Orange Bulborb

Orange Bulborb
Appears in	Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii orangium
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	Wistful Wild, Tropical Wilds, Twilight River
Caves	Frontier Cavern, Bulblax Kingdom, Snagret Hole, Shower Room, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den, Kingdom of Beasts
Challenge Mode stages	Lost Toy Box, Collector's Room, Hazard Training, Sniper Room, Emperor's Realm
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Tropical Forest Remix, Twilight Hollow Remix
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Tropical Forest, Thirsty Desert, Tropical Wilds Remix, Garden of Hope Remix, Formidable Oak Remix, Forgotten Cove
Side Story days	Inside Forest, Land, Sea, and Sky, Channel Gone Dry, Big Fruit Carnival, Another Part Found
Dandori Challenge stages	Cliff-Hanger's Hold, Trial of the Sage Leaf
Dandori Battle stages	Leafy Showdown
2-Player Battle stages	None
Bingo Battle stages	Shaded Terrace, Stagnant Sea, Twisted Cavern, Rusted Labyrinth, Jigsaw Fortress, Parched Brook, Buried Pond, Sandbox Kingdom, Corroded Maze, Jigsaw Colosseum
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

The Orange Bulborb (テンテンチャッピー^?, lit.: "Restless Chappy") is an enemy that first debuted in Pikmin 2, making further appearances in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4. Compared to normal Bulborbs, Orange Bulborbs have brown skin, bloodshot yellow eyes, and an orange backside with brown spots.

Orange Bulborbs are extremely light sleepers. As such, they will detect Pikmin and leaders and attack much sooner than other grub-dogs. Their detection range is approximately the same as the cursor's range in the both the Gamecube games and the Switch ports, assuming motion controls are off. As such, it is nearly impossible to ambush an Orange Bulborb, even when attacking directly from behind. They also have slightly more health compared to their Bulborb brethren; all of these factors combine to make them dangerous opponents.

While rather common enemies in Pikmin 2, they are much rarer in the following games, often only appearing a few times throughout the campaign. They tend to be slightly more common in Mission Mode, Dandori Battles, and Dandori Challenges, however.

Stats

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
	10	20	12	× 7	850	2.55 HP/s
(?)	10	20 (normally)	15	× 50 × 50	1800	No
	10	20	12	× 12	1800	No

Behavior

Multiple asleep Orange Bulborbs seen in the Twilight River.

Orange Bulborbs are, like the Bulborb, nocturnal creatures and sleep in mainly underground areas, but can still be found above ground. In the main series of games, this exposes them to being swarmed by Pikmin. However, due to their high-strung nature, they will wake up more often as they can sense both Pikmin and Leaders if too close. They will also chase the Pikmin or Leader for a longer distance compared to a regular Bulborb.

Once awoken, the Orange Bulborb behaves identically to any other adult Bulborb species, rushing towards any nearby Pikmin or leader to try and eat them. If it manages to reach any Pikmin, it will stand up to eat them; otherwise it will attempt to attack again after tripping. If there are multiple Pikmin attacking the creature all at once, it will shake itself to throw Pikmin off of itself and try to eat more Pikmin.

If there is nothing to attack or eat, it will look around, return to its territory, and fall back asleep. In Pikmin 4, they will often fall asleep on the spot after losing their target, instead of returning to their starting location.

Exclusively in Pikmin 3, their eyes are a weak point: throwing a Pikmin at them will cause the Orange Bulborb to panic, forcing it to stop whatever it was doing (even if it was in the middle of eating Pikmin) to shake off all of its attackers.

Locations

See: Orange Bulborb/Locations

Strategy

If a large group of Purple Pikmin is available, simply rain them down on the Orange Bulborb. Even with the Bulborb's head start, the purples will have a good chance of stunning it with serious damage, and hopefully defeating it without losses. This process will be noticeably simpler if you're playing on the Wii port or the Switch port: In these versions, the cursor's range is much greater than the GameCube versions, allowing you to pummel it with virtually zero risk. You will have to enable motion controls on the Switch port to get this effect, however.

