- This article relates to the official games. See Pikipedia's "Onion" article for more official information.
The Onions are the nests of the Pikmin. Olimar named them so because of their resemblance to a vegetable native to his home planet. These bulbous plant-hives have brightly-colored bodies with a black-and-white band across the midsection. Three stilt-like legs suspend the Onions out of the reach of hungry predators, and provide access to the inside for Pikmin. In Pikmin 1, Olimar states that he inspected the Onion's legs, and saw they were covered with tiny little hairs. There are three known types of Onion, each with unique coloration corresponding to either Red, Yellow or Blue Pikmin, and only one of each has ever been seen. Subterranean Pikmin species such as Purple Pikmin, White Pikmin and Bulbmin do not have Onions, or at least none that have yet been discovered.In Pikmin 3, Onions are small,round,and look more mechanical.But if they fuse together,they get bigger and transform into one Master Onion.
 A Red Onion |
 A Yellow Onion |
 A Blue Onion |
During the daytime, Pikmin hunt and bring food, such as pellets or slain beasts, to the Onion, which in turn produces new Pikmin seeds. If there are fewer than 100 Pikmin on the field, the seeds are ejected and take root in the ground, but if not, they are stored inside the Onion, along with any other Pikmin not on the field. When night falls and all the Pikmin have returned, the Onion folds its legs and lifts off from the ground, presumably using its flower petals like rotor blades to propel itself into the low atmosphere, where it hovers until daybreak. In Pikmin 3,the Onion pulls in it's root-like legs and blasts off.If an Onion loses all its Pikmin, it will produce a single seed the following day to prevent extinction.
When the Onions were first discovered in Pikmin 1, they were dormant. They had a dark grayish color, were flowerless, and their legs were buried in the ground until Olimar came upon them, at which point they sprang to life and spat out a single seed. It is not known exactly what triggers this hibernation, though it's possible that a loss of Pikmin, food shortage, or loss of captain may prompt the Onion to become dormant until conditions improve.
Taxonomy[]
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Red Onion[]
| Taxonomy | |
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| Kingdom | Therobotania |
| Phylum | Pikosimilis |
| Class | Motopiknia |
| Family | Onion |
| Genus | Weissificus |
| Species | W. Rubrinius |
Yellow Onion[]
| Taxonomy | |
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| Kingdom | Therobotania |
| Phylum | Pikosimilis |
| Class | Motopiknia |
| Family | Onion |
| Genus | Weissificus |
| Species | W. Xanflavia |
Blue Onion[]
| Taxonomy | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Therobotania |
| Phylum | Pikosimilis |
| Class | Motopiknia |
| Family | Onion |
| Genus | Weissificus |
| Species | W. Cyanoki |