Editing Moss

{{game icons|p4=y}}
{{infobox character
|image      = P4 Moss.png
|size       = 256px
|name       = Moss
|gender     = Female
|eyecolor   = Brown
|haircolor  = Green
|homeplanet = PNF-404
|related    = [[Captain Olimar]], [[Louie]]
|firstgame  = {{p4}}
}}

'''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. Much later on, she accompanies [[Louie]] in the same fashion. 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.

In gameplay, be it during the prologue when the player controls Captain Olimar, [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]], or during a Dandori Battle, Moss functions exactly like [[Oatchi]]. An exception is how she learns new skills: after the prologue her skills improve between Dandori Battles, and in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, instead of exchanging [[Pup Drive]], she gains skills and [[gear]] as rewards for recovered ship parts.

Throughout the story, when she is keeping the player from their mission, she can be fought in various ways like an [[enemy]].

== 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. She will still squint if she is near an enemy.
* 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.

== Skills ==
Moss's possible skills and controls are identical to Oatchi's, but owing to Moss's different story role, her abilities evolve differently in each game mode.
{{game help|p4|Identify which skills Moss has in the Prologue and Dandori Battle, and when she learns them in the latter.}}

=== Prologue ===
Most situations in which Moss can demonstrate her abilities are not present in the opening prologue, since the story immediately ends once the Porquillon is defeated, but she does have Rush Lv. 3 and a Chomp stronger than Big Chomp Lv. 3 without being able to Bite while in the air.

=== Dandori Battles ===
In earlier matches of Dandori Battle, Moss will use a limited subset of skills. For example, in [[Trial Run]], Moss carries objects along the ground, but she has learned Swallow by [[Leafy Showdown]].

=== Olimar's Shipwreck Tale ===
In Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, Moss gains skills as bonuses for recovering set numbers of ship parts. If Olimar reaches a milestone for acquired parts before meeting Moss, the skills will be retroactively applied once she has joined him.

* 4 parts: Buff Lv. 3
* 7 parts: Super Buff Lv. 1
* 19 parts: Super Buff Lv. 3
* 23 parts: Swallow

== As an enemy ==
{{infobox enemy
|pikmin4     = y
|image       = Moss P4 icon.png
|size        = 256
|icon        = Moss P4 icon.png
|name        = Folicanis amicaris
|family      = ???
|areas       = [[Hero's Hideaway]]
|attacks     = [[Control|Captures]] Pikmin
|noicons     = y
|nocat       = y
}}
=== Hero's Hideaway ===
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. Unlike most enemies, she has a unique map icon.

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. These Pikmin then stay lying on the ground on the bunker's table, and need to be [[whistle]]d. Despite them not reacting to the [[Idler's Alert]], they do react to the [[Homesick Signal]]. The only way to gather Pikmin under Moss's control before she brings them to the bunker is if she takes significant damage, at which point she will let them go and try to escape.

Moss takes damage like any enemy, and can even be damaged by other enemies.{{cite youtube|KpicrzqMoiU|documenting Moss's interactions|published={{date|17|September|2023}}|retrieved={{date|6|October|2023}}|rname=oatchi_vs_moss}}. If she takes a lot of damage, she will run off to a corner of the house in a panic, dropping captured Pikmin along the way. Once she reaches the corner, she will fall asleep so she can heal herself. Waking her up some time after this nap will cause her to become active like normal again. 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.

If Oatchi is around, she will periodically stop to bark at him, even if she's busy taking Pikmin away. Oatchi himself will also bark at her at random. If the player approaches her without Pikmin, she will just continue roaming around, with the occasional bark at Oatchi. She ignores [[scrummy bone]]s, and while she will approach and prioritize [[Pikpik Carrot]]s, she will only sniff them and bark at them.{{cite youtube|rname=oatchi_vs_moss}}

=== Dandori Battles ===
In [[Dandori Battle]]s, she can be knocked out, which teleports her to her team's Onion, but she doesn't need to be roused by [[Olimar]] or [[Louie]].

