In the Pikmin games, a Pikmin that is moving can randomly fumble, and either fall down face-first (referred to as tripping), or careen forward a bit (referred to as stumbling). When this happens, the Pikmin is usually unusable until it recovers. A Pikmin that trips or stumbles runs the risk of being forgotten, hurt by enemies, or flung into an obstacle^[1][2], making it important for the player to pay attention to the whole group and use whatever tools they have to get the Pikmin back to normal quickly. How likely a Pikmin is to trip, or if it can trip at all, depends on its type, and what it is doing.

Tripping was introduced in the first game, where it is fairly common. It carried over to Pikmin 2, where the chances for a Pikmin to trip got reduced, but stumbling was added. Both mechanics were removed entirely in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4. Tripping was later re-added for Hey! Pikmin but it has been made less punishing – Pikmin only trip in specific spots, and they get up faster.

Details

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Pikmin 2. Particularly: Add the stumbling duration.

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Hey! Pikmin.

In Pikmin, a Pikmin that trips lands face-first stays there for a while, shakes its head, and then gets up. It stays in this tripped state for roughly 4.5 seconds, from the moment it begins falling forward to the moment it starts moving again. All throughout, the Pikmin is considered a normal part of Olimar's group, so the player is able to pick up and throw the Pikmin, or even dismiss to make it instantly get back up and join its type's group. The player can use these two actions to get back into action faster, instead of waiting for the Pikmin to get up.

In Pikmin 2, tripping is roughly the same as in Pikmin. Stumbling makes the Pikmin jut forward in whatever direction it was moving for a roughly fixed distance, lasting some seconds. In this game however, nothing can be done to return the Pikmin to normal faster, for either tripping or stumbling. While the Pikmin is still considered a part of the group, it is actually in a special state where the leader cannot interact with it. Dismissing will keep that Pikmin in the group, spraying will not affect that Pikmin, and the HUD's standby icon calculation will skip over that Pikmin (meaning the icon can even show the "no Pikmin" symbol if that was the only member of the group).

Triggers

Pikmin can only trip or stumble if they are following the leader somewhere, or if the player is swarming.

Pikmin and Pikmin 2 tripping calculations

In Pikmin and Pikmin 2, each Pikmin contains a special value that keeps track of how much distance it has moved.

Every time all of the following conditions are met...

• The Pikmin is not carrying a bomb-rock.
• The Pikmin is not a Bulbmin.
• The Pikmin is moving at a speed of at least 110 speed units (for reference, in Pikmin 2, the whistle has a radius of 90 units un-upgraded, and a Red Bulborb moves at a speed of 100 units).
• The Pikmin's "distance" value is at least 100 units.

...the game performs a trip check. This trip check resets that Pikmin's "distance" value back to 0, and then polls a random number, with a 99.9667% chance that nothing happens, and a 0.0333% chance the Pikmin will lose its balance.^[3] If it does, what happens next depends on the game.

In Pikmin, the Pikmin trips, and stays down for a random number of loops of the animation, between 3 and 7.

In Pikmin 2, the game polls another random number to determine whether a Pikmin will perform a stumble or a full face-plant. If a Pikmin is going to trip, it has a 99% chance it will stumble, and only a 1% chance to face-plant. In total, this means that when the game runs a check to trip a Pikmin, there is a 99.97% chance nothing happens, 0.00003% chance that a Pikmin will face-plant, and a 0.00297% chance that a Pikmin will stumble.

To note is that in Pikmin, cutscenes do not make the Pikmin immune to tripping.^[4][5] In Pikmin 2, because of their lower speed, Purple Pikmin are less likely to trip since it will be harder for them to reach the speed limit (however their actual odds of tripping are unchanged).

Hey! Pikmin tripping spots

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Hey! Pikmin. Particularly: Finish the tripping spot list.

In Hey! Pikmin, during gameplay, Pikmin are only able to trip in very specific places. These are sections of an area where there is a lot of room to walk in, and there are no real dangers nearby. These spots are purposely chosen by the area designers, by placing a stumble_space object on top of the line of terrain they want. The following is a list of all such objects:

• Cavern of Confusion:
  1. The stretch after the dirt block, below the Sparklium Seeds.
  2. The stretch where the Spornet attack cutscene takes place.
• Mushroom Valley:
  1. The stretch after the Crested Mockiwi, after climbing up a small ledge.
• Back-and-Forth Road:
  1. The stretch where the Yellow Spectralids cutscene takes place.
• Serene Stream:
  1. The stretch after going up a ramp, after the scared Crumbug cutscene.
• The Shallow End:
  1. On top of the pre-built bridge after the Blue Pikmin that are playing with a ball.
• Crystal Tunnels:
  1. The stretch of land under the Rock Pikmin headbutt cutscene.
  2. The stretch immediately after the previous one, after going down a ledge.
  3. The stretch after the large fall with angled crystals.
• Echo Cavern:
  1. The floor where the Seedbagger roams.
  2. The stretch above the first Crammed Wraith, after climbing the vines. (3 objects total.)
  3. The flat ground with a bush, below the Numerical Monument.
  4. The two sticks that are blocked by several cobblestone blocks and bomb rocks. (2 objects total.)
  5. The floor after climbing down the vines next to the Gigaton Bag. (2 objects total.)
  6. The stretch to the left of the first Rock Pikmin stone.
• Springpetal Cave:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
• The Burning Sky:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
• Steel Pipe Forest:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
  5. TBD
  6. TBD
• Pollution Pool:
  1. In the flat section with the first electric gate.
  2. TBD
• Drenchnozzle Den:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
• Downpour Thicket:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
• Scorched Earth:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
  5. TBD
  6. TBD
• Lights in the Darkness:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
• Terror Trench:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
• Barriers of Flame:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
• Sizzling Precipice:
  1. TBD
• Below the Ice:
  1. TBD
• Frozen Hazard:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
  3. TBD
  4. TBD
• Septic Swamp:
  1. TBD
  2. TBD
• Burning Bog:
  1. TBD

Outside of gameplay

To do: Add cases from the Short Movies. Care to do so?

Tripping is also used in other parts of the franchise outside of a random gameplay mechanic.

In the Pikmin Park, a Pikmin that is following a line while heading towards an obstacle to clean up may trip. This temporarily slows the line down behind it, but the Pikmin will get up on its own shortly after, and speed up to catch its place. This is purely aesthetic, and has no impact on the progression of the park's cleanup.

Oddities

• In Pikmin, if a Pikmin that has tripped is ordered to work on a task with the swarm functionality, it will get up and go to it or slide to it on the ground. Given unknown circumstances, it can go to the task whilst lying down.^[6]

Gallery

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  Animation of a Pikmin tripping in Pikmin 2.

See also

• Randomness

References

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Abilities	Carry • Dig • Dodge • Fight • Hide
Controls	Charge • Dismiss • Swarm • Pluck • Throw • Whistle
Other	Decor Pikmin • Leafling • Mushroom Pikmin • Pikpik carrot

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