Ravenous Whiskerpillar: Difference between revisions

Ravenous Whiskerpillar
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Lepidoptera pluckieus
Family	Whiskerpillar
Areas	Awakening Wood, Perplexing Pool, Wistful Wild
Caves	None
Challenge Mode stages	None
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	None

Latest revision as of 00:57, August 8, 2024

The Ravenous Whiskerpillar (ハナゲイモ^?, lit.: "Nose Hair Caterpillar") is an enemy in Pikmin 2. Ravenous Whiskerpillars are not harmful to the Pikmin, but are dangerous to the Burgeoning Spiderwort plants. They will eat the berries on the plants, which are necessary to make sprays. They can be found in the Awakening Wood, the Perplexing Pool and the Wistful Wild; each time, they are near two or more Burgeoning Spiderwort plants. When confronted on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, they will drop off the plant and burrow into the ground, giving the player a chance to attack it. Strangely enough, when killed, they don't seem to be dead; carrying them will make them squirm and emit more of their hissing, and a soul does not appear. Just before they are pulled into the Onion, they struggle and hiss even more rapidly. The in-game Piklopedia states that they are a larval form of another creature, but it says that mature specimens have not been found yet.

Stats[edit]

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
1	1	2	1^{[note 1]}	200	N/A

^ This enemy cannot be delivered to the Research Pod in-game. This information is obtained from the Piklopedia and game files.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“As this species of insect has only recently been discovered, fully mature specimens have yet to be collected. No molting or metamorphosis has been observed during the observation period, making it unlikely that mature whiskerpillars will be encountered anytime soon. Based on active predation by Pikmin, it is believed that the whiskerpillar's place in the food chain has not changed over time.”

Louie's notes

“Delicious skillet-seared or sauteed with scallions and a red Genovese sauce.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide[edit]

“Much like the Female Sheargrub, the Ravenous Whiskerpiller^[sic] is a harmless critter that burrows up from the ground and flops along the surface. If you're really hurting for Pikmin, you can swarm the little critters and turn in their bodies for two sprouts each.”

Strategy[edit]

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

Pikmin[edit]

If it's on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, send a couple of Pikmin up there to bring it down, then swarm it with the rest when it falls. Otherwise, just swarm it.

Leaders[edit]

If it's on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, then wait for it to eat all the berries and kill it when it hops off of the plant. If on the ground, just punch it until it's dead. If the Rocket Fist upgrade has been unlocked, the third punch can hit the Whiskerpillar only when it's on the very bottom part of the berries.

Technical information[edit]

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			`imomushi`
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.2
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.1
fp00	ライフ	HP	200
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	12.5
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.2
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.25
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	40
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	500
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	30
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	250
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	500
fp13	視界角度	FOV	180
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	0
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	0
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	0
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	0
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	0
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	0
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	0
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	0
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	0
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	1000
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	0
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	50
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	10
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	0
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	0
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	40
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	25
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	10
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	N/A
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	0.3 (30%)
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	5
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	0
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	0
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	0
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	0
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	草登り速度	Spiderwort climbing speed	2
fp02	種周回速度	Unknown (movement speed on top of the plant?)	0.3
fp11	実食い時間	Time spent eating a berry	10
fp90	Translate補正	Unknown (translation correction?)	0.75
fp91	Rotate補正	Unknown (rotation correction?)	0.075

Other information[edit]

Size: Body length: 36.5mm, as per the e-card
Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #27

Naming[edit]

See more: Whiskerpillar family#Naming.

Common name: "Ravenous" means "starving", and "Whiskerpillar" is a combination of "whisker" and "caterpillar". Indeed, the creature is always hungry for berries, and looks like a regular real world caterpillar, but with whiskers.
Japanese nickname: ハナゲイモ^?. ハナゲ^? is Japanese for "nose hair", referring to its whisker-like hairs, and イモ^? is likely part of the word イモムシ^?, which means "hornworm" (the caterpillar of a hawk moth).
Japanese name: ハナゲムシ^?, lit.: "Nose Hair Bug".
Scientific name: Lepidoptera pluckieus. Lepidoptera (being used here as a genus), is the real world order of insects that include moths and butterflies, and pluckieus being similar to the English word "pluck", perhaps related to how the berries removed from the flower could be considered "plucked".
Internal names: Internally, it is called imomushi, or いもむし^?, which means "caterpillar".
Prerelease: In an unused early version of the game's script, this enemy is called "Fuzzy Whiskerpillar".^[1]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ハナゲイモ^? Hanage Imo	Nose Hair Caterpillar
French	Verbrisse Vorace	Ravenous Whiskerpillar
German	Gefräßige Bartraupe	Voracious Beard Caterpillar
Italian	Anellide vorace	Voracious Anellid
Spanish (NoA)	Voraz oruga mostachona	Voracious whiskered caterpillar

