The Strange World of Slime 

Some of my recent videos have been auto-flagged as being made for kids (they're not lol) and had the comments turned off by RU-vid without warning. I try to catch it as it happens and turn them back on, but just a heads up in case you see the comments disabled in the future- blame RU-vid and their janky system, not me :D

I worked at a middle school-aged summer camp in 2017 and we had not one, not two, but TEN different parents Amazon Prime their kids Borax and Elmer's Glue so they could make slime in their cabins. An absolute nightmare.

I'm glad I was past the marketed audience when slime became the hit thing because I was a Playdough eater and I can see younger me traveling the same path with slime because of how many food themed ones there are

love how the "older woman" in the gak commercials is just a young actress dressed like a grandma

I work in an arcade and SLIME IS EVERYWHERE. They get sold more than any other toy, even the tiny bouncy balls. We once found a rat king of Pokemons, about 12 Pokemon plushies being glued together by neon goop. We have a goo with a plastic shark inside and kids go feral for them.

Fidgeting is used primarily as a coping skill for neurodivergent folk. A lot of neurotypical people copied the style of fidgeting, but to them fidgeting was more about playing with and having fun like a usual toy then helping with anxiety or sensory processing issues. I remember being neurodivergent in a classroom and needing fidgets to help stay still, and having other classmates who were neurotypical using fidget spinners to play with, which made a loud whirring noise I could pick up on especially well, and it did a good job distracting me while the fidgets I used were stress balls or stretchy toys and were quiet. I could pick up on small sounds especially well, and they didn’t even need fidgets in the first place, they just had them because they were trendy. Many neurodivergent adults need to use fidgets even though they are primarily seen as for kids.

the rise of fidgeting toys is so facinating to me because as a neutrotypical person it honestly made it harder for me to fidget with items and toys because they’re seen as, well, toys, and not things i need to focus. it makes me wonder what the catalyst was for them to suddenly explode in the market

i discovered this channel recently and i cant stop eating up these videos. It captures the whole 2000’s and 2010’s era that made up my childhood. Keep up the amazing videos

I've recently re-entered my Slime Phase through watching a bunch of satisfying crunchy slime videos on RU-vid and Twitter. Over the years I've forgotten how cool the whole creation process is and the creativity of these slime shops with all their aesthetically pleasing slimes!

I know it's cringe to request, but the I-Spy books would be super on brand for you, and I can't find any other video essays about them.

I'm just trying to comprehend why they thought it was a good idea to dump rotting food scraps on people in the first place ;u; I can't even wash dishes without gagging

I remember a Nickelodeon Magazine article that had a slime recipe - it was just thinned vanilla pudding and green food dye. I’m just going to think of this instead of the awful molded food scrap concoction.

I remember being part of the Double dare at the nickelodeon hotel in Orlando. The slime made me so cold after winning! I'd rather get a pie face but I'm overall greatful during the experience! 💚

Weirdly, in the UK, the stuff they dropped on people in game shows like that was always called "gunge", rather than slime, thought it pretty much looked to be exactly the same kind of stuff, as far as I can tell

I feel like I"m getting in on the relatively, ground floor of a channel that is going to blow up. This is the type of content that people love and you make is so well. I love those little nose laughs at the end of some of your points btw so cute

I actually recall that when the Nickelodeon Studios was in Universal Studios, Orlando, FL, they had tours and during the tour, they had one of the kids try tasting the slime. According to the kid, it tasted like applesauce. It's always a memory that sticks out in my mind.

"Mom don't come in I'm making potions" "Mom don't come in I'm making weird stuff to throw at kids" "Mom don't come in I'm helping charities" 😂😂😂

can i just say i love that your little mascot/avatar is that random meme? i just think its a funny little touch, i love your videos :)

Oh wow the L’Oréal kids fish thing awakened a deep something inside my brain…

It’s funny that nowadays when I think of slime on the internet, I think of “slime tutorials” and the specific use of that term in the Broadway/musical theatre community (iykyk).

I super blame Nickelodeon's 90s slime fascination for my present day putty addiction. I use the Crazy Aaron's putty nearly daily just to play with haha

I learned in a documentary that the Nic slime (post moldy food era) was vanilla pudding with food coloring. So you guys really were getting the full experience.

As a slime reviewer and soon to be shop owner, I feel like slime can be a super helpful tool for relaxation! As crazy as it is, I’d consider slime to be an art form of sorts. Hundreds of shop owners making their own products to look as pretty and aesthetically pleasing as possible sparks creativity in the community! It’s an awesome way to ease anxiety and I definitely think the market for slime gets bigger every day!

