Editing Il Piantissimo

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|image=[[File:Ilpiantissimo.jpg|200x200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|species=Human 
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_portrayal=[[Scott Burns]] (2002)
}}
{{quote|And now, we shall race to that flag!|Il Piantissimo|Super Mario Sunshine}}
'''Il Piantissimo''' is an arrogant human dressed as a [[Pianta]] who appears in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. He must be footraced by [[Mario]] for a [[Shine Sprite]] on three different occasions: the [[Il Piantissimo's Sand Sprint|fifth episode]] of [[Gelato Beach]], the [[Il Piantissimo's Surf Swim|fifth episode]] of [[Noki Bay]], and the [[Il Piantissimo's Crazy Climb|second episode]] of [[Pianta Village]]. His role is comparable to [[Koopa the Quick]] from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. Il Piantissimo can use most of Mario's moves but cannot use any tactics involving [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]. If Il Piantissimo reaches the flag first, Mario loses a life. When the player replays a completed [[Mission|episode]], Il Piantissimo is more difficult to beat, as he finishes the course slightly over the player's previous time.<ref>Cross-reference two videos:<br>{{cite|author=packattack04082|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVuPYSFp1ig&t=15s|title=Super Mario Sunshine - II Piantissimo's Crazy Climb - 13'54|timestamp=00:15|date=November 15, 2008|language=en|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 24, 2024}}<br>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh3e5rZuSgg&t=33s|timestamp=00:33|author=Release-Fire|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Switch Il Piantissimo's Crazy Climb Pianta Village Episode 2 3D All Stars|publisher=YouTube|language=en|date=September 28, 2020|accessdate=May 24, 2024}}</ref> The first ending screen, if not all 120 Shine Sprites are collected, shows Il Piantissimo looking at [[Bowser Jr.]]'s [[magic brush]] on Gelato Beach.

Il Piantissimo's name is possibly a portmanteau of "Pianta" and "-issimo" ("-est" or "very"), or specifically "pianissimo" (very soft), a {{wp|Dynamics (music)|dynamic marking}} in sheet music. The word "il" is an Italian definite article equivalent to "the."

==List of appearances==
{|class="wikitable"
!width=40%|Title
!width=20%|Description
!width=20%|Release
!width=20%|System/format
|-
|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|Non-playable character
|2002
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
|Name on scoreboard
|2003
|[[Nintendo GameCube]]
|-
|''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
|Name on scoreboard
|2004
|[[Game Boy Advance]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|Non-playable character
|2020
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PiantissimoSandSprint.png|Gelato Beach
SMS Noki Bay Il Piantissimo.png|Noki Bay
Il Piantissimos Crazy Climb.png|Pianta Village
SMS Piantissimo Paint Brush Ending.png|Il Piantissimo finding the magic brush on Gelato Beach in the regular ending
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=モンテマン
|JapR=Monteman
|JapM=[[Pianta]]-man
|Fre=Il Piantissimo
|Ger=Palmathon
|GerM=Portmanteau of ''Palma'' ("Pianta") and "Marathon"
|Ita=Palmassimo
|ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Palmense'' ("Pianta") and ''massimo'' ("greatest")
|SpaE=Forestón
|SpaEM=Augmentative of ''Foresto'' (the NOE Spanish name of Piantas)
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:PiantissimoUnmasked.png|thumb|200px|Il Piantissimo without his mask]]
*With his mask removed, Il Piantissimo's face resembles those of ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''{{'}}s [[zeldawiki:Running Man|running man]] and, by extension, the [[zeldawiki:Postman|postman]] from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. This can also be seen in gameplay by looking through the mask's eyeholes.
*Mario, [[Shadow Mario]], and Il Piantissimo all use the same animations.

==References==
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