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BattleMaster
Since: Feb, 2015
7th Feb, 2019 12:07:02 AM
Infestation by insects, worms, or other tiny critters is a type of Body Horror.
naturalironist
Since: Jul, 2016
7th Feb, 2019 07:59:34 AM
I feel like this is common enough to be its own trope.
"It's just a show; I should really just relax"
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 :)