Slime
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It is also commonly known as Gunge in the United Kingdom and is featured on game shows and used by covering or dropping over a victim in a Gunge Tank, with the intention to cause embarassment.
In the United States of America, it is used with the same effect on the programme Slime Time Live on American network Nickelodeon.
The use of slime is believed by many to have been pioneered by the Canadian television series, You Can't Do That On Television.
Slime in Games
- They are half-circles featured in Slime Ball, especially the original Slime Volleyball
- Slime (スライム) — A typical weak blue slime.
- Red Slime (スライムベス) — A slightly stronger version of the normal slime.
- Metal Slime (メタルスライム) — Made of metal, the Metal Slime offers great rewards to anyone who can manage to destroy it, but it will run away at the first opportunity.
- Slime Dark (スライムダーク) — A strong, black version of the normal slime.
- Babble (バブルスライム) — A green melted slime that is poisonous.
- Metal Babble (はぐれメタル) — Similar to the Metal Slime, the Metal Babble is cowardly and hard to defeat, but yields a great amount of experience.
- Healer Slime (ホイミスライム) — A floating slime resembling a jellyfish, with the power to heal its allies.
- Marine Slime (マリンスライム) — This slime of the seas inhabits a conch shell and looks vaguely like a hermit crab.
- Slime Knight (スライムナイト) — A knight with a slime as its mount.
- King Slime (キングスライム) — A huge, fat slime with a crown on its head. Sometimes normal slimes will join up to become a King Slime.
- Metal King (メタルキング) — Similar to the King Slime, but made of metal. Cowardly and hard to defeat, it yields a huge amount of experience.
- Gold Slime (ゴルデンスライム) — A slime shaped like a huge jewel.
- Platinium King (プラチナキング) — A jewelled slime composed of platinium. The stuff of legends.
- Spot Slime (ぶちスライム) — A common yellow slime with brown spots. Slightly larger than a normal slime.
- Dragon Slime — A winged reptillian slime with the ability to breathe fire.
As the most recognizable symbol of the best-selling video game series in Japan, the slime has been featured prominently in Dragon Quest-related merchandise. Slime merchandise includes:
- Plush toys
- Pencil cases
- Sony PlayStation 2 game controller
Making Slime
You can make a mostly harmless though entertaining slimy substance using the following ingredients;
- borax (available in hardware or convenience stores)
- PVA glue, e.g. white wood glue (available in hardware or convenience stores) based on polyvinyl acetate.
- water
Combining the ingredients in the correct order and proportion produces a thick tacky fluid like material. A good external source for detailed quantities & instructions can be found at www.madsci.org (http://www.madsci.org/experiments/archive/878680114.Ch.html)
The result is an opaque viscous polymer, damp to touch but very tactile when squashed between your fingers.
Using polyvinyl alcohol instead of the glue results in a transparent slime.
Your slime can be enhanced by adding a small quantity of food colouring to the mixture.
- The slime is harmless (though it could block pipes and drains if disposed in sufficient quantity). Conduct further research if you are worried about the health effects of using borax or polyvinyl acetate based products.
The Band
There also existed a German punk band from Hamburg named "Slime", see Slime (band).ja:スライム
