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Vorash^[1] (バラモーク Baramōku)^[2] is a creature featured in Metroid: Other M. It is a large, fish-like being that inhabits the lava-filled areas of the Pyrosphere on board the BOTTLE SHIP.

Encounters

After being instructed by Adam to follow a purple monster into Sector 3, Samus enters the main tunnel of the Pyrosphere, and notices a large creature jumping out of the lava in the distance. As she nears the end of the tunnel, the creature suddenly jumps out of the lava in an attempt to ingest Samus. She quickly uses her Sense Move to evade it, but the creature tore a hole in the tunnel, blocking her way back. If Samus fails to avoid the Vorash's jaws, it will be an instant Game Over as the creature will eat her.

After the incident, Samus is forced to enter the lower level of the tunnel room, exposing herself to the area's super-heated temperature, which slowly reduces her stamina. Samus attempts to cross via igneous platforms in the Lava, but is once again attacked by the Vorash, which follows Samus all the way to the end of the room, trying to catch her in its jaws repeatedly.

Battle

Mom lavaboss — Artwork of Samus battling the Vorash

Much later, while Samus is again tracking the purple creature, Samus encounters and battles the Vorash in the Blast Furnace Observation. It leaps out of the lava, and Samus must SenseMove away from its boulder attacks. To damage it, she must fire at its eyes, then pull it onto the platform with the Grappling Beam, thanks to the pod it ate earlier lodged in its mouth. She can then damage its underside. After enough damage is taken, Vorash swallows the pod, forcing Samus to attack during its leaping or charging attacks to finish it off. Samus can also grapple onto the remaining grapple point, which causes Vorash to jump out of the lava. If timed correctly, Vorash will eat the grapple point and Samus can defeat it in the same manner as she fought it earlier. Upon its defeat, the creature sinks into the lava, and is never seen again.

Official data

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Trophy

"A large, fishlike monster that's more at home in an ocean of lava than underwater. Defeating it may seem like an impossible task at first, but Samus Aran knows how to persevere. By firing her Grapple Beam into its mouth, she pulls it out of the lava like a master angler, leaving it writhing helplessly on land."

Trivia

The creature's name contains the Latin root -vore, which means "to eat".
- This ties into the Vorash's intense fixation on devouring Samus. It first attacked her while she was running through a corridor almost as soon as she entered the Pyrosphere. It then chased her relentlessly when she made her way down into the lava pathway, diving out of the lava many times in an attempt to pull her into its jaws. When she returned to the Pyrosphere, the Vorash was anticipating her entry into the Furnace Observation and ate a Grapple Point that fell from a tunnel Samus was in, presumably thinking it was her.
Vorash's pattern of attack is somewhat akin to other liquid-dwelling bosses of the series, such as the Serris and the Chykka's larval phase.
Vorash shares many physical features to an extinct carnivorous species called Mosasaurs, making the latter a possible source of inspiration in the former's design.
- Additional sources of inspiration may come from creatures existing within the Metroid series. The Vorash's red body and fin-like appendages on its sides resemble the Squeept's. Its numerous orange-yellow eyes is akin to the Crocomire's. Finally, its split jaw is somewhat similar to the Scarp.
The theme of Vorash (which also plays while escaping Sector Zero) is named The Burning Lava Fish in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Samus Archives Sound Selection and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Gallery

References

*Bosses in the Metroid* series**
Metroid	Kraid • Ridley • Mother Brain
Metroid: Zero Mission	Charge Beam Beast • Acid Worm • Kraid • Kiru Giru • Imago • Ridley • Mother Brain • Ruins Test • Mecha Ridley (Unused: Crocomire)
Metroid II: Return of Samus	Alpha Metroid • Arachnus • Gamma Metroid • Zeta Metroid • Omega Metroid • Queen Metroid
Metroid: Samus Returns	Alpha Metroid • Arachnus • Gamma Metroid • Zeta Metroid • Diggernaut • Omega Metroid • Queen Metroid • Proteus Ridley
Super Metroid	Torizo • Spore Spawn • Kraid • Crocomire • Phantoon • Botwoon • Draygon • Golden Torizo • Ridley • Big Metroid • Mother Brain
Metroid: Other M	Brug Mass • Fune • Namihe • King Kihunter • Groganch • Mystery Creature • Goyagma • Fumbleye • RB176 Ferrocrusher • Rhedogian • Vorash • Ridley • Nightmare • Queen Metroid • MB (Desbrachians) • Phantoon
Metroid Fusion	Arachnus • Elephant Bird • Zazabi • Serris • Security Robot B.O.X. • Barrier Core-X • Scientist • Yakuza • Nettori • Nightmare • Neo-Ridley • SA-X • Omega Metroid
Metroid Dread	E.M.M.I. (01P, 02SM, 03MB, 04SB, 05IM, 06WB, 07PB) • Central Unit • Corpius • Kraid • Robot Chozo Soldier • Drogyga • Chozo Soldier • Escue • Experiment No. Z-57 • Golzuna • Elite Chozo Soldier • Raven Beak (Raven Beak X)
*See also: Bosses in the Metroid Prime* series**

