Deadweed is the Halloween-themed episode of Slugterra, and it is the eighth episode of season one. It first aired on October 19th, 2012 on Disney XD.
Story[]
Eli doesn't believe in ghosts -- until he enters Deadweed cavern! But it turns out Eli's first instinct was right. What lurks inside Deadweed is far more evil than ghosts, its El Diablus Nacho, after a supply of the dangerous Dark Water that Dr. Blakk uses to turn innocent slugs into Ghouls.
Plot[]
The episode starts with the Shane gang in the fog and mist as they get nearer to Deadweed Cavern in search of Frightgeist slugs, special slugs that cause whoever they hit to become afraid of anything. Eli senses no danger and goes inside the cavern but only Pronto is the one who does not want to go in there. They go on a little and Trixie is shooting a video film of it. For a flash she sees someone go form the front of her camera. Then the gang sees the ghosts and the men who had touched the dark water and had become so, but that had been revealed later.
They start to run but the door closes behind them and they are stuck in Deadweed. They go down a vast cavern and see a huge amount of black water that Dr. Blakk used to ghoul Slugs. Just then the Slugterran Express arrives and El Diablos Nacho is seen telling the guards to put on protective suits. Just then, the ghosts appear, and Nacho fires a Nightgeist, a Ghoul version of a Frightgeist, as them and chases them away. After getting inside a control room, the Shane Gang discover a large mining operation. Kord recognizes they were mining Dark Water and explains that it causes strange things. They then see Nacho take a Hop Rock and insert it into a small machine, where Dark Water is turned into a red gas and exposed to the slug, turning it into a Hop Jack. Realizing this was how Dr. Blakk creates Ghouls, they decide to cut off his supply of Dark Water. Donning safety suits, they enter the mining operation. They are soon discovered, and a fight assumes. Eli fires a Rammstone but Nacho dodges it and fires a Thrasher at him. Eli dodges and shoots Chiller, who freezes Nacho solid. But he breaks out of the ice and shoots his Nightgeist and hits Eli. He runs away with Burpy on his foot persuading him to stop. On the other side the ghosts come and threaten Nacho for going away.
Eli's about to go when he sees a ghastly form which reduces into a friendly Frightgeist Slug. Eli takes the help of ghosts to stop Nacho. Kord and Trixie are trying to stop the pool of dark water. Nacho says that he's not frightened by any of the ghosts. Just then the ghosts go back, and Eli comes out saying he will he shoots the Frightgeist. Nacho runs away to the Slugterran Express and runs away with stock of black water he has got. Kord shuts down the pump and all the ghosts turn back into normal men. They reveal Deadweed use to be a gold mine until Dr. Blakk bought the company. He made them dig the well, but they got exposed to the Dark Water. They thank the Shane Gang for their help and give them some Frightgeist. Despite this, Eli states it was hardly a victory, as Dr. Blakk's goons managed to get away with a ton of Dark Water. The last scene shows Nacho and Blakk, in a room filled with thousands of containers of dark water.
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Credits[]
Created By:
Asaph Fipke
Series Director:
Johnny Darrell
Director:
Daniel Ife
Storyboards:
Elie Klimos
Jean Lacombe
Jae Harm
Written By:
Eugene Son
Story Editor:
Rob Hoegee
Trivia[]
- Featured Slug - Frightgeist.
- This is the first episode to be a Holiday themed episode.
Continuity[]
- The scene when a Hop Rock is turned into a Hop Jack in a Ghouling Machine is similar to the one in "The Slugout".
Errors[]
- In one scene where the Shane Gang is fighting the ghosts, Eli shoots a Rammstone twice in quick succession, though he only has one Rammstone in his arsenal.
- When the Shane Gang are using the biohazard suit, Trixie's eyes are blue.
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