“
Oh no you don't, get back in there."
”
—Slippy the Slug after seeing the devil coming out of the elevator., "Carnival Knowledge"
Slippery "Slippy" the Slug is a slug that manages the city dump. Before that, he ran a dangerous carnival sponsored by the sewage treatment center called the "Slippy’s Rides o’ Plenty." After the episode "Carnival Knowledge" Slippy rarely appeared. In his first couple of appearances he was voiced by Dom Irrera and in later episodes by Carlos Alazraqui.
Slippy appears in the second story of Issue #1 (plus the cover) and the first story of Issue #7; in Issue #7 he operates a "Slippy the Slug's Sales for Suckers" booth at the Humongo Comicon.
Trivia[]
- His name and character refer to the slang word "slick", which when used in context of referring to criminals and unsavory characters, describes "slippery" no gooders crafty enough to evade the law but still apparent in their wrongdoing and wretched nature.
- Murray said that Slippy did not become "fleshed out to my liking."
- He also appears in the episode "Spitballs", where wears a trench coat and sold tickets to Rocko and Heffer that were possibly the worst seats in the entire stadium.