Slamworm

This article belongs to the Classic Continuity

Slamworm^[1][2] is the Nemetrix's DNA sample of a Slammoid from the planet Terraexcava.

Slamworm's species is the predatory species of Talpaedans.

Appearance

Slamworm is a giant worm-like alien with sharp teeth, a wide beak-like mouth, and a tail ending in a pincer like set of spikes. Slamworm possesses a lavender and orange hide, a white underbelly, grey spikes running down her back, and four red insectoid legs on each side near the front.

Slamworm wears a red spiked collar with the Nemetrix on it.

Powers and Abilities

Like the Talpaedans it feeds on, Slamworm is a skilled burrower, able to tunnel through almost any surface at remarkable speed and can sprout anywhere she wants at a fast rate.

Slamworm can spit multiple balls of acid from her mouth at a rapid pace to dissolve the metal bodies of Talpaedans so that they are easier to consume.^{[DJW 1]}

Slamworm's beak is able to find the joints in a Talpaedan's armor where it can be pried open.^{[DJW 1]}

Slamworm possesses sharp teeth as well as enhanced strength and durability.

Weaknesses

The inside of Slamworm's mouth is sensitive to damage, as shown when Diamondhead and Armodrillo attacked the inside of her mouth to escape his attack.

History

Omniverse

• Slamworm first appeared in It Was Them, where she attacked Ben outside of the Burger Shack only to be defeated by Diamondhead and was recalled by Khyber.
• In Of Predators and Prey: Part 1, Slamworm counterattacked Armodrillo and sent him flying through the air.
• In Of Predators and Prey: Part 2, Slamworm battled Armodrillo before switching into Buglizard.
• In Outbreak, Slamworm appeared because of a malfunction with the Nemetrix and attacked Khyber.
• In Malefactor, Slamworm battled Armodrillo before switching into Hypnotick once Ben turned into Big Chill.
• In A Fistful of Brains, one of the Panuncian's clones used its Nemetrix to transform into Slamworm after the Panuncian cornered Ben.

Appearances

Naming and Translations

Etymology

Slamworm's name is a play on the words slam and worm.

Trivia

• Slamworm strongly resembles the Graboids from the Tremors movie and television series, being a massive, monstrous worm that burrows underground and has an armored "beak".
• Slamworm is the only known Nemetrix alien to come from the Andromeda Galaxy.
• It is unknown why Malware and Khyber went after the natural predator of the Talpaedan when its DNA wasn't added to the Codon Stream until after Ben scanned Andreas.

References

Crew Statements

Derrick J. Wyatt