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[[Image:Thumb_pikmin_ghosts.jpg|thumb|250px|Multiple colours of spirits]]
[[File:Thumb pikmin ghosts.jpg|thumb|Multiple colors of Pikmin souls.]]
'''Pikmin Spirits''' appear every time a Pikmin is killed by a hazard or enemy. Although they are not visible when a Pikmin dies by falling into an abyss, it can be assumed that they do appear, but are out of sight. [[Image:Spirits in Brawl.jpg|thumb|left|the appearance of Pikmin spirits in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.]] They roughly resemble a Pikmin's shape; however, they lack feet and leaf, bud or flower, and any identifying characteristics such as the Red Pikmin's nose. Their appearance is slightly transparent and they vary between the games. They emit a soft, mournful cry as they ascend.
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'''Souls'''{{cite quote|{{notes:Abandoned Husk/heypikmin}}|Olimar|his notes on the Abandoned Husk}} appear every time a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] or [[enemy]] is defeated. These ghostly spirit-like shapes ascend slowly until they fade away, reminding or alerting the player that a Pikmin or enemy has fallen.
 
==Pikmin==
{{stub|section=y|Specify the shape and color of each Pikmin type, but take into account each game (''New Play Control!'' versions too). Also, add information on how souls appear during cutscenes, like an extinction cutscene (even in multiplayer), or the end of day cutscene (see gallery).}}
The Pikmin ones roughly resemble a Pikmin's shape; however, they lack a leaf, bud or flower, don't have feet, and are missing any identifying characteristics such as the Red Pikmin's nose. Their appearance is slightly transparent and details vary between the games. In {{p1}}, every Pikmin has a blue soul, irrelevant of the color of the Pikmin itself, while souls in all other ''Pikmin'' games, including {{npcp1}} and {{p1s}}, are representative of the dead Pikmin's type, differing in color. In {{p3}}, the design of the souls is slightly changed, lacking arms and having rounder heads. [[Rock Pikmin]] and [[Winged Pikmin]] have unique souls as well; Rock Pikmin's souls are larger and more angular, much like the Rock Pikmin themselves, and Winged Pikmin's souls have a pair of translucent, fluttering wings. In {{p4}}, Rock and Winged Pikmin's souls look the same as the other types, as do [[Ice Pikmin]]{{'s}} souls. The only unique souls in the game are [[Glow Pikmin]]{{'s}}, resembling faceless orbs with ghostly tails, as well as lacking the Pikmin's trademark stems. They also have a small "bursting" animation when they disappear.
 
If a Pikmin dies from being thrown into the abyss, it won't release any soul in {{p1}} or {{npcp1}}, but it will in {{p2}} and {{npcp2}}. In {{p3}}, no souls will be seen ascending from the abyss but they will be visible on the [[radar]]. No soul will also appear if the [[Sandbelching Meerslug]] eats a Pikmin sprout. The fact that souls appear in the radar is particularly important during [[replay]]s, since they show players where and when Pikmin had died.
 
In general, Pikmin souls are used as icons in [[menu]]s and [[HUD]]s to represent Pikmin that have died.


In [[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin 1]], every Pikmin has a blue spirit, irrelevant of the colour of the Pikmin itself, while spirits in [[Pikmin 2]] are representative of the dead Pikmin's color. They also differ in size, most notable between those of [[Purple Pikmin|Purple]] and [[White Pikmin]]. In the [[New Play Control! Pikmin|New Play Control version]] of the first game, only the tail is blue.
==Enemies==
==Enemies==
[[File:Spirit 1.jpg|thumb|left|The soul of a recently defeated [[Dwarf Bulborb]].]]
[[Image:Spirit_1.jpg|thumb|80px|The spirit of a recently killed enemy]]
Enemy souls have a pink-purple color and look like a bubble, and leave a transparent trail behind. Two holes resembling eyes are visible near the shape's center. [[Bulbmin]] produce a smaller version of this type of soul when they die. Enemies that do not really "die" do not leave a soul when defeated: this is the case for the [[Spotty Bulbear]] and the [[Gatling Groink]], which can [[Health#Revival|revive]], and the [[Ravenous Whiskerpillar]], which seems to remain alive even after being defeated. Enemies that die while [[ultra-bitter spray|petrified]] release a soul, but these "non-dying" enemies do not.
Enemy's spirits have a pink-purple colour and look like a bubble with a more transparent "tail" trailing behind. Two holes resembling eyes are visible near the shape's centre. [[Bulbmin]] produce a smaller version of this type of spirit when they die. There is also a minor glitch involved with enemy spirits: if an enemy is killed and the camera is rotated so that the beast is no longer on-screen, the enemy spirit will not ascend until it is once again visible for the camera on-screen. In [[Pikmin 2]] these spirits make an eerie sound when ascending.


