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Artwork of the three primary Candypop Buds.

To do: Document every version of every game (GameCube and New Play Control!, Pikmin 3 and Deluxe) regarding throwing a Pikmin of the same type as the Candypop Bud, and how it counts for the limit.
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Candypop Buds (ポンガシグサ^?, lit.: "Puffed Grain Weed") are large flowers with fleshy petals and are found in all mainline Pikmin games. When Pikmin are tossed into these gigantic blossoms, they spit out new Pikmin seeds which match the color of the flower's petals. These new Pikmin are born in the leaf stage. The Candypop Buds expel the seeds after five Pikmin are thrown in, or a few seconds after the first throw; the exception being the Queen Candypop Bud, which does so after the first Pikmin is thrown.

In Pikmin, Candypops can transition up to 10 Pikmin in one load, and will wither after 50 Pikmin are thrown in. Both of these numbers were reduced to 5 in the second game, and in most cases in the third game: Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds found in the Twilight River Remix can transform up to 10 Pikmin. In Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3, using Pikmin of the same type as the flower does not count against this limit, although they will still be reverted to leaf Pikmin and planted in the ground. In Pikmin, Yellow Pikmin holding bomb-rocks will not be taken in by Candypop Buds, merely sliding off the top; the same will happen to thrown leaders in Pikmin 3. However, in Pikmin 3, if a Pikmin holding a bomb rock is thrown in a Candypop Bud, it will spring its petals upwards before wilting away, killing the Pikmin with it without leaving a soul behind.

In Pikmin 2, Candypop Buds are never found above ground and only appear in caves, where they will respawn when the cave is reentered. In some caves, Violet Candypop Buds and Ivory Candypop Buds will only appear if the player has less than a certain number of Pikmin. To unlock a Candypop Bud's entry in the Piklopedia in Pikmin 2, the player must throw at least one Pikmin inside and wait for a seed to be spat out.

In Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4 they have a different appearance, consisting of a large bucket-like cup in the middle of the flower, most likely as a "target" for leaders to aim Pikmin at. They also behave slightly differently, as they are always closed, opening only when a leader is nearby, and when they wither, their roots remain in place. Also, if two players throw Pikmin in a Candypop Bud at the same moment in Bingo Battle, the Candypop Bud will spit out seeds for both teams, depending on the number of Pikmin that were thrown in by each of them.

Types

Name	Pikmin type	Notes
Azure Candypop Bud	Ice Pikmin
Crimson Candypop Bud	Red Pikmin
Golden Candypop Bud	Yellow Pikmin
Gray Candypop Bud	Rock Pikmin
Ivory Candypop Bud	White Pikmin
Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud	Blue Pikmin
Pink Candypop Bud	Winged Pikmin
Queen Candypop Bud	Red Pikmin Yellow Pikmin Blue Pikmin	Depends on the color of the dots at the moment a Pikmin is thrown. Only one Pikmin goes in, and eight come out.
Violet Candypop Bud	Purple Pikmin

Maximum Pikmin requirement

In Pikmin 2, some Violet Candypop Buds and Ivory Candypop Buds will only appear if the player has less than 20 of the equivalent Pikmin type. If the player has 20 or more of that Pikmin type, the Candypop Bud will not spawn, and no other object will take its place. This can be seen, for instance, in the second sublevel of the Citadel of Spiders: the Violet Candypop Bud always appears in dead ends, and if the player is over the maximum Pikmin requirements, there will be an empty dead end in the sublevel.

Interestingly, only the Pikmin inside the cave and the Pikmin inside the Hocotate ship count toward this limit. This means that Pikmin sprouts in an overworld area, including the area the cave is in, will not count. The game will only check for the requirement at the start of the sublevel.

