Olimar's voyage log in the first game also has an entry where he has a nightmare about being turned into a Pikmin, so it could simply be a reference or call-back to that. Another possibility is it could just simply be a joke about Olimar's terrible singing ability, which was implied in a log entry back in the second and third game, and even in this game where Olimar recalls a time he tried to invite his family to karaoke and their response was a disgusted look.However, the Pikmin themselves never come off as manipulative in-game, shoving Olimar into the Onion turned out to not use him as nutrients but engaged an Emergency Transformation to save his life, and their marching song "Ai no Uta" is a song all about selfless self-sacrifice for the benefit of another, implying the reason they went quiet at Olimar singing it was the idea of him doing what they do for him upset them. A much earlier entry makes note of the fact that when he tried to join in their marching song, they went noticeably and eerily silent. Towards the end of Olimar's Voyage Log, he starts to muse about the Pikmin potentially using him to climb to the top of the natural order and after a nightmare where they feed him to an Onion begins to question their bond.Even Olimar believes that Louie had his own reasons for doing what he did, and asks the player to forgive him following the final boss battle. Louie's logs and notes imply that he's become rather attached to PNF-404 since arriving, and would rather stay on it instead of leaving with the others. Him siccing the Ancient Sirehound on the player is likely another, albeit more deadly, attempt to get them to stay away (although it's certainly possible Louie is also aware that neither the player nor Oatchi are in danger of actually dying, at worst being forced to leave the cave, which is exactly what he wants). He continuously tells the player character to leave him alone when they pursue him, and specifically flees to the Cavern for a King in the hopes that the Rescue Corps will give up chasing him there. Otherwise, Louie's main motive after losing Moss seems to just be trying to escape from the Rescue Corps. Louie notably doesn't seem to care much that the Koppites he kidnaps aren't turned into leaflings, implying that he doesn't have much interest in the overall process. How much of Louie's actions in the game's second half were out of pure malice, and how much was simply fueling his own desire to stay on PNF-404 and avoid an Unwanted Rescue? While he does kidnap castaways and turn them into leaflings, Olimar notes that he's told Louie in the past to copy his actions at work to stay on task, and speculates that he may have only leafified castaways because he saw Olimar's leafling self do the same.Would you like me to teach you this skill?
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