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troperville

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tools

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toys

Examples:

• The mind-control starfish of Starro the Conqueror.

• The xenomorphs from Alien. Many later examples are homages.

• Krana and Krana-Kal of BIONICLE.

• Gligar and Gliscor from Pokémon.
• Metroids
• Headcrabs from the Half-Life saga.
• Brainsuckers from X-COM Armageddon, which are used as ammunition by certain aliens in addition to appearing on their own.

• In Campus Safari, Chrome's miniwhip Aurla does a good impression of one. (Played for laughs)
• Sam Starfall pulls one of these off in an early strip of Cross Time Cafe. Hortmage finds it irritating and, maybe, disgusting.