Talk:Graboid

You have no idea how many years I have ached to add the Graboids here...however, unless new material came out that I am unaware of or if it was mentioned in one of the many episodes of the television show that I did not see, the second movie expressely stated that they were not alien in any fashion, but naturally evolved on Earth somehow, which was my only reason for not adding them here; they may have to be placed on Non-Alien Species Wikia, our affiliate/sister site. -- Somarinoa 19:16, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

Do they have a section for fictional beings? I'm curious, because if they don't then we don't have a section for which to put them. Did they evolve on Earth with any alien influence? And I'll ask the other wiki about it. Insurgence: Like the Phoenix I rise again! 19:40, May 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, it's been years since I've seen a Tremors movie, but in the (first) sequel they mention that they were figured out to have evolved from, as I recall, the Precambrian. One of the main dudes from the first movie expresses their disappointment as they were hoping that the Graboids were extraterrestrial.  Now, I've always personally considered them to be evolved by aliens or something similar, but from what I recall (although I didn't see most of the Tremors episodes on TV, simply because I never watch TV) they never contradicted themselves on that single snippet of information.  It appears to be a case similar to lil 'Miss' Clover from Cloverfield.  -- Somarinoa 20:19, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

I just took a look at the Non-alien creatures wiki. Turns out they already have a Graboid page. The information there seems to be different than ours though, so I am going to go ahead and suggest a merger anyay. Insurgence: Like the Phoenix I rise again! 20:40, May 27, 2011 (UTC)

Position
Yeah, i thought about it too... then came across this bit of policy where it said that articles do not always have to be of aliens. So i went for it. Maybe it doesn't belong here though.

As for the second movie, they say they were in the Pre-cambrian, but they still could be alien ;) Holbenilord 19:52, May 28, 2011 (UTC)

Alien debate?
There is an old debate here whether or not these belong on this wiki. . . the answer is yes, while this wiki focuses primarily on extraterrestrial species. . . that is only because the bulk majority of alien species in fiction are such. . . alien is a lot more general of a term. . . these creatures are alien to humanity, they are initially unknown to us. . . and did not fit our definition for what life was. . . they didnt make sense at the time. . . but now do. . . everything about them IS ALIEN. You dont need to be from another planet to be alien. ..

now this page. . . is extremely lacking! But thankfully, I found the official website for the tremors series. . . HERE IS EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GRABOIDs, including their scientific name.

http://web.archive.org/web/20031219085848/http://www.scifi.com/tremors/monsters/analysis/index.html

ralok 19:07, June 21, 2012 (UTC)


 * Not to mention that Tremors 2 directly makes mention that there were characters in-universe who thought for years that the Graboids were extraterrestrial in origin, which should at least earn the species a mention here, I figure. -- Somarinoa (talk) 11:43, February 27, 2016 (UTC)