The Glow Pikmin Theory | (Onion Theory Part 2)

Explaining the Glow Pikmin as well as why and how I think they connect to the Onion Theory.
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[@VarietyTelevision]

I'm aware that Collux can mean 'With Light" in Latin as well, but I think the connections still stand. Especially considering the name seems to apply more to properties of Pikmin, rather than the Lumiknoll itself.

[@skistorm739]

even after the onions and etc evo to have no tech in bio because of nano-particles the nano robotic parts slow evo away and eat creatures super-fast just a game mechanic

[@hi-ougidemonfang]

I know it’s late but Glow pikmin are kodama. Yokai that act as tree spirits. The same Japanese mythical creature that koroks are based on. Their face is what really gives it away.

[@RikiHorizon]

The legless appearance of glow Pikmin could also have been inspired by ghost ants. Ants who's clear gasters are often harder to see than their dark abdomens and heads

[@VarietyTelevision]

Oh, nice! I didn't know about those little dudes.

[@The_Starkindler]

A cool connection! I was simply going off the assumption that, as they evolved, they wouldn't have really needed legs if they just float or materialize anywhere they desire. Imagining them with "skeletons" that have wee vestigial legs like whales was just really funny to me haha. Aside from the comedic skeleton effect seen in earlier Pikmin material, who knows if these lil dudes even have skellies.

[@malimaui2802]

Also, the fact that you can turn them into other Pikmin through Candypops, is confirmation they are Pikmin in my opinion

[@VarietyTelevision]

True!

[@LB_]

I think I've also seen a line of dialog about how enemy corpses from day missions aren't present during night missions, and then are back again the next day. Yet, you can open pathways and such during night missions and those changes are reflected during day missions. The game specifically calling this out could just be cheeky writing, or it could have alarming implications for the lore.

[@VarietyTelevision]

I think it has alarming implications. Finding out what, now that's the tricky part.

[@pastel-leech3778]

@@VarietyTelevisionI think the implication was they’re ghosts. Or at least Yonny was trying to scare Collin into believing that, the actual implication of why that happens may be different

[@VarietyTelevision]

@pastel-leech3778 I think it has to be different, and Yonny was just messing with Collin. Nighttime enemies provide actual nutrients for Lumiknolls and break down into physical matter. They can harm our captain, and destroy Lumiknolls.

[@LB_]

@@pastel-leech3778 I'm not agreeing or disagreeing but your comment gave me an interesting thought - if diurnal creatures have their ghosts come out at night, do nocturnal creatures have their ghosts come out during the day?

[@laggybro64]

I think they just decompose or get eaten.

[@juneBug412]

one small correction i'd like to make; it isn't stated that glow sap itself has incredible regenerative properties, but rather that *leafification* does. we learn from bernard after he was cured that he was pretty badly hurt before being leafified, and yonny suggests he'd like to put someone horribly injured into an onion and then curing them to see if this could be used as a new medical procedure. also, it'd be very strange to me if the onion didn't attempt to fix any serious injuries when securing a leader, as it's obviously intelligent, and there's no point tryna hijack some poor dead space trucker's brain to make him an efficiency-obsessed bush if he's not gonna be able to do anything due to his likely ruined body

[@VarietyTelevision]

Yeah, they definitely are repairing people. I just swore I remembered Yonny saying the Glow Sap itself had properties when used as a cure.

[@idioticlight]

The onion just gave olimar the best back massage of his life of the 4 seconds he was inside

[@Yipper64]

13:20 a kind of funny thought, what if there was a captain that got stuck for a while, gets leafling-ified, but finds some glow sap at some point, drinks it, stops being a leafling, but then goes long enough without glow sap to become a leafling again, repeat ad infinitum.

[@VarietyTelevision]

It is a funny thought. We know from Yonny, however, that Glow Sap only works prevenatively. If someone is already a leafling, it has to be reworked into a cure. Still, the infinite leader loop is hilarious.

[@aidanhammans9337]

Well here’s my theory Lumiknolls could use the souls of Pikmin to build the instincts of the Glow Pikmin, but draw the physical form from glow pellet energies. Since Glow Pikmin have nothing to do with the Glow Sap process, they technically don’t need to have any different instincts from Pikmin, so using the souls of Pikmin makes sense.

