Editing Toady Bloyster

|image      = Pikmin Garden Toady Bloyster render.png

|areas      = [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Twilight River]], [[Serene Shores]] ([[Story Mode]] and [[Night expedition|night]]), [[Hero's Hideaway]] ([[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]])

The '''Toady Bloyster''' ({{j|ツブラメケメクジ|Tsubura Me Kemekuji|Cute-eyed Kemekuji}}) is a slug-like [[enemy]] found in {{p2}}, {{p3}}, and {{p4}}. Toady Bloysters creep along the ground in search of food, and upon discovering [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], they emit a loud call reminiscent to that of a cow calf (Pikmin 2 only), then lash out their tentacle-like tongue. Any Pikmin hit by the tongue stick, and are ingested if the Bloyster is not killed before it can finish "chewing." As slow as they may be, Bloysters are capable of causing a very large and sudden drop in the number of Pikmin a [[leader]] has at their disposal, should the player be careless enough to allow them the chance.

Gill-like organs can be found on their bulbs, acting as weak spots. Although their bodies can be attacked for lesser damage in ''Pikmin 3'' and ''Pikmin 4'', in the previous game, only the bulbs can be attacked (even though it's possible to attack their bodies using [[Purple Pikmin]]). When one receives heavy damage, it shakes its tail and throws away any Pikmin hanging on to it in ''Pikmin 2'', but merely ejects ink in ''Pikmin 3'' and ''Pikmin 4''. This ink can temporarily and non-fatally choke any nearby Pikmin, but those hanging on the bulb will not be affected by it. In ''Pikmin 2'', they have seven distinct tentacles, whereas in the sequels, they have one that splits into six, which changes colors from blue to red in each sequel.

In ''Pikmin 2'', a single Toady Bloyster spawns in the [[Perplexing Pool]], and tends to rove around the shallows near the entrance to the [[Shower Room]]. When defeated, it typically drops two [[Pellet|10-Pellets]] in addition to the gill-like organ on its back, which is worth 25 Pikmin at any [[Onion]]. Entering any of the [[cave]]s in the Perplexing Pool will trigger a respawn, making this Bloyster a particularly low-risk method of spawning large amounts of Pikmin in a short amount of time, potentially 45 Pikmin per Bloyster defeated. In [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]], a Toady Bloyster holds [[The Key]] on the first sublevel in [[The Giant's Bath]]. <br>

In ''Pikmin 3'''s Story Mode, one appears in the [[Garden of Hope]], and one in the [[Twilight River]]; both located underwater.

=== Dalmo's notes ===

{{Transcript|Cute little marble-like eyes, a smooth undulating body, a big curvy mouth, a tongue that extends and separates into six parts, gills like fruit from a plant... Sit a moment, and take it all in. Sometimes it's fun to simply appreciate how a creature that can do so much damage can still be such an adorable addition to our universe!|block=y}}

 

 

 

 

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

=== Pikmin Garden ===

The best method of taking down a Toady Bloyster is simple: approach it from the back and latch as many Pikmin as possible onto the gill-like organ protruding from its back. If you are feeling bold, you may instead decide to simply barrage the Bloyster in question with [[Purple Pikmin]]. Petrifying the Bloyster is a foolish task, as it shares the highest bitter-spray damage resistance in the game with the Ranging Bloyster. Toady Bloysters do not actively seek out Pikmin, but they will not pass up the opportunity to eat Pikmin standing in front of them. While they have slow reaction time, their shake has a deceptively large hitbox, and Pikmin are shaken off when the Bloyster finishes its tongue lash animation. Caution must be taken to not let it attack while on low health, as it will not stop its attack animation when it reaches zero health, and it cannot be petrified when it reaches zero health as well.

Toady Bloysters can be dealt with in much the same way as in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. Simply throw Pikmin on its tail-based gill organ and they won't be affected by the ink that the bloyster sprays out. It can still be defeated through attacking the main body but the tail method is generally considered the fastest and easiest way to beat them, as that way they are completely safe from their ink splash. The Toady Bloyster may be quite slow in terms of movement and eating, but it's tentacle-like tounge can grab many Pikmin at once. As such, it is usually a very bad idea to charge the bloyster from the front.

Internally, in ''Pikmin 2'', the Toady Bloyster is just a [[Ranging Bloyster]], but some of the properties provide specific differences such as its size, and the hard-coded ability to be entranced by leaders is removed.

|jpcommon  = {{j|ツブラメケメクジ|Tsubura Me Kemekuji|Cute-eyed Kemekuji}} {{j|ケメクジ|Kemekuji}} is a spin off of the word {{j|ナメクジ|Namekuji}} which means slug, the character {{j|ケ|Ke}} could refer to hair or fur, but since this creature doesn't have any fur, it may have been picked for its sound rather than for its meaning.

|scientific = ''Molluschid minionicus''. ''Minionicus'' is similar to the English word "minion".  

|DutM  = Flat Snail