History Main / SegmentedSerpent

%%* ''VideoGame/HarryPotter [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets and the Chamber of Secrets]]'': The Basilisk in the game of the movie is this.

** ''Salamander'' has the [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Intruder]], a serpentine fire dragon as its [[LethalLavaLand 3rd stage]] boss, although unlike most examples, the Intruder is pretty clunky and rigid in its first appearance, but future Gradius games give the Intruder and its kind more fluid animations due to more advanced computer programming.

** ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureofLink'': Barba/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Volvagia]] is a serpentine dragon whose body consists of several centipede-like segments. In the official art, however, its a regular serpent.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' has the return of Moldorm (twice), as well as the miniboss Lanmola, all retaining their jointed appearances. Pincers, enemies that pop out of holes to attack you, are a particularly odd examples in that their segments aren't actually connected -- there's a very noticeable gap between each free-floating sphere. The boss Slime Eel is a much larger segmented beast; its weak spot is the segment right behind its head. Obviously this game is very big on segmented serpents.

** ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureofLink'': Barba/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Volvagia]] is a serpentine dragon whose body consists of several centipede-like segments.

* In ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series:
** Moldorm in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''. Unlike later games, they can be damaged anywhere on their bodies.
** Barba/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Volvagia]] from ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureofLink''.
** From ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' there's the Lanmolas, who can only be damaged on their heads, the Moldorm King, which has to be defeated by hitting its tail (ordinary moldorms are mostly head and targeting the tail isn't necessary for them), and the second form of Trinexx, the boss of Turtle Rock whose weak point is unusually in the middle. Finally, there are the Swamolas in the swamp areas.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' has the return of Moldorm (twice), as well the Slime Eel and the miniboss Lanmola. Obviously this game is very big on segmented serpents.
** The serpents that appear in Jabu-Jabu's belly in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', as well as Volvagia.
** Twinmold from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''.
** Also Skeldrich from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks''. Odd example in that it has a human skull on a spine rather than a snake or worm.
** Pictured above is Moldorm from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''.
* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' has Amphisbaena, Bashumu (a MiniBoss in the Dimensional Corridor) and Nu Wa.
* The [=DeepDive=] dragon boss from ''VideoGame/AnUntitledStory''. Strange in that he is a ''StationaryBoss'', and his weak point is one specific segment of his neck.
* The Basilisk in the ''VideoGame/HarryPotter [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' game of the movie is this.
* The boss Centipede in ''VideoGame/DeadlyTowers''.
* The Shadow Snake in "VideoGame/ShounenKinindenTsumuji".
* In ''[[VideoGame/NintendoLand Pikmin Adventure]]'', one of the later bosses is a large centipede monster on wheels. It attempts to bite the players. Its body segments are its main weak spots, and some of them break off and becomes whirling tops o' doom. The best part? When you kill all its body segments, it TurnsRed and starts doing a charge-up version of its usual bite move. Its weakspot is only viewable during the charge, but it doesn't move either. After this is beaten it simply charges around with a single weak point, making it arguably tougher. The damaging tops are there in all three parts of the fight.

* ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' loves this. To list some of the more obvious bosses:
** Seven Force manages to do seven bosses out of the same set of segments.
** Valvalis in the Dice Palace.
** The Core Guard System's "Unit of the Dragon".
* An early boss in ''VideoGame/StriderArcade'' is a long, segmented TransformingMecha that slithers around in the air and is ''made of politicians''.
* Orchidee, the third proper boss of ''VideoGame/PN03'', is a mecha-centipede on rails.
* The second boss of ''VideoGame/{{Kamiko}}'' is a serpentine demon whose body is broken up into six segments, one of which contains its [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point.]] As it takes damage, it begins to split its body apart and becomes more difficult to avoid.

* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' for the NES has these in Karnath's Lair. Instead of killing them, though, you have to climb them as they slither around spiked balls hovering in the air.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''
** Wigglers throughout the series. Technically, they're actually more like caterpillars, but the way to defeat them focuses on killing each segment at once.
** Fracktail and Wracktail in ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''.
** Fire Snakes in 2D platformers such as ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'' and ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' features floating snakelike enemies made almost entirely out of brick and "?" blocks.
* VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns has the boss Mangoruby, a plant-like serpent with an electrified body. In order to attack it, its body must first be de-electrified

* ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' features Botwoon, the water serpent. ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' features Serris, a snake with super speed. ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'' features the Charge Worm and Acid Worm. They all must be shot in the face.
* ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy'' has the [[SkippableBoss skippable]] robot dragon MiniBoss Snake Eyes on the upper path toward the end of Scene 2-2, which can be fought for a Secret Bonus Point.
* Megapede, the final arena boss in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando,'' where blasted-off segments turn into irritating cannons that distract you from the main boss.
* ''VideoGame/AlienSoldier'' has about ''four'' enemies of this variety. Oddly, one of them attacks by breaking apart and hurling all its segments at you.
* Turns up from time to time in the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series. The Caterkillers from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first game]] come to mind, as do the Caterkiller Jr.'s in ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3]]'', and from ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic and Knuckles]]'', the jumping worms in Sandopolis and the flying worms in Lava Reef. One also shows up as part of the Oil Ocean boss in ''Sonic 2'' this, plus one of the bosses in ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance2''. ''Sonic Advance 3'' also involves these as a regular enemy.
** Eggman builds one as the final boss battle in Sonic's storyline in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.
* In ''[[VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest Mickey Mouse's Magical Quest]]'' the first boss is one of these, and you can knock the segments off to throw back as a missile weapon at him.
* ''VideoGame/CrystalCaves'' has a rare enemy which looks like a green snake built of four segments. Shooting it in the head causes it to become shorter.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' and the Big Snakey minibosses in Snake Man's stage. Somewhat unusually, the segmented portion is actually part of the floor and stops moving when you destroy the head.
* ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' has these in Junk Man's stage.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' has two on Launch Octopus' stage: One that actually obstructs the path leading to the boss and must be killed to advance, and another that blocks the way to a secret Heart Tank. Neither can be harmed in any way except by shooting the head or the tail, and those are the only parts that can hurt you, so you can go for a ride on its body and pelt the head or tail with shots as much as you want.
* In ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 2'', a variation is used in an early boss fight, where it's the battlefield that's the segmented serpent. The boss is simply a snake-themed robot master.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' has Giga Aspis, which as an intro level boss is one of the easiest enemies you'll face.
* One of the bosses fought in world 8 in ''VideoGame/MonsterParty''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has a borderline example in the form of... "caterpillars". They will fire out their "segments" one by one, and only after all the segments have been fired out will the "head" (actually an insect by itself) run away and become vulnerable.
* ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' has multiple [[BossBattle battles]] against dragons of this type.
* A curious example is the giant earthworm that appears in ''Videogame/HammerinHarry''. It extends its front part to squirt blue stuff at you and generally looks very out of place in the game.
* ''VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6'' has Saargtsson, a giant snake that jumps out of lava and shoots lasers at Stinkoman.
* Green Grub from ''VideoGame/KidNikiRadicalNinja'', whose segments become skeletonized as you fight it.
* The red worm boss of Stage 5 of ''VideoGame/TheLegendaryAxe II''.
* ''VideoGame/The3DBattlesOfWorldRunner'' has the Alien Serpentbeasts, fought in the {{Boss Battle}}s at the end of every stage.
* In ''Dragon Egg!'', the fifth boss is a segmented dragon that circles around and loses segments when hit.
* Bone Dragons in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series.
* ''VideoGame/AladdinCapcom'' depicts Jafar's snake form in this way.
* In ''VideoGame/TazInEscapeFromMars'', the boss of Planet X is a snake-like monster, whose weak point is his tail. With each hit, a piece of his body bursts off.
* A difficult sidequest in ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' involves combining the Superfly and Superflame powerups to chase after two Segmented Serpents that regrow their segments if you don't destroy them fast enough.

* ''{{VideoGame/Snake}}'' features one as the protagonist, where the snake keeps moving around a WrapAround map and grabbing segments of food that cause it to grow another block in length. The main difficulty comes from the fact that hitting the snake's own body causes a GameOver, which becomes increasingly harde to do since the snake occupies most of the screen.
* In ''Gomola Speed'' for the UsefulNotes/PCEngine, you play as the head of a worm-like creature and join up with other segments, which will scatter if you get hit. The object of the game is to eat food by enclosing it; enemies can also be defeated this way.

* The dragons in ''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'' are quite impressive-looking examples of this for a 1985 game. Averted in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 remake, where the dragons have more complex 3D models.

