The bubblimp family is a family of bubble-like creatures that were introduced in Hey! Pikmin. So far, this family is made of only one species, the Red Bubblimp. Members belong to the Pilaruber genus.
MembersEdit
Red BubblimpEdit
- Main article: Red Bubblimp.
Scientific name: Pilaruber ephemerens
Red Bubblimps are inoffensive creatures that appear in Hey! Pikmin. They are made of a small red ball circled by a thin layer of water, with two yellow eyes. They only drip from the ceiling, and are harmless. Throwing a Pikmin on their body or simply just bumping into one is enough to kill it.
NamingEdit
The family name bubblimp is a combination of "bubble" and "blimp". The family genus, Pilaruber, is the combination of pila and ruber, Latin for "ball" and "red" respectively. This gives it the literal translation of "red ball", akin to the Red Bubblimp's appearance.
Names in other languagesEdit
To do: Add definitions for names in other languages. |
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | シズク科? Shizuku Ka |
Drop family |
Dutch | Bruppels | |
French | bulasques | Portmanteau of bulle (bubble) and flasques (limp). It is also likely that it is referencing the second meaning for flasque (water bottle), as the Bubblimp lives inside of a water droplet,similarly to how water is held inside of a flask. |
German | Augentropf | Eye drop |
Italian | Spugnanti | |
Korean | 물방울 과 | |
Spanish | Burbúticos | From "burbuja" (bubble) and the suffix "-tico" |