Watery Blowhog

Watery Blowhogs are enemies in, , and. Watery Blowhogs are almost identical to Fiery Blowhogs, except that their snouts are colored blue. Instead of fire, they spit out a water-like liquid that gets stuck on the Pikmin's heads, excluding Blue Pikmin, Bulbmin and Glow Pikmin. Leaders will be pummeled to the ground if they are caught in the blast, making this one of the few times where leaders can be stunned by water. Purple Pikmin may work as well as long they are thrown (preferably on top of the Blowhog, so it gets stunned). Blowing the whistle in the area the water is spewed can also cancel out the attack almost instantly and save the Pikmin caught in the spray instantly.

Behavior
Watery Blowhogs typically wander around in a small area zone aimlessly, meaning they aren’t stationary but won’t move far from their territory. Once the Blowhog has detected a leader and/or Pikmin, it will turn to face them directly before spewing out a stream of water. Although the Watery Blowhog will turn and wait for the most opportune moment to attack, it needs to inhale first, creating a short delay in which it doesn’t turn allowing the attack to be avoided. As soon as the Blowhog starts to inhale, it will not turn or move until it has finishes firing water. This means it does not follow the leader and/or Pikmin.

If the Blowhog is being attacked and is not currently inhaling or exhaling, it will buck itself forward, throwing off all Pikmin that were on it, and immediately begin to shoot a stream of water in front.

Areas

 * Valley of Repose
 * Wistful Wild

Caves

 * Sublevel 4 of the Snagret Hole
 * Sublevel 1 of the Shower Room
 * Sublevel 1 of the Cavern of Chaos
 * Sublevel 3 of the Hole of Heroes
 * Sublevel 11 of the Dream Den

Challenge Mode

 * Sublevel 2 of the Hot House
 * Sublevel 2 of the Cryptic Cavern
 * Sublevel 1 and 2 of the Hazard Training

2-Player Battle
The Watery Blowhog can be summoned if Player Two uses the Fiery/Watery Blowhog item, but this is a map that spawns Watery Blowhogs:
 * Hostile Territory

Areas

 * Formidable Oak

Mission Mode

 * Silver Lake (Battle Enemies)
 * Fortress of Festivity (Battle Enemies)
 * Beastly Caverns (Collect Treasures)
 * Forgotten Cove (Battle Enemies)

Bingo Battle

 * Jigsaw Fortress (Layout B)
 * Parched Brook (Layout A, B and C)
 * Sandbox Kingdom (Layout A)

Side Stories

 * Land, Sea, and Sky
 * First Part Found
 * The Ship Restored

Caves

 * Sublevel 2 of the Ultimate Testing Range

Dandori

 * 4th Story of the Trial of the Sage Leaf

Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

 * Sun-Speckled Terrace

Biology
The Watery Blowhog’s physiology is quite mammalian, with the rubbery hide and elephant-resembling appearance. Additionally, the Blowhog also has striking resemblance to a hog, as seen by its name.

According to the notes from Olimar, the Watery Blowhog is a variant of the Fiery Blowhog which lacks necessary genes for creating fire, which is made from a phosphorus compound. So when the Watery Blowhog expels water, it actually means to expel this compound, which instead comes out as a nonflammable liquid.

He also notes that the subspecies appears to have recently evolved and that the hereditary traits of the variant is dominant which is why the population is increasing rapidly.

Louie mentions in his notes that the Watery Blowhog is very moist, which could be a result of its watery mutation.

Strategy
See the strategy for defeating Fiery Blowhogs, but keep in mind that the creature spews water, not fire, and that Blue Pikmin are recommended, not Red Pikmin.

Technical information
In Pikmin 3, this enemy has the exact same technical information as the Fiery Blowhog.

Other information

 *  Piklopedia 4 Piklopedia number: #18

Trivia

 * By standing really close to a Watery Blowhog in, it will rotate to face the leader, but will never actually attack. Instead, it will endlessly repeat its rotation animation. This happens with the Fiery Blowhog as well, and interestingly, the Watery Blowhog near the entrance to the Subterranean Complex follows through this animation faster than normal.
 * The Prima Guide for Pikmin 3 and the Nintendo Player's Guide for Pikmin 2 state that the Watery Blowhog spits water. This contradicts the Piklopedia, which states that it shoots a flammable liquid, but is incapable of igniting it.
 * The only Watery Blowhog in Pikmin 3 story mode is located at the Formidable Oak. However, it might not be an actual Watery Blowhog because every enemy at the Formidable Oak turns into plasm when defeated, implying that it was created by the Plasm Wraith. This can also be applied to the Shearwig's appearance in Pikmin 3 story mode.