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Spotty Bulborb
Appears in	Pikmin
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii russus Oculus kageyamii (Pikmin Player's Guide)
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	The Forest of Hope
Challenge Mode stages	The Forest of Hope, The Distant Spring
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

Red Bulborb
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii russus
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	Valley of Repose, Awakening Wood
Caves	Hole of Beasts, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den
Challenge Mode stages	Explorer's Cave, Lost Toy Box, Red Chasm, Collector's Room, Breeding Ground, Emperor's Realm
2-Player Battle stages	Angle Maze
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

Bulborb
Appears in	Pikmin 3
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii russus
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	Garden of Hope, Tropical Wilds, Formidable Oak
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Tropical Forest, Twilight Hollow, Shaded Garden, Tropical Forest Remix, Twilight Hollow Remix, Beastly Caverns
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Tropical Forest, Silver Lake, Thirsty Desert, Shaded Garden, Garden of Hope Remix, Formidable Oak Remix
Side Story days	None
Bingo Battle stages	Shaded Terrace, Stagnant Sea, Twisted Cavern, Arid Metropolis, Rusted Labyrinth, Jigsaw Fortress, Blooming Terrace, Parched Brook, Buried Pond, Sandbox Kingdom, Corroded Maze, Jigsaw Colosseum
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

Bulborb
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii russus
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	Sun-Speckled Terrace (Story Mode, Olimar's Shipwreck Tale and night)
Caves	Hectic Hollows, Kingdom of Beasts, Engulfed Castle, Cavern for a King
Dandori Challenge stages	Dandori Day Care, Hotshock Canyon, Trial of the Sage Leaf
Dandori Battle stages	Battle in a Box
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

Bulborb
Appears in	Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Oculus kageyamii russus
Family	Grub-dog
Areas	The Shadow in the Brush
Attacks	Eat Pikmin

This article is about the red grub-dog. For other uses, see Bulborb (disambiguation).

The Bulborb (チャッピー^?, lit.: "Chappy"), called the Spotty Bulborb in Pikmin and the Red Bulborb (アカチャッピー^?, lit.: "Red Chappy") in Pikmin 2, is a common enemy in the Pikmin series. Bulborbs are the most prominent enemies in the franchise, with images and icons of them often being used to represent enemies in general, and appear in all 4 main-series Pikmin games. In Hey! Pikmin, a Bulborb serves as the game's first boss. Bulborbs are the most commonly encountered member of the grub-dog family of enemies.

Bulborbs have pointed snouts, eyes on stalks, and a red back with white spots. They only have two teeth, sharp fangs on either side of their mouth. They are largely nocturnal creatures and spend much of their time sleeping, only waking up when detecting potential prey, or during the night. They are often found sleeping near Dwarf Bulborbs, which are actually members of a different species.

Stats

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
	10	20	12	N/A	1100	Yes, unknown how much
	10	20	12	× 7	750	No
(?)	10	20 (normally)	10	× 50  × 50	1000	No
	10	20	10 (5 glow pellets)	× 10	1000	No
	N/A	N/A	N/A	× 0	Unknown	Unknown

Behavior

A Bulborb sleeping during the day.

Bulborbs are nocturnal creatures, and sleep in open locations during the day. In the main series of games, this exposes them to being attacked by Pikmin, as they won't wake up until they are attacked. However, Dwarf Bulborbs and Dwarf Bulbears in Pikmin will let out a screech when agitated, awakening any nearby Bulborbs. An object being carried adjacent to a Bulborb can also wake up the enemy.

Once awake, they become aggressive, and will run towards nearby Pikmin and lunge at them to try and eat them. If it manages to catch any Pikmin, it will stand up and eat them; otherwise it will trip then try again. If there are a lot of Pikmin attacking it at once, it will shake them off and then start trying to eat again. If their eyestalks are attacked, they will panic and break off whatever they are doing to shake away their assailants.

Bulborbs behave very differently in Hey! Pikmin, as one takes on the role of the boss of the Brilliant Garden. In this game they are larger, more aggressive, slower, and not nocturnal. When defeated, the Bulborb drops the Flashy Monument.

In Pikmin 4s Night expeditions, they don’t sleep and act like how they’ve been seen once awoken. They roam about and will attempt to attack any nearby Pikmin and eat them. During the Night expeditions, after a certain amount of time their eyes will glow bright red and they will head directly towards a Lumiknoll or a Tricknoll instead of walking around a set space to attack it, making them act more aggressive than normal.

Locations

See: Bulborb/Locations

Strategy

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

Artwork of several Pikmin attacking a Spotty Bulborb.

Swarming a large group of 50 or so Pikmin onto a Spotty Bulborb, preferably Red Pikmin due to their increased attack power, proves quite effective most of the time. If only a few Pikmin are available, they should be thrown onto the Bulborb's back repeatedly while retreating if the enemy starts charging at them. Waiting until it goes back to sleep takes longer, but is a lot safer. Bomb-rocks can also be used to attack a Spotty Bulborb, and it takes two blasts to kill it this way. If you attack its back it will usually do a quarter-turn right, hiding some of its back from your current position.

Rather than swarming it, continuously tossing Pikmin onto its back is preferable when the army is at least 30 Pikmin strong, even if some are shaken off. A few Purple Pikmin can cause serious damage, especially if they stun the Red Bulborb. If it is accidentally awakened before being attacked by Pikmin, you should run away until it turns around, then make a new pass at it.

If the Pikmin army is very small, another strategy is to wake up the Red Bulborb and make it chase the leader until it goes far enough away from its starting location, at which point it will turn around and return to its original sleeping spot. Once it returns there, attacking at the moment it starts sleeping can provide the player with a few crucial seconds in which the Red Bulborb is entirely immobilized and harmless.

