History Characters / SpeciesDebutedInPikmin1

* ContinuityNod: While they don't appear outside of Pikmin 2, the Burrowing Snagrets corpse in 3 and the Downy Snagrets in 4 clearly uses their body plan as a reference point for what they look like above ground.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:Of Olimar's Shipwreck Tale in ''4''. No matter how you progress in the mode, the Man-at-Legs will always be the last boss Olimar fights to repair his the S.S. Dolphin.]]

! Horned Cannon Beetle

* RaisingTheSteaks: It can revive Dwarf Bulborbs (and their Breadbug imposters) and Slooches after they're killed, turning them into greenish-blue zombies controlled by its spores.

A massive variety of grub-dog. In response to environmental changes, the abdomen of the largest female swells to enormous proportions and she may produce a seemingly unlimited number of young. She abandons the voracious appetite that is typical of grub-dogs, but is far from defenseless. When attacked, she will shake off and roll in her chamber, crushing anything that happens to be in her way. The first one is a cakewalk, but later ones can give you a bit of trouble because the larvae are dangerous.

* BabyFactory: She constantly gives birth to Bulborb Larvae during her fight.

* FantasticFaunaCounterpart: Take heavy inspiration from Termite Queens. From their BabyFactory behavior and down to their design.
* FlunkyBoss: The second and third ones encountered (one in the Frontier Cavern and another in the Hole of Heroes) continually give birth to Bulborb Larvae until they die. This also applies to her second fight in ''4'', but not as much in her third fight due to the limited space.
* InsectQueen: The queen of a colony of Bulborbs, apparently. She is a large, bloated Bulborb that attacks by rolling about and releasing Bulborb Larvae to devour your Pikmin. She's based on queen termites.
* LighterAndSofter: Her death animation in the fourth game has her simply shrinking down and curling up with her whole body intact instead of exploding violently and leaving nothing but her head behind.
* OffingTheOffspring: Has a tendency to crush and kill the larvae she produces [[RollingAttack while rolling about]], not that she seems to care since she can just make more.
* MotherOfAThousandYoung: She's the dominant female in the Bulborbs' social structure and constantly births swarms and swarms of ravenous larvae.
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: When she's killed, her body explodes into nothingness body segment by body segment, beginning at her rear end, until only her penultimate section and head are left, which can then be carried to the ship. [[LighterAndSofter The fourth game gives her a far less graphic animation where she instead simply shrinks down and curls up with her whole body intact]].
* RollingAttack: Her main attack consists of rolling from side to side crushing everything underfoot, although she doesn't seem to be too concerned with killing its own offspring in this fashion. The only ones [[NoSell capable of surviving this are Rock Pikmin]] unless there is a hard floor in the vicinity.
* RecurringBoss: While almost all the bosses are refought as minibosses in the Hole of Heroes, the Empress Bulblax is the only one to be the main boss of its own second cavern. She's also tougher on the rematch.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Rock Pikmin are completely invincible against her (the first time at least) since her only method of attacking is rolling around trying to crush Pikmin.
* WeaponizedOffspring: After the first encounter with the Empress Bulbax in ''Pikmin 2'', sequential encounters will have her lay Bulborb larvae throughout the battle to attack you.

A massive variety of grub-dog. In response to environmental changes, the abdomen of the largest female swells to enormous proportions and it may produce a seemingly unlimited number of young. It abandons the voracious appetite that is typical of grub-dogs but it is far from defenseless. When attacked, it will shake off and roll in its chamber, crushing anything that happens to be in its way. The first one is a cakewalk, but later ones can give you a bit of trouble because the larvae are dangerous.

* LighterAndSofter: Its death animation in the fourth game has it simply shrinking down and curling up with its whole body intact instead of exploding violently and leaving nothing but her head behind.
* OffingTheOffspring: Has a tendency to crush and kill the larvae it produces [[RollingAttack while rolling about]], not that it seems to care since it can just make more.

* PostDefeatExplosionChain: When she's killed, her body explodes into nothingness body segment by body segment, beginning at her rear end, until only her penultimate section and head are left, which can then be carried to the ship. [[LighterAndSofter The fourth game gives it a far less graphic animation where it instead simply shrinks down and curls up with its whole body intact]].
* RollingAttack: Its main attack consists of rolling from side to side crushing everything underfoot, although it doesn't seem to be too concerned with killing its own offspring in this fashion. The only ones [[NoSell capable of surviving this are Rock Pikmin]] unless there is a hard floor in the vicinity.
* RecurringBoss: While almost all the bosses are refought as minibosses in the Hole of Heroes, the Empress Bulblax is the only one to be the main boss of its own second cavern. It's also tougher on the rematch.

* WeaponizedOffspring: After the first encounter with the Empress Bulbax in ''Pikmin 2'', sequential encounters will have it lay Bulborb larvae throughout the battle to attack you.

A member of the Arachnorb whose head resembles (or possibly ''is'') a disco ball. It spends its time stomping around to its own groovy beat, becoming increasingly aggressive when you attack it, as well as releasing mind controlling spores that puts your Pikmin in a dance craze that will likely lead to their doom.

* FlunkyBoss: The second and third ones encountered (one in the Frontier Cavern and another in the Hole of Heroes) continually give birth to Bulborb Larvae until they die.
** This also applies to her 2nd fight in ''Pikmin 4'', but not as much in her 3rd fight due to the limited space.

