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The '''Careening Dirigibug''' ({{j|サクレウラメ|Sakure Urame|Resentful Explosion}}) is an unusual insectoid [[enemy]] in ''Pikmin 2''. Careening Dirigibugs are legless creatures that slowly drift through the air by utilizing colorful, balloon-like air sacs attached to what can be considered to be their heads. When [[leader]]s or [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] approach, they will produce [[bomb rock]]s from their mouths and attempt to throw them down. The bomb rocks thrown by the Careening Dirigibugs are not player-exclusive and can damage nearby enemies and [[hazards]]. They are found solely underground, in caves, [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] areas, and the [[Hostile Territory]] in [[2-Player Battle]].

Careening Dirigibugs are always found in caves. They start off slowly drifting around in wide arcs at a similar height to [[Swooping Snitchbug]]s. However, when approached by a Pikmin or [[leader]], a Dirigibug will produce a bomb rock from its mouth in about two seconds. It will then try to approach the Pikmin or leader, and once close enough it will stop to throw the bomb rock on the ground, activating the bomb rock's timer. The bomb can kill Pikmin, damage leaders and enemies, and defeat hazards, but it does not seem to hurt the Dirigibug if it is high enough in the air. However, the bomb rock can still damage the creature while it is grounded. If the Pikmin or leader exits the Dirigibug's territory while it has a bomb, it will continue to hold it for roughly twenty five seconds, until just dropping it anywhere.

Careening Dirigibugs can be defeated in the same manner as [[Scarpanid]]s and other flying enemies: rapidly [[throw]] [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] onto it while in the air, then [[swarm]] it when it falls. Like members of the Scarpanid family, the Careening Dirigibug can shake off Pikmin up to four times before dropping, but a Purple Pikmin will ground them immediately. Approach the creature from behind if possible, and use [[ultra-bitter spray]] if it is carrying a bomb-rock.

|image  = Careening Dirigibug trophy SSBB.png

*In this creature's [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] entry, [[ultra-bitter spray|petrifying]] it just as it breaks free from another spray makes it possible to freeze it and its bomb-rock separately.

{{p2 enemy property | fp11 | 上下の揺れ幅 | Alters maximum and minimum altitude. | 20 }}

|common    = Careening Dirigibug. Careening in a chiefly North American sense means moving "in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction", which the Dirigibug performs to some degree. "Dirigibug" is a combination of "dirigible", referring to how the creature stays afloat using large balloon-like sacs, and the word "bug".

|jpcommon  = {{j|サクレウラメ|Sakure Urame|Resentful Explosion}}. {{j|さくれ|sakure}} means "explosion" and {{j|うらめ|urame}} is short for {{j|恨めしい|urameshi}}, or "resentful".

|jpname    = {{j|カギタマサクレウラメ|Kagitama Sakure Urame}}.

|scientific = ''Flotillium circusmaximus''. ''Flotillium'' is similar to the English word "float" and ''circusmaximus'' is a combination of "circus" and "maximus". This might be referring to how the creature's colorful balloons make it look like something out of a circus, as well as being a possible reference to the ancient {{w|Circus Maximus}} in Rome.

|internal  = Its internal name is <code>bombsarai</code>, which is a combination of "bomb" and "sarai", with the latter being the internal name for the [[Swooping Snitchbug]].

|JapM = Resentful Explosion

P2 Artwork Careening Dirigibug.png|Artwork of the Careening Dirigibug.

Careeningdirigibug.jpg|Alternate scan of the Careening Dirigibug's artwork.

Careening Dirigibug Piklopedia.png|A Careening Dirigibug in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].

Careening Dirigibug Piklopedia skydome.png|A Careening Dirigibug with a [[bomb-rock]] in the Piklopedia.

Careening Dirigibug metal.png|A Careening Dirigibug without a bomb-rock.

Dirigibugcorpse.png|The corpse of a Careening Dirigibug.

Careening Dirigibug P2S icon.png|The Piklopedia icon of the Careening Dirigibug in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch version of ''Pikmin 2'']].

Y14.JPG|The Careening Dirigibug's [[e-card]], #37 (14^th yellow card).

BrazillianTreehopper.png|The Brazilian Treehopper, a real world insect that bears a striking resemblance to the Dirigibug.

* The ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' trophy description details that Careening Dirigibugs occasionally throw dud bomb-rocks, which is not true in ''Pikmin 2''. This could be referring to the inactive bomb-rocks usually found near the creatures, an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|earlier version of ''Pikmin 2'']] that had this behavior, or it could just be a [[mistake]]. A glitch does exist where [[Glitches in Pikmin 2#Dud bomb-rock|bomb-rocks stay stuck]] and never explode, but it is unlikely that this is what the trophy was referring to.

* The Careening Dirigibug's balloons aren't spherical and are actually dome shaped. ''Pikmin 2'' changes the orientation of the balloons to face the camera so that they look spherical during runtime.

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