[@AJ-ke8zy]

I like this theory a lot. One of the things I see lots of people bring up is that Ghosts and radioactive energy are the main inspirations for Glow Pikmin. However, I haven’t seen too many people discuss how those two topics are generally intertwined, particularly in ghost hunting! In modern ghost hunting, one of the main things people use to ghosts is called an EMF (Electromotive Force) reader. What this tool detects is strong energies, such as heavily radioactive locations, or locations with a strong electromagnetic pull. Another item people use to “talk” with ghosts is a Spirit Box. Spirit boxes switch between different radio waves for the ghost to form statements, and what do you know, a radio wave is just a less powerful form of radioactive energy! Finally, another used tool is a “Infrared Thermometer”, which is used to detect infrared light. Light, you say? Like, energy? See, the two topics are very related, and I think this correlation is either a neat coincidence or super cool Nintendo-Level planning. Great video, thanks for making it! TL;DR: Ghosts and energy have a lot in common when it comes to ghost hunting.

[@VarietyTelevision]

I totally agree with your idea! They absolutely have a lot in common in the realm of ghost hunting. Not only do we use gadgets sensitive to multiple energies, but it's often stated that ghosts themselves are energy. Repetitive energy gives us residual haunting, while active and powerful energies give us intelligent hauntings!

[@becfastbruh2163]

Not to be that type of person but EMF stands for electromagnetic field. It is the magnetic force created from electronic devices, ie your phone, your computer, or your tv. That's why you shouldn't have magnets near electronic devices, it could mess up their functions.

[@VarietyTelevision]

@becfastbruh2163 Earth has a natural electromagnetic field surrounding the entire planet thanks to our rotating iron core. It's called the Geomagnetic field, and it's necessary for life on Earth.

[@AJ-ke8zy]

@@becfastbruh2163 correct! However, ghost people don’t seem to think so haha

[@Jociozama]

I have a theory that luminol benefits from the death of daytime Pikmin, since it has been established that when a Pikmin dies, it is converted into a nutrient soup that goes to the ground, which many creatures use as food. , but it could also be that the luminol uses this as the "raw material" for the glow pikmin and the cure, and it has also been established that the luminol has something underground that communicates with the tricknol, so it is not unreasonable to think that under each map there are tricnol raises that they use to collect the "essence" of the pikmin fallen during the day, and I support this with the fact that the luminol are in the same area as the daytime Pikmin. and that would explain why luminol creates the cure for the leaflyns, less leaflys means more Pikmin that die, which become juice that goes to the ground and that the luminol takes advantage of to make the Pikmin glow and more cures, making although the glow pikmin are pikimins, these are in a type of competition with the daytime pikmin.

[@VarietyTelevision]

Pretty interesting idea!

[@LazyFluff]

Building off of your awesome theory here, could the glow pikmin's onion be subterranean, buried like an IRL onion, only deep underground? Think about it: it would be protected from predators, and instead of expending energy flying to the atmosphere each morning, it developed a network of tunnels with surface exits in the form of luminols. Their design always reminded me of termites, another species as renowned as ants for their collaboration based lifestyle.

[@VarietyTelevision]

It's possible that their Onion is buried deep underground, or at least the inner workings of one.

[@malimaui2802]

It did take a while for us to finally find the Purple and White onion, so maybe there is a Glow Onion buried somewhere

[@tacticaljunk1608]

Pikmin have always been observed to have similar traits to glow Pikmin. In the ending of 2, the pikmin glow bright and are transparent as they see Olimar off.

[@VarietyTelevision]

They aren't transparent intentionally. All pikmin have an idle glow, including Oatchi and leaflings. The reason they appear transparent is because they used just glowing lights to represent the Pikmin. If you use camera hacks to free cam, you can see all the Pikmin are just floating particles if red, yellow, and blue.

[@danshakulawrence983]

I know this is just grasping at straws, and the real bummer is we'll probably never get answers to the Plasm Wraith, but I can't help but wonder if it's connected to the Pikmin in some way, especially after seeing the Glow Pikmin. And maybe the Pikmin's relationship with Olimar is the key to understanding the Plasm Wraith's obsession with him.

[@danshakulawrence983]

Really far out-there idea that the Plasm Wraith is a diverging evolution of Glow Pikmin, forgoing the multiplicity found in the Pikmin genus and becoming a single, unanimous entity. But despite transcending the limits of individual Pikmin, it is still subject to its base instincts of finding a leader to follow. The idea doesn't really explain why it targets Olimar specifically, but it could explain a lot of its behavior and abilities, and how they overlap with those of the Glow Pikmin and the Lumiknoll, such as displaying prowess over multiple elements, levitation, and "decomposing" any deceased creatures within its lair. I'm not betting all my money on this idea since I just came up with it and I'm sure there's holes if you look for them, like how it has an aversion to water while the Glow Pikmin do not. But I found it compelling to write, so there you go :)

[@VarietyTelevision]

There are some Pikmin creators working on a theory similar to this, with the premise being the fact that the Formidable Oak is a giant termite mound (which lumiknolls are also), and that the plasm wraith is some advanced version of glow sap.

