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The '''Perplexing Pool''' ({{j|まどいの水源|Madoi no Suigen|Spring of Madness}}) is the third [[area]] in {{p2}}, set in a sandy wetland. It contains four [[cave]]s and seven overground [[treasure]]s worth a total of {{pokos|560}} in the US [[Region|version]] and {{pokos|520}} in the European version. It is unlocked by retrieving the [[Geographic Projection]] from the [[Awakening Wood]]. [[Yellow Pikmin]] are discovered in this area. Its terrain is based on [[The Distant Spring]] from {{p1}}.  
The '''Perplexing Pool''' ({{j|まどいの水源|Madoi no Suigen|Spring of Madness}}) is the third [[area]] in {{p2}}, set in a sandy wetland. It contains four [[cave]]s and seven aboveground [[treasure]]s worth a total of {{pokos|560}} in the US [[Region|version]], {{pokos|520}} in the European version, and {{pokos|490}} in the Japanese version. It is unlocked by retrieving the [[Geographic Projection]] from the [[Awakening Wood]]. [[Yellow Pikmin]] are discovered in this area. Its terrain is based on [[The Distant Spring]] from {{p1}}.  


The Perplexing Pool slowly becomes more dangerous as days pass: More enemies will appear, and ultimately, a Beady Long Legs and a Spotty Bulbear will spawn after the thirty-first day. Completing the area before this point is recommended.
The Perplexing Pool slowly becomes more dangerous as days pass: More enemies will appear, and ultimately, a Beady Long Legs and a Spotty Bulbear will spawn after the thirtieth day. Completing the area before this point is recommended, especially for more inexperienced players.


==Layout==
==Layout==
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[[File:Perplexing Pool View.png|thumb|A view of where the Yellow Pikmin are located.]]
[[File:Perplexing Pool View.png|thumb|A view of where the Yellow Pikmin are located.]]
In ''Pikmin 2'', [[Yellow Pikmin]] are discovered in this area. The player must navigate around the stumps and use the [[scales]] to get to higher elevation. Alternately, if they are skilled enough, they can throw their Pikmin onto the ledge near the bridge to the right of the large stumps, then carefully guide them to building the bridge. Any Pikmin that fall in the water can be easily whistled back. The Fiery Blowhog in the way can be bypassed. Then, the player must fight a [[Fiery Bulblax]] with [[Red Pikmin]]. After killing the Fiery Bulblax, [[White Pikmin]] must break down a bramble gate with poison pipes inside. The Yellow Pikmin are on the other side of this gate.
In ''Pikmin 2'', [[Yellow Pikmin]] are discovered in this area. The player must navigate around the stumps and use the [[scales]] to get to higher elevation. Alternately, if they are skilled enough, they can throw their Pikmin onto the ledge near the bridge to the right of the large stumps, then carefully guide them to building the bridge. Any Pikmin that fall in the water can be easily whistled back. The Fiery Blowhog in the way can be bypassed. Then, the player must fight a [[Fiery Bulblax]] with [[Red Pikmin]]. After killing the Fiery Bulblax, [[White Pikmin]] must break down a bramble gate with poison pipes inside. The Yellow Pikmin are on the other side of this gate.
{{clear}}


==Caves==
==Caves==
*[[Citadel of Spiders]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
*[[Glutton's Kitchen]]
!Image
*[[Shower Room]]
!Name
*[[Submerged Castle]]
!Sublevels
![[Treasure]]s
![[Hazard]]s
|-
|[[File:P2 Citadel of Spiders Sublevel 2.png|100px]]
|[[Citadel of Spiders]]
|5
|11
|{{fire}} {{electricity}}
|-
|[[File:Glutton's Kitchen.jpg|100px]]
|[[Glutton's Kitchen]]
|6
|14
|{{electricity}}
|-
|[[File:Shower Room sublevel 3.jpg|100px]]
|[[Shower Room]]
|7
|14
|{{fire}} {{water}} {{electricity}} {{poison}} {{explosion}}
|-
|[[File:Submerged Castle sublevel 4.jpg|100px]]
|[[Submerged Castle]]
|5
|13
|{{fire}} {{water}} {{electricity}} {{poison}} {{explosion}}
|}


