Editing Panser

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|image=[[File:Panser.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork of a red Panser from ''Super Mario Advance''.

|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]])<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])

|relatives=[[Lava Lotus]]<br>[[Volcano Plant]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]

|related=[[Fire Nipper Plant]]<br>[[Furafurawā]]<br>[[Pollen Plant]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]]

'''Pansers''' are enemies commonly found in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Along with [[Pokey]]s, they are the only known hostile plant species in [[Subcon]], although Pansers were created by [[Wart]].<ref>"''The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire.''" - ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet, page 26 (Panser description).</ref> There are three types of Pansers: red, pink, and either green or gray depending on location. The red version stays in one place and shoot two [[fireball]]s in the player's direction, the green/gray variant (both just green in the remakes) patrols an area and shoot fireballs straight up, and the most powerful, the pink (blue in the remakes), chases the player and shoots fireballs towards them. These enemies can only be defeated by throwing another enemy or an item, like a [[vegetable]] or [[Mushroom Block]], at them.

The [[Lava Lotus]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' resembles a large, transparent Panser. The similar [[Volcano Plant|Volcano Lotus]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' additionally shares the same Japanese name as Panser, suggesting a connection. However, neither of these plants are never shown to be able to move, and they release their projectiles in periodic sets rather than rapidly fire in an arc. The [[Fire Nipper Plant|Fiery Walking Piranha]] from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', [[Pompon Flower]] from ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', [[Furafurawā]] from [[Game Boy]] ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', and [[Pollen Plant]] from ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'' are also similar.

No actual Panser is found outside of ''Super Mario Bros. 2'', its remakes, and other related media. Nonetheless, in the racetrack titled [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', many stalls (and even part of the track itself) are decorated with red carpets, all of which feature Panser sprites as motifs, along with [[Phanto]]s and [[Cobrat]]s.

In the NES version, they have black stems, but in the SNES version and other subsequent remakes, they have beige stems. The red ones are always depicted as having green stems in artwork.

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Panser SuperMarioKun 9.jpg|''[[Super Mario-Kun]]''

|Jap=ポンキー<ref>''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet, page 34.</ref><ref>[http://imgur.com/a/UvABP#103 Mario Character Book, page 209]</ref>

|JapM=From「ぽんぽん」(''ponpon'', Japanese onomatopoeia for popping out something); shared with [[Volcano Plant]]

|Fra=Panser

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|Ita=Violaccia

|ItaM=Compound of ''viola'' (pansy) and ''erbaccia'' (weed).

|GerM=-

|Chi=喷射花<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. Reference: 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref>

|ChiR=Pēnshè Huā

|ChiM=Spurting Flower. This name is also used for [[Volcano Plant]]s.

*Excluding [[Wart]], Pansers are the only enemy from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' to not appear in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.

*Pansers likely get their name a combination of the word {{wp|pansy}}, a type of flower, and {{wp|Panzer}}, a German tank, perhaps in reference to the plant's ability to throw fireballs.