Pikmin's BIGGEST Degenerate - The Story of Louie

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[Splashy_the_III]

actually in one of the night talks it is revealed that the reason louie tries to make the koppaites leaflings is because olimar told him before to copy what he does since he was new on the company

[maniacmohawk]

*He has no rules. No boundaries. He doesn't flinch at torture, human trafficking, or genocide. He's not loyal to a flag or country or any set of ideals. He trades blood for money. He's your new best friend.*

-Hocotate Freight President, probably

[lxi..]

I told my boyfriend that Louie once described one of the more mechanical enemies as "barely edible" and he gave me the most bewildered look. Louie is so chaotic he found a way to "barely" eat metal.

[shinyshucklegaming]

Louie is the closest thing we'll ever get to a fully-fledged sociopath in a nintendo game

[bananaslamma]

Louie would absolutely find a way to take control of a Elden Ring boss just because he didn’t find any Syrup for his waffles

[escucharbog]

I love the idea that Louie could give less of a fuck about dandori, yet somehow is so much better than Olimar, who is known for being pretty meticulous.

[MichaelHeide]

You'd think Louie would be the kind of guy who hides a Zombie bite, but he's worse. He'd hang with the Zombies, attack humans together with them, eat human brains and flesh, people would think he's infected, but then, psych, he's still human (well, Hocotatian) and just hungry.

[MySnugglePuppy]

Quick note:
The Golden PikPik carrots were worth a lot more than 10100 pokos, as that is merely the amount after Olimar’s ship was sold. Considering his ship had a lot of powerful equipment (and junk), as well as his life savings, those carrots were worth a whole bunch more than 101 year salaries.

[veryyelloo]

I did scream when seeing this evil bastard in 4. Also his treasure entries are gold. Olimar has a long story about his family and Louies entry is just "inedible"

[aedaniammx]

I think the best part about Louie is that you have no idea what his deal is, he’s a complete question mark. He might be malicious, he might be dumb, he might be incompetent, he might be better than Olimar, he might want to be left alone forever on PNF-404, he might just like the planet’s options for cuisine, no one knows if he was controlling the Titan Dweevil or kidnapping it, but everyone DEFINITELY knows he’s Louie.

[MGTRR]

People say "man it sucks that Olimar had to go back to PNF-404 before even getting to see his family" but really, I think it sucks that he had his ship taken away before he could remove his "full as ever" Secret Safe.

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I also want to say that people really give the president of hocatate freight a bad rap. The first half of pikmin 2 was him acting desperate to save EVERYONE's ass due to a company destroying incident entirely out of his control (and his life while louie and olimar were gone wasn't exactly luxurious), and the second half, while certainly rather greedy, is done WITH him! The dude is more than willing to put his life on the line for what he wants and that's an uncommon trait among the typically lazy/cowardly corporate head stereotype everyone takes him for.
High tier CEO, at least among fictional ones.

[hdk-gamer]

If you complete all of Louie’s quests you get the ability to carry with the strength of a single Pikmin

[TheMoon-nzmi]

Is nobody going to talk about the fact that the ship didn't rat out Louie when he ate all the golden pik pik carrots.

[hanzumautist]

Yorke isn’t the only one with ties to the Pikmin 3 trio. Don Bergman claims to have served alongside a partner he refers to as “Ducky” (who is heavily implied to be Charlie), and Yorke claims that Nellie is related to a “famous botanist”, but he doesn’t know much else beyond that.

[cathygrandstaff]

Louie being better at Dandori than Olimer actually makes some sense. As Olimer said when you beat him the last time he only wanted to return home, so he was throwing the battles to let you win. He was probably only turning people into leaflings so you’d be forced to figure out a cure, and use it to cure him. Also it’s kind of a mercy transformation because Koppites and other tiny people would die without life support on this planet.

On the other hand Louie sincerely wants to remain on PNF 404 and is trying to defeat you so you’ll leave him alone. It’s also a case of Louie being a genius ditz vs Olimar being a methodical thinker.

[Marioqt]

Louie controlling the titan dweevil is an interesting aspect. As there are many interpretations of it.
Of course there's the fact that he could actually be controlling it.
On another hand, Olimar's piklopedia entry for the Volatile Dweevil mentions how they're behaviors change based on the items they carry. Which Louie's anger towards being left behind could have influenced the Titan Dweevil

[ThePoltergust]

This is a bit of a reach, but I like to imagine that part of the reason Louie tried to run away with and leafify the Koppaite crew was actually because he wanted to leafify _himself_ in order to live on PNF-404, but because he stole their food (which was juice made from glow sap), he had already been "vaccinated" against it. So, he double-checks that leafifying them doesn't work and hangs onto Nelle on the off chance she can "cure" him of his immunity

Legit, I'm surprised the game didn't end with Louie leafifying himself and running off to Go Native-- seems like it would've been a natural "end" to his character. Maybe in Pikmin 5 we'll see him as the main antagonist again after running off to PNF-404 on his own to go full Heart of Darkness/Apocalypse Now

[LiLMSKN]

One of the more interesting conversations from olimar when he talks about oatchi and moss's genetic ancestor and impies the possible existence of people who lived on pnf-404 and was advanced enough for space travel. I also love how only olimar is more critical thinking of the treasures and their purpose despite schnauz's own notes.

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One small thing to note is that there isn't really a known aunt in louie's family tree. The president saying "auntie" was a mistranslation. The original text was referring to his grandmother.