In Partners in Slime, an overstuffed ghost named Poso wishes to become the ghostfather of all ghosts. He kidnaps Janine and Louis and as ransom for their release, he demands that the Ghostbusters turn over their headquarters and their ghostbusting equipment.[2]
Janine went on a shopping spree with Louis and Slimer on hand to lug her purchases around. Slimer was distracted by a candy display and was separated from Janine and Louis. Janine noticed a sign indicating a big sale on the third floor. She dragged Louis to an elevator. The sign disintegrated. Slimer tried to catch up with them but crashed into the elevator door. He became concerned when the dial flew off and the elevator snapped at him. Slimer tried to phase through it but ended up outside the mall and was almost hit by a bus. At the Firehouse, Egon, Ray, and Winston worked on putting up a banner saying, "Happy Birthday, Janine" while Peter practiced singing like Elvis. The guys inquired why Peter couldn't just sing normally. Suddenly Slimer phased through the banner and crashed into Peter.
Slimer tried to act out what happened but the Ghostbusters didn't understand. Luckily, however, a ghost appeared on Janine's computer. He identified himself as Boss Poso and revealed Janine and Louis tied up. Poso demanded the Ghostbusters hand over their operation to him by midnight. After the computer returned to normal, Egon ran a search on Poso. They went over his file and learned he worked with a sidekick named Shifter. Ray recognized Shifter and reminded everyone they caught him two weeks ago. Winston mused Shifter could help them but they would have to get him out of the Containment Unit first.
Slimer was outfitted with some equipment and Ray released a Camera Trap to follow him around. Slimer and the trap were sucked into the grid. Slimer evaded several scary and odd looking ghosts and was greeted by the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. Slimer came up a card game and sighted Shifter. The guys monitored from the basement and confirmed that was Shifter. The Camera Trap activated and trapped both Slimer and Shifter. It teleported away and fell out of the grid back into the basement. Shifter attempted to leave but the guys confined him. Egon launched a collar onto Shifter's neck and told him they needed his help. Shifter was shocked. Winston stepped in and asked about Poso. Shifter revealed Poso wanted to be the Ghostfather, the big boss of ghosts on the East Coast. With the Ghostbusters' equipment, Poso could accomplish this goal. Shifter tried to flee again but Egon revealed the device kept Shifter close by. Winston offered him a deal: help them rescue their friends and he was free. Shifter agreed and pointed out Poso's location on a map, a place called Ghost Town in New Jersey.
The Ghostbusters heard enough and were ready to go. Shifter interjected and stated he could only smuggle one of them into Ghost Town. The guys soon finished covering Peter in psychoreactive slime from the Vigo incident last year. Ray reminded Peter the slime responded to thoughts and emotions. Egon added it would give him limited ghostly powers like flight, allowing him to pass off as a ghost. The bucket of slime floated off. When Egon tried to grab it, it flew away with him. Shifter and Peter arrived just in time at the last ferry to Ghost Town while Slimer, Ray, and Winston observed from afar in Ecto-2. During the ride, a female ghost tried to flirt with Peter. She was annoyed when Peter spurned her advances and tossed him onto a nearby garbage barge.
Once in Ghost Town, two of Poso's henchmen recognized Peter and Shifter right away. Shifter, however, vanished and left Peter helpless. The henchmen tossed Peter into a prison cell and left to alert Poso. Peter pried the bars away but got entangled in them thanks to the slime. In another part of town, Janine declared to Poso his plan wouldn't work. Poso wasn't too pleased with her attitude. Meanwhile, Ecto-2 was attacked by ghosts and forced to crash on the outskirts of Ghost Town. Ray radioed Egon but Egon revealed several of Poso's henchmen arrived at the Firehouse. They forced Egon to take them to the Containment Unit. Egon showed it off but they didn't believe him, so Egon took advantage of the situation and trapped them.
Shifter appeared to Peter and insisted he was checking the layout of the town. Peter threatened to activate Shifter's collar again. Shifter relented and got the cell keys. As they strode through town. Shifter freed himself from the collar. The last straw, Peter declared he'd save his friends and beat Poso by himself. Shifter revealed his reasons for helping the Ghostbusters. Poso was responsible for Shifter being caught by them. Peter and Shifter made up but Poso's henchmen spotted them and chased after them. Peter was unable to fly and told Shifter to activate the collar. Peter was pulled up to the roof, impressing Shifter. It was almost midnight. Ray noticed the two minute warning on Ecto-2's console. Winston announced he could get Ecto-2 running in time.
