Goolix
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| Appears in | Pikmin | ||
| Scientific name | Binuclei siphonophorus | ||
| Family | Goolix | ||
| Areas | The Impact Site | ||
| Challenge Mode stages | None | ||
| Attacks | Drown Pikmin, knock Olimar back | ||
The Goolix (ミズモチ?, lit.: "Water Mochi") is a watery enemy in the first Pikmin game. It resembles a blue amoeba with two nuclei, a blue one and a larger yellow one. Upon approaching its location, it emerges from the ground. It stretches around to engulf Pikmin who happen to be in its path, and drowns Red Pikmin and Yellow Pikmin, which cannot breathe in water. The only Pikmin invulnerable to it are Blue Pikmin.
While it has not reappeared since the original Pikmin game, a similar creature, the Foolix, appears in Pikmin 4 belonging to the Goolix family.
Stats
| Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health | Regen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 30000 | Unknown |
Behavior
The Goolix remains invisible and is inactive until Olimar or a Pikmin approaches its area. When this happens the creature will reveal itself, scattering any nearby Pikmin. When active, it will slink around, aiming for Olimar. It has no specific attacks, but its touch will damage Olimar and cause any non-blue Pikmin to suffer from the water effect. Only Blue Pikmin can penetrate the Goolix's membrane and attack one of its two cores. When under attack, the only threat the creature poses is flinging Pikmin from it, possibly causing them to lose their flowers or buds. Once defeated, the Goolix will dissolve, leaving four 5-pellets and no corpse.
Location
It is only found in The Impact Site, on odd-numbered days starting from day 9 (even-numbered days starting from day 8 will have the Mamuta instead). It is located in the middle of the large tree trunk base.
Strategy
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Its large, yellow nucleus is completely impervious to damage, while the smaller, blue one can be pummeled by Blue Pikmin. The Pikmin can damage the Goolix this way, but the process takes a long time.
During the battle, the creature will attempt to chase after Olimar, but will be limited if Pikmin are attacking its small core; the more Pikmin attacking, the less it can move. Once the Goolix is stretched out, the two cores can be made to snap against one another, which causes a good amount of damage to the Goolix. There are two ways to make the core snap: either whistle the Pikmin attacking the small core, which will make it bump against the large core, or throw a Pikmin directly on top of the large core, which will make it clank against the smaller one. Of course, the more stretched out the Goolix is, the more violent the collision between nuclei, and the more damage the creature will suffer. The more Pikmin are attacking the small nucleus, the more the Goolix has to stretch out to reach the leader.
Every time the nuclei smack together, the Pikmin involved will be tossed all around, so be ready to call them back. When it is defeated, its membrane breaks and its watery insides spray out in all directions, leaving no trace it was ever there, besides dropping 4 randomly-colored 5-pellets.
If the Goolix is near the right of the tree-stump arena and the yellow, brain-like nucleus is hit by a Blue Pikmin, that Pikmin, or the other Blue Pikmin that are attacking the smaller, blue nucleus may be knocked into the out-of-bounds, forest-like terrain. Several occurrences can take place when this occurs: Either the Pikmin will slide around (throwing Pikmin onto this ledge reveals that it's slippery, as the Pikmin will slide off) and then fall off the ledge and into the area with the Pearly Clamclamps or where the Main Engine was, or they slide too far for Olimar to call back (some will even continue sliding until they are off-screen and then will die). These Pikmin will be left behind unless you reset the day.
Notes
Olimar's voyage log
Reel notes
Pikmin Official Player's Guide description
“Floating within the greater water slime's transparent body are its dual nuclei. The greater water slime's nervous system is contained within its main nucleus, which displays a marbleized sheen. The greater water slime's secondary nucleus is beige in color and serves as a defense system to weaken prey and nutrients that have been absorbed through the organism's amorphous membrane. Prior to absorption, most prey will succumb to the watery membrane, which coats the greater water slime's body.”
“Only blue Pikmin can safely penetrate the goolix's blobby body. Lead your Pikmin toward the vulnerable blue nucleus, then hit X to unleash them.”
Pikmin Nintendo Power Booklet description
“This mysterious creature consists of dual nuclei contained within a slimy water-filled membrane. Only water-resistant blue Pikmin are able to penetrate the membrane and dole out damage.”
Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch) reel notes
Technical information
Creature
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| Internal name | slime
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| HP | 30000 | ||
Yellow nucleus
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| Internal name | core
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| HP | N/A | ||
Blue nucleus
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| Internal name | nucleus
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| HP | N/A | ||
Other information
- Technical name in The Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Greater Water Slime
Naming
- Common name: Goolix. It probably comes from the word "goo", referencing its slimy liquid nature.
- Japanese nickname: ミズモチ?, lit.: "Water Mochi". A mochi is a Japanese rice cake, and marumochi in particular is a round variety; the creature's shape while idling resembles a marumochi.
- Japanese name: オオフグリミズモチ?, lit.: "Big Scrotum Water Mochi".
- Scientific name: Unofficially, in the Pikmin Player's guide, its scientific name is Binuclei siphonophorus. Binuclei uses the prefix "bi-", meaning two, and "nuclei", the plural form of nucleus. A nucleus is essentially the brain of the cell, often portrayed as round. This is in reference to Goolix's cell-like appearance, containing two nucleus-like orbs floating within it. Siphonophorus is an alteration of Siphonophores, an order of multicellular marine life, referencing Goolix's watery body.
- Internal names: Internally, the creature's name is
slime, further justifying the English name's origin of "goo". - Prerelease: None.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ミズモチ? Mizu Mochi |
Water Mochi |
 French (NoA) |
Bavox | Slobber |
 French (NoE) |
Bavox | From "bave" (slobber) |
 German |
Golemgel | Golem Gel |
 Italian |
Bigelico | Bigelatinous |
 Korean |
땅해파리 Ddang haepari |
Ground jellyfish |
 Spanish |
Mocrobio | Portmanteau of "moco" (booger) and "microbio" (microbe) |
Gallery
An idle Goolix just as it appears.
A Goolix attacking Captain Olimar as he touches it.
Blue Pikmin fighting the creature.
A Goolix dissolving and releasing several 5-pellets as it dies.
Goolix in the enemy reel, shown erroneously on The Forest Navel.
Olimar's sketch of a Goolix in his voyage log.
A drawing of a Goolix from the Pikmin Official Player's Guide.
Trivia
- When not in motion, the Goolix has almost the exact same proportions as a nectar or spray drop.
- In the enemy reel, the Goolix is in The Forest Navel instead of the usual The Impact Site. This may be a clip of the game when it was still in early development.
- In the Nintendo Switch port of the game, it appears in The Impact Site instead.
- This enemy is the only way to see Pikmin choking with a water bubble in the first game.
- The Goolix is one of only five enemies from the original Pikmin that did not return in Pikmin 2.
- It and Armored Cannon Beetle are the only two of these five to not return in Pikmin 4. Even so, the functionally identical Horned Cannon Beetle takes the Armored Cannon Beetle's place.
- In the Japanese version of the enemy reel, the Goolix is stated to be the result of two specimens of opposite sexes fusing together in order to reproduce.
