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|image=[[File:Plazmite.jpg|250px]]
|image=[[File:Plasmite mp1 Artwork.png|250px|Plazmite]]
|caption=A Plazmite flying in a hallway
|caption=Artwork of a Plazmite
|games=''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]''
|game=''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]''
|habitats=[[Chozo Ruins]]
|appearance=
|attacks=Thermal energy bursts
|damage=Thermal energy bursts
|weaknesses=[[Beam|Beam Weapons]]
|threat=Hostile
|habitat=[[Chozo Ruins]]
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'''Plazmites''' are insects native to [[Tallon IV]]. They are beetle-like in appearance and usually float through hallways in the [[Chozo Ruins]]. The Plazmite has a special ability to store and release thermal energy at will.<ref name="Logbook">{{cite|Small insect capable of storing and releasing thermal energy. ​Plazmites are attracted to sources of heat,​ thriving on the energy present there.​ They emit light when hunting,​ and will expel small bursts of thermal energy when threatened.|Logbook Data-Plazmite|[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]}}</ref> The insect is attracted to heat sources, which the Plazmite thrives on.<ref name="Logbook"/> They are also carnivorous, however, and fly up and down hallways searching for prey.<ref name="Logbook"/> If a Plazmite feels threatened, it will fly towards its enemy and release thermal energy bursts at it until the threat is dealt with.<ref name="Logbook"/> This feeling is usually triggered by being hit by a [[Beam]] weapon or if one is fired near its zone of comfort.
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'''Plazmites''' are insects native to [[Tallon IV]]. They are beetle-like in appearance and usually float through hallways in the [[Chozo Ruins]].
 
==Morphology==
The Plazmite has a special ability to store and release thermal energy at will. Theese insects is attracted to heat sources, which they thrive on. They are also carnivorous, however, and fly up and down hallways searching for prey. If a Plazmite feels threatened, it will fly towards its enemy and release thermal energy bursts at it until the threat is dealt with.<ref name="Logbook"/> This feeling is usually triggered by being hit by a [[Beam]] weapon or if one is fired near its zone of comfort. When destroyed, the areas they once lit up become dark.
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==Logbook==
==Logbook==
{{logbook
{{logbook
|name=Plazmite
|name=Plazmite
|entrytext=Small insect capable of storing and releasing thermal energy. ​Plazmites are attracted to sources of heat,​ thriving on the energy present there.​ They emit light when hunting,​ and will expel small bursts of thermal energy when threatened.<ref name="Logbook"/>
|entry=Small insect capable of storing and releasing thermal energy. ​Plazmites are attracted to sources of heat,​ thriving on the energy present there.​ They emit light when hunting,​ and will expel small bursts of thermal energy when threatened.
|gameabbrev=mp1
|game=mp1
|imageleft=[[Image:Logbook_plazmite.jpg|50px]]
|location=[[Chozo Ruins]] - [[Totem Access]]
|imageleft=[[File:Plazmite mp1 Logbook.jpg|Logbook - Plazmite]]
}}
}}
==In Action==
 
==Gallery==
===Images===
<gallery>
File:Plazmite (Frigate Orpheon).png|A Plazmite specimen on [[Frigate Orpheon]]
File:Plazmite mp1 Screenshot.jpg|A Plazmite illuminating a hallway in [[Chozo Ruins]]
</gallery>
 
===Videos===
{{YouTube|8HLm5_YZ8HU|250|left|Plazmites in action.}}
{{YouTube|8HLm5_YZ8HU|250|left|Plazmites in action.}}
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==Trivia==
*Though their name seems to be a portmanteau of "plasma" and "mite," Plazmites are more closely related to real-world {{wp|firefly|fireflies}}.
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{{Foreignname|Japanses|{{hover|ターロンブリンカ|Tāron Burinka}}|Tallon Blinker|Close}}
 
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[[Category:Chozo Ruins Life Forms]]

Latest revision as of 05:29, 31 July 2013

Plazmite
Plazmite

Artwork of a Plazmite

Game(s)

Metroid Prime

Damages by

Thermal energy bursts

Threat Capacity

Hostile

Natural Habitat(s)

Chozo Ruins

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Plazmites are insects native to Tallon IV. They are beetle-like in appearance and usually float through hallways in the Chozo Ruins.

Morphology[edit | edit source]

The Plazmite has a special ability to store and release thermal energy at will. Theese insects is attracted to heat sources, which they thrive on. They are also carnivorous, however, and fly up and down hallways searching for prey. If a Plazmite feels threatened, it will fly towards its enemy and release thermal energy bursts at it until the threat is dealt with.[1] This feeling is usually triggered by being hit by a Beam weapon or if one is fired near its zone of comfort. When destroyed, the areas they once lit up become dark.

Logbook[edit | edit source]

Logbook entry from Metroid Prime: Plazmite
First Location: Chozo Ruins - Totem Access
Logbook - Plazmite
Small insect capable of storing and releasing thermal energy. ​Plazmites are attracted to sources of heat,​ thriving on the energy present there.​ They emit light when hunting,​ and will expel small bursts of thermal energy when threatened.[1]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Images[edit | edit source]

Videos[edit | edit source]
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Plazmites in action.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Though their name seems to be a portmanteau of "plasma" and "mite," Plazmites are more closely related to real-world fireflies.

References[edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Small insect capable of storing and releasing thermal energy. ​Plazmites are attracted to sources of heat,​ thriving on the energy present there.​ They emit light when hunting,​ and will expel small bursts of thermal energy when threatened." — Logbook "Plazmite" (Metroid Prime)


Language Name Meaning
Japanses ターロンブリンカ Tallon Blinker 
Triclops.png Creatures from Metroid Prime Metroid art.png
Frigate OrpheonTallon OverworldChozo RuinsMagmoor CavernsPhendrana DriftsPhazon MinesImpact Crater
Frigate Orpheon Creatures
Parasite · Auto Turret · Parasite Queen
Tallon Overworld Creatures
Zoomer · Geemer · Sap Sac · Bloodflower · Seedling · Beetle · Blastcap · Jelzap · Flying Pirate · Aqua Sac · Tallon Crab · Aqua Reaper · Aqua Drone · Aqua Pirate · Meta Ridley
Chozo Ruins Creatures
Scarab · Plated Beetle · War Wasp · Ram War Wasp · Barbed War Wasp · Eyon · Plazmite · Shriekbat · Tangle Weed · Venom Weed · Reaper Vine · Stone Toad · Plated Parasite · Oculus · Plated Puffer · Hive Mecha · Incinerator Drone · Chozo Ghost · Pulse Bombu · Flaahgra
Magmoor Caverns Creatures
Grizby · Burrower · Puffer · Triclops · Magmoor · Puddle Spore
Phendrana Drifts Creatures
Crystallite · Ice Parasite · Ice Shriekbat · Scatter Bombu · Ice Burrower · Ice Beetle · Flickerbat · Baby Sheegoth · Sheegoth · Sentry Drone · Space Pirate · Shadow Pirate · Glider · Metroid · Thardus
Phazon Mines Creatures
Mega Turret · Power Trooper · Wave Trooper · Ice Trooper · Plasma Trooper · Elite Pirate · Phazon Elite · Hunter Metroid · Omega Pirate
Impact Crater Creatures
Fission Metroid · Lumigek · Metroid Prime
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