December
Ghostbusters #16

1995
February
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #1

May
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #1
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #2
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #3
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #4

????
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #5
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #6
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #7
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #8

September
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #7
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #8

October
Casper (0:00:00 - 0:13:59)

October 29
Casper (0:14:00 - 0:33:47)
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #9 (pg. 1-5)

October 30
Casper (0:33:48 - 0:44:26)
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #9 (pg. 6-10)
Casper (0:44:27 - 0:48:55)
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #9 (pg. 11-20)
Casper (0:48:56 - 0:53:40)

October 31
Casper (0:53:41 - 1:33:51)

November 2
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #10

December 8
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #11

December 9
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #11

December
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #12

December 31
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #12

1996
January 1
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #12

January
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #12

February
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #13
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #14
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #15
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #16

March
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #17
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #18
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #19
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #20

1997
April 17
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #3

April 18
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #4

????
Ghostbusters: Get Real #1
Ghostbusters: Get Real #2
Ghostbusters: Get Real #3
Ghostbusters: Get Real #4
Ghostbusters Annual 2015

May
Ghostbusters: International #1
Ghostbusters: International #2
Ghostbusters: International #3
Ghostbusters: International #4
Ghostbusters: International #5

May 12
Ghostbusters: International #6

May 14
Ghostbusters: International #6

May
Ghostbusters: International #7
Ghostbusters: International #8
Ghostbusters: International #9
Ghostbusters: International #10
Ghostbusters: International #11

????
Ghostbusters Annual 2017
Ghostbusters 101 #1
Ghostbusters 101 #2
Ghostbusters 101 #3
Ghostbusters 101 #4
Ghostbusters 101 #5
Ghostbusters 101 #6
Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 #1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 #2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 #3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 #4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 #5
Ghostbusters Annual 2018
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #1
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #2
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #3
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #4
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #5
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #6
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #7
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #8

1998
????
Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters
Transformers/Ghostbusters #1
Transformers/Ghostbusters #2
Transformers/Ghostbusters #3
Transformers/Ghostbusters #4
Transformers/Ghostbusters #5

2021
June
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 1 (0:00:00 - 0:05:07)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 2 (0:05:08 - 0:12:13)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 3 (0:12:14 - 0:19:59)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 4 (0:20:00 - 0:26:29)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 5 (0:26:30 - 0:32:15)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 6 (0:32:16 - 0:38:30)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 7 (0:38:31 - 0:45:47)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 8 (0:45:48 - 0:52:56)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 9 (0:52:57 - 0:57:15)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 10 (0:57:16 - 1:05:06)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 11 (1:05:07 - 1:11:38)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 12 (1:11:39 - 1:18:23)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 13 (1:18:24 - 1:24:32)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 14 (1:24:33 - 1:31:39)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 15 (1:31:40 - 1:43:05)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (1:43:06 - 1:52:49)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (1:54:37 - 1:55:47)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:02:13 - 2:02:38)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:02:39 - 2:02:44) [Audio Only]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:02:45 - 2:02:53)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:02:54 - 2:03:03) [Audio Only]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:03:04 - 2:03:21)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:02:39 - 2:02:44)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:02:54 - 2:03:03)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 16 (2:03:22 - 2:03:49)

????
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed

2023
????
Ghostbusters Real-Time Short Film
Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord

2024
????
Ghostbusters (Dark Horse) #1** (????, 2024)
Ghostbusters (Dark Horse) #2** (????, 2024)
Ghostbusters (Dark Horse) #3** (????, 2024)
Ghostbusters (Dark Horse) #4** (????, 2024)
Ghostbusters (Dark Horse) #5** (????, 2024)
Ghostbusters (Dark Horse) #6** (????, 2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire** (March 29, 2024)

2060
????
**Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #3** (pg. 1-20)

Viewing Order
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters: Year One #1-4
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters: The Other Side #1-4
Ghostbusters: The Video Game: Remastered
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression #1-4
Ghostbusters: Past, Present, and Future
Ghostbusters: Tainted Love
Ghostbusters: Con-Volution!
Ghostbusters: What in Samhain Just Happened?!
Ghostbusters: Haunted Holidays, "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?"
Infestation: Ghostbusters #1-2
Ghostbusters #1-16
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #1-9
Casper
Ghostbusters Vol. 2 #10-20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters #1-4
Ghostbusters: Get Real #1-4
Ghostbusters Annual 2015
Ghostbusters: International #1-11
Ghostbusters Annual 2017
Ghostbusters 101 #1-6
Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 #1-5
Ghostbusters Annual 2018
Ghostbusters: Crossing Over #1-8
Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters
Transformers/Ghostbusters #1-5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed
Ghostbusters Real-Time Short Film
Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord
Ghostbusters (Dark Horse) #1-6** (????, 2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire** (March 29, 2024)

??Et casper

 

[Pro Bot]

Just wondering, Isn't Casper a bit larger? He has an animated series for sure, IDK about comics and video games tho.

The animated series depicts a completely different meeting of the characters in The Ghostly Day than what occurs in the film. The "prequel" movies don't fit either.

??Et casper

What's your question?

 

[Jamesctl]

La série animée dépeint une rencontre des personnages de The Ghostly Day complètement différente de celle qui se produit dans le film. Les films "prequel" ne conviennent pas non plus.


Quelle est votre question?

Dans Casper : Le deuxième intervenant n'est autre que le docteur Raymond Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), l'un des quatre membres de la société Ghostbusters dans le film du même nom. Après avoir échoué à chasser les fantômes, il s'enfuit après avoir dit à Carrigan : « Qui vas-tu appeler ? Quelqu'un d'autre » (« Qui appelons-nous ? Quelqu'un d'autre »), en référence au film. A noter que l'acteur n'est pas crédité au générique de fin. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi ce n'est pas dans votre timeline.

 

[Pro Bot]

Well, you're in luck because it's been in the timeline since yesterday. I just haven't done the chapter breakdown yet. Look at October 1995.

Ray had a busy month, between his cameo and Vol. 2 #9 which is concurrent to Casper.

 

[Jamesctl]

Eh bien, vous avez de la chance car c'est dans la chronologie depuis hier. Je n'ai tout simplement pas encore fait la répartition des chapitres. Regardez octobre 1995.

Ray a eu un mois chargé, entre son camée et Vol. 2 #9 qui est concurrent de Casper.

Thank you, you are the champion for chronology. Is the suite connected first or is it apart. please

 

[Pro Bot]

I'm sorry, could you rephrase that? Is what connected?

 

[Jamesctl]

Je suis désolé, pourriez-vous reformuler cela ? Qu'est-ce qui est connecté ?

The Casper saga 1995: Casper, by Brad Silberling 1997: Casper: A Spirited Beginning, by Sean McNamara 1998: Casper and Wendy, by Sean McNamara