Marina, a robot maid, is exploring a new planet in search of her creator, Professor Theo, when she sees a strange little yellow creature with big ears. She immediately grabs it and shakes it, hoping to obtain information about Professor Theo's whereabouts.
The creature struggles. Seeing that no item falls to the ground and that the creature can't seem to speak her language, Marina sets the creature down and continues her exploration.
Later, when Olimar finds his stray Yellow Pikmin, the plant-like creature panics and imitates someone shaking it. Olimar doesn't understand what the Pikmin means by this.