Recursive Esophapod
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| Family | Squidasite |
The Recursive Esophapod is a species of squidasite that lives within grub-dogs until they become deceased.
In fanon games
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In Pikmin: Interstellar Cryptid
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| Scientific name | Domniloligo tergoculus | ||
| Family | Squidasite | ||
| Caves | Canal Canyon, Phantom's Manor, Blinding Tunnel | ||
| Carry weight | N/A | ||
| Attacks | Eats Pikmin, produces slippery ink | ||
The Recursive Esophapod is an enemy in Pikmin: Interstellar Cryptid. It is a midsized, terrestrial red squid with purple spots. It has four tentacles to use as feet, and four more at the front of its body akin to a beard. It has a pair of glassy, gray eyes as well. Initially, it is hidden within grub-dogs. It does not come out until they are defeated, at which point it will begin attacking the Pikmin outside of the dead body. It grabs Pikmin with its frontal tentacles and eats them. It can also squirt ink, which functions differently depending on if it's in water or not. If in water, it functions like the Toady Bloyster's ink, inciting panic in Pikmin. On land, they become puddles of lubricant instead. When defeated, they'll melt into red slime, leaving behind no corpse.
Concept sketch of the Recursive Esophapod's behavioral tactics.
Notes
Olimar's notes
- “In any ecosystem across the cosmos, competition can be arduous, often suffocating even. To circumvent much of their competition, this squidasite enters the bodies of grub-dogs. Using a numbing agent, they keep sleeping bulborbs from feeling the cephalopod as it slinks into their intestines. Using their lateral tentacles to anchor themselves, they consume part of the edible matter that enters the greater beast's body. They seem to have a favor for blue bulborbs, likely due to their subaqautic nature keeping their own moisture levels high.”
Louie's notes
- “As it bastes in intestinal juices its whole life, each organism has a slightly unique but ultimately gamey aftertaste. Remove the ink sac, butter and crumb, bake in the oven, and serve on a bed of parsley and dill leaves with sliced pineapple and glazed cherries. One taste and it'll become a staple of your next seven-seafood dinner!”
Bentley's notes
- “When I saw this creature come out of that beastly grub-dog, I knew for certain that we were in the thick of the wilds. It's insane moments like this that I live for!”
Eloise's notes
- “I don't want to touch it; it smells like liver paste...”