==Objects==
==Objects==
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*{{icon|Gherkin Gate|y}} (US and Europe) / {{icon|Idea Assistant|y}} (Japan)
*{{icon|Gherkin Gate|y}} (US and Europe) / {{icon|Idea Assistant|y}} (Japan)
*{{icon|Impediment Scourge|y}} (US and Europe) / {{icon|Lightning Bolt|y}} (Japan)
*{{icon|Impediment Scourge|y}} (US and Europe) / {{icon|Lightning Bolt|y}} (Japan)
*{{icon|Aquatic Mine|y}} (inside the Yellow Wollyhop
*{{icon|Aquatic Mine|y}} (inside the Toady Bloyster)
*{{icon|Fortified Delicacy|y}}
*{{icon|Fortified Delicacy|y}}
*{{icon|Onion Replica|y}}
*{{icon|Onion Replica|y}}
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===Enemies===
===Enemies===
{{columns|2|
{{columns|2|
*{{icon|Beady Long Legs|y}} × 1 (starting day 31, and respawns on days ending in 1 when killed)
*{{icon|Dwarf Bulbear|y}} × 6 (2 appear on day 11 by [[Citadel of Spiders]], 2 more appear on day 21 by the [[Fiery Bulblax]], 2 appear on day 31 with the previous 4)
*{{icon|Fiery Blowhog|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Fiery Bulblax|y}} × 1 (disappears on day 31 or after being defeated)
*{{icon|Hermit Crawmad|y}} × 2
*{{icon|Honeywisp|y}} × 2
*{{icon|Mitite|y}} (randomly come out of [[egg]]s)
*{{icon|Ravenous Whiskerpillar|y}} × 3
*{{icon|Toady Bloyster|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Toady Bloyster|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Shearwig|y}} × 11 (3 appear on day 11, replacing a Yellow Wollyhop)
*{{icon|Shearwig|y}} × 11 (3 appear on day 11, replacing a Yellow Wollyhop)
*{{icon|Skitter Leaf|y}} × 11
*{{icon|Skitter Leaf|y}} × 5
*{{icon|Wolpole|y}} × 5 (Respawn after being defeated; near [[Shower Room]] entrance)
*{{icon|Spotty Bulbear|y}} × 1 (starting day 31, and respawns on days ending in 1 when killed)
*{{icon|Withering Blowhog|y}} × 7
*{{icon|Swooping Snitchbug|y}} × 2
*{{icon|Fiery Blowhog|y}} × ?
*{{icon|Water Dumple|y}} × 7
*{{icon|Fiery Bulblax|y}} × none (disappears on day 31 or after being defeated; by the poison wall)
*{{icon|Withering Blowhog|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Spotty Bulbear|y}} × 8 (starting day 31, and respawns on days ending in 1 when killed)
*{{icon|Wolpole|y}} × 5 (disappear on day 31 or after being defeated)
*{{icon|Dwarf Bulbear|y}} × 2 (2 appear on day 11 by [[Citadel of Spiders]], 1 more appear on day 21 by the [[Fiery Bulblax]], 2 appear on day 31 with the previous 4)
*{{icon|Yellow Wollyhop|y}} × 6 (one of which is replaced by a trio of Shearwigs on day 11)
*{{icon|Yellow Wollyhop|y}} × 6 (one of which is replaced by a trio of Shearwigs on day 11)
*{{icon|Water Dumple|y}} Respawns on day 24 & 3 spawns near the Hermit Crawmads
*{{icon|Swooping Snitchbug|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Beady Long Legs|y}} × ? (starting day 31, near the Toady Bloyster (note that Pikmin will [[carry]] items over the area where it appears), and respawns on days ending in 1 when killed)
*{{icon|Ravenous Whiskerpillar|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Hermit Crawmad|y}} 1 spawns near the Yellow Wollyhop
*{{icon|Honeywisp|y}} × 2
*{{icon|Mitite|y}} (randomly come out of the Beady Longlegs
}}
}}


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===Obstacles===
===Obstacles===
{{columns|2|
{{columns|2|
*{{icon|Black bramble gate|y}} × 3
*{{icon|Black bramble gate|y}} × 2 (both gates have 126,000 HP each)
*{{icon|Burgeoning Spiderwort mold|y}} × 1 (grows over the two ultra-bitter Burgeoning Spiderworts)
*{{icon|Burgeoning Spiderwort mold|y}} × 1 (grows over the pair of ultra-bitter berry bearing Burgeoning Spiderworts)
*{{icon|Clog|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Clog|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Electric gate|y|v=P2}} × 2
*{{icon|Electric gate|y|v=P2}} × 3 (all three gates each have 48,000 HP)
*{{icon|Poison black bramble gate|y}} × 1
*{{icon|Poison white bramble gate|y}} × 1 (has 30,000 HP)
}}
}}


