Giant Caterpillar

Giant Caterpillar
Information
Origin	Insect
Attacks	Spitting acidic bubbles Charging at the player
Factions	Mutants
Health	High
Game Appearances
First Game	Metal Slug 3
Last Game	Metal Slug: Awakening
Game(s)	Metal Slug 3 Metal Slug Defense Metal Slug Attack Metal Slug Infinity Metal Slug: Awakening
Sprite(s)

The Giant Caterpillar, also known as Huge Grub, is a minor enemy in Metal Slug 3.

Information

This enormous mutated grub lives in hives with other mutants. Despite its large size, it cannot run the player over like enemy vehicles would but can kill the player by crushing them against the edge of the screen. Some can also extend a defensive yet destructible "tongue" that spits out acid bubbles.

When a Giant Caterpillar dies, it spews out a ton of Maggots or food from its insides. The Drill Slug is very effective against the Giant Caterpillar by ramming the Slug's drill on its face.

Variants

	Mini Caterpillar: A smaller version of the Giant Caterpillar. It moves faster than original, but is generally weaker due to not being fully mature. It and the following three variants appear in Metal Slug Attack.
	Yellow Caterpillar: A yellow version of the Giant Caterpillar, not much is known about this type of breed. There are currently two known Yellow Caterpillars: Grandee, a fully mature giant caterpillar who has befriended Esther and her people, and Minidee, a young caterpillar who is Esther's best friend. Grandee is capable of ramming and launching poison projectiles from its tongue.
	Poison Caterpillar: A cyan-colored Giant Caterpillar that exclusively uses poison attacks and bursts smaller poison maggots from its corpse upon being killed.
	Flame Caterpillar: A red-colored Giant Caterpillar that exclusively uses fire attacks and bursts fireballs from its corpse upon being killed.
	Giant Caterpillar (MSAwk): Giant Caterpillars found in Kemut's Dark Insect Cave. It doesn't spew out Maggots or food from its insides when killed. Appears in Metal Slug: Awakening.

Trivia

• The Giant Caterpillar is based on the Brain Bug from the movie Starship Troopers. Like its inspiration, it was originally going to suck out the player's brains as its main attack. Due to time constraints, the attack was changed to using an acidic horn similar to a swallowtail caterpillar's defense horns.
• It also resembles the Ohmu from the manga and anime Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
• When a Giant Caterpillar's acid hits a male character, his flesh dissolves into nothing but bones. If the acid hits a female character, her clothes dissolve, leaving the rest of her body unharmed for a bit, thus allowing her chest (or her butt, if hit while jumping) to be seen momentarily before she melts instantly.