Captain Olimar

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"My name is Captain Olimar. While traveling through space, my ship was struck by a meteor... I must have blacked out, and I awoke on the surface of a weird planet. With so many parts lost, the skeletal hull of my beloved Dolphin is a painful sight. The engine is gone... I'm stranded. To make matters worse, my atmospheric sensors indicate this planet's environment contains high levels of poisonous oxygen. My life-support systems can function for only 30 days. If I can't repair the Dolphin by then... No! Better not to think about it. I must find the missing ship parts!"

— Captain Olimar

Captain Olimar (キャプテン・オリマー), also referred to as simply Olimar (オリマー Orimā), is the main protagonist of the Pikmin series, being the main character of Pikmin, Pikmin 2, and Hey! Pikmin and a major character in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4. Olimar is from the planet Hocotate, and while on several missions for his employer, Hocotate Transportation Company, Olimar discovered the planet PNF-404 and several types of Pikmin residing on it. He has a wife, two kids, and a dog named Bulbie.

Appearances

Traits and abilities

• Olimar is able to control Pikmin, using his whistle as a means of command. The Pikmin quite possibly see him as a leader and a hero, but they probably followed him originally because of the light of his head, which makes him look like some kind of Pikmin.
• He can pluck or pull out Pikmin sprouts when he stands next to them (or by whistling after obtaining the Pluckaphone).
• When unarmed with pikmin, Olimar can launch a punch attack to weaken enemies (or a three punch combo after obtaining the Rocket Fist).
• Olimar has an interest in science and particularly biology, taking notes and commenting on every treasure and enemy he discovers.
• He has three short brown hairs and wears a beige spacesuit with a red tracking beacon on his helmet, decorated with a red life-support backpack and red gloves. He measures 1.9cm tall and 3.9cm tall with his spacesuit on.
• He loves his family, but they often ask a lot of him when it comes to financial matters. This is one of the reasons he enjoys time to himself.
• He designed the Bowsprit for the S.S. Dolphin.
• It is referred to that Olimar has had conflicts with space pirates.
• According to his journal entry on the Impenetrable Cookie, he has a short temper towards incidents of little importance.
• Olimar mentions that he has always "had a way with animals", which can be seen with his fairly extensive Piklopedia journal entries on the various creatures on the planet.
• In Hey! Pikmin, Olimar has a JetPack that can give him flight for a short time to help him get across gaps or get him to higher platforms. However, any non-winged Pikmin will be unable to follow him.

Olimar's Monologues in Pikmin

Main article: Olimar's monologues in Pikmin 1

When playing Pikmin, the player can discover information about the gameplay by reading Olimar's monologues. They often give info about the Pikmin's abilities, controls, and current tasks. He is smart so he will make good ones.

Olimar's Notes

Example: Olimar's Notes on Red Bulborb

In Pikmin 2, when Captain Olimar sees a creature or feature, he jots down some notes. Unlike Louie's notes, Olimar's are very informative and provide a lot of detail. Olimar speculates quite a lot, though that is natural due to the sheer strangeness of the lifeforms on the planet. He also appears to be quite the biologist, if you assume that all his notes are his honest opinions.

Olimar's Journal

Example: Olimar's Journal on Courage Reactor

In Pikmin 2, Olimar writes a journal entry on each treasure he finds, often reflecting on the day's expeditions and findings. He refers to such things as his family, his working life with Hocotate Freight, and his feelings at the time, as well as speculation on what the treasure's intended use might be.

Notes

Gallery

Main article: Captain Olimar/Gallery

Trivia

• Olimar's name is derived from Mario, just as "Louie" is from Luigi. In Japanese, Olimar (オリマ Orima) is an anagram of Mario (マリオ Mario). However, comically, Louie's name in JP can be translated to be "Useless", reflecting Olimar's opinion of Louie.
• According to Olimar's Voyage Log, Olimar was a repairman before he became a captain.
• Olimar was supposed to make a cameo appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. The captain was to come in and taste the player's coffee. However, this never occurred, as the scene was canceled. He was also planned to call Mario "Marlio" (an anagram of "Olimar") and somehow mistake Luigi for a beast. Unlike other characters in the game, Olimar's text was to appear without a speech bubble.
• One of the key items in Super Paper Mario, the Helmet has a large resemblance to Olimar's helmet. It even includes an antenna with a red light beacon.

• Although not seen, the player can get a message from Olimar in the Wii game Animal Crossing: City Folk, which reads: "I found this odd little hat on my travels. It looks just like one of those cute little creatures I've met in outer space! Have fun wearing it! - From Captain Olimar.". When the player finishes reading the letter, they get an item called the "Red Pikmin Hat", which looks like a Red Pikmin's stem with a leaf. A similar hat (along with yellow and blue variants) are available as an award to Miis in the Nintendo 3DS' "Find Mii". A "life size" model of his ship has also been released.
• Olimar's weight varies throughout the Pikmin games, since he weighs the equivalent of four Pikmin in Pikmin, one Pikmin in Pikmin 2, and five Pikmin in Pikmin 3.
• Olimar is one of three playable characters in the series without his name ending with a long "e" sound, the others being Alph and the president.
• Olimar is voiced by Kazumi Totaka in Pikmin 2.
• In the Super Smash Bros. series, Olimar's eyes never glow yellow if he has broken the Smash Ball, not even if he is attacked.
• According to design documents, at one point during development of Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Alph was being considered as a fully separate playable character; he would have been a clone of Olimar, except with the addition of utilizing Rock Pikmin.^[1]

• On his fighter page on the desktop version of the official English Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website, Olimar's name was originally misspelled as "Olimer." This mistake has since been corrected.
• When Pikmin carry Olimar to their Onion when you press down on the D-pad (or the "2" button in the New Play Control! version) is held in Pikmin, or by use of the Napsack in Pikmin 2, Olimar is not affected in any way, presumably, because he is still conscious and able to struggle free.
• Because oxygen is toxic to Olimar, he is an obligate anaerobe.
• When Pikmin carry dead enemies to the Onion, it makes a normal Pikmin, not a hybrid between the two species. It is possible that Olimar is not dead, only unconscious, thus creating the hybrid.
  • The result of this bad ending is possibly referenced in Pikmin 3, as one of Olimar's ship logs in a Data File stated that he had a nightmare that the Pikmin dragged him into their Onion after being injured by a creature.

See also

• Olimar's monologues in Pikmin

External links

• Official page on Smash Bros. DOJO!!

References

[Edit] Characters
Leaders	Captain Olimar • Louie • The President • Alph • Brittany • Charlie • Pikmin 4 player character
Rescue Corps	Oatchi • Collin • Shepherd • Russ • Dingo • Yonny • Bernard
Ships	S.S. Dolphin • Hocotate Ship • S.S. Drake • S.S. Dolphin II • SPERO • S.S. Beagle • S.S. Shepherd
Minor characters	Bulbie • Olimar's daughter • Olimar's son • Olimar's wife
Other	Castaway • Leafling • Moss • Pikmin