Editing Louie

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|height=2.1 cm (0.83 inches)

|weight=~1 unit|pikmin2 = y|pikmin3 = y}}'''Louie''' (ルーイ) is the secondary protagonist in the ''Pikmin'' series, serving as [[Olimar]]'s partner and co-worker. He is an employee of [[Hocotate Freight]] and makes his first appearance in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. He reappears in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', as a reward for defeating the [[Scornet Maestro]] and [[Quaggled Mireclops]], and as Olimar's teammate in [[Bingo Battle]].

[[File:Normal olimarlouie.jpg‎|thumb|200px|left|Louie with [[Captain Olimar]].]] Louie's first mission for [[Hocotate Freight]] was to transport a shipment of valuable [[Pikpik Carrot|Golden Pikpik Carrot]]. He was supposedly attacked by a [["Ravenous Space Bunny"|ravenous space bunny]], and the carrots were lost. The [[President of Hocotate Freight]] took out a giant loan to cover the losses of the carrots, and had no way to repay the loan other than sell off company assets. The only available asset was Olimar's ship, the [[S.S. Dolphin]]; it was immediately claimed on Olimar's return to Hocotate. Learning that the Dolphin was sold to cover the debt, Olimar was so shocked he dropped a souvenir for his son: a bottle cap. As it rolled to a stop at Louie's feet, an old ship commonly called [[Hocotate Ship|the Ship]] was able to use its [[Research Pod]] to suck up the rusty bottle cap. The Pod proclaimed the piece of salvage to be worth one hundred [[Poko]]s, which lowered the debt to 10,000 Pokos. The President instructed Olimar and Louie to head back to the [[Planet of the Pikmin]] to search for treasure and save the company from going bankrupt.

===Paying off Hocotate Freight's debt===

As Olimar and Louie head to the [[Valley of Repose]] at the start of ''Pikmin 2'', Louie falls out of the cockpit, leaving Olimar alone. After making contact with the Ship, Louie sets off to return to Olimar at the landing area. On the way, he discovers a Red [[Onion]] and cultivates some Pikmin sprouts, just as Olimar had done when he was stranded in the [[Pikmin (game)|first game]]. The player can reach Olimar through the use of the loyal Red Pikmin, and then proceed to find the [[Courage Reactor]], the first treasure of the game, effectively starting the adventure.

[[File:Louie_left_behind.png|thumb|99px|Louie at the end of the credits in Pikmin 2.]]

The debt is eventually paid off throughout the game, treasures being found in the [[Awakening Wood]] and [[Perplexing Pool]] as well as [[Valley of Repose|The Valley of Repose]]. After collecting 10,000 Pokos worth of treasure, Olimar blasts off from the planet, noticing too late that Louie is left behind.

It is of constant debate whether Louie was a captive of the Titan Dweevil, or in actuality controlling it. E-mails the player receives from Louie's grandmother reflect that Louie was made to play with bugs by his grandmother as a child, so he has a great deal of experience with them, therefore it is possible he had the ability to control the Titan Dweevil. This is heavily hinted at by the sales pitch on Louie, here denoted as the King of Bugs, where the ship states that Louie had hijacked a colossal insect's brain. The fact that [[Dweevil]]s naturally mimic the objects they carry is also a supporting factor. However, if Louie really was in control of the Titan Dweevil, it was still not him or the Titan Dweevil who attacked, but actually the [[Treasure Hoard|treasures]] carried by the Titan Dweevil.

Louie is actually the one responsible for the debt Hocotate Freight suffered. It was truly he who ate the load of Golden Pikpik Carrots. When he returned from his first mission, he falsified his report to the President, explaining that a "ravenous space bunny" ate all of the carrots. This is revealed in a cutscene, called "Louie's Dark Secret", unlocked by getting a pink flower for all 30 of the [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] levels, which is acheived by completing the stages without losing any Pikmin.

===''Twilight River''===

[[File:Faitality!_2.png|thumb|An unconscious Louie.]]

In ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', Louie is found in [[Twilight River]]. After the [[Winged Pikmin]] lift a stick from the water a transmission is received. He is shown standing on a large tree stump and is mistaken as [[Captain Olimar]] due to a bad signal. He is later found unconscious on the tree stump before being abducted by the [[Scornet Maestro]]'s [[Hachisuzume|swarm]]. He is freed when his captor is killed and must be carried back to the Drake. He wakes up the day after you retrieve him and mistakes the rescue as a kidnapping. So to save himself, he lands the ship in the [[Garden of Hope]], steals all of the juice and runs away, followed by a large explosion. The explosion destroyed a wall and opened a large part of the area. Louie is later found after defeating the [[Quaggled Mireclops]], along with the remains of [[The Ship]]. Afterwards, he is kept tied up in the [[S.S. Drake]] to keep him from running off with the juice a second time. Once retrieved, he floats around in the [[Drake]] like Charlie's rubber ducky.

