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* Dokubachi in ''[[GetBackers]]'' is the Bee that Walks (and flies and philosophizes and [[Overly Long Gag|uses ki attacks . . .]]) whose body is a bizarre, super-specialized honey comb that gives him all manner of bee-related abilities. Unusually for this trope, though, his final form looks [[Bishounen Line|completely human.]]
* Dokubachi in ''[[GetBackers]]'' is the Bee that Walks (and flies and philosophizes and [[Overly Long Gag|uses ki attacks . . .]]) whose body is a bizarre, super-specialized honey comb that gives him all manner of bee-related abilities. Unusually for this trope, though, his final form looks [[Bishounen Line|completely human.]]
* Borgir Bor from the ''[[Bastard!!]]'' anime/manga series.
* Borgir Bor from the ''[[Bastard!!]]'' anime/manga series.
* Gambon's mooks in ''[[Hokuto no Ken]] 2'' have speciality called the Centipede Fighting, where they hop on each others shoulder to form, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|centipedes]].
* Gambon's mooks in ''[[Hokuto no Ken]] 2'' have speciality called the Centipede Fighting, where they hop on each others shoulder to form, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|centipedes]].
* ''[[Berserk]]'' the Godhand do not have bodies that exist [[Layered World|in the material realm]], so when they want to effect things they need to take pre-existing materials to make bodies from: Slan once made a body from troll guts and Conrad made one from a mass of rats.
* ''[[Berserk]]'' the Godhand do not have bodies that exist [[Layered World|in the material realm]], so when they want to effect things they need to take pre-existing materials to make bodies from: Slan once made a body from troll guts and Conrad made one from a mass of rats.


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* [[Bone]]: {{spoiler|The Hooded One turned out to be a woman who was [[Half the Man He Used To Be|cut in half]] then had her body put put back and held together by the Lord of the Locust's insects.}}
* [[Bone]]: {{spoiler|The Hooded One turned out to be a woman who was [[Half the Man He Used To Be|cut in half]] then had her body put put back and held together by the Lord of the Locust's insects.}}
* The second [[X-Force]] once met a "spectre of death" who looked like a giant monster made up of worms and maggots, with some skulls and bones thrown in as well.
* The second [[X-Force]] once met a "spectre of death" who looked like a giant monster made up of worms and maggots, with some skulls and bones thrown in as well.
* The Purple Ants in Jon Lewis's ''[[True Swamp]]'' kill a man and use his skeleton as a framework to become one of these.
* The Purple Ants in Jon Lewis's ''[[True Swamp]]'' kill a man and use his skeleton as a framework to become one of these.


== [[Film]] ==
== [[Film]] ==
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* In Jim Butcher's ''[[The Dresden Files|Small Favor]]'', while the [[Voluntary Shapeshifter|shapeshifted form]] of Tessa isn't actually made of bugs, she is a giant preying mantis with little praying mantises instead of blood that fly out when she gets shot.
* In Jim Butcher's ''[[The Dresden Files|Small Favor]]'', while the [[Voluntary Shapeshifter|shapeshifted form]] of Tessa isn't actually made of bugs, she is a giant preying mantis with little praying mantises instead of blood that fly out when she gets shot.
* The flying nanobot swarms in the [[Michael Crichton]] novel ''Prey'' act like a computerized version of these - they even eat carrion, as per standard maggot behavior. As their intelligence develops through the course of the book, they learn to mimic human shapes, colors, and eventually ''speech''.
* The flying nanobot swarms in the [[Michael Crichton]] novel ''Prey'' act like a computerized version of these - they even eat carrion, as per standard maggot behavior. As their intelligence develops through the course of the book, they learn to mimic human shapes, colors, and eventually ''speech''.
** Turns into full body horror, when the main character discovers that the swarm has enveloped and taken over his wife. However, using an electro-magnet, the swarm dispell from the body, revealing his real wife (now a shriveled skeleton) who is still alive. She is able to relay her last words before the device breaks and the nanobots overtake her body again.
