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* Zigzagged in ''Film/ShortCircuit 2''; the bad guys' plan involves tunneling under the bank vault a set of valuable jewels are being held before they're taken to a museum for display. It's implied they had started the tunnel quite a while before our heroes unwittingly shack up in the building above their operation, and with their presence interrupting their digging, they'll never be able to make it to the vault in time. Once they trick [[AIIsACrapshoot Number 5]] into doing their job for them, he blazes the rest of the trail to the vault in a few hours. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as it's been established that Number 5 is both super-strong and can do such manual labor in record speed. Less justified is that all of the propping and other support work is explicitly being done by an out of shape middle-aged man, who while obviously run ragged is still able to keep up.
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* Zigzagged in ''Film/ShortCircuit 2''; ''Film/ShortCircuit2''; the bad guys' plan involves tunneling under the bank vault a set of valuable jewels are being held before they're taken to a museum for display. It's implied they had started the tunnel quite a while before our heroes unwittingly shack up in the building above their operation, and with their presence interrupting their digging, they'll never be able to make it to the vault in time. Once they trick [[AIIsACrapshoot Number 5]] into doing their job for them, he blazes the rest of the trail to the vault in a few hours. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as it's been established that Number 5 is both super-strong and can do such manual labor in record speed. Less justified is that all of the propping and other support work is explicitly being done by an out of shape middle-aged man, who while obviously run ragged is still able to keep up.
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Compare DishingOutDirt. May be possible with a DrillTank. See also DigAttack when this is used offensively.
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Compare DishingOutDirt.DishingOutDirt and TunnelKing. May be possible with a DrillTank. See also DigAttack when this is used offensively.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', two of the UsefulNotes/{{Cossack|s}} cats start going after Fievel at the beginning, and they (and Fievel) rapidly dig under the snow while they're at it. The cats even emit a steam locomotive whistle sound as they do this.
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* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', the Bugs' ability to do this is a minor plot point.
* The Graboids in the ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' franchise travel underground at incredible speed using this method, pushing themselves along with the spines covering their bodies and ramming earth aside with bulletproof heads. In more localized projects, they are also able to bury a car, eat the foundation from under a house, and dig a pit trap for an earthmover in relatively short order. A nod to realism is given in that though they can move easily through sand and soil, any kind of stone remains a barrier. One kills itself by attempting to ram through the concrete wall of a drainage gully.
* The Graboids in the ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' franchise travel underground at incredible speed using this method, pushing themselves along with the spines covering their bodies and ramming earth aside with bulletproof heads. In more localized projects, they are also able to bury a car, eat the foundation from under a house, and dig a pit trap for an earthmover in relatively short order. A nod to realism is given in that though they can move easily through sand and soil, any kind of stone remains a barrier. One kills itself by attempting to ram through the concrete wall of a drainage gully.
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* Averted and played straight in ''Film/ShortCircuit 2''; the bad guys' plan involves tunneling under the bank vault a set of valuable jewels are being held before they're taken to a museum for display. It's implied they had started the tunnel quite a while before our heroes unwittingly shack up in the building above their operation, and with their presence interrupting their digging, they'll never be able to make it to the vault in time. Once they trick [[AIIsACrapshoot Number 5]] into doing their job for them, he blazes the rest of the trail to the vault in a few hours. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as it's been established that Number 5 is both super-strong and can do such manual labor in record speed. Less justified is that all of the propping and other support work is explicitly being done by an out of shape middle-aged man, who while obviously run ragged is still able to keep up.
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* Averted ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' at least shows a bit of the logistics: Where do you put the dirt you dig out from the ground, how do you make sure the tunnel won't collapse, and played straight where do you get the materials to stabilize it? Especially if you're watched by nazi soldiers.
* Zigzagged in ''Film/ShortCircuit 2''; the bad guys' plan involves tunneling under the bank vault a set of valuable jewels are being held before they're taken to a museum for display. It's implied they had started the tunnel quite a while before our heroes unwittingly shack up in the building above their operation, and with their presence interrupting their digging, they'll never be able to make it to the vault in time. Once they trick [[AIIsACrapshoot Number 5]] into doing their job for them, he blazes the rest of the trail to the vault in a few hours. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as it's been established that Number 5 is both super-strong and can do such manual labor in record speed. Less justified is that all of the propping and other support work is explicitly being done by an out of shape middle-aged man, who while obviously run ragged is still able to keepup.up.
* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', the Bugs' ability to do this is a minor plot point.
* Zigzagged in ''Film/ShortCircuit 2''; the bad guys' plan involves tunneling under the bank vault a set of valuable jewels are being held before they're taken to a museum for display. It's implied they had started the tunnel quite a while before our heroes unwittingly shack up in the building above their operation, and with their presence interrupting their digging, they'll never be able to make it to the vault in time. Once they trick [[AIIsACrapshoot Number 5]] into doing their job for them, he blazes the rest of the trail to the vault in a few hours. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], though, as it's been established that Number 5 is both super-strong and can do such manual labor in record speed. Less justified is that all of the propping and other support work is explicitly being done by an out of shape middle-aged man, who while obviously run ragged is still able to keep
* In ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', the Bugs' ability to do this is a minor plot point.
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* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' at least shows a bit of the logistics: Where do you put the dirt you dig out from the ground, how do you make sure the tunnel won't collapse, and where do you get the materials to stabilize it? Especially if you're watched by nazi soldiers.
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* ''Film/TheGreatEscape'' at least shows a bit of The Graboids in the logistics: Where do you put ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' franchise travel underground at incredible speed using this method, pushing themselves along with the dirt you dig out spines covering their bodies and ramming earth aside with bulletproof heads. In more localized projects, they are also able to bury a car, eat the foundation from under a house, and dig a pit trap for an earthmover in relatively short order. A nod to realism is given in that though they can move easily through sand and soil, any kind of stone remains a barrier. One kills itself by attempting to ram through the ground, how do you make sure the tunnel won't collapse, and where do you get the materials to stabilize it? Especially if you're watched by nazi soldiers.concrete wall of a drainage gully.
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* Averted in ''The Wizardry Quested'', part of the Literature/WizBiz series by Rick Cook, when a band of dwarves considers entering a castle by tunnelling into the cellars, but decide against it because they don't have the needed three years.
* A couple of ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' books include {{Drill Tank}}s called dygos which can dig nearly as fast as they can drive. In the territory they show up in, there's a whole civilization BeneathTheEarth that was dug with these things.
* Dwarves in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' eat their way through the ground, and do so at very high speeds - faster than they can ''run''. The vanishing dirt part is [[ToiletHumor averted too.]]
* A couple of ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' books include {{Drill Tank}}s called dygos which can dig nearly as fast as they can drive. In the territory they show up in, there's a whole civilization BeneathTheEarth that was dug with these things.
* Dwarves in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' eat their way through the ground, and do so at very high speeds - faster than they can ''run''. The vanishing dirt part is [[ToiletHumor averted too.]]
* Dwarves in ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'' eat their way through the ground, and do so at very high speeds - faster than they can ''run''. The vanishing dirt part is [[ToiletHumor averted too.]]
* A source of drama in ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'', where the fox family must dig for their lives to escape Boggis and Bunce and Bean's mechanical shovels.
-->Now there began a desperate race, the machines against the foxes.
* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', Lance-Constables Cuddy and Detritus are trapped in sewers that were deep underground when they were first built, and are now even deeper underground after a thousand years of Ankh-Morpork turning last century's street level into cellars. Cuddy is able to dig a tunnel to the surface wide enough for a troll, in probably a matter of hours, using his own breastplate as a shovel. It's a dwarf thing.
* A source of drama in ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'', where the fox family must dig for their lives to escape Boggis and Bunce and Bean's mechanical shovels.
-->Now there began a desperate race, the machines against the foxes.
* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', Lance-Constables Cuddy and Detritus are trapped in sewers that were deep underground when they were first built, and are now even deeper underground after a thousand years of Ankh-Morpork turning last century's street level into cellars. Cuddy is able to dig a tunnel to the surface wide enough for a troll, in probably a matter of hours, using his own breastplate as a shovel. It's a dwarf thing.
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* Very much a source of drama in ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'', where the fox family must dig for their lives to escape Boggis and Bunce and Bean's mechanical shovels.
