History Main / BeetleManiac

* Jobin Higashikata from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure''. He's a mature and sharp businessman, but can be distracted by exploiting his interest in hobbies such as gambling in fights with his large collection of beetles.

* ''Mushiking''

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]]'', it's implied that Beedle is (true to his name) a beetle lover. Indeed, in ''Skyward Sword'', he has his own beloved pet beetle (despite it [[LegacyCharacter not technically being the same Beedle]].)

* One of the first things we find out about [[TheChroniclesofNarnia Eustace Clarence Scrubb]] is that he "liked animals, especially beetles, if they were dead and pinned on a card".

* In ''TheWaterPhoenixKing'', Gilgam has quite a few beetles decorating his equipment. His pauldrons, the large pin which unfolds into a collar that connects them over his warmer-weather gear, the charge crystals for his gun, are all scarab-shaped, and his riding-beast is a robot that looks like a cross between an ant and a beetle of some sort. [[AncientEgypt It makes sense...]]

* Carl Meredith from [[AnneOfGreenGables ''Rainbow Valley'' and ''Rilla of Ingleside'']]

* Some of CharlesDarwin's earliest interests were in beetles. Of course, it wasn't until he started looking at finches that he put his name down in history, but things might have been different if Darwin wasn't so interested in beetles. To give an example of how strong his obsession with beetles and beetle collecting was, once as a young man he was returning home after collecting beetles in the woods when he came across a bombardier beetle. Even though he was already out of room to carry it, he was determined to bring it home with him and attempted to carry it in his mouth. Naturally, this resulted in him discovering what being sprayed in the mouth by a bombardier beetle was like, and the resulting effects caused him to lose both the bombardier and all the other beetles he'd collected. He described the event with great enthusiasm in his diary.

* ''TheAdventuresOfTomSawyer'' (1876): in chapter 5 Tom plays with a beetle while in church. The other worshipers and even a dog get into the act.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Last Continent'', the God of Evolution is all about beetles. He recurs in ''Discworld/TheScienceOfDiscworld'' where he shares his passion for beetles with Charles Darwin.

* ''SamuraiChamploo'' has Sumo Beetle!

* Luffy in ''Manga/OnePiece'' shows a keen interest in beetles in the Skypeia arc.

** In ''Literature/GalaxyOfFear: The Swarm'' it's noted that some of the [[InsectoidAliens S'krrr]], particularly Vroon, all but worship drog beetles.

* In the 2009 anime of ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya'', during the summer GroundhogDayLoop, Haruhi leads the group on beetle hunting (and she wins every time).

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Last Continent'', the God of Evolution is all about beetles.
** The God of Evolution recurs in ''Literature/TheScienceOfDiscworld'' where he shares his passion for beetles with Charles Darwin.
* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': As a child, Jacen Solo had a fascination with beetles.

* The only trait we know so far of Tyrion Lannister's [[CanonForeigner "simple" cousin Orson]] on Series/GameOfThrones.

** The God of Evolution recurs in ''TheScienceOfDiscworld'' where he shares his passion for beetles with Charles Darwin.
* ''StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': As a child, Jacen Solo had a fascination with beetles.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Last Continent'', the god of evolution is all about beetles.

* In ''ArkhamAsylumASeriousHouseOnSeriousEarth'', Amadeus Arkham inherited his obsession with beetles from his mother, who ingested them because they symbolized rebirth (it bears mentioning that Arkham's entire family was ''insane'').

* In the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, there's a kid dressed as a samurai (in fact, Samurai ''is'' the name he goes by) who catches Bug types. He uses a Metapod[[hottip:*:which are cocoon like Pokemon that know one harmless technique]] and a Pinsir[[hottip:*:which is like a giant gnarly stag beetle of a Pokemon]].

** Sasuke and the other ninja stumble upon a rare beetle in ''NininGaShinobuden''.

* In the animated series at least, beetles are the favorite treat of ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''.

* On ''Series/{{CSI}}, Gil Grissom's specialism is forensic entomology, and enthusing about the particular species of bugs crawling all over the Corpse of the Week is one of his many NightmareFetishist traits.

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