** Turns into full body horror, when the main character discovers that the swarm has enveloped and taken over his wife. However, using an electro-magnet, the swarm dispell from the body, revealing his real wife (now a shriveled skeleton) who is still alive. She is able to relay her last words before the device breaks and the nanobots overtake her body again.
* Ygramul the Many of ''[[The Neverending Story (novel)|The Neverending Story]]'' by [[Michael Ende]], is a gestalt collective of toxic flying... "things" that clumps together in whatever arrangement suits their purpose best, from a giant spider-thing to a massive disembodied hand. Her deadly poison grants the dying victim the ability to teleport.
* Ygramul the Many of ''[[The Neverending Story (novel)|The Neverending Story]]'' by [[Michael Ende]], is a gestalt collective of toxic flying... "things" that clumps together in whatever arrangement suits their purpose best, from a giant spider-thing to a massive disembodied hand. Her deadly poison grants the dying victim the ability to teleport.
* Some D'ivers [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifters]] from Steven Erikson's ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]''. For example, Gryllen (turns into a huge swarm of rats) and Mogora (turns into lots of spiders).
* Some D'ivers [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|shapeshifters]] from Steven Erikson's ''[[Malazan Book of the Fallen]]''. For example, Gryllen (turns into a huge swarm of rats) and Mogora (turns into lots of spiders).
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** He also gives us the 'throng-bear', an unintelligent variant from ''[[Iron Council]]''.
** He also gives us the 'throng-bear', an unintelligent variant from ''[[Iron Council]]''.
** Don't forget {{spoiler|Skool, who is a bunch of fish inside a wetsuit. He's also a rare heroic version of this.}}
** Don't forget {{spoiler|Skool, who is a bunch of fish inside a wetsuit. He's also a rare heroic version of this.}}
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'', a vampire can only change into a single bat if they've been feeding on human blood, since it takes great magical power to change one's bodymass in the setting. Belonging to the teetotaller Black Ribboners, Sally in ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'' has to retain her original bodymass by turning into a swarm of bats instead.
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'', a vampire can only change into a single bat if they've been feeding on human blood, since it takes great magical power to change one's bodymass in the setting. Belonging to the teetotaller Black Ribboners, Sally in ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]'' has to retain her original bodymass by turning into a swarm of bats instead.
** Also in a Discworld book (''[[Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky|A Hat Full of Sky]]''), young witch Tiffany dances with a human-shaped swarm of bees. This swarm is perfectly benign though, and it is considered a promising sign that Tiffany, unlike most people, isn't afraid of them.
** Also in a Discworld book (''[[Discworld/A Hat Full of Sky|A Hat Full of Sky]]''), young witch Tiffany dances with a human-shaped swarm of bees. This swarm is perfectly benign though, and it is considered a promising sign that Tiffany, unlike most people, isn't afraid of them.
** A more comical example from ''A Hat Full of Sky'', reappearing in the subsequent book ''Wintersmith'', is [[Totem Pole Trench|the Nac Mac Feegles disguising themselves as a human (singular) by stacking themselves up inside several stolen items of clothing]].
** A more comical example from ''A Hat Full of Sky'', reappearing in the subsequent book ''Wintersmith'', is [[Totem Pole Trench|the Nac Mac Feegles disguising themselves as a human (singular) by stacking themselves up inside several stolen items of clothing]].
** Borrowing a swarm of bees is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Granny Weatherwax in ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]''.
** Borrowing a swarm of bees is a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Granny Weatherwax in ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]''.
** A minor version of this occurs in the character of Hex in the Unseen University... a 'computer' controlled by the ant colony living inside it... a similar type of machine can be seen in the Glooper in "Making Money", although that one is controlled by water and tides and the economy...
** A minor version of this occurs in the character of Hex in the Unseen University... a 'computer' controlled by the ant colony living inside it... a similar type of machine can be seen in the Glooper in "Making Money", although that one is controlled by water and tides and the economy...
