Graboid/Known Individuals

* Stumpy
* El Blanco
* The Queen Bitch

Stumpy, El Blanco, and The Queen Bitch, were the named individuals in the Tremors Franchise.

***Stumpy***(also referred to as "***Old Stumpy***")was a Graboid encountered in the original *Tremors.*

***El Blanco*** (translated from Spanish: ***"The White One"***) is a Graboid that makes several appearances as a mainstay in the Tremors franchise. El Blanco is sterile, meaning that he is unable to produce Shriekers. El Blanco serves as a supporting protagonist in *Tremors 3: Back to Perfection* and an occasional antagonist or protagonist in *Tremors: The Series*.

**The Queen Bitch** was the main Graboid in *Tremors 5: Bloodlines* and was named as such due to her protectiveness of an Ass Blaster nest.

## How they got their names

### Stumpy

Stumpy is the only Graboid that is named other thanEl Blanco*.* Stumpy gets his name from his missing tentacle\snake tongue which was ripped off in an attempt to grab Val and Earl's truck. Apparently seeking revenge for this, Stumpy returned several times and attempted to kill the humans.

Stumpy is the smartest Graboid seen in the film since he was the hardest to kill by far due to a keen and astute form of pattern recognition. Stumpy serves as the main antagonist of *Tremors*.

### El Blanco

El Blanco gets his name from being the only albino Graboid. His name means The White One in Spanish.

### The Queen Bitch

In *Tremors: Bloodlines* a Graboid appeared that was known simply as The Queen Bitch. She acted as the leader of a nest of Graboids and Ass Blasters, but were of a different more evolved breed apparently native to Africa. The Queen Bitch worked to preserve the bloodline of the African Graboids by protecting her nest and the eggs within. After the destruction of the nest and the remaining Graboid and Ass Blasters, the Queen Bitch attacked a nearby village where a single egg remained. The villagers, Burt and Travis Welker lured her into a lightning trap where a grounded lightning strike forced her to the surface where Burt and two local villagers Nyala and Lucia opened fire on her. A second lightning strike went straight down her throat, causing her to explode and killing her.

## History

### Tremors the Series

El Blanco is also notably one of the few Graboids that has ever actually survived a meeting with Burt Gummer. This is because El Blanco is an endangered species. Due to this, Perfection Valley is a protected habitat, and developer Melvin Plugg cannot build any land there. He once tried to solve this by stealing a machine that increases the hunger response so that Burt would kill El Blanco in self-defense. Burt accidentally destroyed the machine while trying to distract El Blanco, who attacked Chang's Market. The town later used El Blanco to their advantage during *Ghost Dance* by Jodi and Rosalita having him chase them and block the road so the National Guard couldn't get to town. As he had his tentacles across the road and was an endangered species, the National Guard couldn't go over him and were stuck until he left. As Burt said, this was unfortunate for them as El Blanco is extremely persistent and his actions gave the townspeople time to contain a major threat.

El Blanco actually saved Burt's life by eating an Ass Blaster that was carrying his watch. In the movie, El Blanco never managed to eat any humans, though he did corner real estate agent Melvin Plugg on a boulder at the end of the film. In the TV series, any villains that appeared ended up being either consumed by El Blanco or arrested. It also proved that, even when restrained, his tentacles were long enough to capture prey at certain distances. At one point Tyler Reed, Rosalita, and Larry fought off a group of gangsters-turned-poachers that were after El Blanco. During the fight, Larry managed to drive one backward and El Blanco killed her, sending out his tentacles even while restrained and eating her. In this instance, he probably saved the three's life and the other criminal ran away, was picked up and apparently killed. In the episode *Graboid Rights*, El Blanco was poisoned in order to 'prove' that the Perfectionites were harming him by being there. He was eventually uncovered and the antidote administered, making El Blanco the only Graboid to be poisoned and cured.

El Blanco seems to be Perfection's mascot as he attracts many tourists, in addition, the population doesn't seem to mind the creature lurking their ground often as they treat it as a daily routine. According to Jodi, El Blanco tunnels through Perfection about "once or twice a day." Along with this, the people of the town protect El Blanco from all threats from mobsters to scientists poisoning him to prove a point.

According to Tyler Reed in *Graboid Rights*, the townspeople protect El Blanco, often risking their lives to save him and sometimes it seems like he returns the favor, risking himself to protect them as well. This can be seen at times, even if it's unwitting on El Blanco's part, such as when he eats an Ass Blaster and saves Burt and when he eats Kinney and Delores when they were in conflict with and threatening the people of Perfection.

