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{{Species-infobox
{{italic title|Worm (''Super Mario Galaxy'')}}
|title=Worm
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|image=[[Image:WormSuperMarioGalaxy.png|220px]]<br>A giant '''Worm''' from ''Super Mario Galaxy''.
{{character infobox
|sub_species=[[Belly Blech Worm]]<br>[[Ick Worm]]
|image=[[File:WormSuperMarioGalaxy.png|220px]]<br>Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|related=[[Creepy]]<br>[[Silky]]<br>[[Sworm]]
|species=Caterpillar
|first_appearance=''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' (''"[[The Bird! The Bird!]]"'')  
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|notable=[[Bookworm]]<br>[[Chuck Quizmo]]<br>[[SandWorm]]<br>[[Wormwould]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|affiliation=[[Mushroom Kingdom]]<br>[[Dinohatten]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[2007]])
|expand=expandable
}}
}}
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.


'''Worms''' are long, thin, tube-shaped creatures that inhabit both [[Mushroom World]] and [[Earth]]. They often appear as either enemies, characters or gameplay elements.
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>


==History==
==Additional names==
===''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''===
===Internal names===
[[Image:WormTBTB.png|120px|thumb|left|The worm from "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]"]]
{{internal names
A single worm first appeared in the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' episode "[[The Bird! The Bird!]]". After the Mario bros. defeated [[Bowser]] and saved their new friend [[Cheepy]] and his [[Cheepy's mother|mother]], they were invited over to Cheepy's house for dinner as thanks for their help, however they were unaware that the dinner was actually a large, talking, grumpy worm, after seeing it they ran out of the house.
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|file1=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name1=GreenCaterpillarBig
|meaning1=Big Green Caterpillar
|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''
|file2=<tt>StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl</tt>
|name2=虫食い惑星オオムイムイ (''Mushikui Wakusei Ōmuimui'')
|meaning2=Planet-Eating Bug, Big Muimui
}}


===''Super Mario Bros. film''===
===Names in other languages===
[[Image:LenaEatingWorm.png|110px|thumb|left|Lena, drinking a worm.]]
{{foreign names
In the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film, worms were used as sustenance and drink toppings for the [[Dinosaur#"Dino World"|people]] of [[Dinohatten]]. [[Lena]], one of the main antagonists of the film was seen drinking a worm as it screamed for mercy, showing that the worms of Dinohatten are indeed intelligent.
|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
===''Wario Land 3''===
|JapM=A {{wp|Kansai dialect}} slang term equivalent to「虫」(''mushi'', "worm" or "larval insect")
[[Image:TGW.PNG|thumb|right||130px|Wormwould, one of the ''[[Wario Land 3]]'' bosses.]]
|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>
In ''[[Wario Land 3]]'', a worm named [[Wormwould]] appeared as the boss of [[The Grasslands]] and [[Wario]] had to defeat him in order to gain the Music Box that opened the way to [[The Big Bridge]]. In the game there was also a worm-like enemy called [[Silky]] that could turn Wario into [[Ball o' String Wario]].
|GerM=Romanization of the Japanese name
 
|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>
===''WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania''===
|ItaM={{wp|Millipede}}
In ''[[WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania]]'', one of the playable [[microgame]]s in the [[Nature]] folder is known as [[Worm Squirm]] where the player has to find out which worm is the one under the player's control and guide it towards the water.
}}


===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
==References==
[[Image:Apple planets.jpg|thumb|left|A worm from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' burrowing through some apple planets.]]
<references/>
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', a giant, friendly, green worm appeared in the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]], where it was found snacking on some giant [[apple]] planetoids. [[Mario]] could use this worm to cross between the three apple planetoids in the area by [[Ground Pound]]ing small wooden pegs in the planetoids, causing the worm to burrow through one apple and into the next.


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[[Category:Super Mario Galaxy characters]]

Latest revision as of 11:44, June 27, 2024

Worm
WormSuperMarioGalaxy.png
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy
Species Caterpillar
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)

The worm[1] is a giant caterpillar from Super Mario Galaxy. It is harmless and has its own 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-pounded, 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 Wigglers.

The character is likely based on the culturally ubiquitous trope of the "worm in an apple,"[2] itself potentially influenced by the apple-eating larvae of widespread pest insects such as Cydia pomonella, Grapholita lobarzewskii, and Rhagoletis pomonella. A similar character from Donkey Kong 64 is also derived from this trope.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl GreenCaterpillarBig Big Green Caterpillar
Super Mario Galaxy StageData/ObjNameTable.arc/ObjNameTable.tbl 虫食い惑星オオムイムイ (Mushikui Wakusei Ōmuimui) Planet-Eating Bug, Big Muimui

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ムイムイ[3]
Muimui
 A Kansai dialect slang term equivalent to「虫」(mushi, "worm" or "larval insect")

German Muimui[4]
 Romanization of the Japanese name
Italian Millepiedi[5]
 Millipede

References[edit]

  1. ^ Black, Fletcher (November 9, 2007). Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide (Collector's Edition). Roseville: Prima Games (American English). ISBN 978-0-7615-5713-5. Page 35, 172.
  2. ^ "Worm in an Apple. TV Tropes (English). Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors. (October 19, 2015). 『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』. Tokyo: Shogakukan (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 126.
  4. ^ --- (October 12, 2017). Super Mario Encyclopedia - Die ersten 30 Jahre (Deutsche Ausgabe). Hamburg: Tokyopop (German). ISBN 978-3842036536. Page 126.
  5. ^ --- (November 15, 2018). Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia: La guida ufficiale Nintendo (Edizione italiana). Milano: Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 126.
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