[@GeloSceron]

@@VarietyTelevision Walking glow sap? How about a giant pile of bubblegum(spongebob reference)

[@MarinaJamSession16]

if you look up knoll you will learn the formal origin of lumiknolls, which is a small light hill. knoll is coincidentally (or less so) the name of a pharmaceutical company, this being relevant to acquiring medicine for the leaflings

[@armakuni64]

Was just about to ask about this after watching part 1* glad to see you've covered it. Honest this theory has changed my view on the series as a whole, and I think the theory itself is extremely probable to be what is going on behind the scenes. You're a genius man

[@VarietyTelevision]

Woah! I really appreciate that more than you know!!!

[@mr.blueguy7648]

I have nothing to back this up but I always liked thinking that glow pikmin are like a dead pikmin soul cased in a shell made of the glow pellets. Wich would be why they don't "die" technically. The ghost just goes back to the lumiknol and waits to be given a new shell.

[@VarietyTelevision]

I like the idea, but Olimar and Yonny both refer to them as turning into photons, or particles of light.

[@monopolyrubix1875]

I believe that becoming a leafling is what heals injuries, not glow sap. Glow sap just cures the leafiness. Iirc, Bernard says he felt better after becoming a leafling during one of his base dialogues. Also, Olimar dies, becomes a leafling, and then is alive until he is cured. If the onion wasn't what healed him, then he'd just be dead.

[@Seafor-v4l]

That is a good point. Would require some looking into and research.

[@VarietyTelevision]

Interesting. I think it indeed has something to do with being a Leafling, but Yonny has tested the Glow Sap as a doctor, and still made those claims. Maybe both are true? Like, becoming a leafling heals some, and glow sap finishes the process?

[@GeloSceron]

@@VarietyTelevision Leafling heals you, and you keep the effects when you are cured by glow sap. So possibly

[@Yipper64]

my thought is the glow pikmin are the parasitic pikmin shown in rock pikmin, ice pikmin, and of course most importantly the bulbmin. My thought is that when they drink glow sap it allows them to be as they are, and exist in low light conditions. But if they find a rock or baby dwarf bulborb to climb into, they can use that to continue existing. At least thats kind of a theory I have about them. Mostly bulbmin though I think its implied rock and ice have the same type of pikmin.

[@VarietyTelevision]

That makes sense! They would need the bodies to stay out of the light.

[@Seafor-v4l]

This also lines up with how ghosts are usually depicted to possess a live or non-living host.

[@syweb2]

Wouldn't Bulbmin be inhabiting true Bulborbs? Adult Bulbmin are _significantly_ larger than Dwarf Bulborbs, but them being smaller than regular Bulborbs can be considered a result of the parasite stealing nutrients and stunting its host's growth.

[@Yipper64]

@syweb2 idk bulbmin themselves are smaller than dwarf bulborbs. I never thought of the adults as actual bulbmin but dwarfs doing their mimicry and pretending to be the bulbmin's mother.

[@montydoesgames]

@​@Yipper64 Pikmin 2's Piklopedia entry has Olimar say that they actually do grow and develop into full Bulbmin, meaning they can't have been Dwarf Bulborbs since they're a variation of Breadbug that disguises itself as a Bulborb child so full grow Bulborbs mistake it for a Bulborb child.

[@doommustard8818]

Glow sap isn't regenerative, it's nutritious and cures leaflingification. Becoming a leafling is said to be regenerative for most ailments other than the leaflingification. So taken together they are quite regenerative with no significant side effects. This is roughly what yonny said and i can understand the confusion as to why you might think it was said that glow sap was regenerative.

[@VarietyTelevision]

Didn't he say it was also regenerative, but only when admistered as a cure? I could've swore that's what he said.

