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{{italic title|Worm (''Super Mario Galaxy'')}} | {{italic title|Worm (''Super Mario Galaxy'')}} | ||
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{{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>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=November 9, 2007|page=35, 172|isbn=978-0-7615-5713-5|language=en-us}}</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 is 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 on its body suggest it may be related to [[Wiggler]]s. | |||
The '''worm'''<ref>Black, Fletcher | |||
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>"{{cite|url=tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WormInAnApple|title=Worm in an Apple|publisher=TV Tropes|language=en|accessdate=November 10, 2023}}</ref> itself potentially influenced by the apple-eating larvae of widespread pest insects such as ''{{wp|Cydia pomonella}}'', ''{{wp|Grapholita lobarzewskii}}'', and ''{{wp|Rhagoletis pomonella}}''. A [[Worm (Donkey Kong 64)|similar character]] from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' is also derived from this trope. | ||
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==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
GDC07Scene11.png|Prerelease screenshot from the 2007 {{wp|Game Developers Conference}} | |||
SMG E3 2007 Early Gusty Garden Galaxy.png|Prerelease screenshot from {{wp|E3 2007}} | |||
Apple planets.png|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' | |||
</gallery> | |||
==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 | |meaning2=Planet-Eating Bug, Big Muimui | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||
{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=ムイムイ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015 | |Jap=ムイムイ<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|location=Tokyo|page=126|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref> | ||
|JapR=Muimui | |JapR=Muimui | ||
|JapM=A {{wp|Kansai dialect}} slang term equivalent to「虫」(''mushi'', worm) | |JapM=A {{wp|Kansai dialect}} slang term equivalent to「虫」(''mushi'', "worm" or "larval insect") | ||
|Ger=Muimui<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario | |Ger=Muimui<ref>{{cite|author=---|language=de|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre]]''|format=Deutsche Ausgabe|location=Hamburg|publisher=Tokyopop|date=October 12, 2017|page=126|isbn=978-3842036536}}</ref> | ||
|GerM=Romanization of the Japanese name | |GerM=Romanization of the Japanese name | ||
|Ita=Millepiedi<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'' | |Ita=Millepiedi<ref>{{cite|author=---|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia: La guida ufficiale Nintendo]]''|location=Milano|format=Edizione italiana|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=126}}</ref> | ||
|ItaM=Millipede | |ItaM={{wp|Millipede}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
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