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{{Infobox treasure
{{Infobox treasure
|treasure_name=The Key
|image=The_Key_2.png
|image=The Key.jpg
|size=180px
|size=250px
|icon=The Key icon.png
|hoard_number=196
|hoard_number=196
|series=Explorer's Friend Series
|series=Explorer's Friend Series
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|location=Citadel of Spiders
|location=Citadel of Spiders
|ntsclocation=
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|challenge=[[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)#Levels|All]]
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}}
[[File:Thumb_thekey.jpg|frame|Official art of the treasure.]]
'''The Key''' ({{j|あのカギ|Ano Kagi|The Key}}) is a [[treasure]] in {{p2}}, whose name is the only one among the treasures that describes itself exactly. It is a large, golden {{w|lock and key|key}}. The Key is found inside the body of a [[Beady Long Legs]] on the final sublevel of the [[Citadel of Spiders]]. Besides increasing the [[Poko]] total, The Key unlocks [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]], which can be found in the [[Menu#Title screen|main menu]] after the treasure has been collected. It is the only part of the [[Explorer's Friend Series]] that is not found in the [[Exploration Kit]].
'''The Key''' is a treasure in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', whose name is the only one among the treasures that describes itself exactly. It is quite obviously a large, golden [[Wikipedia:Key|key]]. The Key is found inside the body of a [[Beady Long Legs]] on the last [[Sublevel|sublevel]] of the [[Citadel of Spiders]]. Besides from increasing the [[Poko]] total, The Key also unlocks [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]], which can be found in the Main Menu after the treasure has been collected. It is the only part of the [[Explorer's Friend Series]] that is not found in the [[Exploration Kit]].


In [[Pikmin 2|''Pikmin 2's'']] [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]], this treasure is found on every sublevel of every one of the 30 levels. It is required to make the entrance to the next sublevel or the [[geyser]] appear and it is worth 100 Pokos.
In ''Pikmin 2''{{'s}} [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]], this treasure is found on every sublevel of every one of the 30 levels. It is required to make the entrance to the next sublevel or a [[geyser]] appear, and is worth 100 Pokos.


{{notes|treasure}}
{{Notes|journal=y|sale=y|ship=y}}
 
=== Olimar's journal (Nintendo Switch) ===
{{Transcript|This item came from the personal treasure hoard of a massive Pikmin-devouring spider. The whole cave was crawling with all kinds of fearsome creatures. I decided to name that eerie cave the Citadel of Spiders. The ship can't stand bugs... Whenever I ask it to store a specimen for salvage, it threatens to stage a mutiny!|block=y}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
P2 Artwork The Key.png|Artwork of The Key.
Thumb thekey.jpg|Alrernate scan of The Key's artwork.
P2 The Key Cutscene.png|The Key's discovery cutscene.
P2 The Key Location.png|The Key in the [[Citadel of Spiders]].
P2 The Key Collected.png|The Key being analyzed by the [[Hocotate ship]].
P2 The Key Treasure Hoard.png|The Key in the [[Treasure Hoard]].
The Key P2S icon.png|The Treasure Hoard icon of The Key in [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|the Nintendo Switch version of ''Pikmin 2'']].
Super Mario World Key.png|A key from ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]]''.
</gallery>


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
*The Key bears a striking resemblance to the keys in the American ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', which were guarded by Phanto masks, or the keys in ''Super Mario World'', which opened keyholes leading to secret stages.
*The Key bears a [[Reference|striking resemblance]] to the [[mariowiki:Key|keys]] in ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario World|Super Mario World]]'', which open [[mariowiki:Keyhole|keyholes]] leading to secret stages.
*In his journal entry for The Key, Olimar calls the [[Beady Long Legs]] a "Pikmin-''devouring'' spider", even though the creature cannot devour Pikmin, only crush them.
*Two [[Unused content in Pikmin 3|unused upgrades]] in ''Pikmin 3'' feature The Key on a pedestal.
 
==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=あのカギ
|JapR=Ano Kagi
|JapM=The Key
|Fra=La Clé
|FraM=The Key
|Spa=La Llave
|SpaM=The Key
|Ita=Chiave
|ItaM=Key
|Ger=Der Schlüssel
|GerM=The Key
}}


*Strangely, the description calls the Beady Long Legs a "Pikmin ''devouring'' spider!", even though they do not eat Pikmin.
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