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| |image=[[File:SMB3_LavaLotus.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' | | |image=[[File:SMB3_LavaLotus.jpg|150px]]<br>Artwork of a Lava Lotus |
| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]]) | | |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]]) | | |latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2010|2010]]) |
| |variants=[[Volcano Lotus]] | | |variants=[[Volcano Plant]] |
| |relatives=[[Panser]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]] | | |relatives=[[Panser]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]] |
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| '''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]]. | | A '''Lava Lotus''' is an artificial flower<ref>"''An artificial flower that grows and blooms deep in the sea. Look out for the lava balls that it will release.''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English instruction booklet, page 36.</ref> that lives underwater in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It resembles a large translucent version of [[Panser]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. 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 they 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]]. |
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| 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]].
| | [[File:LavaLotusCartoon.jpg|thumb|left|The Lava Lotus that is seen on ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'']] |
| | A single Lava Lotus appears briefly in the ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Oh, Brother!]]" This Lava Lotus unleashes its lava balls on [[Frog Mario|Frog Luigi]], who manages to swim past them with ease. |
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| ==Profiles==
| | In the [[Nintendo Adventure Books|Nintendo Adventure Book]] ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', [[Mario]] avoids some Lava Lotuses while collecting [[coin]]s in Lake Trilobite. |
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| |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/>}}
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| ===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
| | According to ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', Lava Lotuses have a relation to [[Piranha Plant]]s,<ref>"''An aquatic relative of the Piranha Plants, the Lotus spits fiery lava bits.''" - ''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 9.</ref> despite there being no such indication in the original instruction booklet. |
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| |name=スイチューカ (JP) / Lava Lotus (EN)
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| |artwork=[[File:Lava Lotus Perfect.png|200px]]
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| |shuzoku=フラワー族
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| |seikaku=派手好き
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| |tojo_gemu=3
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| |desc='''<big>水中に咲く危険な花</big><br>
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| 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>
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| |tribe=Flower clan
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| |disposition=Extravagant
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| |eng_desc='''''<big>Dangerous flowers in the water</big><br>
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| ''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.''
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery> | | <gallery> |
| Sea Side.jpg|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
| | LavaLotus.gif|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' |
| SMB3 Sprite Lava Lotus.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
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| LavaLotus.gif|''Super Mario Bros. 3''
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| Lava Lotus SMB3 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' | | Lava Lotus SMB3 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' |
| LavaLotusCartoon.jpg|The Lava Lotus in ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
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| SMB3 F40A Lava Lotus Artwork.png|''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (Famicom 40th Anniversary)
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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| ==Names in other languages== | | ==Names in other languages== |
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| |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> | | |Jap=スイチューカ<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 37.</ref><br>水中花<ref>「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.</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>
| | |JapR=Suichūka |
| |JpnR=Suichūka | | |JapM=A type of artificial flower which "blossoms" in water |
| |Jpn2R=Suichūka
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| |JpnM=Underwater Flower; A type of artificial flower which "blossoms" in water | |
| |Ger=Lavapflanze | | |Ger=Lavapflanze |
| |GerM=Lava Plant | | |GerM=Lava Plant |
| |Ita=Lava Lotus<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' Italian manual|page=38}}</ref> | | |Ita=Lotolava<ref>''Super Mario All-Stars - 25th Anniversary Edition'' Italian instruction booklet, page 28.</ref><br>Loto di lava<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 36</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>
| | |ItaM=Lavalotus<br>Lava Lotus |
| |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>
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| |Ita2M-Lava-lotus | |
| |Ita3M=Lava Lotus
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| |Spa=Loto lava<ref>{{cite|date=October 12, 2017|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Enciclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''|publisher=Planeta DeAgostini|language=es|isbn=978-84-9146-223-1|page=36}}</ref>
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| |SpaM=Lava lotus
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| ==References== | | ==Notes and references== |
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