In some metal-themed caves, Red Bulborbs can be led off of the stage by awakening it and quickly running around a hole in the sublevel, causing it to fall off.

A Bulborb in Pikmin 3, hit on the eye in a prerelease version.

Charging a Bulborb from behind is the most reliable way to defeat this enemy in Pikmin 3. As few as 20 Red Pikmin can be enough to defeat the enemy before it has the chance to eat any, though this will not always work. If approaching the enemy from the front, throwing Pikmin directly at its eyes is an effective strategy, as this will cause the Bulborb to spend a couple of seconds flinching before it can attack again. If the Bulborb shakes Pikmin off, make sure to whistle them before they are eaten. You can also escape from a Bulborb by hiding under a tall plant.

If the Bulborb is sleeping, it is wiser to hop on Oatchi's back in order to use his Rush ability combined with a squad of at least 30 Pikmin; even with no upgrades, the Rush will launch Pikmin forward when Oatchi hits the Bulborb, making this a simple and effective tactic. If Oatchi has the Mega Chomp and Stun skills, you can also take down a Bulborb with only Oatchi on his own.

If the Bulborb is currently awake and chasing you, it's better to let it sleep to try again. If you have no way of escaping it, you should circle around the Bulborb and throw Pikmin on its back, and call them before they get shaken off, as the Bulborb will instantly start eating any Pikmin shaken off by it. Bulborbs in this game don't flinch when Pikmin are thrown directly at their eyes, so aiming at the back is safest. Even with a squad of less than 10 Pikmin, the tactic stated above should work if done successfully, though it is risky.

The Bulborb cutscene.

In Hey! Pikmin, the Bulborb is a boss, and is fought in a standalone battle at The Shadow in the Brush. Olimar starts the fight with 20 Red Pikmin. The objective is to deplete the Bulborb's health by throwing Pikmin at its backside. If the Bulborb is facing towards Olimar, then wait for it to bend over and throw a Pikmin at its eye. This will stun it and give you time to run under it to the other side. Once on the other side, proceed to throw the Pikmin onto its vulnerable backside until it shakes them off. The Bulborb will periodically jump into the blades of grass in the backdrop and shuffle around in them until eventually popping back out at the last place Olimar was standing. The player can tell when it will jump out because right before it does it will rustle in a single place. If the Bulborb is attacked once it has shaken off any attacking Pikmin, then it'll slowly turn around to face the group, snarling aggressively, before swooping around once in a circle, attempting to snatch up any Pikmin. After it does this, it'll proceed to do its attack from the grass. While it is bending over, if Olimar or a Pikmin are in its line of sight it will run forward and attempt to eat them.

Technical information

Pikmin technical information (?)
Internal name	swallow
HP	1100

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			chappy
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	750
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	100
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?)	7
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	30
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
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	750

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	chappy
HP	1000
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	25
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	300
Mission Mode value	50

Hey! Pikmin technical information (?)
Internal name	boss_chappy
Generator name(s)	boss_chappy

Other information

• Technical name in The Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Greater Grub-Dog
• Size: Body length: 90mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #1
• Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #3
• This enemy triggers the Auto Target Lock note in the Rescue Journal

Gallery

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  Artwork of the Bulborb.

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  Olimar and his Pikmin fighting a Bulborb.

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  n GIF showing the dots on a Bulborb's back oscillating in size.

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  The Bulborb in the enemy reel.

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  Sketches of the Bulborb from the Pikmin Official Player's Guide.

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  The corpse of a Bulborb.

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  A dead Bulborb being carried off in an early version of Pikmin. Note how it is upside-down, unlike the final game, where it is simply slumped over.

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  Clay artwork of a Bulborb fighting some Pikmin.

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  A Bulborb in the Piklopedia.

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  The Bulborb in the title screen.

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  A Bulborb's corpse.

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  A sleeping Bulborb.

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  A Bulborb eating Pikmin.

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  The Piklopedia icon of the Bulborb in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.

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  Render of the Bulborb.

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  Plastic model the Bulborb.

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  Alternate version featuring Pikmin.

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  Artwork of the Bulborb for the Official Nintendo Magazine. Notice how the spots on its back appear to stick out.

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  Close-up screenshot of a Bulborb.

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  KopPad photo of a Bulborb. The eyeshine effect can be seen.

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  A Bulborb sleeping.

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  A Bulborb's snot bubble.

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  A Bulborb being locked onto.

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  A Bulborb waking up after getting Alph tossed onto it.

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  A Bulborb about to bite Alph.

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  A Bulborb eating some Red Pikmin.

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  A Bulborb burping after a meal.

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  The corpse of a Bulborb.

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  A Bulborb (on the left) burping after eating some Pikmin in Bingo Battle.

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  Pikmin attacking a Red Bulborb in the E3 2012 trailer for Pikmin 3.

• P4 Bulborb Render.png

  Artowrk of the Bulborb.

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  Artwork of Pikmin fighting a Bulborb.

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  Artwork of a Bulborb enraged by a Lumiknoll's presence.

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  A sleeping Bulborb seen in the Piklopedia.

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  A Bulborb being attacked by Pikmin, from the Pikmin 4 reveal.

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  A Bulborb with glowing red eyes, seen during night expeditions.

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  A Bulborb, frozen by Ice Pikmin.

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  A defeated Bulborb in the Piklopedia (Pikmin 4).

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  Olimar and his squad of Pikmin walking under the Bulborb.

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  The Bulborb in the process of dying.

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  The Bulborb as seen in the Creature Log.

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  The Bulborb encounter in a prerelease version of Hey! Pikmin.

See more: Bulborb images category.