Slimer
Fictional character from Ghostbusters
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- Slimer , originally referred to as the Onionhead and sometimes the Mean Green Ghost and the Ugly Little Spud , is a character from the Ghostbusters franchise.
- and Extreme Ghostbusters , and in the video games: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009), Beeline's Ghostbusters (2013), Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (2022) and Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2024).
- In The Real Ghostbusters , he is the Ghostbusters' mascot and friend.
- Creation and conception Ghostbusters During the pre-production of Ghostbusters , Ivan Reitman remarked Slimer was sort of like Bluto in the film Animal House , like the ghost of John Belushi.
Slimer, originally referred to as the Onionhead and sometimes the Mean Green Ghost and the Ugly Little Spud, is a character from the Ghostbusters franchise. He appears in the films Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), the remake Ghostbusters (2016), and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), in the animated television series: The Real Ghostbusters, Slimer! and Extreme Ghostbusters, and in the video games: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009), Beeline's Ghostbusters (2013), Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (2022) and Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord (2024). Slimer was voiced by Ivan Reitman and Adam Ray in the films and by Frank Welker in the animated series. In The Real Ghostbusters, he is the Ghostbusters' mascot and friend.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) instead features a similar ghost named "Muncher".
Creation and conception
Ghostbusters
During the pre-production of Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman remarked Slimer was sort of like Bluto in the film Animal House, like the ghost of John Belushi.
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