# Slim — Metropolis character guide

> Slim in Metropolis by Thea von Harbou.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Slim, Babel Slim, Babel

**First appearance:** 0001-metropolis

## Snapshot

A shadowy figure of the Yoshiwara pleasure district, moving between the city's glittering surface and its darker appetites with unsettling ease.

## Who they are

Slim belongs to the night side of Metropolis, the quarter where the sons of the rich spend what the workers' hands have made, and he knows its currents better than anyone. He is neither master nor worker but a broker of secrets and pleasures, a man whose loyalties shift with the price, and whose knowledge of the city's hidden wiring makes him useful to those who rule it. His appearances mark the points where the novel's moral geography turns from spectacle to something more sinister.

## Relationships

### [Freder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/freder)

_friendship_

Freder and Slim are allies, with Slim often assisting Freder in navigating the underworld.

### [Josaphat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/josaphat)

_friendship_

Josaphat and Slim are comrades, working together to support Freder's cause.

### [Georgi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/georgi)

_friendship_

Georgi and Slim are fellow workers and friends, united in their struggle.

### [Maohee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/maohee)

_friendship_

Maohee and Slim are allies in the worker community, sharing a bond of survival.

### [Georgi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/georgi)

_friendship_

Georgi and Slim are fellow workers and friends, united in their struggle.

### [Maohee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/maohee)

_friendship_

Maohee and Slim are allies in the worker community, sharing a bond of survival.

### [Freder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/freder)

_friendship_

Freder and Slim are allies, with Slim often assisting Freder in navigating the underworld.

## In the story

### [The New Tower of Babel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/i)

Freder's silent keeper and his father's agent, Slim watches Freder's every move and is capable of finding anyone Freder might seek.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/ii)

Summoned by Joh Fredersen, receives orders to monitor Freder's every action, but fails to find him immediately.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/iii)

Enters Freder's home to question servants about his master's whereabouts.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/iv)

Informs Fredersen that Freder has disappeared.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/vi)

Witnesses the Maohee-induced frenzy, rescues Georgi, and learns of Freder's involvement.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/vii)

Arrives at Josaphat's door, forces him to leave the apartment, and engages in a violent struggle with him. Remains cold and calculating throughout.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/ix)

The pilot of the aeroplane, described as having bull-like strength and a forceful calm. He refuses Josaphat's demand to turn back and is killed during the struggle, his skull crushed.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/chapters/xxii)

Returns to report that Freder cannot be found, confronts Joh Fredersen with hatred and accusation.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters/slim
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metropolis_se/characters