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|attacks    = Drown Pikmin

The '''Goolix''' ({{j|ミズモチ|Mizu Mochi|Water Rice Cake}}) is a watery boss in the [[Pikmin (game)|first ''Pikmin'' game]]; on approaching its location, it emerges from the ground. It resembles a blue amoeba with two nuclei (a blue one and a larger yellow one). It stretches around to engulf [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] who happen to be in its path and drowns them out with its aquatic properties. The only Pikmin invulnerable to it are [[Blue Pikmin]], due to it being composed mostly of [[water]]. It is only found in [[The Impact Site]] on odd-numbered days starting from day 9 (even-numbered days starting from day 8 will have the [[Mamuta]] instead).

The Goolix remains invisible and is inactive until the the Captain or a Pikmin approaches its area. When this happens the creature will reveal itself, scattering any nearby Pikmin. When active, it will slink around, aiming for the Captain. It has no specific attacks, but its touch will damage Olimar and cause any non-blue Pikmin to suffer from the water effect. Only blue Pikmin can penetrate the Goolix's membrane and attack one of its two cores. When under attack, the only threat the creature poses is flinging Pikmin from it, possibly causing them to lose their [[Maturity|flowers or buds]]. Once defeated, the Goolix will dissolve and leave no salvageable corpse, rather four 5-Pellets.

During the battle, the creature will attempt to chase after Olimar, but will be limited if Pikmin are hitting on its small core; the more Pikmin attacking, the less it can move. Once the Goolix is stretched out, the two cores can be made to snap against one another, which causes a good amount of damage to the Goolix. There are two ways to make the core snap: either [[whistle]] the Pikmin attacking the small core, which will make it bump against the large core, or throw a Pikmin directly on top of the large core, which will make it clank against the smaller one. Of course, the more stretched out the Goolix is, the more violent the collision between nuclei, and the more damage the creature will suffer. The more Pikmin are attacking the small nucleus, the more the Goolix has so stretch out to reach the leader.

|technical = Greater Water Slime

The name "Goolix" could've come from the word "goo", referencing its slimy liquid nature. The Japanese name, {{j|ミズモチ|Mizu Mochi}} translates to "water {{w|mochi}}". A mochi is a Japanese rice cake, and marumochi in particular is a round variety; the creature's shape while idling resembles a marumochi. Internally, the creature's name is <code>slime</code>, further justifying the English name's origin of "goo".

|JapM=Water Rice Cake

|FraEM= From ''bave'' (slobber)

|SpaA=Mocrobio

|SpaAM=Microbe

Reel11 Goolix.png|Goolix in the [[Enemy reel]], shown erroneously on [[The Forest Navel]].

Goolixsketch.PNG|Olimar's sketch of a Goolix in his [[Olimar's voyage log|voyage log]].

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