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When plucking a Seedling or when a Pikmin receives its Decor, a short discovery animation will play, based on the Pikmin's type and the decor it's wearing. You can replay the animation by going into the Pikmin viewer menu, selecting a Pikmin to see its information, and tapping on the Pikmin.

Standard Pikmin

  • Red Pikmin: Jumps and waves its left hand.
  • Yellow Pikmin: Leans forward and stretches backward with its eyes closed.
  • Blue Pikmin: Does a quick upward stretch with its eyes closed.
  • White Pikmin: Leans forward and shakes its head from side to side.
  • Purple Pikmin: Stamps its right foot on the ground.
  • Rock Pikmin: Stamps its right foot on the ground, faster than the Purple Pikmin.
  • Winged Pikmin: Flies in a vertical loop and shakes its head.

Restaurant

Chef Hat
Chef Hat (Rare)

Looks up at its chef hat and holds its head.

Cafe

Coffee Cup

Quickly hides in its cup, except Winged that tries to get out the cup.

The designs of the cups are based on enemies from the other Pikmin games.

  • The Red Pikmin has a white cup with a brown stripe, like a Mamuta.
  • The Yellow Pikmin has a red cup with white spots, like a Bulborb.
  • The Blue Pikmin has a black cup with yellow lines, like a Pyroclasmic Slooch.
  • The White Pikmin has a yellow cup with green spots and a green base, like a Yellow Wollywog.
  • The Purple Pikmin has a cup with purple and grey stripes and a red handle, like a Fiery Blowhog.
  • The Rock Pikmin has a white cup with brown spots, like a Whiptongue Bulborb.
  • The Winged Pikmin has a cup with purple and blue stripes, like a Puffy Blowhog.

Sweetshop

Macaron

Spins around like a ballet dancer.

The designs of the macarons are later referenced in Pikmin 4, where they appear as treasures. Interestingly, these Decor Pikmin existed in the game at launch, even though Pikmin 4 wouldn't release until around 2 years later.

Donut

Movie Theater

Popcorn Snack

Red, Yellow, Blue and White: A piece of popcorn falls off and the Pikmin picks it up again.

Purple and Rock: Moves the 3D Glasses

Pharmacy

Toothbrush

Swings its tool out as a weapon.

Zoo

Dandelion

They roar pretending to be a lion

Forest

Stag Beetle

Waves, and then notices that the pinchers of the beetle "wave" as well. The Pikmin then unsuccesfully tries to get the pinchers to "wave" again.

Acorn

They take a bow, Red, Yellow, Blue and White falls over because of the weight of the acorn.

Waterside

Fishing Lure

Pushes the Lure a little up

There is a bug where the Fishing Lure Decor Hook physics were not working as intended when viewing the Pikmin in its menu. However the preview had the correct physics. Rock Pikmin were unaffected.

Post Office

Stamp

They try to peel off the postage stamps (except for the rock pikmin, which simply spins)

Art Gallery

Picture Frame

All use the standard animation except for Yellow and Blue that waves like Red

Airport

Toy Airplane

Running around like they are Flying.

Station

Paper Train

All use the standard animation except for Yellow and Blue that waves like Red

Ticket

They pose then ticket falls off and they pick it up.

Beach

Shell

All use the standard animation

Burger Place

Burger

All use the standard animation except for Yellow and Blue. Yellow close its eyes, to hide in the fries. Blue hides in the cup.

Corner Store

Bottle Cap

Shake the caps and there antennas.

Snack

They jump and a snack falls out, then they pick it up.

Supermarket

Mushroom

All use the standard animation except for Yellow and Blue that waves like Red

Banana

Red, Yellow, Blue and white: Takes a bow then falls over because at the weight of the banana.

Purple: Sticker falls of, catching it and puts it back on

Rock and Winged: Takes a bow, then look up and begins to shake the head

The sections of banana that each of the banana-wearing Supermarket Decor Pikmin fit together.

The banana Decor are referenced later in Pikmin 4, as the Slapstick Crescent (a banana treasure) in that game has the same sticker on it.

Bakery

Baguette

All use the standard animation.

Hair Salon

Scissors

All use the standard animation.

Clothes Store

Hair Tie

All use the standard animation.

Park

Clover

All use the standard animation except for Yellow and Blue that waves like Red

Four-Leaf Clover

Seeing the four clover and shake the head except White the turn around to see where the ladybug is going.

When yellow shakes its head the ladybug fall off and crawls back up

Library/Bookstore

Tiny Book

Roadside

Green Sticker
Blue Sticker
Orange Sticker
Winter Sticker
Coin

Sushi Restaurant

Sushi

Mountain

Mountain Pin Badge

Stadium

Ball Keychain

Jumps whit the ball

Rainy Day

Leaf Hat

Snowy Day

Snow

Theme Park

Ferris Wheel

Drops the ticket, goes behind it to show it and then goes back to take it on again.

Pirate Ship

Drops the ticket, goes behind it to show it and then goes back to take it on again.

Bus Stop

Bus Papercraft

Running around like they are driving a Bus

Italian Restaurant

Pizza

Ramen Restaurant

Ramen Keychain

Bridge

Bridge Pin Badge

Hotel

Hotel

Makeup Store

Makeup

Shrines and Temples

Fortune (Very Lucky)
Fortune (Lucky)
Fortune (Pretty Lucky)
Fortune (A Little Lucky)
Fortune (Future Luck)

Appliances Store

Battery
Fairy Lights

Curry Restaurant

Curry Bowl

Mario Hat

Mario Hat

Does a Mario Jumps

Lunar New Year Ornaments

Lunar New Year Ornaments: Red
Lunar New Year Ornaments: Gold

Chess Pieces

Chess Piece (White)
Chess Piece (Black)

Fingerboard

Fingerboard


Flower Card 2023

Flower Card (Red Pikmin)
Flower Card (Yellow Pikmin)
Flower Card (Blue Pikmin)
Flower Card (Purple Pikmin)

Flower Card 2024

Flower Card (Red Pikmin)
Flower Card (Yellow Pikmin)
Flower Card (Blue Pikmin)
Flower Card (Purple Pikmin)
Flower Card (White Pikmin)
Flower Card (Rock Pikmin)
Flower Card (Winged Pikmin)

Jack-o'-lantern

Jack-o'-lantern

Halloween Treat

Halloween Treat

First Anniversary Snack

First Anniversary Snack

They jump and a snack falls out, then they pick it up.

Koppaite Space Suit

Koppaite Space Suit

Trying to get the helmet off

Mitten

Mitten

2023 Glasses

2023 Glasses

2024 Glasses

2024 Glasses


Valentine Sticker

Valentine Sticker

Shaking the Sticker

2023 and 2024 have the same animation

Reverse Valentine’s Day Sticker

Reverse Valentine’s Day Sticker

Shaking the sticker

Easter Egg

Easter Egg
  • The Blue Pikmin has an egg with raindrops, which could reference the Leaf Hat decor.
  • The Winged Pikmin has an egg with purple and blue stripes, like the Puffy Blowhog.

Sneaker Keychain

Sneaker Keychain

Pikmin 4 Spaceships

Pikmin 4 Spaceship

Mahjong Tile

Mahjong Tile 1
Mahjong Tile 2

Ice Cream

Ice Cream

2021 Fall Memories

Puzzle: 2021 Fall Memories
 
The loading screen.

The puzzle pieces are parts of a previous loading screen.

2022 Summer Memories

Puzzle: 2022 Summer Memories
 
The loading screen.

The puzzle pieces are parts of a previous loading screen.