Everything's Worse with Bees: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Burns:''' I suggest you leave immediately.

 

Basically, the worst fate in the universe is to be covered in bees. Nothing so small should cause so much fear amongst creatures so much larger... and yet they do. The distinctive coloration. The [[Hell Is That Noise|horrible buzzing noise.]] The danger of stinging. The way they move in swarms. The kamikaze mentality. And of course, if you're allergic or if there are a lot of the little bastards, they can put you in the hospital or even kill you.

 

Subtropes include [[Bee-Bee Gun]]. Related to [[Gosh Hornet]]. If a monster or person is ''made'' of bees, then they're [[The Worm That Walks]]. Often seen in the [[Hornet Hole]]. Sometimes overlaps with [[Everything's Worse with Bears]] because bears like their honey.

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Pokémon]]'': Vespiquen's Attack Order move summons a bunch of Combee to attack the foe.

== Comic Books ==

* In the [[Marvel Universe]], there's Swarm, a Nazi [[The Worm That Walks|made of bees]]. (Or possibly a swarm of bees in the shape of a Nazi, [[Depending on the Writer]].)

* In ''[[Amazons Attack]]!'', a subplot involves the Amazons having their STYGIAN KILLER HORNETS attack another hero giving him only HOURS to live [[Trapped by Mountain Lions|(a subplot so pointless, it didn't even make it into the book)]] prompting this hilarious quote:

{{quote|'''Batman''': An Amazon attack.. a deadly bee weapon. '''[[Memetic Mutation|Bees. My God.]]'''}}

{{quote|'''Calvin's Mom''' (applying ointment): I don't see the "harpoon" that "gored" you, but this will help the sting.

'''Calvin''': Call the National Guard. I'm sure they can track the bee on radar. }}

* [http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Kleine_honigdiebe.jpg&filetimestamp=20050904002501 As these boys learn.] (From a story by [[Wilhelm Busch]].)

 

 

== Literature ==

** Same creature has an envoy that appears to the protagonist in a dream. A humanoid, robed being with clawed hands and a face made, you guessed it, of wasps.

** It's not made of bees, it's a [[Everything's Worse with Bears|bear]] covered in bees.

 

 

* [[Eddie Izzard|AAAAAAAAH! I'M COVERED IN BEES!]]

** [[I Like My X Like I Like My Y|I like my women like I like my coffee]]--[[Metaphorgotten|COVERED IN BEES!]]

* Dane Cook lampooning the idea of killer bees: "It's a fucking bee! I could understand if it was like killer horses! That's scary shit!"

 

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** There's also a monster that's basically an anthropomorphic bee, though that might be something of a subversion since the bee people are not in fact evil.

* ''[[BattleTech]]'' features [[Humongous Mecha]] named after stinging insects, including the ''Wasp, Hornet, Stinger,'' and ''Firebee.'' The 'worse' is relative, as while they're still at least twenty tons each and rather dangerous to infantry and light vehicles, they are [[Fragile Speedster|Light Mechs]] with rather little in the way of armor or offensive weaponry compared to their far larger brethren. Of the four designs named, only the ''Firebee'' proves to be much of a threat due to being nearly twice as big and twice as well armed as any of the other three.

* There's a [[The Worm That Walks|Guy Made of Bees]] in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]''. An optional boss, and probably best avoided unless you can find his [[Weaksauce Weakness]], because bees are scary.

** An optional [[Self-Imposed Challenge|challenge path]] was recently introduced: Bees Hate You. Wandering bees attack you randomly, you can't use items or familiars that have a "b" in them, equipment with a "b" will hurt you, and monsters with a "b" in their name are stronger. And the final boss is naturally [[The Worm That Walks|The Guy Made Of Bees]].

* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'', it is possible to get <s> bees</s> hornets to attack you. ''Why'' you would want them to attack you, on the other hand...

** In ''A Link To The Past'', you can catch bees that will attack nearby enemies when released. There is also a "good bee" that, if caught, will chase your enemies around and ''murder them''.

** ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' has a minigame where you must defeat the flying demons in Twilight Town.

** ''Re: ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories]]'' has a minigame in the Hundred Acre Wood (Well where else would we get bees in this game?) where you must get Pooh honey, while keeping the bees from attacking him.

