List of fictional worms

Worms are often used in fiction. This is a list of fictional worms.

Legends

• The Lambton Worm, of 15th-century English legend
• The Worm of Sockburn, of 14th-century English legend
• The Worm of Linton, of 12th-century Scottish legend
• The Sjö-Orm of early Norse seafarers' legends
• Great Orms of fresh and salt water in early Gaelic and Brythonic legends
• The Jörmungandr or Midgard Serpent of Norse Mythology

Books, television, music and film

• The Bookworm character of various children's reading programs
• The .303 Bookworm in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels
• The Graboids in the Tremors films and television series
• Jeff, the giant subway worm in the film Men in Black II
• The ghost-eating sandworms in the film Beetle Juice
• Sandworms in the books, film and TV series Dune
• Mr. Mind, the super-intelligent arch-nemesis of DC's Captain Marvel character
• Fip, the word-eating worm in the book, The Word Eater
• Slimey, pet of Sesame Street's Oscar the Grouch
• Lowly Worm, from Richard Scarry's Busytown
• Lazy Jay Ranch's worms in Rocky and Bullwinkle
• The documentary The Future is Wild featured three species of worms: garden worms, slickribbons and gloomworms.
• In the 2005 film King Kong, a giant bloodworm-like predator called the carnictus lives in the rents and chasms of Skull Island. They grow to be 7-13 feet long, and they kill a character named Lumpy in the film.
• Evil Jim, Earthworm Jim's evil twin from the Earthworm Jim TV series.
• The Bookworm in Tiny Toons
• Doctor Worm, from the They Might Be Giants song featured on Nickelodeon's Kablam.

Video games

• The worms from the video game series Worms.
• Boggy B from the video game series Worms.
• Boggy Pete, an enemy from the video game series Worms.
• Earthworm Jim, the protagonist of the video game series with the same name.
• Earthworm Kim, the female version of Jim from Earthworm Jim 3D.
• Tapeworm Slim, a new character from the upcoming Earthworm Jim PSP.
• Sandworms, from the Final Fantasy series.
• Mind worms, from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
• The Pit Worm and Geneworm from the video game Half-Life: Opposing Force.
• The Various types of Wurms in the video game Guildwars.
• Caterpie, Weedle and Wurmple from the Nintendo franchise, Pokémon.
• Sandworms, from the Dune computer and video games.
• Boreworms from the movie Flash Gordon.