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* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', Lance-Constables Cuddy and Detritus are trapped in sewers that were deep underground when they were first built, and are now even deeper underground after a thousand years of Ankh-Morpork turning last century's street level into cellars. Cuddy is able to dig a tunnel to the surface wide enough for a troll, in probably a matter of hours, using his own breastplate as a shovel. It's a dwarf thing.
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* Very much a source A couple of drama in ''Literature/FantasticMrFox'', where ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' books include {{Drill Tank}}s called dygos which can dig nearly as fast as they can drive. In the fox family must dig for their lives to escape Boggis and Bunce and Bean's mechanical shovels.
-->Now there beganterritory they show up in, there's a desperate race, whole civilization BeneathTheEarth that was dug with these things.
* Averted in ''The Wizardry Quested'', part of themachines ''Literature/WizBiz'' series by Rick Cook, when a band of dwarves considers entering a castle by tunnelling into the cellars, but decide against the foxes.
* In ''Literature/MenAtArms'', Lance-Constables Cuddy and Detritus are trapped in sewers that were deep underground whenit because they were first built, and are now even deeper underground after a thousand years of Ankh-Morpork turning last century's street level into cellars. Cuddy is able to dig a tunnel to don't have the surface wide enough for a troll, in probably a matter of hours, using his own breastplate as a shovel. It's a dwarf thing.needed three years.
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* Unseen but implied to have happened in ''Series/HogansHeroes'', where Hogan's men have dug so many tunnels that one is surprised the camp doesn't fall in. The new tunnels they dig are depicted as very narrow and small, and with several men working for hours they don't manage to go very far. It's only later on that each tunnel winds up resembling an entire second story. It's a little unnerving that the entire camp is just a sinkhole waiting to happen.
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* Unseen but implied to have happened in ''Series/HogansHeroes'', where Hogan's men have dug so many tunnels that one is surprised the camp doesn't fall in. The new tunnels they dig are depicted as very narrow and small, and with several men working for hours they don't manage to go very far. It's only later on that each tunnel winds up resembling an entire a second story. It's a little unnerving that the entire camp is just a sinkhole waiting to happen.happen.
* Used to get to the center of the Earth in ''Series/SaulOfTheMoleMen''.
* Used to get to the center of the Earth in ''Series/SaulOfTheMoleMen''.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' has the Tunneling advantage. Even the weakest version lets you burrow at a rate of one yard per second - a brisk walking speed - and every additional 5 character points you spend when buying the advantage increases this speed by a further yard/second.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene Subterrenes]] could ''theoretically'' drill tunnels and eliminate waste rock AND reinforce the resulting tunnels fast enough to act as RealLife '''{{Drill Tank}}s'''. However, [[SovietSuperscience only the Russians]] have ever built a "Battle Mole", as the primary component was a '''''nuclear reactor'''''. Which broke down and killed the crew. conspiracy theories abound, however.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene Subterrenes]] could ''theoretically'' drill tunnels and eliminate waste rock AND reinforce the resulting tunnels fast enough to act as RealLife '''{{Drill Tank}}s'''. However, [[SovietSuperscience only the Russians]] have ever built a "Battle Mole", as the primary component was a '''''nuclear reactor'''''. Which broke down and killed the crew. conspiracy Conspiracy theories abound, however.
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When you get down to thinking about it, there is a lot of ArtisticLicensePhysics involved when this happens in fiction. See, dirt's natural state is not to form a stable roof above. Like water, it seeks the lowest point. GravityIsAHarshMistress here, as a tunnel ceiling that looks stable may collapse at any old time. True, rabbits, insects and other burrowing creatures make these nice, neat little tunnels, but those are much smaller creatures than humans and they have evolved to dig quickly and safely.[[note]]At least we think so. We have no idea how many rabbits die in natural cave-ins we will never know about.[[/note]] And then there's the fact that the soil and/or stone that the tunnel displaces has to go ''somewhere''. Having the creature eat their way through the earth doesn't help either, since a stomach will only hold as much material as will fit inside it.
