Occupational Hazards
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Occupational Hazards is the title of the third Pikmin Short Movie. It is 12:45 minutes in length, making it the longest of the three films. This movie is about Pikmin and Olimar in an old abandoned construction site, scavenging for nuts, bolts, and other sorts of treasure. During their adventure, they come across a Fiery Blowhog and a Red Bulborb, which they eventually defeat.
Plot
The story begins with the camera focused on a rusty bolt in a metal wall. As the bolt comes out, so do a Red and a Blue Pikmin, entangled into one another in a twirling pattern. After untwisting themselves, the Red Pikmin picks up the bolt and begins carrying it away. While doing so, the viewer gets a look at a large portion of the construction site, where dozens of Pikmin can be seen exploring about. The Red Pikmin can be seen heading towards a large backhoe.
The scene changes to two Blue Pikmin using their leaves as screwdrivers to unscrew two screws. As they twirl their stems, they themselves spin in the air to return to normal; a nearby Red Pikmin become dizzy just from watching them. In a different location, a Red Pikmin tosses grommets down a ledge, where a Red Pikmin down below catches them with its stem while a Yellow and a Blue watch nearby. After four grommets, a pile of them fall down on the Pikmin at once, crushing it. This doesn't kill it, however, as it continues to move around, scaring away the other two Pikmin. The Red Pikmin from above falls down on top of it, and plucks the Pikmin from the grommets' holes.
At ground level, elsewhere, a multitude of Pikmin are carrying several metallic objects, either by pushing them, carrying them, or rolling on top of them, with one Pikmin even serving as a wheelbarrow. A lug-nut tower made of Pikmin falls down soon after, as a White Pikmin observes nearby. The camera pans out, revealing hundreds of Pikmin around the area, all working on their tasks. Only one White and two Purple Pikmin can be seen in this scene.
As the action continues, a Red Pikmin is seen jumping from atop the backhoe as Captain Olimar watches its descent. Following this, Olimar whistles two Blue Pikmin to fall down, holding hands. Right afterwards, a Red Pikmin jumps up from below, carrying a bolt. Olimar turns back, and whistles the Pikmin, ordering it to bring the piece to a spot. Olimar issues two Yellow Pikmin to drop down, and again, another Pikmin comes back up, this time with a lug-nut.
A large pile of construction utilities, like bolts, nuts and screws lies under the Research Pod's beam. The Pod sucks up the objects, one by one, while noises used for the S.S. Drake in Pikmin 3. After some more parts, it stops. Nearby, a yellow helmet with a 任? (lit.: "Responsibility") appears, being carried by some Pikmin under it. The Research Pod flies away, and the camera reveals the top of the backhoe, covered in Pikmin.
The action returns to Olimar, and from a top-down view, a seesaw is seen on the ground below. Two Blue Pikmin jump down on one end, and the Red Pikmin lying on the other end gets flung up to Olimar's level. Two Yellows then jump down, and a Blue gets flung up, followed by two Reds jumping to get a Yellow Pikmin up. This Yellow Pikmin is carrying a crooked nail, which it then shows to Olimar. Disapprovingly, Olimar shakes his head, and the Yellow Pikmin tosses the nail down below, hitting a White Pikmin in the line for the seesaw, and enraging it in the process. Two Blue Pikmin fall from above, trying to toss the Purple Pikmin now on the seesaw, only to get flung off due to the Purple's weight. Annoyed, the White Pikmin shoves the Purple Pikmin aside and gets on the ramp, just as two Purple Pikmin fall on the other side of it. The immense weight of the Purples compared to the White is enough to shoot the Pikmin rocketing to the sky. The Pikmin disappears in a twinkle of light, and after some seconds, the horrified Pikmin on the backhoe return to their tasks.
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