Greetings,
I have a vivid memory of an episode of The Real Ghostbusters I watched as a youngster where the gang acquires a special proton pack-type weapon that can trap especially large monsters. The only problem is that if it becomes overloaded, time freezes. I believe Egon is the one wielding it, and if I remember correctly they are in some kind of alternate universe. Can anyone help?
I don’t recognise it which means it’s probably one of the later series.
This one fit the bill?
https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Treasure_of_Sierra_Tamale
That doesn’t sound like any episode I recall, though it could be an amalgam of several. The five episodes that deal with time distortions in one fashion or another are:
X-Mas Marks the Spot
None are really set in alternate universes, Flip Side was largely the only episode of the show’s whole run to use that plot concept. Play Them Ragtime Boos has a Pack overload, but it doesn’t freeze time, it just leaves a massive crater in the ground.
Time slows down in When Halloween was Forever, and has Egon messing about with a Pack, but he’s doing that to power some spotlights.
Could it possible be a show like The Real Ghostbusters, but not Ghostbusters that you might be recalling?
I agree with Kingpin. It especially sounds like “Play Them Ragtime Boos”. And as far as an alternate dimension goes it reminds me of “Venkman’s Ghost Repellers” so perhaps you recall watching the tape that contained both episodes.
Ding ding, that’s the one! Thanks for the help. Very cool to see something I remembered from almost 30 years ago again.