===Tools===
===Tools===
*{{icon|Bridge|y|v=P1}} × 2
*{{icon|Bridge|y|v=P1}} × 3 (all three are long bridges)
*{{icon|Seesaw blocks|n=Seesaw block|y|v=P2}} sets × 3


===Others===
===Others===
*{{icon|Egg|y}} × 9 (3 fall from the sky only on day 4 near Beady Long Legs's location, 3 appear between [[Citadel of Spiders]] and the Yellow Pikmin spot on days 11-30, and the other 3 are always by [[Glutton's Kitchen]])
*{{icon|Egg|y}} × 8 (3 fall from the sky only on day 4 near Beady Long Legs's location, 2 appear between [[Citadel of Spiders]] and the Yellow Pikmin spot on days 11-30, and the other 3 are always by [[Glutton's Kitchen]])
*[[Rubble]] × 2
*[[Rubble]] × 2


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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:03 Site Perplexing Pool.png|The landing site.
03 Site Perplexing Pool.png|The landing site.
File:PP boss.png|The [[Beady Long Legs]] and [[Spotty Bulbear]] near the landing site.
PP boss.png|The [[Beady Long Legs]] and [[Spotty Bulbear]] near the landing site.
File:PP spiderwort.png|Part of the western path with a [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] in the distance.
PP spiderwort.png|Part of the western path with a [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] in the distance.
File:PP stumps.png|A pair of stumps on the western part of the area.
PP stumps.png|A pair of stumps on the western part of the area.
File:PP yellows.jpg|The area where [[Yellow Pikmin]] are first found.
PerplexingPoolYellowOnionGround.jpg|The area where [[Yellow Pikmin]] are first found.
File:PP glutton's kitchen.png|The entrance to the [[Glutton's Kitchen]].
PP glutton's kitchen.png|The entrance to the [[Glutton's Kitchen]].
File:PP northwest.png|The northwestern corner of the area.
PP northwest.png|The northwestern corner of the area.
File:PP northeast.png|The northeastern corner of the area.
PP northeast.png|The northeastern corner of the area.
File:PP maze.png|The maze at the east with some Burgeoning Spiderworts.
PP maze.png|The maze at the east with some Burgeoning Spiderworts.
File:PP bloysters.png|The area with the [[Toady Bloyster]].
PP bloysters.png|The area with the [[Toady Bloyster]].
File:PP shower room.png|The entrance to the [[Shower Room]].
PP shower room.png|The entrance to the [[Shower Room]].
File:PP tube.png|A tube that separates the western and southwestern areas.
PP tube.png|A tube that separates the western and southwestern areas.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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<gallery>
<gallery>
Perplexing Pool.png|In the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]], the layout of the Perplexing Pool is slightly different.
Perplexing Pool.png|In the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]], the layout of the Perplexing Pool is slightly different.
Pikmin 2 Perplexing Pool Wire-frame.png|A wire-frame version of the Perplexing Pool that can be found in the background of the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] and [[Treasure Hoard]] menus. Seems to depict an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|early version]] of the area.
Pikmin 2 Perplexing Pool Wire-frame.png|Texture of a wireframe depicting an early version of the Perplexing Pool, used as a part of the Piklopedia and [[Treasure Hoard]]'s backgrounds.{{class|blackbg}}
File:Madoi snap.jpg|Official overhead map.
Madoi snap.jpg|Official overhead map.
File:Perplexing Pool HD.jpg|High definition overhead map, taken with in-game screenshots.
Perplexing Pool HD.jpg|High definition overhead map, taken with in-game screenshots.
File:PP paths.png|[[Carrying]] paths on the Perplexing Pool.
Perplexing Pool Full.png|Overhead view of the full area model, including non-playable sections.
File:Early Perplexing Pool.jpg|[[Wolpole]]s, [[Captain Olimar]], [[Louie]], and [[Blue Pikmin]] in an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|early version]] of the Perplexing Pool. The [[Shower Room]] can be seen ahead. Also note the [[Male Sheargrub]], which never appears in the final version of the level.
PP paths.png|[[Carrying]] paths in the Perplexing Pool.
File:Early Perplexing Pool 2.jpg|A different image of the early Perplexing Pool.
Early Perplexing Pool.jpg|[[Wolpole]]s, [[Captain Olimar]], [[Louie]], and [[Blue Pikmin]] in an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|early version]] of the Perplexing Pool. The [[Shower Room]] can be seen ahead. Also note the [[Male Sheargrub]], which never appears in the final version of the level.
