History Main / MosquitoMiscreants

Mosquitoes. [[BreadEggsMilkSquick They ruin your picnics, disrupt your naps, and suck your blood.]] Although they measure less than an inch long at most, they kill more people than any other animal, up to 700,000 a year. They're responsible for the spread of diseases including, but not limited to, malaria, yellow fever, Chikungunya, West Nile virus, dengue fever, filariasis, and the Zika virus, and statistically, they basically caused the most deaths to humans by animals (even more than [[SnakesAreSinister snakes]]). Expect to [[BugBuzz hear]] [[HellIsThatNoise them]] long before you see them and the characters to run away in a hand swatting panic when [[TheSwarm they swarm on them]]; some might be covered in a plethora of bites when it's all over. Even if the situation isn't dire, expect someone to be immensely bothered by the tiny terrors. Typically found in [[SwampsAreEvil nasty swamps]] or [[JungleJapes the rainforest]]. It doesn't matter if they are actually called {{Non Malicious Monster}}s, as far as their victims, that is everyone, is concerned they are still miscreants.

* ''{{VideoGame/Valheim'''s aptly-named Deathsquitoes are among the most reviled enemies in the game. They're aggressive (meaning they spot you from, and chase you over, long distances including in neighboring biomes), annoying to kill (they have very little HP but since they fly fast they come at you from unwieldy angles), and their damage is ridiculously high (90 base damage for a single hit, more than even trolls).

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7p7AsOzWx4 this commercial]] for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, a mosquito appears, sucking the blood of a gamer, which the announcer [[TakeThat uses as an analogy for being charged up to $10.00 more to play games like]] ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'' and ''VideoGame/NBAJam'' on the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem than on the Genesis. The mosquito appears looking quite plump, until the gamer swats it with a newspaper that says, '''WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL''', Sega's slogan at the time, in the CrosswordPuzzle section.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has mosquito enemies found in [[BubblegloopSwamp Splot!]] that either try to rush Bug or strike the ground like darts. These appear in large groups and have a surprising amount of health for a ZergRush enemy.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7p7AsOzWx4 this commercial]] for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis, a mosquito appears, sucking the blood of a gamer, which the announcer [[TakeThat uses as an analogy for being charged up to $10.00 more to play games like]] ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992'' and ''VideoGame/NBAJam'' on the UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem than on the Genesis. The mosquito appears looking quite plump, until the gamer swats it with a newspaper that says, '''WELCO METOT HENEX TLEVEL''', Sega's slogan at the time, in the crossword puzzle section.