Grabbit

Grabbit
Appears in	Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Rhodoloimos salito
Family	Jellyper
Areas	Springpetal Cave, The Burning Sky, Fragrant Forest, Gale-Force Glen, Lights in the Darkness, Septic Swamp
Attacks	Leap and crush Pikmin

The Grabbit (ウサムシ^?, lit.: "Rabbit Bug") is a small grasshopper-like enemy found in Hey! Pikmin. It is green with large red eyes, so it can easily be mistaken as a scarpanid, but it is actually a jellyper. It has a lighter green head and an overall ovular shape. It sports tiny ear-like wings that it uses to jump very high, with the help of its legs. This is also its method of killing Pikmin, by landing on and crushing its target. It is about the same size as Captain Olimar, although a bit shorter, and only needs one Pikmin throw to kill.

StatsEdit

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

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
N/A	N/A	N/A	× 0

BehaviorEdit

Grabbits hop around an area, only turning around when they face an obstacle. Any Pikmin that are underneath them when they land will be killed. Pikmin can, however, walk right past them without being killed.

LocationsEdit

Sparkling Labyrinth:
- Springpetal Cave
- The Burning Sky
Leafswirl Lagoon:
- Fragrant Forest
- Gale-Force Glen
Sweltering Parchlands:
- Lights in the Darkness
Lushlife Murk
- Septic Swamp

StrategyEdit

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

A Grabbit can be defeated by just throwing a Pikmin at one. It is usually safer to wait until they land and stand still, preferably under the arc of its jump, since at that point they are harmless. Throwing right before it hits the ground, as long as you predict its landing spot, will hopefully kill it before it jumps again. It will also take a moment to turn around, so then is a good time to strike.

Notes

Hey! Pikmin logs

“The wings on its back are decorative; it can't actually fly. Its powerful legs give its jumps some hang time, though. My jumps, meanwhile, are not worth mentioning, but the jetpack on my back does let me fly over short distances. I wonder if it's jealous of me for that.”

GalleryEdit

A Grabbit.
A Grabbit preparing to jump.
A Grabbit jumping.
A dead Grabbit.

NamingEdit

See more: Jellyper family#Naming.

Common name: Grabbit. From "grub" and "rabbit".
Japanese nickname: ウサムシ^?, lit.: "Rabbit Bug".
Japanese name: アカメトビハネムシ^?, lit.: "Red Eye Hop Bug". From ハネムシ科^?, the Jellyper family's Japanese name.
Scientific name: Rhodoloimos salito. Salito is Latin for "jump".
Internal names: Unknown.
Prerelease: None.

Names in other languagesEdit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ウサムシ^? Usa Mushi	Rabbit Bug
Dutch	Sprinkhaas
French	Lapuce	Wordplay of lapin (rabbit) and puce (flea)
German	Sprungschrecke	From Sprung (jump) and Heuschrecke (grasshopper)
Italian	Saltagrillo	From saltare (jump) and grillo (cricket)
Korean	토끼벌레 Tokkibeolle	Rabbit bug
Spanish	Brinquejo	From brincar (jump) and conejo (rabbit)