While Googling around for a particular Ghostbusters quote this evening, I came across a presence I’d not felt since… well, since childhood: The Real Ghostbusters, a Saturday morning cartoon that I watched religiously as a kid. It was fun to come across this cartoon again–I couldn’t believe how deeply the show’s opening credits were stored away in my memory, but it all came rushing back.

Anyway, by far the most interesting episode of the show was called “The Collect Call of Cathulhu” (sic), and it’s chock full of references to unspeakable Lovecraftian monsters and dread manuscripts. Sit back and enjoy:

There’s all sorts of fun references to various Lovecraft stories in there that I never would’ve picked up on as a kid. Although I’ve always thought of Great Cthulhu as being, well, green in color. But the red-colored Cthulhu is still pretty scary. Good thing he’s easily tricked into coming near the roller coaster there at the end. (Oops, big spoiler there.)

And since I’m not likely to post about Ghostbusters again in the near future, this is as good a time as any to point out this brilliant NIN mashup. Enjoy.