Diets
Carnivores	Phazon tendril • Ridley • Vorash • Yapping Maw Plants: Bloodflower • Dark Phlogus • Samus Eater • Shrieker • Sporb • Tangle Vine • Tangle Weed • Venom Weed • Zazabi
Detritivores	Grizby • Phazon Leech • Parasite (Plated/Ice/Queen) • Sbug
Insectivores	Bryyonian Shriekbat • Flickerbat • Gel Ray • Glowing spidervine • Ice Shriekbat
Omnivores	Green Kralee • Human • Ice Parasite • Little birdie • Space Pirate

[1] Metroid: Other M Premiere Edition

[2] Nintendo Official Guidebook for Metroid Other M

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 {{Infobox Creature
 |name      = Vorash
-|image     = [[File:Mom lavaboss.jpg|300px]]
+|image     = MOM Vorash Concept Art.png
-|caption   = [[Samus]] battling the Vorash
+|caption   = Concept art of the Vorash
 |games     = ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''
-|location  = [[Sector 3 / Pyrosphere]]<br/>([[BOTTLE SHIP]])
+|location  = [[Sector 3 / Pyrosphere]]
+|homeworld = [[BOTTLE SHIP]]
 |attacks   = [[Lava]] projectiles<br/>Giant jaws
 |weakness  = Eyes, mouth and bulbous underside.
 }}
-'''Vorash'''<ref>''[[Metroid: Other M Premiere Edition]]''</ref> (バラモーク ''Baramōku''<ref>Name from ''[[Nintendo Official Guidebook for Metroid: Other M]]''</ref>) is a creature featured in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''. It is a large, fish-like being that inhabits the [[lava]]-filled areas of the [[Pyrosphere]] on board the [[BOTTLE SHIP]].
+'''Vorash'''<ref>''[[Metroid: Other M Premiere Edition]]''</ref> (バラモーク ''Baramōku'')<ref>''[[Nintendo Official Guidebook for Metroid Other M]]''</ref> is a creature featured in ''[[Metroid: Other M]]''. It is a large, fish-like being that inhabits the [[lava]]-filled areas of the [[Pyrosphere]] on board the [[BOTTLE SHIP]].
 ==Encounters==
-After being instructed by Adam to follow a [[Mystery Creature|purple monster]] into Sector 3, [[Samus]] enters the main tunnel of the Pyrosphere, and notices a large creature jumping out of the lava in the distance. As she nears the end of the tunnel, the creature suddenly jumps out of the lava in an attempt to ingest Samus. She quickly uses her [[Sense Move]] to evade it, but the creature tore a hole in the tunnel, blocking her way back. If Samus fails to avoid the Vorash's jaws, it will be an instant [[Game Over]] as the creature will eat her.
+After being instructed by Adam to follow a [[Mystery Creature|purple monster]] into Sector 3, [[Samus]] enters the [[Lava cavern|main tunnel]] of the Pyrosphere, and notices a large creature jumping out of the lava in the distance. As she nears the end of the tunnel, the creature suddenly jumps out of the lava in an attempt to ingest Samus. She quickly uses her [[Sense Move]] to evade it, but the creature tore a hole in the tunnel, blocking her way back. If Samus fails to avoid the Vorash's jaws, it will be an instant [[Game Over]] as the creature will eat her.
 After the incident, Samus is forced to enter the lower level of the tunnel room, exposing herself to the area's super-heated temperature, which slowly reduces her stamina. Samus attempts to cross via igneous platforms in the Lava, but is once again attacked by the Vorash, which follows Samus all the way to the end of the room, trying to catch her in its jaws repeatedly.
 ==Battle==
+[[File:Mom lavaboss.jpg|thumb|300px|Artwork of [[Samus]] battling the Vorash]]
-[[File:Blast Furnace Observation Vorash Samus Jaws Pyrosphere HD.jpg|thumb|250px|The Vorash emerges from the lava of the [[Blast Furnace Observation]] to snap Samus up, with her narrowly escaping its jaws.]]
 Much later, while Samus is again tracking the purple creature, Samus encounters and battles the Vorash in the [[Blast Furnace Observation]]. It leaps out of the lava, and Samus must SenseMove away from its boulder attacks. To damage it, she must fire at its eyes, then pull it onto the platform with the [[Grappling Beam]], thanks to the pod it ate earlier lodged in its mouth. She can then damage its underside. After enough damage is taken, Vorash swallows the pod, forcing Samus to attack during its leaping or charging attacks to finish it off. Samus can also grapple onto the remaining grapple point, which causes Vorash to jump out of the lava. If timed correctly, Vorash will eat the grapple point and Samus can defeat it in the same manner as she fought it earlier. Upon its defeat, the creature sinks into the lava, and is never seen again.
+==Official data==
-==''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''==
