Editing Goolix

|attacks    = Drowns Pikmin

The '''Goolix''' ({{j|ミズモチ|Mizu Mochi|Water Rice Cake}}) is a watery boss in the [[Pikmin (game)|first ''Pikmin'' game]]; on approaching its location, it emerges from the ground. It resembles a blue amoeba with two nuclei (a blue one and a larger yellow one). It stretches around to engulf [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] who happen to be in its path and drowns them out with its aquatic properties. The only Pikmin invulnerable to it are [[Blue Pikmin]], due to it being composed mostly of [[water]]. It is only found in [[The Impact Site]] on odd-numbered days starting from day 9 (even-numbered days starting from day 8 will have the [[Mamuta]] instead).

The Goolix remains invisible and is inactive until the the Captain or a Pikmin approaches its area. When this happens the creature will reveal itself, scattering any nearby Pikmin. When active, it will slink around, aiming for the Captain. It has no specific attacks, but its touch will damage Olimar and cause any non-blue Pikmin to suffer from the water effect. Only blue Pikmin can penetrate the Goolix's membrane and attack one of its two cores. When under attack, the only threat the creature poses is flinging Pikmin from it, possibly causing them to [[Maturity|lose their flowers or buds]]. Once defeated, the Goolix will dissolve and leave no salvageable corpse, rather four 5-Pellets.

Its weak point is the yellow nucleus, when [[Blue Pikmin]] are [[throw]]n directly at it they will damage the Goolix causing it to knock off the Pikmin. If Pikmin are attacking the blue nucleus when one hits the yellow one, the damage taken by the Goolix is multiplied. If more Pikmin attack the blue nucleus, the damage will go even higher. When it is attacked, it will smack the nuclei together, knocking off all Pikmin on it. When it is defeated, its membrane breaks and its watery insides spray out in all directions, leaving no trace it was ever there, besides dropping 4 [[Randomness|random]] colored 5 [[pellet]]s.

If the Goolix is near the right of the tree-stump arena and the yellow, brain-like nucleus is hit by a Blue Pikmin, that Pikmin, or the other Blue Pikmin that are attacking the smaller, blue nucleus may be knocked into the out-of-bounds, forest like terrain. Many things can happen when this occurs, either the Pikmin will slide around (throwing Pikmin onto this ledge reveals that it's slippery, as the Pikmin will slide off) and then fall off the ledge and into the area with the [[Pearly Clamclamp]]s or where the [[Main Engine]] was, or they slide too far for [[Olimar]] to call back (some will even continue sliding until they are off-screen and then will die). These Pikmin will be left behind unless you reset the day.

===Yellow Nucleus===

 

===Blue Nucleus===

 

|technical = Greater Water Slime

The name "Goolix" could've come from the word "goo", referencing its slimy liquid nature. The Japanese name, {{j|ミズモチ|Mizu Mochi}} translates to "water [[wikipedia:Mochi|mochi]]". A mochi is a Japanese rice cake, and marumochi in particular is a round variety; the creature's shape while idling resembles a marumochi. In the scientific name, ''binuclei siphonophorus'', the ''binuclei'' part means "binuclear", and the "siphonophorus" part means "siphonophores", a group of invertebrates with a gelatinous appearance. Hence, the scientific name means "Siphonophore of Two Nuclei". Internally, the creature's name is <code>slime</code>, further justifying the English name's origin of "goo".

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File:goolix boss fight.jpg|Blue Pikmin fighting the creature.

File:Reel11 Goolix.png|Goolix in the [[Enemy reel]], shown erroneously on [[The Forest Navel]].

File:Goolixsketch.PNG|Olimar's sketch of a Goolix in his [[Olimar's voyage log|voyage log]].

Goolix(PikminNPC).jpg|Artwork from ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]''.

*In the enemy reel, the Goolix is in [[The Forest Navel]] instead of the usual [[The Impact Site]]. This may be a clip of the game when it was still in [[Pikmin prerelease information|early development]].

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