Editing Wolpole

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|technical=Amphituber

|name=Amphicaris frodendum

|family=Amphituber

|areas=[[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Distant Spring]], [[Awakening Wood]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Distant Tundra]]

|underground=[[Shower Room]], [[Hole of Heroes]], [[Dream Den]]

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|challenge = |battle = [[Stagnant Sea]]}} '''Wogpole''' <span style="line-height:20px;">(オタマ) </span>is an enemy found in every Pikmin game, and are completely harmless. It resembles [[Wikipedia:tadpole|tadpoles]] in appearance, and is in fact the larval form of the frog-like [[Amphituber|Wollywogs]].They grow into the Wollywogs and Yellow Wollywogs. In the ''[[Pikmin (game)|first game]]'', it only appears in the [[The Forest of Hope]] and [[The Distant Spring]] areas. It is typically a hard-to-get, low-reward enemy; in that it is a fast swimmer which only gives one [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] seed when carried to the [[Onion]]. In ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', Wogpoles are found in the [[Awakening Wood]] and [[Perplexing Pool]] areas, as well as the sublevels of certain [[cave]]s, such as the [[Shower Room]], where they have a measly treasure value of one [[poko]]. While being chased, Wogpoles may sometimes accidentally beach themselves, flopping about helplessly on land until they land safely back in the water. They may also drop from the ceiling in caves. As a side note, the Wogpoles in ''Pikmin'' seem to be in early stages of development as opposed to those in ''Pikmin 2'', as external gills near their heads are present.

These creatures are called Wolpoles in the ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin 2]] ''released in PAL.

In ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' their design has been changed a bit due to the HD quality. They now have visibly wet skin, along with spots on their heads and wider, more bulging eyes. The latter-most feature may be due to their stage of development, as their small heads now resemble the bulging eyes of their parents. The can be found in the [[Tropical Wilds]], the [[Garden of Hope]], and the [[Distant Tundra]].

==Notes==

===Reel notes===

===Olimar's Notes===

===Louie's Notes===

''"Wogpoles can be eaten raw, but they're much more flavorful when steamed or grilled. Also heavenly in risotto! Feel free to experiment with this lush ingredient."''

===Nintendo Player's Guide===

==Killing Strategy==

Although they constantly swim away from [[captains]], Wogpoles will occasionally stop for a few seconds when only chased by Pikmin, giving the Pikmin a chance to attack making the best strategy to spread out your Pikmin in a line using the C-Stick and charge at them so they pass through the line of Pikmin and the Pikmin begin to chase it. Wogpoles themselves can't attack, but they can cause flower Pikmin to lose their petals when they shake the predators off. Since they only yield one Pikmin seed when retrieved, they're almost always more trouble than they're worth.

File:Wogpole.jpg|A group of Wogpoles.

Reel25 Wogpole.png|The Wogpole as seen in the [[Creature Montage]] of ''Pikmin''.

Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 10.03.02 AM.png|A Wogpole as seen in ''Pikmin 3''.

*When using an Action Replay to access a model test menu in ''Pikmin,'' the Wogpole's code name is "otama", which is its Japanese name.

*The reason Wogpoles were changed to Wolpoles is because in the PAL areas, "wog" is an offensive racial slur.

*<span style="line-height:21px;">Of all the baby versions of enemies in the Pikmin games, Wogpoles (Wolpoles) are the only harmless baby enemies.</span>

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