+===''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' [[Trophy]]===
-[[File:SSB4UTrophyVorash.png|thumb|300px]]
-The Vorash appears as a trophy, and its theme appears on [[Pyrosphere (Stage)|Pyrosphere]] titled "[[The Burning Lava Fish]]". The track appears with the same name on the ''[[Samus Archives Sound Selection]]'' CD.
 ''"A large, fishlike monster that's more at home in an ocean of lava than underwater. Defeating it may seem like an impossible task at first, but Samus Aran knows how to persevere. By firing her Grapple Beam into its mouth, she pulls it out of the lava like a master angler, leaving it writhing helplessly on land."''
 ==Trivia==
-*The Latin suffix of the first part of the creature's name, -vore, means "to eat".
+*The creature's name contains the Latin root -vore, which means "to eat".
-*The Vorash has an intense fixation on devouring Samus. It first attacked her while she was running through a corridor almost as soon as she entered the Pyrosphere. It then chased her relentlessly when she made her way down into the lava pathway, diving out of the lava many times in an attempt to pull her into its jaws. When she returned to the Pyrosphere, the Vorash was anticipating her entry into the Furnace Observation and ate a [[Grapple Point]] that fell from a tunnel Samus was in, presumably thinking it was her.
+**This ties into the Vorash's intense fixation on devouring Samus. It first attacked her while she was running through a corridor almost as soon as she entered the Pyrosphere. It then chased her relentlessly when she made her way down into the lava pathway, diving out of the lava many times in an attempt to pull her into its jaws. When she returned to the Pyrosphere, the Vorash was anticipating her entry into the Furnace Observation and ate a [[Grapple Point]] that fell from a tunnel Samus was in, presumably thinking it was her.
 *Vorash's pattern of attack is somewhat akin to other liquid-dwelling bosses of the series, such as the [[Serris]] and the [[Chykka|Chykka's larval phase]].
-*Vorash shares many physical features to an extinct carnivorous species called mosasaurs, making the latter a possible source of inspiration in the former's design.[[File:Vorash.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Gallery Mode]]]]
+*Vorash shares many physical features to an extinct carnivorous species called [[Wikipedia:Mosasaur|Mosasaurs]], making the latter a possible source of inspiration in the former's design.
 **Additional sources of inspiration may come from creatures existing within the ''Metroid'' series. The Vorash's red body and fin-like appendages on its sides resemble the [[Squeept]]'s. Its numerous orange-yellow eyes is akin to the [[Crocomire]]'s. Finally, its split jaw is somewhat similar to the [[Scarp]].
+*The theme of Vorash (which also plays while escaping [[Sector Zero]]) is named [[The Burning Lava Fish]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'', ''[[Samus Archives Sound Selection]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
-Vlcsnap-96062.png|Samus dodging the Vorash in the E3 2009 trailer.
+Vlcsnap-96062.png|Samus dodging the Vorash in the [[Metroid: Other M E3 2009 Trailer|E3 2009 trailer]].
 Vorash_Leap.png|Vorash leaps in the background.
 Vorash_tries_to_eat_Samus.png|Samus barely evades the Vorash upon their first meeting.
 Vorash_attack_lava_lake_Pyrosphere_HD.jpg|Samus is chased by the Vorash.
 Vlcsnap-95924.png|Samus escapes Vorash's mouth.
+File:Vorash eats Grapple Point.png|Vorash swallows the Grapple Point.
 Samus air dodges Vorash.png|Vorash attempts to eat Samus as she swings from a Grapple Point.
+Blast Furnace Observation Vorash Samus Jaws Pyrosphere HD.jpg|The Vorash emerges from the lava of the [[Blast Furnace Observation]] to snap Samus up, with her narrowly escaping its jaws.
-ULF28battle.jpg|Samus "fishing" for Vorash.
+ULF28battle.jpg|Samus "fishing" for Vorash with the Grapple Beam
+Vorash fising.gif|Samus pulls the Vorash out of the lava
 Metroid-other-m-1.jpg|Samus viewing the creature in [[Search View]].
 Vorash Lethal Strike.png|Samus Lethal Striking Vorash.
+Vorash lethal strike.gif|Samus performs a Lethal Strike on Vorash.
+Vorash.jpg|[[Gallery Mode]]
 Vorash Lair.jpg|Concept art of Vorash's lair.
+Goyagma.jpg|Size comparison between Vorash and [[Goyagma]]
 VorashJ.jpg|''[[Nintendo Official Guidebook for Metroid Other M]]''
+SSB4UTrophyVorash.png|Vorash [[Trophy]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''
 </gallery>
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