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* Issue 7 of ''[[Blame]]'' has the main character briefly interacting with a swarm of microorganisms, which assumes various simple forms -- :) for "hello", O for "yes", X for "no", etc—to answer his queries. [[Justified Trope|Justified]], in that the swarm is actually controlled by an AI, in a highly futuristic world where this kind of trick is pretty common.
* In ''[[SD Gundam Force]]'', the Bagu-Bagu swarms do this.
* ''[[Panty & Stocking with
== [[Film]] -- Animated ==
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* The swarm of "snow gnats" in ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' can take on forms like hoops and arrows when attacking people, whom they enjoy stinging for no good reason whatsoever.
* [[Michael Crichton]]'s ''[[Prey (novel)|Prey]]'' has ridiculous magic nanobot swarms. They do this, and it's mentioned that their AI was based on insect swarms. By the end of the book, they do it convincingly enough that a swarm can be mistaken for a human being.
* The end of ''[[
* Ygramul from ''[[The Neverending Story (novel)|The Neverending Story]]'', which forms a devilish face, a giant scorpion, a fist...
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* In ''[[Evil Genius (video game)|Evil Genius]]'', bees from the bee hive trap will form a question mark if no targets are in range. When they spot one, they form an exclamation point before attacking.
* Realistic schools of fish are found all over ''[[Subnautica]]''. Curiously, one game option allows you to turn ''off'' their Synchronized Swarming.
== Web Comics ==
* ''Safely Endangered'', with [//www.safelyendangered.com/comic/birds/ Tim and Birds].
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' that's how Toughs discovered that the Ot-Skadak are sapient. The team was leaving a camp behind due to giant sea monster killed in self-defence and starting to attract scavengers (the first to arrived were bugs with metallized exoskeletons and assumed to be the same species Toughs have seen killing a creature the size of a gunboat by flying through it like a cloud of flechettes, thus on top of their "carnivores to avoid" list), so Schlock said goodbye to the local landmarks, ending with "goodbye, swarm of bugs" and waved a pseudopod. That's when the swarm of bugs assumed a recognizable shape of Schlock and waved back, leading to [[Beat Panel]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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== Real Life ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120130041824/http://www.wildlifephoto-presti.com/Photo_of_the_month/01_2004.htm starlings], [http://parmenio-web.com/exped/sardine/sardine-run-price.htm sardines]{{Dead link}}, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/pats0n/2644119888/ mackerel], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130812225902/http://allfloridabeeremoval.com/BeeSwarm/BeeSwarmsAllFloridaBeeRemoval.html bees], [[wikipedia:Driver ant|siafu]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110224042826/http://robotics.youngester.com/2008/08/swarm-robots.html robots].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20121031180854/http://www.metro.co.uk/news/802617-starlings-give-twitchers-the-bird Starlings], [[Flipping the Bird]].
* Swarming in military strategy is the act of striking at an enemy force with mobile elements which hit and run, perpetually disrupting the enemy and destroying command and control by preventing the enemy from being able to react before the situation has changed. This is not a simple [[Zerg Rush]] of throwing troops at an objective in rapid waves, but an extremely complex, difficult to coordinate, and devastatingly effective plan to cause confusion and disorientation.
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