[@gekigami1791]

Incredibly entertaining unhinged yap sesh, liked and subbed

[@alfo2804]

The relevant plot point of Jupiter Ascending is essentially lifted like-for-like from the highly influential 1973 film Soylent Green, which sees an overpopulated Earth in the year 2022 being fed entirely on different coloured varieties of "Soylent", of which the upcoming newest variety, Soylent Green, is supposedly made from sea plankton, but the protagonist learns that it is actually made from euthanised people. The fact that Glow Pikmin are specifically also green strengthens the connection to Soylent Green rather than Jupiter Ascending. "Collux" is actually a combination of _two_ Latin words: 'col' meaning 'with', and 'lux' meaning 'light'. I think the fact that it is the same name as a planet in Jupiter Ascending is most likely a coincidence. I find it hard to believe that the developers of this game would be so specifically inspired by a forgettable, low scoring box-office bomb.

[@hi-ougidemonfang]

Glow pikmin are kodama. Yokai that act as tree spirits. The same thing that koroks are based on.

[@ScrewdriverGaming]

...the hazard that Glow Pikmin are related to its "night time" - since they are the only type that can survive it

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

Pikmin always reminds me of nature spirits especially these new glow pikmin and the flying ones sprites and fae

[@Lucky_Guy_Does]

Glow Pikmin are made of light. That's why they're not out in the day. They'll combine with the sunlight and kind of evaporate.

[@thedoglovinggamer5825]

I’m disappointed that the green parasite pikmin onion was never added, there are stats for them and the bulbmin in the files too. Also since they are called bean pikmin in the files they were gonna look like the version from the concept art. And since they were scrapped, the bulbmin by proxy were scrapped too. Since there is so much in the files for them they were probably cut late into development which would explain why and how Bulbmin were mentioned in the Startle Spore’s piklopedia entry.

[@The_Starkindler]

Fun speculation! I think I still consider them not to be "true" Pikmin simply because they are made of light rather than a flora/fauna hybrid. I do, however, agree that radioactive energy is a definite inspiration. I hadn't even realized it until you brought up nuclear plant reactors, but they are a similar shape to Lumiknolls, which is really interesting, even if just a coincidence. I have seen speculation that glow pikmin are the same as the parasitic pikmin responsible for bulborbs and even rock or ice pikmin, but I don't think that's something I'm willing to concede just yet? I understand these are green lil' guys like our fabled parasites, but I would assume those pikmin to behave more like fungi or bacteria, especially since bulbmin are classed the same as puffmin. The most notorious fungal example I can think of is cordyceps (often associated as the inspiration for the pokemon, Parasect). As for rock pikmin, I think they are just grey pikmin who use rocks as a protective shell or armor, sort of like a hermit crab. Pikmin don't need to be parasitic to behave this way, even that is how Olimar describes them. Hermit crabs themselves aren't parasites, after all! The ice pikmin being described as parasitic also doesn't quite sound right to me. The frozen saline solution thing, however, is really cool. ANYWAY, back to the glowy lads. The movie association was fun, but probably coincidental (I have never even heard of this movie but YIKES). Their body shape being inspired by ghosts is certainly intentional, and cute to boot, but you are right that these guys aren't just the ghosts of dead pikkies rising up to be night zombies. I would consider bulbmin and puffmin more akin to zombies, though. That's a silly thought haha. The return to light/being made of photons absolutely keeps me on the nuclear energy/wavelength part of this theory, but that fact makes me more certain that they shouldn't really be considered true pikmin based on their physical composition/biology. Light does not have biology hahah, it is a spectrum, and we only see such a small portion of it! I have to wonder how crazy Olimar's geiger counter would react to Glowmin or Lumiknolls. That also raises an interesting idea about the glow sap and leaflings. That the glow sap is akin to radiation therapy for cancer patients, but a weird injection or pill that is a very convenient insta-cure. Would that we could treat real-life cancer this way. That said, leafification seemed to also be restorative, at least in the case for a dead or comatose castaway. Restorative with a cost, though. Castaways losing themselves is scary, but is probably a function of the onion's means of survival. Rather than consume the castaway for nutrients, perhaps it is simply more efficient to convert/heal them as a permanent tool or leader for the Pikmin. I'm going to go check out that onion theory now, so thanks for sharing! I love chatter about this kind of thing.

[@VarietyTelevision]

Thanks for your awesome comment! I appreciate you taking the time to write it out, and for watching the theory!

[@malimaui2802]

I think the fact that you can turn Glows into other Pikmin through candypops, is confirmation enough that they are indeed some type of Pikmin family

[@VarietyTelevision]

@malimaui2802 good point!

