Spiny Coppeller

Spiny Coppeller
Appears in	Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Purpuralacus spicadia
Family	Scarpanid
Areas
Attacks	Stab Pikmin and Olimar

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The Spiny Coppeller (トビトゲムシ^?, lit.: "Flying Spiny Bug") is an enemy in Hey! Pikmin. It is a purple and, as the name would imply, spiked version of the Coppeller. It acts the same as the regular Coppeller as well, except it cannot be defeated by Pikmin, since any that touch its body get stabbed and killed.

Behavior

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The Spiny Coppeller doesn’t directly interact with the player, instead it travels on a pre-determined path. They also generally appear in groups. When touched it will damage olimar/the Pikmin.

Locations

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• Leafswirl Lagoon
  • Valley of the Breeze

Strategy

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Because the Spiny Coppeller cannot be defeated, the only thing the player can do is avoid it.

Notes

Hey! Pikmin logs

“This seems to be a subspecies of the Coppeller that's grown spikes all over its carapace. It's well-armored but, ironically, can no longer carry seeds. Let that be a lesson that greed never gets you far in life.”

Naming

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Stekelkleptokopter
French (NoA)	Gyroptère à pics	Spiny gyrocopter
French (NoE)	Gyroptère à piques	Spiny gyrocopter
German	Stachelflatterer
Italian	Pigliapiglia pungente
Spanish	Cleptóptero punzante

Gallery

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  A Spiny Coppeller in the Creature Log.

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  A swarm of Spiny Coppellers.

See also

• Scarpanid family
• Coppeller