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When plucking a Seedling or when a Pikmin receives its Decor, a short discovery animation will play, based on the Pikmin's type and the decor it's wearing. The animation can be replayed by going into the Pikmin viewer menu, selecting a Pikmin to see its information, and tapping on the Pikmin.

Standard Pikmin

Standard Pikmin
             
  • Red Pikmin: Jumps and waves its left hand.
  • Yellow Pikmin: Leans forward and stretches backward with its eyes closed.
  • Blue Pikmin: Does a quick upward stretch with its eyes closed.
  • White Pikmin: Leans forward and shakes its head from side to side.
  • Purple Pikmin: Stamps its right foot on the ground.
  • Rock Pikmin: Stamps its right foot on the ground, faster than the Purple Pikmin.
  • Winged Pikmin: Flies in a vertical loop and shakes its head.

Restaurant

Chef Hat
             
Chef Hat (Rare)
     

Looks up at its chef hat and holds its head.

Cafe

Coffee Cup
             

Quickly hides in its cup, except the Winged Pikmin which tries to get out of the cup.

The designs of the cups are based on enemies from other Pikmin games.

  • The Red Pikmin has a white cup with a brown stripe, like a Mamuta.
  • The Yellow Pikmin has a red cup with white spots, like a Bulborb.
  • The Blue Pikmin has a black cup with yellow lines, like a Pyroclasmic Slooch.
  • The White Pikmin has a yellow cup with green spots and a green base, like a Yellow Wollyhop.
  • The Purple Pikmin has a cup with purple and grey stripes and a red handle, like a Fiery Blowhog.
  • The Rock Pikmin has a white cup with brown spots, like a Whiptongue Bulborb.
  • The Winged Pikmin has a cup with purple and blue stripes, like a Puffy Blowhog.

Sweetshop

Macaron
             

Spins around like a ballet dancer.

The designs of the macarons are referenced in Pikmin 4, where they appear as treasures.

Donut
             
  • Red, Yellow, and Blue: Spins the donut around its waist like a hula hoop.
  • White: Jumps and the donut gets stuck on its stem.
  • Purple: Falls over and spins in a circle.
  • Rock: Poses and the donut falls over its eyes, and it pushes it back up.
  • Winged: Flies around and spins.

Movie Theater

Popcorn Snack
             
  • Blue, White and Winged: A piece of popcorn falls off and the Pikmin picks it up again.
  • Red, Yellow, Purple and Rock: Moves the 3D Glasses.

Pharmacy

Toothbrush
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Winged, and Rock: Swings its tool out as a weapon.
  • Purple: Hides behind its tool like a shield.

Zoo

Dandelion
             

Roars, pretending to be a lion.

Forest

Stag Beetle
             

Waves, and then notices that the pinchers of the beetle "wave" as well. The Pikmin then unsuccessfully tries to get the pinchers to "wave" again.

Acorn
             

Takes a bow. Red, Yellow, Blue, and White Pikmin fall over because of the weight of the acorn.

Waterside

Fishing Lure
             

Pushes the lure up slightly.

Post Office

Stamp
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Winged, and Purple: Tries to peel off the postage stamps.
  • Rock: Spins to show off all of their stamps.

Art Gallery

Picture Frame
             
  • Red, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.
  • White: Pulls frame off and looks through the hole.

Airport

Toy Airplane
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Purple, and Rock: Runs around, pretending they are flying.
  • Winged: Flies around.

Station

Paper Train
             
  • Red, White, Purple, and Rock: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.
  • Winged: Does a flip mid-air.
Ticket
             

Poses and their ticket falls, then sticks the ticket back on.

Beach

Shell
             

All use the standard animation.

Burger Place

Burger
             
  • Red, White, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Hides in their costume – fries for Yellow, and a cup for Blue.

Corner Store

Bottle Cap
             

Shake the caps and their stems.

Snack
             

Jumps, causing a snack to fall out, then tosses the snack back with their stem.

Supermarket

Mushroom
             
  • Red, White, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.
Banana
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue and White: Takes a bow then falls over because at the weight of the banana.
  • Purple: Sticker falls of, catching it and puts it back on.
  • Rock and Winged: Takes a bow, then looks up and begins to shake the head.

The sections of banana that each of the banana-wearing Supermarket Decor Pikmin fit together.

The banana Decor are referenced in Pikmin 4, as the Slapstick Crescent (a banana treasure) in that game that has the same sticker on it.

Bakery

Baguette
             

All use the standard animation.

