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'''Xander:''' No, but this dude was completely different than praying mantis lady. He was a man ''of'' bugs, not a man who ''was'' a bug.|''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', "What's My Line, Part Two"}}

 

 

Well, you call this guy. He isn't just ''one'' bug - he's ''[[The Swarm|millions]]''! Millions of tiny creepy crawlies make up his body, as if his entire body is composed of [[Synchronized Swarming]] controlled by a [[Hive Mind]]. Sometimes it's worms, sometimes it's insects - [[Everything's Worse with Bees|bees]] are always good - and sometimes it's just any creepy thing you can think of. Don't worry; The Worm That Walks can make them all into petrol for subconscious terrors. Could be considered the [[Blatant Lies|logical]] extreme of the [[Totem Pole Trench]]. Just don't confuse him with [[The Worm Guy]], or [[Earthworm Jim]], or [[The Phantom (comic strip)|The Ghost Who Walks]]. See also [[Combining Mecha]] for the mechanical counterpart of this trope.

* This is one theory behind what exactly {{spoiler|Ace}} of ''[[Ruby Quest]]'' is.

* One article in [[The Onion]] is written by a pile of cockroaches pretending to be a human exterminator. The cockroachman attempts to convince people through the article it is writing to let cockroaches everywhere live and run free, but is unable to think of a compelling reason ''why''. It also laments that it knows that [[After the End]], cockroaches will rule the post-apocalyptic wasteland, but doesn't know ''when'' that will happen.

* In ''[[Web Original/Worm|Worm]]'', the protagonist, who has the power to control insects, surrounds herself with bugs to intimidate her opponents into thinking she has transformed into a giant human-shaped swarm, and makes the insects around her buzz and chirp whenever she talks to complete the illusion of a giant humanoid insect swarm.