FUNKO POP SDCC GITD SLIMER (2014)

FUNKO GLOW

Slimer (also known as Onionhead , Little Spud, or The Green Ghost) was a ghost made up of pure Ectoplasm from the original Ghostbusters. This is one of the coolest exclusives to grace the San Diego Comic Con. Slimer doesn’t just look cool, he’s a rare glow in the dark figure.

He first appeared in the 1984 film starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis and was voiced by Mark Bryan Wilson.

Slimer has appeared in every Ghostbusters franchise since the original, staying the only established character in every live action and animated incarnation. It’s unclear if he will appear in the 2021 Ghosbusters: Afterlife.

In the 2016 reboot, they created a fictional history for our gelatinous friend.

Ghostbusters (animated)

1980’s animated show

Extreme Ghostbusters

1990’s animated show

Ghostbusters Reboot

2016 box office film

THE CREATION OF SLIMER

Steve Johnson, the artist behind the slime, says a hardcore cocaine binge helped him complete the arduous ordeal of creating this iconic mascot. He explains the production was “a goddamn nightmare,” but here, he opens up on just how batty he was being driven by the gig:

That was the most annoying horrendous experience I’ve ever had working with art directors, producers, and directors, ever. In the beginning they asked for a “smile with arms” but before I knew it, it was a goddamn bleeding nightmare… “Give him 13 percent more pathos, put ears on him, take his ears off, less pathos, more pathos, make his nose bigger, now his nose is too big, make his nose smaller…” Are you kidding? “Make him more cartoony, make him less cartoony.” I almost fucking severed my own head during that process.

Then, the day before it was due, he found out that Harold Ramis and Dan Ackroyd had always wanted Slimer in John Belushi’s likeness as a tribute to their deceased friend—something no one had bothered to tell Johnson throughout the six-month process of creating the ghost. (“I said, What the fuck are you talking about?” he adds.) So that night, Johnson took an eight ball of coke, cut up a gram of cocaine on top of a stack of headshots of Belushi, and that’s when things started to get creative:

“I was three grams into the night and in a cocaine-induced delusional paranoia and I literally thought that John Belushi’s ghost came to me to help me out,” Johnson says, explaining the ghost encouraged him and even modeled for the likeness. And with that pharmaceutical-grade help, the Slimer design was approved the next day.

About the Figure

Condition: New, unused, unopened, undamaged item (including handmade items).
Character: Slimer
Character Family: Ghostbusters Movie
Product Line: Pop
Convention/Event: San Diego Comic Con
Material: Vinyl
Packaging: Original (Unopened)
Year: 2014
Brand: Funko
Features: Glow in the dark
Rarity: Vaulted/Retired

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