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A '''spray''' is an item in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. They can be collected and used at any time, and each has a different beneficial effect. In ''Pikmin 2'', it is revealed that a species of [[plant]] called the [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] produces berries that can be used to the [[leader]]s' advantage. There are two known types of spray, '''ultra-spicy''' and '''ultra-bitter''', although only the former appears in ''Pikmin 3''. The player can tell how many sprays they have on the [[HUD#Spray counter|HUD]], and in ''Pikmin 3'', they can also tell how close they are to concocting the next spray with berries; in ''Pikmin 2'', the player needs to enter the [[Menu#Pause|pause menu]] for the berry count.

In ''Pikmin 2'', {{button|gc|padd|wii|2}} activates the ultra-spicy spray, while {{button|gc|padu|wii|1}} uses the ultra-bitter spray. In ''Pikmin 3'', with the classic controls, {{button|wiiu|padu|wii|padu|wiiu|pcpadu}} uses the ultra-spicy spray, and with the styuls controls, the corresponding button on the touchscreen must be tapped.

This is obtained from red berries and is to be used on [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]. It has the effect of temporarily enhancing their strength and speed, and make their leaves, buds, or flowers glow red. This makes Pikmin more effective at [[Enemy|fighting]], building, destroying, and carrying for the 40 seconds it lasts. In ''Pikmin 3'', it also makes them bloom into the [[Maturity|flower stage]]. When used, a comical flatulence sound is heard.

Both types of sprays can be made by returning ten of the respective color of [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] berries to the [[Hocotate ship]], the [[S.S. Drake]], the research pod, or a [[SPERO]], which then creates a spray dosage from them that can be used right away. The two known berry colors, purple and red, produce the two kinds of sprays. Sprays can also be found in most of the places [[nectar]] can, in the form of red or purple concentrated [[#Spray nectar|drop of nectars]], each of which counts as one full dosage and is absorbed by a leader.

[[File:Bitter drop.jpg|thumb|100px|An ultra-bitter spray nectar drop.]]

Unlike nectar, however, [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] cannot collect it. Once a [[leader]] walks over it, they'll squat down and proceed to suck up the liquid. This doesn't make sense, however, as the leader is seen clearly drinking it using their mouths, despite the fact that there's the helmet blocking, and that these drops probably shouldn't be edible. This is likely done on purpose, as a joke on how Pikmin drink nectar.

In ''Pikmin 2'', when a leader is hit by an enemy, [[bomb-rock]] or something else while absorbing a concentrated dose of spray, he stops absorbing it, and it shrinks and disappears. Worst, the spray does not get collected, so it important to be careful when trying to get a spray.

*{{icon|Egg|y}}s

*{{icon|Iridescent Flint Beetle|y}}s (one ultra-spicy nectar drop only)

*{{icon|Iridescent Glint Beetle|y}}s (two ultra-spicy nectar drops only)

*{{icon|Doodlebug|y}}s (two ultra-bitter nectar drops only)

*{{icon|Red Spectralids|y}}

*[[Ultra-bitter spray|Petrified]] enemies

*{{icon|Dirt mound|y}}s

*'''[[Glitches in Pikmin 2#Double sprays|Double sprays]]''': In both [[version]]s of ''Pikmin 2'', if the player can make it so that both leaders drink a drop of nectar at once, the game will register it as two individual collections, and add two sprays to the inventory. To do this, the player must separate their leaders, and leave one of them next to a drop. Then, change to the other leader, and have him push the idle leader into the blob. This will make the idle leader absorb it. Before the nectar is gone, the leader the player is currently controlling (i.e. the one that pushed) should go and drink it as well.

Spicy Spray.png|Pikmin under the ultra-spicy spray's effect in ''Pikmin 3''.

UltraSpicySpray.jpeg|A drop of ultra-spicy spray in ''Pikmin 3''.

Spiderwort3Closeup.jpg ‎|A Burgeoning Spiderwort in ''Pikmin 3''.

Normal purplepikmin2.jpg|Clay model of a [[Purple Pikmin]] carrying a [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]] berry.