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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Ice PiranhaNSMBU.png|233px]]<br>Screenshot from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]
|relatives=[[Putrid Piranha]]<br>[[Fire Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
}}
'''Frost Piranhas''' (also known as '''Ice Piranha Plants''')<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Steve|date=November 18, 2012|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' Prima's Official Game Guide|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|isbn=978-0-307-89690-2|page=147}}</ref> are a type of [[Piranha Plant]] with a freezing bite and icy breath. They generally inhabit similarly cold climates. Frost Piranhas most commonly appear in the [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] specifically in Chapter 7.

==History==
===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario''====
Frost Piranhas first appear in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. They are visually blue recolors of the game's [[Putrid Piranha]]s, and as such are larger than normal Piranha Plants and face the side, allowing them to be jumped on. Like all normal enemy Piranha Plants in the game, they burrow underground and spout up to attack. [[Mario]] first encounters Frost Piranhas while on his way to [[Starborn Valley]]. Along with being exceptionally strong, they have the ability to shoot icy blasts of breath that can [[Frozen|freeze]] Mario and his allies (although the blasts themselves will not hurt them). Frost Piranhas are unaffected by ice-based attacks, though are weak to fire-based ones. Frost Piranhas are later encountered on [[Shiver Mountain]], where they are less abundant.

====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
Frost Piranhas are enemies in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', where they, like Putrid Piranhas, are now depicted as [[Piranha Plant#Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Pale Piranha]] recolors and as such are now normal-sized and upward-facing, preventing jump attacks against them. They can be found on the [[Path to Fahr Outpost]] and are slightly stronger than previously. They no longer have their icy breath attack, but their bites can freeze Mario or his partners if not [[guard]]ed against. In the [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], Frost Piranhas regain their icy breath attack, which targets both Mario and his partner at once and can freeze them, though their bite attack no longer inflicts freeze. Just like before, Frost Piranhas are unaffected by ice-based attacks, which even restores their HP, but are weak to fire-based ones. They and the [[Ice Puff]]s are the only ice-themed enemies in the game.

====''Super Paper Mario''====
Frost Piranhas return in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where they are found in [[The Underwhere]]. This time their stalk is green like normal Piranha Plants instead of blue, and they are only found popping out of [[Warp Pipe]]s. They can attack by breathing an ice gust. Frost Piranhas sometimes drop an [[Ice Storm]] if defeated.

===''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''===
[[File:Ice Piranha Plant.png|thumb|right|175px|A Frost Piranha on a rock (upside down)]]
Frost Piranhas<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/new_smb_u/?lang=en|title=''New Super Mario Bros. U'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.12-234111/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/new_smb_u/?lang=en}}</ref> appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and their [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|Nintendo Switch port]], making them the only ''Paper Mario'' enemy to cross into the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games. They look and act similarly to [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s, but shoot [[Ice Ball|ice ball]]s, which are capable of freezing playable characters as well as other enemies, similarly to [[Ice Bro]]s. Additionally, [[Yoshi]] can eat their ice balls and spit them at other enemies. In ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', Frost Piranhas inhabit the world of [[Rock-Candy Mines]], where three of them appear in the level [[Fuzzy Clifftop]], with two in a [[Warp Pipe]] and one on the ceiling, and in ''New Super Luigi U'', Frost Piranhas appear in [[Broozers and Barrels]].

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
Frost Piranha is mentioned briefly by [[Smash Taunt#Viridi|Viridi]] during [[Smash Taunt#Palutena's Guidance|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for Piranha Plant in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Frost Piranha|image=[[File:PM Frost Piranha idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
====GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Frost Piranha|align=horizontal|image=[[File:PMTTYD_Frost_Piranha.png]]}}

====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Frost Piranha|align=horizontal}}

===''Super Paper Mario''===
{{:Super Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Frost Piranha|align=horizontal}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SPM Frost Piranha Catch Card.png|[[Catch Card]]
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
{|class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
!width=40%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release date
!width=20%|System/format
|-
|''[[Paper Mario]]''
|Common enemy
|2000
|[[Nintendo 64]]
|-
|''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''
|Common enemy
|2004
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Super Paper Mario]]''
|Common enemy
|2007
|[[Wii]]
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|Uncommon enemy
|2012
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[New Super Luigi U]]''
|Uncommon enemy
|2013
|[[Wii U]]
|-
|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''
|Mentioned
|2018
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|-
|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]''
|Uncommon enemy
|2019
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=アイスパックン<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|language=ja|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''New Super Mario Bros. U'' section|page=208|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
|JpnR=Aisu Pakkun
|JpnM=Ice Piranha
|ChiS=冰冻食人花
|ChiSN=''Paper Mario''
|ChiSR=Bīngdòng Shírénhuā
|ChiSM=Frost Piranha Plant
|ChiS2=冰冻吞食花
|ChiS2N=''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''
|ChiS2R=Bīngdòng Tūnshíhuā
|ChiS2M=Frost Piranha Plant
|ChiT=冰凍吞食花
|ChiTR=Bīngdòng Tūnshíhuā
|ChiTM=Frost Piranha Plant
|Dut=Frost Piranha
|Dut2=Ice Piranha Plant
|Dut2N=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|Fre=Piranha gelée
|FreM=Gelid Piranha
|Ger=Frost-Piranha
|Ita=Piranha gelida
|ItaN=''Paper Mario'' series
|ItaM=Gelid piranha
|Ita2=Ghiaccio Piranha<ref>{{cite|date=2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-8893674362|page=208}}</ref>
|Ita2N=''New Super Mario Bros. U''
|Ita2M=Ice Piranha
|Kor=아이스뻐끔플라워
|KorR=Aiseu Ppeokkeum Peullawo
|KorM=Ice Piranha Plant
|Rus=морозное растение-пиранья
|RusR=moroznoe rastenie-piran'ya
|RusM=Frosty Piranha Plant
|Spa=Piraña Hielo
|SpaM=Ice Piranha
}}

==References==
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