Hair Salon

Scissors
             

All use the standard animation.

Clothes Store

Hair Tie
             

All use the standard animation.

Park

Clover
             
  • Red, White, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.
Four-Leaf Clover
             
  • Red, Blue, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Notices the four-leaf clover and shakes their head.
  • Yellow: A ladybug falls off their clover and they watch it climb back on.
  • White: A ladybug crawls off their clover and around them and they spin trying to see it.


Library/Bookstore

Tiny Book
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, and White: Lays down and uses their book like a tent.
  • Purple: Spins around to try and look at their book.
  • Rock: Spins the book around on its stem.
  • Winged: Reads the book.

Roadside

Green Sticker
             
Blue Sticker
             
Orange Sticker
             
  • Red, White, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.
Coin
             
  • Red: Spins the coin on its stem.
  • Yellow: Takes the coin and spin it on the ground, then sticks it back on its head.
  • Blue: Tosses and spins the coin in the air.
  • White: Shakes its head, and the coin falls down, stick the coin to its head again.
  • Purple: Coin falls down, stick the coin to its head again.
  • Rock: Coin falls off and spins around, then tosses the coin in the air and stick it to its body.
  • Winged: Flies around and tosses the coin in the air.

Sushi Restaurant

Sushi
             
  • Red and Blue: Jumps and rice falls down, then they pick it back up.
  • Yellow: Messes around with the seaweed.
  • White: Shakes their stem and jumps. A caviar falls out, and they kick it back up.
  • Purple: Tries to stomp but falls over on the side. Rolls to its back and jumps back up.
  • Rock: Jumps up and down inside the cup.
  • Winged: Flies up and down, like it's swimming.

Mountain

Mountain Pin Badge
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Stadium

Ball Keychain
     

Jumps and the ball bounces.

Rainy Day

Leaf Hat
     
  • Leaf Hat 1: Checks the leaf and then stretches it.
  • Leaf Hat 2: Looks up at the leaf and shakes its head.
  • Leaf Hat 3: Looks up and bows down to shake its stem.

Snowy Day

Snow
   
  • Blue: Snow falls off its head and melts, and the Pikmin is shocked. A new snowball falls from the sky and lands on its head.
  • White: Waves with stick hands.

Theme Park

Ferris Wheel
     
Pirate Ship
     

Drops the ticket, goes behind it to show it and then goes back to stick it on again.

Bus Stop

Bus Papercraft
             

Runs around like they are driving the bus.

Italian Restaurant

Pizza
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, and Rock: Notices their slice of pizza is melting and shakes it.
  • White: Jumps and causes a basil leaf to fall off, so they flick it back on with their stem.
  • Purple: Shakes and then does their standard animation.
  • Winged: Flies around and catches basil leaves that fell off.

Ramen Restaurant

Ramen Keychain
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, White, Purple, and Rock: Spins around on the floor with their bowl.
  • Winged: Flies around and spins.

Bridge

Bridge Pin Badge
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Shows off their badge.

Hotel

Hotel
             
  • Yellow and Blue: Shakes their keys.
  • Red: Shakes their keys and falls over.
  • White, Purple, and Rock: Jumps backwards and uses their soap containers as a cushion.
  • Winged: Flies around and flips mid-air.

Makeup Store

Makeup
             
  • Red and White: Takes off lipstick and spins it in and out.
  • Yellow and Rock: Spins around and the lid to the palette bounces open.
  • Blue: Sits on its container of nail polish.
  • Purple: Jumps backwards and lands on its powder puff.
  • Winged: Flies in the air and swings their nail polish back and forth.

Shrines and Temples

Fortune Reveal
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Fortune (All Rarities)
             

All 5 rarities for each type of Fortune Decor Pikmin have the same animation, and a unique animation when the Pikmin receives its costume. The only difference between each rarities costume is the character that appears on the paper, and the amount of flowers.

  • Red, Yellow, Blue, and Purple: Shakes and flips the paper.
  • White: Shakes the paper and it falls, then sticks the paper back to its head.
  • Rock: Flips the paper.
  • Winged: Flies around with the paper.

Appliances Store

Battery
           
  • Large Battery: Puts the battery down and jumps up, sitting on the top of the battery while dancing. Jumps down and sticks it on again.
  • Small Battery: One battery falls off, they turn around to see it. Jumps on their back to get the battery back.
Fairy Lights
   

Causes their lights to flicker slightly.