Gallery[edit]

Ravenous Whiskerpillars in the Piklopedia.
A Ravenous Whiskerpillar climbs a Burgeoning Spiderwort.
The Piklopedia icon of the Ravenous Whiskerpillar in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.
A Ravenous Whiskerpillar eating berries on a Burgeoning Spiderwort.
The 'corpse' of a Ravenous Whiskerpillar.
The Ravenous Whiskerpillar's e-card, #28 (5^th yellow card).

Trivia[edit]

The Ravenous Whiskerpillar-like creature, called moguraimo in the game's files.

An enemy similar to the Ravenous Whiskerpillar was meant to appear in Pikmin 3, according to some unused files.
Louie's recipe implies that he killed the specimen itself, as the Whiskerpillar does not die when defeated by the Pikmin.

References[edit]

^ Pikmin 2/Early English Script on The Cutting Room Floor

[1] This enemy cannot be delivered to the Research Pod in-game. This information is obtained from the Piklopedia and game files.

[2] Pikmin 2/Early English Script on The Cutting Room Floor

[note 1]

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 {{Infobox enemy
-|pikmin2=y
+|pikmin2     = y
-|image=Ravenouswhiskerpillar.jpg
+|image       = Ravenouswhiskerpillar.jpg
-|size=270px
+|size        = 270px
-|name=Lepidoptera pluckieus
+|icon        = Piklopedia Ravenous Whiskerpillar.png
-|family=Whiskerpillar
+|name        = Lepidoptera pluckieus
-|areas='''''Pikmin 2'''''<br>[[Awakening Wood]]<br>[[Perplexing Pool]]<br>[[Wistful Wild]]
+|family      = Whiskerpillar
-|weight=1
+|areas       = [[Awakening Wood]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Wistful Wild]]
-|height=36.5mm
+|attacks     = None
-|max_pikmin=1
+}}
-|seeds=2
-|value=1
-|attacks=Eats berries
-|vitality=200}}
-The '''Ravenous Whiskerpillar''' <span style="line-height:20px;">(</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;line-height:19px;">ハナゲイモ) </span>is an enemy in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. These enemies are not harmful to the Pikmin, but are dangerous to the [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] plants. They will eat the berries on the plants, which are necessary to make sprays. They can be found in the [[Awakening Wood]], the [[Perplexing Pool]] and the [[Wistful Wild]]; each time, they are near two or more [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] plants. When confronted, they will drop off the plant and burrow into the ground. Strangely enough, when killed, they don't seem to be dead; carrying them will make them squirm and emit more of their hissing, and a spirit does not appear. Just before they are pulled into the onion, they struggle and hiss even more rapidly. The in-game Piklopedia states that they are a larval form of another creature, but it says that mature specimens have not been found yet. Interestingly, even though it is the only enemy that does not appear in any underground areas, it has a treasure value of {{Poko}}x1 according to the [[Piklopedia]].
+The '''Ravenous Whiskerpillar''' ({{j|ハナゲイモ|Hanage Imo|Nose Hair Caterpillar}}) is an [[enemy]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. Ravenous Whiskerpillars are not harmful to the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], but are dangerous to the [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] plants. They will eat the berries on the plants, which are necessary to make [[sprays]]. They can be found in the [[Awakening Wood]], the [[Perplexing Pool]] and the [[Wistful Wild]]; each time, they are near two or more [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] plants. When confronted on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, they will drop off the plant and burrow into the ground, giving the player a chance to attack it. Strangely enough, when killed, they don't seem to be dead; carrying them will make them squirm and emit more of their hissing, and a [[soul]] does not appear. Just before they are pulled into the [[Onion]], they struggle and hiss even more rapidly. The in-game [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] states that they are a larval form of another creature, but it says that mature specimens have not been found yet.
