Cockroach

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Marco in cockroach morph.

"They say that after the big one, total nuclear annihilation, when every other living thing has been turned into a pile of glowing mud, roaches will still be powering over the ruins of civilization. The amazing indestructible roach. They adapt almost immediately to whatever poison is unleashed on them. And they eat virtually anything – books, glue, plants, dead fish, old sneakers. It's almost impossible to destroy them. I like that about cockroaches."

―Marco

The cockroach (also known as simply the roach) is the Animorphs' preferred insect morph, used for infiltration and reconnaissance purposes. It is one of the few morphs that all seven Animorphs possessed.

Acquiring

"I absorbed the cockroach's DNA pattern. It was becoming part of me."

―Jake

Jake was the first Animorph to acquire a cockroach, having done so in The Capture, with Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax acquiring cockroaches later on in the same book. David acquired a cockroach in The Discovery at Cassie's request, while Tobias acquired his roach morph in The Reunion.

Usage

Marco morphing into a cockroach.

"I focused on the roach. Not my favorite morph. Not anyone's favorite morph. But I needed to be small, fast, and survivable. Maybe a fly would have been better but I'd had a close call as a fly once: Someone swatted me and smeared me all over the storage rack on a plane. Roaches are harder to kill."

―Jake

To be added

Appearances

• The Invasion (mentioned)
• The Visitor
• The Encounter (mentioned)
• The Predator (mentioned)
• The Capture (acquired and morphed by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
• The Stranger (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
• The Andalite's Gift (morphed by Cassie)
• The Secret (mentioned)
• The Android (morphed by Jake, Rachel and Cassie)
• The Forgotten (mentioned)
• The Reaction (morphed by Jake)
• The Andalite Chronicles (mentioned)
• The Unknown (morphed by Rachel, Cassie and Marco)
• The Warning (mentioned)
• The Decision (morphed by Jake and/or Rachel and/or Marco)
• In the Time of Dinosaurs (mentioned)
• The Departure (mentioned)
• The Discovery (acquired by David; morphed by Jake, Cassie, Marco, Ax and David)
• The Threat (morphed by Jake, Cassie, Marco, Ax and David)
• The Solution (morphed by Jake, Cassie, Marco and Ax; possibly morphed by David)
• The Pretender (morphed by Jake and/or Rachel and/or Cassie)
• The Suspicion (morphed by Jake and Rachel)
• The Reunion (acquired by Tobias; morphed by Ax, Tobias, Marco, Jake, Rachel and Cassie/cover morph)
• The Conspiracy (morphed by Jake)
• The Separation (morphed by Mean Rachel, Jake and Nice Rachel; most likely morphed by Tobias, Cassie, Marco and Ax)
• The Proposal (morphed by Marco, Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie and Ax)
• The Arrival (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Marco and Ax; possibly morphed by Tobias)
• The Other (mentioned)
• Back to Before (mentioned)
• The Journey (morphed by Marco)
• The Revelation (morphed by Marco)
• The Deception (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie and Marco)
• The Ultimate (morphed by Jake, Rachel, Marco and Cassie)
• The Absolute (morphed by Tobias, Marco and Ax)
• The Sacrifice (morphed by Cassie and Ax)

Known Morphers

• Jake
• Rachel
• Cassie
• Marco
• Ax
• David
• Tobias