History Main / WickedWasps

* Notably averted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'': protagonist Z actually befriends a wasp named Chip.

Often found in the HornetHole. See also UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart and AnimalJingoism for when villainous wasps are matched with sympathetic bees or ants, and BeeAfraid for when the wasps (or bees) go out in force to sting and harass their victims.

* ''Literature/TheGirlWhoLovedTomGordon'': After gorging on checkerberries and their leaves, and some beechnuts, Trish has a dream (or maybe it's not a dream) in which she is visited by representatives of three conceptions of god: The God of Tom Gordon, the Subaudible, and the wicked God of the Lost. While the first two are benevolent and look like her science teacher and her father respectively, the third one is hostile and has the form of a human skeleton completely covered in wasps. Earlier in the story, Trish is stung multiple times after accidently upsetting a wasp nest, so if the encounter is a dream, this explains why she imagined the evil god to look like wasps.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBeastWars'': Waspinator is one of the evil Predacons, a group made of Transformers based on traditionally "evil" or unpleasant animals such as a {{sc|aryScorpions}}orpion, two {{spiders|AreScary}}, a PteroSoarer and a TyrannosaurusRex. [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain He's the least scary amongst them.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' episode "Revenge of the Fly", April O'Neil is turned into a wasp.

People have not, historically, had many reasons to like wasps. They're highly territorial and easily roused, even by mistake, in defense of their nests. People have therefore learned to associate them with [[BeeAfraid angry swarms]] and impending pain.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' episode Revenge of the Fly April O'Neil is turned into a wasp.

* ''Anime/NinjaScroll'': The ugly hunchback Mushizo, a member of the QuirkyMinibossSquad, is a living hornets' nest. He communicates with and controls the insects, using them to gather information and as a weapon.

* In ''Literature/TheFairyRebel'' the wicked fairy queen commands wasps and will sometimes imprison fairies who defy her inside wasps' nests, which is more or less a death sentence. Bees are stated to be reasonable creatures, since if they sting a fairy, they'll die as well. But wasps will sometimes sting fairies for the fun of it, just because they can.

* ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'': In contrast to how Holmes practices beekeeping as a hobby, the evil Professor Moriarty breeds wasps.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Lancers are [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] that take the form of huge hornets around the size of a person. They live among the floating islands of the Lake Matsu in Anima and attack any air ships that attempt to travel through their airspace. They have the ability to use their stingers like grappling guns, hooking onto ships and reeling them in where they use their powerful mandibles to chew their way through the ship's hull. A small swarm of Lancers can be enough to overwhelm even airships that have [[CreatureHunterOrganization Huntsmen]] on board. Queen Lancers, however, act alone; they're [[GiantFlyer mammoth creatures]], easily dwarfing cargo ships, and have the ability to [[FlechetteStorm fire darts]] that burst out of the each side of their bodies on top of being able to use their mandibles and tail stingers. A Queen Lancer is so tough she can easily survive being hit an explosion caused by multiple crates of [[PowerCrystal Dust]] igniting at the same time.

Often found in the HornetHole. See also UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart and AnimalJingoism for when villainous wasps are matched with sympathetic bees or ants, and BeeAfraid for when the wasps go out in force to sting and harass their victims.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Lancers are [[AnimalisticAbomination Creatures of Grimm]] that take the form of huge hornets that are around the size of a person. They live among the floating islands of the Lake Matsu in Anima and attack any air ships that attempt to travel through their airspace. They have the ability to use their stingers like grappling guns, hooking onto ships and reeling them in where they use their powerful mandibles to chew their way through the ship's hull. A small swarm of Lancers can be enough to overwhelm even airships that have [[CreatureHunterOrganization Huntsmen]] on board. Queen Lancers, however, act alone; they're [[GiantFlyer mammoth creatures]], easily dwarfing cargo ships and have the ability to [[FlechetteStorm fire darts]] that burst out of the each side of their bodies on top of being able to use their mandibles and tail stingers. A Queen Lancer is so tough she can easily survive being hit an explosion caused by multiple crates of [[PowerCrystal Dust]] igniting at the same time.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' episode "Future Visions", Steven asks [[{{Seers}} Garnet]] about ways he could be hurt, one of which is getting attacked by wasps. The corresponding ImagineSpot portrays Steven being repeatedly stung by a pair of giant anthropomorphic wasp, [[GigglingVillain which giggle and smile at his pain]], until [[PopGoesTheHuman Steven swells up and explodes]].

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* ''Videogame/MegaManX3'': Blast Hornet is a hornet robot who's one of the bosses. He used to be a good guy -- part of the Maverick Hunters, in fact -- but he gets infected by the Maverick Virus, does a FaceHeelTurn and goes on a rampage.

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** Hellwasp ''devils'' are true devils in the shape of enormous, vaguely humanoid wasps, and unlike other devils can be {{Chaotic|Evil}} and NeutralEvil in addition to Lawful Evil. They were originally wasp-like ''demons'' before their demon lord was killed by the infernal princess Glasya, at which point [[KlingonPromotion they chose her as they new queen]], were transformed into devils, and took residence in Glasya's GardenOfEvil in Hell to serve her as guards and shock troops.

** Warmonger wasps are enormous, armor-plated biomechanical wasp-like constructs originating from the Abyss, the home dimension of the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]]. They're quite literally AlwaysChaoticEvil, like everything else from the Abyss, and extremely aggressive. Some mutate over time into the more powerful massacre wasps, which command their lesser kin as they fight alongside [[TheLegionsOfHell the hordes of the Abyss].

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBeastWars'': Waspinator is one of the evil Predacons, a group made of Transformers based on traditionally "evil" or unpleasant animals such as a {{sc|aryScorpions}}orpion, two {{spiders|AreScary}}, a PteroSoarer and a ''TyrannosaurusRex''; he's also TheStarscream, [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain though not a competent one]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBeastWars'': Waspinator is one of the evil Predacons, a group made of Transformers based on traditionally "evil" or unpleasant animals such as a {{sc|aryScorpions}}orpion, two {{spiders|AreScary}}, a PteroSoarer and a ''TyrannosaurusRex''; he's also TheStarscream.