Editing Panser

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Panser.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a red Panser from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|relatives=[[Lava Lotus]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]]<br>[[Volcano Lotus]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
|comparable=[[Fire Nipper Plant]]<br>[[Furafurawā]]<br>[[Pollen Plant]]
}}
'''Pansers''' are fire-shooting, floral [[list of enemies|enemies]] commonly found in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Along with [[Pokey]]s, Pansers are the only known hostile plant species in [[Subcon]], although Pansers were created by [[Wart]].<ref name=booklet>{{cite|quote=The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire.|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=26|date=1988|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref>

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''===
Pansers first appear in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and are later seen in its western version, ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. In these games, there are three types of Pansers: red, pink, and either green or gray depending on the location. The red version stays in one place and shoots two fireballs in the player's direction, the green/gray variant (both just green in the [[reissue]]s) stays in one place and shoots fireballs straight up, and the most powerful, the pink (blue in the reissues), chases the player and shoots fireballs towards them. These enemies can be defeated only by throwing another enemy or an item, such as a [[vegetable]] or [[Mushroom Block]], at them. Pansers originally had black stems, but in the reissues included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', they have beige stems. The red Pansers are always depicted as having green stems in artwork.

===''Mario Kart 7''===
In the [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] course of ''[[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.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', a singular Panser appears in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 9|volume 9]]. After the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] falls into chaos, many strange creatures start to appear out of nowhere, including the Panser. It attacks [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Yoshi]], but Mario ties its petals right when it is about to spit another fireball barrage, exploding in the process.

==Similar species==
The [[Lava Lotus]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' resembles a large transparent Panser. The similar [[Volcano Lotus]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' additionally shares the same Japanese name as Panser, suggesting a connection. However, neither of these plants is ever 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 the [[Game Boy]] version of ''[[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.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Instruction Booklet bio:''' ''The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire.''<ref name=booklet/>

===''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction Booklet bio:''' ''These fiery flowers are real hotheads. You'll be safe if you can avoid their fireballs.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|page=[https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf 12] (PDF)|language=en-gb|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|website=thegameisafootarcade.com|accessdate=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ポンキー (JP) / Panser (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Panser Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=フラワー族
|seikaku=とにかくイジワル
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>火の玉はいて、とおせんぼ</big>'''<br>
火の玉をはいて、マリオたちの行く手をさえぎるイヤなやつ。真上だけに火をはくやつ、左右にバラまくやつ、止まってるやつ、動いているやつなど、種類もいろいろいるよ。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|date=1994|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/4B6NHtp.jpeg 209] and [https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]|website=Imgur}}</ref>{{ref page|209}}
|tribe=Flower clan
|disposition=A bit mean
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Blocks the way with fireballs</big>'''''<br>
''A nasty fellow that blocks the path of Mario and his friends by spitting fireballs. There are various types, such as those that only spit fire directly upwards, those that scatter it to the left and right, those that stand still, and those that move.''
}}

==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Pansey.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
DokiPanser.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMB2 Panser.png|[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]
Panser.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
PanserGreen.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
PanserGray.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
</gallery>

==Naming==
Panser's name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|pansy}}," which is a type of flower, and ''Panzer'', the German word for "tank," perhaps in reference to a Panser's ability to throw fireballs.

===Names in other languages===
====Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ポンキー
|JpnR=Ponkī
|JpnM=From「ぽん」(''pon'', Japanese onomatopoeia for popping out something) and suffix "-ky"; shared with [[Volcano Lotus]]
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=34}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|209}}
|Jpn5=パンサー
|Jpn5R=Pansā
|Jpn5M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jpn5C=<ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|225}}
|ChiS=喷射花
|ChiSR=Pēnshè Huā
|ChiSM=Spurting Flower; shared with [[Volcano Lotus]]
|ChiSC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. {{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|language=zh-hans|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=June 4, 2024}}{{dead link}}</ref>
|Fre=Panser
|FreC=<ref name=smb2fgs>{{cite|author=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi''|format=German and French|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1k3ylzfjnrB3Bb1CFUK5ZHQIkha9TZ3C-/view|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|website=Google Drive|page=29|accessdate=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
|Ger=Panser
|GerC=<ref name=smb2fgs/><ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=118}}</ref>
|Ita=Panser
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=26}}</ref>
|Ita2=Violaccia
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''{{wp|Viola (plant)|viola}}'' and ''erbaccia'' ("weed")
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=112|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=68}}</ref>
}}

====Red Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=あかポンキー
|JpnR=Aka Ponkī
|JpnM=Red Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa">{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/history/usa/index.html|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズUSA {{!}} ヒストリー {{!}} マリオポータル|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=March 26, 2025}}</ref>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（レッド）
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Reddo)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Red)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA'', red type
|Jpn2C=<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite|date=October 19, 2015|publisher=Shogakukan|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''Super Mario USA'' section|page=68|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
}}

====Gray Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=グレーポンキー
|JpnR=Gurē Ponkī
|JpnM=Gray Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（グレー）<ref name=encyclopedia/>
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Gurē)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Gray)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA'', gray/green type
}}

====Pink Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ピンクポンキー
|JpnR=Pinku Ponkī
|JpnM=Pink Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（ピンク）<ref name=encyclopedia/>
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Pinku)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Pink)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA'', pink/blue type
}}

==Notes==
*Excluding [[Wart]], Pansers are the only enemies from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' not to appear on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' However, their fire-shooting ability was passed to [[Piranha Plant]]s.

==References==
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