Swooping Snitchbug: Difference between revisions

|image      = Swooping Snitchbug(PikminNPC).jpg

|size        = 92k

|icon        = Piklopedia Swooping Snitchbug.png

|areas      = [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Distant Spring]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Wistful Wild]], [[Distant Tundra]], [[Formidable Oak]]

|underground = [[Subterranean Complex]], [[Frontier Cavern]], [[Snagret Hole]], [[Citadel of Spiders]], [[Cavern of Chaos]], [[Hole of Heroes]]

|weight      = 3

|height      = 1'04"

|max_pikmin  = 6

|seeds      = 4

|value       = 4

|attacks    = Replants and deflowers Pikmin

|hp1        = 2000

|hp2        = 1500

|piklopedia  = 31

{{game help|p3}}

The '''Swooping Snitchbug''' is a creature found in all three [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]]. They are legless, round, flying insects that have evolved wing-like antennae as a means of locomotion. They swoop down, as their name suggests, and grab their prey with their claws. After carrying them for a few seconds, they violently throw them towards the ground. This action would harm most prey, whereas [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] are simply replanted and reverted to their original leaf-receptacle state. They are also able to pick up the [[Captain]]s in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' much the way [[Bumbling Snitchbug]]s do in ''Pikmin 2''.

These creatures will plummet to the ground if weighed down by a sufficient number of Pikmin, or with a single [[Purple Pikmin]] in ''Pikmin 2'', or a single [[Rock Pikmin]] in ''Pikmin'' 3, rendering it susceptible to further attack. [[Ultra-Bitter Spray]]s may also be used to freeze it in mid-air, causing it to drop to the ground, which is arguably easier, but of course produces no corpse, and may be considered a waste of sprays. Should the enemy throw a [[Yellow Pikmin]] that is holding a [[bomb-rock]], the bomb-rock will explode, killing the Yellow Pikmin and all Pikmin getting caught in the blast. In ''Pikmin'', it can and will grab Pikmin from the leader's hand, if he's holding on to it before [[throwing]], but in ''Pikmin 2'', it will ignore any held Pikmin; it can still steal it from the hand if it is swooping, however. In ''Pikmin 3'', it will attempt to swoop at held Pikmin, but it will never succeed in grabbing them, though it might instead grab the leader in the process.

Occasionally in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' in caves such as the [[Subterranean Complex]], a Swooping Snitchbug might accidentally throw a Pikmin into the abyss below, killing it. The position of the Swooping Snitchbug in the [[Enemy reel]], which is otherwise alphabetized, indicates that the creature's name may originally have started with "flying".

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{{Notes|reel=y|olimar=y|louie=y}}

|spec = {{p2 enemy property | fp01 | 通常飛行高さ | Unknown (normal flight height?) | 85 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp02 | 掴み飛行高さ | Unknown (flight height while holding?) | 70 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp04 | 通常移動速度 | Unknown (normal movement speed?) | 80 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp05 | 掴み移動速度 | Unknown (swooping movement speed?) | 70 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp06 | ウェイト時間 | Unknown (time between swoops?) | 3 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp12 | 上昇係数(5) | Unknown | 0.3 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp21 | 振払確率(1) | Unknown | 0.8 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp22 | 振払確率(5) | Unknown (time spent struggling on the ground?) | 0.8 }}

{{p2 enemy property | fp31 | ハント下降係数 | Unknown | 0.3 }}

==Brawl Trophy Description==

[[File:SSBBSnitchbug.jpg|frame|The Swooping Snitchbug trophy from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.]]

''A member of the scarpanid family. Although originally a ground dweller, its oversized antennae developed into wings, allowing it to fly around freely. The snitchbug doesn't eat Pikmin, but rather picks them up, carries them away, and firmly replants them in another location.''

File:Normal_snitchbug-pikmin.jpg|Artwork of a Swooping Snitchbug carrying Pikmin from ''Pikmin''.

File:Swooping Snitchbug.jpg|A Swooping Snitchbug breaking out from being petrified in Perplexing Pool.

File:173.png|A Swooping Snitchbug in the Piklopedia of ''Pikmin 2''.

{{Enemies}}

[[Category:Pikmin 1 enemies]]

[[Category:Pikmin 2 enemies]]