Editing Giant Breadbug

|pikmin2     = y

|pikmin4    = y

|image       = Pikmin Garden Giant Breadbug render.png

|size       = 250px

|name       = Pansarus gigantus

|family     = Breadbug

|underground = [[Glutton's Kitchen]], [[Plunder Palace]]

|challenge  = [[Snack Pit]]

|attacks     = Steal objects, drag Pikmin into its den (''Pikmin 2''), ram (''Pikmin 4'')

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The '''Giant Breadbug''' ({{j|オオパンモドキ|Oo Pan Modoki|Giant [[Breadbug|Pseudo Bread]]}}) is a [[boss]] in {{p2}} and in {{p4}}. Unlike other [[Breadbug]]s, this one is large and shaped almost perfectly cubical, looking like a whole loaf of bread, making it the largest species in the [[Breadbug family]]. It acts the same as normal Breadbugs, but is harder to damage by "rejection" from the pod. It is the least aggressive boss in ''Pikmin 2'' (the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Common boss battle|boss theme music]] is not even played, though an [[Music in Pikmin 2#Giant Breadbug|exclusive tune]] is played only in the specific cave sublevel). The more recognizable habitat is located on the last sublevel (6) of the [[Glutton's Kitchen]] and consists of only two other Breadbugs, electrical wires, and [[Anode Beetle]]s. This creature is also found in the [[Snack Pit]] in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]], and in the final sublevel of the [[Plunder Palace]] in ''Pikmin 4'' (its only location in that game). The Giant Breadbug can instantly [[Health#Regeneration|replenish its HP]] if it collects an object into its den.

|seeds2 = 4<ref group="note">This enemy cannot be delivered to [[Onions]] in-game. This information is obtained from the game files.</ref>  |seeds4 = 15<ref group="note">This enemy cannot be delivered to Onions in-game. This information is obtained from the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]].</ref>

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===''Pikmin 2'' Nintendo Player's Guide===

{{transcript|Only purple Pikmin can stomp the Breadbug boss. The best way to damage it is to beat it in a game of tug-of-war. Have your Pikmin grab the item that the bug is trying to take into its hole, and carry the prize to the ship. When the ship sucks it in, the Breadbug will be sucked upward, too, and hit the bottom of the ship.|block=y}}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:引っ張る力が強い。

 

:分厚く頑丈な表皮を持っていて、横からの衝撃には強い。

 

 

:(Image text: It is equivalent to 3 Breadbugs, or 30 Pikmin)

 

Feature #2: Thick epidermis

:(Image text: Like the Breadbug, it is vulnerable to pressure from above)

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{{see|Breadbug#Carrying power|t1=Breadbug carrying power}}

 

The Giant Breadbug's carrying power is always 30.

 

 

The standard way to defeat this enemy involves you waiting until it latches onto a [[treasure]] or defeated creature, such as the nearby Anode Beetles, or Breadbugs. Then, toss onto or [[Group move|swarm]] the treasure with as many [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] as possible (preferably twice as much as the minimum weight; this is of course made easier if [[Purple Pikmin]] are used) and watch them drag the helpless Giant Breadbug toward the [[Research Pod]]. Like with normal Breadbugs, should there not be enough Pikmin on the treasure, they will be pulled into the Giant Breadbug's den and killed.

 

When the enemy hits the pod, it loses almost half its [[HP|health]]. The process can then be repeated as many times as necessary to take it down. You should note two things however: if the Giant Breadbug carries something back to its den successfully, it fully replenishes its life, wasting all of your hard work damaging it. Secondly, you'll need to bring it to the Research Pod more than once, so make sure that there are enough carriable objects around to work with. This can be harder if there are small Breadbugs around taking out objects into their own dens. To help with this, you can leave some Pikmin to distract the other Breadbugs, you can leave the Anode Beetles alone until you want to turn them into carriable corpses, and you can use [[egg]]s as a last resort &ndash; if an egg has [[Mitite]]s, you can get yourself some extra corpses to work with.

 

 

 

Defeating the Giant Breadbug in ''Pikmin 4'' is almost identical to ''Pikmin 2'', except that it's much harder to damage them with Purple Pikmin. It is easier to throw Yellow Pikmin on top of it, as 10 of them will be enough to crush it and deal a large amount of damage. They will also charge your party after being hit by the [[S.S. Beagle]], knocking down any Pikmin (or [[Oatchi]]) in their path. This won't kill them, but it will cause them to lose their flowers. This charge is also capable of killing other enemies.{{cite web|https://twitter.com/CraftedPbody/status/1705648375855804796|Video of the Giant Breadbug charging into other enemies|Twitter|published={{date|23|September|2023}}|retrieved={{date|23|September|2023}}}}, and works similarly to Oatchi's [[charge]]. The Giant Breadbug can also shake off Pikmin that it is engaged in tug-of-war with, making it much more difficult to successfully steal an object from it compared to in ''Pikmin 2''. It cannot steal objects Oatchi has [[Oatchi#Swallow|swallowed]], although note that swallowing an object a Giant Breadbug is actively carrying will enrage it and cause it to charge.

 

==Technical information==

 

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|size       = Body length: {{mm|75}}

 

|scientific = ''Pansarus gigantus''. ''Gigantus'' is Latin for "giant".

|internal  = Internally, this boss is called <code>oopanmodoki</code>, a romanization of its Japanese common name.

 

|Fra  = Scaratax Géant (''Pikmin 2'')<br>Scaratax géant (''Pikmin 4'')

|FraN = ''"Scaratax"'' is the French name for Breadbug<br> ''"Scaratax"'' comes from ''"scarabée"'' (beetle)

 

P2 Artwork Giant Breadbug.png|Artwork of the Giant Breadbug from ''[[Pikmin 2]]''.

74giantbreadbug.png|The Giant Breadbug in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].

Giant Breadbug.png|The Giant Breadbug wandering around in ''Pikmin 2'''s Piklopedia.

Giant Breadbug Carry.png|The Giant Breadbug dragging the [[Meat of Champions]] back to is nest.

Pikmin 2 Breadbug Test.png|A [[unused content in Pikmin 2|unused]] test [[cave]] for the Giant Breadbug (<code>パンモドキテストcaveinfo</code>).

Giant_Breadbug_P4_Defeat.jpg|The Giant Breadbug being defeated by being weighed down.

==See also==

{{bosses}}

[[Category:Plunder Palace]]

[[Category:Wandering enemies]]

[[Category:Pikmin 2 bosses]]

[[Category:Harmless enemies]]

[[Category:Pikmin 4 bosses]]

[[Category:Enemy-harming enemies]]