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When you get down to thinking about it, there is a lot of ArtisticLicensePhysics involved when this happens in fiction. See, dirt's natural state is not to form a stable roof above. Like water, it seeks the lowest point. GravityIsAHarshMistress here, as a tunnel ceiling that looks stable may collapse at any old time.time, hence why real tunnels built by humans typically have extensive support structures to hold the ceiling up, if not replace it with an artificial one outright. True, rabbits, insects and other burrowing creatures make these nice, neat little tunnels, but those are much smaller creatures than humans and they have evolved to dig quickly and safely.[[note]]At least we think so. We have no idea how many rabbits die in natural cave-ins we cave-ins, and will likely never know about.know.[[/note]] And then there's the fact that the soil and/or stone that the tunnel displaces has to go ''somewhere''. Having the creature eat their way through the earth doesn't help either, since a stomach the digestive system will only hold as much material as will fit inside it.
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* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in [[Website/ShiftyLook ShiftyLook's]] ''{{VideoGame/Mappy}}'' webtoon when Mappy and VideoGame/DigDug are stuck in the desert and Mappy suggests that Dig Dug digs back to town to get help.
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* [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in [[Website/ShiftyLook ShiftyLook's]] ''{{VideoGame/Mappy}}'' Platform/ShiftyLook's ''WebAnimation/{{Mappy}}'' webtoon when Mappy and VideoGame/DigDug are stuck in the desert and Mappy suggests that Dig Dug digs back to town to get help.
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* ''Deep Core'' uses combinations of drills and [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] to quickly go through rock. The test of the prototype subterrene (intended by the military as yet another method of nuclear delivery) results in the massive shift of the tectonic plate.
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* ''Deep Core'' ''Film/DeepCore'' uses combinations of drills and [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]] to quickly go through rock. The test of the prototype subterrene (intended by the military as yet another method of nuclear delivery) results in the massive shift of the tectonic plate.
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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': If you get out of their range or if their shrubbery disguises are destroyed and you don't kill them, Forest Octoroks will chase you down by burrowing through the ground faster than Link can run, without leaving any visible trail or furrow. Snow Octoroks do this before every shot.
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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': If you get out of their range or if their shrubbery disguises are destroyed and you don't kill them, Forest Octoroks will chase you down by burrowing through the ground faster than Link can run, without leaving any visible trail or furrow. Snow Octoroks do this before every shot.
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* PlayedForLaughs in the film of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox''.
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* Offscreen in one scene of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy manages a FlashStep to the far side of a fence while Nick is climbing it. A hole next to her and a second on the other side of the fence suggests that she tunneled.
* Offscreen in one scene of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy manages a FlashStep to the far side of a fence while Nick is climbing it. A hole next to her and a second on the other side of the fence suggests that she tunneled.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'', the mole digs underground as fast as the Devil's Bayou animals charge in the climax when they all rally to go save Penny from Medusa.
* Offscreen in one scene of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy manages a FlashStep to the far side of a fence while Nick is climbing it. A hole next to her and a second on the other side of the fence suggests that she tunneled.
* Offscreen in one scene of ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'', Judy manages a FlashStep to the far side of a fence while Nick is climbing it. A hole next to her and a second on the other side of the fence suggests that she tunneled.
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* ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' has mole enemies who dig as fast as your character can move and only get out of their hole to attack them. The boss Fortissimole has the same power coupled with damage on the eight surrounding squares when he gets out.
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* In ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', Mole Knight shows incredibly fast digging skills as he jumps into the walls surrounding his boss arena. In ''Dig'', the titular Shovel Knight can do this too in every diggable area, but it's nothing compared to Drill Knight's excavating machines.
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* A villain with a digging machine shows up briefly at the very end of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/WarThunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel will magically erase a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig too deep and can only dig a trench-high hole. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point, or simply digging a big hole in the ground and camouflaging it with sandbags to make enemy tanks fall into it.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/WarThunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel scoop will magically erase a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig too deep and can only dig a trench-high trench-level hole. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point, or simply digging a big hole in the ground and camouflaging it with sandbags to make enemy tanks fall into it.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/WarThunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel can eat a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig too deep and can only dig forward. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point, or simply digging a big hole in the ground and camouflaging it with sandbags to make enemy tanks fall into it.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/WarThunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel can eat will magically erase a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig too deep and can only dig forward.a trench-high hole. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point, or simply digging a big hole in the ground and camouflaging it with sandbags to make enemy tanks fall into it.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/WarThunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel can eat a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig deeper and can only dig forward. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/WarThunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel can eat a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig deeper too deep and can only dig forward. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point.point, or simply digging a big hole in the ground and camouflaging it with sandbags to make enemy tanks fall into it.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/Warthunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel can eat a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig deeper and can only dig forward. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point.
