Editing Lava Lotus

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB3_LavaLotus.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]])
|variants=[[Volcano Lotus]]
|relatives=[[Panser]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]]
}}
'''Lava Lotuses''' are [[List of enemies|enemies]] in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They are artificial flowers<ref name=enmanual>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' instruction booklet|page=36|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> that live underwater. A Lava Lotus resembles a large translucent version of [[Panser]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', but according to ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', Lava Lotuses have a relation to [[Piranha Plant]]s,<ref>{{cite|quote=An aquatic relative of the Piranha Plants, the Lotus spits fiery lava bits.|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|page=9|date=June 1990|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> despite there being no such indication in the original instruction booklet. Lava Lotuses are capable of creating and storing [[lava]] balls under their transparent petals and attack by opening up to release them. The lava balls can go through [[platform]]s and make navigating underwater difficult. The number of lava balls Lava Lotuses shoot out is random and can be up to five at a time. The lava balls travel rather slowly and in a straight line from their point of release. They can be defeated only by [[Hammer Mario]] or [[Invincible Mario]].

Lava Lotuses have appeared in {{iw|wikipedia|Western world|Western}}-exclusive media of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] a few times. One appears briefly in the episode "[[Oh, Brother!]]" of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where it unleashes lava balls on [[Frog Mario|Frog Luigi]], who manages to swim past them with ease. In the book ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', [[Mario]] avoids some Lava Lotuses while collecting [[coin]]s in [[Lake Trilobite]].

==Profiles==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
{{multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=An artificial flower that grows and blooms deep in the sea. Look out for the lava balls that it will release.''<ref name=enmanual/>}}

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=スイチューカ (JP) / Lava Lotus (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Lava Lotus Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=フラワー族
|seikaku=派手好き
|tojo_gemu=3
|desc='''<big>水中に咲く危険な花</big><br>
海底に咲いているとても美しい花。近づくと赤い玉を次々に出す危険な花だ。ハンマーや、地蔵になっての踏みつけ以外には無敵なので、玉を出す前に素早く上を通過しよう。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=November 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-259067-9|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/ZgToj3Z.jpeg 91]}}</ref>
|tribe=Flower clan
|disposition=Extravagant
|game_appearances=3
|eng_desc='''''<big>Dangerous flowers in the water</big><br>
''A very beautiful flower blooming at the bottom of the sea. It is a dangerous flower that produces a series of red balls when approached. It is invincible except when you use a Hammer or statue to trample on it, so try to pass over it quickly before it shoots out red balls.''
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Sea Side.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
SMB3 Sprite Lava Lotus.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
LavaLotus.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
Lava Lotus SMB3 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]''
LavaLotusCartoon.jpg|The Lava Lotus in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
SMB3 F40A Lava Lotus Artwork.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=スイチューカ<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|page=37|date=1988|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
|Jpn2=水中花<ref>{{cite|title=「任天堂公式ガイドブック　スーパーマリオワールド」 (''Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook – Super Mario World'')|page=27|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja}}</ref>
|JpnR=Suichūka
|Jpn2R=Suichūka
|JpnM=Underwater Flower; A type of artificial flower which "blossoms" in water
|Ger=Lavapflanze
|GerM=Lava Plant
|Ita=Lava Lotus<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' Italian manual|page=38}}</ref>
|Ita2=Lotolava<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario All-Stars - Limited Edition'' Italian instruction booklet|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|date=2010|page=28}}</ref>
|Ita3=Loto di lava<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=36}}</ref>
|Ita2M-Lava-lotus
|Ita3M=Lava Lotus
|Spa=Loto lava<ref>{{cite|date=October 12, 2017|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''|publisher=Planeta DeAgostini|language=es|isbn=|page=36}}</ref>
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Flowers]]
[[Category:Underwater creatures]]
[[Category:Fire creatures]]
[[Category:Dinosaur Dilemma enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]]
[[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]]
[[Category:The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies]]
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