Yellow Wollyhop

Yellow Wollyhop
Appears in	Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4, Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Amphicaris frodendum Amphicaris frondiferorum (Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch) onwards)
Family	Amphituber
Areas	The Distant Spring, Awakening Wood, Perplexing Pool, Wistful Wild, Tropical Wilds, Garden of Hope, Twilight River, Downpour Thicket
Caves	Citadel of Spiders, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode stages	The Distant Spring, The Final Trial, Creator's Garden, Bully Den
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Tropical Forest Remix, The Rustyard, Forgotten Cove, Clockwork Chasm
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Thirsty Desert, Tropical Wilds Remix, Fortress of Festivity, Forgotten Cove
Side Story days	Inside Forest, First Part Found, Team Monster Hunt
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
2-Player Battle stages	Tile Lands
Bingo Battle stages	Stagnant Sea, Rusted Labyrinth, Jigsaw Fortress, Blooming Terrace, Parched Brook
Attacks	Crush Pikmin

The Yellow Wollyhop (イモガエル^?, lit.: "Potato Frog"; known as Yellow Wollywog in North America until the Switch ports of Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2) is a frog-like creature found in the Pikmin games. They are large, round, yellow creatures with large eyes and beady pupils, and short front legs with larger hind legs. Their skin is tinted green towards the top of their heads, with green spots along the sides. They can usually be found in or around large, open-air bodies of water, but also in moist, rainy areas.

They are known to leap into the air, floating temporarily, and dropping, with the intent of landing on and crushing small Pikmin below, a behavior which is most readily explained as an attempt to drive predators away from developing eggs. According to Olimar's notes, these are Wolpole eggs, revealing that the Yellow Wollyhop and the Wolpole are the same exact species.

In Pikmin 3 and Hey! Pikmin, it is the only mature species of amphituber. In these games, they also have a reasoning for their floating ability: their throat inflates, presumably allowing them to float in the air temporarily. In Hey! Pikmin, they seem to have slightly increased in size and move slightly faster.

Stats

To do: Find out its health in Hey! Pikmin by retreiving the value from the game files. Care to do so?

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
	7	14	8	N/A	2000	Unknown
	7	14	8	× 5	800	No
(?)	5	10 (normally)	8	× 30  × 30	900	No
	N/A	N/A	N/A	× 0	Unknown	Unknown

Notes

Olimar's voyage log

“There is a troublesome creature by the water. It immediately tries to jump on and squish the Pikmin, so if I don't quickly issue commands, the Pikmin get flattened. If they could use their strength to hold the beast down, could it still jump...?”

Reel notes

“After evolution led to the development of its specialized jumping ability, this amphibian actually lost much of its ability to swim.”

Olimar's notes

“This magnificent specimen has the brightest gold coloration and the greatest number of lateral spots of any member in the amphituber family. This species seems to have lost some swimming proficiency with the evolutionary adaptation that granted it greater jumping ability. The amphituber inhabits aquatic shallows and shows an instinctive drive to jump upon and squash smaller creatures.”

Louie's notes

“Beer-batter and deep-fry for a down-home flavor you won't soon forget!”

Alph's comments

“Structural flaw: weak hide
Weight: 5

There are definite signs of intelligence in this brute. It always faces its prey first, as if to gauge the distance, before jumping into the air for a stomp. If you don't move while it hangs for a moment in midair, you could lose a lot of Pikmin. It's big, but not strong—as few as five Pikmin can weigh it down so it can't jump. Rock Pikmin also have nothing to fear from it.”

Brittany's comments

“Look at that thing. It's so bloated. I feel that way too sometimes when I can't stop chugging down juice. I have to lie down for a while after that, but this thing keeps jumping. I bet it gets the worst cramps.”

Charlie's comments

“I don't understand how it manages to hang in the air at the height of its jumps, but I don't have to understand. I just have to get out of the way, and its weird hang time helps a lot with that. Let that be a lesson: don't stand around gawking at a creature's weird attack moves—do something about it!”

Louie's comments

 US version

“Beer-batter and deep-fry for a down-home flavor you won't soon forget!”

 European version

“Beer-batter and deep-fry for a down-home flavour you won't soon forget!”

Olimar's comments

 US version

“Yellow Wollywog
Amphicaris frodendum
Amphituber family

This magnificent specimen has the brightest gold coloration and the greatest number of lateral spots of any member in the amphituber family. This species seems to have lost some swimming proficiency with the evolutionary adaptation that granted it greater jumping ability. The amphituber inhabits aquatic shallows and shows an instinctive drive to jump upon and squash smaller creatures.”

