Editing Moldorm (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)

{{Italic title|Moldorm (''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past'')}}
{{species infobox
|name=Moldorm
|image=[[File:Moldorm TMC sprite.png]]<br>A Moldorm's sprite in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]]''
|first_appearance=''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]''
|latest_appearance=''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]])
|notable=[[Black Beast|The Black Beast]]
|variants=[[Magtail]]<br>[[Moldorm (boss)]]<br>[[Skytail]]<br>[[Tailpasaran]]
|comparable=[[Lanmola]]<br>[[Moldorm (The Legend of Zelda)|Moldorm (''The Legend of Zelda'')]]<br>[[Molgera]]<br>[[Puppet Ganon]]<br>[[Shadow Nightmares]]<br>[[The Lady's Pets]]<br>[[Twinmold]]
}}
'''Moldorms''', sometimes known as '''Mini Moldorms'''<ref>M. Arakawa. ''The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening'' Player's Guide. Page 98.</ref><ref>Averill, Alan. ''The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages'' Player's Guide. Pages 50, 78, 79.</ref><ref>''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords'' Player's Guide, pages 27, 36, 59.</ref> or '''Mini-Moldorms'''<ref>Stratton, Bryan, and Stephen Stratton. ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 17.</ref><ref>Stratton, Steve, and Cory Van Grier. ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds'' Prima Official Game Guide. Page 42.</ref> to distinguish from [[Moldorm (boss)|the boss]], are recurring enemies first found in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]''. They are big-headed caterpillar-like creatures that usually scurry around erratically.

==History==
===''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past''===
[[File:Mini Moldorm ALttP sprite.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]]'', Mini Moldorms are beige and appear in underground caves in [[Hyrule]], most prominently at [[Death Mountain]]. Earlier, a cave near [[Lake Hylia]] contains them, albeit separated from Link via pits. In the [[Dark World]], they can be found in [[Skull Woods]].
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===''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''===
[[File:Mini Moldorm LA sprite.png|frame]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'', Mini Moldorms are mostly black and appear in dungeons and caves throughout the game. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX|Link's Awakening DX]]'', they have green details, while in [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], they have their design from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds|A Link Between Worlds]]''. They debut in the [[Tail Cave]], which is themed after them, with the [[Tail Key]] and shape of the dungeon itself having one's likeness.

===''The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Ages''===
Moldorms appear throughout both ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages|Oracle of Ages]]'', debuting in [[Poison Moth's Lair]] in the former and appearing primarily outside dungeons in the latter. The former game also features the remains of one called the [[Black Beast]] which can be found on an island at the [[Western Coast]] and resurrected with a [[Mystery Seed]]. Despite having miniboss music, it functions as a normal Moldorm and gives the [[X-Shaped Jewel]] when beaten.

===''The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords''===
[[File:FS Tail.png|frame]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords]]'', Mini-Moldorms, known here as '''Tails''',<ref>Stratton, Bryan, and Stephen Stratton. ''The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 176.</ref> can be randomly-generated or appear in scripted battles, appearing in every stage. They are black with a pair of red eyes, a pair of golden pincers, several golden legs, and a golden hook at the end of the tail.

===''The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures''===
[[File:FSA Moldorm screenshot.png|thumb|150px]]
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures]]'', Mini Moldorms appear in the [[Desert Palace|Desert Temple]] and [[Pyramid]] and resemble the Moldorm boss in ''A Link to the Past'', but much smaller. Their graphics are at a much higher resolution than most entities their size in the game. They appear to have a weak tail end visually, but in reality, they act exactly the same as the Mini Moldorm enemies from the previous games.

===''The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap''===
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap]]'', Moldorms appear as they do in ''Four Swords'', albeit with a single cyan eye and without the various golden protrusions. They appear primarily in dungeons and tunnels accessible via [[Digging Mitts]]. When hit with a weapon, their heads will spin around in several complete circles before they start moving again. Compared to most enemies, they have a fairly high probability of dropping a green [[Kinstone]] fragment upon defeat.

===''The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass''===
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass]]'', Moldorms are teal with pink weak tail ends and resemble centipedes. They are also larger and move much slower, having five segments at roughly the same size as each other. It takes three hits from the normal [[sword]] to defeat them. They first appear in the [[Temple of Courage]].

===''The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds''=== 
In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds]]'', Mini-Moldorms appear as they do in ''A Link to the Past'', but now look different depending on whether they are in Hyrule or [[Lorule]]. The former type has a yellow-orange body, dull yellow-green fuzzy rim on the underside, and white eyes with black dots for pupils, while the latter type has a purple body, bright green rim, and yellow eyes with black rings for pupils.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mini Moldorm LADX sprite.png|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]]''
FSA Moldorm.png|''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=テール
|JapR=Tēru
|JapM=Tail
}}

==References==
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