Editing Leafling

[[File:LeaflingMain.png|thumb|200px|The leafling found in [[Dandori Day Care]].]]

'''Leafling''' ({{j|葉っぱ人|Happa Jin|Leaf Man}}) is the name given to characters that cannot be identified because their heads are entirely covered by leaves. Their ID badges are unreadable due to corrupted biometric data, listing their name as "???" or "Error" and their home planet as [[PNF-404]]. [[#Leafling Olimar|Olimar as a leafling]] can be seen kidnapping a [[castaway]], dragging it into an Onion, and making it pop out as a leafling. He justifies this by saying that those that don't embrace [[Dandori]] cannot survive in the planet, but they thrive instead if they have the leaves. This is presumably how leaflings are made, and [[Dingo]] speculates that [[Yonny]], the [[Rescue Corps]] doctor, might be able to help bring them back to normal.

Leafling castaways can be rescued from [[Dandori Challenge]]s and [[Dandori Battle]]s, both of which are issued by characters that are themselves leaflings. In this state, leafling characters are unable to speak in normal sentences, instead using simple words and small sentences at a time, and are obsessed with Dandori. They will hand over the leafling castaways they have, or fall unconscious so they can be rescued themselves, if they witness a good display of Dandori in their challenges or battles. Glow sap from a [[Lumiknoll]] can be made into medicine by [[Yonny]] that dissolves the leaves, reverting the leaflings to their normal state.

Following his curing, Olimar believes that Leaflings may have had Pikmin DNA incorporated into their bodies after being taken into an [[Onion]], triggering their physical and psychological changes and causing them to rapidly sicken if they try to leave [[PNF-404]]. Although he does not know what purpose this "Pikmin-ification' might have, he speculates that the Pikmin may be trying to create a permanent [[leader]] for themselves.

== Leaflings ==

{{Spoiler|''Pikmin 4''{{'s}} main story}}

Leaflings can be found inside of both [[Dandori Challenge]] and [[Dandori Battle]] caves. They often speak in broken english always centered around the concept of Dandori.

In Dandori Challenge caves, they act as hosts and comment on the player's Dandori skills as they progress. The first of these, seen in the [[Dandori Day Care]] explains that the caves serve as a test designed to develop one's Dandori skills. After completing the challenge, the Leafling faint from how quickly the player worked, and can be brought back to the surface and carried to the S.S. Beagle.

In Dandori Battle caves, they act as prizes. The [[Leafling#Leafling Olimar|red Leafling]] carries them from the surface and converts them into Leaflings using their onion. The player can rescue them only if they can defeat them in a Dandori battle. If they are defeated, they surrender the Leafling, who can be taken back to the surface and carried to the S.S. Beagle. In [[Hot Sandy Duel]] and [[Final Battle]], the player instead saves [[Yorke]] and [[Nelle]], who (thanks to their consumption of the Glow Sap prior) are immune to becoming Leaflings.

DandoriDaycare Leafling.png|thumb|100px|right|The pink leafling found in the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]]'s Dandori Challenge cave.

PurpleLeafling.png|thumb|100px|right|The purple leafling found in the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]]'s Dandori Battle cave.

BattleInABoxLeaflingIcon.png|thumb|100px|right|The purple leafling found in the [[Blossoming Arcadia]]'s Dandori Battle cave.

Hotshock Canyon Leafling Icon.png|thumb|100px|right|The blue leafling found in one of [[Blossoming Arcadia]]'s Dandori Challenge caves.

Rockaway Cellars Leafling Icon.png|thumb|100px|right|The pink leafling found in one of [[Blossoming Arcadia]]'s Dandori Challenge caves.

Grenboi.png|100px|thumb|The green leafling found in an unknown Dandori challenge.

 

Later in the game, [[castaway]]s found in caves will instead be Leaflings. They behave identical to a standard castaway, though they now must be cured with Glow Sap like the prior type of Leaflings. The order of which you cure leaflings will remain unchanged by this different method of obtaining them. The location for these leaflings are as follows:

 

*[[Plunder Palace]], Sublevel 5 - being dragged or buried by a [[Giant Breadbug]].

*[[Doppelgänger's Den]], Sublevel 4 - inside a group of [[pots]], which are behind a [[gate]] opened by defeating a [[Gildemander]].

*[[Frozen Inferno]], Sublevel 4 - behind a gate opened by defeating a [[Snowfake Fluttertail]].

*[[Ultimate Testing Range]], Sublevel 3 - stuck to a [[Arachnode]]'s web.

*[[Dream Home]], Sublevel 1 - inside a [[Mammoth Snootwhacker]].

[[File:Leaf-a-mar.png|100px|thumb|Leafling Olimar's ID Badge.]]

A red leafling that has [[Captain Olimar]]'s suit, nose, and voice. Unlike the prior Leaflings, he uses correct grammar, though still obsesses over the idea of Dandori. He is usually seen accompanied (and later guarded) by [[Moss]]. Both are seen stealing castaways and turning them into Leaflings via their onion, as they believe that those who are not Leaflings cannot survive this planet. The mysterious duo challenges the player to rounds of [[Dandori Battle]]s, returning the castaways they steal only when the player wins. They are first battled in [[Trial Run]], [[Battle in a Box]], and [[Dandori Castle]].

