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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E143QueenOfTheNile Queen of the Nile]]", Pamela Morris uses a scarab beetle from UsefulNotes/AncientEgypt to drain the LifeEnergy of young men in order to maintain her eternal youth.

* In ''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Warhammer 40,000]]'' the Scarab Occult, also known as the Sekhmet and Magnus's Veterans, were the veteran Space Marines of the Thousand Sons Legion who served as the [[PhysicalGod Primarch Magnus the Red's]] [[BodyguardingABadass elite honour guard]]. They were made up of the best and brightest of the Thousand Sons Legion's Astartes and were equipped with crimson and ivory Terminator Armour, with jade scarabs on their breastplates denoting their status.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book "Literature/TheReturnOfTheMummy", Gabe has a pendant with a mummified scarab in it. Also, Princess Nila has a pendant which she uses [[SoulJar to maintain her immortality]] by transforming into a scarab and resting within it. [[spoiler:When Gabe inadvertently destroys it, Nila is permanently transformed into a scarab]].

* In the Literature/{{Goosebumps}} book "Literature/TheReturnOfTheMummy, Gabe has a pendant with a mummified scarab in it. Also, Princess Nila has a pendant, where she turns into a scarab and sleep there.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduce Rabsca, a Bug/Psychic-type (the second one after fellow beetle-based 'mon Orbeetle, in fact) that takes obvious influences from Egyptian mythology (despite the fact that the region it's native to is a FantasyCounterpartCulture of Spain and Portugal).

* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', one of the weapons of [[GodIsGood Mata Nui]] when he is on Bara Manga is the Scarabax Shield, made from a Scarabax Beetle he named Click. During ''[[TheMovie Bionicle: The Legend Reborn]]'', numerous Scarbax beetles created a massive being ([[{{Cameo}} that looked exactly like the Glatorian Malum]]) to scare off many Skrall.

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* In ''Literature/Pyramids'', the Djelibeybians, being a pastiche of Ancient Egypt, believe that the sun is pushed along the sky by a giant dung beetle god called Scrab. The LemonyNarrator notes that at no point does the sun get buried in the sand and have eggs laid in it. Of course, [[spoiler: later in the book Scrab turns out to exist, along with all the other Djelibeybian solar deities, who start fighting over it.]]

* In ''Literature/Pyramids'', the Djelibeybians, being a pastiche of Ancient Egypt, believe that the sun is pushed along the sky by a giant dung beetle god called Scrab. The LemonyNarrator notes that at no point does the sun get buried in ths sand and have eggs laid in it. Of course, [[spoiler: later in the book Scrab turns out to exist, along with all the other Djelibeybian solar deities, who start fighting over it.]]

* In ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', one of the weapons of [[GodIsGood Mata Nui]] when he is on Bara Manga is a the Scarabax Shield, made from a Scarabax Beetle he named Click. During ''[[TheMovie Bionicle: The Legend Reborn]]'', numerous Scarbax beetles created a massive being ([[{{Cameo}} that looked exactly like the Glatorian Malum]]) to scare off many Skrall.

* The logo for Music/{{Journey}} features a scarab beetle, starting with ''Departure''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode ''Jack In Egypt'', Jack has to find all parts of a scarab-shaped amulet to summon the god Ra, the only force that can stop the rampaging Minions of Set.

** Inverted in the ''Aladdin'' television series. Mechanicles has invented a robot scarab merely because he needs a mode of transportation and happens to like the tidiness and industry of the animals. In other words, a hater of magic uses a symbol of magic in a roundabout way.

* Myth/EgyptianMythology: Pretty much the TropeMaker and UrExample. To the Ancient Egyptians, the scarab beetle (specifically the species ''Scarabaeus sacer'') was a symbol of Khepri, the early morning manifestation of the sun god Ra, from an analogy between the beetle's behaviour of rolling a ball of dung across the ground and Khepri's task of rolling the sun across the sky.They accordingly held the species to be sacred. The Egyptians also observed young beetles emerging from the ball of dung, from which they mistakenly inferred that the female beetle was able to reproduce without needing a male. From this, they drew parallels with their god Atum, who also begat children alone.

