Sickly Wollywog

The Sickly Wollywog is an amphituber encountered in Pikmin: Infection in Progress. Sickly Wollywogs reside in the more watery areas of PNF-404, and typically idle in polluted water. Sickly Wollywogs are notable in that they produce a groan-like croak when The President or his Pikmin approach, and when sunset approaches. The President is able to assist in carrying the corpse of a Sickly Wollywog.

Sickly Wollywogs have a shape and size identical to that of an ordinary Wollywog and possess an unnaturally green body and a purple belly. The limbs of the creature end in orange. The eyes of a Sickly Wollywog are bright yellow with black, vertical slit pupils. The eyeballs themselves are surrounded by a white ring. When in contact with polluted water, Sickly Wollywogs will appear much shinier than usual, and it is an appearance they retain while idle in polluted water or are protected by it during combat. A Sickly Wollywog's pupils will thin when it notices prey, and enlarge when about to attack or is approached from behind.

Sickly Wollywogs rely heavily on polluted water for protection. After exiting a pool of polluted water, Sickly Wollywogs will have temporary invincibility to anything except the President's attacks as no Pikmin type is resistant to polluted water. Sickly Wollywogs dry off after landing from a jump or remain out of the water for precisely ten seconds. Polluted water will splash off of a Sickly Wollywog and cause surrounding Pikmin to begin drowning unless whistled at. Once no longer protected, a Sickly Wollywog will attempt to return to a pool of water. This can be halted or stopped completely by throwing enough Pikmin onto it to weigh it down.