 European version

“Yellow Wollyhop
Amphicaris frodendum
Amphituber family

This magnificent specimen has the brightest gold colouration and the greatest number of lateral spots of any member of the amphituber family. This species seems to have lost some swimming proficiency with the evolutionary adaptation that granted it greater jumping ability. The amphituber inhabits aquatic shallows and shows an instinctive drive to jump upon and squash smaller creatures.”

Hey! Pikmin logs

“If you don't disturb this creature, it will leave you alone as well. Once bothered, it uses its powerful jumps to attack. I can sympathize. I've known people in my own life who lash out whenever anybody tries to wake them up.”

Pikmin Nintendo Player's Guide

“This fabulous specimen has the brightest gold coloration and the highest number of spots lateral to the eye pit of any member in the amphituber family. This species seems to have lost some swimming proficiency with the evolutionary adaptation that allowed it greater jumping ability. The amphituber inhabits aquatic shallows and shows an instinctive drive to jump upon and squash any smaller moving creatures.”

“The yellow species of wollywog is native to the Distant Spring. The tactics you use to defeat the white variety works just as well on the yellow wollywog.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“Almost always found in the water, the Yellow Wollywog is more vicious than it looks. Toss blues at the beast and be ready to call your troops to your pilot if they are thrown off. The reward for capturing an above-ground Yellow Wollywog is eight Pikmin.”

Pikmin 3 Prima Guide

“The Yellow Wollywog is a frog-like amphibious creature. This enemy attacks by leaping into the air and crushing its victims. Rock Pikmin cannot be damaged by this attack, making them a good option when facing one of these creatures. Because Yellow Wollywogs tend to stick close to water, Blue Pikmin are often your safest alternative.

When you're leading a more diverse squad, toss Red Pikmin or Blue Pikmin onto a Yellow Wollywog to weigh the creature down, then throw your Rock Pikmin at the enemy to deal heavy damage.”

Behavior

Pikmin

Frequently found in or near a body of water, Yellow Wollyhops are moderately sturdy creatures. Generally passive, they will only attack by leaping into the air if a leader or Pikmin comes nearby. Once on the attack, a Yellow Wollyhop will likely not pursue if its target is on the move, rather it will return to its general starting location in short hops. Their attacks are sometimes sudden, and they can shake all attacking Pikmin from their bodies. Upon falling, a Yellow Wollyhop's attack covers a considerable radius, killing all Pikmin within it. Even if a Yellow Wollyhop is defeated as it is about to fall, any Pikmin caught beneath it will still be killed. Such an attack can be prevented if the Wollyhop is weighed down with at least 10 or so Pikmin.

Pikmin 2

Yellow Wollyhops are changed little behaviorally. They are in general slightly weaker than they are in Pikmin, with less hit points, a smaller radius on their attacks, and being easier to weigh down. Also, when one is killed mid-air, the falling body will not kill any Pikmin beneath it. In this game exclusively, the player can also approach one from behind without it noticing. The albino Wollyhop however can notice leader and Pikmin from any angle, as long as they are in range.

Pikmin 3

Yellow Wollyhops have experienced one notable change: as they inflate their throats to float in midair, they can now float for a small but randomly chosen amount of time, making it less predictable and more urgent to avoid. They also have a 360° field of view, meaning they can detect Pikmin and leaders from behind, unlike in the past two games. However, they cannot crush the newly-introduced Rock Pikmin with their attacks.

Hey! Pikmin

In this game, Yellow Wollyhops passively wander a set area, ignoring Olimar and his Pikmin. They are only found in Downpour Thicket. Although they ignore him, if Olimar touches one, it will cause him damage, although Pikmin can walk through unscathed. If attacked, a Yellow Wollyhop will become hostile, and attempt to flatten Olimar first, or any Pikmin if Olimar isn't in range.

Strategy

Artwork of various Pikmin attacking a Yellow Wollyhop.

