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|areas = [[Serene Shores]] ([[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]), [[Primordial Thicket]] | |areas = [[Serene Shores]] ([[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]), [[Primordial Thicket]] | ||
|underground = [[Subterranean Swarm]] | |underground = [[Subterranean Swarm]] | ||
|attacks = | |attacks = Seizing pikmin and throwing them into its head | ||
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The '''Grubchucker''' ({{j|ナゲクライ|Nage Kurai|Throwing Devourer}}) is an [[enemy]] in {{p4}}. It is a particularly tall enemy compared to most, with even [[Yellow Pikmin]] struggling to reach its height. It hunts Pikmin by seizing them with its claws and placing them into the fleshy mouth on top of its body, swallowing and killing them after a few seconds if not interrupted. It typically inhabits, and is encountered within, shallow [[water]]s and pools of [[mud]]. | The '''Grubchucker''' ({{j|ナゲクライ|Nage Kurai|Throwing Devourer}}) is an [[enemy]] in {{p4}}. It is a particularly tall enemy compared to most, with even [[Yellow Pikmin]] struggling to reach its height. It hunts Pikmin by seizing them with its claws and placing them into the fleshy mouth on top of its body, swallowing and killing them after a few seconds if not interrupted. It typically inhabits, and is encountered within, shallow [[water]]s and pools of [[mud]]. | ||
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== Behavior == | == Behavior == | ||
The Grubchucker does not demonstrate any agression towards lone captains, but will attack Pikmin within reach. The Grubchucker attacks with a double swipe, grabbing at most a single Pikmin per claw and two Pikmin per attacking cycle. Any seized Pikmin are thrown into the mouth on top of its head, and the Grubchucker needs to be knocked down in order to free the trapped Pikmin. | The Grubchucker does not demonstrate any agression towards lone captains, but will attack Pikmin within reach. The Grubchucker attacks with a double swipe, grabbing at most a single Pikmin per claw and two Pikmin per attacking cycle. Any seized Pikmin are thrown into the mouth on top of its head, and the Grubchucker needs to be knocked down in order to free the trapped Pikmin. | ||
Grubchuckers become aggressive towards Pikmin in a radius approximately twice their width. They pursue Pikmin slowly, but the range within which they continue pursuit is much larger than the initial aggro radius. | Grubchuckers become aggressive towards Pikmin in a radius approximately twice their width. They pursue Pikmin slowly, but the range within which they continue pursuit is much larger than the initial aggro radius. | ||
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==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
The Grubchucker is a large, tall and lanky bipedal | The Grubchucker is a large, tall and lanky bipedal arthropod. Its legs have a knock-kneed posture and bend backwards compared to a traditional biped, and its feet have three toes (two in the front and one in the back). It has a soft, round body and a fleshy mouth running front to back on top of it. It has small compound eyes on the bottom of its body and four antennae. | ||
The Grubchucker's appearance is evocative of decapod crustaceans. Its eyes are similar in shape and presentation to fiddler crabs or hermit crabs. Its arms resemble those of {{w|Macrobrachium|freshwater prawn}}, and its forearms are sparsely covered in beige {{w| | The Grubchucker's appearance is evocative of decapod crustaceans. Its eyes are similar in shape and presentation to fiddler crabs or hermit crabs. Its arms resemble those of {{w|Macrobrachium|freshwater prawn}}, and its forearms are sparsely covered in beige {{w|Seta setae}}. Although its limbs have a rigid exoskeleton, its thorax does not, and appears fleshy and soft like a {{w|Soft-shell crab|freshly-molted crab}}. | ||
The Grubchucker's body is mostly deep blue. The bottom of its thorax and the undersides of its limbs are beige. Its claws and toes are proximally blue and distally pink. The lips of its mouth are a light blue and the interior is a deep red. | The Grubchucker's body is mostly deep blue. The bottom of its thorax and the undersides of its limbs are beige. Its claws and toes are proximally blue and distally pink. The lips of its mouth are a light blue and the interior is a deep red. | ||
Its bell-shaped body is subtly segmented radially, and has a large, fleshy mouth running front to back on it somewhat similar in appearance to the mouth of a {{w|giant clam}}. | Its bell-shaped body is subtly segmented radially, and has a large, fleshy mouth running front to back on it somewhat similar in appearance to the mouth of a {{w|giant clam}}. Grubchuckers have and use typical crustacean mouthparts earlier in their life cycle, and the pseudo-mouth stays closed until adulthood. Adult Grubchuckers no longer use the mouthparts below their body and feed entirely with the large mouth-basket. | ||
It makes little noise when idle, but growls and bellows when being attacked by Pikmin. | It makes little noise when idle, but growls and bellows when being attacked by Pikmin. | ||
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*[[Primordial Thicket]] | *[[Primordial Thicket]] | ||
*[[Subterranean Swarm]] | *[[Subterranean Swarm]] | ||
*[[Serene Shores]] ([[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]] only) | |||
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== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
