Editing Sandworm

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|image=[[File:WarioWorld Scythe-armed Monster.png|180px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Wario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]])
}}
The '''Scythe-armed Monster'''<ref>''Wario World'' Player's Guide, page 99</ref> (referred to as '''Big Scorper''' in the game's European website<ref>[http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/warioworld/enGB/ Wario World official site]</ref> despite this being the name of [[Big Scorper|an unrelated enemy]], and named '''Sandworm''' in the [[Prima Games]] guide<ref>Stratton, Steve. ''Wario World'' [[Prima Games|Prima]] Official Strategy Guide. Page 34</ref>) is a boss in ''[[Wario World]]''. It is the boss of [[Greenhorn Ruins]], and the second of the three bosses in [[Excitement Central]] (the others being [[Greenfist]] and [[DinoMighty]]).

The Scythe-armed Monster is fought in a large sand pit that continually pulls [[Wario]] towards the center. Its main attack is spitting [[Spiked Ball|spiked balls]] at Wario; Wario can easily damage it with repeated attacks. The Scythe-armed Monster cannot be stunned; when it loses one of its health skulls, it instead becomes temporarily invincible, and either slashes after Wario with its scythe-like hands, or burrows to the center of the arena and starts spitting many spiked balls in random directions. When this happens, the sand pit pulls Wario in much faster. If damaged enough, it will also strike back with more powerful moves, including slicing Wario with its hands. Defeating the Scythe-armed Monster gives Wario access to DinoMighty.

The Scythe-armed Monster also appears in [[Pecan Sands]] as a regular enemy, where its attacks are a bit faster, but it is fought and defeated in the same way. This time, it only takes four cycles to defeat instead of five, and during its invincibility phases, it will only attack with its scythes.

==Gallery==
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Scythe-armed Monster WW screenshot.png|The Scythe-armed Monster sticks its head out of the sand.
Scythe-armed Monster attacks.png|The Scythe-armed Monster reveals its sharp claws.
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=アンツキラー
|JapR=Antsu kirā
|JapM=Corruption of "ant killer".
}}

==Trivia==
*The Scythe-armed Monster, along with [[Dual Dragon]] and [[Red-Brief J]], are the only bosses that don't require throws to defeat, as they can't be used at all; the Scythe-armed Monster can't be grabbed and carried, and there is nothing to pick up around its arena.
*The Scythe-armed Monster and [[Greenfist]] are the only bosses whose names are never mentioned in-game. All of the other level bosses are mentioned by [[Spriteling]]s in their respective levels, while the boss-only stages that the world bosses appear in are named after the bosses themselves.
*It appears to be based mostly on [[Wikipedia:Antlion|antlion]] larvae, which make sand pits like the one in which the Scythe-armed Monster is fought and have very large jaws that they use to catch and eat arthropods that fall into said pits. Additionally, its Japanese name, which translates roughly to a corruption of "Ant killer", references antlion larvae, which largely prey on wondering ants. Its scythe arms seem to reference the [[Wikipedia:Praying Mantis|praying mantis]], an animal whose arms are shaped like scythes.

==References==
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