i was messing around in trainging the other day dashing around and plucking. I found if you dash toward the edge and as you run off you pluck a pikmin you get a pikmin without the lag or the noise. it seems like it just magically appears. Now im not sure exactly at what moment your suppposed to do it, i cant do it every time, but if i throw away all my pikmin and try it a few times i can usually do it once or twice. I know this probably has no practical application in game... i just thought it was kinda neat so far ive gotten it to work on battlefield and the platforms on battlefield. (ok well im not sure if it gets rid of the animation or not, but you dont stop to pick it, it just appears without any sound.. and you keep going.)