Olimar

Olimar tosses a Blue Pikmin.
Olimar
Species	Hocotatian
Affiliation	Hocotate Freight
Debut	Pikmin

Former captain of the Dolphin, Olimar was a mild-mannered, yet exceptional employee of Hocotate Freight until the fateful day he was hit by an asteroid and crash-landed on an unknown planet. There he met the Pikmin, tiny plant creatures named after the pik pik carrots on Planet Hocotate. The Pikmin were immediately attached to Olimar, and he was able to use them to recover the thirty parts that had broken off of the Dolphin while they learned from him how to defend themselves against the larger creatures on the planet. He safely left the planet within thirty days (if he had stayed longer, his suit would have exposed him to the planet's atmosphere, including poisonous oxygen), taking with him a bottlecap for his son, and perhaps to remind him that the experience had happened at all.

Olimar returned to Hocotate Freight and found that it had accumulated a considerable debt during his absence. The Dolphin was sold, being the company's only asset, leaving Olimar with a rusty old two-seater ship instead. Shocked at losing the Dolphin and being on the verge of having to find a new job, Olimar dropped the bottlecap, which the ship recorded as worth a year's worth of salary (100 pokos). The President of Hocotate Freight sent Olimar and Louie back to the Pikmin's planet to collect more treasure and pay off the debt. During "Pikmin 2", Olimar displays even greater leadership capabilities, not only commanding Pikmin but Louie as well. He also displays his love of science, recording and commenting on every treasure and life form that they encounter. He was promoted to Perennial Manager by the President for his work with the Pikmin.

Background

Olimar is a hard working man. He loves his family, including a wife and two kids, though he sometimes feels restricted by his obligations to them. He desires a humble life and often worries about what he'll do if he's promoted to President of Hocotate Freight, since he can't imagine matching the current President's back-stabbing, slave-driving initiative. He gets along with his boss well enough, though not without a few grumbled complaints.

In every way, Olimar represents a typical, middle-class worker who, given a dire situation, can become a hero all on his own.

Trivia

• Olimar's name is just a reorganization of Mario's, along with an L.
• Back on Hocotate, Olimar owns a dog named Bulbie, who is very similar to the grub-dog family.
• Olimar was going to have a cameo in Mario & Luigi, as a patron of Starbeans who gives you the UV Lamp (changed to Cobalt Necklace). It was removed for unknown reasons.