If purples are not available, the battle will be significantly trickier. It's never wise to attack a large grub-dog from the front since they'll almost surely bite back, and since the Orange Bulborb will wake up before it can be attacked clearly, this will likely result in massive Pikmin losses. If it is approached from the back, quickly run at it and rain Pikmin on it. It can then be defeated like any other Bulborb. If there is no choice but to approach it from the front, dismiss the Pikmin and use a leader to wake it up. Let the Bulborb chase them until it runs out of its range. When it goes back to sleep, attack it in the back. Orange Bulborbs also have a slight delay in between its "yawning" sequence and waking up again, so use this opportunity to pummel it with Pikmin.

In Pikmin 3, the Orange Bulborb retains all of its traits from Pikmin 2. They are generally slightly harder to defeat, mostly due to the lack of Purple Pikmin in 3's story mode. However, there are other strategies players can use now to take it down. As with all grub-dogs in 3, their eyes are weak points; tossing a Pikmin at them will cause the Bulborb to panic, interrupting anything it was doing (including eating Pikmin), making a frontal assault potentially viable with decent accuracy. Additionally, as all Pikmin can hold bomb rocks, you can simply use them to quickly defeat the Bulborb if in a hurry, or if your squad is on the smaller side.

The only Orange Bulborb that you are explicitly required to defeat to obtain all fruits is the one in the Tropical Wilds; the group of 3 near the Portable Sunset in the Twilight River can be left alone by lifting the nearby bamboo gate. The one in the Tropical Wilds is facing away from the gate, so Bomb Rocks are recommended. Alternatively, the Bulborb can be awoken, and if the player runs away fast enough, it will go back to sleep facing the wall, allowing for an easier attack.

Biology

Orange Bulborbs are quite similar in design to the regular Bulborb, which is a creature with one of the most diverse physiology in the Pikmin series. They possess traits similar to those of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. Orange Bulborbs have large bulbous eyes set in stalks, as opposed to the compound eyes of most insects. The eyes of the creature are described by Olimar as being yellow in color as well as being bloodshot, giving it it’s more high-strung nature

Olimar mentions Bulborbs having a set of mandibles, which can also be seen in the Orange Bulborb. Mandibles are a pair of appendages near an insect's mouth, used for grinding and chewing food. The so-called mandibles Olimar mentions in his notes look nothing like normal mandibles and are instead most likely saber-teeth, used for breaking exoskeletons of prey insects and digging through the soil for roots.

No true Dwarf Orange Bulborbs are known to exist. While Orange Bulborbs very commonly sleep near breadbug mimics that look similar to them, this could simply be the Orange Bulborb mistaking the breadbug mimic as its own young. Given Olimar's notes on the Albino Dwarf Bulborb suggest that it is "impossible to tell which subspecies" a particular Albino Dwarf Bulborb might mature into until the second molt, it is likely that true Dwarf Orange Bulborbs do exist, but simply have not been seen.

Notes

Olimar's notes

GameCube

“This bulborb species boasts a garish color pattern, with^[sic] deep orange body and black spots. The orange bulborb's yellow, bloodshot eyes make it clear that this grub-dog is excessively edgy and high-strung, making it much easier to wake from deep sleep than other species in the bulborb family.”

Wii US version

“This bulborb species boasts a garish color pattern, with^[sic] deep orange body and black spots. The orange bulborb's yellow, bloodshot eyes make it clear that this grub-dog is excessively edgy and high-strung, making it much easier to wake from deep sleep than other species in the bulborb family.”

Wii European version

“This bulborb species boasts a garish color pattern, with a deep orange body and black spots. The orange bulborb's yellow, bloodshot eyes make it clear that this grub-dog is excessively edgy and high-strung, making it much easier to wake from deep sleep than other species in the bulborb family.”

Louie's notes

“This bulborb's meaty flanks make for salaciously savory steaks that shouldn't be missed.”

Alph's comments

US version

“Structural flaw: eyeballs, back
Weight: 10

I appreciate the warning coloration to let us know it's more dangerous than the other models. Anything that risky is best approached with a Bomb Rock while it sleeps.”

European version

“Structural flaw: eyeballs, back
Weight: 10

I appreciate the warning colouration to let us know it's more dangerous than the other models. Anything that risky is best approached with a bomb rock while it sleeps.”