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* ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars Command & Conquer 3]]: [[ExpansionPack Kane's Wrath]]'' has the Mechapede for the Scrin faction. It's customisable and quite useful since all of its pieces are armed.
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* ''VideoGame/NetHack'' includes the [[http://nethackwiki.com/wiki/Long_worm long worm]], which will likely split in half if you attack the middle.
* Larry Jr. and its improved form, the Hollow, in ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', as well as Pin and Scolex to a lesser extent. The first two have the segment-by-segment destruction and the capability to split into two if cut straight down the middle, while Scolex is only vunerable to shots that hit its tail. Interestingly, the fact that each segment takes damage for the whole unit means that you can hit them with something that hits all the parts at once (like piercing shots, lasers, or a HerdHittingAttack) for massive damage.

* ''VideoGame/ColossatronMassiveWorldThreat'', in a unique version of this trope, allows ''the player'' to become one of these. While you don't really control Colossatron's movement directly, you add on new segments with corresponding weapons onto its body, some of which merge primary colors into secondary colors, unlocking new weapon types, or combining three consecutive like-colored segments into a more powerful version of that weapon.
* One of the toughest viruses in the first ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' is a three-segmented serpent. It can't trap you, but it can easily block attacks to its head with its two body segments. Luckily, you only ever have to deal with just the snake, being one of two virus types that are only ever fought by themselves.
* The Pot Centipede from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''. Actually, the monster itself is nothing but the head and tail piece; the rest of it is made of of Pot Spiders. While you can destroy the Spiders to make the Centipede smaller, the only way to deal damage to the boss itself is to attack the head or tail.
* ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' has [[PaletteSwap two]] snake bosses like this.
* ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' subverts this with Steelix. It's made up of several chained segments, unlike all the other Pokemon in the game, but due to the way the game plays you don't target the segments at all. Instead, you have to draw circles around the whole beast in a continuous loop while it slithers around, with the segmentation simply making it bigger and more flexible. Known for being very, ''very'', [[ThatOneBoss hard]].
* Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', of all games. The [[PhysicalGod fal'Cie Dahaka]] is a flying serpent creature that resembles a chain of beads, and while the "bead" segments do have to be destroyed, [[spoiler:it's not part of the critter's boss fight, but rather done in cutscenes by the [[TakenForGranite Menhirrim]], not the party]]. But in true Segmented Serpent form, Dahaka will only die after you take out its "head" segment.
* ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} I'' has Nygtilger (who gets a full 3D makeover in ''Ys Origin''), and ''Ys III'' has Gilan the fire dragon.
* Vaides, the dragon in ''VideoGame/DragonSlayerJrRomancia''.
* The giant Wiggler from ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. Unlike many examples, you have to attack the segments first as its head is invulnerable until all the body segments are turned yellow. Once you do so, the head can be attacked, but only for a short while- the Wiggler will turn red again after a few turns, forcing you to repeat the process.

* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Series'':
** ''Salamander'' has the [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons Intruder]], a serpentine fire dragon as its [[LethalLavaLand 3rd stage]] boss, although unlike most examples, the Intruder is pretty clunky and rigid in its first appearance, but future Gradius games give the Intruder and its kind more fluid animations due to more advanced computer programming.
** ''Gradius III's'' dragon boss starts off as a [[MultipleHeadCase 3-headed]] [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyvern]] (kinda like [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]]), but it transforms into a serpentine dragon with AHeadAtEachEnd, making the [[PlayerCharacter Vic Viper]] attack two [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak points]]. This is only for the Arcade version; the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} version just skips right to the serpentine form.
** ''Gradius V'' has huge wormy monsters with vulnerable heads or tails. The ones in the WombLevel are actually [[DegradedBoss downgraded versions]] of ''Gradius Gaiden'''s first boss.
** [[http://gradius.classicgaming.gamespy.com/g2nes1.gif A fire serpent enemy]] from the NES version of ''Gradius II'', which was previously a boss in the arcade version of ''Salamander/Life Force''.
** Robotic worm-like creatures in ''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault/Nemesis II: The Return of the Hero'' show up as enemies in stage 2.
** Speaking of the [[CoolStarship Vic Viper]], the fighter's [[AttackDrones Options]] and their tail-like behavior give the Vic Viper a vaguely serpentine appearance, [[MeaningfulName hence its name]]. The Vic Viper's ally fighters also have these kinds of Options.
* ''VideoGame/RType'' has long, indestructible worms which coil around the player and seem to be one with the boss, a ''giant heart''. [[IncrediblyLamePun Talk about a bad case of heartworm]]...
* ''VideoGame/{{Recca}}'' had these as normal enemies, as well as [[MiniBoss sub-bosses]]. Like most examples they can only be attacked in the head.
* ''VideoGame/InTheHunt'' had a long, ancient fish with a vulnerable head as the MiniBoss of the [[ThatOneLevel fourth stage]].
* ''VideoGame/BioHazardBattle'' has a few enemies like this. Like many other games, their weak point was usually the head.
* ''VideoGame/BioMetal'' has these as regular enemies, as well as the fourth boss.

