Bilocyte

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The Ocular Parasite Bilocyte is a large parasite that appears in Skyward Sword. It enters into and possesses the Great Sky Spirit Levias, who lives in Thunderhead.

Properties

Bilocyte is a large red parasite that possesses Levias, controlling his body and mind and making the Sky Spirit much more aggresive than usual. It has a single large head that contains a vulnerable eyeball and two frills, its two main weaknesses. It also has many tentacles, each holding an eye at the end, extended from holes along Levias's body.

To defeat Bilocyte, Link must first use his Loftwing to Spiral Charge into the eyeball at the end of each tentacle hanging out of Levias's body. Alternatively, using the bow and a well-aimed arrow, Link can shoot down the tentacles from atop Levias. Once all the tentacles are destroyed, a single eyeball will attack Link from its position rooted inside Levias's blowhole.

This larger eyeball is not another tentacle, but the head of the parasite. When it appears, Link must land atop Levias's head to fight the creature. Bilocyte attacks Link by spitting out green projectiles from its mouth, which Link must repel in such a way that they impact Bilocyte's frills, closing them. After impacting both frills, Link can either reflect more projectiles into Bilocyte's eye, use a Skyward Strike, or fire an arrow at it to bring it down, allowing Link to release a barrage of sword strikes upon it. After repeating this process a few more times, Bilocyte is destroyed and Levias is restored.^[1]

Trivia

Levias and Bilocyte are the only bosses that cannot be challenged in the Thunder Dragon Lanayru's Lightning Round.
Bilocyte bears a slight resemblance to the Eye Plants in Phantom Hourglass.
By using a specific glitch, Bilocyte appears invisible.

Theory Warning

Though never explicitly stated, it is likely that Bilocyte possessed Levias due to the intervention of Ghirahim, as it dies in the same manner as Ghirahim's other minions. This would be consistent with the fact that the Thunderhead apparently formed only a short time before Ghirahim unleashed the tornado that knocked Zelda to the Surface.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

Concept art of Bilocyte from Hyrule Historia
Concept art of Bilocyte from Hyrule Historia
Concept art of Bilocyte possessing Levias from Hyrule Historia
Concept art of Bilocyte's projectiles from Hyrule Historia

Video

References

↑ "If I'm correct, Levias is the one inside the thunderhead. But...that's not the Levias that we all know. That's...a monster! It certainly looks like Levias, but last time I approached him, he came rushing at me! And his eyes... They were full of malice. People change... Or old, wizened creatures change, rather. Perhaps it's more that...he is possessed by something. That's how it felt to me." — Instructor Owlan (Skyward Sword)

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	Template:Japanese	Giant-eyed Parasite: Paras Paras
	French^CA	Parasite aux yeux géants : Bilocyte	Giant-eyed Parasite: Bliocyte
	French^EU	Palaparas, Parasite aux yeux géants	Giant-eyed Parasite: Palaparas
	German	Baras Baras
	Italian	Drosera, Parassita gigante
	Spanish^LA	Parásito ocular gigante, Aléginor	Giant Ocular Parasite, Aléginor