Leafling
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Leafling (葉っぱ人?, lit.: "Leaf Man") is the name given to characters that cannot be identified because their heads are entirely covered by leaves. Their ID badges are unreadable due to corrupted biometric data, listing their name as "???" or "Error" and their home planet as PNF-404. Olimar as a leafling can be seen kidnapping a castaway, dragging it into an Onion, and making it pop out as a leafling. He justifies this by saying that those that don't embrace Dandori cannot survive in the planet, but they thrive instead if they have the leaves. This is presumably how leaflings are made, and Dingo speculates that Yonny, the Rescue Corps doctor, might be able to help bring them back to normal.
Leafling castaways can be rescued from Dandori Challenges and Dandori Battles, both of which are issued by characters that are themselves leaflings. In this state, leafling characters are unable to speak in normal sentences, instead using simple words and small sentences at a time, and are obsessed with Dandori. They will hand over the leafling castaways they have, or fall unconscious so they can be rescued themselves, if they witness a good display of Dandori in their challenges or battles. Glow sap from a Lumiknoll can be made into medicine by Yonny that dissolves the leaves, reverting the leaflings to their normal state.
Following his curing, Olimar believes that Leaflings may have had Pikmin DNA incorporated into their bodies after being taken into an Onion, triggering their physical and psychological changes and causing them to rapidly sicken if they try to leave PNF-404. Although he does not know what purpose this "Pikmin-ification' might have, he speculates that the Pikmin may be trying to create a permanent leader for themselves.
Appearance
Leaflings wear regular gray spacesuits, but without a helmet, and their head is covered with leaves, almost like a head full of hair. Only their noses (if any) and eyes are visible. Different characters have different colored foliage. The color of the leaves on a leafling's head matches the hair color of the castaway once they're cured.
Atop their head is a stem with a leaf, much like that of a Pikmin. Fainted leaflings will also have a glow matching their leaves' color, similar to when a Pikmin is idle.
Leaflings
Dandori cave Leaflings
Leaflings can be found inside of both Dandori Challenge and Dandori Battle caves. They often speak in broken english always centered around the concept of Dandori.
In Dandori Challenge caves, they act as hosts and comment on the player's Dandori skills as they progress. The first of these, seen in the Dandori Day Care explains that the caves serve as a test designed to develop one's Dandori skills. After completing the challenge, the Leafling faint from how quickly the player worked, and can be brought back to the surface and carried to the S.S. Beagle.
In Dandori Battle caves, they act as prizes. The red Leafling carries them from the surface and converts them into Leaflings using their onion. The player can rescue them only if they can defeat them in a Dandori battle. If they are defeated, they surrender the Leafling, who can be taken back to the surface and carried to the S.S. Beagle. In Hot Sandy Duel and Final Battle, the player instead saves Yorke and Nelle, who (thanks to their consumption of the Glow Sap prior) are immune to becoming Leaflings.
The pink leafling found in the Sun-Speckled Terrace's Dandori Challenge cave.
The purple leafling found in the Sun-Speckled Terrace's Dandori Battle cave.
The purple leafling found in the Blossoming Arcadia's Dandori Battle cave.
The blue leafling found in one of Blossoming Arcadia's Dandori Challenge caves.
The pink leafling found in one of Blossoming Arcadia's Dandori Challenge caves.
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The green leafling found in one of Giant's Hearth’s Dandori challenge caves.
Castaway Leaflings
Later in the game, castaways found in caves will instead be Leaflings. They behave identical to a standard castaway, though they now must be cured with Glow Sap like the prior type of Leaflings. The order of which you cure leaflings will remain unchanged by this different method of obtaining them. The location for these leaflings are as follows:
- Plunder Palace, Sublevel 5 - being dragged or buried by a Giant Breadbug.
- Doppelgänger's Den, Sublevel 4 - inside a group of jars, which are behind a gate opened by defeating a Gildemander.
- Frozen Inferno, Sublevel 4 - behind a gate opened by defeating a Snowfake Fluttertail.
- Ultimate Testing Range, Sublevel 3 - stuck to a Arachnode's web.
- Dream Home, Sublevel 1 - inside a Mammoth Snootwhacker.
Leafling Olimar
A red leafling that has Captain Olimar's suit, nose, and voice. Unlike the prior Leaflings, he uses correct grammar, though still obsesses over the idea of Dandori. He is usually seen accompanied (and later guarded) by Moss. Both are seen stealing castaways and turning them into Leaflings via their onion, as they believe that those who are not Leaflings cannot survive this planet. The mysterious duo challenges the player to rounds of Dandori Battles, returning the castaways they steal only when the player wins. They are first battled in Trial Run, Battle in a Box, and Dandori Castle.
