Editing Dino Piranha

{{about|the boss in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]]|the mission in the galaxy|[[Dino Piranha (mission)]]}}
{{distinguish|Peewee Piranha}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:DinoPiranha.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of the normal Dino Piranha
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]
|relatives=[[Fire Piranha Plant]]
|notable=[[Peewee Piranha]]
}}
'''Dino Piranhas''' are giant [[Piranha Plant]]s resembling [[Petey Piranha]] with a dinosaur-like body that hatch from eggs. They appear as bosses in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. Every battle is started after [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] crash into their egg after being shot from a [[Launch Star]], causing them to hatch and chase after him. They are split between a normal purple type and a black, fiery type; the latter are distinguished as '''Black Dino Piranha'''<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of January 2025 update</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of January 2025 update</ref> or '''Dino Piranha (Black)''',<ref>[https://archive.today/2022.08.12-233909/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy/?lang=en Previous revision of English ''Super Mario Galaxy'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of August 2022</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/2022.08.12-233946/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/galaxy2/?lang=en Previous revision of English ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' entry on the official Mario Portal] as of August 2022</ref> though '''Fiery Dino Piranha'''<ref>{{cite|author=Black, Fletcher|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition|location=Roseville|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|date=November 9, 2007|page=262|isbn=978-0-7615-5713-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=258, 262|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> (taken from [[Fiery Dino Piranha|the mission title]] from the first game and sometimes written with a "the" at the beginning)<ref>{{cite|author=Black|page=289|title=''Super Mario Galaxy: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|format=Collector's Edition}}</ref> has also been used. The [[King Kaliente]]s and [[Gobblegut]]s are similarly paired between a normal version and a fire-based blackened version. The Dino Piranhas share their boss theme with [[Tarantox]].
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==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
=====Dino Piranha=====
[[File:Dinopiranhaback.png|thumb|left|200px|Dino Piranha's only weakness: the large ball on the end of its tail]]
Dino Piranhas debut in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', where they share a battle theme with each other and [[Tarantox]]. The basic one resides in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]]. The top of its egg becomes cracked when Mario crashes into it after being shot from a Launch Star on the preceding planet, thereby exposing its tail and legs. Dino Piranha then begins moving slowly around the planetoid from inside the egg, and when Mario [[Star Spin]]s the {{wp|tail club|large ball on the end of its tail}}, the shell breaks, revealing Dino Piranha, initiating the battle. Dino Piranha will then start to run around the planet attempting to attack Mario. Mario must run behind the Dino Piranha and spin its tail once again, causing it to hit itself a second time, which will make it very angry. Its head will turn bright red like Petey Piranha's head and it will chase Mario even faster than before. To finally defeat it, Mario must get behind it and hit its tail two more times. After being hit a final time, it falls over, screams and explodes in a cloud of purple dust, releasing a [[Power Star]].

The player must fight this Dino Piranha twice in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]]. The second fight will only be available when a [[Prankster Comet#Speedy Comet|Speedy Comet]] orbits the Good Egg Galaxy. This Dino Piranha also can be seen in the ending celebrating the universe being recreated in the castle gardens.
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=====Black Dino Piranha=====
[[File:Fiery Dino Piranha.png|thumb|225px|The black, fiery Dino Piranha hatches]]
The black Dino Piranha is fought in the final level of the [[Melty Molten Galaxy]], itself the final standard world. In general, it moves much faster than its normal counterpart. The beginning of the battle is much like that of the previous Dino Piranha fight, with Mario landing on top of the egg, cracking the egg and waking the Dino Piranha. As Dino Piranha trots around, the bulb of the tail ignites and extinguishes in a steady rhythm, forcing Mario to wait until the tail is extinguished to attack and break the egg away.

Once it emerges from the egg, it spots Mario and chases him, as with the previous version. However, the bulb's fire still flickers on and off, still forcing Mario to wait until the tail is not on fire before striking.

After the first strike, Dino Piranha stomps in anger, and it continues chasing Mario, leaving a trail of fire behind its footsteps. After the second strike, it begins shooting fireballs out of its mouth, making it harder to maneuver around the planet to reach its tail, and the bulb's fire also flickers on and off in a faster pace. After Mario hits the tail a final time, it is defeated.
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====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
Both Dino Piranhas, along with [[King Kaliente]], [[Major Burrows]], and [[Bouldergeist]], reappear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' in the [[Boss Blitz Galaxy]] in a reenactment of the respective original fight. Due to being located in [[World S]], fighting the Dino Piranhas is completely optional for a normal run of the game. However, in a complete run, the first must be encountered four times (counting [[Green Star]] missions) and the second twice. The standard Dino Piranha is the first boss to be encountered in the Boss Blitz Gallery, while the black one is the final one. Both act exactly the same as before, though heat effects have been added to the black one's planet. If Mario loses a life while fighting the Black one, he must fight Bouldergeist again due to the placement of the [[Checkpoint Flag]]. A different Dino Piranha called [[Peewee Piranha]] appears in the first level of the [[Sky Station Galaxy]], thus acting as a successor to the original Dino Piranha's role in the previous game.

