Bouncy Mushroom

Bouncy Mushroom
A Bouncy Mushroom in Pikmin 3.
Appears in	Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4, Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Areas	Tropical Wilds, Distant Tundra, Twilight River, Blossoming Arcadia (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale), Primordial Thicket, Mushroom Valley, Glowing Bloom Pond, The Burning Sky, Scorched Earth, Sizzling Precipice, Secret Spot, Sparklium Springs
Caves	Below-Grade Discotheque, Dream Home, Cavern for a King
Collect treasure! levels	Tropical Forest Remix, Fortress of Festivity, Clockwork Chasm
Battle enemies! levels	Tropical Wilds Remix, Distant Tundra Remix, Fortress of Festivity
Side Story levels	None
Dandori Challenge levels	Cliff-Hanger's Hold, Trial of the Sage Leaf
Bingo Battle levels	None
Dandori Battle levels	None

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Bouncy Mushrooms are special fungi in Pikmin 3, Pikmin 4, and Hey! Pikmin. They are large, flat, red mushrooms, and Pikmin and leaders can land on their tops; when they do so, they bounce up onto a pre-determined spot, even if it is another mushroom in a chain. For the majority of the mushrooms, a leader has to throw the Pikmin or other leaders onto the mushroom, but a few of them can be accessed by falling from above. The leader or Pikmin will always get launched as long as they touch its top, regardless of where they touch or whether they fell on it or got thrown.

Locations

Pikmin 3

Story

Distant Tundra

• One near the pile of 30 blue fragments near the landing site.
• One near the pile of 20 brown fragments (later a Burgeoning Spiderwort) near the Yellow Onion discovery site.
• One near the paper bag leading to the Vehemoth Phosbat's arena; the mushroom itself leads to the buried Dodge Whistle.
• A chain of two behind the outside area with three Pyroclasmic Slooches, leading to a raised platform with two Bearded Amprats.

Tropical Wilds

• One is used to access one seesaw block of a pair. Only Yellow Pikmin can reach it.

Twilight River

• One is found in the water, at the end of the longer lily pad path.

Mission Mode

Clockwork Chasm (Collect Treasure!)

• One at the end of the conveyor belt at which the leaders start; during the countdown they are conveyed away from it. This bouncy mushroom merely bounces one back to the SPERO.

Distant Tundra Remix

All Bouncy Mushrooms are in the same locations as the Distant Tundra in the story, except for the chain of two at the edge of the area. Instead, there is a chain of three between the overturned plant pot and the ledge containing two Pyroclasmic Slooches.

Fortress of Festivity (both Collect Treasure! and Battle Enemies!)

• A chain of two leading from a geyser on a red gift box to the slide around the Christmas tree.
• A chain of three leading from the white cake to a raised blue gift box.

Tropical Forest Remix

• One next to the incomplete bridge, useful for exchanging Pikmin types between leaders before the bridge is completed.

Tropical Wilds Remix

• One in the water next to the Blue Onion.
• One in the water between the Burrowing Snagret's area and the shore near the Swooping Snitchbug.

Pikmin 4

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Hey! Pikmin. Particularly: List all the areas this obstacle can be found.

Hey! Pikmin

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Hey! Pikmin. Particularly: List all the areas this obstacle can be found.

• Brilliant Garden:
  • Mushroom Valley
• Verdant Waterfront:
• Sparkling Labyrinth:
  • The Burning Sky
• Ravaged Rustworks:
• Leafswirl Lagoon:
• Sweltering Parchlands:
  • Scorched Earth
• Snowfall Field:
• Lushlife Murk:

Gallery

Pikmin 3

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  The Bouncy Mushroom in the Tropical Wilds.

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  The Bouncy Mushroom in the Tropical Wilds and the seesaw block it bounces Pikmin to.

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  A Bouncy Mushroom in the Distant Tundra from ground level.

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  A Bouncy Mushroom in the Distant Tundra viewed from the side

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  A Bouncy Mushroom in the Distant Tundra viewed from a low angle.

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  A Bouncy Mushroom in the Distant Tundra viewed from a high angle.

Pikmin 4

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  Several Bouncy Mushrooms in Dream Home.

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  Bouncy Mushrooms in Below-Grade Discotheque.

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  A large group of Bouncy Mushrooms in Primordial Thicket.

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  A smaller group of Bouncy Mushrooms in Primordial Thicket.

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  A Bouncy Mushroom near the entrance to Dream Home.

Hey! Pikmin

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  Several Bouncy Mushrooms in the Mushroom Valley.

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  A large swinging Bouncy Mushroom in the Mushroom Valley.

Trivia

• If one presses while a Pikmin Short Movie is playing, the Bouncy Mushroom sound will play.

Name in other languages

The following article or section needs help from someone who can translate Japanese text.

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ピョンピョンダケ (Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4) Pyon Pyon Dake ジャンプキノコ (Hey! Pikmin) Janpu Kinoko?	Bouncy Mushroom Jump Mushroom
German	Trampolin-Pilz	Trampoline mushroom
Italian	Fungo elastico	Elastic mushroom
Spanish (NoE)	Hongo trampolín	Trampoline mushroom

See also

• Bloominous Stemple
• Geyser