History Main / SlimeSnailsAndMutantTails

* Similarly ''WesternAnimation/SwampThing''; both were kid-washed animated versions of violent comics. The latter succeeded only as a toyline, since only five episodes were made. ''Toxic Crusaders'', of ''Film/TheToxicAvenger'' fame, got a slightly better deal with 13 episodes.

!! Examples:

* ''Creepy Crawlers'' was also spawned from a toyline, this time without the stylish look upgrade for the cartoon.

** Ooze in general became an emblem of {{Nickelodeon}}, and the "main" form for their logo was a splat.

Various cartoons and toy lines, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, used repulsive slimy creatures and ooze to appeal to kids, ''especially'' boys (hence the trope name pun). Keywords were "gross","slime" (or if you're British "gunge") and "ooze".

Toys often focused on some gimmick based around some goopy liquid, and most of these franchises had an obsession with the toxic waste theme. That meant lots of villains, and sometimes heroes, based on mutant abilities, bizarre chimeras, and distorted bodies.

* ''Doctor Dreadful'' is a toy line first introduced by ''Creator/{{Tyco}}, currently produced by Umagine. It makes ''candy'' and other treats with slime and other creepy themes.

* The ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' villains, the Evil Horde, got an entire playset based around this concept, the Horde Slime Pit. A claw would reach up to ensnare an action hero, and then a dinosaur skull would open its jaw to drop the official "slime," a green semisolid that came in a canister, similar to the Ghostbusters product above.

Various cartoons and toy lines, especially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, used repulsive slimy creatures and ooze to appeal kids, ''especially'' boys (hence the trope name pun). Keywords were "gross","slime" (or if you're British "gunge") and "ooze".

Various cartoons and toy lines, specially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, used repulsive slimy creatures and ooze to appeal kids, ''especially'' boys (hence the trope name pun). Keywords were "gross","slime" (or if you're British "gunge") and "ooze".

* Green slime was a RunningGag on kids' series ''Series/YouCantDoThatOnTelevision''.
** Ooze in general became an emblem of {{Nickelodeon}}, and the "main" form for their logo was a splat.
* ''{{The Real Ghostbusters}}'' got that directly from the movies. Its toy line sold all sorts of ugly ghost creatures that looked closer to extreme mutants than spirits. It also included synthetic "ectoplasm".
* The formula was copy-pasted for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'', which included "ooze" and featured humanoid creatures covered with garbage and insects.
* Similarly ''WesternAnimation/{{Swamp Thing}}''; both were kid-washed animated versions of violent comics. The latter succeeded only as a toyline, since only five episodes were made. ''Toxic Crusaders'', of ''TheToxicAvenger'' fame, got a slightly better deal with 13 episodes.
* ''MightyMax'' was created as a toyline specifically to cash on that trend, although its animated version was toned down with a graphic style closer to ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

** While the decision to adopt the show in the 90s probably came from this, the original Japanese ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' series has a long history of really bizarre, disgusting monster designs. While the first few shows mostly had thugs in ridiculous costumes, ''DenshiSentaiDenziman'''s Vader Monsters entire gimmick was that they came from a planet where people had entirely different ideas of beauty and ugliness and were made by the designers to be as grotesque as a TV budget would allow. The franchise has never really looked back since.
* ''{{Goosebumps}}'' is not far from that.
* ''{{Tales from the Crypt}}'' and its animated series were kind of the sophisticated version of that.
* The ''{{Mutant League}}'' games are a nice example; they even spawned a cartoon that lasted more than one season.
* The ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' villains, the Evil Horde, got an entire playset based around this concept, the Horde Slime Pit. A claw would reach up to ensnare an action hero, and then a dinosaur skull would open its jaw to drop the official "slime," a green semisolid that came in a canister, similar to the Ghostbusters product above.
* Creator/{{Mattel}}'s line of "Mad Scientist" toys, which included a "Dissect-An-Alien" kit (complete with phosphorescent slime for "Alien Blood') and a "Monster Maker" kit that featured an acid bath that would dissolve the "monster flesh" from their bones.

* The [[WesternAnimation/{{He-Man and the Masters of the Universe}} Masters of theUniverse]] villains, the Evil Horde, got an entire playset based around this concept, the Horde Slime Pit. A claw would reach up to ensnare an action hero, and then a dinosaur skull would open its jaw to drop the official "slime," a green semisolid that came in a canister, similar to the Ghostbusters product above.

* Initially, ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' cashed that cow too, with many of their adversaries looking like Otto Mann's acid dreams (Rita Repulsa probably took lessons from Rob Zombie himself).
** While the decision to adopt the show in the 90s probably came from this, the original Japanese ''SuperSentai'' series has a long history of really bizarre, disgusting monster designs. While the first few shows mostly had thugs in ridiculous costumes, ''DenshiSentaiDenziman'''s Vader Monsters entire gimmick was that they came from a planet where people had entirely different ideas of beauty and ugliness and were made by the designers to be as grotesque as a TV budget would allow. The franchise has never really looked back since.

* Mattel's line of "Mad Scientist" toys, which included a "Dissect-An-Alien" kit (complete with phosphorescent slime for "Alien Blood') and a "Monster Maker" kit that featured an acid bath that would dissolve the "monster flesh" from their bones.

* ''MightyMax'' was created as a toyline specifically to cash on that trend, although its animated version was toned down with a graphic style closer to ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

Various cartoons and toy lines, specially in the late 1980s and early 1990s, used repulsive slimy creatures and ooze to appeal kids. Keywords were "gross","slime" (or if you're British "gunge") and "ooze".

Toys often focused on some gimmick based around some gunge-based liquid, and most of these franchises had an obsession with the toxic waste theme. That meant lots of villains, and sometimes heroes, based on mutant abilities, bizarre chimeras and distorted bodies.

* The formula was copy-pasted for the ''{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}'', which included "ooze" and featured humanoid creatures covered with garbage and insects.

* Similarly ''{{Swamp Thing}}''; both were kid-washed animated versions of violent comics. The latter succeeded only as a toyline, since only five episodes were made. ''Toxic Crusaders'', of ''The Toxic Avenger'' fame, got a slightly better deal with 13 episodes.

* The MastersOfTheUniverse villains, the Evil Horde, got an entire playset based around this concept, the Horde Slime Pit. A claw would reach up to ensnare an action hero, and then a dinosaur skull would open its jaw to drop the official "slime," a green semisolid that came in a canister, similar to the Ghostbusters product above.

* The formula was copy-pasted for the {{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}}, which included "ooze" and featured humanoid creatures covered with garbage and insects.

* Initially, ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers}}'' cashed that cow too, with many of their adversaries looking like Otto Mann's acid dreams (Rita Repulsa probably took lessons from Rob Zombie himself).

* The {{Mutant League}} games are a nice example; they even spawned a cartoon that lasted more than one season.