===''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''===
[[File:MASATLOG DreamSpaceWalk.png|thumb|left|Dino Piranha appears in the Dream Spacewalk event]]
Dino Piranha appears as an opponent during the [[Dream Spacewalk]] event in the [[Wii]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''. It resides on Peewee Piranha's planet from the [[Sky Station Galaxy]]. The player's main objective is to pass through the rings provided by the [[Luma]]s, then perform a Rolling Attack toward Dino Piranha. After taking several hits, Dino Piranha will spit fireballs at players (similar to the black ones in previous games), who must perform a Spin Attack to send them back at it. The players must execute these methods repeatedly to defeat Dino Piranha and complete the event.
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===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Dino Piranhas are mentioned briefly by [[Smash Taunt#Viridi|Viridi]] during the [[Smash Taunt#Palutena's Guidance|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Piranha Plant]].
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===Unused appearances===
====''Dr. Mario World''====
[[File:DMW-DinoPiranha.png|thumb|Unused artwork of a normal Dino Piranha in ''Dr. Mario World''.]]
A normal Dino Piranha was originally going to appear in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' as an assistant, but it was removed from the game.<ref>https://drmarioworld.miraheze.org/wiki/Assistants</ref>

==General information==
===Physical appearance===
[[File:SMG Dino Piranha Battle.png|thumb|left|The first Dino Piranha shown in profile]]
The first Dino Piranha's head looks similar to [[Petey Piranha]], despite the fact that the color of its head is purple with white spots when relaxed, as opposed to red with white spots. However, Dino Piranha's body is much different in comparison to Petey Piranha. Dino Piranha's body beneath the giant [[Piranha Plant]] head is that of a dinosaur's, (as would be expected given the name) with a green hue. Its tail has a brown club at the end which may be inspired by the club of a real life {{wp|Ankylosaurus}}. When it first breaks out of its egg, its head is purple, but when enraged, it turns red with anger.

The second Dino Piranha has a red and black color scheme. It has a dark red body and a head that is black with dark red spots. Its petals are also similar to those of the normal one, but appear more singed, with small cracks along the edges. When on fire, the Dino Piranha's entire body becomes a glowing orange.
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==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
{{SMG boss
|image=[[File:DinoPiranha.png|x200px]]
|dome=[[Terrace (Super Mario Galaxy)|Terrace]]
|galaxy=[[Good Egg Galaxy]]
|mission=[[Dino Piranha (mission)|Dino Piranha]]<br>[[Dino Piranha Speed Run]]
|reward=[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Power Star]][[File:Smg icon speedycomet.png|link=Prankster Comet#Speedy Comet|Speedy Comet]]
}}
{{SMG boss
|altname=Black Dino Piranha
|image=[[File:Firey Dino Piranha.png|200px]]
|dome=[[Garden (Super Mario Galaxy)|Garden]]
|galaxy=[[Melty Molten Galaxy]]
|mission=[[Fiery Dino Piranha]]
|reward=[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Power Star]]
}}
====Trading card descriptions====
{|class="wikitable sortable"style="text-align:center"
!class="unsortable" width="150px" | Image
!Name
!class="unsortable"|Type
!class="unsortable"|Description
|-
|[[File:DinoPiranhaTradingCard.png|150px]]
|Dino Piranha
|Boss
|style="text-align:left"|''To collect the first Power Star, battle Dino Piranha in the Good Egg Galaxy. This boss is awakened when Mario breaks open its egg and forces it into battle. Even though Dino is gigantic, Mario can defeat it by star spinning the ball at the end of its tail. Do this three times in order to win and collect the Power Star!''
|-
|[[File:FieryDinoPiranhaTradingCard.png|150px]]
|Fiery Dino Piranha
|Boss
|style="text-align:left"|''Fiery Dino Piranha is very similar to its counterpart Dino Piranha, but with one scorching difference — it can spit fireballs and its tail becomes burning hot. This presents a new challenge to Mario in the Melty Molten Galaxy where he must battle to collect a Power Star. A few star spins will still defeat the beast, but not when its tail is burning!''
|}

===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
{{SMG2 boss
|image=[[File:DinoPiranha.png|x200px]]
|world=[[World S]]
|galaxy=[[Boss Blitz Galaxy]]
|reward=[[File:SMG Chart Launch Star.png|link=Launch Star]]
|mission=[[Throwback Throwdown]]<br>[[Throwback Throwdown Speed Run]]<br>[[Boss Blitz Galaxy#Green Star 1|Green Star 1]]<br>[[Boss Blitz Galaxy#Green Star 2|Green Star 2]]
}}
{{SMG2 boss
|altname=Black Dino Piranha
|image=[[File:Firey Dino Piranha.png|200px]]
|world=[[World S]]
|galaxy=[[Boss Blitz Galaxy]]
|mission=[[Throwback Throwdown]]<br>[[Throwback Throwdown Speed Run]]
|reward=[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Power Star]][[File:Smg2 icon prankstercomet.png|link=Prankster Comet]]
}}

