Worm (Super Mario Galaxy)

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

History

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

The worm from "The Bird! The Bird!"

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 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.

Super Mario Bros. film

Lena, drinking a worm.

In the Super Mario Bros. film, worms were used as sustenance and drink toppings for the 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.

Wario Land 3

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Wormwould, one of the Wario Land 3 bosses.

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.

Super Mario Galaxy

In Super Mario Galaxy, a giant, friendly, green worm appeared in the Gusty Garden Galaxy where it was snacking on some giant apples. Mario could use this worm to cross between the many apple planets in the area.