Slimer is classified as a focused, Non-Terminal Repeating Phantasm, or a Class 5 Full Roaming Vapor. And a real nasty one at that. Ray Stantz (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - " The Halloween Door" (1989) (DVD ts. 01:16-01:18). Time Life Entertainment. Ray says: "He's been working all week on a costume. Made it himself." Slimer's role as the first ghost the Ghostbusters busted was fulfilled by a gargoyle-like spirit, Mayhem, at the Stonebrook Theatre. It even has the same color as Slimer's. Shaky at best. Although neither of the two have a true hatred of each other Slimer is often shown as slightly frightened when Kylie yells (usually at Eduardo).

Extreme Ghostbusters.com – Eduardo". Archived from the original on October 24, 2014 . Retrieved October 30, 2014. His collaborators say that Aykroyd was an astonishingly good sport about having his template torn apart and almost completely reworked. “I’m a better originator than executor of a finished screenplay,” Aykroyd admits. “I’m a kitchen-sink writer: I throw everything in there. I’ve always relied on a collaborator to bring it into reality.” Said Harold Ramis in Making Ghostbusters (1985), an annotated script in book form: “Dan’s great at creating funny situations, whereas my strength is more in the area of strong jokes and funny dialogue. Essentially, we wrote separately, and then rewrote each other.” Aykroyd also served as the paranormal-activities expert, providing official (and official-sounding) jargon.Also known as Green Ectoplasm, it is the most common form of residue seen. It ranges in shades from a bright forest green to a very gray with a light green shimmer. Slimer is known to emit very green ectoplasm while the Library ghost left behind a very opaque shade of it. The ectoplasm doesn't easily launder out of clothing or hair and is known to cause gastrointestinal distress if consumed. Meta Quest Blog (October 27, 2023). "Who You Gonna Call? 'Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord' Now Available on Meta Quest". Meta . Retrieved November 9, 2023.

Ray Stantz (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - " Stay Tooned" (1990) (DVD ts. 02:56-02:58). Time Life Entertainment. Ray says: "Looking for our favorite program." Winston Zeddemore (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - " Poultrygeist" (1988) (DVD ts. 21:27-21:30). Time Life Entertainment. Winston says: "It's just Slimer groovin' to his new soul tape." Shandor's original scheme comes to fruition during the events of the first film in 1984, when sufficient energy collected results in Gozer's minions, Zuul and Vinz Clortho, physically manifesting in preparation for their master's coming. The Ghostbusters foil Gozer's entry and neutralize it. As revealed in the video game, Shandor is also indirectly responsible for the events of Ghostbusters II, as the psychomagnotheric "mood" slime produced on his island was discovered by the malevolent spirit of Vigo the Carpathian underneath the Manhattan Museum of Art; Vigo used Shandor's substance to strengthen himself and to pursue his own apocalyptic agenda after his cursed painting's arrival at the museum.

The Kenner "Real Ghostbusters" action figure did not refer to the character as "Slimer", instead calling him "The Green Ghost". His size proportion was much larger to the characters than the Slimer's actual size.

