History NightmareFuel / Pikmin2001

* Olimar's voyage logs can be surprisingly dark as he muses about his life back on Hocotate and the situation he's in. If you decide to continually go to sunset and never leave the Impact Site, however, Olimar will slowly start going insane in his entries, describing hearing voices inside his head, angrily ranting about his family and boss, and considering the thought of being a Pikmin to escape his everyday life. It's rather disturbing, as it's clear that spending several weeks stranded is clearly taking a mental toll on Olimar, and he gets progressively more unhinged the longer you take.

* The Smoky Progg. Oh jeez, the Smoky Progg. A [[ImplacableMan nearly unstoppable]] demon frog made of smoke (that leaves a trail of the same noxious smoke wherever it goes), who, upon hatching, makes a beeline for your Onions and TEARS YOUR PIKMIN OUT OF THE EARTH to disembowel them. That, and it's implied to be a larva of the already creepy Mamuta which has been mutated (and apparently pissed off) by you disturbing its egg. Its anatomy is perplexing to the point of it resembling a EldritchAbomination, and upon dying, the entire thing MELTS, leaving nothing but a small pearl.

* The non-canon [[ItsAWonderfulFailure Bad Ending]] is surprisingly dark and disturbing. Olimar's life support system fails, his Dolphin ship -- the one thing that could let him escape -- crashes again and is destroyed beyond repair from Olimar attempting to blast off to Space with it only partially-repaired in desperation, and he perishes on the planet; so the Pikmin recover his body, take it back to an Onion, and Olimar is turned into a Pikmin himself. Not to mention it's implied that [[DidntThinkThisThrough THEY'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO PULL HIM OUT]]. If you remember that Pikmin that are left in the ground bloom into a flower and shrivel up back into a single leaf, it's not hard to imagine [[AndIMustScream Olimar's ultimate fate is]].

* The Nova Blaster part from the first game. "What could you possibly mean," you ask? Simple enough. That thing is capable of ''piercing through and destroying '''STARS'''''. It's a doomsday device. And it's only about the size of a baked bean can. [[FridgeHorror Sweet dreams.]]
* That's nothing. The Geiger Counter, a required part to complete the game, according to Olimar, is always letting off spontaneous clicks and buzzes. That means the Distant Planet has strong and constant RADIATION. Let that sink in for a while!
** Some [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation Background radiation]] is completely normal, and in every environment here on Earth (which is identical to the Distant Planet) a Geiger Counter is also clicking every now and then.

* In the Forest Navel, your ship's parts locator points you in the direction of a certain cave. After noticing there doesn't appear to be anything there you go in only for the beady long legs to drop from the ceiling and begin stomping around in an attempt to squash your pikmin. The music turns ominous, the pikmin can't be controlled by the c-stick because they'll try to attacks the legs which are the main weapon and can end up with your pikmin getting flattened.

** The final day results screen music can be this. It plays for all three endings (good, neutral, and bad) and has a rather creepy instrumental with a tone that is ambiguously between success and failure. It’s possible that your first exposure to this track will be between Olimar’s second ship crash and him turning into a pikmin, and you can associate this track with the bad ending instead.

** Thankfully, though ''VideoGame/Pikmin4'' follows this up, Olimar is freed from his mutation and goes back to his planet and family.

* The Puffstool. You're walking along in the gloomy Forest Navel, when suddenly this bugger pops up. Right then, let's just attack it like any other enemy. Wait, what the-? Spores? OH GOSH, my Pikmin now have these creepy-ass mushroom caps instead of flowers, and ''they're attacking Olimar''! Mushroom Pikmin in general are incredibly creepy. They [[TheBlank lose all facial features]] besides their eyes, which become [[MonochromaticEyes white and soulless, with no pupils to be seen.]] On top of that, they admit a creepy, almost child-like giggle when walking around the Puffstool, and when attacking Olimar, they sound almost ''[[AxeCrazy gleeful]]'' to be doing so. This can't but make one wonder if it's the effects of the spores, or if the Pikmin have darker feelings towards Olimar than what they express...

“This song is the musical manifestation of a brave child whistling to himself to ward away the mad and howling dark.”

** Its home, the Final Trial, has rather unnerving [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLN-5AV3WRY music]] due to the creepy intro then leading to an uncomfortable happy sounding tune with some creepy bits sneaking in, as if the song is trying to hide something.
*** Youtube Comment: “This song is the musical manifestation of a brave child whistling to himself to ward away the mad and howling dark.”

* The Emperor Bulblax from is the largest enemy in the game by far, and can take the entire day to kill! The Emperor attacks by tongue lashing your Pikmin, jumping on them, and roaring at them to startle them. When half his health is gone, he will do this gigantic jump where he flies off the screen and then slams back down!