Louie: Difference between revisions

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|actor      = Kazumi Totaka ({{P2}}{{cite web|https://web.archive.org/web/20221206024347/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/nom/0405/1_2/index.html|Development staff interview for ''Pikmin 2''|Wayback Machine}})

Louie is known to have a very ravenous appetite.{{cite quote|Louie has become even more problematic. All he does is nod or shake his head. And yet he consumes three times the amount of food that I do. Not cool, Louie...not cool|Captain Olimar|a [[Olimar's_Log_(Exploration_Notes)#Journal_Entry_#2|Pikmin 3 Olimar's Log]]}}{{cite quote|With Louie's help, we’ve collected a pretty good treasure haul so far. I just wish he’d stop eating every fruit he sees.|Captain Olimar|a [[River#Assignment_Report|Olimar's Assignment Report]]}} He has prepared [[Louie's notes|many recipes]] for creatures on PNF-404, even attempting to eat creatures that may be inedible to his species. His notes on the [[Iridescent Glint Beetle]] suggest he wants to start his own cooking show, called "The Insect Gourmet!"{{cite quote|This precious treat is exceptionally rare. I could sell it back at home for a fortune! Then, I could use the cash to upgrade my kitchen, buy galactic-class ingredients, and even star in my own cooking show... The Insect Gourmet!|Louie|[[Iridescent_Glint_Beetle#Louie's_notes|Louie's notes on the Iridescent Glint Beetle]]}} His favorite color is blue.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Decorative Goo/louie}}|Louie|his ''Pikmin 4'' notes for the [[Decorative Goo]]}}

Louie is known to be very quiet and apathetic towards efforts he does not value. He does not care about anybody but his grandmother, not even his job – he will often abandon ship and attempt to live on PNF-404 forever, or tamper with valuable delivery cargo. Whenever Louie goes rogue, he has a remarkable tendency to survive and brave through dangerous environments extremely quickly and easily, even to [[Dream Den|the depths of]] [[Cavern for a King|extremely long caverns.]] During [[Olimar's Comeback]], he quietly admits that he prefers solitude on PNF-404 to Captain Olimar's company.{{cite quote|I'm enjoying the solitude.|Louie|[[Looking for Louie]]}}

[[File:P2 Louie on the Titan Dweevil.jpg|thumb|Louie, as seen before the fight with the [[Titan Dweevil]].]]

|[[File:P2 Louie's Dark Secret.jpg|thumb|Louie, eating the golden pikpik carrots.]]

Louie is actually the one responsible for the debt Hocotate Freight suffers. It was truly him who ate the load of golden Pikpik carrots. When he returned from his first mission, he falsified his report to the President, explaining that a "ravenous space bunny" ate all of the carrots. This is revealed in a cutscene, called "Louie's Dark Secret", unlocked by getting a pink flower for all 30 of the [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] levels, which is achieved by completing the stages without losing any Pikmin. A section in Louie's [[Pikmin 4 voyage log|voyage log]] in {{p4}} hints that this was premeditated rather than him simply being unable to control his appetite.  

After landing in the [[Giant's Hearth]], the [[Pikmin 4 player character|player character]] encounters Louie and Moss dragging away [[Yorke]], shocking Olimar as he was unaware that Louie was on the planet. After defeating Louie and Moss in [[Dandori Battle]]s in both the [[Giant's Hearth]] and the [[Primordial Thicket]], Louie abandons Moss and flees to the [[Cavern for a King]], pursued by the player deep into the depths despite Louie's assumptions that they will give up and go home. On the final floor of the cavern, Louie challenges the player while riding the [[Ancient Sirehound]] in the final boss encounter of the game. After defeating him, Louie will give the player a series of Side Missions, where the player needs to bring various enemies in caves back to the [[S.S. Beagle]]. For completing all the missions, the player receives the [[Extra Hand]], which lets the player carry objects themselves with the power of one Pikmin.

In {{ssbu}}, Louie appears as a primary spirit. It can be acquired by Summoning with cores from Snorlax, Postman, and any Grab core

P2 Louie Front View Clay Artwork.png|Clay artwork of Louie.

P2 Louie Side View Clay Artwork.jpg|The same clay model, but from a side-on perspective.

P2 Louie With White Pikmin Artwork.jpg|Clay artwork of Louie running while holding a [[White Pikmin]].

P2 Louie and Olimar Clay Artwork.png|Clay artwork of Louie with [[Captain Olimar]].

Pm2 2playermodes.png|Louie and Olimar facing each other down.

P2 King of Bugs Artwork.jpg|Artwork of Louie as he appears as the [[King of Bugs]].

P2 Louie Left Behind.png|Louie at the end of the credits in ''Pikmin 2''.

P2S Louie Left Behind.png|Louie at the end of the credits in the [[Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch rerelease of ''Pikmin 2'']].

P2 Louie on the Titan Dweevil.jpg|thumb|Louie, as seen in the cutscene before the fight with the Titan Dweevil.

Pikmin2 Switch Louie's Dark Secret.jpeg|thumb|Louie eating a cargo of Golden Pikpik Carrots in the [[Cutscene#Louie's Dark Secret|Louie's Dark Secret]] cinematic in the Nintendo Switch rerelease of ''Pikmin 2''.

P3 Louie Analysis.jpg|Analysis of Louie in ''Pikmin 3''.

P3 Louie Returns JP.jpg|Louie as he appears in the Japanese version of ''Pikmin 3''.

P3 Louie Memo Recording.png|Louie recording a memo in the [[Quaggled Mireclops]] arena.

P3 Louie With Wayward Moon.png|Louie with the [[Wayward Moon]].

P4 ID Badge Louie.png|Louie's ID badge.

P4 Louie Dandori Battle Opening.png|Louie in a [[Dandori Battle]]

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