Brittany's comments

US version

“It's lavishly colored and so anxiety ridden that a few footsteps can wake it up instantly. Kind of like me! It's also a terror when it's awake, which, again, same.”

European version

“It's lavishly coloured and so anxiety-ridden that a few footsteps can wake it up instantly. Kind of like me! It's also a terror when it's awake which, again, same.”

Charlie's comments

“Those bulging eyes are honed for battle, with no known blind spots. We often find them asleep, but they wake as soon as we get close. For all we know, they're only pretending to sleep to lull us into a false sense of security. Still, sometimes that one second where they're waking up is all we need to go in hard.”

Louie's comments

US version

“This bulborb's meaty flanks make for salaciously savory steaks that shouldn't be missed.”

European version

“This bulborb's meaty flanks make for salaciously savoury steaks that shouldn't be missed.”

Olimar's comments

US version

“Orange Bulborb
Oculus kageyamii orangium
Grub-dog family

This bulborb species boasts a garish color pattern, with^[sic] deep orange body and black spots. The orange bulborb's yellow, bloodshot eyes make it clear that this bulborb is excessively edgy and high-strung, making it much easier to wake from deep sleep than other species in the grub-dog family.”

European version

“Orange Bulborb
Oculus kageyamii orangium
Grub-dog family

This bulborb species boasts a garish colour pattern, with^[sic] deep orange body and black spots. The orange bulborb's yellow, bloodshot eyes make it clear that this bulborb is excessively edgy and high-strung, making it much easier to wake from a deep sleep than other species in the grub-dog family.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“One of the more intimidating non-boss enemies, and stronger than the Red Bulborbs, the beast can eat several Pikmin at once. If you can't attack it from behind, petrify it with an Ultra-Bitter Spray.”

Pikmin 3 Prima Guide

“Orange Bulborbs are similar to standard Bulborbs, but they’re considerably tougher. These creatures tend to sleep in tight spaces, making it difficult to flank an Orange Bulborb without it noticing.”

Dalmo's notes

“If you approach it while it's sleeping, it will immediately wake up, leap to its feet, and peer around nervously. With such finely tuned senses, it's no wonder this Bulborb can get a bit sleep-deprived. Though its big bloodshot eyes look surprisingly cute!”

Olimar's notes (Pikmin 4)

“This Bulborb species boasts a garish color pattern with a deep-orange body and black spots. The orange Bulborb's yellow, bloodshot eyes make it clear that this Bulborb is excessively edgy and high-strung, making it much easier to wake from deep sleep than other species in the Grub-Dog family.”

Louie's notes (Pikmin 4)

“This Bulborb's meaty flanks make for deliciously savory steaks that shouldn't be missed.”

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			`bluechappy`
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	850
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	115
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?)	3
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	30
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0.0001
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	425
fp03	目覚め距離	Wake up distance	130

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	`chappy (tenten)`
HP	1800
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	40
White Pikmin ingestions to kill	5
Bomb rock explosions to kill	1
Bomb rock ingestions to kill	1
Number of direct hits on top to kill	0
Damage to leaders	20
Territory radius	400
Mission Mode value	50

Other information

Size: Body length: 90mm, as per the e-card
Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #3
Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #6
This enemy triggers the Auto Target Lock note in the Rescue Journal

Naming

See more: Grub-dog family#Naming.