The following sublevels have Candypop Buds that do not appear if the player has 20 or more of the equivalent Pikmin type:

Violet Candypop Bud:
- Emergence Cave, sublevel 2
- Frontier Cavern, sublevel 1
- Hole of Beasts, sublevel 2
- Citadel of Spiders, sublevel 2
- Glutton's Kitchen, sublevel 2
- Shower Room, sublevel 2
Ivory Candypop Bud:
- White Flower Garden, sublevel 3
- Bulblax Kingdom, sublevel 1
- Snagret Hole, sublevel 2
- Shower Room, sublevel 1

Since the only Candypop Buds affected by this are in early sublevels, this limit likely exists to stop players from easily obtaining a large number of Purple Pikmin or White Pikmin by repeatedly entering and leaving the same cave.

Pikmin discovery requirement

In general, Candypop Buds of a specific type will not spawn unless the corresponding Pikmin type has been discovered. In Pikmin, it is possible to go to The Forest Navel and The Distant Spring without discovering Yellow Pikmin or Blue Pikmin, and this causes the Golden Candypop Buds or the Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds, respectively, to not spawn. Similarly, in Pikmin 3, Candypop Buds will not spawn if their respective type of Pikmin has not been discovered.^[1]

However, there are some exceptions in Pikmin 2. Purple Pikmin and White Pikmin are discovered after throwing Pikmin inside of a Violet Candypop Bud and an Ivory Candypop Bud, respectively. Therefore, the game must spawn Violet Candypop Buds in Emergence Cave sublevel 2 before Purple Pikmin are discovered and Ivory Candypop Buds in White Flower Garden sublevel 3 before White Pikmin are discovered. For some reason, if the player skips discovering Purple Pikmin in Emergence Cave by utilizing glitches, then other Violet Candypop Buds will still spawn.^[2] If it were possible to never encounter Red Pikmin, Crimson Candypop Buds would also still appear. On the other hand, until White Pikmin are discovered, the only Ivory Candypop Buds to spawn are the White Flower Garden sublevel 3 ones.

Relations to the Pikmin family

Olimar notes in the enemy reel that Candypop Buds could be the next step in Pikmin evolution,^[3] and in his Piklopedia notes that Candypops could be the same species.^[4] This connection is further cemented by the fact that Candypop Buds use similar sounds to the Pikmin,^[5] and the buds in Pikmin 3 use the same texture for leaves as the Pikmin do. In Pikmin 4, Onions and Flarlic are identified as part of the candypop family which all Candypop Buds belong to, further strengthening the ties with the Pikmin.

Notes

Olimar's voyage log

“When I throw Pikmin into this flower, they are popped right back out. I have named this very peculiar bloom the candypop bud. It's strange... No matter what color Pikmin I throw in, the ones that pop out match the flower's color!”

Reel notes

“Could this be the next stage in Pikmin evolution? Like the Pikmin themselves, it has many mysteries.”

Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch) reel notes

“Could this be the next step in Pikmin evolution? Like the Pikmin themselves, it has many mysteries.”

Technical information

Pikmin technical information (?)
Internal name	`pom`
HP	N/A

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			`pom`
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	99999
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	30
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.1
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.1
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0
fp06	速度	Move speed	0
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	1
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	1
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	75
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	0
fp13	視界角度	FOV	0
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	0
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	0
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	0
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	0
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	0
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	0
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	0
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	0
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	0
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	0
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	0
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	0
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	0
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	0
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	0
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	60
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	55
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	15
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	N/A
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	N/A
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	N/A
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	0
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	0
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	0
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	0
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	0
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
ip01	吸い込みピキ数(pom)	Number of Pikmin a non-Queen can convert	5
ip02	吐き出し回数(pom)	Number of times a non-Queen spits Pikmin	1
ip11	吸い込みピキ数(pop)	Number of Pikmin a Queen Candypop Bud can convert	1
ip12	吐き出し回数(pop)	Number of times a Queen spits Pikmin	1
ip13	吐き出し倍数(pop)	Number of Pikmin a Queen spits	9
fp01	開花時間	Unknown (flowering time?)	1
fp02	色換え時間	Color change interval, for Queens	2.6
fp03	白黒出現率	Unknown (Purple and White incidence?)	0