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

Pikmin

These dangerous enemies must be dealt with carefully, as one false step could mean the loss of dozens of Pikmin with a single attack. Swarm with as many Pikmin as are on-hand and they should be able to weigh the Wollyhop down to the point where it cannot jump; as their health dwindles, Wollyhops can often summon the energy to make a last-ditch leap into the air, so be prepared to call the Pikmin back when its health meter enters the red zone. Any Pikmin hanging onto the Wollyhop when it lands will be thrown off and possibly deflowered from the force of the impact, sometimes leading to death for non-blue Pikmin if they are knocked into a nearby pool. Beware, as there is no limit to the number of Pikmin that can die at once.

The alternative strategy mentioned for Pikmin 2 also works here, but it takes longer than swarming, since throwing is slower in the first game without the swarm trick.

Pikmin 2

Yellow Wollyhops are much harder to ground in Pikmin 2, even if numerous Pikmin are thrown onto its back, but swarming can still be an effective strategy, as the radius within which the Wollyhop can crush a Pikmin is substantially smaller than in the first game. Purple Pikmin will also work exceedingly well when thrown at this beast in large numbers, as each one carries the chance of stunning it, preventing it from fighting back. Even so, the safer strategy is simply to punch it with leaders, especially if the Rocket Fist upgrade is available. However, this method has its own dangers, too. The leaders can get "comboed" by the creatures, getting knocked over when it jumps and, as they are getting back up, again when it lands. Note that if its health is completely depleted while in the air, it falls to the ground earlier than usual, crushing any Pikmin below it.

Pikmin 3

Yellow Wollyhops are much easier to defeat in Pikmin 3, because of the inclusion of Rock Pikmin, which are immune to being crushed. As such, they may be encountered as early as the second day. However, as some are found in water, Blue Pikmin must be used to defeat the water-dwelling Wollyhops. They are even more dangerous as they puff up to crush Pikmin in a larger area. One strategy is to lure them from the water to the shore, then use Rock Pikmin to attack it, whistling them back when you're low on throwable Pikmin.

It can be noted that the two Yellow Wollyhops in Fortress of Festivity on Battle enemies! mode in Mission Mode are significantly weaker than the average one, and it seems like the leader or Pikmin must get closer to them than normal to make them attack.

Hey! Pikmin

Because Yellow Wollyhops ignore Olimar at first and only cause to harm to Pikmin unless attacking, taking damage and using the invincibility to walk through is a viable option. If attacked, they will jump directly above Olimar, leaving enough time to walk past. If one wishes to defeat a Yellow Wollyhop, throwing Pikmin on top of it and whistling them back before they're thrown off will work, although it will take some time. If the Pikmin are thrown off, depending on the placement of Olimar, the Yellow Wollyhop, and the Pikmin (e.g.: Olimar is on one side, the Pikmin on the other, and the creature in the middle), it may be beneficial to not whistle the Pikmin back, to avoid death. The Yellow Wollyhop can only kill Pikmin when landing from an attack.

Glitch

In The Final Trial in Challenge Mode, there is a Yellow Wollywog near a pipe. If the Yellow Wollyhop jumps on the hole in the pipe, it gets stuck there; it can be coerced into doing so by moving Olimar onto it. While stuck, the Wollyhop cannot be harmed; it remains in its jumping animation and cannot be brought out of it.

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

The Yellow Wollyhop appears as a collectible trophy and as a Smash Tour trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. When used in Smash Tour, it makes the player's character immune to traps on the board, for the current round. The trophy is called "Yellow Wollywog" in the North American version of the game.

	US description: “Notes:Yellow Wollywog/ssb4wiiuus”
	EU description: “Notes:Yellow Wollywog/ssb4wiiueu”
How to obtain: Random appearance.		Type: Series Related	Trophy Box: 61. Distant Planet & Indigenous Creatures

Technical information

Pikmin technical information (?)
Internal name	frog
HP	2000

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			frog
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	0.05
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	800
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	25
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	100
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.03
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	200
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	75
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	75
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	360
fp13	視界角度	FOV	120
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	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	200
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	1
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	40
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	200
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	30
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	30
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	180
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	70
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	4
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	30
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	100
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	35
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	20
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
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	3
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	5
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	5
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	15
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	20
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	20
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	空中時間	Time spent in mid-air	1
fp02	ジャンプ速度	Jump speed	320
fp03	失敗確率	Chance of getting stunned when latched with Pikmin	0.2 (20%)
fp04	落下初速度	Initial fall speed	300

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	frog
HP	900
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	15
White Pikmin ingestions to kill	0
Bomb rock explosions to kill	1
Bomb rock ingestions to kill	0
Number of direct hits on top to kill	0
Damage to leaders	10
Territory radius	200
Mission Mode value	30

Other information

• Technical name in The Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Amphituber
• Size: Body length: 46mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #43

Naming

See more: Amphituber family#Naming and Wogpole#Naming.