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* ''Enlisted'', an FPS published by Gaijin (the same guys who made ''VideoGame/Warthunder''), ''VideoGame/WarThunder''), allows the players to quickly dig tunnels by simply shoveling the ground. Each shovel can eat a whole chunk of solid dirt off the ground, though you can't dig deeper and can only dig forward. This allows for such hilarious tactics as digging a trench from your spawn right to the enemy point.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene Subterrenes]] could ''theoretically'' drill tunnels and eliminate waste rock AND reinforce the resulting tunnels fast enough to act as RealLife '''{{Drill Tank}}s'''. However, [[SovietSuperscience only the Russians]] have ever built a "Battle Mole", as the primary component was a '''''nuclear reactor'''''. Which broke down and killed the crew. UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories abound, however.
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterrene Subterrenes]] could ''theoretically'' drill tunnels and eliminate waste rock AND reinforce the resulting tunnels fast enough to act as RealLife '''{{Drill Tank}}s'''. However, [[SovietSuperscience only the Russians]] have ever built a "Battle Mole", as the primary component was a '''''nuclear reactor'''''. Which broke down and killed the crew. UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories conspiracy theories abound, however.
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* Zerg units in ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' and its sequel can burrow, making them invisible. This is a valid strategy to take the heat off your front line units during combat, forcing the enemy to switch targets to healthy units instead. They can burrow into dirt, rock, asphalt with the same ease and even in bridges...[[FridgeLogic somehow]]. This even works with [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the ultralisk]], a mutated six-legged elephant so big it looms over tanks and tramples force walls but is nevertheless capable of burrowing completely underground in less time than it takes a missile to travel to it. [[SpiderTank Roaches]] and [[TheVirus Infestors]] fit this trope perfectly, as they can actually tunnel underground.
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* Zerg units in ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' and its sequel can burrow, making them invisible. This is a valid strategy to take the heat off your front line units during combat, forcing the enemy to switch targets to healthy units instead. They can burrow into dirt, rock, asphalt with the same ease and even in bridges...[[FridgeLogic somehow]]. This In the second game this even works with [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the ultralisk]], a mutated six-legged elephant so big it looms over tanks and tramples force walls but is nevertheless capable of burrowing completely underground in less time than it takes a missile to travel to it. [[SpiderTank Roaches]] and [[TheVirus Infestors]] fit this trope perfectly, as they can actually tunnel underground.
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* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a gadget called the Mole Gloves, which allows the wearer to dig tunnels and travel underground within seconds. It appears mostly in the shorts, though said gadget was used in one movie, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'', when Nobita and their new friend Hachi gets trapped underground by a cave-in and Doraemon have to dig them out.
* This is a ninja trick used a few times in ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''. Naruto used it in his fight with Neji to deliver the finishing blow, and Kakashi's ninja dogs used it earlier during the second fight with Zabuza to attack and immobilize him, somehow using there sense of smell to see while underground.
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a gadget called the Mole Gloves, which allows the wearer to dig tunnels and travel underground within seconds. It appears mostly in the shorts, though said gadget was used in one movie, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'', when Nobita and their new friend Hachi gets trapped underground by a cave-in and Doraemon have to dig them out.
* This is a ninja trick used a few times in ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''. Naruto used it in his fight with Neji to deliver the finishing blow, and Kakashi's ninja dogs used it earlier during the second fight with Zabuza to attack and immobilize him, somehow using there sense of smell to see while underground.
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* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a gadget called the Mole Gloves, which allows the wearer to dig tunnels and travel underground within seconds. It appears mostly in the shorts, though said gadget was used in one movie, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'', when Nobita and their new friend Hachi gets trapped underground by a cave-in and Doraemon have to dig them out.