Common name: Orange Bulborbs. They are distinguished from the remaining Bulborbs by being orange, hence their name.
Japanese nickname: テンテンチャッピー^?. テンテン^? has the dual meaning of 輾転^? (lit.: "tossing and turning (in bed)") and 点々^? (lit.: "many dots"). チャッピー^? (lit.: "Chappy") is Japanese for "Bulborb".
Japanese name: ダイダイデメマダラ^?, lit.: "Spotted Orange Bug-eye".
Scientific name: Oculus kageyamii orangium. Oculus kageyamii is the species name for the Bulborbs, and orangium is similar to the English word "orange".
Internal names: Internally, they are called bluechappy in Pikmin 2 due to the fact that yellow and blue Bulborbs were planned to exist during development, but over time the blue Bulborb got changed into the Orange Bulborb. In Pikmin 3, this enemy is internally recognized as being the same as the Bulborb, so its internal name is chappy, but when it needs to be distinguished, it is called tenten, over its Japanese name. In Pikmin 4, it is changed to TENTENCHAPPY, which matches its Japanese common name.
Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	テンテンチャッピー^? Tenten Chappī	Restless Chappy	"Chappy" is the Japanese name for Bulborb
Chinese (traditional)	點點恰比 Diǎndiǎn Qiàbǐ	Tiny-Speckled Chappy	"Qiàbǐ" is the Chinese (traditional) name for Bulborb
Chinese (simplified)	点点恰比 Diǎndiǎn Qiàbǐ	Tiny-Speckled Chappy	"Qiàbǐ" is the Chinese (simplified) name for Bulborb
Dutch	Oranje bulborb	Orange bulborb
French	Bulborbe Orange Bulborbe orange (Pikmin 4)	Orange Bulborb Orange bulborb (Pikmin 4)	"Bulborbe" is the French name for Bulborb
German	Orangefarbener Punktkäfer (Pikmin 2) Oranger Punktkäfer (Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4)	Orange-Colored Bulborb (Pikmin 2) Orange Bulborb (Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4)	"Punktkäfer" is the German name for Bulborb
Italian	Coleto Arancione Coleto arancione (Pikmin 4)	Orange Bulborb Orange bulborb (Pikmin 4)	"Coleto" may come from "boletus" (Latin for mushroom), as a bulborb's spots resemble those found on certain mushrooms "Coleto" is the Italian name for both Bulborb and Bulbear
Korean	무당차피 Mudang-Chapi	Ladybug Chappy	"무당" is short for "무당벌레" (ladybug)
Portuguese	Bulbolho laranja	Orange bulbeye	"Bulbolho" is a portmanteau of "bulbo" (bulb) and "olho" (eye) "Bulbolho" is the Brazilian Portuguese name for Bulborb
Spanish	Bulbo naranja	Orange bulb	"Bulbo" is the Spanish name for Bulborb

Gallery

Pikmin 2

An awake Orange Bulborb in Pikmin 2.
The Piklopedia icon of the Orange Bulborb in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.
A sleeping Orange Bulborb.
An Orange Bulborb eating many Pikmin.
The corpse of an Orange Bulborb.

Pikmin 3

Artwork of an Orange Bulborb from Pikmin 3.
Orange Bulborbs sleeping in Pikmin 3.
Brittany being pursued by an Orange Bulborb.
An Orange Bulborb exploding after eating a bomb rock. Notice how it turns blue.
Close-up of an Orange Bulborb, ready to chomp.
An Orange Bulborb burping.
The corpse of an Orange Bulborb.

Pikmin 4

A sleeping Orange Bulborb seen in Pikmin 4's Piklopedia.
A sleeping Orange Bulborb in the Kingdom of Beasts.
A defeated Orange Bulborb in the Piklopedia.
An Orange Bulborb in 1st Story: Bulblaxes.

Other

The Orange Bulborb's e-card, #03 (2^nd blue card).

Trivia

Strangely, despite being established as extremely light sleepers, Orange Bulborbs will not wake up if a Spotty Bulbear bumps against them in Pikmin 2. This is particularly odd as all other grub-dogs will wake up under the same circumstance. This discrepancy can primarily be seen in sublevel 9 of the Hole of Heroes, which contains every adult grub-dog in the game.
- An Orange Bulborb and Spotty Bulbear also coexist on sublevel 2 of the Emperor's Realm, allowing this behavior to be witnessed.
Despite never appearing in any night expeditions in Pikmin 4, Orange Bulborbs can be viewed at night in the Piklopedia. They deal a unique amount of damage to the Tricknoll, destroying it in 7 hits.
- This scenario is especially unique, because the Orange Bulborbs in question are always awake. All Orange Bulborbs in the series are found asleep, so the Piklopedia entry is the only place to see a permanently awake Orange Bulborb.
Olimar's Notes for the Orange Bulborb notably contain a typo throughout much of the series ("... a garish color pattern, with deep orange body [...]"). While initially fixed in the European New Play Control! Pikmin 2 release, it was unfixed for all versions of Pikmin 3 Deluxe, until finally being fixed in all regions in Pikmin 4.