Editing Petey Piranha

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In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Petey Piranha is stationed in [[Bianco Hills]], where he covers the landscape with goop and resides on top of the Big Windmill. In [[Road to the Big Windmill|Episode 2]], while Mario is on the landscape in front of the windmill where the [[Proto Piranha]] is fought, Petey Piranha shoots goop at Mario from his perch. In the episode [[Down with Petey Piranha!]], Mario makes his way to the Windmill to face Petey Piranha; their combined weight causes the windmill's roof to collapse as they both fall in. Petey Piranha attacks Mario by spitting goop at him, and also headbutting him away if he comes too close. However, just as he is about to spray goop, Mario must shoot water into his mouth with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]], filling his stomach and making him fall to the ground. Mario must then [[Ground Pound]] Petey Piranha's belly three times, causing him to dissolve into goop, revealing a [[Shine Sprite]]. In [[Petey Piranha Strikes Back|Episode 5]], Petey is snoozing on a cliff high above Bianco Hills, and can be woken by blasting him with a [[Poink]]. Petey Piranha uses his arms to fly and attacks from the sky. However, he cannot stay airborne for very long without struggling. Petey can fall to the ground if water is shot at him or from being hit by a Poink; then Mario must fill Petey Piranha's belly with water and Ground Pound it as before. If Mario does not Ground Pound Petey successfully he successfully spits goop, he can take to the skies again. On the ground, Petey Piranha not only attacks by spitting goop, but also by unleashing [[tornado]]es. Most of Petey's attacks have no effect on Mario, but the goop that he spits out hurts Mario if he stays on it for too long, and it can spawn [[Gooble]]s and Piranha Plants. Petey can whack Mario with his wings and damage him during the tornado attack. After being defeated, Petey Piranha once again dissolves into goop and is not seen for the remainder of the game.

Petey Piranha is a boss in ''[[Mario Pinball Land]]''.<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/bmvj/time_s1.html|title=スーパーマリオボール　草原ステージ|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref> However, his appearance is much different from that in most other games; besides his head, which remains largely the same, he has a long neck, petals behind his head instead of around it, a more outward mouth, a round body with white spots instead of dark green, and no feet. Petey appears as one of the bosses in the game in the [[Grassy Greens Stage]]. Before Mario can face him, Mario has to earn enough Stars to open the [[★ door]] at the entrance to the windmill area. Once Mario has opened the door and entered the windmill, Petey is fought. Mario has to hit the body while distracting Petey's head to beat him. Hitting him grants 10,000 points each time. Should Mario linger in front of Petey, he snaps Mario up in his mouth and then spits him towards the middle of the [[flipper (Pinball)|flipper]]s, possibly forcing Mario to restart the battle. Hitting Petey three times defeats him and grants 500,000 points. Once defeated, he leaves behind four [[coin|Yellow Coins]], four [[Blue Coin]]s, and a [[Star Key]]. The fact that he is fought in a windmill is a reference to ''Super Mario Sunshine'', where the first fight with him is in a windmill as well. Petey reappears and is fought again after all the Goombas are defeated in his rematch room in the [[Fiery Stage]]. This time, defeating him grants 1,000,000 points and yields the player a Star.

Petey Piranha makes a minor appearance in ''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' as a possible passenger in the Koopa Paratroopa Taxi mode of Paratroopa Flight School.

Petey Piranha is a boss in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. He defends [[Bowser's Villa]] from [[Princess Peach]] and keeps a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] hostage. In the North American version of this game, he is labeled under the name '''Boss P. Plant''' (short for '''Boss Piranha Plant''', a more direct translation of his Japanese name), but in the European release, Petey Piranha is referred to by his proper English name. He is the first boss of the game, being the boss of [[Ladida Plains]]. When Peach sees Petey, Petey swallows the Toad, who is trapped in a ball, and Peach has to defeat Petey to rescue the Toad. His attacks send shockwaves, pushing back Peach, shooting [[Nipper Plant]]s (which can be absorbed for vibe), shooting one shockwave to the left and one to the right (which can defeat Nipper Plants if there are any not defeated by the princess), and if she is using a vibe power, ending it. Peach has to use her [[Gloom]] vibe to make a plant grow so that she can leap on a leaf and once again use the vibe to put tears into Petey and inflate him, making him fall and reveal his weak spot: his belly button. Peach has to jump on his belly five times to defeat him. After 3 hits, Petey uses his own vibe, Rage. Petey can bounce around, making Peach's attack tough, and additionally send 2 shockwaves to each side. It is notable that the method of defeating him is very similar to ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''; however, Peach needs to hit him five times, not three like Mario needs to in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', and when he falls, Peach needed just to stomp his navel. Once defeated, Petey Piranha explodes.

Petey Piranhas are a species in ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''. Two of them appear in the [[Daisy Garden]] court as the baskets and try to stop anyone from making a slam dunk. They fall asleep approximately every 30 seconds, so dunks are only possible during that time. If a team dunks three times in the first half without letting their opponents score, a blue seed appears in a [[? Panel]], and the team can take it and win the game to unlock another court, [[Malboro Garden]].

While Petey himself does not appear in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', a counterpart of Petey known as Petea Piranha appears as the boss of [[Plum Park]].

Petey Piranha is certainly recognizable as a Piranha Plant, but he differs starkly from a typical one. According to ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', he got his looks from a mutation. Petey is characterized by a remarkably large head and a comparably small body. He has a round, protuberant belly and a large belly button under his shorts, but it is only visible if his stomach is inflated with a great quantity of water. Additionally, he has leaf-like arms and stubby legs, both of which grant him mobility beyond his pipe-dwelling "cousins". He also has green lips, which are similar to the lips of the Piranha Plants in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', in contrast to the white lips of Piranha Plants in most other games. His lips are also covered with darker green lines. He wears red pants with white polka dots, matching the coloration of his head. His most distinguishing feature is a ring of yellow petals with orange rims around his head, resembling a crown or a mane. In his first appearance, these petals have an iridescent quality, becoming a vibrant, fiery orange or a shiny white (with pinkish rims) depending on the angle of the light, but this trait is no longer present beyond ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. Petey is also of a much greater size than normal Piranha Plants, easily standing six times Mario's height, though when depicted with a sprite or encountered in sports and spin-offs, he is smaller. ''Mario Superstar Baseball'' is the first game to portray Petey Piranha with a tongue, which was also seen in every game following. While his size varies between games, the official height chart shows Petey being 12'9" tall (3.9 m).