Large insects that live in the ground beneath Midgar. The collapse of the plate has made these creatures more active, and they will attack in swarms when intruders wander into their territory.
Enemy Intel
Bugaboo is an enemy in Final Fantasy VII Remake fought in the Underground Test Site in Chapter 13, "A Broken World". They also appear in "Episode INTERmission" in the Shinra Combat Simulator challenge called "Yuffie & Sonon vs. Midgarian Monsters".
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Battle[]
Bugaboos are small insectoid enemies fought in groups. They'll usually start as a swarm, clustered together, but will disperse and try to surround the player. While flying, they'll mainly attempt to sting the player. They may also land and slowly walk towards their target, and attack by performing small leap attacks.
Unlike most biological creatures, bugaboos are not weak to 
Ice. Being flying enemies, they are weak to 
Wind.
Strategy[]
Bugaboos are frail and unremarkable enemies that can be defeated easily with normal attacks and Barret's Overcharge. When clustered together, Tifa's abilities, such as Divekick and Omnistrike, can take many out at once, as can Barret's Maximum Fury. Despite their weakness to wind, it is likely not worth the MP cost to use spells against them.
In "Episode INTERmission", Yuffie can easily change the element of her ninjutsu attacks to wind, and also has the powerful Windstorm. A good setup is to have Yuffie with 
First Strike Materia and immediately use Throw followed by Windstorm, dispatching the whole horde in mere seconds.
Hard Mode[]
On the hard difficulty, the bugaboos are more frantic and will disperse quicker to surround the player. They are still easy to dispatch, so the same strategies apply.
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Etymology[]
"Bugaboo" comes from "bugbear". A bugbear is a legendary creature or type of hobgoblin comparable to the bogeyman and other creatures of folklore historically used to frighten disobedient children. The name is derived from a Middle English word bugge (a frightening thing), or perhaps the old Welsh word bwg (evil spirit or goblin), or old Scots bogill (goblin). In medieval England, the bugbear was depicted as a creepy bear that lurked in the woods to scare children. In a modern context, the term serves as a metaphor for something annoying often with a connotation that the loathing it inspires is disproportionate to its importance.