Curry Restaurant

Curry Bowl
File:PB Red Pikmin Curry Bowl.gif       File:PB Purple Pikmin Curry Bowl.gif   File:PB Winged Pikmin Curry Bowl.gif

Shows off their curry.

Mario Hat

Mario Hat
 

Jumps into the air like Mario.

Lunar New Year Ornaments

Lunar New Year Ornament: Red
             
Lunar New Year Ornament: Gold
             
  • Red, Yellow, and Blue: Turns around and shows off the character on the back of the ornament:
  • White: Shakes their ornament.
  • Purple and Rock: Spins their ornament around with their stem.
  • Winged: Spins around in the air until their ornament faces forwards again.

Chess Pieces

Chess Piece (White)
             
Chess Piece (Black)
             
  • Red and White: Bows their head.
  • Yellow, Blue, Purple, and Rock: Poses with their chess piece.
  • Winged: Bows their head and then flips mid-air.

Fingerboard

Fingerboard
             
  • Red: Jumps on their fingerboard and crashes.
  • Yellow: Jumps on their fingerboard and pretends to skate.
  • Blue: Lays down backwards on their fingerboard.
  • White: Spins in the air and lands on their fingerboard.
  • Purple: Sits down on their fingerboard and flips it before sticking it back on their head.
  • Rock: Dives forward with their fingerboard and rolls across the floor.
  • Winged: Flies around while riding on their fingerboard.

Flower Card 2023

Flower Card (Red Pikmin)
           
Flower Card (Yellow Pikmin)
           
Flower Card (Blue Pikmin)
           
Flower Card (Purple Pikmin)
           

Shows off their card.

Flower Card 2024

Flower Card (Red Pikmin)
   
Flower Card (Yellow Pikmin)
   
Flower Card (Blue Pikmin)
   
Flower Card (Purple Pikmin)
   
Flower Card (White Pikmin)
   
Flower Card (Rock Pikmin)
   
Flower Card (Winged Pikmin)
   

Shows off their card.

Jack-o'-lantern

Jack-o'-lantern
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue, and White: Shakes their Jack-o'-lantern.
  • Purple: Poses and shakes their Jack-o'-lantern.
  • Rock: Jumps, shakes, and hiders in their Jack-o'-lantern.
  • Winged: Flies around while slightly shaking their Jack-o'-lantern.

Halloween Treat

Halloween Treat
             
  • Red and Yellow: Jumps around.
  • Blue: Shakes their lollipop.
  • White: Spins with their candy.
  • Purple: Hides in their cupcake.
  • Rock: Spins around in their cupcake.
  • Winged: Flies in the air and swings their lollipop back and forth.

First Anniversary Snack

First Anniversary Snack
             

Jumps, causing a snack to fall out, then tosses the snack back with their stem.

Koppaite Space Suit

Koppaite Space Suit
     

They unsuccessfully try to pull off their helmet.

  • The Red Pikmin is wearing Brittany's helmet, with her glasses on it as well.
  • The Yellow Pikmin is wearing Captain Charlie's helmet.
  • The Blue Pikmin is wearing Alph's helmet.

Mitten

Mitten
             
  • Red: Pulls on the mitten and jumps.
  • Yellow: Shakes the mitten around.
  • Blue: Pulls the mitten over their head and shakes it around slowly.
  • White: They shiver and spin around.
  • Purple: Spins around a string from the mitten.
  • Rock: Spins around and looks at their mitten.
  • Winged: Flies up and shakes the mitten.

2023 Glasses

2023 Glasses
             
  • Red, Blue, and Rock: Takes off and puts their glasses back on.
  • Yellow: Shakes their glasses around.
  • White: Jumps and spins their glasses around their head.
  • Purple: Looks around while holding their glasses up.
  • Winged: Flies up and down excitedly.

2024 Glasses

2024 Glasses
             
  • Red, Blue, and Rock: Takes off and puts their glasses back on.
  • Yellow: Shakes their glasses around.
  • White: Jumps and spins their glasses around their head.
  • Purple: Looks around while holding their glasses up.
  • Winged: Flies up and down excitedly.

Valentine Sticker

Valentine Sticker
             

They shake their sticker. The animation is the same for both years.

Reverse Valentine's Day Sticker

Reverse Valentine's Day Sticker
     

They shake their sticker.

Present Sticker (Gold)

Present Sticker (Gold)
       

They shake their sticker. The animation is the same for all events.

