Editing Flatterchuck

{{infobox enemy
|heypikmin   = y
|image       = Flatterchuck.png
|icon        = Flatterchuck icon.png
|size        = 200px
|caption     = 
|name        = Platylepas ascendii
|family      = Heavil
|areas       = [[The Lonely Tower]], [[Below the Ice]]
|attacks     = None
}}

The '''Flatterchuck''' ({{j|ビックリトバシ|Bikkuri Tobashi|Surprising Launcher}}) is an [[enemy]] found in {{hp}}. 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 ==
{{guide}}
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|heypikmin=y}}

==Naming==
{{see more|Heavil family#Naming}}
{{naming
|common     = Flatterchuck. The name is a play on [[Skutterchuck]], a related enemy, and refers to its flatter body.
|jpcommon   = {{j|ビックリトバシ|Bikkuri Tobashi|Surprising Launcher}}.
|jpname     = {{j|タイラハネトバシ|Taira Hane Tobashi|Flat Jump Launcher}}.
|scientific = ''Platylepas ascendii''. ''Ascendii'' is derived from "ascend", referring to its high jumping ability.
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreignname
|Jap=ビックリトバシ
|JapR=Bikkuri Tobashi
|JapM=Surprising Launcher
|Dut=Tilmijt
|DutM=Liftmite
|Fra=Plaquéléon sauteur
|FraM=Jumping slableon
|FraN=From "plaque" (slab) and "caméléon" (chamaleon)
|Ger=Schleuderplattling
|GerM=Catapult-"Flatling"
|Ita=Pianoleonte
|ItaM=Flatleon
|ItaN=From "piano" (flat) and "camaleonte" (chamaleon)
|Kor=깜짝투수벌레
|KorR=Kkamjjag-Tusu-Beolle
|KorM=Surprise Thrower Bug
|Spa=Chatálido
|SpaM=Flattid
|SpaN=From "chata" (flat) and the suffix "''-ido''" ({{w|Family_(biology)#Nomenclature|-idae}}), which is used for naming animal family names
|notes = y
}}

== Gallery ==
{{image}}
<gallery>
The Lonely Tower Flatterchuck cutscene.jpg|[[Cutscene]] where a Flatterchuck nearly flattens a group of [[Rock Pikmin]].
</gallery>

== 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]]

{{hpenemies}}
[[Category:Harmless enemies]]
[[Category:Ravaged Rustworks]]
[[Category:Snowfall Field]]
{{harmless enemies}}