Editing Piranha Creeper

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|image=[[File:Piranha Creeper SM3DW Prima.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario 3D World''

|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])

'''Piranha Creepers''' are enemies debuting in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''. They are [[Piranha Plant]] relatives with long spiked stems allowing them to creep in and out of a fixed place. Piranha Creepers are larger than regular Piranha Plants and their heads are generally purple in color, similarly to [[Spiny Piranha Plant]]s.

====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====

[[File:SM3DW Piranha Creeper Creek.png|thumb|230px|[[Princess Peach|Peach]] approaching a Piranha Creeper in ''Super Mario 3D World'']]

In ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|port]], Piranha Creepers usually appear in jungle-themed levels, such as [[Piranha Creeper Creek]] and [[Deep Jungle Drift]], and also appear in [[Lake Lapcat]] in the ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' campaign, where they have cat ears. They often live in holes in walls both on ground and underwater, but some even live in [[Poison (obstacle)|poison]] and, like normal Piranha Plants, in [[Warp Pipe]]s. They snake along the ground and even in the air in various patterns, going to and from their living spot. Some of them are found sleeping unless they are attacked, after which they pause before moving back to their previous position and resuming their rest. Their heads turn from purple to blue with cyan spots in this state.

To defeat Piranha Creepers, the player must attack the heads of the Piranha Plants to make them back up and smack against their living spot. A Ground Pound or dive attack with the [[Cat Mario|Cat form]] knocks them back further than a regular jump. Tapping on a Piranha Creeper's head on the {{button|wiiu|GamePad}} sends them back a short distance, but they cannot be defeated in this way; the final hit must always be landed by one of the player's attacks. The player is hurt if they jump on the stem of a Piranha Creeper, but a stomp from the player using the [[Lucky Cat Mario|Lucky Cat form]] defeats them instantly. Piranha Creepers release three coins upon being defeated. Unlike most enemies, Piranha Creepers are not defeated when the player touches the [[Goal Pole]].

[[File:SMM2screenshot8.png|thumb|200px|left|Piranha Creepers in ''Super Mario Maker 2'']]

Piranha Creepers appear in ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', as enemies that can be placed in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' style. Their path can be set by the player. Purple ones move constantly back and forth between their starting point and the end of their path, while blue ones sleep at the end of their path, thus staying immobile. When stomped on or hit with a projectile, they move back towards their starting point in small increments, and are permanently defeated if they reach it after being hit in quick succession. Otherwise, purple ones resume their routine and blue ones reset themselves to the end of their path after a short period of time. In this game, their heads are slightly smaller. Up to 10 Piranha Creepers can be placed in a single course area. Blue Piranha Creepers also make small sleeping sounds while they are in their sleeping state.

Piranha Creepers return in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and its Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]], having the same function as in ''Super Mario 3D World''. They first appear in [[Piranha Creeper Cove]] and can be defeated instantly by falling on top of, [[spin]]ning onto, or throwing a [[Turnip]] or other item at their heads. Unlike in ''Super Mario 3D World'', however, tapping their heads just once with the touch screen will send them all the way back to their holes.

====''Mario Party: Star Rush''====

In the Super Mario Mash-up of ''[[Minecraft]]'', [[minecraftwiki:Shulker|Shulkers]] and [[minecraftwiki:Lilac|Lilacs]] are reskinned to resemble Piranha Creepers.

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*'''North American website bio:''' "''The Piranha Creeper will extend wherever you draw. Watch out for its spiky stem!''"

 

===Names in other languages===

|JapM=「のびのび」is an ideophonic word meaning "growing quickly"; likely following the format of「トゲトゲパックン」(''Togetoge Pakkun'', [[Spiny Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Spiny Piranha]])

|ChiS=长长吞食花

|ChiSR=Chángcháng Tūnshíhuā

|ChiSM=Long Piranha Plant

|ChiT=長長吞食花<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|author=Nintendo HK|date=May 17, 2019|url=youtu.be/SZoM0HopW_g?t=637|timestamp=10:37|title=《Super Mario Maker 2 (超級瑪利歐創作家 2)》Direct 2019.5.16|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=June 21, 2024}}</ref>

|ChiTR=Chángcháng Tūnshíhuā

|ChiTM=Long Piranha Plant

|Fre=Piranha rampante

|ItaM=Blend on ''Pianta Piranha'' ("Piranha Plant") and ''serpente'' ("snake")

|KorR=Jjuk-jjuk Ppeokkeum

|KorM=From "쭉쭉" (''jjuk-jjuk'', "stretching") and "뻐끔플라워" (''Ppeokkeum Peullawo'', "Piranha Plant")

|Por2N=''Super Mario 3D World''

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