Easter Egg

Easter Egg
             
  • Red: Takes a bow and spins the eggshell on their head.
  • Yellow: Rocks around the floor in their eggshell.
  • Blue: Spins the eggshell on their head.
  • White: Spins around in the eggshell.
  • Purple: Stomps on the ground and readjusts their eggshell.
  • Rock: Jumps and the eggshell falls over their eyes. They pull it back up.
  • Winged: Flies around the air and spins.

The Winged Pikmin has an egg with purple and blue stripes, like the Puffy Blowhog.

Bunny Egg

Bunny Egg
             
  • Red: Takes a bow and spins the eggshell on their head.
  • Yellow: Rocks around the floor in their eggshell.
  • Blue: Spins the eggshell on their head.
  • White: Spins around in the eggshell.
  • Purple: Stomps on the ground and readjusts their eggshell.
  • Rock: Jumps and the eggshell falls over their eyes. They pull it back up.
  • Winged: Flies around the air and spins.

Sneaker Keychain

Sneaker Keychain
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue and White: Jumps around in the sneaker.
  • Purple: Moves a flap from their eyes while posing.
  • Rock: Notices the strings on their sneaker shake, and they jump around and shake it again.
  • Winged: Flies around the air in their sneaker.

Pikmin 4 Spaceships

Pikmin 4 Spaceship
             
  • Yellow, White, and Rock: Runs around and jumps.
  • Red and Blue: Jumps high into the air.
  • Purple: Jumps high into the air and falls over.
  • Winged: Flies around in their spaceship.

Mahjong Tile

Mahjong Tile 1
             

Shows off their tile.

Mahjong Tile 2
             

Shows off their tile.

Mahjong Tile 3
           

Shows off their tile.

Ice Cream: Classic

Ice Cream
             
  • Red: Shakes its head and tastes the ice cream and then shivers slightly.
  • Yellow: Starts shivering and jumps around to warm back up.
  • Blue: Tastes the ice cream and eats a lot more.
  • White: Shakes its head then falls over because of the weight.
  • Purple: Stomps on the ground and causes their scoop of ice cream to fall, then they pull it back up.
  • Rock: Shakes and hides in their ice cream.
  • Winged: Shivers and does flips mid-air.

Ice Cream: 2024 Flavor

Ice Cream
             
  • Red: Shakes its head and tastes the ice cream and then shivers slightly.
  • Yellow: Starts shivering and jumps around to warm back up.
  • Blue: Tastes the ice cream and eats a lot more.
  • White: Shakes its head then falls over because of the weight.
  • Purple: Stomps on the ground and causes their scoop of ice cream to fall, then they pull it back up.
  • Rock: Shakes and hides in their ice cream.
  • Winged: Shivers and does flips mid-air.


Puzzles

 
The loading screen.
Puzzle: 2021 Fall Memories
             
 
The loading screen.
Puzzle: 2022 Summer Memories
             
  • Red, Yellow, Blue and White: Takes the puzzle piece down to show it off.
  • Purple: Tosses and spins the puzzle piece in the air.
  • Rock: Tries to reach the puzzle piece on their stem and spins around to show the puzzle piece on their back.
  • Winged: Tosses the puzzle piece into the air and balances it on their head while flying around.

The puzzle pieces from both sets are parts of previous loading screens.

Spring Sticker

Spring Sticker
             
  • Red, White, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.

Summer Sticker

Summer Sticker
             
  • Red, White, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.

Winter Sticker

Winter Sticker
             
  • Red, White, Purple, Rock, and Winged: Standard animation.
  • Yellow and Blue: Copies the Red Pikmin's standard animation and waves.

Playing Card

Playing Card 1
             
Playing Card 2
             

Shows off their card.

Cheese

Cheese
             
  • Red and Blue: Walks around in a circle.
  • Yellow: Jumps in the air and looks side to side after landing.
  • White: Jumps in the air and shakes their cheese and basil leaf.
  • Purple: Lays down on their side and shakes their feet.
  • Rock: Adjusts their cheese and shakes it slightly.
  • Winged: Flies around in a circle.

Coral

Coral
             
  • Red: Looks at its coral branch and shakes it. It tilts a bit and the Pikmin adjusts it.
  • Blue: Jumps, poses as the starfish falls off its coral branch and onto its face, and puts it back up.
  • Yellow: Takes off its shell and fans it at their face, then puts it back up.
  • White: Lays down on the ground, spins around on their shell and poses, then stands back up.
  • Purple: Turns around, bends down as the shell slightly falls off its back, and puts it back up.
  • Rock: Jumps, turns around as starfish falls off its back, and puts it back up.
  • Winged: Flies around in a circle.