Firesnout Beetle

Firesnout Beetle
File:Firesnout Beetle.jpg
Appears in	Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Granignis ictum
Family	Lithopod
Areas	Sizzling Precipice
Attacks	Breathe fire

The Firesnout Beetle (ヒフキドックリ^?, lit.: "Fire Breathing Tokkuri") is an enemy in Hey! Pikmin. It is a crimson beetle-like creature that breathes fire from the walls it sits in. It has tiny legs, red eyes, and black spots around its darker colored exoskeleton. It is slightly shorter than Captain Olimar, being the smallest member of the lithopod family. It appears in only one area, Sizzling Precipice.

Behavior

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Firesnout Beetles live exclusively in walls, popping out on occasion to shoot a beam of fire. After a few seconds, they will retreat.

Locations

• Sweltering Parchlands
  • Sizzling Precipice: They are in the walls of the many precipices that are found here. They act as a threat that the player and their Winged Pikmin have to avoid, by moving away from the fire the creatures shoot.

Strategy

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These can only be defeated when sticking out of walls. However, when they are shooting fire they will burn any non-Red Pikmin.

Notes

Hey! Pikmin logs

“It emerges from its burrow to spout fire. Why does it do this? Some things, evidently, need no reason.”

Naming

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This creature's name differs from the Armored Cannon Beetle Larva's with the word "Firesnout", which refers to its fire-shooting ability and, like other lithopods, its snout, from which the fire comes from. For reasons unknown, the word "Larva" is absent from its name when compared to the Armored Cannon Beetle Larva, despite it being a cannon beetle larva as well. Its Japanese name is ヒフキドックリ^? (lit.: "Fire Breathing Tokkuri") with "Tokkuri" being the Japanese name for most lithopods (referring to the part of the Sake set) and Fire Breathing is obviously chosen.

Its scientific name, Granignis ictum is composed of Granignis. It is not a real word, but itself is composed of Granitus, the genus for the armored cannon beetle, and ignis, which is Latin for fire.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヒフキドックリ? Hifuki Dokkuri	Fire Breathing Tokkuri
Dutch	Vuurkanonkever
French	Calcicloporte	Porte means door
German	Crustabignis
Italian	Scarabeo sputafuoco	Spitfire fire beetle
Spanish	Verraco escupefuego	Spitfire Boar

Gallery

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See also

• Fiery Blowhog
• Fiery Blowlet
• Armored Cannon Larva
• Decorated Cannon Beetle
• Arctic Cannon Larva