* What is worse than a [[Mega Neko|giant cat]] that fires lasers in a ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' [[Fake Longevity|achievement farming]] map? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1Ay85de3U A giant cat that fires lasers and BEES]!

** Also a mod for the flamethrower that changes the fire effect into a swarm of bees, complete with the proper sound effects.

* ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' has the Bzzap! of Flower Fields, which has two attacks: its normal sting, which has an Attack of 6 and may poison Mario; and it may summon five smaller bees which each try to sting him for 1 Attack each and may make him tiny (reducing all his attacks to 1). However, it has 0 Defense and only 3 HP.

* One of the more annoying enemies in ''[[ToeJam & Earl|Toejam and Earl]]'' was a swarm of bees who would follow you everywhere. If you tried jumping into water to avoid them, they just hovered over you.

* In Midway's old skateboarding game ''720 Degrees'', the announcer says "[[Stalked by the Bell|Skate or Die!]]" when the game's timer runs out. Take too long, and then a swarm of killer bees appear, and if your skater gets hit by the bees, then it's an automatic game over. The longer you run from them, the more their speed increases, until they inevitably catch up with you.

** In at least the NES version of the game, the bees will start to [[Synchronized Swarming|form menacing shapes]] once they've chased you for so long, such as a [[Drop the Hammer|pounding hammer]], a [[Dem Bones|skull]], and a [[Afraid of Needles|hypodermic syringe]].

* ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' has Cazadores, which are giant mutant Tarantula Hawks and one of the most terrifying [[Demonic Spiders]] of the game just under Deathclaws. While relatively fragile, they are damn fast, making them difficult to target outside of V.A.T.S. They also happen to be poisonous so you'll be losing health like crazy if they get close. And they swarm in groups of 4-6.

* The main area in [[Infocom]]'s ''Trinity'' includes a giant hive of man-size bees. They won't bother you if you don't bother them...but unfortunately the plot requires you to steal honey from them, leading to immediate death if you're not careful.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* As Slackerz shows us, whats worse than Zombies? Zom-Beez!

* Asher from [[Get Medieval]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|catapults a beehive into a castle in order to end a siege.]]

* Subverted in [http://angryflower.com/beesan.gif this] [[Bob the Angry Flower]] strip.

* In ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', [http://darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0588.html Sally thinks] the [[Revenge of the Sith|Jedi Temple massacre]] could be caused by bees. And being D&D, they discuss the trope on the annotation.

 

** The second death in v4 is similar in nature, where Dallas Reynolds is stung by a wasp and gets an allergic reaction. Unfortunately, he tries to give himself more room to breathe... by [[Your Head Asplode|tugging at his explosive collar]].

* ''[[SCP Foundation]]'': [http://www.scp-wiki.net/bees In the situation that the diary is bees, a modified document will be provided.]

 

 

** "Or what? You'll release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths, and when they bark they shoot bees at you?"

** "Hey Willie! ''Catch the football!!!''" *Nelson lobs the bee's nest at Willie*

** Curiously, the very last Donald cartoon with bees shows him as the rightful owner of a bee farm, and no he suffers no assault from them in the whole short.

*** Though Donald had to deal with [[Everything's Worse with Bears|Humphrey the Bear]], who wanted the honey and suffered the wrath of the bees AND Donald.

* Mr. Bump from ''[[The Mr. Men Show]]'' does get a lot of problems with pests like bees and wasps in a couple of episodes.

** Miss Calamity does get a problem with bees in some scenes of her in some of the Season 1 episodes.

* ''[[Family Guy]]'' once featured a giant killer bee with the voice of Bruce.

** "I'm Glenn Quagmire, and this is "Bee Bush."

* One entire episode of ''[[Futurama]]'', "The Sting", revolves around an attempt to get space honey from space bees, bees who are "as large as a Buick and twice as ugly."

* In the ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'' episode "Hair(less) the Musical," Misery demonstrates how a picnic is worse with bees by jamming a honey stick into a beehive, causing the bees to swarm onto her face and sting her viciously. It's made creepier by the fact that she's mid-song when this is happening, and never breaks the tune.

 

== Real Life ==