In {{p2}} these souls make an eerie sound when ascending. The sound is much deeper, and the soul is much larger for [[boss]]es. In {{p3}}, enemy souls are blue instead of purple, have small white eyes, and have a small "tail". They also burst with an audible pop after a few seconds, a trait exclusive to enemies' souls. An enemy's death in this game means that the carcass is ready to be [[Carry|carried]] – the enemy cannot be picked up until the soul is actually seen. Due to the way [[Camera#Off-camera objects|off-camera objects]] are handled, an enemy's soul will not ascend until it is once again visible on-screen.
In Pikmin 2, three enemies do not release spirits when beaten. These are the [[Gatling Groink]], [[Ravenous Whiskerpillar]] and the [[Spotty Bulbear]]. This is a suggested reason as to why the former two can regenerate health over time, and 'come back to life' after being beaten, that being that they never really die, but are just knocked out. The Ravenous Whiskerpillars will squirm about when being carried by Pikmin, but it cannot come back to life and attack [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s.
 
In {{p1}} when [[Pearly Clamclamp]] loses its soul when defeated, the creature still seems to be alive afterwards, acting like normal. This is no longer the case in {{p4}}.
 
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
{{game help|p2|Clear screenshots of every variety of Pikmin's souls.}}
<gallery>
<gallery>
Spirits P1 artwork.png|In ''Pikmin'', all souls of Pikmin are blueish white.
File:Pikminghosts.jpg|In the first Pikmin game, all spirits of Pikmin were bluish white.
P1 Pikmin spirit.png|A screenshot of a Pikmin soul in ''Pikmin''.
Spirit abyss.png|Pikmin souls in ''Pikmin 2'' from falling into any abyss. They are quite low, so they are normally hard to see.
P2 Left Behind Souls.png|Souls of several Pikmin as seen in one of the graphics in Pikmin 2's Debt/Treasure completion results.
Winged Pikmin's spirit.png|A Winged Pikmin's soul. Note the wings.
Spirits.png|A montage showing each [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]'s soul in ''Pikmin 3''.
KopPad Yellow Pikmin spirits P3.jpg|Souls as seen on the GamePad.
P2 Boss Soul.png|The soul of a boss in ''Pikmin 2''.
Enemy Spirits P3.png|Two enemy souls as they appear in ''Pikmin 3''.
P3D Skutterchuck Defeated.jpg|Close-up of an enemy soul in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe''.
Pikmin spirit texture.png|The texture used in ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'' for the Pikmin souls.
P1 enemy spirit textures.png|The textures used in ''Pikmin'' for the enemy souls.
P2 enemy spirit texture.png|The texture used in ''Pikmin 2'' for the enemy souls.
Spirits in Brawl.jpg|The appearance of Pikmin souls in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''.
PikMass1.png|A large group of Pikmin souls ascending into the air.
</gallery>
</gallery>
 
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==Trivia==
*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', Purple Pikmin do not release a soul when they die, but they do in {{ssb4}} and {{ssbu}}.
*The Pikmin souls resemble {{w|Kodama (spirit)|kodama}}, a Japanese myth about small ghosts that haunt trees.
*In ''Pikmin 4'', enemies that usually don’t leave behind souls, such as [[Man-at-Legs]] or [[Smoky Progg]], will leave a soul if defeated while [[Ice#Against enemies|frozen]].
*In ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'', cockroach souls resemble eyeless ''Pikmin 4'' enemy souls.
*According to the log of the [[Abandoned Husk]], Olimar has seen "soul-like things leaving the bodies of other creatures".
 
==See also==
*[[Health]]
*[[Pikmin extinction]]
 
==References==
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