I remember slime becoming popular in my country (Spain) via Chinese Bazaars selling the garbage slime cans of unnamed brands for really cheap. The smell was weird and I'm pretty sure those slimes were toxic for the skin, but they were a little popular. Then the slime trend died out until internet slime happened and pharmacies made a nice profit out of contact solution to the point that you needed to present an eye prescription to buy contact liquid due to shortage

I worked with someone who started her own pretty slime company in 2018. I thought “ok but why” and now I see she was a genius

Me and cousin made perfume potions in my grandma's toilet. We did not get an inheritance. 😌

I guess I have 0 taste because I never really wanted to get slimed. It just seemed like it'd be annoying as hell to clean and not that fun of an experience while it happened. That's also why I don't really like getting wet even, because it takes so long to dry off. It's just pointless downtime that isn't really worth it.

my only question is why didn't they close their mouths when getting slimed... especially the moldy food ones 😭

There is a sweet irony that comes from the original slime being made from food, and the latest slime being themed on foods

Oh man. As a child of the 90s, I wanted more than anything to know what slime tasted like. Interesting to learn there was never one consistent slime recipe! (and im super thankful for never getting the opportunity to try the version they used in the 80s!) Kinda surprised you didnt mention Slime Time Live, though! That show was DEDICATED to sliming people more than double dare ever did!

I’m so happy I found your channel - I love your voice and choice of topics! Your videos bring back such comforting feelings of nostalgia and simplicity ❤

i get so excited when you upload, your video essays are so well put together and entertaining, youre doing great!

Hearing the starting music for only a few seconds activated my sleeper agent protocol and I immediately identified the music as the Fishville theme LMAO. I haven't watched the video yet, but I always get excited whenever you post a one! I love seeing this new genre of 2000's era 'historical' video becoming more popular. :D

I've been pretty active in the slime community ever since it's rebirth in 2016, and watching it evolve through the years has been really neat. It started out as a cute, sparkly and and aesthetically pleasing kids toy, to being a sort of art-form. There are many smaller creators in the slime community that make slimes more "artistically driven," i guess you can say LOLLL. Apart from it being a satisfying fidget thing, it's also become an outlet to express emotion, share stories, and inspire. Slowly but surely, it's evolving to become a collectible of sorts. There are many older teen/adults who are genuinely interested in this hobby, and add their own unique spin to the products. It's very cool. I too am very curious to see how far slime will go in this day and age, especially with these more creative and artistic creators blossoming in the community 👍

Just came here from Scotts video. Glad he recommended it. Brb gonna binge the rest of the vids👍🏼

SCOTT CRAMER GAVE YOU A SHOUTOUT!!!! CONGRATS :D

Never was a slime kid myself, but silly putty and flarp were how I calmed down in elementary school. Flarp was more for the funny noises and fun times, but silly putty has been therapeutic for me since I was young.

I love your videos. You are like the calmer sibling of Polygon Donut.

Great video! I will say though, it wasn't Nickelodeon that was throwing rotten food on kids. YCDTOT was an acquired show from Canada and they were sliming kids for years before Nickelodeon picked up the show, even though they did request more at some point but that was much farther in when the slime wasn't rotting food anymore (and even the rotting food anecdote has been debated by people who worked on the set). And we know what the Double Dare Slime was. It was applesauce, vanilla pudding, green food dye and powder coffee creamer. There's a lot of different recipes for slime that have been used over the years but the slime used at Nick was always edible.

Thank you for making a video on this; i never really grasped the trend bc i tried it and i ended up throwing all of it away :/

My sister had her own slime cartel at our elementary school. She charged a few cents per slime, but she took it so seriously.

I found your channel a few weeks ago an immediately got hooked on your videos. Most of the videos are relatable and make me think back to when I was like 8. You have a lot of good videos, and I know there will be more good ones to come :)

Until watching this video I didn't realize that I was a "slime-kid". As a kid I loved these garbage can slimes with worms in it (they still kinda appeal to me to this day tbh) and I watched the slimey-content of Nickeloden on a daily basis. Today I really enjoy those ASMR slime posts on social media, those are calming like no other content. Maybe this was the result of the early influences of slime-based content and toys? I kinda just now realized how slime was pretty much consistent through my childhood up to this day. 🤔

"Yamaha keyboard" just unlocked so many memories😅

My fingers were crossed that you mentioned the TMNT Ooze, it’s been a mainstay for the franchise since the original line, I have a distinct memory of getting a 2003 Mutations Donatello that came with a canister of ooze for my birthday one year, some good memories.

