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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-written by ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' creator Creator/BillFinger, co-produced by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer and [[Creator/{{Toei Company}} Toei]] and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-written by ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' Creator/BillFinger (yes, the creator Creator/BillFinger, of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''), co-produced by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer and [[Creator/{{Toei Company}} Toei]] and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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This film is notable for being the '''first movie ever riffed''' by ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000PilotTheGreenSlime pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show]]. Sadly KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).

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This film is notable for being the '''first movie ever riffed''' by ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000PilotTheGreenSlime pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show]]. Sadly Sadly, KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).
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This film is notable for being the first movie '''ever''' riffed by ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000PilotTheGreenSlime pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show]]. Sadly KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).

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This film is notable for being the first '''first movie '''ever''' riffed ever riffed''' by ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000PilotTheGreenSlime pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show]]. Sadly KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).

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* GreenIsGross: The titular slime. It's a glop that drips and oozes around, and as soon as it hits electrical power it turns into a tentacle monster.

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* ForWantOfANail / NiceJobBreakingItHero: On the Flora asteroid, Rankin angrily throws away the scientists' collection device, causing it to shatter and spattering a crewman's spacesuit with the slime, which brings it onto the station and causes the disaster. If he'd just have put it down carefully, the carnage would've been avoided.
* GreenIsGross: The titular slime. It's a glop that drips and oozes around, and as soon as it hits electrical power it turns into a GreenAndMean tentacle monster.
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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer and [[Creator/{{Toei Company}} Toei]] and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-written by ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' creator Creator/BillFinger, co-produced by Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer and [[Creator/{{Toei Company}} Toei]] and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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* ClosedCircle: Due to the Green Slime's FromASingleCell nature, Gamma 3 must go into a self-imposed quarantine to prevent them from wiping out Earth's population. For bonus points, the station is actually circle-shaped.

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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: "Captain" Martin is outranked by "Commanders" Rankin and Elliot. One might presume that in this case, "Commander" is a title rather than an actual rank.



* CommanderContrarian: Cmdr. Elliott constantly makes decisions that end up endangering the station further just because he doesn't likes being told what to do by Rankin.

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* CommanderContrarian: Cmdr. Elliott constantly makes decisions that end up endangering the station further just because he doesn't likes like being told what to do by Rankin.



* {{Cyclops}}: The slime creatures.

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* {{Cyclops}}: The slime creatures.creatures have a single, huge Creator/{{CBS}}-like eye.



* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The plot with RoguePlanet Flora takes up only the first act, and is resolved rather quickly. It exists only to explain where the slime creatures come from and how they get onto the space station.



* IdiotBall: Lisa, the station's chief medical officer, ''breaks quarantine'' when the mission returns from Flora by running in to greet them in the landing bay.

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* IdiotBall: Lisa, the station's chief medical officer, ''breaks quarantine'' ''violates quarantine procedure'' when the mission returns from Flora by running in to greet them in the landing bay.bay before they've gone through decontamination.



* RaygunGothic: All over the place. The ships all look like [[RetroRocket Retro Rockets]], and even if Gamma-3 is donut-shaped, the ArtificialGravity is set so people are standing upright.

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* RaygunGothic: All over the place. The ships all look like [[RetroRocket Retro Rockets]], {{Retro Rocket}}s, and even if Gamma-3 is donut-shaped, the ArtificialGravity is set so people are standing upright.it pulls toward the station's "bottom" rather than its outer circumference.



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Rankin first arrives on the space station, the first thing Lisa tells Elliott is that she no longer has feelings for Rankin.

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Rankin first arrives on the space station, the very first thing Lisa tells says to Elliott is that she no longer has feelings for Rankin.



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* AsteroidsMonster[=/=]FromASingleCell[=/=]HealingFactor: What makes the slime creatures so dangerous (besides the fact that they, you know, kill people), and the reason they must be kept away from Earth at all costs.



* {{Cyclops}}: the slime creatures
** [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Take Warning]]: The only eye the Slime creatures have is red and they are very dangerous to human life.

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* {{Cyclops}}: the The slime creatures
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** [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Take Warning]]: The only slime creatures' one eye the Slime creatures have is red red, and they are very dangerous to human life.



* GreenIsGross: the titular slime, it's a glop that drips and oozes around, as soon as it hits electrical power it turns into the tentacle monsters.
* HealingFactor / FromASingleCell / AsteroidsMonster: What makes the slime creatures so dangerous (besides the fact that they, you know, kill people), and the reason they must be kept away from Earth at all costs.

