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{{italic title|Worm (''Super Mario Galaxy'')}} | {{italic title|Worm (''Super Mario Galaxy'')}} | ||
{{character infobox | {{character infobox | ||
|image=[[File:WormSuperMarioGalaxy.png|220px]]<br>Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' | |image=[[File:WormSuperMarioGalaxy.png|220px]]<br>Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' | ||
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|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]]) | ||
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The '''worm'''<ref> | [[File:Apple planets.png|thumb|left|The worm burrowing through some apple planets]] | ||
The '''worm'''<ref>Black, Fletcher. ''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''. Collector's Edition, Roseville, [[Prima Games]], 2007, pp. 35, 172.</ref> is a giant caterpillar from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. It is harmless and has its own [[gravity|gravitational pull]], allowing [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]) to walk along its body as if it was a planetoid. It lives in [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]], where it can be found inside one of the three [[apple]]-shaped planets during [[The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows]]. Each apple has at least one [[stump]] on its surface that disturbs the worm once [[Ground Pound|ground-pound]]ed, causing it to tunnel into the next nearest apple. This forms a permanent bridge between these planets that ultimately connects all three apples. Striking the stump in the final, red-colored apple causes the worm to poke its head out of the surface, allowing Mario to reach a nearby [[Launch Star]]. The worm does not appear anywhere else in the game. The spots found on its body segments suggest it may be related to [[Wiggler]]s. | |||
The character is likely based on the culturally ubiquitous {{wp|Trope (literature)|trope}} of the "worm in an apple,"<ref>" | The character is likely based on the culturally ubiquitous {{wp|Trope (literature)|trope}} of the "worm in an apple,"<ref>"[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WormInAnApple Worm in an Apple]." ''TV Tropes''. Accessed 10 Nov. 2023.</ref> itself potentially derived from the apple-eating larvae of widespread pest species such as ''{{wp|Cydia pomonella}}'', ''{{wp|Grapholita lobarzewskii}}'', and ''{{wp|Rhagoletis pomonella}}''. A [[Worm|similar character]] from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' is also derived from this trope. | ||
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==Additional names== | ==Additional names== | ||
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|name2=虫食い惑星オオムイムイ (''Mushikui Wakusei Ōmuimui'') | |name2=虫食い惑星オオムイムイ (''Mushikui Wakusei Ōmuimui'') | ||
|meaning2=Planet-Eating Bug, Big Muimui | |meaning2=Planet-Eating Bug, Big [[#Names in other languages|Muimui]] | ||
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===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ムイムイ<ref> | |Jap=ムイムイ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario Galaxy'' section, page 126.</ref> | ||
|JapR=Muimui | |JapR=Muimui | ||
|JapM=A {{wp|Kansai dialect}} slang term equivalent to「虫」(''mushi'', | |JapM=A {{wp|Kansai dialect}} slang term equivalent to「虫」(''mushi'', worm) | ||
|Ger=Muimui<ref> | |Ger=Muimui<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; page 126</ref> | ||
|GerM=Romanization of the Japanese name | |GerM=Romanization of the Japanese name | ||
|Ita=Millepiedi<ref> | |Ita=Millepiedi<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; page 126</ref> | ||
|ItaM= | |ItaM=Millipede | ||
}} | }} | ||
