History Characters / Pikmin

** ''Characters/SuperSmashBrosOthers'' [[note]]Peckish Aristocrab[[/note]]

** Downplayed in a rather unique way. Since there ''is'' an upper limit to the different types of Pikmin you can bring into a Cave, the boss cannot possibly cover all Pikmin and what you've learned. However, outside of Blue and White Pikmin, each Pikmin type has a notable advantage tied either to the fight's major mechanics or towards attacking the Ancient Sirehound directly; Yellow Pikmin are immune to its lightning attacks and can end them early, Red Pikmin can likewise stymie its fire attacks, Ice Pikmin can ignore its ice attacks during its ice phase and freeze it to deal more damage during every other phase, Rock Pikmin don't fear its charges and do the most damage, Winged Pikmin fear none of its elemental attacks but have a hard time protecting the player from them, and Purple Pikmin make toppling the Sirehound ridiculously easy.

** Downplayed in a rather unique Pikmin. Since there ''is'' an upper limit to the different types of Pikmin you can bring into a Cave, the boss cannot possibly cover all Pikmin and what you've learned. However, outside of Blue and White Pikmin, each Pikmin type has a notable advantage tied either to the fight's major mechanics or towards attacking the Ancient Sirehound directly; Yellow Pikmin are immune to its lightning attacks and can end them early, Red Pikmin can likewise stymie its fire attacks, Ice Pikmin can ignore its ice attacks during its ice phase and freeze it to deal more damage during every other phase, Rock Pikmin don't fear its charges and do the most damage, Winged Pikmin fear none of its elemental attacks but have a hard time protecting the player from them, and Purple Pikmin make toppling the Sirehound ridiculously easy.

** Though it can still be physically touched during its first phase, it still ultimately uses [[DishingOutDirt]] to try to harm the player.

* CallBack: [[spoiler:This isn't the first time Louie went AWOL and got at the helm of a much larger enemy that stands as the final obstactle to your quest. Those who played ''Pikmin 2'' will surely have Titan Dweevil flashbacks.]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The purple Spectralids haven't been seen since ''2'', as the Ultra Bitter Spray that they dropped was abesnt in the following games.

* InvincibleMinorMinion: They don't die when you knock their pearl out, meaning your Pikmin can still be eaten if they stay on its mouth. Averted in ''Pikmin 4'', where they die just like anything else, in this case leaving their shells behind.

* DubNameChange: Its original name in Japanese is "Swamp Griefer" (''Numa Arashi''). In French it's called the Paludambulist (''Paludambule''), in German it's the Mud Stomper (''Schlammstampfer''), and in Spanish it's the Leggy Islet (''Islote Zancudo'').

* DubNameChange: Its original name in Japanese is "Giant Sand Rainer" (''Oo Suna Furashi''). In French it's called the Dégueulimace (a portmanteau of "''dégeulis''", "puke", and "''limace''", "slug"), in German it's called the Rummaging Mouth (''Wühlmaul''), and in Spanish it's the Sandy Slug (''Babosa Arenosa'').