History Main / FourLeggedInsect

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* ''Averted'' in ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''

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* Squidward of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has six limbs when he should have eight. Furthermore, his four legs work in pairs, so he walks as if on two legs. He is a rare example of an octopus being drawn with fewer limbs.

* Squidward of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' has six limbs when he should have eight as an octopus. Furthermore, his four legs work in pairs, so he walks as if on two legs.

* ''VideoGame/BugFables'' simultaneously plays this trope straight and averts it. Almost every single major character or NPC stands on two legs while the enemies have the proper number of appendages.

* In the ''Literature/LandOfOz'' books; the character of the WoggleBug, first appearing in ''Literature/TheMarvelousLandOfOz'', has four limbs despite being a magnified insect.

* The crab enemies from ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!'' have six legs and two claws. Just two legs shy of a proper crab.

* Bug and his family from ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' being FunnyAnimals. Oddly enough, many of the insect enemies in the game have the correct amount of six, but some of them still have four.

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* Ant-Ant, the Bee-Yonder, and the X-Bugs in ''Comicbook/SpiderHam''. Averted for Ant-Ant in the ''Aporkalypse Now'' miniseries, in which he has two sets of arms (although the Bee-Yonder doesn't).

* One ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' comic had a kid point out that ComicBook/DoctorOctopus's name is inaccurate, because he only has six arms (four of which are mechanical tentacles). Ock points out that he's counting his legs too.
** When he upgrades to eight mechanical tentacles (before the ''Ends of the Earth'' storyline, as his body is degenerating), Spider-Man asks whether he should call Ock "Dr. Squid", among other less-flattering names.

* Charmy Bee from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' has only two arms and two legs.

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* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Lotto, Killdra's pet octopus, has 6 tentacles. Bear even calls him a hexapus.
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* ''Averted'' in ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''. [[http://emertainmentmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/james-and-the-giant-peach.jpg Have a look.]]

* In ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooFirstFrights'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooAndTheSpookySwamp'', spiders only have six legs.

* In ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooFirstFrights and its sequel ''VideoGame/ScoobyDooAndTheSpookySwamp, spiders only have six legs.

* Most of the anthropomorphic bugs from ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' have fewer body members than in real life due to the game's aesthetic and art style, with the insects having four legs while the arachnids have six. There are some exceptions, however, with the Last Stag, a beetle with a more realistic design, accurately having six legs.