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Doodlebug
Appears in	Pikmin 2, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Pilli flatularum
Family	Flint beetle
Areas	None
Caves	Frontier Cavern, Shower Room, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den
Challenge Mode stages	Novice Training, Cryptic Cavern
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Emit poison

The Doodlebug (オナラシ^?, lit.: "Farter") is an enemy in Pikmin 2 an Pikmin 4. It has the same morphology of the Iridescent Flint Beetle, except it is coated with dirt and has small flies hovering around it, giving it a more repugnant appearance. They, like Iridescent Glint Beetles, drop spray – ultra-bitter spray; in Challenge Mode, they sometimes drop treasure. They are only found inside caves. When Doodlebugs move, they release flatulence and leave noxious clouds of poisonous gas wherever they were, thus subjecting nearby Pikmin to choking. Therefore, White Pikmin are ideal for killing these creatures. If they are killed while petrified, they do not release any nectar or sprays, but do drop any treasures they were holding.

Sublevel 1 of the Frontier Cavern holds the largest number of Doodlebugs together: three. The Doodlebug at the Cryptic Cavern will just respawn elsewhere if it burrows before its Key is removed.

Stats

Notes

Olimar's notes

Louie's notes

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

Behavior

Behaviorally, Doodlebugs are very similar to Iridescent Flint Beetles. Like the Flint Beetles, the Doodlebug cannot normally be harmed by leaders. However, it is different from the others in that it remains above ground for a much longer period of time. Once activated, the Doodlebug springs out from the ground, immediately releasing poisonous gas as it does so. Like all other poison in the game, this gas will kill all non-White Pikmin if they are exposed to it and are not whistled back to a leader. Once active, Doodlebugs move quickly and release more gas at regular intervals. If a Pikmin is landed directly onto one's back, it will flip over briefly and drop nectar or a drop of spray. Once a Doodlebug has been flipped over a few times, it will quickly retreat underground. The same thing will happen if the bug is simply left undisturbed above ground for too long.

Strategy

After being prompted into surfacing, a Doodlebug is capable of killing your Pikmin if you are careless. It is advisable to bring either a large group of White Pikmin or a small group of Purple Pikmin, as the Doodlebug will disappear after getting flipped. Be cautious when fighting it within close proximity of other enemies, as its scuttling may awaken them. To defeat the creature normally, just throw Pikmin at its backside.

Alternatively, you could use an ultra-bitter spray on it and either swarm it with your Pikmin or punch it. Note that though this method is usually safer, it also gives you less reward, as the ultra-bitter drops that the Doodlebug drops when flipped are quite useful against future enemies.

Technical information

Other information

• Size: Body length: 26mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #22

Naming

See more: Iridescent Flint Beetle#Naming.

• Common name: Doodlebug. The word "doodle" means "to draw aimlessly". Its name could refer to the real life insect called the doodlebug, which is the larval stage of the antlion. This doodlebug gets its name by the erratic patterns it runs in when looking for a place to burrow, drawing "doodles" on the sand as it goes; the Pikmin creature likewise runs in erratic patterns until it finally burrows. In a similar vein to its Japanese common name, "Doodlebug" may be seen as a corruption of "Doo-doo-bug", "doo-doo" being an euphemism for feces.
• Japanese nickname: オナラシ^?. It may be a combination of おなら^? (lit.: "fart") and either 死^? (lit.: "death"), or する^?, which means "do".
• Japanese name: ミドリヒメオナラシ^?, lit.: "Green Lesser Farter".
• Scientific name: Pilli flatularum. Flatularum comes from the Latin flatus and is related to the English "flatulence".
• Internal names: Its internal name is simply fart.
• Prerelease: In the GameCube Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc Version 18, this enemy's family is not shown, and its genus name is Scarabeidae as opposed to Pilli.^[1] Scarabeidae is similar to the real world scarabaeidae family, where scarab beetles are from, and alludes to the Anode Beetle's scientific name.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	オナラシ? Onara Shi	Farter
French	Flatuoz	From flatuosité (flatus)
Italian	Aerottero	From "aerophagia" and possibly "coleoptera"
Spanish (NoA)	Escarabajo hediondo	Smelly beetle

Gallery

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  Alternate scan of the Doodlebug's artwork.

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  A Doodlebug on the Piklopedia.

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  The Doodlebug as it flatulates.

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  Texture of the small flies that surround Doodlebugs. They are tinted green in-game.

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  Pikmin 4 artwork of a Doodlebug showcasing the White Pikmin poision resistance.

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  The creature's e-card, #23 (19^th blue card).

Trivia

• Prior to the release of Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch), the Doodlebug was mistakenly referred to as belonging to the "Flint bug family" in the English version, even though they were claimed to share the same genus as the Iridescent Flint Beetle. In the Japanese version of Pikmin 2, the Iridescent Flint Beetle and the Doodlebug had always shared the same family.

See also

• Iridescent Flint Beetle
• Iridescent Glint Beetle

References

Pikmin 2 enemies

Red Bulborb •  Hairy Bulborb •  Orange Bulborb •  Dwarf Red Bulborb •  Snow Bulborb •  Dwarf Orange Bulborb •  Spotty Bulbear •  Dwarf Bulbear •  Bulborb Larva •  Fiery Bulblax •  Water Dumple •  Bulbmin •  Fiery Blowhog •  Watery Blowhog •  Armored Cannon Beetle Larva •  Decorated Cannon Beetle •  Puffy Blowhog •  Withering Blowhog •  Gatling Groink •  Iridescent Flint Beetle •  Iridescent Glint Beetle •  Doodlebug •  Female Sheargrub •  Male Sheargrub •  Shearwig •  Cloaking Burrow-nit •  Ravenous Whiskerpillar •  Anode Beetle •  Mitite •  Hermit Crawmad •  Swooping Snitchbug •  Bumbling Snitchbug •  Careening Dirigibug •  Antenna Beetle •  Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat •  Greater Spotted Jellyfloat •  Fiery Dweevil •  Anode Dweevil •  Hydro Dweevil •  Munge Dweevil •  Volatile Dweevil •  Toady Bloyster •  Yellow Wollyhop •  Wollyhop •  Wolpole •  Creeping Chrysanthemum •  Skitter Leaf •  Unmarked Spectralids •  Honeywisp •  Mamuta •  Breadbug •  Empress Bulblax •  Burrowing Snagret •  Beady Long Legs •  Emperor Bulblax •  Giant Breadbug •  Pileated Snagret •  Man-at-Legs •  Ranging Bloyster •  Waterwraith •  Segmented Crawbster •  Raging Long Legs •  Titan Dweevil