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One of the first widespread [[Edutainment Game|Edutainment Games]] for the [[Apple II]], beside ''[[Oregon Trail]]''. The player takes the role of a somewhat frog-like Muncher, who enjoys eating things. The player must obey the rules of grammar/math/what have you and munch only the items that match what the question is asking for, or else they lose a life - they must also avoid the Troggles, hostile critters that find Munchers tasty. Spawned a whole series of Muncher games. Has a [[Number Munchers/WMG|Wild Mass Guessing Page.]]

 

The games in the series also include Fraction Munchers, Word Munchers, and Super Munchers. The last gives the titular hero a "super" form he can transform into to take out Troggles.

* [[Big Eater]]: Both the Muncher and the Troggles.

* [[Canis Latinicus]]: The Muncher and the original Troggles all have "scientific names" as well as their regular names.

* [[Cutscene]]: "Great Moments in Muncher History" in ''Number Munchers''; similar but untitled cutscenes in ''Word Munchers''; and [[Olympic Games|Olympic]]-themed scenes in ''Fraction Munchers''.

* [[Elite Mook]]: ''Trogglus smarticus'', especially if more than one of them are on the board at the same time.

* [[Halfhearted Henchman]]: ''Trogglus timidus''. If you approach her, she will move in the opposite direction.

* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Some of the [[Cutscene|Cutscenes]] show the Muncher doing some very cruel things to the Troggles.

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: If one Troggle enters a square occupied by another Troggle, one of them will eat the other one.

* [[Scoring Points]]: Because you want to put cool messages along with your name atop the Muncher Hall of Fame.

* [[The Goomba]]: ''Trogglus normalus''.

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