Pikpik carrot

A few buried Pikpik carrots.

Pikpik carrots are vegetables native to Captain Olimar's home planet, Hocotate. They are the sole reason Pikmin have their name, because Olimar believed that Pikmin resembled them. These look just like normal carrots; orange, small-sized, and having long leafy parts. These are seen in the in-game Piklopedia in Pikmin 2, and can be thrown at the Piklopedia's enemies/plants to see what reaction would occur, such as the creature moving or waking up, or eating and attacking the carrots. Using Action Replay, it is possible to control them as if they were Pikmin. There are also miniature red, yellow, and blue varieties of pikpik carrots.

Golden Pikpik carrots are completely golden, even the leafy stem. On one occasion, a cargo of them were sent with Louie to be shipped somewhere, but Louie ate these and returned with a misleading report that a space bunny ate them, so he could avoid getting reprimanded or fired. The Golden Pikpik carrots are a little longer than normal ones, and have three curled roots, instead of the basic cone-shaped root seen on a standard Pikpik carrot.