* This is a ninja trick used a few times in ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''. Naruto used it in his fight with Neji to deliver the finishing blow, and Kakashi's ninja dogs used it earlier during the second fight with Zabuza to attack and immobilize him, somehow using there sense of smell to see while underground.& Manga]]
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a gadget called the Mole Gloves, which allows the wearer to dig tunnels and travel underground within seconds. It appears mostly in the shorts, though said gadget was used in one movie, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'', when Nobita and their new friend Hachi gets trapped underground by a cave-in and Doraemon have to dig them out.
* This is a ninja trick used a few times in ''Anime/{{Naruto}}''. Naruto used it in his fight with Neji to deliver the finishing blow, and Kakashi's ninja dogs used it earlier during the second fight with Zabuza to attack and immobilize him, somehow using there sense of smell to see while underground.
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* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Diggers like Simon use hand powered drills to bore through rock and soil at very high speed.
** Lagann can be [[FastballSpecial launched as a fastball]], drill through lots of rock without losing speed, come back out, and destroy two robots. It's not earth they have there, it's not even water!
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': [[MemeticMutation Diglett-dig, Diglett-dig, TRIO TRIO TRIO!]] (Meaning, considering the world, that he may have [[{{Mons}} help.]])
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', it took years and years for [[spoiler:Sloth]] to dig [[spoiler:the transmutation circle that surrounds Amestris]], but the rocks he digs up still seem to be going to nowhere.
** Diggers like Simon use hand powered drills to bore through rock and soil at very high speed.
** Lagann can be [[FastballSpecial launched as a fastball]], drill through lots of rock without losing speed, come back out, and destroy two robots. It's not earth they have there, it's not even water!
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': [[MemeticMutation Diglett-dig, Diglett-dig, TRIO TRIO TRIO!]] (Meaning, considering the world, that he may have [[{{Mons}} help.]])
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', it took years and years for [[spoiler:Sloth]] to dig [[spoiler:the transmutation circle that surrounds Amestris]], but the rocks he digs up still seem to be going to nowhere.
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* Occurs in ''Anime/PetitEva'', possibly as a ShoutOut to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
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* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has a gadget called the Mole Gloves, which allows the wearer to dig tunnels and travel underground within seconds. It appears mostly in the shorts, though said gadget was used in one movie, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'', when Nobita and their new friend Hachi gets trapped underground by a cave-in and Doraemon have to dig them out.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', it took years and years for Sloth to dig [[spoiler:the transmutation circle that surrounds Amestris]], but the rocks he digs up still seem to be going to nowhere.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Secco's Oasis lets him turn solid ground into mud at will to weaponize and travel through it.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': Doremifasolati Do can break the ground and push through soil allowing him to perform quick tunneling underground.
* This is a ninja trick used a few times in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Naruto used it in his fight with Neji to deliver the finishing blow, and Kakashi's ninja dogs used it earlier during the second fight with Zabuza to attack and immobilize him, somehow using there sense of smell to see while underground.
%% ZCE * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': [[MemeticMutation Diglett-dig, Diglett-dig, TRIO TRIO TRIO!]] (Meaning, considering the world, that he may have [[{{Mons}} help.]])
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Diggers like Simon use hand powered drills to bore through rock and soil at very high speed.
** Lagann can be [[FastballSpecial launched as a fastball]], drill through lots of rock without losing speed, come back out, and destroy two robots.
%% Needs context * Occurs in ''Anime/PetitEva'', possibly as a ShoutOut to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', it took years and years for Sloth to dig [[spoiler:the transmutation circle that surrounds Amestris]], but the rocks he digs up still seem to be going to nowhere.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Secco's Oasis lets him turn solid ground into mud at will to weaponize and travel through it.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'': Doremifasolati Do can break the ground and push through soil allowing him to perform quick tunneling underground.
* This is a ninja trick used a few times in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. Naruto used it in his fight with Neji to deliver the finishing blow, and Kakashi's ninja dogs used it earlier during the second fight with Zabuza to attack and immobilize him, somehow using there sense of smell to see while underground.
%% ZCE * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': [[MemeticMutation Diglett-dig, Diglett-dig, TRIO TRIO TRIO!]] (Meaning, considering the world, that he may have [[{{Mons}} help.]])