File:Pikmin 2 perplexing pool.gif|A map of the Perplexing Pool.
Early Perplexing Pool 2.jpg|A different image of the early Perplexing Pool.
File:Makeup of Perplexing Pool.png|The pattern for [[The Distant Spring]] laid on a map of the Perplexing Pool.
Pikmin 2 perplexing pool.gif|A map of the Perplexing Pool.
File:PP texture.png|The texture used for the [[radar]].
Makeup of Perplexing Pool.png|The radar map of [[The Distant Spring]] laid over an overhead map of the Perplexing Pool.
PP texture.png|The texture used for the [[radar]].
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The section of the map where Yellow Pikmin are first found has three circles of dappled light on the ground, tinted red, yellow, and blue. This section was originally the landing site of the map as seen in [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information#January 2004 Japanese Demo Disk|an early trailer]] and the Onions would respectively be located on the same spots as these circles.
*The section of the map where Yellow Pikmin are first found has three circles of dappled light on the ground, tinted red, yellow, and blue. This section was originally the landing site of the map as seen in [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information#January 2004 Japanese Demo Disk|an early trailer]] and the Onions would respectively be located on the same spots as these circles.
*Every cave in the Perplexing Pool represents some part of a house:
**The Citadel of Spiders is the house foundation,
**The Glutton's Kitchen is the living spaces,
**The Shower Room is the bathroom,
**The Submerged Castle is the piping.
*The Perplexing Pool was originally going to be called "The Perplexing Spring".{{cite web|https://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2/Early_English_Script#Names|Pikmin 2/Early English Script|The Cutting Room Floor}}
*The Perplexing Pool was originally going to be called "The Perplexing Spring".{{cite web|https://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2/Early_English_Script#Names|Pikmin 2/Early English Script|The Cutting Room Floor}}
*While walking through the area, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPj1tX41L8 bear cicadas], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq07ZYZRUDQ nii-nii cicadas], and {{w|Hyalessa_maculaticollis|min-min cicada}} calls can be heard. In the evening, they are replaced with {{w|Tanna japonensis|evening cicadas}}.
*While walking through the area, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVPj1tX41L8 bear cicadas], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq07ZYZRUDQ nii-nii cicadas], and {{w|Hyalessa_maculaticollis|min-min cicada}} calls can be heard. In the evening, they are replaced with {{w|Tanna japonensis|evening cicadas}}.{{cite youtube|nCbOGNLkQQs|showing cicadas native to Japan that can be heard in the level}}
*If the Perplexing Pool is visited on the fourth day - the earliest possible day it can be unlocked - a trio of [[eggs]] can be seen falling from the sky if a Leader or Pikmin wander near the [[Beady Long Legs]]'s spawn point. This is the only case in the overworld where an object (other than the aforementioned Beady Long Legs) can fall from the sky, since all other objects that fall do so in caves. If one opens the game files to look at the definition that creates those eggs, they can find a comment reading {{j|ハテナタマゴ3I|Hatenatamago 3 I|Question egg 3I}}.
*If the Perplexing Pool is visited on the fourth day - the earliest possible day it can be unlocked - a trio of [[eggs]] can be seen falling from the sky if a Leader or Pikmin wander near the [[Beady Long Legs]]'s spawn point. This is the only case in the overworld where an object (other than the aforementioned Beady Long Legs) can fall from the sky, since all other objects that fall do so in caves. If one opens the game files to look at the definition that creates those eggs, they can find a comment reading {{j|ハテナタマゴ3I|Hatenatamago 3 I|Question egg 3I}}.


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|SpaE=El Arroyo Desconcertante (GameCube version)<br>Arroyo Desconcertante (Wii and Switch version)
|SpaE=El Arroyo Desconcertante (GameCube version)<br>Arroyo Desconcertante (Wii and Switch version)
|SpaEM=The Disconcerting Stream<br>Disconcerting Stream  
|SpaEM=The Disconcerting Stream<br>Disconcerting Stream  
|ChiTrad=圍聚水源
}}
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