SLIDERS
¡THE DRINKING GAME!

The Rules of the Game:

1. Gather a group of people together.

2. Grab a whole lot of your favorite drink. (Under age Sliders may substitute with soda or snacks like M&Ms!)

3. Gather all your taped episodes of Sliders or play when a new episode airs.

4. The game starts when the episode starts.

5. Take a sip every time one of the listed events occurs.

6. The game ends when the episode ends or when the first person throws up and has to go to the bathroom which ever comes first. ;-)

Last revised: 4^th Season's The Dying Fields
The Drinking Game will be revised each week as 4^th Season episodes air in the U.S. This page contains various spoilers from all four seasons!

DRINK ONCE WHENEVER:

• Whenever you hear the Sliders whisper before commercials and then whisper, "Sliders," back to the television.

• The first person who spots the homage/rip-off in the episode gets to guzzle! ;-)

• Guzzle whenever you see some continuity, jump up and down in joy, and remember to thank God (or Henry if you prefer)!
  • Guzzle only in BM (Before Maggie) episodes.
  • Drink once for every time it occurs in AA (After Arturo) episodes.

  
  

• Celebrate the Sliders Anniversary every September 27th. The Sliders have been sliding since September 27, 1994!

  
  

• Mourn the death of Professor Maximillian Arturo who died on February 28, 1997. :-(

  
  
  

• Do the Dance of Joy whenever Sliders gets canceled and then proceeds to get renewed again!

THE TRANS-DIMENSIONAL VORTEX

• Whenever you see the Sliders jump into/exit the vortex.
  • Once for every complaint about the landing.
  • Once if Remmy lands on the Professor, and then yell out, "OUCH!"
  • Guzzle heartily if the Professor lands on any of the other Sliders.

  
  

• Whenever a Slider opens up a Vortex.
  
  • Once if Quinn does.
  • Twice if The Professor or Maggie does.
  • Three if Wade, Remmy or Colin does.
  • Three if the Vortex is RED.
  • Guzzle if it's opened by a Kromagg, Logan St. Clair, or Colonel Angus Rickman.
  • Guzzle if it's opened by a Slider's double.
  • Guzzle if the Sliders slide into a vortex NOT opened up by their own Timer.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders bring an Extra Slider along for the ride.
  
  • Once for every Extra Slider they bring.
  • Once for every offer to go sliding.
  • Once if the Extra Slider NEVER makes it to the next Earth and then yell out, "Cya, wouldn't want to be ya!"
  • Guzzle if the Extra Slider actually makes it to the next Earth!!!

  
  

• Drink once for every person that witness the Sliders entering/exiting the Vortex.
  
  • Take an extra sip if the people don't seem too surprised.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders have to do the obligatory chase scene and run somewhere to reach the Vortex in time.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders make a really dorky farewell speech before leaving.

  
  
  

• Guzzle whenever the Sliders ride in a car, a van, a bobsled, etc. through the Vortex.

SAME EARTH, DIFFERENT DIMENSION!

• Whenever the Sliders land on an Alternate Earth.
  • Once for every Alternate Earth they visit and then yell out, "Same Earth, Different Dimension!"
  • Take an extra sip if it's a Bookend Earth (Mini-Earths at the beginning or at the end of an episode).
  • Once if a previous Earth is mentioned after the slide.
  • Guzzle if they return to Alternate Earth they've already visited.

  
  

• Whenever you see a San Francisco/San Angeles/Los Angeles landmark.
  
  • Once if it's Quinn's house.
  • Twice if it's the Golden Gate Bridge.
  • Three if it's the Trans-American Pyramid building.
  • Three if it's Moonatic Electronics
  • Laugh if it looks like Universal Studios!

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders mentions an LA location (Sepulveda, Granada Hills, Van Nuys, El Segundo, Santa Monica)

  
  
  

• Whenever somebody mentions the Motel 12, Dominion Hotel, the Chancellor Hotel, or the Chandler Hotel.
  
  • Once whenever the Sliders check into the hotel.
  • Once whenever the Sliders are in their hotel/motel room.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders visit the Last Chance Bar, Dominion Bar, Chandler Bar, or any other bar.
  
  • Take an extra sip if the drink has an umbrella.
  • Toast each other if you see the Sliders drinking.

  
  

• Drink once for every Earth a recurring character appears on or whenever a recurring character is mentioned. (i.e. Pavel, Conrad Bennish, Artie, Gomez Calhoun, Wing, Quinn's Moms, Quinn's Dads, Micheal Hurley, Ross J. Kelley, Diggs, Malcom, & Ryan)
  
  • Once for every Earth that a recurring character in a single episode appears on.

