Giant Breadbug

Giant Breadbug
Appears in	Pikmin 2, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Pansarus gigantus
Family	Breadbug
Areas	None
Caves	Glutton's Kitchen, Plunder Palace
Challenge Mode stages	Snack Pit
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Steal objects, drag Pikmin into its den (Pikmin 2), ram (Pikmin 4)

The Giant Breadbug (オオパンモドキ^?, lit.: "Giant Pseudo Bread") is a boss in Pikmin 2 and an enemy in Pikmin 4. Unlike other Breadbugs, this one is large and shaped almost perfectly cubical, looking like a whole loaf of bread, making it the largest species in the Breadbug family. It acts the same as normal Breadbugs, but is harder to damage by "rejection" from the pod. It is considered by many players to be the easiest boss in Pikmin 2 (the boss theme music is not even played, though an exclusive tune is played only in the specific cave sublevel). The more recognizable habitat is located on the last sublevel (6) of the Glutton's Kitchen and consists of only two other Breadbugs, electrical wires, and Anode Beetles. This creature is also found in the Snack Pit in Challenge Mode, and in the final sublevel of the Plunder Palace in Pikmin 4 (its only location in that game). The Giant Breadbug can instantly replenish its HP if it collects an object into its den.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
10	20	4	× 10	2000	No

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This gargantuan species of the greater breadbug family has a torso so perfectly square that it almost seems like it was formed in a mold. For a brief period after birth, the giant breadbug competes for food with smaller breadbugs, but upon reaching maturity it seeks out much larger prey. This is the primary reason that two species with similar feeding habits can coexist in the same habitat. Hordes of Pikmin appear to pose the only plausible threat to this massive creature's life.”

Louie's notes

“Although cooking this colossal beast yields a mountain of meat, every ounce of it is flavorless. Only suitable for intergalactic all-you-can-eat buffets.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“Only purple Pikmin can stomp the Breadbug boss. The best way to damage it is to beat it in a game of tug-of-war. Have your Pikmin grab the item that the bug is trying to take into its hole, and carry the prize to the ship. When the ship sucks it in, the Breadbug will be sucked upward, too, and hit the bottom of the ship.”

Carrying power

See: Breadbug carrying power

Strategy

The following article or section contains guides. The strategies shown are just suggestions.

In Pikmin 2, there are three ways to damage the Giant Breadbug, each with their own quirks: by letting it hit its head on the Research Pod, throwing Purple Pikmin at it, or swarming it whilst petrified.

The standard way to defeat this enemy involves you waiting until it latches onto a treasure or defeated creature, such as the nearby Anode Beetles, or Breadbugs. Then, toss onto or swarm the treasure with as many Pikmin as possible (preferably twice as much as the minimum weight; this is of course made easier if Purple Pikmin are used) and watch them drag the helpless Giant Breadbug toward the Research Pod. Like with normal Breadbugs, should there not be enough Pikmin on the treasure, they will be pulled into the Giant Breadbug's den and killed.

When the enemy hits the pod, it loses almost half its health. The process can then be repeated as many times as necessary to take it down. You should note two things however: if the Giant Breadbug carries something back to its den successfully, it fully replenishes its life, wasting all of your hard work damaging it. Secondly, you'll need to bring it to the Research Pod more than once, so make sure that there are enough carriable objects around to work with. This can be harder if there are small Breadbugs around taking out objects into their own dens. To help with this, you can leave some Pikmin to distract the other Breadbugs, you can leave the Anode Beetles alone until you want to turn them into carriable corpses, and you can use eggs as a last resort – if an egg has Mitites, you can get yourself some extra corpses to work with.

If there are no more corpses, the only other normal way to damage the boss is by throwing Purple Pikmin on top of it, which can prove to be challenging, especially with a small number of Purple Pikmin. Each Purple takes away about one twentieth of the Giant Breadbug's health.

