How I Feel Waiting For The Release Date Of Slugterra All-Stars To Be An Actual Day Instead Of "Q1 2025"

Slug it out 1 original characters that I think deserve more attention

Warning: this post is kinda long

one thing I like about the Slug It Out games is they introduce some pretty cool original characters but since I'm pretty sure Spirex is the only one that became canon, here are some other ones I think deserve more attention (side note I will be sticking to the ones in SIO1 because their images are on the fandom wiki)

First is Minotaurus, my personal favourite who is introduced alongside Turtleton and Spirex (the names make it pretty clear which one is which) in the creature feature level of the judgement day chapter (basically just a cooler version of Mission: Improbable) where they work as a trio of hired mercenaries. Minotaurus has since been added as a SIO2 skin but the other 2 have not.

Next is Hudu Vudu, who is introduced in the first level of the same chapter (titled tricked) and is the one to capture Eli and bring him to Stalagmite 17. and is apparently Mr. Saturday's henchman. He has also been added as an SIO2 skin.

Up next is Doom Bot. It's a really cool robot not much else to say (there is also a Doom Bot 2.0 which is all black and has the Blakk Industries logo instead of an hourglass but the wiki doesn't have a picture of them). Like many of the others they have been added as a SIO2 skin.

Last and largest is Commander Croc. He appears in the second last level of the Ships Ahoy chapter (titled The Docks) where he attempts to stop Eli from getting some treasure. He makes a return is SIO2 with 3 smaller crocodile characters named Broc, Roc, and Smoc.

Slugterra sure loves to make cool characters and do nothing with them but that just means that since these guys aren't technically canon we can do whatever we want with them. Want to make one of them your oc? Go for it! Nobody can stop you >:D!

Random tangent incoming but one thing that always fascinated me about Saturday's character is that he doesn't seem to have a clear role in Blakk Industries.

Like C.C was a well-respected slinger so he was likely recruited to raise the general opinion of Blakk Industries, Nacho is an enforcer which I assume mostly means he scares people into giving Blakk what he wants, Twist is Blakk's apprentice, and the large group of mercenary characters Blakk recruits in the trade (which includes Locke and Lode) are most likely either there to A: raise public interest in ghouls kinda like what C.C is there for or B: to do tasks for Blakk that aren't important enough to do himself or send Nacho to do but that he can't just send one of the random unnamed guards to complete.

But Saturday's whole thing is mind control which could be useful to Blakk but Saturday seems way more interested in using that power for his own gain. After all, Blakk wouldn't have any use for the stolen big screen TVs or couch cushions from Caverna Mall

Not to mention Saturday has some lines suggesting that his role in Blakk Industries might be a bit more complicated like "Blakk may have given me the ghoul tech, but I work for no one but myself" in Dawn of the Slug or when he says "I am a business man and this is strictly business!.. although I am running a little low on ghouls Dr. Blakk." after Eli calls him another one of Blakk's minions

I'm probably thinking way too hard about this but I am curious to hear what anyone else might think about this.

This has been a certified Wildspectre rant

Mr. Saturday: How do I look?

Eli: It’s like a horror movie! You look like you died!

im going with number 5 yolo

Take a seat

(kinda long rant incoming also i use caps a lot here)

Slugterra try not to introduce a super cool character and then not develop them at all/ only have them in 2 episodes or less challenge (impossible)

*extremely loud coughing* Billy, Dana Por, Mr. Saturday, The Master Of The Game, The Gentleman, Blite, Quintin, Malvolio Drake *more extremely loud coughing*

ok but seriously why are there SO MANY CHARACTERS with super cool and interesting designs, personalities, fighting styles etc and then they show up in only 2 episodes and the only way you can get more info is in the character descriptions on the wiki.

for example, Mr. Saturday's character description from his wiki page

WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE'S FROM A SET OF CAVERNS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN AND HAS (allegedly) BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH DARK SLUG MAGIC?

literally the only thing we know about the tropical caverns is that Saturday is from there, that's it and the ONLY way you could find this character description is through the fandom wiki since the official website this was originally doesn't exist anymore.

this isn't even the only character description to namedrop an unseen cavern set, for C.C's character description they drop the western caverns and the fact that his family is rich.

i love Slugterra but the sheer amount of unique characters who show up and are underused/never expanded upon is actually insane

I love ROTE but one thing i'm kinda mad they never showed us is Blakk fighting the Goon in his mind to try and maintain control like they did with Eli in Ghoul From Beyond.

Like I get why they didn't because they needed to put more focus on Will Shane being not dead but it would have been interesting to see the different approach the Goon would have had to take to get Blakk to lose control since Blakk is A: not similar to Eli mentally at all and B: still conscious while in GFB Eli was knocked out

My brain on a daily basis (real)

Kinda off-topic but I REALLY like Mr. Saturday's SIO1 design I wish they did him justice in SIO2

HOLY GUACAMOLE THEY POSTED THIS ON THE OFFICAL FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

Congratulations Dr. Blakk. You’re a big boy who did big boy things.

Eli to Dr. Blakk about ghouls

Slugterra

Slugterra!

SLUGTERRA!!!

Mr. Saturday bless my soul lolLook at his face! I love him so much! Someone get him a smoothie!

idk what to caption this