Discovery YouTube "Mike lives his lifelong dream of getting slimed! | Dirty Jobs | Discovery" 6:39-6:40 3/10/2023 Scott Hegar says: "165 gallons.'" This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in multiple installments in the franchise. When Missed: Each Ghostbuster adjacent to Slimer gets Slimed, then Slimer moves 2 spaces in a random direction.Hawkes, Rebecca (June 8, 2016). " Ghostbusters: 10 things you didn't know about the original movie". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 15, 2016 . Retrieved June 17, 2019. In addition to the dark arts, Vigo was also skilled in painting. This combination provided him with the means to remain within the mortal realm after death. Vigo's spirit possesses and remains within his life-size self-portrait, which inevitably arrives at the restoration department of the fictitious Manhattan Museum of Art in 1989. In Ghostbusters terminology from West End Games' role-playing game, Vigo would be a Class 4 Full-Torso Apparition, as he was human in appearance and identified easily. He is also designated as a Class 4 Possessor in Erik Burnham's Tobin's Spirit Guide: Official Ghostbusters Edition. However as the events of Ghostbusters II progressed, Vigo drew strength from the negatively-charged rivers of psychomagnotheric "mood" slime (revealed later in Ghostbusters: The Video Game produced by the Gozarian cultists under Ivo Shandor) flowing beneath Manhattan. In doing so, his potency increased to the comparable levels of a Class 7 entity. With his newfound power, Vigo manipulates art gallery curator Dr. Janosz Poha into finding a child whose body he can permanently inhabit at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day, causing a supernatural crisis throughout the city that later labeled as the "Vigo Incident of '89". Janosz chooses Oscar, in return for being allowed to take Dana as his wife. His plan is foiled by the Ghostbusters' use of positive mood slime, disrupting his attempts to possess Oscar. Needing a host, Vigo briefly possesses Ray Stantz, but this allows Winston Zeddemore a better aim for firing his slime blower before Egon Spenglar and Peter Venkman with their particle throwers and he is again trapped within his painting. Price slated Ghostbusters for a major summer 1984 release—giving Reitman and the Ghostbusters team just one year to write, shoot, and edit the first big-budget, big-effects film any of them had ever attempted. Raymond "Ray" Stantz, another member of the Ghostbusters, is played by Dan Aykroyd in all three movies. He was voiced by Frank Welker in the animated television series The Real Ghostbusters and he reprised his role in a cameo in Extreme Ghostbusters. He is one of the three doctors of parapsychology on the team, and Peter's closest friend. Ray is considered the "heart" of the Ghostbusters by the other members of the team, and the second in command. He is an expert on paranormal history and metallurgy. Ray is characterized by his almost childlike enthusiasm towards his work, and his outspoken acceptance of paranormal activity. Gozer the Gozerian is a Class 7 Deity of Destruction revered by the Hittite, Mesopotamian and Sumerian cultures who appears as the first film's main antagonist, known by many titles that include "The Destructor", "The Destroyer", "Volguus Zildrohar, Lord of The Sebouillia", "Scourge of the Glethestements" and "The Traveler." Its base form is that of an androgynous woman, leading to it typically being identified as female. Gozer's appearance is preceded by increased paranormal activity and the disruption of natural forces. As briefly mentioned in the film and fully covered by the 2009 game sequel, Gozer had a following on Earth around 6000 BC before being banished by the Babylonian goddess Tiamat following a protracted conflict between their followers. Via its chief minions – Terror Dogs Zuul the Gatekeeper and Vinz Clortho the Keymaster, Gozer can enter into another reality and offers those witness to its arrival to choose an avatar form known as a Destructor before proceeding to destroy that plane of existence, as it did in one dimension as a Torb ( electric eel-like creature) and in another, a Sloar ( reptilian humanoid that produces venomous ectoplasmic substance that conducts psychomagnotheric energy).

Slimer is a type of Ectoplast, a ghost that is slippery in movement and to the touch. They are effective haunters and exceptional for learning the ropes. Kofi Outlaw (June 7, 2019). "Sigourney Weaver Confirms Return for New Ghostbusters, Bill Murray Likely Involved". comicbook.com. Slimer was changed so that he had a ghost tail and could speak in a more understandable manner. Slimer also became more of a regular team member, usually assisting in investigations and busts instead of merely tagging along for the ride.Yet the performance must have impressed him, for Reitman says that he “called Harold and said, ‘I think I found our Dana.’” He says today: “[When] Sigourney came in, [she] had the right amount of gravitas to her, and a wonderful sense of humor.” Dan Aykroyd described Slimer as a vapor - a kind of confluence of stored up psychic energy, an accumulation of spirits that haunt the hotel who doesn't want to leave. [49]