Creeping Chrysanthemum
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Appears in | Pikmin 2 | ||
Scientific name | Taraxacum rovinia | ||
Family | Chrysanthemum | ||
Areas | Awakening Wood, Wistful Wild | ||
Caves | Snagret Hole, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes | ||
Challenge Mode stages | Rumbling Grotto, Breeding Ground | ||
2-Player Battle stages | None | ||
Attacks | Eat Pikmin |
The Creeping Chrysanthemum (ビックリ菊?, lit.: "Surprising Chrysanthemum") is an enemy in Pikmin 2. When dormant, it greatly resembles the large yellow flowers known as the Margaret used for level scenery. It can be told apart from the normal flowers, as it has one less flower, no leaves on the "stem", a slightly visible pattern on the stem, and the large flowers have the Chrysanthemum's eyes visible.
When Pikmin or the leaders get close, it will spring out of the ground, revealing its root-arms, its bulbous body, and its gigantic mouth that emerges from its tallest flower. It moves moderately slowly, and will return to its original spot if left alone for a while. It replants itself by standing above the spot where it originally came from and sucking itself into the ground until only the "flowers" remain. This enemy cannot be petrified while it is in the ground.
The Chrysanthemum is also a collectible trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Stats
Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health | Regen. |
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10 | 20 | 12 | × 7 | 2500 | 7.5 HP/s |
Notes
Olimar's notes
Louie's notes
Strategy
Pikmin
Its large mouth will pick up the Pikmin to eat them, but if it fails to capture any, it will slam its head into its body and fall to the ground, struggling to get back up. This presents an opportunity for the player to attack the Chrysanthemum. Its weak point is its body, which can be hit at all times. It is generally weak against medium-sized groups of Pikmin. The best way to defeat it is to simply swarm it, being careful not to let it eat any Pikmin. Another way is to daze it with Purple Pikmin then swarm to kill it. Yet another way is to quickly dart forward and attack, and when it tries to eat Pikmin, retreat. It will hit itself, knocking itself down. Use Purple Pikmin to quickly kill it when it is struggling to regain balance. Another good method of defeating it is to have one leader dismissed without any Pikmin and the other leader close by with Pikmin. Then, have the leader without any Pikmin wake up the creature and switch leaders as soon as it wakes up and start swarming or throwing Pikmin at the beast until it's dead.
Leaders
After waking it, attack it until it does its recoil move, avoid it, then attack again. It's best to attack the Chrysanthemum from behind to minimize risk to the attacking leader. Alternatively, allowing the Chrysanthemum to bite and stun itself will allow for some extra punching time at the cost of increased risk to the leader.
Technical information
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Other information
- Size: Height: 135mm, as per the e-card
- Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #52
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl
This enemy appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Naming
- Common name: "Chrysanthemum" is the family name for the enemy and the Margaret, known in the real world as a chrysanthemum. "Creeping" refers to its startling hiding and emerging behavior.
- Japanese nickname: ビックリ菊?. It translates to something closer to "Surprising Chrysanthemum", given the surprise caused when it reveals itself to not be a simple plant.
- Japanese name: キクヅモリ?. Likely from 菊作り?, lit.: "chrysanthemum growing" and 森?, lit.: "forest".
- Scientific name: Taraxacum rovinia. Taraxacum is the real world genus for the Dandelion. Rovinia's meaning is unknown.
- Internal names: Its internal name,
hana
, simply means 花? (lit.: "flower"). - Prerelease: None.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ビックリ菊? Bikkuri Kiku |
Surprising Chrysanthemum |
French | Chrysanthème Rampant | Creeping Chrysanthemum |
German | Kriechende Chrysantheme | Creeping Chrysanthemum |
Italian | Crisantemo Strisciante | Slithering Chrysanthemum |
Gallery
A Creeping Chrysanthemum chasing Olimar in an earlier version of the Novice Training cave,
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.A real world chrysanthemum.
The creature's e-card, #58 (10th red card).
Trivia
- The Creeping Crysanthemum shares a genus name with the Dandelion even though they are in separate families; in real life, this is impossible, as different species cannot be in the same genus and different families. This is likely a mistake.
- This enemy, having a red top and a big green belly, resembles Petey Piranha from the Mario series, especially when filled with water in Super Mario Sunshine.
See also
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