Editing Moss

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{{infobox character
|image      = Moss NSO Render.png
|size       = 256px
|name       = Moss
|gender     = Female
|eyecolor   = Brown
|haircolor  = Green
|homeplanet = PNF-404
|related    = [[Captain Olimar]], [[Louie]]
|firstgame  = {{p4}}
|latestgame = ''Pikmin 4''
}}

'''Moss''' ({{j|モス|Mosu|Moss}}) is a space dog in {{p4}}. In the game's prologue she is found by [[Captain Olimar]] when he crash-lands on [[PNF-404]] and quickly befriends her, helping him throughout his search for [[S.S. Dolphin|his ship]]'s missing [[ship part]]s. After the prologue, Moss is seen accompanied by a [[leafling]]-transformed Olimar, and accompanies him during [[Dandori Battle]]s.

In gameplay, be it during the prologue when the player controls Captain Olimar, [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]], or during a Dandori Battle, Moss works exactly like [[Oatchi]]. An exception is how she learns new skills: instead of exchanging [[Pup Drive]], she gains new abilities as rewards for the ship parts Olimar recovers. She is only ever seen with a leaf on the tip of her tail, much like the one atop a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]'s stem.

==Stats==
{{enemy stats
|weight4 = N/A
|carriers4 = N/A
|seeds4 = N/A
|value4 = N/A
|hp4 = 7000
|regen4 = Unknown
}}

== Personality and appearance ==
Moss is fairly similar to [[Oatchi]], with some notable differences.
* She is larger.
* Her fur is green.
* Her eyes are brown and are always squinting, instead of fully open.
* Her ears are perked upward and forward instead of drooping down.
* Her cheeks are not as firm and droop more.
* Her bark is deeper.

Unlike Oatchi, Moss is seen to be a native of PNF-404, with Olimar speculating that her leafy tail has actually been that way since birth, similar to the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]. Despite being born light-years apart from each other, Oatchi and Moss are both stated to descend from the PNF-404 native [[Ancient Sirehound]], which Olimar believes suggests something deeper about the nature of their universe.

== As an enemy ==
Until Olimar's vault is opened and the entrance to [[Leafy Showdown]] is discovered, Moss can be found in the [[Hero's Hideaway]]. According to the Voyage Log, she appears to be guarding Olimar's bunker.

She will seek out Pikmin (both idle ones and ones in the player's squad), and [[whistle]] for them to put them under her [[confusion|control]], much like an [[Antenna Beetle]] in {{p2}}. Upon gathering Pikmin, she will try to run off with them, if she does so, she will toss them on a fan which leads to the bunker, you will have to whistle your pikmin to free them from the state they are in. Pikmin under Moss's control cannot be freed until Moss takes significant damage, at which point she will let them go and try to escape; if she does so, she will begin to heal herself. Unlike most enemies, she has a unique map icon.

Moss cannot be permanently defeated; when her health is depleted she will be incapacitated and begin regenerating her health over a period of exactly five minutes. [[Collin]] will inform the player when Moss's health is fully restored so they can plan their activities accordingly.

In Dandori Battles, she can be knocked out, which transports her to the Onion, and can then be called by [[Olimar]] or [[Louie]].

== Notes ==
=== Dalmo's Notes ===
{{transcript|Oatchi and Moss are like two peas in a pod. It's quite unprecedented that a space dog should meet such a similar creature on a far-off, unknown planet. You could even call it miraculous. Could they be siblings separated at birth? No, that's just not possible.|block=y}}

=== Olimar's Notes ===
{{transcript|As far as I can tell, Moss has been a [[leafling]] pup since birth, and some of her DNA resembles that of the Pikmin. This is the one point in which she differs from Oatchi. When Oatchi transformed from a standard space dog into a leafling pup, I started to theorize that the Pikmin are, in some capacity, propagating their DNA in other organisms. The phenomenon in which all those castaways, including myself, became leaflings was very likely caused by being absorbed into the [[Onion]]. Perhaps that process was also some sort of Pikmin-ification of the body. Pikmin-ified organisms can't leave this planet, so the Pikmin may have been motivated to carry out this process in an effort to secure a permanent leader. Of course, this is all a theory...|block=y}}

=== Louie's Notes ===
{{transcript|Convenient for procuring ingredients. Compact, with a tight turning radius.}}

== Naming ==
{{naming
|common = Moss. It comes from her green coat of fur, which resembles {{w|moss}}. 
|jpcommon = {{j|モス|Mosu|Moss}}. It comes from her green coat of fur, which resembles {{w|moss}}. 
|jpname = {{j|イチヨウイエイヌ|Ichiyou Ieinu|One-leaf Domestic Dog}}.
|scientific = "''Folicanis amicaris''". It is based on "foliage", the Latin for "dog", and the Latin phrase for "you are friendly".
|internal = <code>CHASER</code>. It refers to how she chases the player and their Pikmin down to try to whistle them under her control.
}}
=== Names in other languages ===
{{foreignname
|Jap  = モス
|JapR = Mosu
|JapM = Moss
|ChiTrad  = 莫斯
|ChiTradR = Mòsī
|ChiTradM = Moss
|ChiSimp  = 莫斯
|ChiSimpR = Mòsī
|ChiSimpM = Moss
|Dut  = Moss
|DutM = -
|Fra  = Moss
|FraM = -
|Ger  = Moss
|GerM = -
|Ita  = Moss
|ItaM = -
|Kor  = 모스
|KorR = Moseu
|KorM = Moss
|Spa  = Moss
|SpaM = -
|Por  = Moss
|PorM = -
}}

== Gallery ==
{{image}}
<gallery>
Leafling Olimar and Moss.png|Leafling Olimar and Moss.
Mossstare.png|Moss giving the player a nasty stare.
Oatchi and Moss.jpg|[[Oatchi]] and Moss, side-by-side.
Moss P4 icon.png|Moss's [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]] icon.
Moss Whistle.png|thumb|Moss using her whistle ability to steal Pikmin from the player.
Frozen Moss.png|thumb|Frozen Moss
Moss barking.jpg |thumb|Moss using her Whistle in Olimar’s Shipwreck Tale.
Moss shocked.jpg |thumb|Moss being shocked in the Piklopedia.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Oatchi]]
* [[Bulbie]]
* [[Leader]]
* [[Ancient Sirehound]]

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