Editing Moss

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'''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]]. 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==

* Her eyes are brown and are always squinting, instead of fully open.

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 his 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. 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. [[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]].

=== 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.}}

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|JapR=Mosu

|JapM=Moss

|ChiTrad = 莫斯

|ChiTradR = Mò sī

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|ChiSimp = 莫斯

|ChiSimpR = Mò sī

|ChiSimpM=-

|Fra=Moss

|FraM=-

|Spa=Moss

|SpaM=-

|Por=Moss

|PorM=-

|PorB=Moss

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Mossstare.png|Moss giving the player a nasty stare.