Steve

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 **Steve,** also known as **Steve the Red Pikmin** and **Steve The Trooper**, is a supporting protagonist in the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe, and was the original main protagonist before Kirby Bulborb's introduction. He appears as the main protagonist in Classic Kirby and Classic Kirby Origins, a supporting ally in Trooper Village Stories, and a minor character in Twig & Pik-pik.

Steve is a Red Pikmin that lives with his sister Olivia in an alternate dimension known as the Steve Dimension. He also had a brother; Noah, who became evil after joining the Space Pirates. Steve became popular after attempting to carry back a Fiery Blowhog to the Onion by himself. He has since defeated several other Fiery Blowhogs, and has fought Emperor Bulblax on several occasions. Steve is a modest hero who enjoys helping out Pikmin in various towns during times of need, but does not want them to become too dependant on him, and fears that they won't be able to survive on their own once he passes away.

Steve moved into a dimension that he named after himself in 2012 and went on various adventures in which he defeated several enemies. While he and the Pikmin from Trooper Village were initially enemies, Steve and Olivia later decided to become allies to the Pikmin and Bulborbs from Trooper Village, and helped them defeat Underhut and Makuta.

Steve is one of the few original characters to not be created by Peter Tagg, the character was created by Chuggaaconroy and originally appeared in his Let's Play of the first Pikmin game.

## History

### Background

Steve was born on April 8th of an undisclosed year as the younger brother of Noah and Olivia. In 2010, Steve attempted to carry the corpse of a Fiery Blowhog back to an Onion. This made him gain sudden popularity from the other Pikmin, and was seen as a trooper, earning him the nickname "Steve the Trooper". Steve fought Emperor Bulblax and the Bulblax family sometime later, and wiped out the majority of Bulblaxes and hostile Bulborbs.

### Twig & Pik-pik

Steve was worshipped by the other Pikmin like a God. He had a legendary blade nobody else could see, but he was convinced that he had one. He took down the mightiest beats inside the arena, including the shark beast. Steve's final task involved him taking down "the almighty dragon of the sky", which he defeated. After believing the Pikmin were becoming to dependant on him, and fearing that they won't be able to survive on their own once he passed away, Steve left the village and searched for a new place to help.

### Classic Kirby

One year later, in 2012, Steve moved into a dimension that he named after himself and became friends with Wenlock and Mandeville, the Olympic mascots that year. After learning Emperor Bulblax had survived their previous encounter, Steve broke down a gate and confronted him with Wenlock and Mandeville. Steve saved Joe from being eaten, and then defeated Emperor Bulblax. He also befriended a Gruffalo that he named Spike, who accompanied Steve on various adventures in which they defeated several enemies, such as Tamama. Steve also celebrated his birthday and also celebrated Halloween.

Steve lost Spike after he was eaten by Ripster during their fight against him, and despite reincarnating Spike as a Pikmin after Ripster's defeat, he would lose Spike again the following year to a hostile Bulborb. Steve also lost Wenlock and Mandeville, who had been injured during the fight. Following these deaths, Steve befriended a group of zombies whom tried to defeat Ripster, but they were all eaten by him, leaving Steve to plan another method of defeating the shark.

A year later, Steve and Olivia both looked for some food in a garden, and they managed to find a carrot, a plum, and a strawberry. Later on, they went to a GameShop to buy a copy of "Kirby's Return to Dream Land", and witnessed Meta Knight being mistreated by the store owner, Brain Gremlin, who died moments later.

Sometime later, Steve and Olivia wanted to set up a shop in their town, but asked permission from Mayor Ronnie Bulborb beforehand. He gave permission, so the two Pikmin set up a shop. Steve was told by Olivia that Bulborbs were evil beings. Around this time, Steve and Olivia became aware of Noah's descent into villainy, though due to them being his family, Noah did not invade their hometown.

### Trooper Village Stories

Steve and Olivia met Blue, Yellow and Red after they traveled to their village through a portal. They mistook Mayor Reginald Bulborb for their counterpart of him. Steve confronted the three Pikmin after they tried to leave, but was defeated by Mayor Reginald Bulborb's Sailor Bulborb form. He then tried to prevent Olivia from also trying to prevent them from leaving, but was unsuccessful and she was also defeated. Steve was told by Olivia again that Bulborbs were evil beings.