* The Vermiform in Steph Swainston's ''Castle Circle'' series is one of these.
* The Vermiform in Steph Swainston's ''Castle Circle'' series is one of these.
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** Though it could merely refer to a decomposing undead corpse infested - and possibly controlled by - maggots, or perhaps a single huge worm. We'll never know.
** Though it could merely refer to a decomposing undead corpse infested - and possibly controlled by - maggots, or perhaps a single huge worm. We'll never know.
* One of the heroes of the grail in Eric Nylund's ''[[A Game of Universe]]'' is a colony of insects which walks around in humanoid form, relatively.
* One of the heroes of the grail in Eric Nylund's ''[[A Game of Universe]]'' is a colony of insects which walks around in humanoid form, relatively.
* In ''The Talismans of [[Shannara]]'', Walker Boh is attacked by [[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] (well, actually monsters who have taken the form of [[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]). While Famine, War and Death are humanoids, Pestilence is just a swarm of infection-spreading insects moving about in a vaguely humanoid shape.
* In ''The Talismans of [[Shannara]]'', Walker Boh is attacked by [[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] (well, actually monsters who have taken the form of [[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]). While Famine, War and Death are humanoids, Pestilence is just a swarm of infection-spreading insects moving about in a vaguely humanoid shape.
* The [[Felix Castor]] series features loup-garous, human ghosts that manage to force their way into animal bodies and reshape them into human flesh. The first novel has Felix facing down a crime boss's pet were; when he manages to exorcise the ghost steering the body, {{spoiler|it collapses into a swarm of rats}}. Even Felix is freaked out.
* The [[Felix Castor]] series features loup-garous, human ghosts that manage to force their way into animal bodies and reshape them into human flesh. The first novel has Felix facing down a crime boss's pet were; when he manages to exorcise the ghost steering the body, {{spoiler|it collapses into a swarm of rats}}. Even Felix is freaked out.
* A benign example from a children's book featured fish being eaten by a larger fish. They formed their school into the shape of an [[Always a Bigger Fish|even bigger fish]] and chased it off.
* A benign example from a children's book featured fish being eaten by a larger fish. They formed their school into the shape of an [[Always a Bigger Fish|even bigger fish]] and chased it off.
* The ''Ravnica'' cycle of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' novels feature the Lupul, a shapeshifter. Its true form is a writhing mass of worms that devours people in order to steal their forms.
* The ''Ravnica'' cycle of ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' novels feature the Lupul, a shapeshifter. Its true form is a writhing mass of worms that devours people in order to steal their forms.
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* While they can't construct a bipedal form and go for a walk ...[[Paranoia Fuel|yet]], South American army ants regularly form nests and bridges from their own massed bodies.
* While they can't construct a bipedal form and go for a walk ...[[Paranoia Fuel|yet]], South American army ants regularly form nests and bridges from their own massed bodies.
* Blister Beetle Grubs form themselves into the shape of the female of a certain species of bee, in order to lure it into trying to mate with the bee-of-worms, which secretes pheromones to help the process along ("Hey, that doesn't look like a bee and * sniff sniff* Oh Baby..."). Then they cling to the male, transfer to the female when Real Bee-boinking goes on, all to hitch a ride to the female's nest, which is full of tender bee larvae...
* Blister Beetle Grubs form themselves into the shape of the female of a certain species of bee, in order to lure it into trying to mate with the bee-of-worms, which secretes pheromones to help the process along ("Hey, that doesn't look like a bee and * sniff sniff* Oh Baby..."). Then they cling to the male, transfer to the female when Real Bee-boinking goes on, all to hitch a ride to the female's nest, which is full of tender bee larvae...
* [[wikipedia:Portuguese Man ochr(27) War|The Portuguese Man o' War]] looks like a floating jellyfish, but is in fact a colony of countless tiny animal-like organisms known as zooids. Its tentacles can grow to twenty metres in length (ten is average) with a sting that can be very painful. Definitely not something you want to get tangled up with, especially since Portuguese Men o' War are most commonly found in large groups.
