Editing Armored Cannon Beetle

{{Infobox enemy
|pikmin=y
|image=Armored_Cannon_Beetle(PikminNPC).jpg
|size=270px
|technical=Greater Lithopod
|name=Granitus chukkulinae
|family=Lithopod
|areas='''''Pikmin'''''<br>[[The Forest of Hope]]<br>[[The Distant Spring]]
|attacks=Launches boulders
|weight=30
|max_pikmin=50
|seeds=50
|pikmin3 = }}

The '''Armored Cannon Beetle''' is the adult stage of the [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva]]. The beetle is first discovered during ''[[Pikmin (game)|Olimar's first visit to the Pikmin Planet]]'' and is seen again in[[ Pikmin 2]] [[Pikmin 3|Pikmin ]]2; during his second trip, only the [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva|larval stage]] is present. It is a huge, black, shiny beetle with a thick, rounded shell of armor, and a blowhole above its head. It attacks by inhaling through this blowhole and subsequently firing a [[Hazards#Boulders|rolling rock]] from its mouth that travels in a straight path, which crushes any small creature in its path.

This enemy is only found in [[The Forest of Hope]], where one is guarding the [[Radiation Canopy]], and [[The Distant Spring]], where one has ingested the [[Bowsprit]]. As a side-note, Olimar can destroy the rocks by punching them; however, this does not work with the rock-producing [[Lithopods]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''.

==Ship Log==
''"This creature spits out massive rocks and boasts an impenetrable shell that repels all Pikmin attacks. Just before spitting out a boulder, it sucks in large breaths of air... Perhaps its air hole will provide a clue to it's weakness."''

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===Guide Book===

<big>Note: This is information from the guide book.</big>

''"This member of the lithopod family migrated to the area during a global climate shift in the atmosphere within the last century. The continental breed of this beast, known as the Greater Lithopod, had the abillity to compress inhaled air in a bladder and use the pressure to expel partially digested fragments of stone. This migrant lithopod has developed a stronger carapace then its relatives."''

==How to kill==
''Aim for the blowhole. If it can't breathe, it can't fight.''


The only way one can be defeated is by clogging the blowhole during air intake (Pikmin are impervious to harm when inhaled). This causes the beetle's internal temperature to rise dramatically, and in response the beetle will expose its burning abdomen underneath the armor to vent. The exposed abdomen leaves the beetle extremely vulnerable to attack. However, the beetle will quickly unclog its blowhole, shield its backside, and continue its attack after excess heat has been drained. However, if [[Olimar]] brings 40-60 [[Red Pikmin]] and throws quickly, he can have the Armored Cannon Beetle down and out on the first or second try. After closing its back up, your Pikmin are knocked down and the Armored Cannon Beetle shoots a boulder out of its nose that rolls until it hits a wall.      
Make sure you whistle your Pikmin quickly or they will be crushed. 
Despite the heat radiating from its inner abdomen, you do not need Red Pikmin to attack it.     
<gallery widths="200">
File:Armored_Cannon_Beetle.jpg|The Armored Cannon Beetle.
File:ACB.jpg|An Armored Cannon Beetle's exposed abdomen.
pikmin-armored-cannon-beetle.jpg|This is an Armored Cannon Beetle as shown in what appears to be the beta version of Pikmin. Notice that it's cannon is larger and more defined than in the final version.
Reel1 Armored Cannon Beetle.png|An Armored Cannon Beetle in the [[Creature Montage]]. 
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==Trivia==
*The Armored Cannon Beetle Larva is the baby stage of the Armored Cannon Beetle. This was confirmed later in [[Pikmin 2]] by Nintendo.
*The Japanese name for the Armored Cannon Beetle is "Futakuchidokkuri" (フタクチドックリ).
*They are the heaviest enemy to carry in the series so far, with a weight of 30.
*This enemy is nowhere to be seen in [[Pikmin 2]].
*Using an Action Replay to access a model test menu in Pikmin 1, the Armored Cannon Beetle's code name is "beatle".
*The Armored Cannon Beetle's corpse and the [[Pearly Clamclamp|Pearly Clamclamp's]] pearl tie for second most seed's worth with 50, only being beaten by the [[Smoky Progg|Smoky Progg's]] pearl, which has 100.

*It is the only boss in story mode whose body stays intact after death and can also be harvested by an onion.
[[Category:Lithopods]]
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[[Category:The Forest of Hope]]
[[Category:The Distant Spring]]