Bumbling Snitchbug
- This article relates to the official games. See Pikipedia's "Bumbling Snitchbug" article for more official information.
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| Scientific name | Scarpanica doofenia | ||
| Family | Scarpanid | ||
The Bumbling Snitchbug is a scarpanid that closely resembles the Swooping Snitchbug in appearance, though possesses more body mass, makes a different buzzing sound, and does not have as distinct a head. The two also behave similarly towards small grounded creatures, but instead of targeting Pikmin specifically, this lumbering bug prefers to attack leaders, snatching them and tossing them to the ground. When carrying a leader, the Bumbling Snitchbug flies higher than usual. Leaders that the enemy has managed to take hold of will dismiss their army but are able to struggle free. Weighing the beast down will cause it to crash into the ground, where it is easily overwhelmed by Pikmin.
In fanon games
Below this point is where users place their version of the Bumbling Snitchbug.
In Pikmin 251
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This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin 251, a Pikmin 2 ROM hack created by PikHacker. |
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| Scientific name | Unknown | ||
| Family | Scarpanid | ||
| Areas | None | ||
| Caves | Aquatic Depths, Steel Catacombs, Cryptic Kitchen, Pit of Misfortune, Endless Abyss, Doom Den, Perilous Pipeline | ||
| Challenge Mode stages | Foreboding Forest, Brick Workshop, Conveyor Chasm, The Gauntlet | ||
| Battle Mode stages | None | ||
| Carry weight | 5 | ||
| Max. carriers | 10 | ||
| Poko value |  × 6
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| Attacks | Abducts and throws leaders | ||
In Pikmin 251, the Bumbling Snitchbug behaves similarly to how it does in Pikmin 2. However, it now flies farther away to throw abducted leaders.
Notes
Olimar's observations
- “This creature...
Okay, so what was the next one I'm writing about again?”
Cookin' with Louie
- “While it's a pain to work with, the leathery meat is well worth the effort. Serve the steak with a side of fries made from its wings and arms. Don't let anything go to waste!”
In Pikmin: Decayed Leaf
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This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Decayed Leaf, a fanon game created by Soundwave. |
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| Scientific name | Scarpanica doofenia | ||
| Family | Scarpanid | ||
| Carry weight | 3 | ||
| Max. carriers | 6 | ||
| Seed worth | 4 | ||
| Poko value | × 2
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| Attacks | Abducts and throws leaders | ||
The Bumbling Snitchbug is a returning enemy appearing in Pikmin: Decayed Leaf. The creature retains its design from Pikmin 2. The Bumbling Snitchbug will fly around aimlessly and rather clumsily. If it sees captains, it will fly down and grab up to two of them, carrying them around for a bit before slamming them into the ground, dealing heavy damage. If it misses, it will clumsily swoop back up before trying to strike yet again. Captains can wiggle around to break free of the snitchbug's grasp. The best way to take down one of these creatures is by throwing Yellow Pikmin or sending Winged Pikmin at them. Iguana Pikmin can also knock down this enemy with their long tongues. If a captain is holding a Weighted Pikmin when the Bumbling Snitchbug swoops down to grab them, the creature will fail its attack.
In Pikmin: Ultimate Doom
 – Ultimate DoomThis article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Ultimate Doom, a fanon game created by Zoadra. |
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| Scientific name | Unknown | ||
| Family | Scarpanid | ||
| Caves | Titan's Denizen, Dark Kingdom, Molten Mezzanine | ||
| Attacks | Abducts and throws leaders | ||
In Pikmin: Ultimate Doom, the Bumbling Snitchbug acts more aggressively as it will slam leaders onto the ground fairly hard, reducing their health by one-fourth of the maximum if they lack a defense upgrade. Underground, Bumbling Snitchbugs are encountered on sublevels one, three, and four of Titan's Denizen, sublevel three of Dark Kingdom, and sublevel seven of Molten Mezzanine.