While they initially met as enemies, after they encountered the Pikmin from Trooper Village again, Steve and Olivia decided to become allies to the Pikmin and Bulborbs from Trooper Village, and helped them defeat Underhut and Makuta.

## Personality

Steve is a modest hero who enjoys helping out Pikmin in various towns during times of need, but does not want them to become too dependant on him, and fears that they won't be able to survive on their own once he passes away. Despite this, Steve did not mind being worshipped by the other Pikmin like a God.

Steve is a fan of The Beatles, and listened to their song "Help!" really loud while Mayor Ronnie Bulborb requested their help to defeat Underhut.

## Abilities

Steve is skilled in combat, having defeated numerous enemies including Fiery Blowhogs. He took down the mightiest beats inside an arena, including a shark beast. Steve also took defeated "the almighty dragon of the sky". He later confronted another shark beast in the form of Ripster, whom he fought against on two occasions. Steve fought Emperor Bulblax and the Bulblax family sometime later, and wiped out the majority of Bulblaxes and hostile Bulborbs.

Despite Steve's abilities, he was unable to defeat Mayor Reginald Bulborb's Sailor Bulborb form, being easily defeated alongside his sister Olivia.

Steve had a legendary blade nobody else could see, but he was convinced that he had one.

## Behind the scenes

Steve was created by Chuggaaconroy in the first episode of his Let's Play of the first Pikmin game. In the eighth episode of the series, Steve attempted to carry the corpse of a Fiery Blowhog, which Chuggaaconroy called him a trooper for. After the episode's release, Steve became an internet meme and reoccurring joke within the remainder of the Let's Play (and went on to be referenced in the Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3 Let's Plays), though Chuggaaconroy would later express a dislike for the meme.

In 2011, Peter Tagg decided to use the character of Steve for his Pikmin content, making him one of the first original characters, alongside Doc Kermit Frogglegg and Mayor Reginald Bulborb. Steve was the original main protagonist of the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe, and remained as such until Kirby Bulborb's introduction.

Like the majority of the original cast, Steve made his first appearance in the first season of the series Steve The Trooper, which were Peter's first Pikmin plush videos. Steve's two relatives were introduced shortly afterwards, with his brother Noah being introduced in the first season, and his sister Olivia was introduced in the second season.

Steve and Olivia later appeared in the Classic Kirby episode "Steve The Trooper". When Steve was replaced by Kirby Bulborb as the main protagonist, he instead became a supporting character. Steve and Olivia appeared in several episodes of Trooper Village Stories, briefly as antagonists before becoming recurring allies. Most of their appearances occurred during the Blast From The Past story arc.

Steve also had a cameo role in the fifth episode of Twig & Pik-pik's second season. The Steve shown in Twig & Pik-pik is not the actual Steve. However, the story of the "Steve" based off of Chuggaconroy's Pikmin Let's Plays is shown. Jakob Dawson used the name "Steve" to help the audience understand the character. Whilst not specified in either Twig & Pik-pik or Trooper Village Stories, this appearance is canon to the Steve featured in the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe, but is not considered canon in the Pikminjake Cinematic Universe. Jakob later created a completely different version of Steve as an antagonist in the Steve Saga.

## Trivia

* Steve is the first main protagonist of the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe, and was the original main protagonist before Kirby Bulborb's introduction.
* Steve shares his birthday, 8 April, with Chuggaaconroy.
* Steve has been depicted with both a flower and a leaf.
* Of all the things Chuggaaconroy has regretted doing, the biggest example has to be Steve. Although he was initially fond of the character, the extreme lengths fans went to portray Steve as a memetic badass across all of social media made Emile rather sick of Steve's memetic status. It doesn't help that those same fans were namedropping Steve in any and all Pikmin-related media so often that other YouTubers had complained to Emile about how their comments sections in their own Pikmin videos were filled with people asking about Steve with little-to-no context, thus ruining the experience of playing the game for them. This has resulted in Emile having some rather volatile reactions to the name Steve being mentioned or referenced (intentionally or otherwise) in other projects, much to ProtonJon's delight. However, he still indulges the fans with shout outs to him on occasion.