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SeptimusHeap
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2018-12-09 01:40:40
You might have more luck asking this question in the Trope Finder; I don't think we have that trope yet might be worth creating in Trope Launch Pad.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman

Is there a trope that specifically covers when one or more insects or other small bodily invaders are seen (or hallucinated by the character) to be moving under the character's skin? Often this is seen under the skin of the arms of the character. This typically causes the character to panic and to try to cut the insects out, which is likely to cause grave injury to the character and potentially death. I'm not sure, but I think examples of this might be in The Mummy (Brendan Fraser version), Constantine, A Scanner Darkly, and an X-Files episode. Sorry for the lack of specifics in each of those.
An alternative version (with an unusual invader) is at the end of "The Matrix" when Neo invades Agent Smith and Neo's energy pulsing under Smith's skin eventually causing Smith to explode.
Thanks for your insights in advance :)