* PostDefeatExplosionChain: When she's killed, her body explodes into nothingness body segment by body segment, beginning at her rear end, until only her penultimate section and head are left, which can then be carried to the ship.

* BizarreAlienBiology: [[InvisibleAnatomy They have no visible orifices or sensory organs of any sort]] and, for some reason, the bodies of every family member except the Man-at-Legs will pop open like party balls to drop their spoils after defeat. Their exoskeletons are also noted to be made out of silicon, and their innards contain malleable heavy metals. They're even implied to be able to spin webs, as the Beady and Ragigng Long Legs can be found in areas with a spider web casting a shadow on the ground. The Man-At-Legs meanwhile has a yellow painted spiderweb on its floor, and the Groovy Long Legs visibly hangs from some webbing before it engages the player. Yet none of the Arachnorbs have any visibile silk spinnerets.

** Their mouths are completely invisible, and there's nothing in the behavior or animation to give away where they are. Oddly, the "Pikmin Adventure" sub-mode of ''VideoGame/NintendoLand'' has a mouthed one as a boss (outright called the Large-Mouth Wollywog), but this is just an animatronic and isn't canon to the ''Pikmin'' games.

* ScunthorpeProblem: Called "Wollyhops" in European and Australian versions of the game, due to "wog" being a racial slur in those regions. The North American versions would have their names changed to these for parity, starting from the 2023 Nintendo Switch ports of the first two games as well as ''Pikmin 4''.

* ScunthorpeProblem: Just like their adult forms, due to "wog" being a racial slur in Europe and Australia, they are called "Wolpoles" in those regions. Also like the adults, the North American name is replaced with the European one in the 2023 ports and ''Pikmin 4''.

* CoolGuns: It comes equipped with a machine gun.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: It doesn't drop any kind of reward and its iron-hard shell protects it from any Pikmin.

This member of the Arachnorb family resembles a giant disco ball with legs. It has some remaining organic internal organs, but its carapace and eyes (all 19 of them) are made of inorganic material. Its eyes are actually photoelectric sensors used to located prey. From its legs it produces a gas that temporarily grants it control of other organisms, forcing them into an "endless dance" between its legs.

The Snowy Blowhog visually differs from its Fiery and Watery cousins in being more blue-tinted and having yellow eyes. It attacks by blowing freezing winds and is immune to being frozen, making Ice Pikmin less effective against it. It is found in the Last-Frost Cavern.

A single-celled organism, the Foolix has a single, bumpy nucleus attached to a flagellum. It's surrounded by an orange gel that it can expand and contract. So long as the nucleus remains intact, it can regenerate its form should the gel be dispersed.

Unlike most Dwarf Bulborbs, which are Breadbug mimics, the Dwarf Frosty Bulborb is actually a larval Bulborb. Like the adults, their skin promotes extracellular freezing, giving it an icy shell to use as armor. However, they take an entire night to regenerate their ice, requiring extended adult protection.

The adult form of the Arctic Cannon Larva. Their blowholes close up once they reach maturity, requiring them to inhale through their mouths instead.

* ShoutOut: In ''4'', it can attack by spitting out crimson fireballs that annihilate everything they touch. The game refers to this substance as [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom Gloom]].

* BabyFactory: In a manner similar to Empress Bulblax, they exist to poop out babies, albeit they're all regular-sized Sheargrubs.

* PaletteSwap: Of regular Dwarf Bulborbs. True to their name, they are pale with red bottoms.

* CompellingVoice: Its roars can make Pikmin uproot themselves, usually leading to the Pikmin's demise. Make sure you have no sprouts waiting to be plucked at the landing site, and account for any Pikmin that were snagged by a Swooping Snitchbug. In ''4'', the Progg's screech instead causes Pikmin to break out into panic.

* VocalEvolution: In the first game, the Smokey Progg had a low voice that rarely made itself known unless it was uprooting Pikmin or if its egg was destroyed before it could properly hatch. In Pikmin 4, the Progg instead has a much more horrifying high-pitched screech that is able to strike terror into Pikmin when it attacks.

* CompellingVoice: Its roars can make Pikmin uproot themselves, usually leading to the Pikmin's demise. Make sure you have no sprouts waiting to be plucked at the landing site, and account for any Pikmin that were snagged by a Swooping Snitchbug.

* StockSoundEffects: The death sound effect for the creature originated from Mel Blanc in the Looney Tunes short "
Each Dawn I Crow", only reverbed.

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The largest species of grub-dog. The Emperor Bulblax hides in the ground, waiting for hapless critters to blunder into its territory. Unlike other grub-dogs, its massive stony hump is invulnerable to Pikmin attacks, so its face must be attacked to damage it. Unfortunately, it also has a huge purple tongue, which can slurp an army of Pikmin in a flash. It is the FinalBoss of the first game, but you encounter several immature specimens in the second game.

* KingMook: To the Bulborb enemies in general. It's a titanic and far stronger version of them, and is named "emperor" to boot.

* CallASmeerpARabbit: Olimar thinks that the Bulborbs resemble his family's pet, Bulbie, which he calls a dog.

* MamaBear: In ''Pikmin'', a Dwarf Red Bulborb may squeal when threatened, waking up nearby adults to come to their aid.