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* ''VideoGame/SteelSaviour'' has these in [[LethalLavaLand stage 2]], as well as the boss of stage 4.

%% * ''VideoGame/GeometryWars'' features these. ZCE
* The fifth boss in ''[[VideoGame/StarSoldier Super Star Soldier]]'' represents this very clearly- the thing is huge and consists entirely of joints, and moves very very fast. The fifth stage also features regular enemies of this wormy type (appearing one and a half minutes into [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_oF1ab-4-I this video]]).
** ''Star Parodier'' has some odd takes on this: a flying roller coaster train at the end of the first stage, and a string of triangle blocks that rearrange themselves into various shapes at the end of the second.
* ''VideoGame/StarFoxCommand'' has quite a few of these, including two bosses. Sometimes all segments need to be shot, sometimes only the head (but shooting all other segments first will give more points).

* ''VideoGame/EliminateDown'' has the first MiniBoss as one of these.

* Creator/{{Irem}}'s ''Dragon Breed'' and Creator/{{Jaleco}}'s ''Saint Dragon'' have the player controlling one of these.
* ''Shadow of the Ninja'' has a pair of these as a miniboss in Stage 2-1.
* The second boss of ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIIMonsterLair''.
* The Dragon Laser in ''Lightning Fighters'', a {{Smart Bomb}}-like special weapon that flies around the screen obliterating enemies.
* ''Rezon'' has these as an enemy type in Stage 2 and also as a boss that stretches the width of the screen.
* In ''VideoGame/ElementalMaster'', the water dragon boss is composed of segments, unlike all other dragons in the game.
* ''VideoGame/{{Gynoug}}'' has a MiniBoss like this. It moves in tight circles at first, then wider and faster across the screen.
* In ''Zed Blade'' for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo, the Stage 4 boss is a serpentine segmented mecha named Constrictor.
* Creator/{{Psygnosis}}'s UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} game ''Awesome'' has a segmented space dragon (also featured in the ''VideoGame/{{Lemmings}}'' level "What an AWESOME level!") as a RecurringBoss during the ''VideoGame/AfterBurner''-style pseudo-3D sequences.

* At least two of these show up in ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman]]''.
* One Creator/JunjiIto story features one made entirely of human heads, each head growing out of the mouth of the one above it.

* Spine chains in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. They are made of animated skeletons.
* One made out of animated corpses shows up in the sample adventure in early editions of ''Palladium Fantasy RPG''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bugsnax}}'': the Megamaki, the boss Bugsnak of Wiggle's sidequest line, is a huge serpentine creature made up of several small sushi rolls (Minimakis) which follow the main head. To defeat it, you have to use the Trip Shot to break it apart, which scatters the Minimakis, then catch all of them, which will leave the Megamaki head vulnerable to capture.

* The second boss of ''VideoGame/{{Kamiko}} is a serpentine demon whose body is broken up into six segments, one of which contains its [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point.]] As it takes damage, it begins to split its body apart and becomes more difficult to avoid.

*** [[MechaMook The Destroyer]], who is extremely long, can shoot [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers]] from its segments, and can [[FlunkyBoss deploy drones]] from its segments to shoot [[BulletHell even more lasers]] at you.

** ''Gradius III's'' dragon boss starts off as a [[MultipleHeadCase 3-headed]] [[OurWyvernsAreDifferent wyvern]] (kinda like [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} King Ghidorah]]), but it transforms into a serpentine dragon with AHeadAtEachEnd, making the [[CoolStarship Vic Viper]] attack two [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak points]]. This is only for the Arcade version; the UsefulNotes/{{SNES}} version just skips right to the serpentine form.

** Speaking of the Vic-Viper, the fighter's [[AttackDrones Options]] and their tail-like behavior give the Vic-Viper a vaguely serpentine appearance, [[MeaningfulName hence its name]]. The Vic-Viper's ally fighters also have these kinds of Options.

