Editing Bag

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[[File:Pik2 CompressedPaperBag.jpg|thumb|[[Captain Olimar]] and [[Louie]] on a compressed bag.]]
{{otheruses|the crushable obstacle|the pushable obstacle|Paper bag}}
'''Bags''' are [[obstacle]]s in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 4]]''. They are upside-down paper shopping bags that initially serve as a barrier between sections of an area. After weighing them down by throwing [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] on top, a bag will become permanently compressed and no longer be a barrier.

==Mechanics==
Bags resemble plain brown grocery bags that compress and expand using their {{w|bellows}}-like sides. They appear upside-down and slightly compressed, but can be squashed completely by [[throw]]ing [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] on top of the bag so that it is weighed down. Different bags need different amounts of [[weight]] on top in order to be flattened, and until that weight requirement is met, the bag will not change size at all. [[Purple Pikmin]] weigh ten weight units and Pikmin of other types weigh one unit. The first bag is found on the first day of ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', where [[Captain Olimar]] and [[Louie]] must flatten it to reunite.

The small symbol found on top of bags in ''Pikmin 2'', the word {{j|紙|Kami|Paper|f=tp}} inside a stylized ellipse, is used in Japan to represent paper recycling.{{cite web|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling_in_Japan#Symbols|Recycling in Japan|Wikipedia}}

According to ''Pikmin 2''{{'s}} game files, bags are in fact a [[seesaw block]] with a different appearance and nothing to push it back up.<ref group="note">Both objects have the same internal name "seesaw", however bags are configured to behave as obstacles that can be "destroyed" such as gates and clogs, whereas seesaw blocks are configured as objects that return to their initial state each day.</ref>

==Locations==
===''Pikmin 2''===
*[[Valley of Repose]] &times; 2, one separating Olimar and Louie at the start of the game
*[[Awakening Wood]] &times; 1, on the way to the [[White Flower Garden]]

===''Pikmin 4''===
*[[Sun-Speckled Terrace]] &times; 1
*[[Blossoming Arcadia]] (does not appear above ground)
**[[Drafty Gallery]]
***Sublevel 3 &times; 1
*[[Serene Shores]] (does not appear above ground)
**[[Engulfed Castle]]
***Sublevel 5 &times; 1
*[[Giant's Hearth]] (does not appear above ground)
**[[Cradle of the Beast]]
***Sublevel 1 &times; 2
*[[Dandori Challenge]]s
**[[Hefty Haulway]] &times; 1
**[[Trial of the Sage Leaf]] 8th Story: Crowded Kitchen &times; 1
**[[Trial of the Sage Leaf]] Final Story: The Purple Key &times; 2

==Gallery==
{{image}}
===''Pikmin 2''===
<gallery>
Pikmin 2 paper bag uncompressed.png|The first bag, before being compressed.
Pikmin 2 paper bag uncompressed 2.png|The same bag with some Pikmin on top, showing the numbers that appear.
Pikmin 2 paper bag texture.png|Texture used in ''Pikmin 2''.
Pikmin 2 paper bag symbol texture.png|Texture for the recycling symbol in ''Pikmin 2''.
</gallery>
===''Pikmin 4''===
<gallery>
P4 Bag Engulfed Castle.jpg|A bag within the [[Engulfed Castle]].
P4 Bag Stomp.jpg|[[Purple Pikmin]] crushing a bag.
</gallery>

==Trivia==
[[File:Paper bag Olimar weight 0.jpg|thumb|Olimar's weight on the bag, revealed when pausing the game.]]
* Much like with [[seesaw blocks]], if a leader in ''Pikmin 2'' ends up on top of a non-compressed bag, for instance, with the use of [[Glitches in Pikmin 2|glitches]], and there are no Pikmin on top of it, pausing the game will make the [[HUD#Fraction numbers|fraction numbers]] appear, revealing the leader's weight to be 0.

==Names in other languages==
{{game help|p4|Fill in the names in other languages, for the main languages at least.}}
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|Jap  = 紙袋 (''Pikmin 2'')<br>''Kamibukuro'' (''Pikmin 2'')<br>袋 (''Pikmin 4'')<br>''Fukuro'' (''Pikmin 4'')
|JapM = Paper bag (''Pikmin 2'')<br>Bag (''Pikmin 4'')
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|Fra  = 
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|Ger  = 
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|Ita  = 
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|Kor  = 
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|Por  = 
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|Spa  = 
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== Notes ==
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==References==
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