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{{trope}}
[[File:Mechapede.jpg|thumb|350px|[[Command & Conquer|The Scrin Mechapede.]]]]
The '''Segmented Serpent''' is an enemy which is made up of lots of mostly identical pieces that usually all move along a single path like a train on tracks, though rare specimens may have more realistic snakelike undulating movement. It normally has weapons mounted at least in the head and/or tail piece, and can also use its body to block the player, forcing them to take evasive action.
This enemy type is almost ubiquitous in [[Shoot
Often only shots to the head will kill a serpent. Death is typically a segment-by-segment explosion from the point of destruction. Alternatively, destroying the head will turn the next segment into a new head and it must be destroyed one piece at a time.
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* ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam]]'' has the modular mobile armor Doggorla, whose segments can function as [[Attack Drone
* At least two of these show up in ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Gatchaman]]''.▼
* ''[[Mortasheen]]'' takes this to silly lengths with the [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/bratwurm.htm Bratwurm], which is one of these ''made entirely out of hot dogs!''▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
=== [[Action Adventure]] ===
* Moldorms in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series, which have to be defeated by hitting their tails. Possibly also Twinmold from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229233752/http://www.guiasnintendo.com/4_Nintendo_64/Zelda64/tempfuego/volvagia_1.jpg Volvagia] from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.
** Although Volvagia's movement looks like a Segmented Serpent, it is a single 3D object rather than a chain of segments.
** An example of an actual segmented serpent from Ocarina would be the serpents that appear in Jabu-Jabu's belly.
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** Also Skeldrich from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks]]''.
** The second form of the boss of Turtle Rock in ''[[A Link to The Past]]'' is an unusual example, since its weak point is in the middle.
** Barba from [[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|Zelda II]]
* ''[[La-Mulana]]'' has Amphisbaena, Bashumu (a [[Mini Boss]] in the Dimensional Corridor) and Nu Wa.
* DeepDive dragon boss from ''[[An Untitled Story]]''. Strange in that he is a ''[[Stationary Boss]]'', and his weak point is one specific segment of his neck.
* The Basilisk in the ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|
* The boss Centipede in ''[[Deadly Towers]]''.
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** The Battletoads arcade game's second boss was abit of a subversion in that one of these snakes was a boss. It still looks segmented, but all he does is bite at you from the background.
* ''[[Muramasa: The Demon Blade]]'' features a couple of centipedes as Kisuke's second boss that crawl over the buildings and fire flames out of the various segments.
=== [[Platform Game]] ===
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* One of the bosses fought in world 8 in [[Monster Party|Monster Party.]]
* ''[[Bug!]]!'' has a borderline example in the form of... "caterpillars". They will fire out their "segments" one by one, and only after all the segments have been fired out will the "head" (actually an insect by itself) run away and become vulnerable.
* ''[[Terraria]]'' has several of them, but the most prominent would probably be the [[Dem Bones|Bone Serpent]] in the Underworld, and the [[King Mook|Eater of Worlds]] in the Corruption (the latter adding a bit of [[Asteroids Monster
* ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts N Goblins]]'' has multiple [[Boss Battle|battles]] against dragons of this type.
* A curious example is the giant earthworm that appears in ''[[Hammerin' Harry]]''. It extends its front part to squirt blue stuff at you and generally looks very out of place in the game.
* ''[[Stinkoman 20 X 6]]'' has Saargtsson, a giant snake that jumps out of lava and shoots lasers at Stinkoman.
* Green Grub from ''Kid Niki: Radical Ninja''.
=== [[Rail Shooter]] ===
* The dragons in ''[[Space Harrier]]'' are quite impressive-looking examples of this for a 1985 game. Averted in the [[PlayStation 2]] remake, where the dragons have more complex 3D models.
* ''[[Night Striker]]'' has the Dragon Head bosses, which are robotic sea worms. Unlike most examples, their whole body is vulnerable. Which is a good thing, because you'll have to fight more than one in later levels.
