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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2141 SCP-2141 ("Primordial Wyrm")]]. SCP-2141 is a giant worm-like creature at least several kilometers long. It lives inside an underground tunnel of unknown length.

* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'':
** "[[Recap/DragonsRidersOfBerkS7E2SandBusted Sandbusted]]": Hiccup and the Riders run into a sand swimming dragon known as the Sandbuster, a dragon who lives under a sandy beach and pulls people who enter its territory down into its cave.

* ''Videogame/BattleForge'' has rare, ''artificial'' versions of these for all terrains in Core Dredges, enormous worm-like constructs built from temple ruins, ice and tree roots [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/skylords-reborn/images/5/58/Core_Dredge_Card_Artwork.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/320?cb=20190204191552 weaved together into a cohesive, enormous creature]]. Its {{wormsign}} alone can knock down and damage smaller enemies, and it breathes blasts of crushed eye that will utterly demolish either structures or frozen enemies, depending on the version you have. It's also one of the earlier XL units you can get, which is a plus all by itself.

* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' has the Strykewyrms, which come in Jungle, Desert and Ice varieties. They're normally unagressive and can only be fought as a Slayer task.

* In ''[[VideoGame/PrzygodyReksia Reksio i UFO]]'', giant sandworms known as The Great Worm are part of the fauna of the desertic planet Kurrakis, which was based directly on Arrakis. The first challenge on this planet is to go through a maze full of these enemies. Any encountering with a worm forces the player to start over.

* Early on in ''VideoGame/{{Majyuo}}'', you face a sand worm in an underground cavern as an AdvancingWallOfDoom, which you cannot damage because you're still a human, and your only hope is to outrun it. You obtain your first demon's soul shortly after, gain supernatural abilities, and then face that worm monster as an easy-to-kill MiniBoss.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E01TheLostCommanders The Lost Commanders]]" has the joopa, which are roughly the size of an AT-TE and with the pulling power to match. The clones hunt them for food.

** The [[UpToEleven Abyssal Worm]] in the VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon can be farmed for the very valuable items that allow you to exceed the 9999 damage cap. Unfortunately, they're located after the PointOfNoReturn.

The bigger ones are a type of {{Kaiju}}. Compare SpaceWhale, FlyingSeafoodSpecial, DrillTank, AntlionMonster. See also {{Wormsign}}.

** The Nibelsnarf from ''Portable 3rd'' and ''3 Ultimate'' is a three-way cross between a sandworm, a sand shark and a submarine. It even has the distinctive "burst up vertically from the sand and eat something on the way" move.

* ''Literature/AlienInASmallTown'' has the Great Striped Hoon. Like most creatures from the Jan's homeworld (including the [[StarfishAliens sapient inhabitants]]), it's [[SiliconBasedLife silicon based,]] can burrow, and has trilateral symmetry. It's described as more catarpillar-shaped than worm-like, capable of moving across the surface as well as tunneling. Its tripartite mouth is long, bone-colored, and had strange whorls making it resemble a three-way reflection of a cow or horse skull. They use sound as a weapon, projecting deafening blasts into the ground that can stun sonar-using beings like the Jan. They prey on the Jan and have "almost totemic" significance to them — the Jan deliberately bring a few to any planet they colonize, figuring that having these a few of these monsters prowling around keeps them on their toes and prevents sloth and decadence.

[-[[caption-width-right:250:Shai-Hulud, the Great Maker, the Grandfather of the Desert, the Worm Who Is God]]-]

** Beotodus from ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterWorld: Iceborne'' is a Piscine Wyvern that swims through the deep snow of Hoarfrost Reach.
* ''VideoGame/{{Mousehunt}}'' has the "[[AlliterativeName Big Bad Burroughs]] Mouse" and its smaller brother, the Itty-Bitty Burroughs Mouse. They're pretty much a [[MixAndMatchCritters cross between this trope and a mouse]].

** ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'' has Sand Worms ''and'' Snow Worms. Which are pretty much a white/blue PaletteSwap.

* Giant species of earthworms able to reach lengths of ten feet can be found in places like Australia and Africa. They're pretty much the same as normal-sized earthworms, except they do everything on a bigger scale. Some people claim you can feel the worms moving when they tunnel beneath you!

** Cephalos and Cephadrome, which both debuted in the very first game, are sand-swimming Piscine Wyverns which are designed like Hammersharks.
** Among Elder Dragons there's Jhen Mohran, Hallowed Jhen Mohran, and their 4th gen cousin, Dah'ren Mohran, who are 350-feet long and whale-like.