Frosty Bulborb
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| Appears in | Pikmin 4 | ||
| Scientific name | Oculus stomagelus | ||
| Family | Grub-dog | ||
| Areas | Hero's Hideaway | ||
| Caves | Frozen Inferno | ||
| Night expeditions | Feasting Center, Foot of the Stairs | ||
| Dandori Challenge stages | Strategic Freezeway, Trial of the Sage Leaf | ||
| Dandori Battle stages | None | ||
| Attacks | Freezes and eats Pikmin | ||
- This article is about the enemy in Pikmin 4. For the enemy in Pikmin 2, see Snow Bulborb.
The Frosty Bulborb (キンキンチャッピー?, lit.: "Ice-Cold Chappy") is an enemy in Pikmin 4. It resembles a Bulborb in appearance, but is blue in coloration and has ice crystals covering its back and midsection. It acts almost identically to other Bulborbs, with the only notable difference being that it can freeze Pikmin other than Ice Pikmin if the ice crystals on its back have not been melted. It also has a juvenile form, the Dwarf Frosty Bulborb.
Stats[edit]
| Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 12 (5 glow pellets) |  × 10
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1000 |
Behavior[edit]
The Frosty Bulborb acts just like other Bulborbs in that it lies asleep on the ground waiting until something wakes it up during the day, but it patrols its territory at night. If awoken or it notices prey, it will proceed to charge and attack the player and their squad of Pikmin by biting at them, eating up to a maximum of five Pikmin per bite, until they have left its territory. It will then stop chasing and return to its territory area and patrol for a little while until falling back to sleep. Since the Frosty Bulborb has ice crystals on its back, all Pikmin other than Ice Pikmin or Glow Pikmin will be frozen solid if they touch any part of the enemy. The only way to counteract this is to melt the ice using fire. Any fire source, such as a fire starter or fire geyser, can melt the ice. Once the ice has been melted, the Frosty Bulborb acts like a normal Bulborb until the ice automatically regenerates after a little while.
Appearance[edit]
The Frosty Bulborb looks very similar to the normal Bulborb, but it is blue in coloration instead of red. Similar to the Hairy Bulborb, its back and its face share similar colors, with the nose being colored separately, in this instance pink. It also has a layer of ice crystals littering its back and midsection. Therefore, its back and spots cannot be seen unless the ice is melted.
Locations[edit]
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- Frozen Inferno
- There is 1 Frosty Bulborb in sublevel 2. It is located to the northwest of the landing site, near the cave exit and the Dwarf Frosty Bulborb
- Hero's Hideaway
- There is only 1 Frosty Bulborb in this area. It is located east of the Feasting Center, with the Dwarf Frosty Bulborbs & the Gildemandwees. There is also a Fan nearby that the player can use.
- Strategic Freezeway
- There is 1 Frosty Bulborb in the area. It is located to the northwest of the area, near the Dwarf Frosty Bulborbs, some wild Ice Pikmin, and the bonfire altar with the Red Pikmin. It holds the Love Nugget.
- 1st Story: Bulblaxes
- There is 1 Frosty Bulborb in the area. It is located directly to the south of the starting point. It is near the Fire geyser.
Strategy[edit]
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This type of Bulborb will freeze any Pikmin other than Ice Pikmin or Glow Pikmin unless the ice on its back has been melted, such as with a fire starter or a fire geyser. Therefore, Ice Pikmin or Glow Pikmin are the ideal types to fight it, though some locations will not allow for Glow Pikmin to be used, such as above ground. Using a large squad of Pikmin and swarming/chargeing at it is effective, but you can also circle around the Grub-Dog and throw Pikmin onto its back. The most effective way to defeat a Frosty Bulborb is to have a large squad of Pikmin and, using Oatchi, Rush at its back to launch them all on at once. If the ice has been melted, any type can be used and Oatchi will not need the 
Pup Thermal Defense.
Notes[edit]
Dalmo's notes[edit]
Olimar's notes[edit]
“A Bulborb with large amounts of ice and frost covering its midsection. It's unusual to find ice such as this attached to a living organism, as it's cold enough to freeze small animals and regenerates any ice mass that gets broken off.