[@The_Starkindler]

(late comment is so late omg) but you raise an excellent counterpoint!@@malimaui2802 The conversion does suggest their relation.

[@chaaps8915]

the green onion was supposed to be for a different kind of green "bean" like pikmin, which was removed.

[@VarietyTelevision]

Yes, they're the early glows. They even had an attack called 'bullet' which is the same as glow mob. Dalmo refers to Glows as 'little beans', so I think it's clear they are one in the same.

[@reallyrealfungus]

Wack theory here, but what if the glow onion is INSIDE the lumiknoll, Heres why i think this. Star fragments work almost exactly like pellet posys, when you bring some in you get a set amount of pikmin. Lumiknolls and Onions function almost exactly the same way, before anyone says "You cant bring enemies to lumiknolls" the enemies melt at nighttime, hence why you wont find many glow pikmin in the wild. The lumiknolls outer layer is the exact color of dirt, the glow pikmin may have an instinct to pile dirt up onto the onion to hide it. The glow sap could be leftover glow pikmin DNA that didnt manage to leave the dirt mound, and, in the morning, the glow pikmin go into the mound and throw out the sap obstructing their space. Theres one thing i had to really think about, how come if you end a night with 50 pikmin, you get 10 the next night? Well, heres why. The glow pikmin have a teleporting ability, this makes me think that glow pikmin use this ability to protect more lumiknolls so they dont go extinct. Similar to how other pikmin only let 3 types of pikmin and 100 individual pikmin out at a time. Every Pikmin has seeds too, when an onion spits out a pikmin, it comes out in an orb with a leaf on it, sound familiar? Yup, these are equivalent to Glow Seeds. If you could reply to this comment and ask questions, or tell me anything that doesnt add up, it would help this theory A LOT.

[@VarietyTelevision]

The only problem I have is that the Onion itself totally disappears during the day. If the Lumiknoll contained an Onion, it would have to be dug up and reburied every night. Why wouldn't we be able to dig it up or remove it from the Lumiknoll to add to our Master Onion? We also never see a Pikmin use 2 different Onions. What I mean is, your Red Pikmin will always return to their home Onion, even though their may be others nearby, this makes me think Pikmin are locked into their Onion. As for why more would appear the next night, we know that Lumiknolls and tricknolls are connected underground. I think it's more likely to be one MASSIVE system that Glows go between, rather than a bunch of individual Onions buried inside of Lumiknolls. At least to me, it makes more sense that their Onions ARE Lumiknolls, specially evolved for night survival. Edit: I do think your theory is pretty interesting though.

[@syweb2]

2:08 Wasn't there stuff in the files that suggested the Green Onion would have belonged to the elongated Bean Pikmin?

[@VarietyTelevision]

Yes, that's why I zoomed in on Dalmo calling the Glows 'little beans'. The beans had an attack called bullet, which is essentially glow mob. I think the Beans were just early concepts of Glows.

[@goldenguy7470]

I've kind thought that glow pikmin being many different types of pikmin just fused together and make hives during the night so then creatures don't sit at out posts or something like that the last one may not be good evidence

[@Torosiken]

ok but now i wonder, if there's actually a third explaination... what if glow pikmins ARE pikmins who got left behind BUT got converted? Making it technically NOT pikmin but another natural predator for onions' pikmin? Maybe that's why onions try to avoid night and that's why these lumine things called enemies... they called enemies that have eaten pikmin and convert these eaten pikmins into theirs.

[@reghardtvanwyk1944]

Maybe the scattered glow pellets are actullay enimies that killed by the beasts in frenzy or for some reason the enimies just died

[@gameyfirebro9645]

I wonder. Why are Bulbmin restricted to caves? Their hosts aren't solely nocturnal, and Rock and Ice Pikmin are diurnal, so it's not the parasitic Pikmin either. So do they even have the pikmin drive to make leaflings? Yeah they lack an onion, but at the same time Rock and Ice Pikmin both have onions themselves so it's not the specific parasitic relation preventing them from sprouting via onion.

[@VarietyTelevision]

My best guess is different forms of the parasite? Rocks and ice aren't living things like bulborbs, so there has to be some level of difference between those two groups of parasites. I don't know if there's further in-game evidence for this, however.

[@hephaestus5964]

I could of swore it was the leafification process that had regenerative abilities and not the curing process

[@VarietyTelevision]

Many people stated that becoming a leafling had made them feel better, but Yonny says the Glow Sap Cures used on them also has these affects, but only when used on a Leafling. He even talks about trying to start a process of turning people into leaflings and then curing them for maximum health benefits.