* Late Hardmode in ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' lets you craft Beetle Armor with a choice of two breastplate options, either a Beetle Shell which generates a beetle shield that absorbs up to 45% of the damage dealt to you at the cost of a beetle, or Beetle Scale Mail which [[GatheringSteam slowly boosts your melee damage as you continuously deal damage to enemies]].

Sometimes overlaps with ThunderBeetle.

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* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Tim discovers that his longtime foe the Egyptian assassin who goes by Scarab belongs to a small order all of whom have similar powered armor to her own and who claim to have been around for quite a while. The question of whether or not their inspiration for the armor was the same alien artifact which gives Blue Beetle his power is left unanswered.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS5E143QueenOfTheNile Queen of the Nile]]", Pamela Morris uses a scarab beetle from UsefulNotes/AncientEgypt to drain the LifeEnergy of young men in order to maintain her eternal youth.
* This trope along with its [[JapaneseBeetleBrothers cousin]] readily shows up in ''Franchise/KamenRider'', as the franchise often has a preference for insect themes.

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* The Scarab in ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' is a reincarnating hero with mystic powers and an Ancient Egyptian origin, something like Comicbook/DoctorFate with Comicbook/{{Hawkman}}'s origin. The "Future Freedom" Scarab in ''Worlds of Freedom'' gets his powers from a scarab-shaped amulet, like the Dan Garrett Comicbook/BlueBeetle.

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* In Toys/{{Bionicle}} one of the weapons of [[GodIsGood Mata Nui]] when he is on Bara Manga is a the Scarabax Shield, made from a Scarabax Beetle he named Click. During ''[[TheMovie Bionicle: The Legend Reborn]]'', numerous Scarbax beetles created a massive being ([[{{Cameo}} that looked exactly like the Glatorian Malum]]) to scare off many Skrall.

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** By extension of this, [[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} Nyx Assassin]] is also inspired by scarabs of Egyptian Myth. Crixalis the Sand King as well, though less so (as he's more of a [[ScaryScorpions scorpion]])
* Three of the four beetle-themed Mavericks in the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series - [[VideoGame/MegaManX Boomer Kuwanger (stag beetle)]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX3 Gravity Beetle (rhinoceros beetle)]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManX6 Ground Scaravich (dung beetle)]] - are in fact all based on scarabs. This leaves only [[VideoGame/MegaManX5 Izzy Glow (firefly)]] as the only non-scarab beetle, and is the only instance where so many of a certain Maverick theme (beetles, fish, cats, etc.) have all been of such a specific grouping.
* In ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'', one of the [[MacGuffin Foundation Elements]] is a Diamond Scarab from the world of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. The Diamond Scarab on its own at first seems to grant a mummy powers like summoning creatures, [[spoiler:though in reality, the "mummy" was actually Lord Vortech who uses his own powers as a part of a ScoobyDooHoax.]]
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'''s "[[AnotherSideAnotherStory Actually Ed the Undying]]" challenge path, one of the skills Ed can learn is "Storm of the Scarab", which deals damage in all elements simultaneously. He can also buy Healing Scarabs, which restore his HP, and if you [[BribingYourWayToVictory bought the Bottle of Lovebug Pheromones]], he can summon a Love Scarab to stun the enemy and steal MP.
* In ''{{VideoGame/Bayonetta 2}}'', SecretCharacter [[spoiler:Rosa, Bayonetta's mother]] has a [[DealWithTheDevil contract]] with a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent powerful demoness]] named Madama Khepri, an [[InsectQueen enormous scarab woman]]. She also fits this trope to the letter, being associated with magic by binding herself to an Umbra Witch, divinity by being described as a Goddess of [[{{Hell}} Inferno]], and power by way of having dominion over [[TimeMaster time]] and the [[PowerOfTheSun sun]].

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** Particularly notorious are the Hoard Scarabs. A hoard scarab is an eyeless, beetlelike creature that hides in piles of treasure. Thanks to its size and its silver or golden shell, it looks much like a coin when dormant (though close observation reveals its nature). A swarm resembles a pile of gold and silver pieces. If it bites a character, that character makes a reflex save. If the reflex save under 11 (14 if a swarm) it burrows into the character. When it's burrowed in a character that character takes 1d2 (2d4 for a swarm) points of Constitution damage per round. It stays inside until remove disease or heal is cast upon the afflicted character.