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'':
** Diggers like Simon use hand powered drills to bore through rock and soil at very high speed.
** Lagann can be [[FastballSpecial launched as a fastball]], drill through lots of rock without losing speed, come back out, and destroy two robots.
%% Needs context * Occurs in ''Anime/PetitEva'', possibly as a ShoutOut to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
* In ''VideoGame/BugsBunnyLostInTime'', Bugs can perform tunneling to pass through obstacles whenever a rabbit hole is nearby.
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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': If you get out of their range or if their shrubbery disguises are destroyed and you don't kill them, Forest Octoroks will chase you down by burrowing through the ground faster than Link can run, without leaving any visible trail or furrow. Snow Octoroks do this before every shot.
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* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'': Link can use the Mole Mitts to dig through dirt for fast tunneling.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': If you get out of their range or if their shrubbery disguises are destroyed and you don't kill them, Forest Octoroks will chase you down by burrowing through the ground faster than Link can run, without leaving any visible trail or furrow. Snow Octoroks do this before every shot.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'': Link can use the Mole Mitts to dig through dirt for fast tunneling.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': If you get out of their range or if their shrubbery disguises are destroyed and you don't kill them, Forest Octoroks will chase you down by burrowing through the ground faster than Link can run, without leaving any visible trail or furrow. Snow Octoroks do this before every shot.
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* n ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Knuckles the Echidna has this ability. The Yellow Drill Wisps in ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' also utilize this as a means to get to secret rooms and pathways. The tunnels made are filled back up just as fast, though.
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* n ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Knuckles the Echidna has this ability. The Yellow Drill Wisps in ''VideoGame/SonicColors'' also utilize this as a means to get to secret rooms and pathways. The tunnels made are filled back up just as fast, though.
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': Welderberg can drill a pipe between Flipside and Flopside in a few seconds after being paid.
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* In ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'', an average Dirtamancer can tunnel as fast as he can walk. [[http://www.erfworld.com/wp-content/uploads/book2/2011-03-25.jpg Without actually being IN the tunnel]].
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* In ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'', an average Dirtamancer can tunnel as fast as he can walk. [[http://www.erfworld.com/wp-content/uploads/book2/2011-03-25.jpg Without actually being IN the tunnel]].
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* According to ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk'', it takes 48 dwarfs to dig in two days a 28-meter tunnel in granite. Of those, about only six to eight dwarfs actually dig, the rest are medical staff, beer brewers, guards to prevent the others from getting at the beer...
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* According to ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk'', it takes 48 dwarfs to dig in two days a 28-meter tunnel in granite. Of those, about only six to eight dwarfs actually dig, the rest are medical staff, beer brewers, guards to prevent the others from getting at the beer...beer.
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** "WesternAnimation/InsectToInjury": A variant. When digging a moat around his house, Popeye digs at a tremendously fast pace, removing large chunks of earth that effectively vanish as he raises his shovel and completing a full moat within a couple seconds.
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** "WesternAnimation/InsectToInjury": "Insect To Injury": A variant. When digging a moat around his house, Popeye digs at a tremendously fast pace, removing large chunks of earth that effectively vanish as he raises his shovel and completing a full moat within a couple seconds.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The Chrysocolla can quickly move through the ground and create tunnels that go to different parts of Amethyst's room.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': Terra Snapdragon's plants can rapidly envelop her, burrow underground, and blossom at a new location, even underwater, effortlessly. It makes it ridiculously easy for Terra to catch someone off-guard as she can surface without a sound, unless she's riding in one of her more massive plants.
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** 1.4.2 introduced a Beacon, which can give you the Haste effect. With an Efficency V Diamond or Netherite Pickaxe[[note]]Gold Pickaxes are technically faster, but so much weaker you're probably not gonna use them.[[/note]] with the Haste II effect, you can dig out your own quarry in minutes.
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** 1.4.2 introduced a Beacon, which can give you the Haste effect. With an Efficency Efficiency V Diamond or Netherite Pickaxe[[note]]Gold Pickaxes are technically faster, but so much weaker you're probably not gonna use them.[[/note]] with the Haste II effect, you can dig out your own quarry in minutes.
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* Tunnellers in ''VideoGame/{{Stronghold}}'' can undermine enemy walls in a matter of minutes, provided they get some protection from archers - they're rather squishy otherwise.