I miss the scent and bottle aesthetic of the strawberry loréal kids shampoo so much ❤ thank u for including it

February 31st will be quite the momentous occasion 🎉

back in the early-mid 2000's, i loved slime and remember searching far and wide online for slime recipes but could never find any good ones. i remember specifically a recipe that just used cornstarch and water. sure it was fun, i made it often, but it wasn't anywhere near as cool as the slime recipes you can find online today!

Man, I can't wait for the day people will hire people like you to be an expert historian on the most niche of subjects.

This was well researched and very nostalgic! Awesome job and thanks for making it!

Why has it taken so long for me to find this channel?? I love stuff like this. Mini docs on random topics is my favorite. Definitely subbed and about to binge a bunch of these.

Love your unique content, it’s so calming and I love the topics you pick

I found this channel in January and I love watching these videos. So Thank you for making these wonderful videos.

I love your videos so much!! Your voice is so calming and the topics you talk about are so nice with it not being drama ect, and just overall great informative and nostalgic content!

awesome video! loved the background & history of slime. it's safe to say there is a whole culture of slime, and i was unaware of how much it had evolved in recent years! i always loved slime and putty based toys and still have a jar of neon green dollar store slime in my room. the new slimes may be cute but i think classic radioactive green will always be my favorite.

My cousin actually won a chance to be on slime time live as a kid in the 90s. He told me they used applesauce and food coloring for it back then c:

yooo you got a shout out from scott cramer!!

I've been waiting for a new Dream Jelly video!! Awesome video, thank you for the uploads!!

Knew you'd start growing REALLY fast when I subbed early on, excellent work, Dream Jelly!

I once found a bottle of Green Slime Shampoo in the back of a linen closet in my childhood home. This was probably in like 2012. I was born in 1994 so it felt like uncovering a lost artifact of a long gone culture (my older brother's childhood). Still looked like slime, tho I didn't have the courage to put it on my body.

I just want to say I love your channel and the videos you have been making about nostalgia 2000s - 2010s it feels great to remember as a person born in 2004🥰

Probably the closest thing I have to a slime toy are those Heroes of Goo-Jit-Zu figures. I'm almost convinced they were inspired by the popularity of slime toys from the late 2010's haha. Like with slime, you could stretch and squish the toys, and they have unique fillings that make them really fun to play with. Later waves also had some unique gimmick to make them more appealing. Half the appeal is the toys having characters you can get attached to like Blazagon and Trash, thus letting you play with them like with an action figure. I only have one toy from the Galaxy Attack line, but I'd love to get more of them! GA Blazagon is just so fun to hold and squish.

Who’s here from Scott Cramer?

Love your videos and your relaxing voice! Love the little "mom don't come in" in between 😁

I LOVE your videos, dude. Please keep making these kind of vids.

Glad I stumbled upon your channel, lotta great vids, keep it up

I love your videos so much. Watching them brings me so much nostalgia 😢 Thank you for the amazing videos! P.s I love the thumbs up kid on the thumbnails 😊 Adds a unique touch to your videos!

i just gotta say, i love your videos so much!! :) they’re super unique, creative, educational, and nostalgic and i always watch them the second i get notified you posted. 💗💗

I remember having a lot of slime in my childhood. I had an obsession with it but ended up having it for at least 1 week before it was totally ruined. I dont remember having ANY water snakes as well until now when im literally holding one right now. Im hoping to get more slime soon because it is so fun to play with, and it just relaxes me when i have stress. (I HAD to mention the water snakes because this is the first ever video im watching that's saying a product i literally bought in the same day, so that's why that off-topic area was there.)

I discovered slime because of my sister and mostly slime videos, me and my sister we used to make all of these different slimes. I remember one I had called it "Pinkie Pie" as the slime was pink 🙂

Back as a kid, there was this slime toy that was marketed as a creepy body horror trinket because it had a fake eyeball in it. It was watery and not sticky but I found it relaxing to play! Fast forward to today, I dont like today's slime because the food slimes look too pretty and I have thid child-like instinct to eat them

I love your videos so relaxing

I was NOT a kid who wanted to get slimed lol. Just watching those kids get slimed on Nickelodeon already made me cringe. It looked like a sensory nightmare, and I never knew how right I was.

Aw I wish I went to a Slime Lord’s school I hope one day the slime lord rules the world and the world be reborn in slime

i have been going through a "slime phase" ever since i was basically a baby - i use to try and make slime without glue by stealing and using my moms makeup with a bunch of other random stuff i found in the house i ended up discovering a way to make playdoh and now i make it for my baby cousin whenever she comes over lol -

I think for me and many kids who were in primary school in the UK in the late 90's-early 00's, the craze of 'alien eggs' was an early experience of having your own slime. They were clear plastic eggs that could be opened, and contained a squishy rubber alien foetus wrapped in slime. They were collectables with many colour combinations which couldn't be seen until you opened the packaging, which made some colours rare and desirable. There were always rumours about how, if kept under the right conditions (temperature, slime colour), the alien could become pregnant and give birth to another alien (which was obviously false). I think it turned out that there was another company who did actually make 'pregnant' versions of the same toy, so it's no surprise this rumour spread.

