Editing Miniature Snootwhacker

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{{infobox enemy
|pikmin4     = y
|image       = Miniature Snootwhacker P4 icon.png
|icon        = Miniature Snootwhacker P4 icon.png
|size        = 256px
|name        = Naspiralum melona (adolescent)
|family      = Snootwhack
|areas       = [[Hero's Hideaway]] ([[Story Mode]] and [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]])
|underground = [[Dream Home]], [[Ultimate Testing Range]], [[The Mud Pit]]
|dandori_c   = [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]]
|attacks     = Knock back Pikmin
}}

The '''Miniature Snootwhacker''' ({{j|コバナタタキ|Ko Bana Tataki|Little Nose-Knocker}}) is an enemy in {{p4}}. It is the younger variant of the [[Mammoth Snootwhacker]]. Due to its tough skin, it is immune to most physical attacks from Pikmin, even [[Rock Pikmin]]. Its belly is its weak point, but it can only be exposed by charging at it with [[Oatchi]], using a [[lightning shock]], or detonating a [[bomb rock]] or other explosive item near the creature.

==Stats==
{{enemy stats
|weight4 = 7
|carriers4 = 14
|seeds4 = 6
|value4 = 7
|hp4 = 500    
|regen4 = Unknown
}}

== Behavior ==
Upon getting close to Pikmin, Oatchi, or the player, the Miniature Snootwhacker will use its trunk to do a spinning attack. If this attack hits its target, they are briefly knocked into the air and sent a moderate distance away from where they were hit. If Oatchi hits the Miniature Snootwhacker with a rush, it will flip and reveal its soft belly, which is able to be damaged by Pikmin and/or Oatchi. When the Miniature Snootwhacker regains it's footing after being flipped, it will knock off any Pikmin attacking it. The Miniature Snootwhacker is unable to kill Pikmin.

==Appearance==
The Miniature Snootwhacker is a small, green, elephant-like creature with a bright red underbelly that closely resembles the [[Mammoth Snootwhacker]], its older counterpart. Its color palette and texture resemble that of a watermelon.

== Locations ==
{{game help|p4|List all places the enemy can be found in.}}

== Strategy ==
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Due to the creature's hard skin, it cannot be attacked directly. Using [[Oatchi]]'s Rush attack is the simplest and most effective method to flip the Snootwhacker over in order to attack its soft underbelly.

== Notes ==
=== Dalmo's notes ===
{{transcript|The way it catches its food, protects its belly, and gets up while working with the weight of its sizable trunk are all taught by its diligent parents. Instead of hand and foot, they attend to their offspring nose and foot! They prepare the child for the day it will leave the nest and eventually become a parent itself.|block=y}}

=== Olimar's notes ===
{{transcript|Immediately after birth, this species's skin starts to harden, and before long it will reach the same impenetrable toughness as that of an adult.

Adult Snootwhackers dexterously use their trunks to grab food from high tree branches, but juveniles consume fruits and nuts that have fallen to the ground, as well as other types of terrestrial flora.

This specimen's leg and torso muscles are underdeveloped compared to those in their nose, so they lack the strength to maintain their posture and easily lose their balance.|block=y}}

=== Louie's notes ===
{{transcript|Gently peel the skin back from the nose. Its meat has a grassy bitterness. Tastes like cucumber.|block=y}}

== Naming ==
{{see more|Snootwhack family#Naming}}
{{naming
|common     = Miniature Snootwhacker. The "miniature" helps describe their smaller nature in comparison to full grown variety.
|jpcommon   = {{j|コバナタタキ|Ko Bana Tataki|Little Nose-Knocker}}. "Little" is used to differentiate it from the [[Mammoth Snootwhacker]].
|jpname     = {{j|クロスジマキバナウリ 幼体|Kuro Suji Maki Bana Uri Youtai|Black-streaked Coiled Nose Melon (juvenile)}}.
|scientific = ''Naspiralum melona'' (adolescent). It has the same scientific name to the Mammoth Snootwhacker, with the mention of its adolescence.
|internal   = <code>SHIPPOZAKO</code>. <code>SHIPPO</code> is the internal name for the Mammoth Snoothwhacker, which means "tail", which could refer to how it swings its trunk like a tail. "Zako", which means small-fry, is used to distinguish the size.
}}

=== Names in other languages ===
{{foreignname
|Jap  = コバナタタキ
|JapR = Ko Bana Tataki
|JapM = Little Nose-Whacker
|ChiTrad  = 
|ChiTradR = 
|ChiTradM = 
|Dut  = Snoetstomperkalf
|DutM = Snoot thumper calf
|Fra  = Frappatrompe nain
|FraM = Dwarf Snootwhacker
|Ger  = Mini-Rüsselklatscher
|GerM = Mini Trunkclapper
|Ita  = Proboscibatto nano
|ItaM = Dwarf trunkbeater
|ItaN= Portmanteau of "proboscide" (trunk) and "battere" (to beat)
|Kor  = 꼬마코치기
|KorR = Kkoma-Ko-Chigi
|KorM = Little Nose-Whacker
|Spa  = Trompador miniatura
|SpaM = Miniature snootwhacker
|SpaN = "trompa" (trunk) with the agent suffix "-ador"
|Por  = Trombate nanico
|PorM = Runt trunnock
|PorN = "trombate" is a portmanteau of "tromba" (trunk) and "bater" (knock)
|notes =  y
}}

== Gallery ==
{{image|more images of wild Miniature Snootwhackers and a corpse of one.}}
<gallery>
Miniature Snootwhacker P4.jpg|A Miniature Snootwhacker in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]].
Miniature Snootwhacker Attack P4.jpg|A Miniature Snootwhacker performing an attack.
P4 Miniature Snootwhacker Screenshot.png|A Miniature Snootwhacker in the [[Hero's Hideaway]].
Miniature Snootwhacker backside.jpg|The backside of a Miniature Snootwhacker.
Miniature Snootwhacker vulnerable.jpg|A Miniature Snootwhacker on its back, showing off its vulnerable belly in the Piklopedia.
Miniature Snootwhacker Preparing.jpg|A Miniature Snootwhacker preparing to attack.
Miniature Snootwhacker Attacks Blues.jpg|A Miniature Snootwhacker whacking Pikmin.
Miniature Snootwhacker Flipped.jpg|Oatchi flipping a Miniature Snootwhacker onto its back.
Miniature Snootwhacker P4 Sticky Mold.jpg|Two Miniature Snootwhackers in [[The Mud Pit]].
P4 Dead Miniature Snootwhacker.jpg|A defeated Miniature Snootwhacker in the Piklopedia.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Mammoth Snootwhacker]]
* [[Snootwhack family]]

{{Harmless enemies}}
{{p4enemies}}
[[Category:Hero's Hideaway]]
[[Category:Dream Home]]
[[Category:Ultimate Testing Range]]
[[Category:Subterranean Swarm]]
[[Category:The Mud Pit]]
[[Category:Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]
[[Category:Trial of the Sage Leaf]]