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* GreenIsGross: the The titular slime, it's slime. It's a glop that drips and oozes around, and as soon as it hits electrical power it turns into the a tentacle monsters.
* HealingFactor / FromASingleCell / AsteroidsMonster: What makes the slime creatures so dangerous (besides the fact that they, you know, kill people), and the reason they must be kept away from Earth at all costs.
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* LoveTriangle: Cmdr. Elliott and Lisa are engaged; but Lisa was previously in a relationship with Cmdr. Rankin as well.

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* LoveTriangle: Cmdr. Elliott and Lisa are engaged; engaged, but Lisa was previously in a relationship with Cmdr. Rankin as well.



* RaygunGothic: All over the place. The ships all look like a RetroRocket and even if Gamma-3 is donut-shaped the ArtificialGravity is set so people are standing upright.
* RedShirt: Michaels, Halvorson's assistant, is the first to go.

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* RaygunGothic: All over the place. The ships all look like a RetroRocket [[RetroRocket Retro Rockets]], and even if Gamma-3 is donut-shaped donut-shaped, the ArtificialGravity is set so people are standing upright.
* RedShirt: Michaels, Halvorson's Halverson's assistant, is the first to go.



* TooDumbToLive: Dr. Halvorsen runs into a part of the station which is currently overrun by slime creatures in an attempt to retrieve copies of his work. Needless to say, it doesn't end well for him.

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* TooDumbToLive: Dr. Halvorsen Halversen runs into a part of the station which is currently overrun by slime creatures in an attempt to retrieve copies of his work. Needless to say, it doesn't end well for him.
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* EnergyAbsorption: The slime creatures can seemingly feed off of ''any'' type of energy, including sunlight and even FrickinLaserBeams. On the other hand, they [[KillItWithFire burn up just fine]].

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* EnergyAbsorption: The slime creatures can seemingly feed off of ''any'' type of energy, including sunlight and even FrickinLaserBeams.[[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]]. On the other hand, they [[KillItWithFire burn up just fine]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: Both Rankin and Elliott qualify, as they continue their personal bickering even during the station-threatening emergency.


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* ThrowingYourGunAtTheEnemy: During the climax, Rankin's laser gun runs out of power, so he throws the useless weapon at the attacking creatures.
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** On the other hand, Rankin constantly emasculates Elliott in front of the crew, up to and including trying to take Lisa back because he can't accept she loves Elliott.

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* ColonyDrop: The whole plot starts when the rogue planet "Flora" wanders into the Solar System and threatens to crash into Earth.

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* ColonyDrop: The whole plot starts when the rogue planet RoguePlanet "Flora" wanders into the Solar System and threatens to crash into Earth.


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* RoguePlanet: The whole plot starts with the planet Flora wandering into the Solar System on a collision course with Earth.
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* GreenIsGross: the titular slime, it's a glop that drips and oozes around, as soon as it hits electrical power it turns into the tentacle monsters.
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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and [[Creator/{{Toei Company}} Toei]] and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer and [[Creator/{{Toei Company}} Toei]] and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Creator/{{Toho}} Studios and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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''The Green Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Creator/{{Toho}} Studios [[Creator/{{Toei Company}} Toei]] and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.
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* ColonyDrop: The whole plot starts when the RoguePlanet "Flora" wanders into the Solar System and threatens to crash into Earth.

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* ColonyDrop: The whole plot starts when the RoguePlanet rogue planet "Flora" wanders into the Solar System and threatens to crash into Earth.
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* ColonyDrop: Flora.
* CommanderContrarian: Cmdr. Elliott

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* ColonyDrop: Flora.
The whole plot starts when the RoguePlanet "Flora" wanders into the Solar System and threatens to crash into Earth.
* CommanderContrarian: Cmdr. ElliottElliott constantly makes decisions that end up endangering the station further just because he doesn't likes being told what to do by Rankin.



** [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Take Warning]]

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** [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Take Warning]]Warning]]: The only eye the Slime creatures have is red and they are very dangerous to human life.



* HeroicSacrifice

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* HeroicSacrificeHeroicSacrifice: Elliott finally does ''one'' thing right by TakingTheBullet for Rankin when the two of them set Gamma-3 to burn up in re-entry.



* TheMedic: Lisa

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* TheMedic: LisaLisa is the chief nurse in Gamma-3 and eventually the main doctor when Halverson's stupidity gets him killed.



