Editing Perplexing Pool

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{{infobox area
|map          = Madoi snap.jpg
|screenshot   = PP spiderwort.png
|treasures    = 7
|caves        = 4
|hazards      = {{fire}} {{electricity}}
|obstacles    = {{white bramble gate}} {{black bramble gate}} {{poison white bramble gate}} {{electric gate P2}} {{seesaw blocks P2}} {{water body}} {{clog}} {{bridge P1}} {{purples required}}
|pikmin       = [[Yellow Pikmin|Yellow]]
|requirements = Collect the [[Geographic Projection]]
|music = ''[[Music in Pikmin 2#Perplexing Pool|Perplexing Pool]]''
}}

The '''Perplexing Pool''' is the third [[area]] discovered in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', of the four in the game. It is the most aquatic area in ''Pikmin 2'', with multiple lakes spread across its length and two of the caves being submerged, making Blue Pikmin a necessity. The level contains four [[cave]]s, seven [[treasures]], and a variety of beasts, many of them spending a lot of time in water. The Perplexing Pool is considered a representation of Summer. There are {{pokos|560}} worth of treasure in the US [[Region|version]] and {{pokos|450}} in the European version.

The area is noted to bear a number of striking resemblances to [[The Distant Spring]] in [[Pikmin (game)|the first game]], for which reason it can be confidently considered to be the same area of the [[PNF-404|Pikmin planet]]. At one point, Olimar points out how much the area has changed since his last visit.

Additional enemies appear after day 30. These creatures are rather difficult to defeat, making it advisable for inexperienced players to complete the area before that day.

==General layout==
The Perplexing Pool has a close resemblance to [[The Distant Spring]] of the first game, though it does have some changes. There is a big area where there were only small islands and water, there is no water in the middle of the area, the [[Shower Room]] is where the [[Massage Machine]] was in ''Pikmin'', the [[Submerged Castle]] is where the [[Chronos Reactor]] was, most of the [[gate]]s are gone, and there are 3 [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s in the area &ndash; two in the middle of the area and one in the water. There are some Yellow Wollywogs and one [[Toady Bloyster]] in the water to the south of the landing site.

==Yellow Pikmin==
[[File:Perplexing Pool View.png|thumb|A view of where the Yellow Pikmin are located.]]
In ''Pikmin 2'', [[Yellow Pikmin]] are discovered in this area. The player must navigate around the stumps and use the [[scales]] to get to higher elevation. Alternately, if they are skilled enough, they can throw their Pikmin onto the ledge near the bridge to the right of the large stumps, then carefully guide them to building the bridge. Any Pikmin that fall in the water can be easily whistled back. The Fiery Blowhog in the way can be bypassed. Then, the player must fight a [[Fiery Bulblax]] with [[Red Pikmin]]. After killing the Fiery Bulblax, [[White Pikmin]] must break down a bramble gate with poison pipes inside. The Yellow Pikmin are on the other side of this gate.

==Treasures==
*[[Gherkin Gate]]
*[[Impediment Scourge]]
*[[Aquatic Mine]]
*[[Fortified Delicacy]]
*[[Onion Replica]]
*[[Optical Illustration]] (US) / [[Abstract Masterpiece]] (Europe)
*[[Massage Girdle]]

==Caves==
*[[Citadel of Spiders]]
*[[Shower Room]]
*[[Glutton's Kitchen]]
*[[Submerged Castle]]

==Enemies==
{{todo|Confirm the following:
*How and when the Dwarf Bulbears appear.
*Exactly on which day one of the Yellow Wollywog is replaced by Shearwigs.
*How many Honeywisps there are.}}

*[[Toady Bloyster]] x 1
*[[Shearwig]] x 11 (3 of them replace a Yellow Wollywog on day 30)
*[[Skitter Leaf]] x 5
*[[Wogpole]] x 5 (disappear after being defeated; near [[Shower Room]] entrance)
*[[Withering Blowhog]] x 1
*[[Fiery Blowhog]] x 1
*[[Fiery Bulblax]] x 1 (disappears after being defeated)
*[[Spotty Bulbear]] x 1 (after day 30)
*[[Dwarf Bulbear]] x 6 (more appear after day 30)
*[[Yellow Wollywog]] x 6 (one of which is replaced by a trio of Shearwigs on day 30)
*[[Water Dumple]] x 7
*[[Swooping Snitchbug]] x 2
*[[Beady Long Legs]] x 1 (after day 30, in front of base (note that Pikmin will [[Carrying|carry]] items over the area where it appears))
*[[Ravenous Whiskerpillar]] x 3
*[[Hermit Crawmad]] x 2
*[[Honeywisp]] x 3
*[[Mitite]] (potentially, from [[egg]]s)

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:PP boss.png|The [[Beady Long Legs]] and [[Spotty Bulbear]] near the landing zone.
File:PP spiderwort.png|Part of the western path, with a [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] in the distance.
File:PP stumps.png|Two stumps on the western part of the area.
File:PP yellows.jpg|Area where [[Yellow Pikmin]] are first found.
File:PP glutton's kitchen.png|Entrance to the [[Glutton's Kitchen]].
File:PP northwest.png|The northwestern corner of the area.
File:PP northeast.png|The northeastern corner of the area.
File:PP maze.png|The maze at the east, with some Burgeoning Spiderworts.
File:PP bloysters.png|The area with [[Toady Bloyster]]s.
File:PP shower room.png|The entrance to the [[Shower Room]].
File:PP tube.png|A tube that separates the western and southwestern areas.
</gallery>

===Other images===
<gallery>
Perplexing Pool.png|In the [[Piklopedia]], the layout of the Perplexing Pool is slightly different.
Pikmin 2 Perplexing Pool Wire-frame.png|A wire-frame version of the Perplexing Pool that can be found in the background of the [[Piklopedia]] and [[Treasure Hoard]].
File:Madoi snap.jpg|Overview map.
File:1457748-2.jpg|[[Wogpole]]s, [[Captain Olimar]], [[Louie]], and [[Blue Pikmin]] in an early version of the Perplexing Pool. The [[Shower Room]] can be seen ahead. Also note the [[Male Sheargrub]], which never appears in the final version of the level.
File:Pikmin 2 perplexing pool.gif|A map of the Perplexing Pool.
File:Makeup of Perplexing Pool.png|The pattern for [[The Distant Spring]] laid on a map of the Perplexing Pool.
File:PP texture.png|The texture used for the [[radar]].
</gallery>

==Trivia==
{{todo|Get the source for the Perplexing Spring statement.}}
*The Perplexing Pool was originally going to be called the Perplexing Spring.
*While walking through the area, [[wikipedia:Cicadinae|translucent cicada]] calls can be heard. In the evening, they are replaced with [[wikipedia:Tanna japonensis|evening cicadas]].

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Ger=Mythische Quelle
|Fra=Source Troublante
|FraM=Disturbing Spring
}}

==See also==
*[[Yellow Pikmin]]
*[[The Distant Spring]]

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