* [[wikipedia:Portuguese Man o' War|The Portuguese Man o' War]] looks like a floating jellyfish, but is in fact a colony of countless tiny animal-like organisms known as zooids. Its tentacles can grow to twenty metres in length (ten is average) with a sting that can be very painful. Definitely not something you want to get tangled up with, especially since Portuguese Men o' War are most commonly found in large groups.
* Slime molds, are essentially single-celled organisms that every now and again come together to form composite creatures, up to roughly 30cm x 20cm in extreme cases.
* Slime molds, are essentially single-celled organisms that every now and again come together to form composite creatures, up to roughly 30cm x 20cm in extreme cases.
* [[Pantomime Animal|Animal costumes]] that require multiple people, the most famous examples being 2-person horse costumes and Chinese New Year dragons.
* [[Pantomime Animal|Animal costumes]] that require multiple people, the most famous examples being 2-person horse costumes and Chinese New Year dragons.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* It's technically "the swarm of frog fetuses that crawls", but [[Mortasheen]]'s [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/ovulooge.htm Ovulooge]fits here like a glove. For a more traditional example (even though they don't quite look the part) are the Wormbrains. In their case the creature itself is merely a (Usually [[Once Was A Man|formerly human]]) meat puppet for the billions of parasitic worms living inside of it.
* It's technically "the swarm of frog fetuses that crawls", but [[Mortasheen]]'s [http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/ovulooge.htm Ovulooge]fits here like a glove. For a more traditional example (even though they don't quite look the part) are the Wormbrains. In their case the creature itself is merely a (Usually [[Once Was A Man|formerly human]]) meat puppet for the billions of parasitic worms living inside of it.
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the D20 version of ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]''. It appears in the original Chaosium version, in the supplement ''Shadows of Yog-Sothoth'' (1982), but was called "the Crawling One."
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the D20 version of ''[[Call of Cthulhu]]''. It appears in the original Chaosium version, in the supplement ''Shadows of Yog-Sothoth'' (1982), but was called "the Crawling One."
** It was based on a creature that appeared in the [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]] story "The Festival":
** It was based on a creature that appeared in the [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraft]] story "The Festival":
{{quote|''"[H]appy is the tomb where no wizard hath lain, and happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes. For…the soul of the devil-bought hastes not from his charnel clay, but fats and instructs the very worm that gnaws; till out of corruption horrid life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it. Great holes secretly are digged where earth’s pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl."''}}
{{quote|''"[H]appy is the tomb where no wizard hath lain, and happy the town at night whose wizards are all ashes. For…the soul of the devil-bought hastes not from his charnel clay, but fats and instructs the very worm that gnaws; till out of corruption horrid life springs, and the dull scavengers of earth wax crafty to vex it and swell monstrous to plague it. Great holes secretly are digged where earth’s pores ought to suffice, and things have learnt to walk that ought to crawl."''}}
*** Although it is unclear from the story whether such thing is an example of this trope or one human-sized maggot.
*** Although it is unclear from the story whether such thing is an example of this trope or one human-sized maggot.
** An undead human corpse infested by maggots is also a possibility, since the verse is presumably supposed to refer to the long-dead ancestor of the protagonist who escorts him to the rite under Kingsport.
** An undead human corpse infested by maggots is also a possibility, since the verse is presumably supposed to refer to the long-dead ancestor of the protagonist who escorts him to the rite under Kingsport.
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]
* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]
** Ravenloft got Maggot Golem. Every bit as gross as this sounds - its body consists of flies, eggs and maggots held together with magic and usually is created from a maggot-infested corpse.
** Ravenloft got Maggot Golem. Every bit as gross as this sounds - its body consists of flies, eggs and maggots held together with magic and usually is created from a maggot-infested corpse.