+==Stats==
+{{enemy stats
+|weight2 = 1
+|carriers2 = 1
+|seeds2 = 2
+|value2 = 1<ref group="note">This enemy cannot be delivered to the Research Pod in-game. This information is obtained from the Piklopedia and game files.</ref>
+|hp2 = 200
+|regen2 = N/A
+}}
+{{refs|note}}
+{{Notes|olimar=y|louie=y}}
+===''Pikmin 2'' Nintendo Player's Guide===
+{{transcript|Much like the Female Sheargrub, the Ravenous Whiskerpiller{{sic}} is a harmless critter that burrows up from the ground and flops along the surface. If you're really hurting for Pikmin, you can swarm the little critters and turn in their bodies for two sprouts each.|block=y}}
+==Strategy==
+{{guide}}
-==Notes==
-===Olimar's Notes===
-''"As this species of insect has only recently been discovered, fully mature specimens have yet to be collected. No molting or metamorphosis has been observed during the observation period, making it unlikely that mature whiskerpillars will be encountered anytime soon. Based on active predation by Pikmin, it is believed that the whiskerpillar's place in the food chain has not changed over time."''
-===Louie's Notes===
-''"Delicious skillet-seared or sauteed with scallions and a red Genovese sauce."''
-==Killing Strategies==
-[[File:Normal 17 Pikmin2 GCN screen9.jpg|thumb|200px|A member of the species climbing a Spiderwort.]]
 ===Pikmin===
-If it's on a flower, send a couple of Pikmin up there to bring it down, then swarm it with the rest when it falls. Otherwise, just swarm it.
+If it's on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, send a couple of Pikmin up there to bring it down, then [[Group move|swarm]] it with the rest when it falls. Otherwise, just swarm it.
+===Leaders===
+If it's on a Burgeoning Spiderwort, then wait for it to eat all the berries and kill it when it hops off of the plant. If on the ground, just [[punch]] it until it's dead. If the [[Rocket Fist]] upgrade has been unlocked, the third punch can hit the Whiskerpillar only when it's on the ''very bottom'' part of the berries.
+==Technical information==
+{{p2 enemy technical
+|name = imomushi
+|s000 = 0.5
+|s001 = 0.2
+|s002 = 0.25
+|s003 = 0.1
+|s004 = 0.1
+|fp00 = 200
+|fp01 = 12.5
+|fp02 = 0.2
+|fp03 = 0.25
+|fp04 = 0.35
+|fp05 = 0.1
+|fp06 = 40
+|fp08 = 0.1
+|fp09 = 500
+|fp10 = 30
+|fp11 = 250
+|fp12 = 500
+|fp13 = 180
+|fp14 = 0
+|fp15 = 0
+|fp16 = 0
+|fp17 = 0
+|fp18 = 0
+|fp19 = 0
+|fp20 = 0
+|fp21 = 0
+|fp22 = 0
+|fp23 = 0
+|fp24 = 1000
+|fp25 = 0
+|fp26 = 0
+|fp27 = 50
+|fp28 = 10
+|fp29 = 0
+|fp30 = 0
+|fp31 = 0
+|fp32 = 40
+|fp33 = 25
+|fp34 = 10
+|fp35 = N/A
+|fp36 = 50
+|fp37 = 0.3 (30%)
+|fp38 = 5
+|ip01 = 0
+|ip02 = 0
+|ip03 = 0
+|ip04 = 0
+|ip05 = 0
+|ip06 = 0
+|ip07 = 0
+|spec = {{p2 enemy property | fp01 | 草登り速度 | Spiderwort climbing speed | 2 }}
+{{!}}-
+{{p2 enemy property | fp02 | 種周回速度 | Unknown (movement speed on top of the plant?) | 0.3 }}
+{{!}}-
+{{p2 enemy property | fp11 | 実食い時間 | Time spent eating a berry | 10 }}
+{{!}}-
+{{p2 enemy property | fp90 | Translate補正 | Unknown ({{w|Translation (geometry)|translation}} correction?) | 0.75 }}
+{{!}}-
+{{p2 enemy property | fp91 | Rotate補正 | Unknown (rotation correction?) | 0.075 }}
+}}
+==Other information==
+{{enemy other info
+|size       = Body length: {{mm|36.5}}
+|piklopedia = 27
+}}
+==Naming==
+{{see more|Whiskerpillar family#Naming}}
+{{naming
+|common     = "Ravenous" means "starving", and "Whiskerpillar" is a combination of "whisker" and "caterpillar". Indeed, the creature is always hungry for berries, and looks like a regular real world {{w|caterpillar}}, but with whiskers.
