Drippering Glippet

The Drippering Glippet is a species of small, harmless cell puddle that abducts small prey and travels elsewhere to fling them everywhere.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Forever
The Drippering Glippet is a small, elusive cell puddle in Pikmin Forever. It is a green, gelatinous sphere, only slightly taller than a leader, with a pink nucleus inside of it. The name "glippet" is a portmanteau of "glob", a lump of semiliquid substance, and, a breed of dog known for having extremely high top speeds and acceleration. Although not a threat, the Drippering Glippet is an elusive nuisance. It hops around very quickly and spontaneously, making it very difficult to track; there is but a fraction of a second between hops. If it senses a group of Pikmin nearby, it will hop toward them and attempt to hop onto them, pulling them inside its gelatinous structure. If it captures Pikmin or leaders, either of which it can hold a maximum of fifteen, it will quickly hop away even faster from the location, normally in four to six hops, and then explode in mid-air, destroying itself and releasing the Pikmin and leaders somewhere different. The Drippering Glippet will never bring the Pikmin or leaders to a place by which the original position is inaccessible, or to a position that is lethal to the captured Pikmin. The creature can appear randomly in any area, or any cave except on sublevels reserved for boss battles. There is a five percent chance of one spawning in a location, but it will not spawn in two consecutively visited locations. Only one can appear in an area at a time, and none will appear until Scalding Thicket has been unlocked. If a Drippering Glippet is spawned but not destroyed before the day is over, it will not remain spawned in that area the next day.

Defeating a Drippering Glippet merely involves precise timing and recognizing its hopping pattern. No matter if it has Pikmin inside it or not, one hit from a thrown Pikmin or leader's punch will defeat the Drippering Glippet and dislodge from its membrane its precious nucleus, which can be salvaged for thirty-five Pikmin seeds. A Purple Pikmin's thud can very briefly stun its hopping movement, making it vulnerable for an instant.