• Common name: Yellow Wollywog. The "Yellow" in its name distinguishes it from the regular Wollywog. Like the Wollywog and Wolpole, the creature was originally called "Yellow Wollywog" across all regions. It was renamed to "Yellow Wollyhop" in the European versions of New Play Control! Pikmin, New Play Control! Pikmin 2, and Pikmin 3, and eventually in all English versions of the Nintendo Switch HD rereleases of Pikmin and Pikmin 2. Although the Yellow Wollyhop is the one whose name uses a color identifier to distinguish it from the "common" Wollyhop, the reality is that the Yellow Wollyhop is the common one. This is because the Wolpole grows into a mature Yellow Wollyhop, and there is no tadpole equivalent for the albino Wollyhop, and because this creature's internal name is the one to use the common "frog" name. Naturally, there is also the fact that this Wollyhop is more common in all games it appears.
• Japanese nickname: イモガエル^?, lit.: "Potato Frog". イモ^? means potato, which refers to its shape, while ガエル^? is close to カエル^?, which means frog.
• Japanese name: ダルマイモガエル^?, lit.: "Daruma Potato Frog". It is shared with the Wolpole.
• Scientific name: This species was originally classified as amphicaris frodendum. This was also shared with the Wolpole. Starting in the Switch port of Pikmin 2, the species name for both was changed to frondiferorum. Both are similar to the latin word frondeum, which means "leaf-like", which may refer to the green underbelly of the Yellow Wollyhop, or the tail of the Wolpole.
• Internal names: Internally, it is known as frog in all games besides Hey! Pikmin, which uses the written English translation of the Japanese name without a space, Imogaeru.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	イモガエル? Imo Gaeru	Potato Frog
Chinese (traditional)	薯薯蛙
Dutch	Gele pletterpad	Yellow crushtoad
French (NoA)	Wog sauteur jaune	Yellow jumping Wollyhop
French (NoE)	Wog jaune	Yellow Wollywog
German	Gelber Orcalog	Yellow Wollywog
Italian	Ranuca idropica gialla	Yellow Hydropic Frogwart
Korean	덩이줄기개구리 Deong'ijulgi Gaeguri	Tuber Frog
Portuguese (NoE)	Wollyhop Amarelo	Yellow Wollyhop	Name taken from the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U trophy.
Spanish	Sapo gigante amarillo	Giant yellow toad

Gallery

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Pikmin

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  Concept artwork.

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  The Yellow Wollywog as seen in the enemy reel.

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  A drawing of a Yellow Wollywog from the Pikmin Official Player's Guide.

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  The "Yellow Wollywog" renamed "Yellow Wollyhop" in the enemy reel of New Play Control! Pikmin.

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  Pikmin carrying a Yellow Wollywog in an earlier version of the game.

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  A dead Yellow Wollywog in The Distant Spring.

Pikmin 2

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  A Yellow Wollywog in the Piklopedia.

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  The creature's e-card, #47 (4^th blue card).

Pikmin 3

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  A Yellow Wollywog.

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  Dead Yellow Wollywogs.

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  Two Yellow Wollywogs near Alph and some Winged Pikmin in an earlier version of the game.

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  A Yellow Wollywog attacking some Rock Pikmin while another sits in the water.

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  A Yellow Wollywog.

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  A Yellow Wollywog cleaning itself.

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  A Yellow Wollywog jumping on a Yellow Pikmin.

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  The icon for the Yellow Wollywog, in the Exploration Notes.

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  The data file on the Yellow Wollywog.

Hey! Pikmin

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  The Yellow Wollywog cutscene in Downpour Thicket.

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  The Yellow Wollywog, defeated.

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  In the Creature Log.

Trivia

A Yellow Wollywog figurine.

• The Yellow Wollywog is one of the few enemies to have a figurine modeled after it.
• In a prototype version of Pikmin, Yellow Wollywogs were capable of crushing Pikmin as they fall over when slain.
• In Pikmin 3, Yellow Wollywogs cannot jump when Winged Pikmin are flying above them.

See also

• Wollywog
• Young Yellow Wollywog
• Wogpole
• Chillyhop
• Masterhop