+|scientific = ''Lepidoptera pluckieus''. ''Lepidoptera'' (being used here as a genus), is the real world order of insects that include moths and butterflies, and ''pluckieus'' being similar to the English word "pluck", perhaps related to how the berries removed from the flower could be considered "plucked".
+|jpcommon   = {{j|ハナゲイモ|Hanage Imo}}. {{j|ハナゲ|hanage}} is Japanese for "nose hair", referring to its whisker-like hairs, and {{j|イモ|imo}} is likely part of the word {{j|イモムシ|imomushi}}, which means "hornworm" (the caterpillar of a hawk moth).
+|jpname     = {{j|ハナゲムシ|Hanage Mushi|Nose Hair Bug}}.
+|internal   = Internally, it is called <code>imomushi</code>, or {{j|いもむし|imomushi}}, which means "caterpillar".
+|prerelease = In an [[Unused content in Pikmin 2|unused early version]] of the game's script, this enemy is called "Fuzzy Whiskerpillar".{{cite web|https://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2/Early_English_Script#Names|Pikmin 2/Early English Script|The Cutting Room Floor}}
+}}
+===Names in other languages===
+{{foreignname
+|Jap  = ハナゲイモ
+|JapR = Hanage Imo
+|JapM = Nose Hair Caterpillar
+|Fra  = Verbrisse Vorace
+|FraM = Ravenous Whiskerpillar
+|Ger = Gefräßige Bartraupe
+|GerM = Voracious Beard Caterpillar
+|Ita  = Anellide vorace
+|ItaM = Voracious Anellid
+|SpaA = Voraz oruga mostachona
+|SpaAM= Voracious whiskered caterpillar
+}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+ravenouswhiskerpillar.png|Ravenous Whiskerpillars in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].
+Ravenous Whiskerpillar climbs Spiderwort P2.jpg|A Ravenous Whiskerpillar climbs a Burgeoning Spiderwort.
+Ravenous Whiskerpillar P2S icon.png|The [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] icon of the Ravenous Whiskerpillar in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch version of ''Pikmin 2'']].
+P2 Ravenous Whiskerpillar eating.jpg|A Ravenous Whiskerpillar eating berries on a Burgeoning Spiderwort.
+P2 Ravenous Whiskerpillar corpse.jpg|The 'corpse' of a Ravenous Whiskerpillar.
+Y5.JPG|The Ravenous Whiskerpillar's [[e-card]], #28 (5<sup>th</sup> yellow card).
+</gallery>
+== Trivia ==
+[[File:Pikmin 3 Ravenous Whiskerpillar.png|thumb|The Ravenous Whiskerpillar-like creature, called <code>moguraimo</code> in the game's files.]]
+*An enemy similar to the Ravenous Whiskerpillar was meant to appear in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', according to some [[Unused content in Pikmin 3|unused files]].
+*Louie's recipe implies that he killed the specimen itself, as the Whiskerpillar does not die when defeated by the Pikmin.
-(If a captain next to a [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] when it grows berries, and the Whiskerpillars are alive, they will not emerge until the berries' area is off screen.)
+==See also==
+*[[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]
+*[[Soul]]
-===Captains===
+==References==
-If it's on a flower, then wait for it to eat all the berries and kill it when it hops off of the plant. If on the ground, just punch it until it's dead. If the [[Rocket Fist]] upgrade has been unlocked, the third punch can hit the Whiskerpillar only when it's on the ''very bottom'' part of the berries.
+{{refs}}
-==Trivia==
+{{harmless enemies}}
-*The Ravenous Whiskerpillar was originally going to be called the Fuzzy Whiskerpillar.
+{{p2enemies}}
-*It is one of the only three enemies in pikmin 2 to not truly die, although this one does not continue it's duties after being defeated, unlike [[Gatling Groink]]s or [[Bulbear]]s.
-{{harmless enemies}}{{Enemies}}
-[[Category:Pikmin 2 enemies]]
-[[Category:Pikmin 2]]
 [[Category:Perplexing Pool]]
 [[Category:Awakening Wood]]
 [[Category:Wistful Wild]]
-[[Category:Burrowing Enemies]]
+[[Category:Burrowing enemies]]

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Contents

Stats[edit]