This Bulborb species's intercellular stores of sugars, amino acids, and organic acids provide it with a plantlike resistance to freezing, making it possible for the Bulborb to touch the ice without freezing itself.”Louie's notes[edit]
Pikmin Garden[edit]
- Text
“氷霜を腹部にまとったデメマダラ。細胞に糖やアミノ酸、有機酸などが蓄えられており、低温の氷に常時触れていても凍えることはない。
特徴 その1 氷をまとう
- 硬く冷たい氷で身を守り、獲物を凍らせて捕らえる。
- (Image text: 斑紋の腺から過冷却状態の汗を吹き出し、腹部に樹氷のような霜を形成する)
特徴 その2 寒冷地への適応
- 低温の環境に適応していて、氷点下でも活動できる。
- (Image text: ヤキチャッピーではなく、ケチャッピーと近縁である)”
- Translation
“A Bulborb whose abdomen is covered in ice and frost. Its cells store sugars, amino acids, and organic acids, so they do not freeze despite being in constant contact with low-temperature ice.
Feature #1: Covered in ice
- It protects itself with hard, cold ice and freezes its prey to catch it.
- (Image text: "The glands in its spots eject supercooled sweat, forming a frost on its abdomen similar to that which forms on plants")
Feature #2: Adaptation to cold environments
- Its has adapted to low-temperature environments, and can operate even in sub-zero temperatures.
- (Image text: "It is closely related not to the Fiery Bulbax, but to the Hairy Bulborb")”
Other information[edit]
- Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #10
- This enemy triggers the Auto Target Lock note in the Rescue Journal
Naming[edit]
- See more: Grub-dog family#Naming.
- Common name: Frosty Bulborb. "Frosty" is used to describe the ice crystals on its back.
- Japanese nickname: キンキンチャッピー?, lit.: "Ice-Cold Chappy". キンキン can mean "ice-cold" or "very cold". チャッピー is Japanese for Bulborb.
- Japanese name: シモツキデメマダラ?, lit.: "Attached Frost Spotted Bug-eye". 霜 means "frost", and 付き means "attached", referring to how the frost is attached to it. デメマダラ is shared across the Bulborb family.
- Scientific name: Oculus stomagelus. Gelus is Latin for frost, and stoma is Greek for mouth.
- Internal names:
ICECHAPPY.CHAPPYis the internal name for the Bulborb, so "ice" is added to distinguish traits. - Prerelease: Unknown
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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 Japanese |
キンキンチャッピー? Kinkin Chappī |
Ice-Cold Chappy | "Chappy" is the Japanese name for Bulborb |
 Chinese(traditional) |
冰冰恰比 Bīngbīng Qiàbǐ |
Ice Ice Chappy | "Qiàbǐ" is the Chinese (traditional) name for Bulborb |
 Chinese(simplified) |
冰冰恰比 Bīngbīng Qiàbǐ |
Ice Ice Chappy | "Qiàbǐ" is the Chinese (simplified) name for Bulborb |
 Dutch |
IJsbulborb | Ice bulborb | |
 French |
Bulborbe glacé | Icy bulborb | "Bulborbe" is the French name for Bulborb |
 German |
Eisiger Punktkäfer | Icy Dot Beetle | "Punktkäfer" is the German name for Bulborb |
 Italian |
Coleto glaciale | Glacial bulborb | "Coleto" may come from "boletus" (Latin for mushroom), as a bulborb's spots resemble those found on certain mushrooms
"Coleto" is the Italian name for both Bulborb and Bulbear |
 Korean |
얼음차피 Eoreum-Chapi |
Ice Chappy | "Chapi" is the Korean name for Bulborb |
 Portuguese |
Bulbolho glacial | Glacial bulbeye | "Bulbolho" is a portmanteau of "bulbo" (bulb) and "olho" (eye) "Bulbolho" is the Brazilian Portuguese name for Bulborb |
 Spanish |
Bulbo glacial | Glacial bulborb | "Bulbo" is the Spanish name for Bulborb |
Gallery[edit]
A sleeping Frosty Bulborb.
A Frosty Bulborb patrolling its territory.
The backside of a Frosty Bulborb after the ice has been melted.
A Frosty Bulborb eating pikpik carrots.
The corpse of a Frosty Bulborb in the Piklopedia.
The corpse of a Frost Bulborb at a different angle.
A Frosty Bulborb in Frozen Inferno waking up after its ice has been melted.
A Frosty Bulborb sleeping in the Hero's Hideaway.
A Frosty Bulborb's ice freezing Blue Pikmin that are attacking it.
A Frosty Bulborb at night.
A Frosty Bulborb as seen in the "It's Genetic" comic.
Trivia[edit]
- Frosty Bulborbs can freeze other enemies if they stay in contact for long enough. This most commonly happens during night expeditions.
- If you use a Lightning Shock near a Frosty Bulborb after it becomes active in a Night expedition or the Piklopedia, it will lose its ice and glowing red eyes, however, it will still target Lumiknolls and Tricknolls and be visible through walls in a red silhouette.
