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{{Enemy
|name = Armogohma
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|name = Vacuum Mouth
|image = [[File:ArmoGhoma.png|350px]]
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|image = [[File:Vacuum.gif]]
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|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''
|type =
 
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|habitat = Dungeons
|title = Twilit Arachnid
 
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|weapon = [[Sword]], [[Pegasus Boots]]
|game = {{TP}}
 
|dungeon = [[Temple of Time (Dungeon)|Temple of Time]]
 
|weakness = [[Arrow]]s<br>[[Dominion Rod]]
 
|reward = [[Heart Container]]<br>[[Mirror of Twilight#Mirror Shard|Mirror Shard]]
 
|strategy = The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess/Temple_of_Time#Twilit_Arachnid:_Armogohma
 
|theme music = [[File:Armogohma.ogg|noicon]]
 
 
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The '''Vacuum Mouth''' is a strange and rare enemy featured in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''. It is immobile and essentially non-aggressive; its ability is to attract all creatures (both Link and enemies alike) inexorably towards it. It does so in short five-second bursts accompanied by a whooshing noise. The Vacuum Mouth first appears in the [[Bottle Grotto]], in a room along with three [[Keese]]. The Keese are sucked into the Vacuum Mouth, and Link must cross the room while avoiding the same fate.
'''''Twilit Arachnid:'' Armogohma''' is the [[boss]] of the [[Temple of Time (Dungeon)|Temple of Time]], {{TP}}<nowiki>'</nowiki> sixth dungeon. Armogohma is also slightly similar to its {{OoT}} counterpart [[Gohma|Queen Gohma]] at first. In this version, Gohma gives the appearance of a frighteningly huge hunter spider. While its first form can be tricky, its second form is widely considered to be one of the easiest boss fights in the entire game.
 
{{Midna|Armogohma (first form)|That is one big spider...And it's even got a big nasty eye on its back... If that thing cast its gaze on you, you'd be helpless...Your best shot is going to be after you've knocked it down! If you don't hurry up and attack it, it'll crawl back up to the ceiling! That thing is so heavily armored, your sword just bounces right off...It's not just big. It's HUGE! I don't know if any of your items could do much to it, [Link]...It doesn't do much good to drop it in front of a statue if you don't move the statue once it's there! You have to watch its movements while it's crawling around on the ceiling! What a handy little spider-crusher! Go on! Just whack away!}}
 
{{Midna|Armogohma (second form)|It sure is a persistent bug... Even if it is just its eye, it's still alive...But now that its armored shell is gone, you should be able to finish it off with your blade!}}
 
   
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Another version of the Vacuum Mouth exists which has the exact opposite ability; it expels air, preventing Link from being able to approach. This reverse Vacuum Mouth, found in [[Key Cavern]] in the room immediately to the right of the entrance, can only be defeated by charging it using the [[Pegasus Boots]].
==Characteristics==
 
{{Image
 
|type=caption
 
|image=Armogohma Eye (Back).png
 
|size=120px
 
|position=left
 
|caption=The back of the Armogohma "eye" creature
 
|captionalign=center
 
}}
 
Armogohma appears to wear some kind of armor on her main body around her eye. This assumption gains strength after the first form of Armogohma is defeated, revealing the "eye" to be a small, independent creature. In addition, the outer shell has a stone-like texture, as well as numerous "engravings" all over it, similar to the other statues throughout the [[Temple of Time (Dungeon)|Temple of Time]]. It is quite possible that the armored outer shell is simply controlled by the eye, and is somehow related to the [[Armos]] or [[Beamos]], given the name of the creature and the similarity of the laser beam attack to the [[Beamos]]. This version of Gohma is hairy and has eight legs, heavily resembling a huntsman spider or tarantula.
 
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If Link does fall into it, he is taken to the beginning of the dungeon, similar to Floormasters.
==Strategy==
 
{{Image
 
|type=caption
 
|image=Armogohma Eye (Front).png
 
|size=120px
 
|position=left
 
|caption=The front of the Armogohma "eye" creature
 
|captionalign=center
 
}}
 
When Link enters, he examines one of the four statues. But when the light from above goes out, he turns around and discovers Armogohma, and the battle begins.
 
The creature's single eye can shoot a fiery laser and, to stun it, [[Link]] must shoot the eye with an arrow. To further damage her, Link must fire the [[Dominion Rod]] at one of the massive statues in the room; doing so allows Link to make the statue swing its fist onto Armogohma's carapace. Armogohma can also lay dozens of eggs, which hatch to reveal small spider-like enemies, known as [[Gohma Larva|Baby Gohma]]. After three hits by the statues, Armogohma's body implodes. Armogohma's eyeball reveals itself to be a small spider on its own, and tries to escape along with some of its spawn, after its large body is destroyed. It is killed after a single [[Sword]] strike, three [[arrow]] shots, a single [[bomb]] arrow, or two [[Spinner]] attacks, and releases the third shard of the [[Mirror of Twilight]].
 