** In the [[Epic Level Handbook]]'', and [[Pathfinder]] Bestiary (part II), there is a monster called "Worm That Walks", a dead spellcaster that has become the [[Hive Mind]] for an army of worms - gaining insect-related powers and a great deal of additional resilience. Usually it's the evil ones that choose this method of life after death.
** In the [[Epic Level Handbook]]'', and [[Pathfinder]] Bestiary (part II), there is a monster called "Worm That Walks", a dead spellcaster that has become the [[Hive Mind]] for an army of worms - gaining insect-related powers and a great deal of additional resilience. Usually it's the evil ones that choose this method of life after death.
** Players can actually turn themselves into a Worm That Walks, although it carries a chance of failing and just leaving them as a rotting corpse.
** Players can actually turn themselves into a Worm That Walks, although it carries a chance of failing and just leaving them as a rotting corpse.
*** As the chance of success is the number of spells the player has memorized as a percentage, savvy players elect to use ''Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer'', usually a [[Useless Useful Spell]] that lets them trade out each of their better spells for six useless cantrips to get over 100% chance of success.
*** As the chance of success is the number of spells the player has memorized as a percentage, savvy players elect to use ''Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer'', usually a [[Useless Useful Spell]] that lets them trade out each of their better spells for six useless cantrips to get over 100% chance of success.
** 3.5 also, in its ''Elder Evils'' sourcebook, featured a unique Worm That Walks, a really ''big'' one: Kyuss, the evil god of "green <s>leeches</s> worms that eat you from the inside out, then turn you into a super-powerful zombie under their control." And he is made of those worms. There is also a whole 20-levels long campaign outline in that book called Age of Worms. Guess who's the ''[[Big Bad|Big Bad Boss]]'' of that one.
** 3.5 also, in its ''Elder Evils'' sourcebook, featured a unique Worm That Walks, a really ''big'' one: Kyuss, the evil god of "green <s>leeches</s> worms that eat you from the inside out, then turn you into a super-powerful zombie under their control." And he is made of those worms. There is also a whole 20-levels long campaign outline in that book called Age of Worms. Guess who's the ''[[Big Bad|Big Bad Boss]]'' of that one.
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* The ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' setting Freedom City features a villain called The Collective, which follows this trope. As every other character in that entire setting, he is a [[Captain Ersatz]] of an existing comic book character. Probably Marvel's Swarm (see comic section above)
* The ''[[Mutants and Masterminds]]'' setting Freedom City features a villain called The Collective, which follows this trope. As every other character in that entire setting, he is a [[Captain Ersatz]] of an existing comic book character. Probably Marvel's Swarm (see comic section above)
* Wyld mutants with the "Hive" abomination in [[Exalted]]. One rank in "hive" and they have a beehive or snake nest somewhere on their bodies. Two ranks in "Hive" and the nest expands to include the rest of them.
* Wyld mutants with the "Hive" abomination in [[Exalted]]. One rank in "hive" and they have a beehive or snake nest somewhere on their bodies. Two ranks in "Hive" and the nest expands to include the rest of them.
* Worm Wraiths in ''[[Rifts]]'' New West are evil ''Cowboy'' Worms That Walk. Also invoked by the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Horseman]] Pestilence, which is actually a giant walking skeleton covered in bugs instead of flesh and skin.
* Worm Wraiths in ''[[Rifts]]'' New West are evil ''Cowboy'' Worms That Walk. Also invoked by the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse|Horseman]] Pestilence, which is actually a giant walking skeleton covered in bugs instead of flesh and skin.
* In [[Eclipse Phase]] one of the many Synth bodies resembles a swarm of robotic bees. They can move as a regular swarm, or combine into a roughly human-shaped mass. They're also fully playable, and far more affordable then those based around [[Organic Technology]].
* In [[Eclipse Phase]] one of the many Synth bodies resembles a swarm of robotic bees. They can move as a regular swarm, or combine into a roughly human-shaped mass. They're also fully playable, and far more affordable then those based around [[Organic Technology]].
