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See also the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]], who uses this as a "motivational" tool ("You call that an insult, maggot?!")

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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', The Espada Barragan Luisenbarn is found of this, repeatedly calling his enemies ants and insects even when he's not the one fighting them.

* Children under the influence of the Dark Spore in ''[[Digimon]] 02'' get an attitude of superiority to normal humans, and often compare ''anyone who's not them'' to "insects".

* Father in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' once said humans are so insect like compared to him that they don't even deserve his contempt as his homunculus give.

 

* ''[[Watchmen]]''

* Epic example from ''52''. {{spoiler|Mr. Mind, who appears in most stories as a tiny, telepathic caterpillar who needs the help of other villains to fight his enemies, has become the Hyperfly. Now the size of a planet, he chases down Booster Gold and Rip Hunter...}}

 

* Villains fond of this insult in a [http://www.geocities.ws/prhiddenwar/Hw45.html Power Ranger universe] have the chance to take it [[Make My Monster Grow|a step further.]]

 

* Rotti Largo from ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]:

* In ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (also in the stage play), the reprise of ''"Super Heroes"'' includes the line:

 

* In ''[[Prydain Chronicles|Taran Wanderer]]'', Morda attempts to [[Baleful Polymorph]] Taran into a worm, considering other animals not lowly enough. (He fails because Taran is unwittingly holding his [[Soul Jar]].)

* Douglas Hill's ''Master of Fiends'' has a particularly unpleasant demon call the heroes insects.

 

* On ''[[Angel]]'', ''Illyria'', oh so much. An Old One from when demons ruled the earth, used to being worshiped by millions or billions of beings, she was not especially impressed with the twenty-first century. Insects, vermin, and muck were all ways she described humanity.

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. [[Large Ham]] Dr. Chaotica in the [[Flash Gordon Serial]] [[Expy]] holodeck program "The Adventures of Captain Proton!"

 

* Professor Higgins in ''[[Pygmalion]]'':

'''Higgins''': ''You'' won my bet! You! Presumptuous insect! I won it. }}

 

** This comes back to bite him after his ''second'' major defeat - when he disbelievingly asks who the heroes are, Firion mockingly replies: "Just a swarm of insects."

* Kefka from ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' - "Such magnificent power! You are like insects to me!"

* Albel Nox from ''[[Star Ocean 3]]''.

* There's also Luca Blight's rant from ''[[Suikoden II]]'':

* Astaroth from ''[[Soul Calibur]]'', often calls his opponents "worms" and the like. Apparently, freaky hulking golems are hard to please. Who knew?

** Soul Calibur IV gives us this gem from one of the more evil sounding custom male voices:

* Liquid Snake from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', in one of his ''first lines''!

* The Soldier from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' often yells about maggots and spineless worms. (See [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] above.)

* One of Adon's win quotes in ''Super [[Street Fighter IV]]''.

* [[Eldritch Abomination|Sovereign]] in ''[[Mass Effect]]''.

{{smallcaps| Organic life is nothing but a genetic mutation, an accident…}} }}

* This exchange from ''[[Lufia]]: Curse of the Sinistrals'':

'''Tia''' (to Maxim and Guy): Hey, are we worms, or are we vermin? Boy, he's really mad now. }}

* Galactus in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' will sometimes start the [[Final Boss]] fight by saying "You are not unlike an ant fighting the sun."

** He also says "Now I must squash you like the bug that you are!" when you beat him. [[Sarcasm Mode|Sure, he is.]]

** Also, Super Skrull says at the beginning of a fight: "I will ''crush'' you like the ''insect'' you are."

* Sigma from ''[[Mega Man X]]''2: "You are merely a bothersome insect, Mega Man X! It is about time that I crush you beneath my heel!"

* Wild Dog in ''[[Time Crisis]] 4'' says the following to the VSSE, whose members he had to deal with in the entire series.

 

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