 
If one of the [[Dominion Rod]]-controlled statues is employed in smashing Armoghoma's eye, a brief and humorous sequence takes place in which the entire cluster of spiders is crushed instantly and Armoghoma's eye is smashed paper-thin. The battle concludes with Link and Midna acquiring the third [[Mirror of Twilight#Mirror Shard|Mirror Shard]] and a [[Heart Container]].
 
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==Name Etymology==
 
Armogohma's name is a portmanteau of "Armos" (as in [[Armos|Armos Statue]]), and Gohma.
 
 
==Trivia==
 
*Armogohma's eye is similar to [[Arrghus]] and [[Vitreous]] from {{ALttP}}; she uses Arrghus' pattern of surrounding herself with her offspring to defend herself, while her eye resembles Vitreous minus the lightning bolt attack.
 
*Originally, a more conventional form of Gohma was set to appear in ''Twilight Princess'', but was scrapped for Armogohma.{{fact}}
 
*Armogohma's intro a callback to Queen Gohma's intro from {{OoT}}. The battle is initiated after Link looks upward to see Armogohma's eye moving around.
 
*The chorus that plays during Armoghoma's first phase resembles certain sounds heard in the battle against [[Puppet Ganon]]'s second form, which also resembles a spider.
 
*Armogohma is the only boss whose [[Critical Point]] does not involve Link slashing away at the boss' with his sword. The fanfare familiar to every previous Critical Point plays as Armogohma lands before the anthropomorphic statues, ready to be pummeled at the shot of the Dominion Rod.
 
*In the [[Zelda HD Experience]], a [[Wii U]] tech demo at E3 2011, shows Link fighting against an Armogohma in a HD environment very reminiscent of the [[Temple of Time (Dungeon)|Temple of Time]].
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
File:Armogohma.jpg|Twilit Arachnid Armogohma
 
File:Armogohma.png
 
File:Armogohma Critical.jpg
 
File:Armogohma Hammered.jpg
 
File:BabyGohmaEggs.jpg
 
File:armogohmaeye.jpg
 
File:Gohma early.jpg|Link being chased by an early form of Gohma
 
File:Zelda Wii U Tech Demo.jpg|Armogohma in the Zelda HD Experience
 
</gallery>
 
 
===Video Gallery===
 
{{Youtube|56AVdZKJUPI|250|Armogohma Battle}}
 
 
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{{Names
 
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| Japanese= {{Japanese|デスボール|Desubōru|Death Ball}}
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| Spanish(SP)=
|ja= {{Japanese|覚醒甲殻眼 シェルドゴーマ|Kakusei Koukaku Gan Sherudo Gōma}}
 
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| French=
|jaM= Awoken Shell Eye: Shelled Gohma
 
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| German=
|esS= Armogohma, Arácnido de las Sombras
 
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| Italian=
|esSM= Armogohma, Arachnid of the Shadows
 
 
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[[Category:Enemies in Link's Awakening]]
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|frF= Golgohma, arachnide siliceux du Crépuscule
 
|frFM= Golgohma, Siliceous Arachnid of Twilight
 
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|de= {{de|Armogohma|Spinnenstatue Armogohma}}
 
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|it= Armagohma, l'aracnide del crepuscolo
 
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|ko= {{Korean|각성갑각충 셸드고마|Gakseong Gapgakchung Sheldeugoma}}
 
|koM= Awakened Crustacean Insect: Shelled Gohma}}
 
 
{{Bosses|TP}}
 
{{ArthropodEnemy}}
 

Revision as of 01:10, 21 November 2013

Template:Enemy The Vacuum Mouth is a strange and rare enemy featured in Link's Awakening. It is immobile and essentially non-aggressive; its ability is to attract all creatures (both Link and enemies alike) inexorably towards it. It does so in short five-second bursts accompanied by a whooshing noise. The Vacuum Mouth first appears in the Bottle Grotto, in a room along with three Keese. The Keese are sucked into the Vacuum Mouth, and Link must cross the room while avoiding the same fate.

Another version of the Vacuum Mouth exists which has the exact opposite ability; it expels air, preventing Link from being able to approach. This reverse Vacuum Mouth, found in Key Cavern in the room immediately to the right of the entrance, can only be defeated by charging it using the Pegasus Boots.

If Link does fall into it, he is taken to the beginning of the dungeon, similar to Floormasters.

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