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'''Crushing''' is a non-elemental [[hazard]] in the [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' series]]. While soft-bodied Pikmin that get crushed die right away, [[Rock Pikmin]] can withstand the weight, although [[Winged Pikmin]] are also mostly immune to being crushed.

[[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] have weak bodies that cannot resist most forms of '''crushing''' forces, except for [[Rock Pikmin]]. Once a Pikmin is crushed, it becomes flat in whatever direction it was crushed, then disappears with a [[soul]], with no way to save it. However, Rock Pikmin merely become partially buried in the ground and unharmed, and must be left to unearth themselves automatically after some seconds. The time it takes for them to unearth does not depend on their maturity and is [[random]] between six and eleven seconds.

Interestingly however, [[Winged Pikmin]] can't get crushed by anything but the [[Quaggled Mireclops]] and the crystal cubes from the [[Plasm Wraith]]: these attacks will just push Winged Pikmin away, even if they are grounded.

In ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'', crushing can be identified by the distinct sound Pikmin make when killed. In ''Pikmin 3'', any attack that a Rock Pikmin can survive by becoming buried counts as a crushing attack.

*'''{{icon|Beady Long Legs|l=Arachnorb family}} [[Arachnorb family|Arachnorbs]]''' – members of this spider-like family that have large feet can stamp on Pikmin and leaders.

*'''{{icon|Armored Cannon Larva|v=P3|l=Lithopod family}} [[Lithopod family|Lithopods]]''' – lithopods can spit out rocks that crush everything in their path.

*'''{{icon|Yellow Wollywog|l=Amphituber family}} [[Amphituber family|Amphitubers]]''' – these frog-like [[Enemy|enemies]] jump into the air and later fall down, crushing prey below them.

*'''{{icon|Calcified Crushblat|y}}''' – an enemy that can jump up and crush Pikmin with its large body.

*'''{{icon|Emperor Bulblax|y}}''' – the Emperor Bulblax's jumping attack can crush Pikmin below it.

*'''{{icon|Empress Bulblax|y}}''' – the Empress Bulblax's main attack involves rolling around the arena, crushing prey.

*'''{{icon|Skutterchuck|y}}''' – the [[Crystal|crystal nodules]] that they fling damage Pikmin via crushing.

*'''{{icon|Waterwraith|y}}''' – the Waterwraith travels around on rollers, which can crush creatures.

There is a glitch in the first two ''Pikmin'' games where an enemy or a certain object will crush a Pikmin abnormally, when it isn't even meant to crush in the first place. Very rarely, an object on top of a Pikmin will make said Pikmin vanish.

==Yellow Wollywog corpse crushing==

As seen in a [[Promotional material|trailer]] for ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'', it appears that in a [[Pikmin prerelease information|development version of the game]], [[Yellow Wollywog]]s could crush [[Captain Olimar]]'s army during their death animation, where they tense up and fall to the side. In the final game, this does not happen, except unintentionally, with the aforementioned glitch.

Crush 3.jpg|Some Winged Pikmin thrown backwards by a rock.