== Notes ==

=== Dalmo's notes ===
{{transcript|Oatchi and Moss are 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.|block=y}}

==Other information==
{{enemy other info
|piklopedia4 = 110
}}

== 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|images of Moss from OST.}}
<gallery>
Leafling Olimar and Moss.png|Leafling Olimar and Moss.
File:Leafling Olimar and Moss (Blossoming Arcadia).jpg|Leafling Olimar and Moss standing outside a Dandori Battle cave entrance.
Mossstare.png|Moss giving the [[rookie Rescue Officer]] 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|Moss using her whistle to steal Pikmin from the player.
Frozen Moss.png|Moss frozen.
Moss barking.jpg|Moss using her whistle in Olimar’s Shipwreck Tale.
Moss shocked.jpg|Moss being shocked in the Piklopedia.
Pikmin Comic Moss.jpg|Moss as seen in the "Pikmin-Summoning Battle" comic.
Moss frontside.jpg|The frontside of Moss.
Moss backside.jpg|The backside of Moss.
Moss Sleeping.jpg|Moss before waking up.
Moss Waking Up.jpg|Moss waking up in the cutscene.
Moss Kidnaps Whites.jpg|The cutscene that plays when Moss steals Pikmin for the first time.
Moss Retreating.jpg|Moss running from the player with stolen [[Yellow Pikmin]].
Moss Resting.jpg|Moss resting and healing after being attacked by the player.
Moss Blossoming Arcadia OST.jpg|Moss lying down before being found in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]].
Olimar Finds Moss OST.jpg|The cutscene that plays when Olimar stumbles upon Moss.
Olimar Feeds Moss OST.jpg|Olimar throwing a [[Scrummy Bone]] towards Moss.
Moss Licks Olimar OST.jpg|Moss licking Olimar after being fed.
</gallery>

== Trivia ==

* In Hero's Hideaway, it is possible to cross the main area's ground during daytime without waking up Moss. There are two ways to do this:
** With [[Co-op Mode]] enabled, as well as a couple of Bomb Rocks from the Pebble Pitcher, and the [[Survey Drone]], blowing up Oatchi several times can pass the cutscene trigger. To do this, the Survey Drone must be activated at all times to prevent the cutscene from activating if Oatchi is on the main area's ground. Oatchi is also not allowed to move and must start at the top level near the Stargazer's Spot base. The Bomb Rocks from the Pebble Pitcher will move Oatchi without having to manually move him, which results in not waking up Moss. Eventually, Oatchi is able to bypass the cutscene trigger. Because Bomb Rocks are used to move Oatchi, they will damage him and lead to him getting knocked out, so it is essential to have [[gear]] like Tuff Stuff and Air Armor, as well as the heal skill to regain health when not moving. Additional health from [[Scrummy Bone]]s can also help, but they are not recommended to use them during the process moving around Oatchi, as this activates the cutscene, despite not moving Oatchi manually.
** A far more easier method is simply having one of the [[Shearflea]]s located at the beginning attached to any leader. Walking down to the main area's ground while having one attached does not activate the cutscene, allowing the player to bypass the trigger.
* Skipping the cutscene trigger leads to a few notable interactions:
** Although Moss is currently not on the move, she is still treated as a functioning enemy. Oatchi will still bark at her from a distance while she is sleeping. When reaching her sleeping spot by using the fan, she is automatically registered as a new discovery on the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]], as the player lands directly near her, but only when controlling any leaders, since uncontrolled leaders (at least primarily with the rookie rescue officer) near undiscovered enemies will not register to the Piklopedia. Pikmin and Oatchi will still attack Moss, although their attacks will not deal any damage. [[Mines]] and [[Trackonator]]s also can activate next to her, but they also do not deal any damage.
** After the bunker is unlocked, Moss will disappear from the field. Moss is no longer in her original sleeping spot, but by going all the back near the beginning where the cutscene could be activated, the cutscene will still happen, except this time, Moss is not present. When the cutscene ends or is skipped, she is automatically registered to the Piklopedia, despite no longer being on the field anymore. Regardless if the Dandori battle in the area was completed or if Olimar was cured and rescued, Moss can still be registered in the Piklopedia in this way.{{cite youtube|KpicrzqMoiU|demonstrating the interactions that can happen after skipping Moss' cutscene|published={{date|15|July|2024}}|retrieved={{date|22|February|2025}}|rname=moss_gone}}

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

== References ==
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