Ectoplasm
Slimy Substance
Also Known as	Ghost Slime
Appeared in	Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions), Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Versions)

Ectoplasm, also referred to as Ghost Slime and Ectoplasmic Residue, is a substance that comes from a ghosts and outworldly beings. It usually appears in a form of a slimy, greenish substance, but sometimes is visually completely absent, leaving only energetic traces Egon usually finds with his gear.

All ghosts and paranormal activities are considered to be "ectoplasmic" by Ghostbusters, leading to the conclusion that it is scientific equivalent to the occult term "magic power". It is speculated that it is the state of being which the outworldly creatures like ghosts and demons take in order to enter our realm.

It appears in all Ghostbusters media.

Contents 1 Ghostbusters: The Video Game Realistic Version 2 Ectoplasm 2.1 According to Tobin's Spirit Guide 2.2 Notes: 2.3 Contact Protocol: 2.4 Manifestation Point: 3 Ectoplasmic Residue 3.1 According to Tobin's Spirit Guide 3.2 Notes: 3.3 Contact Protocol: 3.4 Manifestation Point: 4 Ghostbusters: The Video Game Stylized Version 5 Ectoplasmic Residue 5.1 According to Tobin's Spirit Guide 5.2 Tobin's Summary: 5.3 Egon's Notes: 5.4 Ray's Tips: 5.5 Supplemental Data 6 Charged Ectoplasm 6.1 Psychomagnotheric Slime 6.2 Black Slime 7 See Also 8 Gallery

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Realistic VersionEdit

EctoplasmEdit

According to Tobin's Spirit GuideEdit

• Catergory: Class I Supernatural Secretion
• Type: Environmental (Inert)
• Weakness: Scan only

Notes:Edit

A thick, viscous substance, ectoplasm is formed when ghosts interact with the physical world. Usually seen as a viscous, mucuslike slime, ectoplasm has also been encountered in mistlike and even crystalline forms.

Contact Protocol:Edit

Standard Ectoplasm is an environmental substance that you will come across very often. It has no observable behaviors and thus requires no contact protocol. After scanning once, you know everything you need to know.

Manifestation Point:Edit

• Everywhere

Ectoplasmic ResidueEdit

The Ectoplasmic Residue are slimy ectoplasmic left-overs of the ghostly activity.

According to Tobin's Spirit GuideEdit

• Catergory: Class I Supernatural Secretion
• Type: Environmental (Inert)
• Weakness: Scan only

Notes:Edit

Ectoplasmic Residue identifies ares of paranormal contact or interaction. While some ectoplasm can be seen with the naked eye, Ectoplasmic Residue can only be seen while using the P.K.E.-enhanced Paragoggles.

Contact Protocol:Edit

Like Ectoplasm, this has no observable behaviors. The only difference between this and regular ectoplasm is that some ghosts leave Ectoplasmic Residue behind, providing an ethereal trail of bread crumbs for you to follow.

Manifestation Point:Edit

• New York City Public Library

Ghostbusters: The Video Game Stylized VersionEdit

Ectoplasmic ResidueEdit

According to Tobin's Spirit GuideEdit

• Category: None
• Abilities: None

Tobin's Summary:Edit

Ectoplasmic Residue occurs when a spirit passes from the ethereal plane into our physical plane. The ectoplasm is the means by which the spirit can affect physical objects and force its will into physical reality. Fortunately this substance in its basic form isn't harmful, but merely stomach-turning and messy. I'm still studying the causative relationship between this slimy substance and the spirit that carries it with them, whether the plasm is a side effect of the interdimensional penetration or if the spirit manifests it intentionally.

Egon's Notes:Edit

Since the advent of our protonic equipment, ectoplasm is a double-edged sword for these wayward spirits. In the same manner that is provides them with a grasp on the physical plane, it also allows our Blast and Capture Streams to latch onto the spirit, leading to their untimely capture.

Ray's Tips:Edit

If you get it on your clothes, use bleach.

Supplemental DataEdit

The art page can be found in Shandor's Island, during the "Shandor's Island" section. It is in a corner of the missing pump wheel room.

Charged EctoplasmEdit

Psychomagnotheric SlimeEdit

Mood slime, in shorthand, is a form of ectoplasm whose polarity is relevant to the mood of the environment it is located in. It is first encountered during the Vigo the Carpathian incident. Positively charged slime has become a standard weapon in the Ghostbusters arsenal. Generally either green or purple in hue.

"Mood Slime" has been known to animate objects ranging in size from a simple fur coat to the Statue of Liberty. In moments of extreme anger it has been known to animate spirits.

Black SlimeEdit

Black Slime is specialized form of negatively hypercharged ectoplasm that is described by Ray Stantz as being highly toxic to both body AND soul. Treatment with positively charged slime to negate it is an absolute requisite before stepping into an area that has been coated with it.

See AlsoEdit

• Psychomagnotheric Slime
• Black Slime

GalleryEdit

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