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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* ''[[Bio Meat]]'' has these BMs that can attack in swarms. They could call each other and gang up on prey.

* ''[[Bio-Meat: Nectar]]'' has these BMs that can attack in swarms. They could call each other and gang up on prey.

* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has Lutecia's Insekt, the only one of her [[Summon Magic|bug summons]] that doesn't fall under [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]. They are, however, always summoned in droves during combat.

* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' has a swarm of locusts as a [[Monster of the Week]] that tried to eat the animals' farm and its [[Alternate Continuity|2009 TV-special]] takes things to the next logical step by introducing ''[[Oh Crap|carnivorous locusts]].''

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* ''Hellboy 2'' (tooth fairies)

* ''Critters'' film series

* The 2008 remake of ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' ([[Grey Goo|nanomachines]])

* The 2008 remake of ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' ([[Grey Goo|nanomachines]])

* ''They Came from Within'' (parasites)

* ''[[Squirm]]'' (earthworms... WITH TEETH!)

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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

* In ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'', the way the rules are set up there's no logical way for bug-sized or even normal-rat-sized creatures to be properly threatening even to first level characters...hence, the Swarm type. Depending on the size of the individual creatures involved, swarms can resist and even be immune to damage that isn't an area attack.

* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', the way the rules are set up there's no logical way for bug-sized or even normal-rat-sized creatures to be properly threatening even to first level characters...hence, the Swarm type. Depending on the size of the individual creatures involved, swarms can resist and even be immune to damage that isn't an area attack.

** In Fourth Edition, Druids have an optional class feature that lets them ''become'' one when Wild Shaped. Swarm Druids are extremely tough, enough to act as secondary [[Meat Shield|defenders]].

** 3.5 Druids have a [[Prestige Class]] called Swarm Lord. They can shapeshift into swarms and control them-normally swarms and vermin are off limits to druids.

* Both [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] and [[Warhammer ~~40000~~]] have swarm units. They are typically represented by a large base with many models on it, counting as one multi-wounded model. They also tend to be cheap, so these swarms tend to be fairly big.

* Both [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]] have swarm units. They are typically represented by a large base with many models on it, counting as one multi-wounded model. They also tend to be cheap, so these swarms tend to be fairly big.

** Tyranids from ''40,000'' have weapons that shoot a number of small creatures at an enemy to eat it to death.

* Quite a few cards in ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' are meant to reflect this trope, but the Slivers do it best. In general terms, for each Sliver in play, all Slivers in play get stronger, whether just more powerful and tougher, or gaining new abilities.

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* In both Resistance: Fall of Man and Resistance 2: In the first one (only in a cutscene): crawlers, cockroach-like things that infect someone by getting in one's body en masse and in the second one: during a level, you are chased by an invincible swarm of flying, razor-sharp bugs(according to intel, evolved crawlers from the 1st game)that are invulnerable to boot.

* [[Alien Swarm]] gives us [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|the swarm]].

* The Zerg, in ''[[~~Starcraft~~]]''.

* The Zerg, in ''[[StarCraft]]''.

* Arachnophobics have been known to have a hard time getting through some levels of the ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' games. The latest one, ''Underworld'', had swarms of spiders in the earlier levels that Lara had to shake off, and then ''human-sized'' tarantulas, that, once shot and killed, burst into a nausea-inducing mess that looks unsettlingly like what a dead tarantula might look like in real life.

* ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. {{spoiler|In the Suicide Mission, you must navigate through a corridor of Collector Swarms that will kill you. If you don't pick the right biotic for the job, one of your squadmates will be killed by the swarm. Shepard also runs for dear life back to the Normandy at the very end away from the swarm and other Collectors.}}

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