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If charging with the dog isn't an option, send Pikmin up its legs like you would a [[Baldy Long Legs]]. [[Yellow Pikmin]] and [[Winged Pikmin]] are both good choices as they can bypass the climbing process, but Winged Pikmin in particular shine here as they will fly directly onto its weak point if sent with the Charging Horn. This is one of the encounters that is made much simpler with a good group of Winged Pikmin and [[Ultra-spicy spray]], as 30 Winged Pikmin and a spray can knock it down and kill it before it can get back up. | If charging with the dog isn't an option, send Pikmin up its legs like you would a [[Baldy Long Legs]]. [[Yellow Pikmin]] and [[Winged Pikmin]] are both good choices as they can bypass the climbing process, but Winged Pikmin in particular shine here as they will fly directly onto its weak point if sent with the Charging Horn. This is one of the encounters that is made much simpler with a good group of Winged Pikmin and [[Ultra-spicy spray]], as 30 Winged Pikmin and a spray can knock it down and kill it before it can get back up. | ||
Around half of the Grubchuckers in the game don't carry any treasures (for example, the two in Subterranean Swarm and the one on the rock ramp in the Olimar's Shipwreck Tale version of Serene Shores), and as such you may also have the option of bypassing them entirely, saving precious time. If Pikmin are carrying a treasure back to the base and a live Grubchucker is in the way, you can time when it falls over so that any carriers move past unharmed, ideally with Oatchi's charge. | |||
Around half of the Grubchuckers in the game don't carry any treasures (for example, the two in Subterranean Swarm and the one on the rock ramp in the Olimar's Shipwreck Tale version of Serene Shores), and as such you may also have the option of bypassing them entirely, saving precious time. If Pikmin are carrying a treasure back to the base and a live Grubchucker is in the way, you can time when it falls over so that any carriers move past unharmed, ideally with Oatchi's charge | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== Dalmo's | === Dalmo's Notes === | ||
{{transcript|The mouth on top of its head is somehow chic and ostentatious at the same time. Combined with the way it carries its claws like it's ready to give you a trim, this cutie looks like the charismatic beautician of the creature world. Though the way it tosses its food in the air shows rather poor | {{transcript|The mouth on top of its head is somehow chic and ostentatious at the same time. Combined with the way it carries its claws like it's ready to give you a trim, this cutie looks like the charismatic beautician of the creature world. Though the way it tosses its food in the air shows rather poor ettiquette.|block=y}} | ||
=== Olimar's | ===Olimar's Notes=== | ||
{{transcript|This bipedal creature walks upright, so its motion is noticeably slow, but the long reach of its pincers is useful for catching prey and tossing it into the wide mouth on top of its head. | {{transcript|This bipedal creature walks upright, so its motion is noticeably slow, but the long reach of its pincers is useful for catching prey and tossing it into the wide mouth on top of its head. | ||
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It has few natural enemies, primarily due to its height. However, it's often found in dimmer wetlands or underground to protect the soft top of its shell from the sun's rays.|block=y}} | It has few natural enemies, primarily due to its height. However, it's often found in dimmer wetlands or underground to protect the soft top of its shell from the sun's rays.|block=y}} | ||
=== Louie's | ===Louie's Notes=== | ||
{{transcript|Pluck off the lips, and serve with lemon and salt as an appetizer. Coat the arms and legs with plenty of miso for a full-course dinner in a shell!|block=y}} | {{transcript|Pluck off the lips, and serve with lemon and salt as an appetizer. Coat the arms and legs with plenty of miso for a full-course dinner in a shell!|block=y}} | ||
== Naming == | == Naming == | ||
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|jpcommon = {{J|ナゲクライ|Nage Kurai|Throwing Devourer}}. {{J|投げ|Nage}} means "throw", referring to how the Grubchucker throws its food into the mouth on its head. {{J|喰らう|Kurau}} means "devour", and it turns into {{J|喰らい|Kurai}} for person who devours. | |jpcommon = {{J|ナゲクライ|Nage Kurai|Throwing Devourer}}. {{J|投げ|Nage}} means "throw", referring to how the Grubchucker throws its food into the mouth on its head. {{J|喰らう|Kurau}} means "devour", and it turns into {{J|喰らい|Kurai}} for person who devours. | ||
|jpname = {{J|タカアシガマグチガニ|Takaashi Gamaguchi Gani|Long-legged Coin Purse Crab}}. It is also a play on {{j|タカアシガニ|Takaashigani}}, the Japanese name of the {{w|Japanese spider crab}}. | |jpname = {{J|タカアシガマグチガニ|Takaashi Gamaguchi Gani|Long-legged Coin Purse Crab}}. It is also a play on {{j|タカアシガニ|Takaashigani}}, the Japanese name of the {{w|Japanese spider crab}}. | ||
|scientific = ''Carabea vescora''. | |scientific = ''Carabea vescora''. "Vescor" is Latin for eating or feeding upon. | ||
|internal = <code>THROWEATER</code>. It refers to how it throws Pikmin into its mouth to eat them. | |internal = <code>THROWEATER</code>. It refers to how it throws Pikmin into its mouth to eat them. | ||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
P4 Grubchucker attack.jpg|A Grubchucker grabbing two [[ | P4 Grubchucker attack.jpg|A Grubchucker grabbing two [[pikpik carrot]]s in ''Pikmin 4'''s [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]]. | ||
P4 Grubchucker mouth.jpg|A Grubchucker with | P4 Grubchucker mouth.jpg|A Grubchucker with pikpik carrots in the mouth on its back. | ||
P4 Grubchucker digest.jpg|A Grubchucker chewing with the mouth on its back. | P4 Grubchucker digest.jpg|A Grubchucker chewing with the mouth on its back. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||