* One of the possible character origins in ''[[Gamma World]]''. Depending on your primary origin and your secondary origin, you could be anything from a horde of cockroaches, to a [[Grey Goo|mass of nanomachines]], to a ''[[Cute Kitten|horde of sentient, hive-minded kittens]]''.
* One of the possible character origins in ''[[Gamma World]]''. Depending on your primary origin and your secondary origin, you could be anything from a horde of cockroaches, to a [[Grey Goo|mass of nanomachines]], to a ''[[Cute Kitten|horde of sentient, hive-minded kittens]]''.
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** The series also has enemies known as " {{spoiler|Marcus}} clones" or "Leech Zombies". These are swarms of mutated leeches which take on the shape of their creator.
** The series also has enemies known as " {{spoiler|Marcus}} clones" or "Leech Zombies". These are swarms of mutated leeches which take on the shape of their creator.
** This also shows up in ''[[Resident Evil]] 5'' to a lesser extent. {{spoiler|Excella and at least two men become worm-people for a few moments... then they just go straight to being masses of worms.}}
** This also shows up in ''[[Resident Evil]] 5'' to a lesser extent. {{spoiler|Excella and at least two men become worm-people for a few moments... then they just go straight to being masses of worms.}}
* Ananzi, from ''[[The Black Heart]]'', is not quite one, but with the ease she produces spiderlings out of nowhere, she comes close.
* Ananzi, from ''[[The Black Heart]]'', is not quite one, but with the ease she produces spiderlings out of nowhere, she comes close.
* The Guy Made Of Bees from the ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly what it sounds like.]]
* The Guy Made Of Bees from the ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'', which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly what it sounds like.]]
** When you beat him, he drops a Guy Made Of Bee Pollen.
** When you beat him, he drops a Guy Made Of Bee Pollen.
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* [[Big Bad|Death Adder]] in the arcade version of ''[[Golden Axe]]'' merges together from maggots in a pile of corpses. [[Nausea Fuel|Eeeuuugh.]]
* [[Big Bad|Death Adder]] in the arcade version of ''[[Golden Axe]]'' merges together from maggots in a pile of corpses. [[Nausea Fuel|Eeeuuugh.]]
** Actually, according to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7WoSRHt3U CD version of Golden Ax] Death Adder is an amalgam of hundreds of '''snakes'''.
** Actually, according to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX7WoSRHt3U CD version of Golden Ax] Death Adder is an amalgam of hundreds of '''snakes'''.
* {{spoiler|Zouken Matou}} from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' will turn into The Worm That Walks whenever his current body is destroyed or worn out, after which [[Body Horror|he'll use the worms to attack someone and rebuild himself a new body from their flesh]].
* {{spoiler|Zouken Matou}} from ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' will turn into The Worm That Walks whenever his current body is destroyed or worn out, after which [[Body Horror|he'll use the worms to attack someone and rebuild himself a new body from their flesh]].
* All the enemies from the Subspace in the Subspace Emissary mode for ''[[Super Smash Bros]]: Brawl'' are constructed of "[http://super-smash-bros.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Bug shadow bugs]" {{spoiler|extracted from Mr. Game & Watch.}}
* All the enemies from the Subspace in the Subspace Emissary mode for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]: Brawl'' are constructed of "[http://super-smash-bros.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Bug shadow bugs]" {{spoiler|extracted from Mr. Game & Watch.}}
* The Pain from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3''. While the real one is not composed of bees, he is able to control bees by having them sting him until the bees think that he is one of them. To make matters worse, he grows, within him, [[Bee-Bee Gun|Bullet Bees]]. These ones fly to your body and gnaw at your flesh slowly. And yes, I did say he grows it within his body, and he launches it from his mouth. Oh, and to keep this true like the trope, he can make his bees do an impersonation of himself by making, yes, a human sized clone made of bees.