In [[Hero's Hideaway]], he is revealed to be Olimar himself through various late entries in the [[Pikmin 4 voyage log|his voyage log]]. After opening the [[safe]] he is inside, he challenges to one more battle, [[Leafy Showdown]]. Once he is defeated, he has no castaway to give and instead falls unconscious to be rescued as Moss runs away. Once he is rescued and cured, he reverts back to his usual non-leafling self, though seems able to recall aspects of his time as a Leafling.

His role as a Dandori Battle opponent is later taken over by [[Louie]] and Moss.

[[File:Sage Leaf fullbody.png|100px|thumb|The Sage Leaf standing upright.]]

The Sage Leaf is a white leafling is found in a hidden cave in the [[Rescue Command Post]], which is only revealed after completing [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]]. They oversee the [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]], a series of ten complex [[Dandori Challenge]]s with varied objectives. Like the red Leafling (Olimar), they speak normally.

Though they refuse to be rescued or cured, they will reward the player with the White [[Onion]] and Purple Onion upon completing their fifth and tenth trials. Recompleting the fifth and tenth trials will reward the player 10 White Pikmin and Purple Pikmin respectively. It remains unknown who this Sage Leaf was before they became a Leafling (and the Sage Leaf has long since forgotten their former identity), but given their old age, it would seem they have been one for a long time.

== Rescue order ==

Like [[Castaway#Rescue order|Castaway]]s, leaflings are rescued and cured in a particular order no matter where they are found. It should be noted that leaflings are cured in the same order they are rescued.

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!ID Description

|[[File:Id Badge Jin.png|100px]]

|[[Jin]]

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|The ability to replay [[Dandori Challenge]]s.

|[[File:Id Badge Chet.png|100px]]

|[[Chet]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Patch.png|100px]]

|[[Patch]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Chewy.png|100px]]

|[[Chewy]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Molly.png|100px]]

|[[Molly]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Santi.png|100px]]

|[[Santi]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Kayz.png|100px]]

|[[Kayz]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Kit.png|100px]]

|[[Kit]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Komo.png|100px]]

|[[Komo]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Alpin.png|100px]]

|[[Alpin]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Chowder.png|100px]]

|[[Chowder]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Lapi.png|100px]]

|[[Lapi]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Ren.png|100px]]

|[[Ren]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Boris.png|100px]]

|[[Boris]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Grace.png|100px]]

|[[Grace]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Fawks.png|100px]]

|[[Fawks]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Beaux.png|100px]]

|[[Beaux]]

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The only exception to the order of leaflings are those rescued from [[Dandori Battle]] caves, who have their own order. When being cured, they take precedence over normal leaflings found as castaways or for completing [[Dandori Challenge]] caves. All four must be rescued to progress the game's story. As stated above, their role is filled by [[Yorke]] and [[Nelle]] in later Dandori Battle caves, who do not need to be cured.

 

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|[[File:Id Badge Dash.png|100px]]

|[[Dash]]

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|[[File:Id Badge Corgwin.png|100px]]

|[[Corgwin]]

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|The ability to replay [[Dandori Battle]]s.

|[[File:Id Badge Bernard.png|100px]]

|[[Bernard]]

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|[[Hero's Hideaway]] (once the player has {{sparklium|p4|7,000}}).

|[[File:Id Badge Olimar.png|100px]]

|[[Olimar]]

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|[[Giant's Hearth]] (once the player has {{sparklium|p4|11,000}}), [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]], and [[Oatchi]]'s [[Oatchi#Swallow|Swallow]] skill.

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=== ID Cards ===

Oilmanasaleaf.png|500px|Leafling Olimar's ID card.

Battle In A Box Leafling Card.png|500px|The leafling from Battle in a Box's ID Card.

Hotshock Canyon Leafling ID Card.png|500px|The leafling from Hotshock Canyon's ID Card.

Rockaway Cellars Leafling ID Card.png|500px|The leafling from Rockaway Cellars's ID Card.

=== Leafling Olimar ===

Leafling Olimar and Moss.png|Leafling Olimar and [[Moss]] in a [[Dandori Battle]] arena.

Olimar Leafling.png|A close-up of Olimar's leafing form.

* Many of the leaflings share colors with Pikmin types: red, green, white, blue, purple, and pink. The only color that isn't a Pikmin type is orange, although it's arguable that it's yellow, or amber (the color between orange and yellow).

*Technically, leaflings debuted back in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'', in the bad ending. If Olimar fails to collect enough necessary ship parts before the 30-day time limit runs out, Olimar will be forced to try to leave the planet, only to fail and crash-land. The [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] then take Olimar to an Onion, making him to sprout out of the Onion with a Pikmin sprout on top of his head. Fans have dubbed this version of Olimar [[Pikmar]] or Olimin.

**It should be noted that this exact scene will occur if the player fails to collect all the ship parts in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]] on time.

|JapM = Leaf Man

|PorM=From "folha" (leaf) and "fulano" (guy)