* An early boss in ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' is a long, segmented TransformingMecha that slithers around in the air and is ''made of politicians''.

* ''{{VideoGame/Snake}}'' features one as the protagonist, where the snake keeps moving around a WraparoundMap and grabbing segments of food that cause it to grow another block in length. The main difficulty comes from the fact that hitting the snake's own body causes a GameOver, which becomes increasingly harde to do since the snake occupies most of the screen.

* Zigzagged in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', of all games. The [[PhysicalGod fal'Cie Dahaka]] is a flying serpent creature that resembles a chain of beads, and while the "bead" segments do have to be destroyed, [[spoiler:it's not part of the critter's boss fight, but rather done in cutscenes by the [[TakenForGranite Menhirrim]], not the party]]. But in true SegmentedSerpent form, Dahaka will only die after you take out its "head" segment.

* ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} V'' has huge wormy monsters with vulnerable heads or tails. The ones in the WombLevel are actually [[DegradedBoss downgraded versions]] of ''Gradius Gaiden'''s first boss.

* The Pot Centipede from ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''. Actually, the monster itself is nothing but the head and tail piece; the rest of it is made of of Pot Spiders. While you can destroy the Spiders to make the Centipede smaller, the only way to deal damage to the boss itself is to attack the head or tail.

* Turns up from time to time in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series. The Caterkillers from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the first game]] come to mind, as do the Caterkiller Jr.'s in ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3]]'', and from ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic and Knuckles]]'', the jumping worms in Sandopolis and the flying worms in Lava Reef. One also shows up as part of the Oil Ocean boss in ''Sonic 2'' this, plus one of the bosses in ''VideoGame/SonicAdvance2''. ''Sonic Advance 3'' also involves these as a regular enemy.

* ''VideoGame/ColossatronMassiveWorldThreat'', in a unique version of this trope, allows ''the player'' to become one of these. While you don't really control Colossatron's movement directly, you add on new segments with corresponding weapons onto its body, some of which merge primary colors into secondary colors, unlocking new weapon types, or combining three consecutive like-colored segments into a more powerful verion of that weapon.

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* Several of the bosses in ''Videogame/{{Terraria}}'' fit the AsteroidsMonster model. They can be very tough to beat the first time (because you probably won't have access to the really good weapons yet), but since the game world is almost infinitely customizable and most bosses don't appear until certain triggering events, you can improve your chances significantly by building an "arena" to fight them in ahead of time.
** There's a variety of worm and serpent enemies that take this form, but the most significant ones are the bosses: [[KingMook Eater of Worlds]], whose [[AsteroidsMonster segments can break off and function on their own]], and [[MechaMook The Destroyer]], who is extremely long, can shoot [[FrickinLaserBeams lasers]] from its segments, and can [[FlunkyBoss deploy drones]] from its segments to shoot [[BulletHell even more lasers]] at you.
** The Eater of Worlds and the Destroyer are the most dramatic of these, but there are others. All of the other worm enemies have multiple segments of varying size and HP, and to kill them, you have to destroy any one. This can prove difficult with Bone Serpents.

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* The joint snake is [[FearsomeCrittersOfAmericanFolklore a creature from North American folklore]] that resembles an ordinary snake, but can split its body into multiple sections when threatened.

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* In ''Gomola Speed'' for the PCEngine, you play as the head of a worm-like creature and join up with other segments, which will scatter if you get hit. The object of the game is to eat food by enclosing it; enemies can also be defeated this way.

* ''MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' features a couple of centipedes as Kisuke's second boss that crawl over the buildings and fire flames out of the various segments.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}!'' has a borderline example in the form of... "caterpillars". They will fire out their "segments" one by one, and only after all the segments have been fired out will the "head" (actually an insect by itself) run away and become vulnerable.

* In ''[[NintendoLand Pikmin Adventure]]'', one of the later bosses is a large centipede monster on wheels. It attempts to bite the players. Its body segments are its main weak spots, and some of them break off and becomes whirling tops o' doom. The best part? When you kill all its body segments, it TurnsRed and starts doing a charge-up version of its usual bite move. Its weakspot is only viewable during the charge, but it doesn't move either. After this is beaten it simply charges around with a single weak point, making it arguably tougher. The damaging tops are there in all three parts of the fight.