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* RaygunGothicRaygunGothic: All over the place. The ships all look like a RetroRocket and even if Gamma-3 is donut-shaped the ArtificialGravity is set so people are standing upright.
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'''The Green Slime''' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Creator/{{Toho}} Studios and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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'''The ''The Green Slime''' Slime'' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Creator/{{Toho}} Studios and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.



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This film is notable for being the first movie '''ever''' riffed by ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000PilotTheGreenSlime pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show]]. Sadly KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).

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This film is notable for being the first movie '''ever''' riffed by ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000PilotTheGreenSlime pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show]]. Sadly KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).
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This film is notable for being the first movie '''ever''' riffed by ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show. Sadly KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).

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This film is notable for being the first movie '''ever''' riffed by ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000PilotTheGreenSlime pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show.show]]. Sadly KTMA lost the rights to the film shortly after the episode was made, making it a LostEpisode (and, given Best Brains' attitude toward their KTMA-era work, it's likely to '''remain''' lost. KeepCirculatingTheTapes!).


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* MonochromeCasting: Despite the space station supposedly having an international crew, everyone is Caucasian. Pretty odd for a film made in Japan, even if for American audiences.
* NoodleIncident: We never get too many details of the incident that rent Elliott's and Rankin's friendship. We do know that Elliott had mounted an attempt to save one life and ended up costing ten, and that Rankin duly reported this.


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* RedShirt: Michaels, Halvorson's assistant, is the first to go.

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'''The Green Slime''' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Toho Studios and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

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'''The Green Slime''' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Toho Creator/{{Toho}} Studios and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.


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This is notable for being the first movie ''ever'' riffed by MysteryScienceTheater3000, on the pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show.

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This film is notable for being the first movie ''ever'' '''ever''' riffed by MysteryScienceTheater3000, ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', on the pilot episode for the original KTMA-era show.
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* HealingFactor / FromASingleCell: What makes the slime creatures so dangerous (besides the fact that they, you know, kill people), and the reason they must be kept away from Earth at all costs.

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* HealingFactor / FromASingleCell: FromASingleCell / AsteroidsMonster: What makes the slime creatures so dangerous (besides the fact that they, you know, kill people), and the reason they must be kept away from Earth at all costs.
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'''The Green Slime''' is a 1968 ScienceFiction[=/=]{{Horror}} film, co-produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Toho Studios and directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

When a giant asteroid dubbed "Flora" [[ColonyDrop threatens the Earth]], a mission to destroy it is quickly launched, led by hard-ass commander Rankin (Robert Horton). The disaster is successfully averted; however, a small piece of space slime is unwittingly smuggled back to the space station Gamma 3, where it begins [[EnergyAbsorption feeding off the station's power cables]] and grows into a tall green monster with [[ShockAndAwe deadly, electrified tentacles]]. Worse, the creature [[HealingFactor heals rapidly]] and regenerates [[FromASingleCell any severed anatomy into a whole new creature]]... eventually building up a veritable army of nigh-unstoppable monsters. Now Rankin and the Gamma 3's crew must fight a seemingly hopeless battle as well as interpersonal tensions in an effort to keep the beasts from reaching Earth.

!!''The Green Slime'' contains the following tropes:
* ColonyDrop: Flora.
* CommanderContrarian: Cmdr. Elliott
* {{Cyclops}}: the slime creatures
** [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Take Warning]]
* EnergyAbsorption: The slime creatures can seemingly feed off of ''any'' type of energy, including sunlight and even FrickinLaserBeams. On the other hand, they [[KillItWithFire burn up just fine]].
* HealingFactor / FromASingleCell: What makes the slime creatures so dangerous (besides the fact that they, you know, kill people), and the reason they must be kept away from Earth at all costs.
* HeroicSacrifice
* IdiotBall: Lisa, the station's chief medical officer, ''breaks quarantine'' when the mission returns from Flora by running in to greet them in the landing bay.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Because [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing Your Rifle Always Works]].
* LoveTriangle: Cmdr. Elliott and Lisa are engaged; but Lisa was previously in a relationship with Cmdr. Rankin as well.
* TheMedic: Lisa
* ShockAndAwe: The creatures' tentacles are so charged with energy, a mere touch is deadly.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Rankin first arrives on the space station, the first thing Lisa tells Elliott is that she no longer has feelings for Rankin.
* TooDumbToLive: Dr. Halvorsen runs into a part of the station which is currently overrun by slime creatures in an attempt to retrieve copies of his work. Needless to say, it doesn't end well for him.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture

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