Naming

Common name: Candypop Bud. "Candypop" is the family's name.
Japanese nickname: ポンガシグサ^?, lit.: "Puffed Grain Weed".
Japanese name: ポンガシグサ^?. It is the same as the Japanese nickname.
Scientific name: Flora expellus. The genus is simply the English word "flora", while expellus is derived from the word "expel".
Internal names: The internal name in Pikmin and Pikmin 2 is pom.
Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ポンガシグサ^? Pongashi Gusa	Puffed Grain Weed
French	Fleur Cracheuse	Spitter Flower
German	Königinblumen	Queen Flower
Italian	Cromanvillea	From "bougainvillea", a genus of flowers that resemble Candypops, and the greek root "chromo" which means "color"
Korean	뻥튀기초 Ppeongtwigicho
Portuguese	Fulô-matiz	Hue flower
Spanish (NoA)	Brotes rebotadores	Sending-back sprouts

Gallery

The data file on Candypop Buds.
A misplaced Candypop Bud in teki5, showing the root.
Ivory Candypop Bud and Pikmin.jpeg

In Pikmin 3, Candypop Buds are closed, even when Pikmin are near it...
...but open up if a leader approaches.
A Gray Candypop Bud after ingesting a bomb rock.
Wilting away.jpeg

A Candypop Bud wilting.
Wilting stage 2.jpeg

Another picture of a wilting Candypop Bud.
After the Candypop Bud wilts, the leaves below it become smaller.

Trivia

In sublevel 5 of Glutton's Kitchen, a Queen Candypop Bud may fall from the ceiling. It is possible to notice that it has a green root. There are also several Candypop Buds in sublevel 6 of Bulblax Kingdom. Here, if the camera is zoomed in, and if the Candypop Bud is distant enough, the root might be visible.
In Pikmin, Candypop Buds are technically bosses. As such, approaching them will change the area's music to the battle variant.
There is an unused Candypop Bud-like object named "NamaPongashi" in Pikmin 3's files. Pikmin that are thrown in die, but new seeds do not come out.

References

^ YouTube video showing that Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds do not spawn in Tropical Wilds before Blue Pikmin are discovered
^ YouTube video about how to skip discovering Purple Pikmin in Emergence Cave, and the consequences (at 07:20)
^ “Could this be the next stage in Pikmin evolution? Like the Pikmin themselves, it has many mysteries.” – Captain Olimar in the enemy reel entry for the Candypop Buds.
^ “This specimen constantly changes colors. When Pikmin are thrown into it, it shoots out seeds that match the flower's coloration the moment the Pikmin landed inside of it. The number of seeds shot out is always greater than the number of Pikmin thrown in. It can be said that this is a completely baffling plant, and many mysteries remain over precisely what sort of relationship it has with the Pikmin. It would appear that the Pikmin gain all of the benefit from the relationship... Perhaps it is simply a different variety of Pikmin to begin with?” – Captain Olimar in Olimar's notes for the Queen Candypop Bud
^ YouTube video about sound effect trivia in the series (at 01:04)

[1] YouTube video showing that Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds do not spawn in Tropical Wilds before Blue Pikmin are discovered

[2] YouTube video about how to skip discovering Purple Pikmin in Emergence Cave, and the consequences (at 07:20)

[3] “Could this be the next stage in Pikmin evolution? Like the Pikmin themselves, it has many mysteries.” – Captain Olimar in the enemy reel entry for the Candypop Buds.

[4] “This specimen constantly changes colors. When Pikmin are thrown into it, it shoots out seeds that match the flower's coloration the moment the Pikmin landed inside of it. The number of seeds shot out is always greater than the number of Pikmin thrown in. It can be said that this is a completely baffling plant, and many mysteries remain over precisely what sort of relationship it has with the Pikmin. It would appear that the Pikmin gain all of the benefit from the relationship... Perhaps it is simply a different variety of Pikmin to begin with?” – Captain Olimar in Olimar's notes for the Queen Candypop Bud

[5] YouTube video about sound effect trivia in the series (at 01:04)

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