# Trying to find an episode that I watched as a young 'un **URL:** \ **Category:** Ghostbusters Cartoons\ **Created:** [January 5, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-that-i-watched-as-a-young-un/21394 "2021-01-05T05:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Toxinsimulateswit](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Toxinsimulateswit](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Toxinsimulateswit)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-that-i-watched-as-a-young-un/21394/1 "2021-01-05T05:49:54Z")
Greetings, I have a vivid memory of an episode of [The Real Ghostbusters](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/the-real-ghostbusters-activison) 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? ---
**Author:** ![chicken-he-clucked](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/chicken-he-clucked/32/187837_2.png) [@chicken-he-clucked](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/chicken-he-clucked)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-that-i-watched-as-a-young-un/21394/2 "2021-01-05T13:37:16Z")
I don’t recognise it which means it’s probably one of the later series. This one fit the bill? > [@](#): > > Egon gave Ray a new piece of equipment, a combination mini-Proton Thrower and Ghost Trap called the Sub Compact Ectoplasmic Tesseract or SCEP-TECH for short. Egon offered Slimer a pizza with extra pepperoni and demonstrated the device on him. Once Slimer was confined and sucked in, Egon released him. He warned Ray the SCEP-TECH was only good for a few short bursts. If overloaded, it would freeze everything in sight. [https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Treasure\_of\_Sierra\_Tamale](https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Treasure_of_Sierra_Tamale) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-that-i-watched-as-a-young-un/21394/3 "2021-01-05T22:49:24Z")
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: **[Play Them Ragtime Boos](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/play-them-ragtime-boos)** **[When Halloween was Forever](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/when-halloween-was-forever)** **X-Mas Marks the Spot** **[Three Men and an Egon](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/three-men-and-an-egon)** **[It’s About Time](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/its-about-time)** None are really set in alternate universes, **[Flip Side](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/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](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/the-real-ghostbusters-activison)_, but not Ghostbusters that you might be recalling? ---
**Author:** ![Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Coover5](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Coover5)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-that-i-watched-as-a-young-un/21394/4 "2021-01-05T23:16:32Z")
I agree with Kingpin. It especially sounds like “[Play Them Ragtime Boos](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/play-them-ragtime-boos)”. And as far as an alternate dimension goes it reminds me of “[Venkman’s Ghost Repellers](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/venkmans-ghost-repellers)” so perhaps you recall watching the tape that contained both episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Toxinsimulateswit](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@Toxinsimulateswit](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Toxinsimulateswit)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/trying-to-find-an-episode-that-i-watched-as-a-young-un/21394/5 "2021-01-10T01:13:09Z")
> [@Chicken](#): > > I don’t recognise it which means it’s probably one of the later series. > > This one fit the bill? > > > [@](#): > > > > Egon gave Ray a new piece of equipment, a combination mini-Proton Thrower and Ghost Trap called the Sub Compact Ectoplasmic Tesseract or SCEP-TECH for short. Egon offered Slimer a pizza with extra pepperoni and demonstrated the device on him. Once Slimer was confined and sucked in, Egon released him. He warned Ray the SCEP-TECH was only good for a few short bursts. If overloaded, it would freeze everything in sight. > > [https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Treasure\_of\_Sierra\_Tamale](https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/The_Treasure_of_Sierra_Tamale) Ding ding, that’s the one! Thanks for the help. Very cool to see something I remembered from almost 30 years ago again.