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Recap / The Real Ghostbusters Slimer 24 Up Close And Too Personal

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Slimer is looking for something interesting to film on his video camera. He comes across Manx, who is rooting through a trashcan. He tries to film him, but accidentally slams his clipper down on his tail, angering him and causing them to get into a face-pulling match.

Then, they smell pizza, and both want it, but Manx throws Slimer in the trash bin. He runs to get the pizza, then steals it, but Slimer photographs him and the pizza chef swipes it back before Manx can eat the pizza. The chef then yells at Manx, who runs, as Slimer films him. Then, the chef gives Slimer the pizza, infuriating Manx. The chef's boss then yells at him that they don't have enough customers.

He asks Slimer what to do, and Slimer suggests making a commercial. The chef accepts, and Slimer films him dancing, but a jealous Manx turns the music up too fast, causing the chef to dance too fast in response. When the chef says that he can't make commercials, only pizza, Slimer suggests making a giant pizza.

They try to do so, but Manx pours the entire box of yeast in, causing the dough to fill the room and burst out the door. Luckily, Slimer and the chef force the dough back into the pizzeria, which leads to it picking up toppings, cooking itself, going out the chimney, and landing on the sidewalk as a giant pizza.

Then, Manx gets on a motorbike and steals the giant pizza, however, he ends up spinning along on the edge of said pizza. He bumps into a truck, which sends him and the pizza flying into the air. The part of the pizza he's holding on tears off, leading to him falling down the entrance to the subway, and the rest of it falls back down the pizzeria's chimney.

The boss yells at the chef (whose name is revealed to be Luigi by Slimer), but then a crowd of people comes to eat at Luigi's pizzeria, earning him the customers he needs.

This short provides examples of


  • Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Manx puts on a crash helmet to ride his bike.
  • Amusing Injuries: Manx gets his tail slammed in the clipper.
  • And Your Reward Is Edible: Luigi gives Slimer the pizza to reward him for "saving" it.
  • Big Word Shout: Upon smelling the pizza, Slimer yells, "PIZZA!".
  • Blowing a Raspberry: When Manx is angry at Slimer for slamming his tail in the clipper, they blow raspberries at each other.
  • Chubby Chef: Luigi the pizza chef is a bit round.
  • Comedic Underwear Exposure: When Luigi's boss's pants rip, his underwear can be seen.
  • Contrived Coincidence:
    • Luigi and Slimer push the pizza dough into the pizzeria, and somehow the correct topping manage to land on it and it manages to cook in just the right ways to coincidentally form the giant pizza.
    • After flying through the pizza, the pizza just so happens to land back in the pizzeria.
  • Forgot About His Powers: Slimer forgets that he can phase through surfaces when Manx stuffs him in the trash.
  • Giant Food: Exploited — Slimer suggests Luigi make a giant pizza to attract customers.
  • Goofy Print Underwear: Luigi's boss wears white boxers with hearts on them.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Manx antagonises Slimer throughout the episode all because Slimer got pizza and he didn't.
  • Hoist by His Own Petard: Manx gets pulled along and attached to the giant pizza via the very rope he used to steal it.
  • Impossible Leavening: When Manx adds too much yeast, the room fills with dough, which even goes into the street.
  • Intentional Mess Making: Angry at not having gotten a pizza, Manx invokes Impossible Leavening by filling the dough up with yeast so it'll make a mess.
  • Jaw Drop: Manx's jaw drops all the way to the ground when Luigi lets Slimer eat the pizza.
  • Lost Food Grievance: Manx throws a tantrum and becomes vindictive as a result of not getting the pizza he wanted.
  • The Napoleon: Luigi has a short, shouty boss.
  • Ode to Food: While making the giant pizza, the chef sings, "We're making the pizza pizza, we're making the pizza pie. We're making the pizza pizza in your eye."
  • Offscreen Crash: Manx lands in the subway tunnels, but we don't see him — we just hear a crash and see dust flying out.
  • Pain-Powered Leap: After getting his tail slammed in the clipper, Manx leaps into the air.
  • Stock Foreign Name: Implied — the pizza chef's name is Luigi, and he's implied to be Italian judging by his accent.
  • Tongue-Out Insult: After blowing raspberries at each other, Slimer and Manx waggle their tongues at each other.
  • The Tooth Hurts: Manx's teeth break when he ends up biting down on nothing after having the pizza swiped.
  • Visible Odor: The smell of the pizza appears as steam.
  • Wild Take:
    • Slimer's eyes bulge out when he sees the chef about to fall on him.
    • Manx's eyes and tongue bulge out when he sees the giant pizza.

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