Brain Bug

Brain Bug
Bug Intelligence
Movie Information
Movie Title	Starship Troopers (1997)
Monster Information
Type	Alien Intelligence Specialist
Species	Arachnid

Brain Bugs are minor antagonists in the 1997 film, Starship Troopers.

A Brain Bug uses its proboscis to pierce Zander's skull and eat his brain. Later, former Sergeant Zim captures the bug so it can be interrogated by Military Intelligence. This Brain Bug mesmerizes and controls the Sky Marshall later in the film series.

Appearance

Brain Bug is a woodlouse like insect with dark and light brown exoskeleton with blue and red veins,5 legs, 4 claw tipped pincers and a dark crimson face plate with black slab like mandibles and 8 black eyes

Powers and Abilities

Brain Bugs possess the following powers and abilities:

• Siphon enemy brain matter buy piercing the skull and sucking out the brains.
• Direct mental link to the God Bug (Behemecoatyl)
• Strategic Planning
• Uses Chariot Bugs for locomotion

Fate

Brain Bugs are a caste within the Arachnid species. The one in the film is captured but not killed.

Trivia

• The experiments on the Brain Bug were censored as it was classified information.
• "Das ganze Gehirn weggelutscht" ("They sucked his brains out")
• Several references are made to WWII Medal of Honor recipient Rodger Wilton Young. While rescuing Carmen from the Brain-bug, Sugar Watkins gives his life in an almost identical fashion by laying down rifle fire and detonating the Nuke so his friends can escape; The starship that Carmen is assigned is also named the Rodger Young.
• In the original script, it was Captain Deladier who was supposed to have her brains sucked out.
• Bugs know how Humans function. They take prisoners and by sucking out their brains, they gain intelligence on not just individual Humans, but also military intelligence, enabling them to adapt and coordinate in large numbers.
• Zander says to the Brain Bug that one day someone like him will kill it and it's whole race, foreshadowing Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) in which it gets killed by Fleet Intel officer Dix Hauser.

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