### Tremors: Bloodline

In Africa at some point the eggs of the African breed of Graboids hatched. This eventually led to several Ass Blasters and two active Graboids with one becoming known as the Queen Bitch. This group focused on propagation of their species rather than hunting like the American breed and the Queen Bitch acted as the nest's leader and first line of defense, attacking anything that approached the nest from the outside so that threats couldn't get close. The existence of the Queen Bitch and her nest was revealed when poacher Erick Van Wyk's men stumbled into the cave the colony was using when looking for something to poach. In response, Van Wyk hired Burt Gummer and Travis Welker in hopes of capturing a live Ass Blaster to sell on the Black Market or at least a Graboid egg. After Van Wyk got away with an egg from a dead Ass Blaster, the Queen Bitch used her Grabbers to chase him near the colony where the Grabbers dragged the egg inside the nest. After the attacking Grabber was killed, the Queen Bitch emerged from the ground herself to eat Van Wyk and remove the threat to her bloodline. Following the death of Van Wyk, when Den Bravers arrived to pick up Burt and Travis, the Queen Bitch attacked Bravers, drawn by the loud music his helicopter was playing. She used her Grabbers to kill the co-pilot and personally swallowed Bravers, but Bravers blasted on her inside her stomach with a shotgun until she spat him back out. At the same time, Burt was able to use long-range fire from the helicopter's rocket pods By that point, the other Graboid and all of the Ass Blasters had also been killed. Realizing her bloodline was in danger, the Queen Bitch went after a nearby village where a little girl named Amahle had the last Graboid egg. After eating a grocery store clerk, the Queen Bitch sent her Grabbers after Amahle, but Burt, Travis and Baruti rescue her and kill the Grabbers. At that point, the Queen Bitch attacks herself with no one having any weapons that are effective against her. Lucia comes up with the idea to use the lightning from a nearby storm against the Graboid and Travis uses a motorcycle to lure her away while the villagers and Burt set up a trap based on Amahle's earthworm zapper. Once they have the trap set, Lucia signals Travis who leads the Queen Bitch into the trap where the last egg is waiting on a pedestal. Moments after the Queen Bitch arrives, a lightning strike hits the trap and is sent into the ground where the Graboid takes the full force of the blast. Alive but injured and crackling with electricity, the Queen Bitch rises into the air, roaring in pain. Burt, Baruti and Lucia unload their weapons into the Graboid as another lightning strike destroys the last egg. The Queen Bitch is finally killed when a third lightning strike goes straight down her throat and blows her to pieces.

## Abilities

### Stumpy's Abilities

Stumpy had no other abilities from its kind. These include:

* Strength and Combat
* Burrowing
* Speed and Agility
* Intelligence
* Vibration Sensor
* Endurance and Stamina
* Hunting
* Maturation
* Grabbers
* Parasitic Infection

### El Blanco's Abilities

Has the normal abilities of any other Graboid, though is presumed to be quite smarter due to being the oldest known Graboid.

* **Intelligence**: It is quite possible for him to be a fair bit smarter than the average Graboid, most likely caused by him living longer. As it was shown to be intelligent enough to save a few people from Perfection, through possible knowledge to attack his victims that were hurting him, such as Kinney. He is also guessed to be very perceptive and intuitive, based on the fact that he is unable to see prey, but his hearing might have helped him to figure out that the evil woman, named Delores, was trying to kill El Blanco, and was the villain for himself and others.
* **Strength:** Its powerful snake-like tongues can hold human weight, with no sign of trouble, and his powerful jaws can kill Ass Blasters but weren't powerful enough for 4-12's tough skin, made out of rhino and other mutation in the DNA. He can even, just like all other average Graboids, can pull down vehicles under the dirt.
* **Speed and Agility:**He is very fast, proven to be nearly as fast as a speeding truck, and he is able to make quick, precise turns at high speed.
* **Sense of Hearing:**His hearing was proven to be powerful enough to figure who the villains were that were trying to harm him (i.e Kinney and Delores). He even managed to track Burt's ultrasonic watch in Tremors 3: Back To Perfection, and is able to hear and deduct noises that may harm him or the Perfectionites, such as the mutation bugs that were invading in Perfection.

### The Queen Bitch's Abilities

* **Strength:** The Queen Bitch sported a more robust, durable body than the North American species, able to withstand the tremendous impact of slamming into the ground from twenty feet in the air, as well as to absorb multiple direct lightning strikes before being killed.
* **Leap:**She is able to leap out of the ground as easily as a mako shark leaps out of the water.
* **Grabbers Detach:** Her snake like tongues are able to be released from her mouth to hunt independently. They seem to have minds of their own, though how this is possible is currently unknown.
* **Rock-breaking:** African graboids are able to tunnel through even solid rock with the aid of their hard, armored beaks and a powerful digestive compound they expel underground.
* **Vibration Sensor:** Like any graboid species, the African variation can detect vibrations while underground.