[@user-br6nu3jj9u]

I think they should've added a onion for them then add more night time pikmin with onions and would be a separated from the day time Pikmin I think this would add alot to the story

[@user-br6nu3jj9u]

"Them" means glow pikmin

[@nostalgiafactor733]

The description says this is Pikmin 3 btw lol

[@PXKMProductionsGaming]

idk if I agree with the practice in general of using unused content as proof of anything. Philosophically, it doesn't exist in the world of the game since it wasn''t implemented. It's like drawing a conclusion about a character in a film based on a deleted scene.

[@VarietyTelevision]

I agree, thats why I tried to implement other evidence. I think it's okay to use as supporting evidence if other clues are presented, but not to base the whole thing on.

[@leatrombley1491]

It not a game theory it's a glow theory

[@VarietyTelevision]

a GLOOOOOW THEORY! Thanks for watching~

[@D1stop1an]

Do you think Glow pikmin will have an onion in Pikmin 5? Or will we have two types of green pikmin with a different type of pikmin taking up the role of the Green pikmin for the green onion? Also, do you think we'll get orange pikmin in pikmin 5?

[@uberd3323]

I think the Orange pikmin type is actually the parasite that inhabits bulbmin

[@VarietyTelevision]

The green ones are parasites! That's why Bulbmin have a green idle glow, and are represented by green dots on the map.

[@VarietyTelevision]

I think Glows should've been orange.

[@D1stop1an]

@VarietyTelevision wait I thought bulbmin glow orange on idle

[@VarietyTelevision]

@@D1stop1an It's green. The arrow that indicates which Pikmin you're throwing turns orange, however. But yeah, the idle and map are green.

[@ed94ro99]

glow pikmin are inspired by mimamtos love of radiation sickness

[@VarietyTelevision]

Oh gosh xD

[@brae9119]

The real question is how the Onions themselves propagate and reproduce.

[@VarietyTelevision]

That's a great question

[@yodxxx1]

So basically where normal pikmin act more parasitic, glow pikmin are more symbiotic?

[@VarietyTelevision]

Essentially. Pikmin consume and grow, whereas Glows cleanup and survive, still in an effort to grow. Edit: I remember the 5th of November.

[@GeloSceron]

Nah, glow pikmin are Lumas, they even have star bits

[@VarietyTelevision]

Probably

[@theworldwar4278]

What about bulbmin? How do they work within your Onion Theory? (I love bulbmin)

[@VarietyTelevision]

Simply put, they're the same type of Pikmin that inhabits rocks or ice, but takes over bulborbs. Whatever the parasitic Pikmin type is. Simce there isn't a dedicated Onion, and Onions are known to transfer DNA, maybe any Onion can make Bulbmin given it has parasites inside?

[@Austin-kt7ky]

​@@VarietyTelevision Rock and ice pikmin are grown, though. Wouldn't that mean their bodies are made the same way as other pikmin, not by inhabiting existing materials?

[@VarietyTelevision]

@Austin-kt7ky Some characters in the game theorize that the Onions and Candypops have a way of harvesting rocks and ice for use in making Pikmin. It's also stated that Rocks and Ice are Hermikmin, or Pikmin that inhabit other bodies.

[@arandomthingintheabyss2062]

@@VarietyTelevision maybe there used to be a parasite onion but it evolved into the new main host of its parasite pikmin

[@danteydantes8415]

bulbmin seem to reinforce the idea that the onions search for permanent leaders, since "adult" bulbmins serve as a leader for the juveniles

[@board-qu9iu]

6:20 Not a huge nickpick but it's a myth that radioative material glows green

[@VarietyTelevision]

I know, that's why I specified 'in media'. It's an iconic trait to signify radioactivity, but completely false xD

[@board-qu9iu]

@@VarietyTelevision true though ghost usually also green and not radioactive

[@VarietyTelevision]

@@board-qu9iu True. That's why I said I think it's a mix of multiple inspirations, as I don't believe ghosts were the only thing.

[@michaelr3077]

Official websites group bulbmin, puffmin and glow pikmin in the same category as not true pikmin types.

[@VarietyTelevision]

Bulbmin are known to be parasitic Pikmin, and Puffmin are literally turned from actual Pikmin. I don't think the website implies they aren't real types, but rather unknown or unclassified types.

[@RayzerJ]

Premier chain

[@VarietyTelevision]

Heck yeah!