==List of appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable"width=100%
!Title
!Role
!Release date
!System
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2010|2010]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2011|2011]]
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|Mention
|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|Boss
|[[List of games by date#2020|2020]]
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}

==Gallery==
===Dino Piranha===
<gallery>
SMG Artwork Good Egg Galaxy 02.png|Artwork of the first Dino Piranha's egg from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''
GalaxyBosses.jpg|Key artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy'', featuring the first Dino Piranha
Super Mario Galaxy JP Wallpaper 3.jpg|Key artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy'', featuring the first Dino Piranha
Super Mario Galaxy KR Wallpaper C.jpg|Key artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy'', featuring the first Dino Piranha
SMG Concept Art 8.png|Model sheet from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Asset Model Dino Piranha.png|Model of the first Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Asset Model Fiery Dino Piranha.png|Model of the second Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
Dinoegg.png|Screenshot of the first Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
Dinopurple.png|Screenshot of the first Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
Dino Piranha Angry.png|Screenshot of the first Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Fiery Dino Egg.png|Screenshot of the second Dino Piranha's egg from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG Melty Molten Fiery Dino Piranha Planet.png|Screenshot of the second Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG ending scene.png|Screenshot of the ending from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
SMG2 Boss Blitz Dino Piranha.png|Screenshot of the first Dino Piranha from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
SMG2 Dino Piranha Defeated.png|Screenshot of the first Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
Fierydinopirhanaegg.png|Screenshot of the second Dino Piranha's egg from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SMG2 Boss Blitz Throwback Throwdown.png|Screenshot of the second Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SMG2 Dino Piranha Fireballs.png|Screenshot of the second Dino Piranha from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
SM3DAS Artwork Dino Piranha.png|Artwork of the first Dino Piranha from ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
</gallery>

===Relatives===
<gallery>
Peewee.png|[[Peewee Piranha]] from ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
</gallery>

==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/DinoPackun2.arc</tt>
|name1=DinoPackun2
|meaning1=Dino Piranha 2
}}

===Names in other languages===
====Dino Piranha====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ディノパックン
|JpnR=Dino Pakkun
|JpnM=Dino Piranha
|Spa=Planta Dinopiraña
|SpaM=Dinopiranha Plant
|Fre=Dino Piranha
|Dut=Dino Piranha
|Ger=Dino-Piranha
|GerM=Dino Piranha
|Por=Dino Piranha
|Ita=Dino Piranha
|Chi=恐龙吞食花
|ChiR=Kǒnglóng Tūnshí Huā 
|ChiM=Dino Piranha
|Rus=пираньязавр
|RusR=piran'yazavr
|RusM=From ''пиранья'' (piranha) and ''-завр'' (suffix for dinosaurs)
|Kor=디노뻐끔
|KorR=Dino Ppeokkeum
|KorM=Dino Piranha
}}

====Black Piranha====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ディノパックン（黒）
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit), kikai, Akinori Sao, Junko Fukuda, Kunio Takayama, and Ko Nakahara (Shogakukan), editors.|location=Tokyo|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=『[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック]]』|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=127 and 160}}</ref><ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|author=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|date=circa May 2022|title=Super Mario Galaxy|publisher=Mario Portal|language=ja|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.ph/rVFMd}}</ref>
|JpnR=Dino Pakkun (Kuro)
|JpnM=Dino Piranha (Black)
|Jpn2=くろディノパックン
|Jpn2C=<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo Co., Ltd.|date=circa Jan. 2025|title=Super Mario Galaxy|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/history/galaxy/index.html|publisher=Mario Portal|language=ja|accessdate=23 Jan. 2025|archive=archive.ph/UXnx2}}</ref>
|Jpn2R=Kuro Dino Pakkun
|Jpn2M=Black Dino Piranha
|Fre=Pyro Dino Piranha
|FreM=Pyro Dino Piranha
|Ita=Focoso Dino Piranha
|ItaM=Fiery Dino Piranha
}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.mariocastle.it/wiki/Dino_Piranha Dino Piranha on Mario's Castle, the Italian ''Super Mario'' wiki]
*[https://www.mariocastle.it/wiki/Dino_Piranha_(nero) Black Dino Piranha on Mario's Castle, the Italian ''Super Mario'' wiki]
*[https://mariowiki.net/wiki/Dino-Piranha Dino Piranha on Mariowiki.net, the German ''Super Mario'' wiki]
*[https://mariowiki.net/wiki/Feuer_Dino-Piranha Black Dino Piranha on Mariowiki.net, the German ''Super Mario'' wiki]
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