Basic Trope: An excessive number of extremely small or weak creatures - typically a swarm of insects - attack in unison.
- Straight: A million locusts swarm Bobby.
- Exaggerated: An infinite amount of locusts swarm Bobby, all at once.
- Justified: The locust breeding season got a bit too intense this year.
- Inverted: Giant Mook.
- Subverted: Everything points towards a few million locusts appearing, but only a few locusts swarm Bobby.
- Double Subverted: The rest just showed up late.
- Logical Extreme: All the locusts in the world swarm Bobby, all at once.
- Downplayed: A dozen locusts swarm Bobby.
- Parodied: It's not even locusts, it's locust plushies.