OK. I had a dream that was almost exactly this picture a while back when I was playing DQVIII. It was pretty vivid, because the slime was so huge, and I couldn't hurt it. It was like punching a cute version of The Blob from the X-Men. Hey, don't look at me like that, I know you guys have weird dreams too.
On a related note, I stumbled across this fantastic pic from Kinuko's art site Fever Chill. You can see more game related and just plain funktastic art there and also at the straight up badass artist collective, Mecha Fetus. Artists there also include Sprite Art guru Paul Robertson who did the insane Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 and Persona, whos love of cheesy Giant Robot shows rocket punches my special soft spot. Kind of hurts, actually.
Here's one of Paul Robertson's older works, Devil Eyes, that still delights and disturbs me greatly.
Persona's God Slayer. Oh dear lord it's so cheesy, but that's what make it so damn good.