  
  

• Drink once for every Earth a "recurring" villain appears on or whenever he's mentioned. (i.e. Logan St. Clair, Colonel Angus Rickman, & the Kromaggs)
  
  
  • Once for every Earth the Kromagg Dynasty conquers.
  • Once for every victim of Colonel Angus Rickman.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders quote a Dead Unknown Scientist With A Theory (DUS-WAT?) or a Dead Unknown Historian with a Theory (DUH-WAT?)!
  
  • Guzzle if they're still LIVING and FAMOUS!

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders "Save The World!"
  
  • Once if the earth is on the brink of destruction!
  • Guzzle if they actually make things worst!

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders do the "Squeaky Gate Test."

  
  
  

• Whenever someone calls the Kromaggs, "Maggots," "Maggs," "KroMaggots," or any other Kromagg insult.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders end up in a jail or prison.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders land in a deserted or war ravaged city.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders meet something that can be described as "Giant," "Radioactive," "Cannibalistic," or "Mutant" or whenever the Sliders run into the MOW (Monster of the Week)!

  
  
  

• Whenever someone famous on Our Earth is mentioned.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders help an underground resistance movement fight the fascist dictatorship of The Man.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders make the excuse, "We're from Canada!"

  
  
  

• Guzzle for every Earth that the Sliders think is Earth Prime, but isn't!

  
  
  

• Guzzle every time the Sliders are actually on Earth Prime!

  
  
  

• Guzzle whenever one of the Sliders refer to their Home Earth as "Earth Prime!"

  
  
  

• Throw a party if the Sliders make it home and they actually know it!

THE SLIDERS, THE ECLECTIC QUARTET!

• Drink once when your favorite Slider appears on the screen (try not to drool in your drink). ;-)

• Professor Maximillian P. Arturo, PhD in Ontology & Cosmology
  • Once if there's a weight joke about the Professor.
  • Once whenever the Professor calls someone a "Blistering Idiot!"
  • Twice if someone mentions something about the Professor's death.
  • Three times whenever the Professor's "incurable illness" is discussed.

  
  
• Captain Margaret Beckett, USMC
  
  • Once whenever she acts annoying and irritating!
  • Once for every man she tries to pick up.
  • Once for everything she gets to shoot or punch out!
  • Once for every COW (Chick of the Week) Maggie bonds with.
  • Once for everytime she acts like Wade and morphs into the caring and compassionate Waggie.
  • Guzzle whenever she grieves for her dead husband.

  
  

• Rembrandt "Cryin' Man" Lee Brown
  
  • Once if he mentions the Cryin' Man or the Spinning Tops.
  • Once if he mentions something about his Navy experience.
  • Once whenever Remmy shares a Father-Son Moment with Malcom.
  • Once whenever he mentions Wade's kidnapping by the Kromaggs.
  • Once for every Kromagg insult he says.
  • Once whenever he experience anger at his Kromagg torture.
  • Once whenever Remmy mentions getting money from an ATM.
  • Twice for every song Remmy sings and make sure you sing along.
  • Guzzle if someone else other than Remmy tries to sing a Cryin' Man song.

  
  

• Colin Mallory
  
  • Once whenever Colin gets excited at a new piece of technology.
  • Once whenever Colin acts innocent and naive.
  • Three whenever Charlie O'Connel appears as someone other than Colin Mallory.

  
  

• Quinn "Q-Ball" Mallory
  
  • Once for everytime he talks about the Home World or his birth parents.
  • Three whenever Quinn acts arrogant, mean, and generally not himself.
  • Guzzle if he mentions Wade's kidnapping by the Kromaggs.

  
  

• Wade Kathleen Wells
  
  • Once if she acts like a feminist and goes into one of her famous feminist diatribes.
  • Once if she starts sermonizing.
  • Once if she starts whining
  • Once if she has to hack into a computer or has to do something computer related.
  • Once whenever Wade is mentioned in the 4th season!
  • Twice whenever Wade is almost hit by a moving vehicle.
  • Three whenever she writes in her mysterious diary that fits snuggly in her tiny pockets or whenever it is mentioned.

  
  
• Whenever one of the Sliders' Doubles is mentioned or appears.
  