* The Pain from ''[[Metal Gear Solid]] 3''. While the real one is not composed of bees, he is able to control bees by having them sting him until the bees think that he is one of them. To make matters worse, he grows, within him, [[Bee-Bee Gun|Bullet Bees]]. These ones fly to your body and gnaw at your flesh slowly. And yes, I did say he grows it within his body, and he launches it from his mouth. Oh, and to keep this true like the trope, he can make his bees do an impersonation of himself by making, yes, a human sized clone made of bees.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'': ''[[Twilight Princess]]'':
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'': ''[[Twilight Princess]]'':
** The mini-boss Deathsword (who, as the name suggests, appears to be a lich wielding a large sword) of Arbiter's Grounds disintegrates into a massive swarm of scarabs after being defeated.
** The mini-boss Deathsword (who, as the name suggests, appears to be a lich wielding a large sword) of Arbiter's Grounds disintegrates into a massive swarm of scarabs after being defeated.
** Armogohma, a truly spectacular and terrifying [[Giant Spider]]. After you beat her the first time, she disintegrates into an eye with legs and a swarm of smaller spiders, which you have to fight off while [[Go for the Eye|going for the eye.]]
** Armogohma, a truly spectacular and terrifying [[Giant Spider]]. After you beat her the first time, she disintegrates into an eye with legs and a swarm of smaller spiders, which you have to fight off while [[Go for the Eye|going for the eye.]]
** In the spinoff ''Link's Crossbow Training'', the Dark Nut miniboss at the end of level 8 breaks apart into a swarm of Keese when his body is damaged.
** In the spinoff ''Link's Crossbow Training'', the Dark Nut miniboss at the end of level 8 breaks apart into a swarm of Keese when his body is damaged.
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* Similarly to the above example, in an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' an angry mob of wheelchair users joined together to form "Crippletron".
* Similarly to the above example, in an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'' an angry mob of wheelchair users joined together to form "Crippletron".
* In ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'', Jimmy meets some [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|ridiculously cute aliens]] who hate good music and love bad music. Whenever they hear good music, they morph into nasty little goblin creatures. If they hear ''more'' good music, they fuse together into one huge alien monster.
* In ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'', Jimmy meets some [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|ridiculously cute aliens]] who hate good music and love bad music. Whenever they hear good music, they morph into nasty little goblin creatures. If they hear ''more'' good music, they fuse together into one huge alien monster.
* There's an episode of ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]'' where Timon pays this guy to help Pumbaa. After everything he tried didn't work, he came back to the guy to get his money back, but the guy turned out to be a swarm of locusts.
* There's an episode of ''[[Timon and Pumbaa]]'' where Timon pays this guy to help Pumbaa. After everything he tried didn't work, he came back to the guy to get his money back, but the guy turned out to be a swarm of locusts.
* In an episode of ''[[Goof Troop]]'', Pete gets turned into a fly and is forced to train with other flies. Pete's family gets him back to change him back, but before they do, the whole swarm of flies comes to the door wearing a trench coat to attempt to steal Pete back.
* In an episode of ''[[Goof Troop]]'', Pete gets turned into a fly and is forced to train with other flies. Pete's family gets him back to change him back, but before they do, the whole swarm of flies comes to the door wearing a trench coat to attempt to steal Pete back.
* One episode of ''[[Mucha Lucha]]'' was about Ricochet, Buena Girl, and the Flea confronting a giant spider-themed wrestler named Black Widower, who has been beating several insect-themed wrestlers all over town, and is threatening to do the same to the Flea. At the end of the episode, the Black Widower is defeated, and as a result his costume comes off to reveal... ...the aforementioned insect wrestlers.
* One episode of ''[[Mucha Lucha]]'' was about Ricochet, Buena Girl, and the Flea confronting a giant spider-themed wrestler named Black Widower, who has been beating several insect-themed wrestlers all over town, and is threatening to do the same to the Flea. At the end of the episode, the Black Widower is defeated, and as a result his costume comes off to reveal... ...the aforementioned insect wrestlers.


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