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Slamworm is the Nemetrix's DNA sample of an unnamed species 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.
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
Zed
- 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.
Khyber's Panuncian
- In A Fistful of Brains, one of the Panuncian's clones used its Nemetrix to transform into Slamworm after the Panuncian cornered Ben.
Appearances
- Zed
- Season 1
- It Was Them (first appearance)
- Of Predators and Prey: Part 1
- Of Predators and Prey: Part 2
- Season 2
- Khyber's Panuncian
- Season 4
Naming and Translations
Language | Name | Origin |
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French | Slamworm | From the original English name |
Hungarian | Pondró | From pondró, maggot |
Italian | Vermone | From vermone, big worm |
Polish | Grzmotorobak | From grzmot, slam and robak, worm |
Portuguese (Br) | Vermônico | From "Verme" (maggot) and the sufix "Ico", which means "similar to". |
Romanian | Vermix | From vierme, worm |
Russian | Боевой червь | From боевой, combat and червь, worm |
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's name is revealed by Ben in It Was Them.
- 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.
Nemetrix Predators | |
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Regular Predators | Buglizard • Crabdozer • Hypnotick • Mucilator • Omnivoracious • Panuncian • Slamworm • Terroranchula • Tyrannopede • Vicetopus |
Ultimate Forms | Ultimate Panuncian |
Non-Canon | Tentaclaws • Way Big's Predator |