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The '''Volatile Dweevil''' ({{j|サクレショイグモ|Sakure Shoi Gumo|Exploding Carrying Spider}}) is an enemy in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. At first glance, | The '''Volatile Dweevil''' ({{j|サクレショイグモ|Sakure Shoi Gumo|Exploding Carrying Spider}}) is an enemy in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. At first glance, Volatile Dweevils appear to be [[bomb-rock]]s with legs, but are actually [[Dweevil]]s that have picked up bomb-rocks, much like how other members of the Dweevil family pick up treasures and corpses; unlike other members of that family, Volatile Dweevils are known to ''only'' carry bomb-rocks and are never seen without one. | ||
A Volatile Dweevil's bomb-rock will start the countdown fuse as soon as the creature is startled, and it will chase [[leader]]s and [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] until the bomb-rock explodes, killing itself and anything else caught in the blast. With that in mind, the best way to deal with a Volatile Dweevil is simply to run away from it until it blows up. They cannot be directly attacked unless [[ultra-bitter spray|petrified]], which also freezes the bomb-rock in mid-detonation, making it useful in an emergency. While Volatile Dweevils drop nectars and spray nectars when killed whilst petrified, they will drop nothing in [[2-Player Battle]]. | A Volatile Dweevil's bomb-rock will start the countdown fuse as soon as the creature is startled, and it will chase [[leader]]s and [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] until the bomb-rock explodes, killing itself and anything else caught in the blast. With that in mind, the best way to deal with a Volatile Dweevil is simply to run away from it until it blows up. They cannot be directly attacked unless [[ultra-bitter spray|petrified]], which also freezes the bomb-rock in mid-detonation, making it useful in an emergency. While Volatile Dweevils drop nectars and spray nectars when killed whilst petrified, they will drop nothing in [[2-Player Battle]]. | ||
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Volatile Dweevils are roulette options in [[2-Player Battle]]. When activated, a Volatile Dweevil drops onto the opponent player and begins to detonate. It is best to use this power-up when the opponent is preoccupied with many tasks. | Volatile Dweevils are roulette options in [[2-Player Battle]]. When activated, a Volatile Dweevil drops onto the opponent player and begins to detonate. It is best to use this power-up when the opponent is preoccupied with many tasks. | ||
While the species is absent from ''[[Pikmin 4]]'', other Dweevil species can be encountered carrying a bomb-rock. Functionally, the only difference is the presence of the Dweevil's recoverable corpse after the explosion. Aesthetically, these bomb wielding Dweevils do not sit down like the Volatile Dweevil does. Killing such a Dweevil before it can set off the bomb-rock allows the player to collect it. | |||
==Stats== | ==Stats== | ||
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|Spa = Bombaraña | |Spa = Bombaraña | ||
|SpaM = Portmanteau of "bomba" (bomb) and "araña" (spider) | |SpaM = Portmanteau of "bomba" (bomb) and "araña" (spider) | ||
|Ger = Granatarak | |||
|GerM = Portmanteau of "Granate" (grenade) and "Arak" (the German name for the dweevil familiy) | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Volatile Dweevil explode.png|Olimar in front of a Volatile Dweevil. The Dweevil's black head is visible here. | |||
P2 Volatile Dweevil Piklopedia.png|A Volatile Dweevil about to explode in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]]. | |||
Volatile Dweevil P2S icon.png|The Piklopedia icon of the Volatile Dweevil in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch version of ''Pikmin 2'']]. | |||
P2 Volatile Dweevil falling.jpg|The Volatile Dweevil, and the bomb it carries, falling from the ceiling. The bomb and the dweevil fall separately, so the Volatile Dweevil's body can be seen unobscured. | |||
Y13.JPG|The Volatile Dweevil's [[e-card]], #42 (13<sup>th</sup> yellow card). | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*In this enemy's [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] entry, [[ultra-bitter spray|petrifying]] the creature just as it breaks free from another spray makes it possible to freeze it and its bomb-rock separately. | *In this enemy's [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] entry, [[ultra-bitter spray|petrifying]] the creature just as it breaks free from another spray makes it possible to freeze it and its bomb-rock separately. | ||
*It is not known how Louie collects the corpse as it doesn't drop one during the explosion of the bomb rock. | *It is not known how Louie collects the corpse as it doesn't drop one during the explosion of the bomb rock. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||