Editing Armored Cannon Beetle

|attacks    = Launches boulders

{{todo|Check if the rock stops if it hits a large enemy or object.}}

The '''Armored Cannon Beetle''' (フタクチドックリ, ''Futakuchidokkuri'') is the adult stage of an [[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]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', but only on its [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva|larval stage]]. It is a large, black, almost shiny beetle with a thick, rounded shell of armor and a blowhole above its head. It attacks by inhaling through this opening and subsequently firing a rolling rock from its mouth that travels in a straight path, which crushes any small creature in its path, and only stops when it hits a wall.

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 [[punch]]ing them; this does not work with the rock-producing [[lithopod]]s in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', however. The boulders also do not damage other enemies, but the ones from ''Pikmin 2'''s lithopods do.

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{{todo|Does attacking the legs cause any damage?}}

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 vulnerable to attack. However, the beetle will quickly unclog its blowhole, shield its backside, and continue its attack after excess heat has been drained. After closing its back up, your Pikmin will be knocked down, and the Armored Cannon Beetle will shoot a boulder out of its front.

If you bring 30 to 50 [[Red Pikmin]] with buds or flowers and throw quickly, the beast can be taken down on the first or second cycle. When it fires its rock, make sure you whistle your Pikmin quickly or they will be crushed. Also, Pikmin that miss the abdomen will attack the creature's armored legs. They will also be thrown out in front of the beast when it shakes off other Pikmin attacking its back. Whistle them back quickly as well.

== Gallery ==

File:Reel1 Armored Cannon Beetle.png|An Armored Cannon Beetle in the [[enemy reel]].

==Names in other languages==

|JapR=Futakuchidokkuri

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