Slime (Dragon Quest)

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A blue slime

Slime is the mascot of the Dragon Quest console role-playing game franchise, and also one of the many types of monster that can be found in the games. It looks like a water drop with a big smile and eyes, similar in shape to an onion or Hershey's Kiss. It is the weakest enemy in the game. Unlike Oozes in Dungeons & Dragons, they are contained within an easy to break membrane, and are often the first enemies a hero faces. There are many different types of slime found throughout the series:

  • Slime (スライム, suraimu) — A typical weak blue slime.
  • Red Slime (レッドスライム, reddo suraimu) — A common red slime.
  • She-Slime (スライムベス, suraimu-besu) — A slightly stronger version of the normal slime.
  • Metal Slime (メタルスライム, metaru-suraimu) — Made of metal, the Metal Slime offers great rewards to anyone who can manage to destroy it, but it is extremely hard to hit, takes very little damage if hit, and runs away at the first opportunity. This slime is also sometimes known as Metaly.
  • Dark Slime (スライムダーク, suraimu-dāku) — A strong, black version of the normal slime. Can use an attack called "Slime Spank".
  • Babble/Bubble Slime (バブルスライム, baburu-suraimu) — A green melted slime that is poisonous.
  • Metal Babble/Liquid Metal Slime (はぐれメタル, hagure-metaru) — Similar to the Metal Slime, the Metal Babble is cowardly, fast, and hard to defeat, but yields a great amount of experience. In the North American version of Dragon Quest VIII, it is known as the "liquid metal slime".
  • Healer/Healslime (ホイミスライム, hoimi-suraimu) — A floating slime resembling a jellyfish, with the power to heal its allies. Advanced versions are known as the behoimi (English name: Cureslime), behoma (or CureAll Slime), and behomazun slimes, after the healing spells they use. The healer slime is often palette-swapped to represent a jellyfish enemy.
  • Marine Slime (マリンスライム, marin-suraimu) — This slime of the seas inhabits a clam shell.
  • Slime Knight (スライムナイト, suraimu-naito) — A knight with a slime as its mount.
  • Metal Slime Knight A knight riding a metal slime.
  • King Slime (キングスライム, kingu-suraimu) — A huge, fat slime with a crown on its head. Sometimes normal slimes will join up to become a King Slime.
  • Metal King Slime (メタルキング, metaru-kingu) — Similar to the King Slime, but made of metal. Cowardly and hard to defeat, it yields a huge amount of experience.
  • King Cureslime Similar to the King Slime, but green. Can cast OmniHeal to heal its allies in one go.
  • Gold Slime (ゴルデンスライム, goruden-suraimu) — A slime shaped like a huge jewel.
  • Platinum King (プラチナキング, purachina-kingu) — A jewelled slime composed of platinum. The stuff of legends.
  • Spot Slime (ぶちスライム, buchi-suraimu) — A common yellow slime with brown spots. Slightly larger than a normal slime.
  • Dragon Slime — A winged reptilian slime with the ability to breathe fire.
  • Snail Slime — A slow-moving slime inhabiting a conch shell.
  • Ultrus Dragon Quest VIII only. Made of three team slimes.

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:

The slime is also the protagonist of its own spinoff games, the first one being Slime MoriMori Dragon Quest, a Japanese-only Game Boy Advance title. It was followed by Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime, which was released worldwide, for the Nintendo DS.

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