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The prey has characteristics of amphibians.

Croc Escape [And, iOS] – Crocodile / Frog

Media: video game: “Croc Escape”
Developer: VREX Digital Studios Pty Ltd
Platform:
Android, Apple iOS

Note: This game has been delisted at the time of writing.

Description: 

In this mobile game, the player must tap the left, center or right inputs to make the frog safely land on the lily pads. Choosing the wrong input will cause the frog to instead jump into the mouth of the waiting crocodile, and on the game over screen, a silhouette of the crocodile can be seen with the frog sitting in its stomach.

If the frog jumps into a whirlpool, the game transitions into an underwater level, where there is more freedom of movement. Swimming too close to a crocodile will have the same effect of being devoured.

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Rayman Legends [NS, Stad, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, XB360, XBO] – Tentacle Claw / Player Characters

Media: video game: “Rayman Legends”
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform: Computer, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Description: 

There are enemies known as Tentacle Claws in the game, with different variations. Some may only be a spiked tentacle with a eye and mouth, though these only deal contact damage. In as early as the second level, Creepy Castle of the Teensies in Trouble painting, there is a variant of these enemies in which multiple eyed claws are attached to a blob-like main body with a large mouth. If approached, the claws will try to grab at the player character. If successful, the tentacle will pull the character into the mouth, which has a special animation in which it closes upward around the character, chews them and eats them, forcing the player to instantly restart the section.

Due to imperfect tracking and hit detection, the character pulled in may not even reach the mouth, or may still be visible on either side of the Tentacle Claw’s mouth. The ‘bubblize’ effect and particles when a character dies will still show.

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Rayman Legends [NS, Stad, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, XB360, XBO] – Boss Bird / Player Characters

Media: video game: “Rayman Legends”
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform: Computer, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Description: 

The Hi-Ho Moskito! level in the Jibberish Jungle painting is one of the Back to Origins series of levels, which are unlocked through Lucky Tickets in-game.

The boss of the level is a large bird known as Boss Bird that regularly tries to inhale the player character and their Moskito mount. If caught, the player character will immediately die. Although the player character does briefly disappear when sucked in, their ‘bubblize’ death animation and its particles will still show, and these effects will often bring that character to the front layer, or are visible when the Boss Bird moves away.

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Rayman Legends [NS, Stad, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, XB360, XBO] – Funnel / Player Characters

Media: video game: “Rayman Legends”
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform: Computer, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Description: 

Funnels, as their names suggests, are funnel-like creatures that give the player characters the ability to change their size, and are first seen in the Spoiled Rotten level in the Fiesta de los Muertos painting. When approached, they will suck in the player character into its mouth and are shot out the opposite end.

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Rayman Legends [NS, Stad, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, XB360, XBO] – El Stomacho / Player Characters

Media: video game: “Rayman Legends”
Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier
Platform: Computer, Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Description: 

Near the end of the You’re on Fire! level, the second-to-last level of Gourmand Land area of the Back to Origins series of levels, an extremely large dragon known as El Stomacho can be seen in the background, swallowing an entire castle, then spitting out blocks of ice.

The following level is known as My Heartburn’s for You, and begins with the player character being chased by dragonfly enemies. At the end of this section, the player character slides into El Stomacho’s open mouth and is swallowed. The second part of the level tasks the player character to navigate El Stomacho’s innards, and make their way to his stomach. There are pools of acid that deal digestion damage. Once in the stomach proper, the player character must avoid flames and attack weak spots in the stomach wall, to cause El Stomacho to regurgitate them back up, after which a final running portion ends the level.

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Dungeon Magic [Arc] – Giant Snake / Player Characters, Frog Man

Media: video game: “Dungeon Magic”
Developer: Taito
Platform: Arcade

Description: 

The first boss of the game is the Giant Snake. It will frequently rear its head and try to swallow the player character. If successful, they will be swallowed, with a struggling bulge seen going down its neck, but is soon regurgitated. If the player loses all their health as a result of the swallowing attack, they will instead be spit out as a skeleton. Throughout the fight, Frog Men will fall from the ceiling. The Giant Snake will also try to swallow them, however, once swallowed, the snake will simply burp, and not regurgitate them.

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Earthworm Jim 2 [GBA, PC, PS1, SG, SS, SNES, Wii] – Intestines / Jim (Salamander)

Media: video game: “Earthworm Jim 2”
Developer: Shiny Entertainment
Platform: Computer, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 1, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Description: 

The Villi People level has Jim (disguised as a salamander) navigating his way through, supposedly, the intestinal system of a living planet, though he is never seen actually entering it. The walls of the level are lined with intestinal villi, and if Jim swims too close, he will take damage, presumably due to digestion.

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Neopets [Web] – Tiger, Frog / Kacheek, Quiggle

Media: video game: “Neopets”
Developer: The Neopets Team
Platform: Web

Description: 

The very old Flash-based choose-your-adventure story game ‘The Haunted House’ can be found in the Haunted Woods hub in Neopia. It features a Kacheek and Quiggle exploring a haunted house after their car breaks down, and choosing various paths can result in the deaths of the main characters, with somewhat crude animations available if the skull in the top right corner is clicked. If the player chooses to go to the back yard, they are presented with two choices to navigate to, both of which results in a dead end.

The abandoned zoo has two giant tigers that “have not been fed since 1850.” The accompanying animation shows a close-up of the main characters, who are grabbed by a giant paw that pulls them to be eaten off screen. A gulp can be heard soon after.

The swampy, dirty fountain houses a giant frog that leaps out of the water, uses its large tongue to grab the main characters and swallows them before returning into the fountain water once again.

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Shovel Knight [3DS, NS, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, XBO] – Toadsdrake / Tadfloat

Media: video game: “Shovel Knight”
Developer: Yacht Club Games
Platform: Computer, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One

Description: 

The King of Cards expansion features Toadsdrake enemies, a blue variant of the Dozedrake first seen in the base game, and can be found in the Floating Frog Fen stage. They behave similarly to their original counterparts, except when spitting out bubbles, one of these bubbles will contain a Tadsfloat enemy, almost as if they are burping them up.

The Toadsdrake Joustus card features said enemy with its mouth open, and a small Tadsfloat can be seen inside, in a bubble.

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Hoppy Frog 2: City Escape [Android, iOS] – Crocodile / Frog

Media: video game: “Hoppy Frog 2: City Escape”
Developer: Turbo Chilli
Platform: Android, iOS

Description: 

In this mobile game, the player controls one of various male or female (or other) frog, frog-like characters or alternate characters (requiring unlock), hopping from platform to platform to collect flies. Upon reaching the water area, there is a crocodile that will pursue the frog. Should it catch up, it will swallow him/her, and fall asleep.

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