| “ | Can't you see? Bulborb's the one that started all of this! He's the one who took Olimar. He's no better than me, and yet you're so sad about him. | „ |
| ~ -The Lemon telling Red about Bulborb's past. |
The Lemon is a secondary antagonist of Season 1 and main antagonist in Season 2 of Pikmin Plush, made by JJnEverything. He is a cruel and vindictive bounty hunter, and also warden of the Forest Navel. He seeks to kill Captain Olimar and Red Pikmin due to a high bounty set onto them by The Employer, the true main antagonist.
His voice is provided by JJnEverything, who provides the voice for most of the characters in the series.
Appearance[]
The Lemon appears as a round and well-shaped levitating lemon. There isn't much else to it. He is mainly shown wearing a light brown tattered cowboy hat, and sometimes seen with white scars when injured.
Personality[]
The Lemon is a gruff, unremorseful bounty hunter, who finishes jobs no matter the cost. He does most things out of his own self interest. He is very serious, even stoic at times, and is motivated solely by greed. He doesn't care if what he is doing is morally correct, he only cares if it benefits him or not.
That being said, he does have a code of honor, and keeps to it very seriously. Upon being hired by Red in exchange for his freedom, he becomes a genuine ally to Red, saving the latter's life many times, even though the two are archenemies. It seemed that The Lemon did genuinely intend on upholding his side of the deal, until being presented a better deal by Louie. While he does betray Red because of this, it is clearly stated that he holds nothing against Red, and the betrayal was purely pragmatic.
History[]
Before Season 1[]
The Lemon, along with Bulborb and Chikorita, get a job from a man known only as The Employer. He offers to give them 100 pokos for the capture of Captain Olimar and one Red Pikmin. The Lemon is skeptical of the importance of the targets, but agrees to do it, since "a job is a job." He remains in his Castle, where Bulborb brings Olimar in, still unable to find the Red Pikmin. The Lemon was in charge of watching Olimar and keeping him locked up, but Olimar managed to escape. The Lemon attempted to stop him, resulting in a battle, in which Olimar won, knocking The Lemon unconscious and escaping.
Season 1[]
Coincidentally, Blue Pikmin, Yellow Pikmin, Purple Pikmin, and Pearl (friends of Red) stumbled upon The Lemon's unconscious body, mistaking him for an ordinary lemon. They try to eat him, but they get knocked out upon trying to bite it. All except Pearl, who as a White Pikmin, is immune to any poisonous fumes that may be given off. Eventually The Lemon wakes up and angrily chases Yellow, Blue, and Pearl away, but they manage to escape. Soon after, The Lemon encounters Red and Pearl at Jeremy's fast food, and tries to kill Red. Using his lightning, The Lemon inadvertently splits Red into two separate Pikmin, the original Red and Brother Red. The two of them beat the Lemon to a pulp, but he gets away.
Season 2[]
The Lemon returns to the Pikmin's base camp, confronting all of them once more. He manages to defeat everybody, and has Red backed against a corner, when Olimar returns in his spaceship. Olimar and The Lemon fight once again, giving all of the Pikmin enough time to escape. Offscreen, the Lemon defeats Olimar and captures him again, bringing him back to his castle. When the Pikmin show up to rescue him, The Lemon orders his minions to capture them as well. Soon, the only remaining ones are Red, Bulborb (who had betrayed The Lemon and The Employer), Pink, and Rock were left. Red and Bulborb break in, reuniting with Purple and making it to the brig, but find Olimar's cell empty. Pink and Rock enter, trying to capture Red, when The Lemon interrupts, claiming Red for himself. The Lemon and Pink fight, and The Lemon easily wins. When the other Pikmin enter, it becomes a full-on brawl. The Lemon shoots a devastating lightning bolt at Red, but Bulborb dives in front of it, taking the blow. Seeing Red's sadness, The Lemon explains that Bulborb is just as bad as he is, and also explains they were all hired by The Employer. Red and The Lemon fight in a final showdown, but its interrupted by Pink. The Lemon, fed up with her meddling, shoves her off the edge, but she holds on. Red shoves The Lemon off too, and he grabs onto Pink's feet. Red pulls both up, and The Lemon is tag-teamed by all of the Pikmin, plus Olimar, who has returned. Olimar tosses The Lemon and his minions in a cage, and he is taken to the dungeon, where he isn't seen again.
Trivia[]
- The Lemon would most likely be the "Lawful Evil" alignment.
- He is one of the only characters in the series to be not from any Nintendo franchise.