History Main / CuteSlimeMook

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* Rimuru from ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'' is roughly the size of a watermelon, and is adored for his super cute slime form. He ends up making quite a lot of allies -- especially [[{{Fanservice}} women who enjoy]] [[MarshmallowHell holding him close to their breasts]] -- by making friends through diplomacy. However, he subverts the "weak" reputation of this trope implies, as his "Predator" ability also proves to be extremely powerful, [[TheAssimilator allowing him to take on the properties of anyone and anything he absorbs]], which results in him snowballing to UltimateLifeForm and WorldsStrongestMan status. Knowing how to use this to bring peace and to resolve conflicts is the main goal of the series.

''VideoGame/DragonQuestI'' was one of the most influential video games of its time, and is partly responsible for forming the EasternRPG as we know it. But one rather minor monster made a peculiar mark on gaming: The Slime.

* ''VideoGame/SlimeRancher'' is all about raising a variety of cute, smiling slimes.

* The titular Puyo of ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' played the typical RPG slime role in the original ''Madou Monogatari'' games, but became a core gameplay element [[GenreShift when the series became a puzzle game]]. There are many different types of Puyo with different effects, but the basic idea is to stack and match colored puyos while sending garbage puyo to hinder your opponents.

* Goopy Le Grande, one of the first bosses of ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' has a design that directly references the Slimes - he's a blue ball with a pointy tip and a smiling face. He's also relatively easy, being one of the game's Starter Villains.

* Gooey from ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' highly resembles Akira Toriyama's slimes, right down to the googly eyes and red smiley face, but with the addition of a long tongue.

* Rimiru from ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'' is roughly the size of a watermelon, and is adored for his super cute slime form. He ends up making quite a lot of allies -- especially [[{{Fanservice}} women who enjoy]] [[MarshmallowHell holding him close to their breasts]] -- by making friends through diplomacy. His "Predator" ability also proves to be extremely powerful, allowing him to take on the magical properties of anyone and anything he absorbs. Knowing how to use this to bring peace and to resolve conflicts is the main goal of the series.

* ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'': Comically {{subverted}} with Hans the Deadly Poison Slime. Having seen only his human disguise, [[WrongGenreSavvy Kazuma assumes that]] he's the ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' kind of slime and will thus be a pushover, but he turns out to be closer to the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' mold - a giant, nigh-indestructible BlobMonster that [[WalkingWasteland spreads decay in its path]] and destroys anything it touches.

* The Slimes in ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' are the TropeMaker. First conceptualized in the first installments of the game in the TheEighties, they became popular enough to become the MascotMook of the series, and many examples on this page take direct inspiration from their cute blue forms.

Subtrope of BlobMonster, AdorableEvilMinions and FountainOfExpies. Compare SlimeGirl.

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* The protagonists of ''Manga/KoroSenseiQ'' are so useless that the cute slime mooks farm them for experience.

* ''Videogame/MapleStory'' features green slimes with starry eyes and a cute smile, but they'll still wallop you like any other of the smiling monsters.

* The protagonists of ''Manga/KoroSenseiQ'' are that useless that the cute slime mooks farm them for experience.

The Cute Slime Mook is almost always a [[TheGoomba common, weak, low-level]] {{mook}}, but like the ones in Dragon Quest, may come in [[UndergroundMonkey stronger or gimmicky variants]]. Common variants of slimes include different colors, [[MetalSlime slimes that are harder to defeat but offer greater rewards]], or even expies of the Heal Slime. Like their inspiration, they always have cute, smiling faces, or at the very least, BlackBeadEyes. These slime-lookalikes are often [[MascotMook mascot mooks]] for their respective series in themselves.

While the BlobMonster was a staple of tabletop [=RPGs=] before Dragon Quest, [[Creator/AkiraToriyama Akira Toriyama's]] addition of a waterdrop-shaped form and an adorable smiley face made a particularly strong impression. The slime ended up becoming a MascotMook for the franchise, and naturally, like many of the tropes ''Dragon Quest'' introduced, a cute, low level blob became an Eastern RPG cliche in itself.

Unlike the standard amorphous BlobMonster, a Cute Slime has a rounded form, like a drop of water on a car's hood (or maybe a gumdrop). They're also more likely to bounce or roll around than ooze. One assumes they have a much thicker surface tension/membrane than your typical Ooze (more like the classic Gelatinous Cube of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' fame, but not as rigidly shaped). You might also note they have a strong tendency to be colored blue, at least the first or most numerous version is. [[UndergroundMonkey Variations]] may come in [[PaletteSwap a variety of colors]] (pink/red and green being fairly common).