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==Analysis==
According to [[Steven Shaviro]], slime creatures in fiction often take the form of either
In the works of H. P. Lovecraft, slime creatures like the shoggoths serve as a metaphor for the unthinkable.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Heller |first=Steven |date=2023-08-21 |title=The Daily Heller: The Existence of Ooze and Slime |url=https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-slime/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=PRINT Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> American journalist Daniel Engber considered slimes in cinema of the 1980s, such as [[Slimer]] and the ectoplasm in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', to be emblematic of cultural fears during the [[Cold War]] of nuclear radiation and radioactive slimes created by nuclear weapons.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Engber |first=Daniel |date=2016-07-18 |title=Out of Slime |url=https://slate.com/technology/2016/07/ghostbusters-made-slime-a-national-obsession-can-the-reboot-make-ooze-cool-again.html |access-date=2024-10-10 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>
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