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| | [[Image:piantissimo.jpg|110px|thumb|right|'''Il Piantissimo'''.]] |
| |image=[[File:Ilpiantissimo.jpg|200px]]
| | '''Il Piantissimo''' is a man disguised as a [[Pianta]] that the player must race in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', similar to the [[Koopa the Quick]] races in ''[[Super Mario 64]]''. He could be raced in [[Gelato Beach]], [[Noki Bay]], and [[Pianta Village]]. |
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| |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]])
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| |latest_portrayal=[[Scott Burns]] (2002)
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| {{quote|And now, we shall race to that flag!|Il Piantissimo|Super Mario Sunshine}}
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| '''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. | |
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| 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." | | Once the game is beaten with 119 [[Shine Sprite]]s or less, the ending screen will show Il Piantissimo finding [[Bowser Jr.|Bowser Jr.'s]] [[Magic Paintbrush]]. This alludes to the possibility that he took it. In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', [[Shadow Mario]] is playable. A likely possibility is that this is Il Piantissimo wearing the disguise, as Bowser Jr. is also playable in the game. |
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| ==List of appearances== | | == Trivia == |
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| !width=20%|Description
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| !width=20%|Release
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| |''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
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| |Non-playable character
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| |2002
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| |[[Nintendo GameCube]]
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| |''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
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| |Name on scoreboard
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| |2003
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| |[[Nintendo GameCube]]
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| |''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
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| |Name on scoreboard
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| |2004
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| |[[Game Boy Advance]]
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| |-
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| |''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
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| |Non-playable character
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| |2020
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| |[[Nintendo Switch]]
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| |}
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| ==Gallery==
| | *Without his fake Pianta head he looks just like the running man from ''The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time''. |
| <gallery>
| | *If Shadow Mario is idling, he will stand and jerk his head like Il Piantissimo. |
| PiantissimoSandSprint.png|Gelato Beach
| | *Il Piantissimo may be in Super Mario Galaxy, where you can race 'Shadow Mario' (called Cosmic Mario) throughout areas. Il Piantissimo challenged you to races, so it is possible. |
| SMS Noki Bay Il Piantissimo.png|Noki Bay
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| 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
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| </gallery>
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| ==Names in other languages==
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| |Jap=モンテマン
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| |JapR=Monteman
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| |JapM=[[Pianta]]-man
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| |Fre=Il Piantissimo
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| |Ger=Palmathon
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| |GerM=Portmanteau of ''Palma'' ("Pianta") and "Marathon"
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| |Ita=Palmassimo
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| |ItaM=Portmanteau of ''Palmense'' ("Pianta") and ''massimo'' ("greatest")
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| |SpaE=Forestón
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| |SpaEM=Augmentative of ''Foresto'' (the NOE Spanish name of Piantas)
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| ==Trivia==
| | [[Category:Characters]] |
| [[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.
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| *Mario, [[Shadow Mario]], and Il Piantissimo all use the same animations.
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| ==References==
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| {{Super Mario Sunshine}}
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| [[Category:Racers]]
| | [[Category:Super Mario Sunshine]] |
| [[Category:Super Mario-kun characters]]
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