Bug
Bug noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.
Cockroach
Cockroach noun - Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests.
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Bug War: Jimmy becomes convinced the roaches are out to get them all, being rallied by "king cockroach".
Source: Film / Cornered! -
At that moment Sanagi uses her ability to land a cockroach on Mikan, which momentarily freaks her out (see Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?) until she zaps the bug with her the lightning dust.
Source: Manga / Rising X Rydeen - The cockroach was a Madagascar hissing cockroach with precious stones on it that had escaped from its owner, but the scene also took place in a restaurant, so the chef had good reason to want any bug dead.
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