Moletar

The Moletar is a species of numbouse that burrows in the ground and spits poisonous vegtables.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Evolution
The Moletar is a species of numbouse appearing in Pikmin Evolution. It has rotund build with a brown fur pelt, small but noticeable frontal fangs, and long black frontal claws from which it uses to dig its dens. The most notable element of the Moletar however is the large, pink, tube-shaped nose it has on its face, which it can contract and lengthen at will. Initially appearing like a clumsy rodent, the Moletar is often first seen sneezing out the excess sand and dirt from its long nose which it had gained by inhaling the soil it dug when making its den, which is reminiscent of the den of a Breadbug. This rather dusty sneeze actually acts as a warning as that clumsy display belies a territorial rodent. The Moletar hoards several vegetables in its den, which resemble turnips, and the Moletar uses these turnips as part of its offensive and defensive arsenal. There are three turnips the Moletar uses when in combat, a pink, yellow, and red turnip. The pink turnip is the primary one the Moletar uses, its too bitter to be edible, so instead the Moletar shoots the turnip out of its nose like a cannon, and when it collides with the ground the turnip explodes into a cloud of poisonous gas that has the added effect of pushing any Pikmin in the blast radius back, including the Roach Pikmin immune to the poison. The Moletar uses a yellow turnip when it is swarmed, it is too hard to eat so the Moletar instead uses it to hammer any Pikmin swarming it, crushing them. This attack is quite fast and hard to dodge, so it is best to only swarm it with Alloy Pikmin as they are immune to the crushing, but they should still watch out for the poison gas. Finally when facing heavy damage, the Moletar can grab a sweet red turnip, which it eats to restore up to half of its total health. The Moletar is quite a tanky enemy, so the addition of the red turnip can make fighting it quite a hassle. While mixing attacking it afar with Roach Pikmin and attacking it up close with Alloy Pikmin may be a viable strategy, the most effective strategy is to clog the nose of the Moletar. Since the Moletar needs to inhale air to activate its nose cannon, putting something inside of it can cause great discomfort. The most effective way to clog the nose is to toss a cyan syrup into the nose of the Moletar, as when it bursts open the ice inside will cause the Moletar to have massive sneezing issues, forcing it out of its den and revealing a soft underbelly for you to attack for extra damage. When killed, not only do you have the Moletar's carcass to carry, but also one of its turnips which suddenly pops out from its den, it will be either a bronze, silver, or gold turnip, which has its own distinct weight, seed, and sparklium values from the Moletar. The gold turnip in particular is worth the same amount of sparklium as a small piece of refuse, so hunting the Moletar for their golden turnips may prove to be an unorthodox but worthwhile money making scheme.