Masterhop

Masterhop
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Amphicaris frondiferorum (advanced age)
Family	Amphituber
Areas	Serene Shores (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale), Giant's Hearth
Caves	Seafloor Resort
Dandori Challenge stages	Cliff-Hanger's Hold
Dandori Battle stages	None
Attacks	Crush Pikmin

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The Masterhop (ヌシガエル^?, lit.: "Master Frog") is an enlarged version of the Yellow Wollyhop. It is a tough enemy in Pikmin 4, sometimes fought as a boss.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
15	30	15	× 15	3000

Behavior

Just like the smaller counterpart, Masterhop tries to jump up and fall on the player to crush them and their Pikmin. Notably, similar to the Quaggled Mireclops, if the ground is sandy, the Masterhop can sink the ground below it into puddles of water, making it dangerous to Pikmin without an immunity to it. The Masterhop will also look at its target before jumping like the Yellow Wollyhop. This gives you a chance to move away from it before it attacks.

Locations

• On sublevel 4 of the Seafloor Resort, a Masterhop holds the Greed-Inducement Device.
• In Giant's Hearth, 2 Masterhops are located next to eachother inside the area with sprinklers.
• Cliff-Hanger's Hold
• In Olimar's Shipwreck Tale only, a Masterhop guards a partially buried Automatic Gear in the Serene Shores.

Strategy

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The Masterhop can be killed by charging Oatchi at it with a big amount of Purple Pikmin, Rock Pikmin or Red Pikmin. Alternatively you can freeze it with Ice Pikmin or an Ice Blast midair, which will kill it instantly. However if Rock Pikmin are pounded there is a chance that they will drown due to water puddles scattered in the area.

Notes

Dalmo's Notes

"Wiggly elastic skin is the proper fit for this bouncing beauty! Slippery-smooth and shiny-sleek, it's skin is soft as a baby's cheeks! Though you might want to be wary of getting close enough to touch it. Just watching it move will make you yearn for skin that is more radiantly lustrous too.

Olimar's Notes

"It's widely believed that Yellow Wollyhops and other related species can continue to grow until they start breeding, but after that their growth rate plummets. However, in safe environments—ones that lack natural predators, for example—some individuals may forgo reproduction altogether and continue growing until they reach gigantic proportions.

The Yellow Wollyhop’s telomerase enzymes are particularly active, which prevents their bodies’ cells from aging. Under the right conditions, it’s not unusual for some individuals to reach over 50 years in age."

Louie's Notes

"Meat can be consumed if first dehydrated with a lot of salt. But the eyeballs and the legs are the best part."

Naming

• Common name: Masterhop. It is a portmanteau of “master” and “Yellow Wollyhop”, referring to how it is a Yellow Wollyhop of advanced age.
• Japanese nickname: ヌシガエル^?, lit.: "Master Frog". 主^?, in this context, means “master”, and ガエル^? is close to カエル^?, which means frog.
• Japanese name: ダルマイモガエル 長寿個体^?, lit.: "Daruma Potato Frog (Long-lived Individual)". This is the Japanese name for the Yellow Wollyhop, ダルマイモガエル^?, with the added distinction that it is a long-lived individual.
• Scientific name: Amphicaris frondiferorum (advanced age). This is the scientific name for the Yellow Wollyhop, with the added distinction that it is of advanced age.
• Internal names: BIGFROG. FROG is the internal name for the Yellow Wollyhop, with “big” added to denote size.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヌシガエル? Nushi Gaeru	Master Frog
Chinese (traditional)	霸主蛙 Bàzhǔ Wā	Overlord Frog
Chinese (simplified)	霸主蛙 Bàzhǔ Wā	Overlord Frog
Dutch	Opperpletterpad	Upper crushtoad
French	Gigawog	Giga-wollyhop
German	Gigalog	Gigahop
Italian	Lady Ranuca	Lady Wollyhop
Korean	터줏개구리 Teojut-Gaeguri	Green frog
Portuguese	Currurã magno	Great wollyhop
Spanish	Sapo magno	Great wollyhop

Gallery

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  A Masterhop as seen in the Piklopedia.

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  A Masterhop leaping into the air.

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  The backside of a Masterhop.

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  The corpse of both the Masterhop and Yellow Wollyhop for a size comparison between them both.

Trivia

• Larger than average Yellow Wollywogs are also present as enemies in Hey! Pikmin.

See also

• Blizzarding Blowhog
• Jumbo Bulborb
• Sovereign Bulblax
• Titan Blowhog
• Yellow Wollyhop