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Goolix

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Goolix Icon used to represent the enemy on the wiki.
File:Goolix(PikminNPC).jpg
Appears in Pikmin
Scientific name Binuclei siphonophorus
Family Unknown
Areas The Impact Site
Challenge Mode stages None
Attacks Drowns Pikmin

The Goolix is a watery boss in the first Pikmin game; on approaching its location, it emerges from the ground. It resembles a blue amoeba with two nuclei (a blue one and a larger yellow one). It stretches around to engulf Pikmin who happen to be in its path and drowns them out with its aquatic properties. The only Pikmin invulnerable to it are Blue Pikmin, due to it being composed mostly of water. Its weak point is the larger nucleus. However, Blue Pikmin that are thrown at it will immediately attack the smaller nucleus, which is much less resistant to damage. The only solution is to throw your Pikmin directly on top of the yellow nucleus. If Pikmin are trying to attack the blue nucleus when one hits the yellow one, the damage taken by the Goolix is multiplied. If more Pikmin attack the blue nucleus, the damage will go even higher. When it is attacked, it will smack the nuclei together, knocking off all Pikmin on it. 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 random colored 5 pellets. 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).

The Enemy reel entry for the Goolix.
The Goolix as seen in the enemy reel. It appears to be in the Forest Navel.

Notes

Olimar's voyage log

Within the transparent gel that envelops this organism are two nuclei that appear to make up its actual torso - and most likely its entire nerve center. The nuclei look like they're hard, but I believe that there must be some way to crack them.

Reel notes

A watery gelatinous membrane protects this creature's nervous system.

Glitch

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 Blues that are attacking the smaller, blue nucleus may be knocked into the out-of-bounds, forest like terrain. Many things can happen 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.

Technical information

To do: Get the internal name.
Care to do so?

Pikmin technical information (?)
Internal name ?
HP 30000

Trivia

  • In the Goolix's scientific name, Binuclei Siphonophorus, the "binuclei" part mean "binuclear", and the "siphonophorus" part means "siphonophores", a group of invertibrates with a gelatinous appearence. The Goolix is known as the "Binuclear Siphonophore".
  • 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 Impact Site. This may be a clip of the Pikmin game when it was still in early development.