The Real Ghostbusters (1986)

The best-written cartoon of the toy boom, and the one that rewards grown-up eyes the most. J. Michael Straczynski was chief writer and story editor for its first few seasons, and the scripts are witty and sometimes genuinely chilling, because the show trusted kids to enjoy being scared. Lorenzo Music, the voice of Garfield, played Peter Venkman at first before Dave Coulier took over, and you can hear the shift. Stick with the early seasons. Once Slimer got top billing in 1988, the show drifted toward simpler, sillier stories.