Slimes (Dragon Quest)

'''"Thou hast done well in defeating the Slime."

- Textbox speech when defeating a Slime in Dragon Warrior I ''' Slimes are the most recurrent and notorious enemies in the Dragon Quest series of role-playing videogames, appearing in all of the main games and spin-off series. They're even considered the mascots of the series.

Varieties
Slimes come in different colors, shapes and even places in hierarchy, the most notable ones are regular Slimes, She-Slimes, Bubble slimes and King slimes because they have appeared since the NES times; but there are other varieties like the Mottled Slimes which appear in the Dream World, the Sea Slimes that appear when navigating oceans and Dark Slimes which appear in the Dark World. The regular blue Slimes are usually among the weakest enemies, albeit to Goombas in Super Mario Bros or Metalls in Megaman games but there are stronger types of slimes that make formidable foes and even bosses, like the Shogum. The monster called Canzar is the largest Slime so far. There is a certain kind of slime, the Metal Slimes and their varieties (except for Metal Slime Knight), which are known for the massive amount of experience they give out but their defense and evasion parameters are ridiculously high AND they tend to run away very easily, they make up for this by having really low HP though. The stronger the metal slime variety the more experience it gives. Slime Stacks and King Slimes are formed when 3 or 6 slimes respectively, merge together. Finally there are slimes that are good natured and act as non-playable characters, party members and even protagonists of their own games (namely the Slime Morimori/Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime series). When this is the case, they normally fight  the Platypunks, another Dragon Quest monster.