According to Lou Scheimer, he received a call from a horrified viewer who assumed Tracy the Ape was a substitute for "Biệt Đội Săn Ma (1984)"'s Winston Zeddemore.
This show is known as "Filmation's Ghostbusters" and "The Original Ghost Busters", because when Columbia Pictures released Biệt Đội Săn Ma (1984), it neglected the fact that Filmation had already produced a live-action comedy series The Ghost Busters (1975). Filmation sued Columbia Pictures in 1985, and as part of the out-of-court settlement the cartoon based on the Columbia Pictures property could not simply be called "Ghostbusters". Columbia Pictures proceeded to name their own series The Real Ghost Busters (1986) to directly distinguish it from this show.
This show is an animated version and an indirect sequel to The Ghost Busters (1975). In fact, Tracy the Gorilla is the same character in both shows, with the animated Jake Kong and Eddie Spenser being the sons of the live-action Kong and Spenser (who make guest appearances on this show).
The original plan was for the first five episodes, which form one long origin story, to be released theatrically in a slightly shorter edit. A year earlier, Filmation had released the first five episodes of She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985) theatrically as The Secret of the Sword (1985). However, these five episodes were not written until the series was in the middle of its production. The story that was actually written first was 'Statue of Liberty'.