Editing Perplexing Pool

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{{infobox area
|map               = Perplexing Pool HD.jpg
|screenshot        = PP spiderwort.png
|treasures         = 7
|caves             = 4
|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_discovered = [[Yellow Pikmin]]
|requirements      = Collect the [[Geographic Projection]]
|music             = ''[[Music in Pikmin 2#Perplexing Pool|Perplexing Pool]]''
}}

The '''Perplexing Pool''' ({{j|まどいの水源|Madoi no Suigen|Spring of Perplexity}}) 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|520}} 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.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Aquatic Mine/journal}}|Aquatic Mine's entry|Olimar's journal}}

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.

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

==Objects==

===Treasures===
{{columns|2|
*{{icon|Gherkin Gate|y}} / {{icon|Idea Assistant|y}} (Japan)
*{{icon|Impediment Scourge|y}} / {{icon|Lightning Bolt|y}} (Japan)
*{{icon|Aquatic Mine|y}} (inside the Toady Bloyster)
*{{icon|Fortified Delicacy|y}}
*{{icon|Onion Replica|y}}
*{{icon|Optical Illustration|y}} (US) / {{icon|Abstract Masterpiece|y|v=EU}} (Europe) / {{icon|Yell Battery|y|v=JP}} (Japan)
*{{icon|Massage Girdle|y}}
}}

===Enemies===

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*{{icon|Toady Bloyster|y}} &times; 1
*{{icon|Shearwig|y}} &times; 11 (3 appear on day 11, replacing a Yellow Wollywog)
*{{icon|Skitter Leaf|y}} &times; 5
*{{icon|Wogpole|y}} &times; 5 (disappear on day 31 or after being defeated; near [[Shower Room]] entrance)
*{{icon|Withering Blowhog|y}} &times; 1
*{{icon|Fiery Blowhog|y}} &times; 1
*{{icon|Fiery Bulblax|y}} &times; 1 (disappears on day 31 or after being defeated; by the poison wall)
*{{icon|Spotty Bulbear|y}} &times; 1 (starting day 31, and respawns on days ending in 1 when killed)
*{{icon|Dwarf Bulbear|y}} &times; 6 (2 appear on day 11 by [[Citadel of Spiders]], 2 more appear on day 21 by the [[Fiery Bulblax]], 2 appear on day 31 with the previous 4)
*{{icon|Yellow Wollywog|y}} &times; 6 (one of which is replaced by a trio of Shearwigs on day 11)
*{{icon|Water Dumple|y}} &times; 7
*{{icon|Swooping Snitchbug|y}} &times; 2
*{{icon|Beady Long Legs|y}} &times; 1 (starting day 31, in front of base (note that Pikmin will [[carry]] items over the area where it appears), and respawns on days ending in 1 when killed)
*{{icon|Ravenous Whiskerpillar|y}} &times; 3
*{{icon|Hermit Crawmad|y}} &times; 2
*{{icon|Honeywisp|y}} &times; 2
*{{icon|Mitite|y}} (randomly come out of [[egg]]s)
}}

===Others===
*{{icon|Egg|y}} &times; 9 (3 fall from the sky only on day 4 near Beady Long Legs's location, 3 appear between [[Citadel of Spiders]] and the Yellow Pikmin spot on days 11-30, and the other 3 are always by [[Glutton's Kitchen]])

==Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard==
[[File:Piklopedia Perplexing Pool map.jpg|thumb|right|Map of the area as it appears in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].]]
The [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] and [[Treasure Hoard]] version of this area, which can be accessed by placing [[Hocotate ship|the ship]]'s icon on top of the area and entering the archives, is similar to the in-game Perplexing Pool, but with the critical difference of having a large, round, open arena as the landing site, instead of a rectangular closed-off room. That circular region is also surrounded by an irregular beach of sand, surrounded by scrap metal. The following differences can also be noted:

