Watery Blowhog
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| Appears in | Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4 | ||
| Scientific name | Sus loogiens | ||
| Family | Blowhog | ||
| Areas | Valley of Repose, Wistful Wild, Formidable Oak | ||
| Caves | Snagret Hole, Shower Room, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den | ||
| Challenge Mode stages | Hot House, Cryptic Cavern, Hazard Training | ||
| Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages | Beastly Caverns | ||
| Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages | Silver Lake, Fortress of Festivity, Forgotten Cove | ||
| Side Story days | Land, Sea, and Sky, First Part Found, The Ship Restored | ||
| Dandori Challenge stages | None | ||
| Dandori Battle stages | None | ||
| 2-Player Battle stages | Hostile Territory | ||
| Bingo Battle stages | Jigsaw Fortress, Parched Brook | ||
| Attacks | Spray water | ||
Watery Blowhogs (ミズブタ?, lit.: "Water Pig") are enemies in Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3, and Pikmin 4. Watery Blowhogs are almost identical to Fiery Blowhogs, except that their snouts are colored blue. Instead of fire, they spit out a water-like liquid that gets stuck on the Pikmin's heads, excluding Blue Pikmin and Bulbmin. Leaders will be pummeled to the ground if they are caught in the blast, making this one of the few times where leaders can be stunned by water. Purple Pikmin may work as well as long they are thrown (preferably on top of the Blowhog, so it gets stunned). Blowing the whistle in the area the water is spewed can also cancel out the attack almost instantly and save the Pikmin caught in the spray instantly.
Stats
| Game | Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health | Regen. |
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7 | 15 | 8 |  × 4
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1000 | No |
 (?)
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5 | 10 (normally) | 8 |  × 30 × 30
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1000 | No |
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5 | 10 | 5 |  × 5
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1000 | No |
Notes
Olimar's notes
“A variant subspecies of the fiery blowhog, the watery blowhog lacks several of the dominant genes necessary for the production of fire-producing catalysts, and thus expels jets of the nonflammable liquid. This subspecies appears to have only recently evolved. However, the hereditary traits of this variant are dominant and highly robust, so its population is rapidly increasing.”
Louie's notes
“This beast's unrivaled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”
Alph's comments
“Structural flaw: inhaling period
Weight: 5
Brittany's comments
“Alph tried to convince me this animal has all kinds of uses. "It could be a shower," he said, "or a spaceship wash, or an emergency fire control system." I told him we had all those things already, and it was like someone rained on his parade.”
Charlie's comments
“The water this one spews isn't too bad if you ask me, but the Pikmin don't do so well in it. (At least, most of them don't.) That's what a captain is there for: to be an umbrella to the downtrodden!”
Louie's comments
“This beast's unrivaled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”
“This beast's unrivalled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”
Olimar's comments
“Watery Blowhog
Sus loogiens
Blowhog family
Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide
“You can tell a Watery Blowhog by its blue snout. The beast spits water and causes non-blue Pikmin to be lost in bubbles. If you're traveling with a large Pikmin army, swarm the Watery Blowhog and be ready to save the bubble-bound soldiers with your whistle.”
Pikmin 3 Prima Guide
“A Watery Blowhog attacks by shooting water out of its snout. When battling one of these creatures, use your Blue Pikmin to attack the Watery Blowhog without any casualties. If your squad contains only a small amount of Blue Pikmin, use them to distract the Watery Blowhog, then flank the creature and have your more vulnerable Pikmin charge from the rear.”
Strategy
See the strategy for defeating Fiery Blowhogs, but keep in mind that the creature spews water, not fire, and that Blue Pikmin are recommended, not Red Pikmin.
Technical information
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In Pikmin 3, this enemy has the exact same technical information as the Fiery Blowhog.
Other information
- Size: Body length: 52mm, as per the e-card
- Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #14
Naming
- See also: Blowhog family#Naming.
- Common name: Watery Blowhog. Like the Fiery Blowhog, this hog-like enemy blows out a hazard, but it is water instead of fire.
- Japanese nickname: ミズブタ?, lit.: "Water Pig".
- Japanese name: ヒフキブタドックリ（水吐変種）?, lit.: "Fire Breathing Pig Tokkuri (water spit variant)".
- Scientific name: Sus loogiens. The word loogiens seems to be derived from the slang term "loogie", which is used to refer to sputum, a mix of phlegm and nasal mucus.
- Internal names: Internally, this enemy is called
wtankin Pikmin 2, which is the same internal name as the Fiery Blowhog, but starting with "w", for "water". In Pikmin 3, this enemy is recognized as being the same as the Fiery Blowhog, so it shares the internal name –tank. - Prerelease: The original English name for the Watery Blowhog was "Spitty Blowhog". This name can both be found on GameCube Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc Version 18[1], as well as an early English script left inside the final game.[2]
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
ミズブタ? Mizu Buta |
Water Pig |
 Chinese(traditional) |
水豬 | |
 French |
Puffy Cracheau | Portmanteau of crache (spit) and eau (water); Water-spitter Blowhog |
 German |
Rüsselaquatis | From aqua (water) and German Rüssel (trunk/proboscis); Trunk-Aquatis |
 Italian |
Eruptor Idrico | Water-spitter Blowhog |
 Korean |
물돼지호롱 | |
 Portuguese (NoA) |
Cusporco-d'água | Water spitpig; "cusporco" is a portmanteau of "cuspir" (to spit) and "porco" (pig) |
 Spanish (NoA) |
Verraco acuático | Aquatic pig |
Gallery
Artwork of the Watery Blowhog from Pikmin 2.
Alternate scan of the Watery Blowhog's artwork.
A Watery Blowhog in water, on the Piklopedia.
A Watery Blowhog spewing water in Pikmin 2.
Artwork of the Watery Blowhog from Pikmin 3.
A Watery Blowhog in Pikmin 3.
A Watery Blowhog spewing water in Pikmin 3.
The creature's e-card, #16 (17th blue card).
Trivia
- By standing really close to a Watery Blowhog in Pikmin 2, it will rotate to face the leader, but will never actually attack. Instead, it will endlessly repeat its rotation animation. This happens with the Fiery Blowhog as well, and interestingly, the Watery Blowhog near the entrance to the Subterranean Complex follows through this animation faster than normal.
- The Prima Guide for Pikmin 3 and the Nintendo Player's Guide for Pikmin 2 state that the Watery Blowhog spits water. This contradicts the Piklopedia, which states that it shoots a flammable liquid, but is incapable of igniting it.
- The only Watery Blowhog in Pikmin 3's story mode is located at the Formidable Oak. However, it might not be an actual Watery Blowhog because every enemy at the Formidable Oak turns into plasm when defeated, implying that it was created by the Plasm Wraith. This can also be applied to the Shearwig's appearance in Pikmin 3's story mode.
See also
References
- ^ Proto:Pikmin 2/Piklopedia Entries on The Cutting Room Floor
- ^ Pikmin 2/Early English Script on The Cutting Room Floor
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