Been loving your videos!!

bingeing your videos rn

Omg Flubber!!! My childhood slime exposure in the 2000s consisted of Nickelodeon, little balls of slime from the quarter machine (where you get toys and candy), and people making diy borax and glue slime for science fairs. Another phenomenon has been the popularization of interactive experiences like the Museum of Ice Cream, Illusions, and even Sex, and Escape Rooms, etc. I was in Soho, NY one time when I walked by a line of parents and kids in line for a slime experience. I couldn’t believe we made it to that point.

i've always despised slime, so this video is informative and fascinating. thanks jelly!

I thought of Double Dare before even clicking the video haha- I'm glad it was mentioned here!

This type of video is what pisses me off most about the RU-vid algorithm. RU-vid should know to suggest this to me and yet I just randomly stumbled upon this video while searching something else. Anyway subbed this channel is a jackpot for exactly the type of tv-show length nostalgia bait I live for.

Going outside during recess in elementary school and seeing a group of kids just absolutely fingerblasting a little tub of slime to make sloshy noises will never leave my brain

i worked at micheals around 2016/2017. the amount of people asking where the glue was was maddening

Thank you for reminding me of all the Nick gameshow re-runs I'd watch before bed when i was young. Might have to find and binge them

I'm so thankfull for having discovered you channel! Normally when people do nostalgia thingies, it's the 2000s. But for some reason, you're always able to talk about the early 2010s children's entertainment which is exactly when I was growing up! I thought I was the only 'gore kid' back in the day (early 2010's) who wanted to get slimed in the most extreme way possible, and if not possible, see others get slimed in the most extreme way possible! Just a thingy, do y'all remember the slime car wash from 201x? That was my favourite year. I'm like one of the most clean and well-behaved children/young adults you'll ever meet. I've always wondered why I went through that 'gore phase' how, why etc. Thanks for clarifying my childhood! Your videos are a trip down memory lane. ;)

Months ago, I watched the Arcade Culture video and thought it was some kid's school presentation simply being uploaded to YT. It was cute background noise while gaming. Now, without being subscribed, I am recommended everything you've done and it's surprisingly interesting to listen about what was popular after my childhood ended and how some trends from that childhood evolved to fit into your own. I'm definitely not part of the targeted audience for content about Claire's or Silly Bandz, but I've enjoyed learning about it all the same, so thank you, DJ.

i adore your content😭😭

who are you and why do you keep making such relatable and enticing nostalgic content? seriously, keep it up. i'm really enjoying all of your videos even if i didnt experience the topics of your videos.

It's so interesting to see the evolution of slime >.> I remember always getting Flarp, Puddy, and the trash can slime at arcades. So much fun growing up lol

There was a Canadian game show called Uh-Oh! in 1997 as well that used various slimes and whatnot. It was basically my own Double-Dare when I was a kid.

i love the current slime bc it helps me stim and keeps me from picking at my skin :D

First Willy Wonka Cinematic Universe and now the Slimeverse, Dream Jelly I hope they both manifest on the silver screen!

I thought I was nostalgic for these slime toys until they just started to get into everything.

Here from Scott Cramer. I loved this

Nickelodeon also made another kind of slime in the early 2000s called Gooze, I got some one year for Christmas and it wound up getting all over my mom's vintage table cloth and the next year, she "wrote a note to Santa" saying no more Gooze

I remember in the early 2000s of the green slime with a random body part, like an eyeball or severed hand. Me and my siblings had them and it was so cool for us back then, the slime was pretty firm and you could blow it into a balloon.

I still like slime, and I'm almost 25 years old. It's really satisfying to watch and figdet with!

Here in Mexico back in the 2000's a cookie company had a promotion with The Simpsons. If you got a winning card inside your cookie pack, you would win a "Bart Fart Slime". I remember the commercials pointing that out majorly, so it's odd how that marketing worked on me. I won one. It was my favorite toy and I ripped all the time

Meanwhile in the UK when it came to slime stuff we had these alien toys with a rubber aliens inside the egg that came with this gel like slime. One time those toys got banned at our school all because of some kid throwing slime at another kid and all went down hill from there. Side note I love slime for being a sensory aesthetic thing something cute and pretty than gross. As a kid I also had a weird fascination of it I was never grossed out by it fully. So seeing others grossed out it felt weird to me idk its likely the autism . ¯\_(ツ)_/¯