Hairy Bulborb

Hairy Bulborb
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii folliculus
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	None
Caves	Subterranean Complex, Frontier Cavern, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den
Challenge Mode stages	Collector's Room, Cave of Pain, Emperor's Realm
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

Hairy Bulborbs (ケチャッピー^?, lit.: "Fur Chappy") are enemies in Pikmin 2. They are similar in appearance to other bulborbs, but have white backs with blue spots and a lot of fluffy, white fur. As the creature's health begins to fall, so does its hair, revealing its blue spots, making it more closely resemble its breadbug mimic, though larger in size. Hairy Bulborbs are similar in most respects to other mature bulborbs, but tend to live in colder environments. They have less health and are slightly slower than the Red Bulborb, but can be defeated using similar techniques. The Whiptongue Bulborb in Pikmin 3 is very similar in coloration.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
10	20	12^{[note 1]}	× 7	650	No

^ This enemy cannot be delivered to Onions in-game. This information is obtained from the game files.

Locations

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Strategy

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Pikmin

The Hairy Bulborb should be attacked while sleeping and approached carefully to delay it waking up as late as possible. If accidentally awakened, it can be made to fall back asleep by leaving it alone for a while. As with other mature bulborbs, this creature's attacks are biting and shaking, biting being the more harmful.

As with most fights, Purple Pikmin are the most effective, and cause serious damage when thrown; the impact should stun the Bulborb, and it can be taken out quickly. Without Purple Pikmin, defeating one is trickier; rather than swarming it, try continuously tossing Pikmin, preferably Red Pikmin, onto its back. If necessary, using an ultra-bitter spray to petrify the beast and swarming it with a fairly large army makes for an easy battle.

Leaders

Like all bulborbs, the Hairy Bulborb can be killed by a leader, but it will take a while. One must be careful to dodge the creature's bite and, to a lesser extent, keep away when it shakes, as this damages leaders as well.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This subspecies of grub-dog has a thick coat of soft white fur that obscures its abdominal markings. The fur also warms its vital organs, making this species well adapted to colder climates. However, its hair follicles are surprisingly frail, which can result in immediate hair loss if the creature is surprised.”

Louie's notes

“Remove all of the bulborb's hair, wrap the beast in foil along with a halved lemon, and place it directly on the grill. The foil should protect the carcass from scorching, and the lemon will give the meat an elegant hint of citrus.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“As dangerous as any other giant Bulborb, the Hairy variety loses its fur as soon as you attack it. If the creature charges, keep tossing Pikmin at it, and stay away from its chompers.”

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			`yellowchappy`
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	650
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	40
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.3
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.3
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	90
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.4
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	400
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	15
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	70
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	500
fp13	視界角度	FOV	90
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	500
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	90
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	120
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?)	75
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	25
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	80
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	35
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	50
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	90
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	4
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	7
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	40
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	50
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	30
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	6
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	12
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	17
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	22
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	足元範囲	Determines rotation speed while standing (lower values give faster rotations)	30
fp02	白ピクミン毒	White Pikmin poison damage	650

Other information

Size: Body length: 90mm, as per the e-card
Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #2

Naming

See more: Grub-dog family#Naming.

Common name: Hairy Bulborb. The defining characteristic of this bulborb is its hair, hence the name "hairy".
Japanese nickname: ケチャッピー^?. It simply translates to "Fur Chappy", with "Chappy" being the Japanese name for "bulborb".
Japanese name: シラガデメマダラ^?, lit.: "Spotted White-haired Bug-eye".
Scientific name: Oculus kageyamii folliculus. It shares the Oculus kageyammi species name from other grub-dogs, and folliculus is Latin for "follicle"; the hair follicle is the mammalian organ that produces hairs.
Internal names: Internally, this enemy is called yellowchappy. The reason for this is because initially, yellow and blue bulborbs were meant to be included in the game. What started off as a yellow bulborb eventually became the Hairy Bulborb.
Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ケチャッピー^? Ke Chappī	Fur Chappy
French	Bulborbe poilu	Hairy Bulborb
German	Pelz-Punktkäfer	Fur Bulborb
Italian	Coleto Peloso	Hairy Bulborb
Spanish	Bulbo peludo	Hairy bulb

Gallery

Original scan of the artwork.
Louie and some Pikmin next to a Hairy Bulborb.
The Hairy Bulborb chases Louie and some Purple Pikmin.
A Hairy Bulborb in Challenge Mode.
A Hairy Bulborb in the Piklopedia.
A Hairy Bulborb, seen in an unused cave, challenge_2.
A Hairy Bulborb in another unused cave, caveinfo_toy.
The creature's e-card, #02 (2^nd yellow card).

Trivia

In the Pikmin 2 prototype, Louie strangely seems to refer to the Hairy Bulborb as a bird, saying things such as to "pluck the feathers" instead of the hair, or mentioning that the foil should "protect the bird from scorching".^[1] It's possible that in the game's very early stages, the Hairy Bulborb was once a bird-related creature.
The Japanese version of the Hairy Bulborb's recipe was drastically changed in the American version. Instead of the bulborb being grilled in foil, it says to brew the hair into a drink which, according to the notes, increases blood circulation. This might refer to how the hair keeps the bulborb's vital organs warm, as stated in Olimar's notes.
Louie's notes say that one should pull out the hairs, though the creature's hair already falls off on its own when it dies.