Foolish Fruit

Foolish Fruit Pikmin 4 treasure
Series	Nature's Candy Series
Value	× 80
Weight	5
Maximum carriers	10
Locations	Serene Shores, Cavern for a King
Dandori Challenge stages	Oasis of Order, Trial of the Sage Leaf
Dandori Battle stages	None
Total amount	2

The Foolish Fruit (オタンコノミ?^?, lit.: "Fool Fruit") is a treasure in Pikmin 4 located in the Serene Shores and the Cavern for a King. It is a ripe eggplant.

Collecting the treasure

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Serene Shores

There is a Foolish Fruit completely buried in the northern part of the sandcastle, which is located on the southern edge of the overworld. It can only be reached from the second-highest level of the sandcastle. It can be located with the Treasure Gauge or Oatchi. To collect this treasure, you must throw 5 Pikmin in its vicinity.

Cavern for a King

See also: Horned Cannon Beetle strategy.

There is a Foolish Fruit inside of the Horned Cannon Beetle near the north of sublevel 14 of the Cavern for a King. To collect this treasure, you must first defeat the Horned Cannon Beetle and three nearby Armored Cannon Larvae, then throw 5 Pikmin at it.

Notes

Schnauz's notes

“I'm told this strange fruit is called a Foolish Fruit. With its odd shape and silly hat, it does have a rather goofy air about it. Still, there's no need to make fun. It's perfect just how it is.”

Olimar's notes

“The shape of this fruit looks a lot like my grandpa's face. It's so similar that if I were to name it, I'd call it a Grampy-Face Fruit... My wife always thought my taste in names was "catastrophically bad," which is why she named both our children. But I think this one has a certain ring to it.”

Louie's notes

“Can be grilled or sautéed, but I like it best when eaten raw.”

Gallery

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  The Foolish Fruit in the Serene Shores, in the location it is discovered.

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  An alternative, more close-up, shot of the treasure in the location it is discovered.

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  The treasure being carried by 5 Yellow Pikmin.

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  A view of the two Foolish Fruits in the Treasure Catalog.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	オタンコノミ? Otanko no Mi	Fool Fruit	From interpreting the end of おたんこなす Otankonasu "fool" as ナス Nasu "eggplant"
Chinese (traditional)	無用果 Wúyòngguǒ	Useless Fruit
Chinese (simplified)	无用果 Wúyòngguǒ	Useless Fruit
Dutch	Sponssliert	Sponge string
French	Fruit empoté	Clumsy fruit
German	Dusselbeere	Twerp Berry
Italian	Frutto grullo	Foolish fruit
Korean	혹부리열매 Hokburi-Yeolmae	Hokburi Fruit
Portuguese	Fruto tolo	Foolish fruit
Spanish	Fruto excéntrico	Eccentric fruit