Editing Moss

|image      = P4 Moss.png

|gender    = Female

'''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]].

* 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.

 

 

 

 

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 with the equivalent of Buff Lv. 3, but she has reached Super Buff Lv. 3 and learned Swallow by [[Leafy Showdown]].

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.

 

* 19 parts: Super Buff Lv. 3

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}}

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]].

 

=== 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.

 

 

=== Louie's notes ===

{{transcript|Convenient for procuring ingredients. Compact, with a tight turning radius.|block=y}}

 

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{{image|images of Moss from OST.}}

Mossstare.png|Moss giving the [[rookie Rescue Officer]] a nasty stare.

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.

Moss Licks Olimar OST.jpg|Moss licking Olimar after being fed.