Happy 20th anniversary, Extreme Ghostbusters!

Old review here.
Rambling about where it fits in on the timeline, and forcing myself to remember today here.

Kylie Griffin (blue haired goth chick pictured above) is still going strong in the IDW Ghostbusters comics, and was even in "Ghostbusters 101", that just wrapped up.

Heh, funny, when I wrote that old review, the Ghostbusters comics had just started out with "Infestation".
Who knew what would come of such humble beginnings?

Anyway, when Kylie's eventually added to the IDW cast (Volume 1, Issue 5), it's not a momentous event, she just pops up working at Ray's book shop.
But that's how the characters are introduced in the original movies.
Janine is just at her desk, Peck just walks in the door, etc.

Aaaanyhoo, 20 years later, and what's EGB's legacy?
Well, Kylie, of course.
And, you could argue it kept the series alive in people's minds for awhile.
One wonders how hard the comeback would've been without it.
The GB news website "Proton Charging", started just to cover this, and they're still going as a Facebook page, and the guy who runs it is on "Interdimensional Crossrip", podcast which I talked about on my Podcast List.
Maybe they'll do an episode about the anniversary this week.
If they do, I'll link it in comments.
As far as legacy stuff in canon, Kylie wielded the first proton pistol, which became Holtzman's trademark in "Answer The Call".

Speaking of, here's what Holtz thought of her spiritual forebearer in 101...

And Kevin called her "Tiny Goth".

As for what I thought of the show, I've been watching the episodes on Youtube, and....it ain't bad.
However, if you're looking for laughs, the humor is cringe-y to non-existent.
But that was by design.
They were going for a darker edgier tone over the comedic tone of the films and the original "Real Ghostbusters", cartoon.
They were competing with "X-Files", and "Goosebumps", at the time understand.
Come to think of it, they even did one where they went up against a parody version of R.L. Stine.

They did a really good one, it might even be the best episode, where bigots are harassing a Rabbi, so he gets pissed, and makes a Golem, but it gets out of control.
It was their way of being topical about prejudice, and it's done quite well.
Shit, give the punks Tiki torches, and it transposes right to today.

The sequel to RGB's "The Grundel", "Grudelesque", is creepy as fuck.
That one sticks out.
They couldn't get gory or lethal in a cartoon, so they went for the mind-fuck.

The show doesn't get a lot of love.
Only hardcore GB fans seem to remember it at all, much less fondly.
A pity.

The only legal way to get the show is through Hulu.
Fans are still pining for a disk release.
It's one stinking season, you could cram it into one clamshell case for crying out loud.
I mean fer krissakes "Krod Mandoon and The Flaming Sword Of Fire", is on fucking DVD.
We can't get "Extreme Ghostbusters"???
It's not economically viable???
Krod Mandoon is???
Bullshit!!
Total bullshit!!

Ah, well, I still love ya, EGB.
Ya did good, kid.
*Back pat*
Ya did good.