Timpani-Foot Kettlebug
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The Timpani-Foot Kettlebug is a species of massive, heavily-armored kettlebug.
In fanon games
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In Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers
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| Scientific name | Mesmeri bialtamons | ||
| Family | Kettlebug | ||
| Caves | Autumnal Undergrowth | ||
| Carry weight | 15 | ||
| Max. carriers | 30 | ||
| Seed worth | 27 | ||
| Poko value |  × 10
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| Attacks | Eats and crushes Pikmin, incites panic | ||
The Timpani-Foot Kettlebug is a massive enemy Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers. The largest member of the kettlebug family to be found, it resembles an Antenna Beetle around the size of the Emperor Bulblax. Its wing casings have been sealed shut in a mountainous mound of rugged chitin. Its body consists of varying shades of gray, and its feet are around the shape and size of a Baldy Long Legs'. Living exclusively underground, Timpani-Foot Kettlebugs resemble armored ground crickets, and are a particularly early concept associated with Pikmin: Shipwrecked Stargazers. Roaming a set path in the sublevels it's found in, the Timpani-Foot Kettlebug's feet can crush Pikmin they step on. If they are directly in the path of the beast, it will open its jaws and shoot a harpoon-like appendage similar to a cone snail's, spearing and eating Pikmin caught onto it. The only weakspot on the Timpani-Foot Kettlebug is its underbelly. When under threat, it can rear its head backward and autohaemorrhage, the act of deliberately squirting blood as defense. The blood sends Pikmin into a state of panic when it gets on their stems.
The enemy's species name, bialtamons, roughly translates to, "two high mountain". This crude combination is a deliberate reference to Tall, Tall Mountain, an area in Super Mario 64.
Notes
Olimar's notes
- “This massive insect's immense girth makes it too heavy to commit to the leaps and bounds its smaller relative, the antenna beetle, can. It is further incapable of creating the vexatious, droning chirps and has incredibly poor eyesight. Living underground, the timpani-foot kettlebug senses vibrations using pads on the bottom of its feet, much analogous in appearance to the batter head of a drum. When it senses prey, it will use a long appendage squirreled within its mouth to snipe the small creature like a whaler's harpoon. Like some of the insects back in the wilds of Hocotate, the timpani-foot kettlebug is capable of squirting its own mildly toxic haemolymph, a substance that functions like blood within arthropods, at assailants. It does this by putting strain on capillaries in the nape of its neck, forcing the blood through a pair of symmetrical glands.”
Louie's notes
- “Shuck the exoskeleton and stir-fry diced internal meat with corn, red onions, and bok choy. Add a pinch of pink salt and a teaspoon of aromatic lime juice before serving as a side dish.”
Ship's comments
- “The microcosm of everything wrong with this planet, for my pokos at least. Something of this caliber and size should not exist. It really just shouldn't! And the blood, OH THE BLOOD! Of course, it couldn't just settle with the literal weapon inside its mouth; it needed to go the disgusting route too! I need... I-I need t-to take a breather. M-My banks are o-overflowing...”