Peter busted into Poso's room with the collar. He clamped it on one of Poso's right arms and gave the signal to Shifter. Shifter flew to Ecto-2. Poso was angered by the developments and heated up the room. Peter freed Janine and Louis and they ran out the building. Winston threw out a Ghost Trap and Shifter activated the collar. He tossed the device into the trap and Poso was drawn right in. However, Poso's tail wrapped around one of Ecto-2's wheels. Shifter bit it and Poso was trapped. Slimer, Ray, and Winston cheered for Shifter and flew back to New York. The ghosts began vacating Ghost Town without Poso around. Shifter said his goodbyes to Peter and left as well. Egon arrived in Ecto-1 and handed Peter a towel. It turned out the slime had grown fond of Peter and wouldn't come off. This was the last straw for Peter. However, the negative emotions caused the slime to bounce around with Peter in tow. Egon, Janine, and Louis watched as Peter called out for Egon's help.
While most of our interactions with our own mucus have negative associations, it provides valuable services for us: coating the exterior of the cells that line the mouth, sinuses, lungs, stomach, intestines, and even the eyeballs. Anywhere that needs to stay moist is where mucus frequents, creating a slip-n-slide like surface that functions to protect these areas from dehydration, as well as helping materials (i.e. food) move smoothly through the passage without causing injury. In addition to this physical barrier of protection that mucus provides, it also protects us from intruders much smaller than a piece of food.
The recipe for slug slime, as it turns out, is at least 90 percent water, sometimes even more. This means the other ingredients present make up only a small fraction of the slime, but their effects must be mighty, and it is here we shall look for the tongue-numbing culprit.
However, when placed under pressure, much like myself, the slime loses its composure and defined shape, taking on the properties of a liquid. Thanks to the ability of mucins to quickly reassemble themselves into new shapes, the slug slime does not seep away into the ground forever, as a spilled glass of milk into the carpet, but rebuilds as soon as stress is lifted. If only I could bounce back that quickly too.
Ok, so it was pretty obvious from the beginning that mucins have a rock-solid alibi in the case of the tongue-number. They are way too busy moving the slug body around to do anything else, but their contributions to the properties of slug slime were too cool a story to leave out. On to the next.
Like opening a profile on slug Tinder for the other single slugs in the area to peruse. When there is a match, the interested party can follow the trail of the particular individual until they eventually meet up, and a slug date commences! Oh, the romance of it all.
Having uncovered how slugs utilize their slime for movement and mating, there was only one motive from my list left that could help me piece together who was doing the numbing. It must be providing protection from predators.
The consistency of slug slime on its own does much of the work to discourage animals like snakes, birds, and raccoons from going in for a taste. Raccoons have been known to roll their slug snacks in dirt before attempting to swallow them to reduce the stickiness, which is only made worse by the increase in slime production slugs engage in when they sense a predator attack. If you took a big bite of a delicious hamburger and your mouth immediately filled with a viscous, gummy slime, you might be a little turned off too.
Slime production, of course, is common to all different types of terrestrial slugs. It is only the banana slug that harbors another partner in crime within this sticky defense to help keep them from getting gobbled up.
Synopsis: An overstuffed ghost named Poso wishes to become the ghostfather of all ghosts. He kidnaps Janine and Louis and as ransom for their release, he demands that the Ghostbusters turn over their headquarters and their ghostbusting equipment.
It Just Popped In There: By 1989 Slimer had a life away from The Real Ghostbusters, probably a dream come true for Peter. The Green Ghost would have been well known and generally seen as harmless to the public. Still, I wonder could he go shopping at a mall and basically stay out of trouble?
It Just Popped In There: Presuming Poso could be trusted in the first place. Once Janine and Louis have been let go, The Real Ghostbusters would just return to business and get back what they temporarily could lose.
In Ghostbusters II, psycho-reactive slime was pink, not a yellow gold like color. It worked as Ray described. As far as we know no one could really fly because of it. Maybe Yanosh, that was probably more because of Vigo.
It Just Popped In There: If ghosts have there own town, why do they need (or still use) a human jail? Ghosts could presumably escape. Just in case people come around looking for trouble?
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