=== [[Real Time Strategy]] ===
* ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' 3: Kane's Wrath has the Mechapede for the Scrin faction. It's customisable and quite useful since all of its pieces are armed.
=== [[Roguelike]] ===
* ''[[Nethack]]'' includes the [http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Long_worm long worm], which will likely split in half if you attack the middle.
▲=== [[Role Playing Game]] ===
* One of the toughest viruses in the first ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'' is a three-segmented serpent. It couldn't trap you, but it could easily block attacks to its head with its two body segments. Luckily, you only ever have to deal with just the snake, being one of two virus types that are only ever fought by themselves.
** ''[[Mega Man ZX]]'', on the other hand has Giga Aspis, which as an intro level boss is one of the easiest enemies you'll face.
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* ''[[World of Mana|Secret of Mana]]'' has [[Palette Swap|two]] snake bosses like this.
* ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' subverts this with Steelix. It's made up of several chained segments, unlike all the other Pokemon in the game, but due to the way the game plays you don't target the segments at all. Instead, you have to draw circles around the whole beast in a continuous loop while it slithers around, with the segmentation simply making it bigger and more flexible. Known for being very, ''very'', [[That One Boss|hard]].
* Zigzagged in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'', of all games. The [[Physical God|fal'Cie Dahaka]] is a flying serpent creature that resembles a chain of beads, and while the "bead" segments do have to be destroyed, {{spoiler|it's not part of the critter's boss fight, but rather done in cutscenes by the [[Taken for Granite|Menhirrim]], not the party}}. But in true
* Nygtilger in ''[[Ys]]''.
* Vaides, the dragon in ''Dragon Slayer Jr.: Romancia''.
* The giant wiggler from ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Unlike many examples, you have to attack the segments first as its head is invulnerable until all the body segments are turned yellow. Once you do so, the head can be attacked, but only for a short while- the wiggler will turn red again after a few turns, forcing you to repeat the process.
=== [[Shoot'Em Up]] ===
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** [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Talk about a bad case of heartworm]]...
* ''[[Gradius]] V'' has huge wormy monsters with vulnerable heads. or tails.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630065208/http://gradius.classicgaming.gamespy.com/g2nes1.gif A fire serpent enemy] from the NES version of ''Gradius II''.
* ''[[Recca]]'' had these as normal enemies, as well as [[Mini Boss|sub-bosses]]. Like most examples they can only be attacked in the head.
* ''[[In the Hunt]]'' had a long, ancient fish with a vulnerable head as the [[Mini Boss]] of the [[That One Level|fourth stage]].
* ''[[Bio-Hazard Battle]]'' has a few enemies like this. Like many other games, their weak point was usually the head.
* ''[[BIOMETAL]]'' had these as regular enemies, as well as the fourth boss.
* ''Apidya'' has [http://shmups.classicgaming.gamespy.com/reviews/apidya/images/apidya21boss.gif an eel like this]{{Dead link}}. Again, only the head can be damaged.
* ''Project X''
* The obscure [[Shoot'Em Up]] ''[[Steel Saviour]]'' has these in [[Lethal Lava Land|stage 2]], as well as the boss of stage 4.
* ''[[Bioship Paladin]]'' has these as [[Giant Mook
* ''[[Geometry Wars]]'' features these.
* The fifth boss in ''[[Star Soldier|Super Star Soldier]]'' represents this very clearly- the thing is huge and consists entirely of joints, and moves very very fast. The fifth stage also features regular enemies of this wormy type (appearing one and a half minutes into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_oF1ab-4-I this video]).
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* The Dragon Laser in ''Lightning Fighters'', a [[Smart Bomb]]-like special weapon that flies around the screen obliterating enemies.
▲=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
▲* [[Mortasheen]] takes this to silly lengths with the [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/bratwurm.htm Bratwurm], which is one of these ''made entirely out of hot dogs!''
▲* ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam]]'' has the modular mobile armor Doggorla, whose segments can function as [[Attack Drone|Attack Drones]].
▲* At least two of these show up in ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman|Gatchaman]]''.
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