Finally, the only other way to damage it is to petrify it and then just send any Pikmin to attack it. However, for some bizarre reason, after the Giant Breadbug hits its head on the Research Pod once, it becomes impossible to petrify it from there on out, until the cave is exited.

Defeating the Giant Breadbug in Pikmin 4 is almost identical to Pikmin 2, except that it's much harder to damage them with Purple Pikmin. It is easier to throw Yellow Pikmin on top of it, as 10 of them will be enough to crush it and deal a large amount of damage. They will also charge your party after being hit by the S.S. Beagle, knocking down any Pikmin (or Oatchi) in their path. This won't kill them, but it will cause them to lose their flowers. The Giant Breadbug can shake off Pikmin that it is engaged in tug-of-war with.

Technical information

For information on the nest object, see Breadbug technical information.

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			oopanmodoki
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	2000
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	40
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.5
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.5
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.1
fp06	速度	Move speed	85
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	200
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	30
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	70
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	300
fp13	視界角度	FOV	90
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	300
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	120
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	200
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	1
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	30
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	80
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	50
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	80
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	50
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	50
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	45
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	2
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	30
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	50
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	60
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	20
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	50
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	0 (0%)
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	0
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	6
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	5
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	12
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	17
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	20
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	22
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp00	巣スケール	Scale of the nest's model	2
fp16	歩きモーションスピード	Unknown (walk speed?)	1
fp02	急回転速度率	Unknown (sudden rotation speed?)	0.2
fp05	急回転速度最大	Unknown (sudden rotation speed max?)	5
fp03	戻り速度	Unknown (carrying speed?)	45
fp04	コンテナダメージ	Damage taken on hitting the Research Pod	1000
fp06	プレスダメージ	Unknown (damage on being squashed by a Purple Pikmin?)	100
fp14	待機時間	Unknown (wait time?)	0
fp15	潜伏時間	Unknown	150
ip01	ターゲットスロット数境界	Unknown (cannot collect objects that can have these many Pikmin grabbing?)	1

Other information

• Size: Body length: 75mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #74
• Musical theme: Giant Breadbug

Naming

See more: Breadbug family#Naming.

• Common name: Giant Breadbug. In comparison to the regular Breadbug, this creature is much larger, hence the "Giant".
• Japanese nickname: オオパンモドキ^?, lit.: "Giant Pseudo Bread". From パンモドキ^?, the Breadbug's Japanese nickname.
• Japanese name: ショクパンモドキ^?, lit.: "Pseudo Loaf of Bread".
• Scientific name: Pansarus gigantus. Gigantus is Latin for "giant".
• Internal names: Internally, this boss is called oopanmodoki, a romanization of its Japanese common name.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	オオパンモドキ? Oo Pan Modoki	Giant Pseudo Bread
French	Scaratax Géant	Giant Breadbug
German	Riesen-Saprophag	Giant Breadbug
Italian	Saprofago gigante	Giant Breadbug
Spanish (NoA)	Chinche carroñera gigante	Giant scavenger bug

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Giant Breadbug from Pikmin 2.

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  The Giant Breadbug in the Piklopedia.

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  Another image of the boss in the Piklopedia.

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  The Giant Breadbug dragging the Meat of Champions.

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  A unused test cave for the Giant Breadbug (パンモドキテストcaveinfo).

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  A promotional image for Pikmin 4 featuring the Giant Breadbug.

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  The creature's e-card, #61 (16^th blue card).

Trivia

• The Giant Breadbug is one of three enemies to not appear in the Wistful Wild, the others being the Waterwraith and the Toady Bloyster. All three can be found within the Perplexing Pool.
• The Giant Breadbug, along with the helpless phase of the Waterwraith, and the Titan Dweevil, are the only bosses in Pikmin 2 that have their own music theme, instead of using the regular boss theme. This theme also appears in the Plunder Palace in Pikmin 4, but stops when the two Giant Breadbugs are defeated, whereas in Pikmin 2 it continues whether they are defeated or not.

See also

• Breadbug
• Breadbug family