In Hero's Hideaway, he is revealed to be Olimar himself through various late entries in the his voyage log. After opening the safe he is inside, he challenges to one more battle, Leafy Showdown. Once he is defeated, he has no castaway to give and instead falls unconscious to be rescued as Moss runs away. Once he is rescued and cured, he reverts back to his usual non-leafling self, though seems able to recall aspects of his time as a Leafling.
His role as a Dandori Battle opponent is later taken over by Louie and Moss.
Sage Leaf
The Sage Leaf is a white leafling is found in a hidden cave in the Rescue Command Post, which is only revealed after completing Olimar's Shipwreck Tale. They oversee the Trial of the Sage Leaf, a series of ten complex Dandori Challenges with varied objectives. Like the red Leafling (Olimar), they speak normally.
Though they refuse to be rescued or cured, they will reward the player with the White Onion and Purple Onion upon completing their fifth and tenth trials. Recompleting the fifth and tenth trials will reward the player 10 White Pikmin and Purple Pikmin respectively. It remains unknown who this Sage Leaf was before they became a Leafling (and the Sage Leaf has long since forgotten their former identity), but given their old age, it would seem they have been one for a long time.
Rescue order
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Like Castaways, leaflings are rescued and cured in a particular order no matter where they are found. It should be noted that leaflings are cured in the same order they are rescued.
Dandori Battle leaflings
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The only exception to the order of leaflings are those rescued from Dandori Battle caves, who have their own order. When being cured, they take precedence over normal leaflings found as castaways or for completing Dandori Challenge caves. All four must be rescued to progress the game's story. As stated above, their role is filled by Yorke and Nelle in later Dandori Battle caves, who do not need to be cured.
| Image | Name | ID Description | Unlocks | Notes |
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| File:Id Badge Dash.png | Dash | N/A | ||
| File:Id Badge Corgwin.png | Corgwin | The ability to replay Dandori Battles. | ||
| File:Id Badge Bernard.png | Bernard | Hero's Hideaway (once the player has  × 7,000).
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| File:Id Badge Olimar.png | Olimar | Giant's Hearth (once the player has × 11,000), Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, and Oatchi's Swallow skill.
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Gallery
ID Cards
Dandori Day Care leafling ID card.
Leafling Olimar's ID card.
The leafling from Battle in a Box's ID Card.
The leafling from Hotshock Canyon's ID Card.
The leafling from Rockaway Cellars's ID Card.
Leafling Olimar
Leafling Olimar and Moss in a Dandori Battle arena.
A close-up of Olimar's leafing form.
Trivia
- Many of the leaflings share colors with Pikmin types: red, green, white, blue, purple, and pink. The only color that isn't a Pikmin type is orange, although it's arguable that it's yellow, or amber (the color between orange and yellow).
- Technically, leaflings debuted back in Pikmin, in the bad ending. If Olimar fails to collect enough necessary ship parts before the 30-day time limit runs out, Olimar will be forced to try to leave the planet, only to fail and crash-land. The Pikmin then take Olimar to an Onion, making him to sprout out of the Onion with a Pikmin sprout on top of his head. Fans have dubbed this version of Olimar Pikmar or Olimin.
- It should be noted that this exact scene will occur if the player fails to collect all the ship parts in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale on time.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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 Japanese |
葉っぱ人? Happa Jin |
Leaf Man |
 French |
Feuillu | From "Feuille" (leaf) |
 German |
Laubling | From "Laub" (foliage) and the suffix "-ling" |
 Portuguese |
Folhano | From "folha" (leaf) and "fulano" (guy) |
| Portuguese (NoA) |
Folhano | |
 Spanish |
Frondante | From "frondoso" (leafy) and "andante" (walker) |
See also
| Characters | |
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| Leaders | Captain Olimar • Louie • The President • Alph • Brittany • Charlie • Pikmin 4 player character |
| Rescue Corps | Oatchi • Collin • Shepherd • Russ • Dingo • Yonny • Bernard |
| Ships | S.S. Dolphin • Hocotate ship • S.S. Drake • S.S. Dolphin II • SPERO • S.S. Beagle • S.S. Shepherd |
| Other | Castaway • Leafling • Minor characters • Moss • Pikmin |