Flatterchuck

Flatterchuck
Appears in	Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Platylepas ascendii
Family	Heavil
Areas	The Lonely Tower, Below the Ice
Attacks	None

The Flatterchuck (ビックリトバシ^?, lit.: "Surprising Launcher") is an enemy found in Hey! Pikmin. At first they look like stone platforms, roughly four times wider than Captain Olimar and they appear to have moss growing on their backs. However, when stepped on, they open their eyes and leap straight upward, using their insectoid legs.

Behavior

The Flatterchuck lies flat on the ground, with its eyes closed until Pikmin or Captain Olimar walk onto it. It will blink briefly and then launch its body upwards, sending anything standing on it up into the air. It will come back to its original state, and will repeat the process if something steps on it again. It takes roughly two seconds from the moment something steps on it to the moment it springs up.

Locations

• Ravaged Rustworks
  • The Lonely Tower: It is found abundantly in this level. They are the main way Olimar can progress higher in the tower.
• Snowfall Field
  • Below the Ice

Strategy

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

Flatterchucks act as platforms for the player to reach new areas. They do not act as traditional enemies and cannot be attacked or killed. One thing to be sure of is that all of your Pikmin are on the Flatterchuck before it jumps, or else it may scatter them away from you.

Notes

Hey! Pikmin logs

“It sleeps flat, blending in with the ground, and will only move if something walks across its back. At this stimulus, it leaps high into the air. It's difficult to say who's to blame when this happens—the Flatterchuck itself or the one who stepped on it.”

Naming

See more: Heavil family#Naming.

• Common name: Flatterchuck. The name is a play on Skutterchuck, a related enemy, and refers to its flatter body.
• Japanese nickname: ビックリトバシ^?, lit.: "Surprising Launcher".
• Japanese name: タイラハネトバシ^?, lit.: "Flat Jump Launcher".
• Scientific name: Platylepas ascendii. Ascendii is derived from "ascend", referring to its high jumping ability.
• Internal names: Unknown.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ビックリトバシ? Bikkuri Tobashi	Surprising Launcher
Dutch	Tilmijt	Liftmite
French	Plaquéléon sauteur	Jumping slableon	From "plaque" (slab) and "caméléon" (chamaleon)
German	Schleuderplattling	Catapult-"Flatling"
Italian	Pianoleonte	Flatleon	From "piano" (flat) and "camaleonte" (chamaleon)
Korean	깜짝투수벌레 Kkamjjag-Tusu-Beolle	Surprise Pitcher Bug
Spanish	Chatálido	Flattid	From "chata" (flat) and the suffix "-ido" (-idae), which is used for naming animal family names

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  Cutscene where a Flatterchuck nearly flattens a group of Rock Pikmin.

Trivia

• The Flatterchuck is one of only four creatures in the series that have plant life growing on it, in this case only moss. The other three are the bosses Emperor Bulblax, Sovereign Bulblax, and Quaggled Mireclops.

See also

• Skutterchuck