diff --git a/code/_globalvars/lists/poll_ignore.dm b/code/_globalvars/lists/poll_ignore.dm
index 490ddd62e30..001f29cb767 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/lists/poll_ignore.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/lists/poll_ignore.dm
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 #define POLL_IGNORE_SWARMER "swarmer"
 #define POLL_IGNORE_DRONE "drone"
 #define POLL_IGNORE_FUGITIVE "fugitive"
+#define POLL_IGNORE_DEFECTIVECLONE "defective_clone"
+#define POLL_IGNORE_PYROSLIME "slime"
+#define POLL_IGNORE_SHADE "shade"
+#define POLL_IGNORE_IMAGINARYFRIEND "imaginary_friend"
+#define POLL_IGNORE_SPLITPERSONALITY "split_personality"
+
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(poll_ignore_desc, list(
 	POLL_IGNORE_SENTIENCE_POTION = "Sentience potion",
@@ -30,6 +36,11 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(poll_ignore_desc, list(
 	POLL_IGNORE_SWARMER = "Swarmer shells",
 	POLL_IGNORE_DRONE = "Drone shells",
 	POLL_IGNORE_FUGITIVE = "Fugitive Hunter",
+	POLL_IGNORE_DEFECTIVECLONE = "Defective clone",
+	POLL_IGNORE_PYROSLIME = "Slime",
+	POLL_IGNORE_SHADE = "Shade",
+	POLL_IGNORE_IMAGINARYFRIEND = "Imaginary Friend",
+	POLL_IGNORE_SPLITPERSONALITY = "Split Personality",
 ))
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(poll_ignore, init_poll_ignore())
 
diff --git a/code/datums/brain_damage/imaginary_friend.dm b/code/datums/brain_damage/imaginary_friend.dm
index 6d49d532100..2eb131684df 100644
--- a/code/datums/brain_damage/imaginary_friend.dm
+++ b/code/datums/brain_damage/imaginary_friend.dm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 /datum/brain_trauma/special/imaginary_friend/proc/get_ghost()
 	set waitfor = FALSE
-	var/list/mob/dead/observer/candidates = pollCandidatesForMob("Do you want to play as [owner]'s imaginary friend?", ROLE_PAI, null, null, 75, friend)
+	var/list/mob/dead/observer/candidates = pollCandidatesForMob("Do you want to play as [owner]'s imaginary friend?", ROLE_PAI, null, null, 75, friend, POLL_IGNORE_IMAGINARYFRIEND)
 	if(LAZYLEN(candidates))
 		var/mob/dead/observer/C = pick(candidates)
 		friend.key = C.key
diff --git a/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm b/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm
index 612af133926..416d1061461 100644
--- a/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm
+++ b/code/datums/brain_damage/split_personality.dm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 /datum/brain_trauma/severe/split_personality/proc/get_ghost()
 	set waitfor = FALSE
-	var/list/mob/dead/observer/candidates = pollCandidatesForMob("Do you want to play as [owner]'s split personality?", ROLE_PAI, null, null, 75, stranger_backseat)
+	var/list/mob/dead/observer/candidates = pollCandidatesForMob("Do you want to play as [owner]'s split personality?", ROLE_PAI, null, null, 75, stranger_backseat, POLL_IGNORE_SPLITPERSONALITY)
 	if(LAZYLEN(candidates))
 		var/mob/dead/observer/C = pick(candidates)
 		stranger_backseat.key = C.key
diff --git a/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm b/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm
index a04be9d4d38..3d740e5c4b8 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/exp_cloner.dm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	ADD_TRAIT(H, TRAIT_NOCRITDAMAGE, CLONING_POD_TRAIT)
 	H.Unconscious(80)
 
-	var/list/candidates = pollCandidatesForMob("Do you want to play as [clonename]'s defective clone?", null, null, null, 100, H)
+	var/list/candidates = pollCandidatesForMob("Do you want to play as [clonename]'s defective clone?", null, null, null, 100, H, POLL_IGNORE_DEFECTIVECLONE)
 	if(LAZYLEN(candidates))
 		var/mob/dead/observer/C = pick(candidates)
 		H.key = C.key
diff --git a/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies.dm b/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies.dm
index f698be07f01..dbdb74bf49b 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/effects/anomalies.dm
@@ -281,7 +281,11 @@
 	S.rabid = TRUE
 	S.amount_grown = SLIME_EVOLUTION_THRESHOLD
 	S.Evolve()
-	offer_control(S)
+	
+	var/list/mob/dead/observer/candidates = pollCandidatesForMob("Do you want to play as a pyroclastic anomaly slime?", ROLE_PAI, null, null, 100, S, POLL_IGNORE_PYROSLIME)
+	if(LAZYLEN(candidates))
+		var/mob/dead/observer/chosen = pick(candidates)
+		S.key = chosen.key
 
 /////////////////////
 
diff --git a/code/modules/antagonists/wizard/equipment/soulstone.dm b/code/modules/antagonists/wizard/equipment/soulstone.dm
index f6875b393b5..81f8c50649b 100644
--- a/code/modules/antagonists/wizard/equipment/soulstone.dm
+++ b/code/modules/antagonists/wizard/equipment/soulstone.dm
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
 			break
 
 	if(!chosen_ghost)	//Failing that, we grab a ghost
-		var/list/consenting_candidates = pollGhostCandidates("Would you like to play as a Shade?", "Cultist", null, ROLE_CULTIST, poll_time = 50)
+		var/list/consenting_candidates = pollGhostCandidates("Would you like to play as a Shade?", "Cultist", null, ROLE_CULTIST, 50, POLL_IGNORE_SHADE)
 		if(consenting_candidates.len)
 			chosen_ghost = pick(consenting_candidates)
 	if(!T)