  • Once if it's Quinn.
  • Twice if it's the Professor.
  • Three if it's Remmy and Wade.
  • Guzzle if it's Maggie and Colin.
  • Take an extra sip if the Double is EVIL!
  • Once if Rembrandt's double is played by Cleavant's twin brother, Clinton (not the President!). ;-)
  • Twice if Quinn's and Wade's Doubles are in love.
  • Twice if Quinn's double is wearing glasses.
  • Twice if Remmy's Double doesn't sing because he's tone deaf.
  • Guzzle if it's Logan St. Clair or Smarter Quinn.

  
  

• Whenever a Slider falls in love.
  
  • Once if it's Quinn and yell out, "Chick of the Week!" or "COW!" when you spot her. The first one to identify the COW gets to guzzle!
  • Twice if it's Wade or Maggie.
  • Three if it's Remmy or Colin.
  • Guzzle if it's the Professor!

  • Take an extra sip if the COW needs to be "rescued," "helped," or "saved" by Quinn.
  • Take an extra sip if the COW ends up dying, injured, or dead.
  • Take an extra sip if Remmy's love interest was an ex-girlfriend on Earth Prime!
  • Take an extra sip if Quinn is jealous of Wade's affair.
  • Take an extra two sips if Wade is jealous of Quinn's affair.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders give each other forlorn and "Come Hither" looks. ;-)
  
  • Once if it's Wade & Quinn
  • Twice if it's Maggie & Quinn and remember not to gag while swallowing!

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders show some skin.
  
  • Once if it's Quinn with his shirt off, again. ;-)
  • Once if Maggie's cleavage is almost bursting out of her tight fitting T-shirt or whenever the camera does the obligatory "Breast Shot!"
  • Once if Maggie is not wearing a jacket while everyone else is.
  • Three if you can see Wade's belly button.
  • Guzzle until you're drunk if it's the Professor.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders use a nickname.
  
  • Once if the Professor calls Quinn, "My Boy" or "Mr. Mallory"
  • Once if someone calls Rembrandt, "Remmy"
  • Once if someone calls Arturo, "The Professor"
  • Once if someone calls Wade, "Girl" or "Ms. Wells"
  • Once if Rembrandt calls Quinn, "Q-Ball"
  • Once if Quinn calls Maggie, "Beckett" or "Captain Beckett"
  • Once if Maggie calls Quinn, "Mallory"
  • Three if someone calls Arturo, "Max," "Maximillian," or "Maxxy"
  • Guzzle if The Professor calls Quinn, "Quinn"

  
  

• Whenever a Slider interferes in events they don't understand and gets in trouble for it.
  
  • Twice if they get in trouble for something their Double did.
  • Guzzle if it's NOT Quinn.

  
  

• Whenever a Slider is dying, about to be killed, or presumed to be dead!
  
  • Guzzle and have a moment of silence if they actually do die. :-(

  
  

• Whenever a Slider does something totally out of their sphere of expertise (i.e. The Professor operating on a pregnant Remmy)

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders have to eat something really gross and yell out, "S.O.S!" (A reference from Remmy's old Navy days whenever they had to eat something disgusting!)

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders split up!
  
  • Once if it's because of the situation
  • Guzzle if it's because they got separated from the slide.

  
  

• The first person to spot an in-joke gets to guzzle.

THE TIMER & THE SCIENCE OF SLIDING

• Whenever the Sliders look at the Timer.
  • Once whenever one of the Sliders ask how long they'll be on this Earth.
  • Once whenever one of the Sliders ask how much time is left.
  • Guzzle if the answer comes from someone other than Quinn.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders tell someone about sliding or that "they're from another Earth."
  
  • Twice if they're believed without question.

  
  

• Whenever a Slider talks about the technicalities of sliding.
  
  • Guzzle if it's Wade, Remmy, or Maggie.

  
  

• Whenever someone holds the Timer, leers at the Sliders and asks, "And what exactly is this?"
  
  • Take an extra sip if they threaten to disassembled the Timer and examine it
  
  
• Whenever the Timer is disassembled.
  
  • Three if opened by someone other than the Sliders.
  • Guzzle if it's Remmy or Wade.

  
  

• Whenever the Sliders track wormholes.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Timer switches hands.

  
  
  

• Whenever the Sliders lose the Timer in some way.

  
  
  

• Whenever the person who has the Timer gets separated from everyone else!

  
  
  

• Drink three times whenever the Sliders discover another Earth with Sliding technology!

  
  
  

• Guzzle whenever the Sliders change their Timer, or alter it significantly, or use another Timer. (i.e. Quinn's timer, Logan's Timer, Rickman's Timer, The Egyptian Timer)