Captain Olimar

Captain Olimar (キャプテン・オリマー) is the protagonist of the Pikmin series. He was the one who discovered the Planet of the Pikmin. He works at Hocotate Freight and has many interests. He was also the former captain of his personal ship, the S.S. Dolphin. He has a family (wife, son, and daughter) on Hocotate, his home planet.

Pikmin
Captain Olimar was going to take a vacation away from Hocotate for a few days. As he was flying his personal ship, the S.S. Dolphin, a meteor collided with his ship, causing the S.S. Dolphin to fall and start to burn as it was crashing down to an unknown planet, a planet with giant plants and poisonous oxygen filling the air. He was knocked out as the ship crashed on the ground and he was forced out of his unusable ship.

Fortunately for Olimar, he was able to wake up from his crash but he became hopeless as his ship was stuck in the ground. While he was exploring an area he called The Impact Site, he met creatures called Pikmin in an unoccupied Onion. The Red Pikmin were able to reproduce more Pikmin so Olimar was able to find some useful helpers on the planet. As the Pikmin could do many talents on the planet, he was able to find the Dolphin's Main Engine resting in front of his eyes. The Pikmin helped him find it and bring it back to his ship, letting the Dolphin at least lift off. As he was looking for more parts, he discovered more Pikmin, including Yellow Pikmin and Blue Pikmin in two different areas. The wildlife he encountered intrigued him, they were nothing like he has ever seen. The creatures were no match for the Pikmin he commanded, for they defeated them and took their bodies to produce more Pikmin. Luckily for Olimar, he was able to find all 30 rocket pieces on the planet and restore his ship's damage. Before he left, he took a bottle cap from the planet and took notes on the wildlife.

Pikmin 2
After Olimar's success on the Pikmin planet, he was able to return to Hocotate in his space ship, where he was reunited with his family and return to his normal life. Deciding to land at Hocotate Freight, he met up with the President of Hocotate Freight and a new employee named Louie. After landing his ship, he learned that the company was in debt, having to pay 10,100 Pokos for the loss of a Golden Pikpik Carrot shipment (which was actually caused by Louie, not "Space Bunnies"). Learning that the Dolphin was sold to pay the debt, Olimar was so shocked he dropped a souvenir (a bottle cap) for his son. As the bottle cap rolled past Louie, an old ship commonly called The Ship was able to use its Research Pod to suck up the rusty bottle cap. The Pod analyzed the piece of salvage to be worth 100 Pokos (a one year salary for a normal Hocotate astronaut), which lowered the debt to 10,000 Pokos. The President commanded Olimar and Louie to return to the Pikmin planet and collect more treasure.

Paying off Hocotate Freight's debt
As Olimar and Louie were heading to the Valley of Repose, Louie fell out of the cockpit and Olimar had to search for him. Luckily for Olimar, he found Red Pikmin fighting a Dwarf Red Bulborb. He was able to unite with Louie with some help from the loyal Red Pikmin. They were able to find a treasure called the Courage Reactor (a Duracell battery) and start their adventure. As they explored in the Awakening Wood and Perplexing Pool, the debt lowered to a small amount. In the end, Olimar and Louie were able to pay the debt. He blasted off of the planet, but once he returned to Hocotate, Olimar realized that he left Louie behind. After meeting the President once again to present him with all the treasures Olimar and Louie found, the debt was paid. The President also said that he would join Olimar to search for Louie. The two went to the Wistful Wild to start their search and find more treasure, to make their company wealthier than ever before. The both were able to find Louie in Wistful Wild, in the Dream Den, on top of a gigantic Titan Dweevil. Olimar and the President were able to return to Hocotate with the rescued Louie and more treasure, but not before Olimar looks back to say farewell once again to his Pikmin friends.

Traits and abilities

 * Olimar is able to control Pikmin using his whistle's sounds as means of command. The Pikmin see him as a leader and a hero.
 * He can pluck or pull Pikmin sprouts out of the ground when he stands next to them (or by whistling after obtaining the Pluckaphone).
 * Olimar can launch a punch attack to weaken and defeat enemies.
 * Olimar has an interest in science, taking notes and commenting on every treasure and enemy he discovers.

Weaknesses

 * Olimar's species can't breathe oxygen because it is toxic to their kind.
 * Olimar is only about the size of a quarter (but in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, he is about half the size of a normal human).
 * Olimar has no superpowers and can not survive without the aid of Pikmin, although, in Brawl, he has moves that do not require Pikmin, such as swiping at his opponent's legs and whacking them with his antennae.

Olimar's family
Olimar's family consists of his wife, son, and daughter, all of whom he loves very much, but admits can sometimes get on his nerves. In the first game, we find out that two of the S.S. Dolphin's parts, the Sagittarius and the Libra, were gifts from Olimar's kids. Olimar also once took his son for a ride in the S.S. Dolphin, which was sold as a company asset when the President became a debtor. In Pikmin 2, their portraits can be seen in the e-mails they send. Olimar's son has light brown hair and seems very interested in his father's travels through space. He has also written about the family dog, Bulbie (the namesake of the ferocious Bulborb). His daughter has blond hair with spherical pigtails, always wears a pink suit, and seems very worried about growing up to be a proper lady. Olimar's wife looks somewhat similar to himself, but with quite a lot of makeup. She sends a few e-mails about how either she's proud of or mad at Olimar.

Pikmar
Pikmar, otherwise referred to as Olimin, is the term sometimes used to describe Captain Olimar as a Pikmin in the bad ending of the original Pikmin, wherein he is carried to a Pikmin Onion and ejected as a seed. This ending is not considered canon with the rest of the series because Pikmin 2 sees him proceeding to land on Hocotate in his ship with at least 25 ship parts.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Olimar is a playable character in the Wii title, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He commands his Pikmin in battle, and is almost entirely dependent on them. Olimar is able to pluck new Pikmin from the ground at any time, and he can have up to six with him at once. The Pikmin, as in the original series, are fragile and can be defeated easily, but each of the five colors have special unique properties (for example, the Red Pikmin are stronger than average and have fire-based attacks, as well as resistance to flame). Olimar’s Final Smash is called "End of Day", in which he leaves the arena via his spaceship as night falls (any opponents standing where the ship lands get stuck in the ground). The players below are attacked by feeding Bulborbs, and can be further damaged when Olimar’s ship returns and explodes on impact. The game also features a playable stage called the Distant Planet, based on the setting of the Pikmin series. Oddly, he is able to jump very high here, unlike in any of the Pikmin games where he lacked any jumping ability.

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