*There is a crack to the southwest of the landing site, indicating the presence of a [[clog]].
*There is a large metal tube protruding off the ground in the water, to the southeast of the landing site, instead of two plastic tubes.
*The sand plot near the [[Chronos Reactor]] from [[The Distant Spring]] is present, and the nearby block with a [[Golden Candypop Bud]], also from The Distant Spring is also present, but sunken into the ground.
*Part of the original landing site from [[The Distant Spring]] is present, but it's mostly covered up by sand except for part of the Red Onion's original spot.
*The tree in the Yellow Pikmin landing site is not present.
*The stone block buried to the northwest of the landing site is not present.
*The wooden structures near the [[Glutton's Kitchen]]'s entrance and the [[Optical Illustration]] are not present.
*The large stone ramps at the north that provide a one-way access from the lake are absent on the Piklopedia.
*The ground at the western river and the center of the area is at the same level, so it is possible to walk from one to the other at will. In the in-game area, the center's terrain is higher.
*In-game, there is a gap to the northeast of the landing site that requires a [[bridge]] to cross. It is absent in the Piklopedia variant.
*In-game, there is a flat stump found to the west of the Glutton's Kitchen entrance. The stump is cut much higher in the Piklopedia version.
*Most of the trunks at the north of the landing site don't have walls, or have lower walls than in-game.
*The inaccessible area to the south of the [[Shower Room]] entrance is a lot more detailed than shown in-game.

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:03 Site Perplexing Pool.png|The landing site.
File:PP boss.png|The [[Beady Long Legs]] and [[Spotty Bulbear]] near the landing site.
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 (Pikmin 2)|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 (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] and [[Treasure Hoard]] menus. Seems to depict an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|early version]] of the area.
File:Madoi snap.jpg|Official overhead map.
File:Perplexing Pool HD.jpg|High definition overhead map, taken with in-game screenshots.
File:PP paths.png|[[Carrying]] paths on the Perplexing Pool.
File:Early Perplexing Pool.jpg|[[Wogpole]]s, [[Captain Olimar]], [[Louie]], and [[Blue Pikmin]] in an [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|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:Early Perplexing Pool 2.jpg|A different image of the early Perplexing Pool.
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==
*The section of the map where Yellow Pikmin are first found has three circles of dappled light on the ground, tinted red, yellow, and blue. This section was originally the landing site of the map as seen in [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|prerelease material]], and the Onions would respectively be located on the same spots as these circles.
*The Perplexing Pool was originally going to be called "The Perplexing Spring".{{cite web|https://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2/Early_English_Script#Names|Pikmin 2/Early English Script|The Cutting Room Floor}}
*While walking through the area, {{w|Cicadinae|translucent cicada}} and {{w|Hyalessa_maculaticollis|min-min cicada}} calls can be heard. In the evening, they are replaced with {{w|Tanna japonensis|evening cicadas}}.
*Only on day 4, three [[eggs]] can be seen falling from the sky if one goes close to the location where the [[Beady Long Legs]] spawns. This is the only case in the overworld where an object (other than the Beady Long Legs) can fall from the sky, since all other objects that fall do so in caves. If one opens the game files to look at the definition that creates those three eggs, they can find a comment reading {{j|ハテナタマゴ３Ｉ|Hatenatamago 3 I|Question egg 3I}}.

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Ger=Die Mythische Quelle (GameCube version)<br>Mythische Quelle (Wii version)
|GerM=The Mythical Spring<br>Mythical Spring
|Fra=La Source Troublante (GameCube version)<br>Source Troublante (Wii version)
|FraM=The Disturbing Spring<br>Disturbing Spring
|Spa=El Arroyo Desconcertante (GameCube version)<br>Arroyo Desconcertante (Wii version)
|SpaM=The Disconcerting River<br>Disconcerting River
|SpaA=Arroyo Desconcertante
|SpaAM=Disconcerting River
}}

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

==References==
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