Careening Dirigibug
- This article relates to the official games. See Pikipedia's "Careening Dirigibug" article for more official information.
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| Scientific name | Flotillium circusmaximus | ||
| Family | Dirigibug | ||
The Careening Dirigibug is an unusual legless insectoid creature that slowly drifts through the air by utilizing colorful, balloon-like air sacs attached to the top of its body. When leaders or Pikmin approach, it will produce a bomb rock from its mouth and attempt to toss it down near them. The bomb rocks thrown by a Careening Dirigibug will damage, kill, or destroy anything in their range upon detonation.
In fanon games
Below this point is where users place their version of the Careening Dirigibug.
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 | Dirigibug | ||
| Areas | Mystical Beach | ||
| Caves | Gambler's Den, Steel Catacombs, Cryptic Kitchen, Pit of Misfortune, Endless Abyss, Doom Den, Perilous Pipeline | ||
| Challenge Mode stages | Orange Chasm, Haunted Halls, Conveyor Chasm, The Gauntlet | ||
| Battle Mode stages | Iron Battlefield, Rusted Ruins | ||
| Carry weight | 5 | ||
| Max. carriers | 10 | ||
| Seed worth | 7 | ||
| Poko value |  × 7
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| Attacks | Produces bomb rocks | ||
Careening Dirigibugs in Pikmin 251 behave exactly the same way they do in Pikmin 2. However, they now have more health.
Notes
Olimar's observations
- “This is truly a bizarre creature, but a rather troublesome one as well. The bombs they throw can easily wipe out an entire Pikmin army before you know it! It's best to keep a constant eye on these creatures if they are able to roam around freely. It's good to use Yellow Pikmin when we can since they go higher in the air. If we're lucky enough to have Orange Pikmin on hand, well, these things become a joke!”
Cookin' with Louie
- “Pull off the balloonlike air sacs, mince the meaty abdomen, and shape it into small cakes. Pan-sear the cakes until crusted, but be careful not to overcook the delicate meat. When ready to serve, garnish the plate with the vibrant air sacs. Even the most discerning dinner guest will be dazzled by the colorful presentation.”
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 | Dirigibug | ||
| Areas | Volatile Minefield | ||
| Caves | Perilous Cavern, Molten Mezzanine, Hot Hemorrhage, Abandoned Mine | ||
| Attacks | Produces bomb rocks | ||
The Careening Dirigibug in Pikmin: Ultimate Doom appears and behaves the same as in Pikmin 2. They are encountered at Volatile Minefield, and underground, they are on sublevels five and six of Perilous Cavern, sublevels three, four, and six of Molten Mezzanine, sublevels one, two, four, five, and six of Hot Hemorrhage, and sublevels one through eight of Abandoned Mine.
In Pikspore
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This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikspore, a fanon game created by DrTapeworm. |
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| Scientific name | Unknown | ||
| Family | Dirigibug | ||
| Areas | Spectral Garden | ||
| Attacks | Produces bomb rocks | ||
In Pikspore, Careening Dirigibugs appear in several caves as well as Spectral Garden, in the volcano and wasteland areas.
In Pikmin: Gold Rush
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This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Gold Rush, a fanon game created by Xtarhaven. |
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| Scientific name | Flotillium circusmaximus | ||
| Family | Dirigibug | ||
| Carry weight | 3 | ||
| Max. carriers | 6 | ||
| Seed worth | 8 | ||
| Poko value | × 4
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| Health | 1,000 | ||
| Attacks | Explosives | ||
The Careening Dirigibug is a defining member of the Dirigibug family appearing in Pikmin: Gold Rush. It is a strange insect that flies with several air sacs resembling a dozen of balloons. It aimlessly drifts through the air with wind currents, sometimes moving quickly sometimes moving slowly. When a Pikmin or Captain is in it's range it will form a bombrock with it's mouth and toss it at them, the bombrock will explode after a few seconds when it lands.
The Dirigibug hangs high in the air where only Yellow Pikmin or Winged Pikmin can reach it. Each of it's balloons will pop one by one and get lower, allowing other Pikmin types to reach it. However when it shakes pikmin off it will produce a bombrock at a faster rate right after. Once all balloons have been popped it will become helpless. Occasionally Careening Dirigibugs will spawn with some balloons already popped.