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[[File:S.S.DolphinPikmin.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Artwork of the completed Dolphin.]]
[[File:S.S.DolphinPikmin.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Artwork of the completed Dolphin.]]
{{stub|Have a "history" section, including ''Pikmin 3'' info. Take notes from the [[Hocotate ship]] on how to further improve this article.}}
The '''S.S. Dolphin''' ('''SS Dolphin''' in the European [[region|version]] of ''[[Pikmin 3]]''<ref>{{transcript|Curse this stupid ship! It may once have been a top-of-the-line vessel, but the way it criticises my piloting skills really gets on my nerves. I can't wait to get my beloved old SS Dolphin back! I need to find plenty of valuable treasure and pay that debt off as soon as possible!|European [[region|version]] of [[Olimar's Log (Exploration Notes)|Olimar's Log]] entry #1}}</ref>) is the delivery ship that belongs to [[Captain Olimar]] in the [[Pikmin (game)|first ''Pikmin'' game]]. It is wrecked when it collides with a comet during a flight to a vacation spot and thirty of its pieces are end up scattered around the five [[areas]] of the [[PNF-404|Pikmin planet]]; ''Pikmin'' involves the collection of these using the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]].
The '''S.S. Dolphin''' ('''SS Dolphin''' in the European [[region|version]] of ''[[Pikmin 3]]''<ref>{{transcript|Curse this stupid ship! It may once have been a top-of-the-line vessel, but the way it criticises my piloting skills really gets on my nerves. I can't wait to get my beloved old SS Dolphin back! I need to find plenty of valuable treasure and pay that debt off as soon as possible!|European [[region|version]] of [[Olimar's Log (Exploration Notes)|Olimar's Log]] entry #1}}</ref>) is the delivery ship that belongs to [[Captain Olimar]] in the [[Pikmin (game)|first ''Pikmin'' game]]. It is wrecked when it collides with a comet during a flight to a vacation spot and thirty of its pieces are end up scattered around the five [[areas]] of the [[PNF-404|Pikmin planet]]; ''Pikmin'' involves the collection of these using the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]].


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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
{{todo|Should we mention the Dolphin's involvement in ''Pikmin 3'''s plot? Isn't it too much of a spoiler?}}
*The S.S. Dolphin's name is a reference to the [[GameCube]]'s development codename, the Dolphin. It could also be a reference to a yacht named [[wikipedia:SS Delphine (1921)|SS Delphine]].
*The S.S. Dolphin's name is a reference to the [[GameCube]]'s development codename, the Dolphin. It could also be a reference to a yacht named [[wikipedia:SS Delphine (1921)|SS Delphine]].
*The two lights on the front of the ship change colors with the amount of progress Olimar has made in repairing it. The lights are off when he first crashes at [[The Impact Site]]. They are red when [[The Forest of Hope]] is accessible, yellow when [[The Forest Navel]] is accessible, green for [[The Distant Spring]], blue for [[The Final Trial]] and purple when the [[Secret Safe]] is returned.
*The two lights on the front of the ship change colors with the amount of progress Olimar has made in repairing it. The lights are off when he first crashes at [[The Impact Site]]. They are red when [[The Forest of Hope]] is accessible, yellow when [[The Forest Navel]] is accessible, green for [[The Distant Spring]], blue for [[The Final Trial]] and purple when the [[Secret Safe]] is returned.