diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm
index 022726b00ac..d5510ac509c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/death.dm
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@
 		is_adult = 0
 		maxHealth = 150
 		revive()
-		regenerate_icons()
 		if (!client) rabid = 1
 		number = rand(1, 1000)
 		name = "[colour] [is_adult ? "adult" : "baby"] slime ([number])"
 		return
 
 	. = ..(gibbed, "seizes up and falls limp...")
-
+	mood = null
 	regenerate_icons()
 
 	return
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diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm
index d6c8c226c41..1ba3b82cafd 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/metroid/metroid.dm
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 	mutation_chance = rand(25, 35)
 	var/sanitizedcolour = replacetext(colour, " ", "")
 	coretype = text2path("/obj/item/slime_extract/[sanitizedcolour]")
+	regenerate_icons()
 	..(location)
 
 /mob/living/carbon/slime/movement_delay()