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TIL In the The Real Ghostbusters cartoon series, the season 1 episode "Take Two" has the Ghostbusters flying to Hollywood to visit the set of a movie based on their adventures. At the end of the episode it's revealed to be the 1984 live action film, meaning the cartoon is real but the movie is fake.

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