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Slimer is a character from the Ghostbusters franchise . He appears in the films Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and the remake Ghostbusters (2016), in the animated television series : The Real Ghostbusters , Slimer! and Extreme Ghostbusters , and in the video games Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Beeline's Ghostbusters . Slimer was voiced by Ivan Reitman and Adam Ray in the films and by Frank Welker in the animated series. In The Real Ghostbusters, he is the Ghostbusters' mascot and friend (unlike the films, where he is just a ghost who needs to be busted). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slimer ------------------------------ Ghostbusters is an American supernatural comedy franchise created in 1984. Its first installment was the film Ghostbusters , released on June 8, 1984, by Columbia Pictures . It centers on a group of eccentric New York City scientists who investigate and capture ghosts for a living. For the film, the f...

" It's Over 9000! ", also known as simply " Over 9000! ", is an  internet meme  that became popular since 2006, involving a change made for English localizations of an episode of the  Dragon Ball Z   anime  television series titled " The Return of Goku ", which originally aired on  April 19 ,  1997 . The phrase refers to an alteration of the original line spoken in  Japanese  by the  Saiyan  character  Vegeta , voiced in English by actor  Brian Drummond , in the 21st episode of the  Ocean Productions   English  dub. In the original Japanese and English-translated mangas as well as the original Japanese anime series, the power level of series protagonist  Son Goku  is actually read as "over 8000!". The phrase is typically used as an innumerable quantifier to describe a large quantity of something. Variations of the phrase are also employed as a form of  trolling . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The Walking Dead  is an American  horror   drama  television series developed by  Frank Darabont , based on the  comic book series of the same name  by  Robert Kirkman ,  Tony Moore , and  Charlie Adlard .  Andrew Lincoln  plays the show's lead character, sheriff's deputy  Rick Grimes , who awakens from a coma discovering a world overrun by  zombies , commonly referred to as "walkers". Grimes reunites with his family and becomes the leader of a group he forms with other survivors. Together they struggle to survive and adapt in a  post-apocalyptic world  filled with walkers and opposing groups of survivors, who are often more dangerous than the walkers themselves. Much of the series takes place in and around  Atlanta ,  Georgia  and  Alexandria, Virginia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series) ------------------------------ A  door hanger  (als...

“You Shall Not Pass” is a catchphrase used in reference to a famous quote attributed to Gandalf in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring” from The Lord of the Ringstrilogy. http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-shall-not-pass ------------------------------ Gandalf  is a  fictional character  and one of the protagonists in  J. R. R. Tolkien 's novels  The Hobbit  and  The Lord of the Rings . He is a  wizard , member of the  Istari  order, as well as leader of the  Fellowship of the Ring  and the army of the West. In The Lord of the Rings, he is initially known as  Gandalf the Grey , but returns from death as Gandalf the White. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf ------------------------------ The  Lord of the Rings  is a  film series  consisting of three  high fantasy   adventure films  directed by  Peter Jackson . They are based on the novel  The L...