History Main / SlimeBall

* ''{{Fallout3}}'' has Ronald Laren, who is an complete and utter slimeball, trying to get into the pants of his [[TheIngenue painfully naive]] neighbor.

* In one sense, the titular character of CitizenKane is revealed to be something of a slimeball by his best friend after Kane's failed election campaign, who observes that: ''"you just want to convince the people that you love 'em so much that they oughta love you back!"''.

The Slimeball's motivations and actions are usually directed towards the goal of personal gain, often monetary or of a sexual nature. While a Slimeball can also be a MagnificentBastard villain or a SmugSnake, not every Slimeball has such grandiose ambitions, some preferring to simply make quick easy money or to influence others to like and trust them. The Slimeball who only harbors petty ambitions is almost always a DirtyCoward. When his ambitions are sexual, he is usually TheLeisureSuitLarry. In many romantic comedies, the romantic rival for the protagonist will usually end up being recognized as the Slimeball by the end of the film. The Slimeball may also be a MilesGloriosus, using tall tales of alleged courage and adventure as an attempt to be charismatic. The most common reaction from a protagonist after dealing with the Slimeball is the intense desire to take a shower.

Captain Raems T. Quirk of the fifth installment of the''SpaceQuest'' series begins as the standard figurative Slimeball before [[spoiler: becoming a literal one due to a mutating virus]].

The {{Slimeball}} is a character who has the most slippery slimy personality imaginable. Usually motivated by petty personal gain, the Slimeball is always trying to manipulate events around him in his favour and the people around him into viewing him in a favourable light. A defining characteristic of the Slimeball is a lack of class or sophistication. While some Slimeballs erronously believe the opposite is true, there are an equal number who accept their crass nature.

The Slimeball can appear under the guise of friendliness and the desire to help others, however depending on the story he can also be the CardCarryingVillain with no attempt to conceal the fact. Sometimes the Slimeball is an {{ObstructiveBureaucrat}} introduced to harass the protagonists - his slimy nature will often be confirmed by some subtle attempt to manipulate the protagonists into doing what he wants them to.

The Slimeball's motivations and actions are usually directed towards the goal of personal gain, often monetary or of a sexual nature. While a Slimeball can also be a MagnificentBastard villain or a SmugSnake, not every Slimeball has such grandiose ambitions, some preferring to simply make quick easy money or to influence others to like and trust them. The Slimeball who only harbors petty ambitions is almost always a DirtyCoward. When his ambitions are sexual, he is usually TheLeisureSuitLarry. In many romantic comedies, the romantic rival for the protagonist will usually end up being recognized as the Slimeball by the end of the film. The most common reaction from a protagonist after dealing with the Slimeball is the intense desire to take a shower.

* DCI Keats from ''AshesToAshes'' is an example of the ObstructiveBureaucrat version and is completely covered in slime thoughout his tenure on the show. None of this is surprising by the end of the series, as [[spoiler: it is all but stated directly that he's really {{Satan}}.]]

* Jack Vinennes from ''LaConfidential'' starts out as a complete {{Slimeball}}, arresting people set up by his equally slimy associate, the tabloid owner Sid Hutchens, so that he can look like a hero cop while Hutchens gets prime gossip material. Jack manages to wash the slime off and become a real cop when [[spoiler: his shady operation backfires and gets a young man killed.]]

* An episode of ''{{Babylon5}}'' introduces us to the very rare female Slimeball in the form of the station's first political officer, Julie Musante. She even tries to seduce Sheridan to influence him.

* An episode of ''BabylonV'' introduces us to the very rare female Slimeball in the form of the station's first political officer, Julie Musante. She even tries to seduce Sheridan to influence him.

* An episode of ''Babylon5'' introduces us to the very rare female Slimeball in the form of the station's first political officer, Julie Musante. She even tries to seduce Sheridan to influence him.

Captain Raems T. Quirk of ''SpaceQuestV'' begins as the standard figurative Slimeball before [[spoiler: becoming a literal one due to a mutating virus]].

** The irish comedian DylanMoran once stated that [[http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01827/Silvio-Berlusconi_1827615c.jpg every time Berlusconi smiles]], an angel gets gonorrhea.

* In ''{{Deadwood}}'', you can practically see the trail of slime behind E.B. Farnum as he skulks around town, engaging one poorly thought-out scheme after another.

* In ''{Othello}'', Iago manages to be the MagnificentBastard, playing off the other characters against each other for his own gain while pretending to be a close friend and counsel to all of them.

The Slimeball's motivations and actions are usually directed towards the goal of personal gain, often monetary or of a sexual nature. While a Slimeball can also be a MagnificentBastard villain or a SmugSnake, not every Slimeball has such grandiose ambitions, some preferring to simply make quick easy money or to influence others to like and trust them. The Slimeball who only harbors petty ambitions is almost always a DirtyCoward. When his ambitions are sexual, he is usually TheLeisureSuitLarry. The romantic rival for the protagonist to deal with in many romantic comedies will usually end up being recognized as the Slimeball by the end of the film. The most common reaction from a protagonist after dealing with the Slimeball is the intense desire to take a shower.

** The irish comedian DylanMoran once stated that every time Berlusconi smiles, an angel gets gonorrhea.

The Slimeball's motivations and actions are usually directed towards the goal of personal gain, often monetary or of a sexual nature. While a Slimeball can also be a MagnificentBastard villain or a SmugSnake, not every Slimeball has such grandiose ambitions, some preferring to simply make quick easy money or to influence others to like and trust them. The Slimeball who only harbors petty ambitions is almost always a DirtyCoward. When his ambitions are sexual, he is usually TheLeisureSuitLarry. The most common reaction from a protagonist after dealing with the Slimeball is the intense desire to take a shower.

* DCI Keats from ''AshesToAshes'' is an example of the OnstructiveBureaucrat version and is completely covered in slime thoughout his tenure on the show. None of this is surprising by the end of the series, as [[spoiler: it is all but stated directly that he's really {{Satan}}.]]

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* The school guidance counselor in PumpUpTheVolume make the enormous effort to convince students that he is looking out for their interests while really being the school principal's lackey, assisting her in expelling all the undesirables. The film's protagonist "Hard Harry" even describes him as "slime" on his pirate radio signal for so deeply betraying the students who came to him for help.
* Jack Vinennes from LaConfidential starts out as a complete {{Slimeball}}, arresting people set up by his equally slimy associate, the tabloid owner Sid Hutchens, so that he can look like a hero cop while Hutchens gets prime gossip material. Jack manages to wash the slime off and become a real cop when [[spoiler: his shady operation backfires and gets a young man killed.]]