In one of the game's endings, it is revealed by [[Alph]] that Louie was not on board the S.S. Drake. The reasons behind this and consequences for this are currently unknown. However, the Koppaites and Olimar do not show much interest in trying to rescue Louie, as Alph simply says that "I'm sure he will be fine..."

===In Olimar's Secret Logs===

[[File:Louie_returns.jpg|thumb|Louie as he appears in ''Pikmin 3''.]]

Louie is featured shortly in each of the expedition logs that you can unlock by collecting every secret memo. He is usually seen being ambushed by some enemies, like the [[Peckish Aristocrab]] or some [[Scornet]]s. In the last exploration log, it is seen that he runs away before Captain Olimar gets kidnapped by the [[Plasm Wraith]]. He even said that he had a bad feeling about landing at the [[Formidable Oak]]. He appears to have fled to the Twilight River.

In this video, it is shown that Louie might have been planned to have Expedition Logs like Captain Olimar. This was never announced by Nintendo and was kept as a secret. This one, unlike Olimar's Logs, seem to take place during the [[Koppaite]]s' hunt for fruit. This one is about him once he steals the juice from the Captains and finds the [[Wayward Moon]], just before being kidnapped by the [[Quaggled Mireclops]].

*UNRELEASED BY NINTENDO* 6 Pikmin 3 Secret Memo Video|An unreleased Nintendo video of [[Pikmin 3]].

==={{Endspoiler}}''Mission Mode''===

[[File:ForgottenCoveSlurker.jpg|thumb|left|Louie being held captive by a [[Medusal Slurker]]. ]]

Louie is an unlockable character in ''Mission Mode, ''as of the December 3rd DLC. Louie is always kidnapped by an enemy, and by carrying him back will enable the character to play as Louie. He functions as any other character, and has a Yellow background for his character icon in the bottom left. When unlocked he will say something along the lines of ''"Took you long enough!"'' or something to that effect.

==Super Smash Bros. Brawl Trophy==

''"A new Hocotate Freight employee. Louie is responsible for Captain Olimar having to venture back to the Pikmin planet. On his first delivery, Louie was supposedly attacked by a space bunny that devoured his whole lot of pikpik carrots. Pushed to the verge of bankruptcy, Hocotate Freight takes out an enormous loan that Louie and Olimar set out to pay back."''

[[File:Louie_Trophy.png|thumb|left|75px|Louie's trophy]]

==Traits and abilities==

*As a young boy, Louie's grandmother encouraged him to eat bugs. Because of this, he is able to survive eating the creatures of [[PNF-404]].

*He has a love of fine cuisine, which drives him to create gourmet [[Louie's notes|recipes]] for beasts on PNF-404.

*He has all of the same abilities of Olimar, except his c-stick sound, dismissal sound and whistle sound are different. This also goes for the President.

*According to Louie's entry in the treasure hoard, it is rumoured that Louie was the one in control of the Titan Dweevil.

*In ''Pikmin 3'', Louie somehow managed to obliterate half of a cinder block without any known tools.

*In ''Pikmin 3'', [[Brittany]] states that she was surprised to hear that Louie eats meat, due to the fact that Hocotatians usually stick to a vegetable-only diet.

*In ''Pikmin 2'', he only needed one Pikmin to carry him, when in ''Pikmin 3'' he needs five.

*Louie was hired during the events of the first ''Pikmin'' game.

*In Louie's expedition log it is shown that he thought the [[Koppaite]]s captured him and that he escaped with their treasure, implying that he did think [[Charlie|Charlie's rubber ducky]] was treasure, or that he also considered their food treasure judging by his comments on the [[fruit]] in his Expedition Log.

*After defeating the [[Scornet Maestro]], the [[S.S. Drake]] names Louie "Hocotatian." However, after defeating the [[Quaggled Mireclops]], the S.S. Drake names him "Food Thief."

*Louie can somehow cook creatures that are not salvageable for the ship, such as Bulborb Larva and Pellet Posies.

*Despite the fact that oxygen is poisonous to Hocotatians, Louie shows no signs of poisoning when he is within the S.S. Drake, despite the fact that he is without his helmet.

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