Humped Bloyster

The Humped Bloyster is an enemy found in the files of. It resembles a real-world snail, although with a large hump on its back and lacking a shell. Its hump features either holes or spots, both of which being green. It is cream in color and has either a pair of antennae that each have an orange tip or a pair of eyestalks that support featureless, orange eyes.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 2... Again?
The Sticky Snulin is a snulin in Pikmin 2... Again?. It is based on the unused enemy from, having a similar appearance, though the Sticky Snulin's mouth is on its underbelly and thus usually never seen until it attacks. It slithers around its territory, searching for prey, namely Pikmin and leaders. While on the attack, it will target and eat the Pikmin type there is the most of in the squad, its eyes turning a matching color and a colored outline appearing around the targeted types.

In Pikmin: Wide World
The Humped Bloyster is a smaller, harmless mollusking that appears in Pikmin: Wide World. It can be found idly wandering a small territory, either on land or in water, and sometimes in the presence of one to two other Humped Bloysters. When on land, a Humped Bloyster will leave a short-lasting trail of slime in its wake. A Humped Bloyster will generally ignore the presence of Pikmin, leaders, and other enemies, but will creep out of their path to avoid them bumping into it. Covering the hump of each Humped Bloyster may be as little as three and at most five bridge fragments that serve as protection from harm. Each creature possesses bridge fragments of matching color, never having two or more different colors of bridge fragments at once. The bridge fragments can be peeled off of the creature by Pikmin, but killing a Humped Bloyster will instantly free every bridge fragment from its body. If peeled off of the Humped Bloyster, bridge fragments can not be recovered by the creature, even if another takes its place before the fragments can be used to construct a fragment bridge.

Its hump gives the Humped Bloyster its name. It is a slimy, cream-colored, sluglike creature that is oblong in shape and big enough in size for its hump to accommodate up to five bridge fragments. Its hump features orange spots of varying sizes, and under the front of its body is a circular, toothy mouth. It possesses a pair of eyestalks that each have an orange rim and supports a black, oblong eye. The base of its body is noticeably darker in color than its body. Unlike most other molluskings, Humped Bloysters lack a gill-bulb.

Although notably resistant to damage, a Humped Bloyster is incapable of harming Pikmin or leaders. Any exposed portion of its body can be attacked, although attacking its hump inflicts the most damage to the creature. As mentioned previously, bridge fragments must be removed from the creature's hump to expose parts of it. To shake Pikmin off, a Humped Bloyster jiggles rapidly. Upon death, it goes limp and flattens slightly, adopting a shriveled and dried appearance.