Enchanted - Cockroaches (and other pests) assist a princess with housecleaning duties such as scrubbing the bathtub.West Side Story - in both the Broadway musical (1957) and film (1961), the Jets, the Anglo-American gang, refers to the Sharks, the Puerto Rican gang, as cockroaches.WALL-E - WALL-E keeps a cockroach as his pet.A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master - Freddy Krueger kills Debbie by transforming her into a cockroach and trapping her inside a roach motel before crushing the trap.Pacific Heights - The Michael Keaton character breeds and releases cockroaches in the apartment building as part of his plan against the landlords.Scarface (1983 version) - Tony refers to Gaspar Gomez and the Diaz Brothers, rival gang leaders to Frank Lopez, as cockroaches in one of the film's most famous lines: "I'll bury those cock-a-roaches.".Gigan - both King Ghidorah and Gigan are controlled remotely by Nebulans, an alien race of giant cockroaches that inherited a waste planet after the dominant species on it polluted it into oblivion. Rat, carries with him a cockroach named Digit whom he forces to count his money and frequently abuses, even threatening to eat him at one point. An American Tail - the chief villain, Warren T.Men in Black - Edgar the Bug's actions threaten to lead to the destruction of the Earth.Bug - also starred Madagascar hissing cockroaches, this time able to produce fire from their abdomens, wreaking havoc.Mimic - Diseased cockroaches are the target of the genetically altered titular species.Damnation Alley - A post-apocalyptic Salt Lake City, Utah is infected with a four-inch long, flesh-eating mutant variety (played by the Madagascar hissing cockroach).Creepshow - Swarms of them terrorize a cantankerous and verminophobic old man in the segment, "They're Creeping Up On You.".Twilight of the Cockroaches - A hybrid anime/live-action Japanese film featuring a society of cockroaches living in a bachelor's apartment that faces extermination when a cockroach-phobic woman moves in.Joe's Apartment - The bugs are cheerful, swinging party-goers who help the titular human hero.Gagamboy - There is a super villain named Kuanting (Cockroach Man) portrayed by Jay Manalo who later became Gagamboy (portrayed by Vhong Navarro)'s nemesis who accidentally ate a cockroach in a sandwich.įor on-screen moments, TV shows and movies often employ the Madagascar hissing cockroach due to its large size and very slow speed. Their size, long antennae, shiny appearance and spiny legs make them disgusting to many humans, sometimes even to the point of phobic responses. In Western culture, cockroaches are often depicted as vile and dirty pests. Because of their long, persistent association with humans, cockroaches are frequently referred to in art, literature, folk tales and theater and film.
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