Groovy Long Legs: Difference between revisions

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The '''Groovy Long Legs''' ({{j|ダマグモインフェルノ|Dama Gumo Inferno|Inferno Orb Spider}}) is a member of the [[Arachnorb family]], and only appears once as a [[boss]] in {{P4}}. It's one of two bio-mechanical enemies seen in the game, with its carapace suggested to have been completely replaced with a disco light ball, with its 19 separate eyes serving as both photoelectric sensors and lights. The beast's four bony white legs are wrapped with strands that look similar to electrical wire, and the second set of joints on all of its limbs have sets of four holes containing exocrine glands. The disco light ball contains a speaker that plays all of the audio heard from the creature in-game.

The Groovy Long Legs will be passive upon first being encountered, hanging from a web on the ceiling with its main body close to the ground. In this state, its eyes shine a cyan light, and a flickering speaker hum can be heard when standing close.  

During the battle, the Groovy Long Legs stomps to the beat of its own theme, with these stomps being its method of killing Pikmin. At times during the fight, it will stop to spray pink gas beneath it from holes in the lower joints of its legs; this is preceded by four smaller puffs of gas as it preps its attack, acting as a warning. Pikmin sprayed by this gas will fall under the control of the beast, a process referred to by Olimar as the "Endless Dance," and will stay frolicking beneath the creature aimlessly. Unlike other hazards in the game, such as fire and ice, attempting to whistle your Pikmin does not free them from the effects of the gas (similar to the spores released by the [[Puffstool]] found in [[Primordial Thicket]]).  

As has been mentioned, the Groovy Long Legs can change the tempo of its song during the battle, which controls the speed of its stomping and can be identified by the color of its eye lights.

* During this stage, it plays an intimidating yet funky song, which it stomps to at a slow speed (44 BPM).

* During this stage, it plays a more upbeat and striking tune, which it stomps to at a moderate speed (70 BPM).

* During this stage, it plays a more frantic and higher-pitched version of the previous song, which it stomps to at a fast speed (85 BPM). Any Pikmin that are dancing will now begin to dance in a circle around its feet, making it more likely that they will be crushed.  

Once defeated, the Groovy Long Legs cycles rapidly between tempos and associated colors of its song and then collapses; it floods the arena with a bright white light before blaring an airhorn as its disco light ball explodes into confetti, dropping the [[Amplified Amplifier]] (if it hasn't been collected already) as the rest of its body disintegrates.

|jpcommon  = {{j|ダマグモインフェルノ|Dama Gumo Inferno}}. {{j|玉蜘|Damagumo}} directly translates to "Orb Spider", like the Beady Long Legs. {{j|インフェルノ|Inferno}} literally means inferno, and may be named after the song “{{w|Disco Inferno}}”.

|jpname    = {{j|スソビロボンオドリツユハライ|Suso Biro Bonodori Tsuyuharai|Flared {{w|Bon Odori}} {{w|Tsuyuharai}}}}

|DutM =  

|Kor  =  

|KorR =  

|KorM =  

|SpaA = Patas Largas Disco

|SpaE = Pelota patas largas disco

|SpaEM = Disco ball long legs

|PorM = Disco longpaw

|PorN = "Patalonga" is a portmanteau of "pata" (paw) and "longa" (long)

* The music comes from the boss itself as {{w|diegetic music}}, since the creature is biomechanical, it moves to the beat of the song, it pauses its music when it stops moving to shake off Pikmin, it plays a quavering tune when it stumbles after stomping, and the treasure it drops is a speaker. The music itself can also be heard in a muted form while the boss is still inactive, and the lead instruments stop playing when the game is paused. This is presumably why it is the only creature to keep their battle music within the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]].