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{{see more|Amphituber family#Naming}} | {{see more|Amphituber family#Naming}} | ||
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|common = Wolpole. It is a combination of "wog", from "{{w|pollywog}}" (like other [[Amphituber family|amphituber]]s), and "tadpole". This enemy, similarly to the [[Wollywog]] and [[Yellow Wollywog]], was originally called Wogpole, but was renamed to Wolpole for the European versions of ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]'', ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin 2]]'' | |common = Wolpole. It is a combination of "wog", from "{{w|pollywog}}" (like other [[Amphituber family|amphituber]]s), and "tadpole". This enemy, similarly to the [[Wollywog]] and [[Yellow Wollywog]], was originally called Wogpole, but was renamed to Wolpole for the European versions of ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]'', ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin 2]]'', ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' and [[Pikmin 3 Deluxe]]. The reason this was done was likely because the term [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog wog] is a racist slur in British English. Likely due to being developed by Nintendo of Europe, this name was adopted in all regions in the [[Switch]] ports of ''[[Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch)|Pikmin 1]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|Pikmin 2]]'', as well being carried over in ''[[Pikmin 4]]''. | ||
|jpcommon = In Japan, its name is {{j|オタマ|Otama}}, which written like that means "ball" but it's short for {{j|オタマジャクシ|Otamajakushi}} which means tadpole. | |jpcommon = In Japan, its name is {{j|オタマ|Otama}}, which written like that means "ball" but it's short for {{j|オタマジャクシ|Otamajakushi}} which means tadpole. | ||
|jpname = {{j|ダルマイモガエル|Daruma Imo Gaeru|Daruma Potato Frog}}. It is shared with the Yellow Wollyhop. | |jpname = {{j|ダルマイモガエル|Daruma Imo Gaeru|Daruma Potato Frog}}. It is shared with the Yellow Wollyhop. | ||