Editing Piranha Plant

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|affiliation= [[Koopa Troop]], [[Petey Piranha]], [[Lava Piranha]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''
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'''Piranha Plants''' are large, carnivorous plants encountered throughout the Mario series; Piranha Plants are seemingly based-off Venus Flytrap, eating anything that approaches them.

The head of a Piranha Plant is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Originally, Piranha Plants were found exclusively in [[Warp Pipe|pipes]], either darting-out and biting anything near or remaining still and spitting [[fireball]]s. Currently, Piranha Plants can be found both in and out of pipes and their fire-breathing ability is now rarely used.

== Appearances ==

=== ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' ===

[[Image:YIpiranhaplant.jpg|thumb|125px|Piranha Plant as seen in ''Yoshi's Island''.]]

In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', Piranha Plants are drastically changed; instead of being rooted in pipes, Piranha Plants are found planted in the ground. Piranha Plants, instead of attacking at intervals, would simply wait in a miniaturized form and grow larger and lunge at a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] if they approached.

''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' also had a Piranha Plant boss named [[Naval Piranha]], who is grown gigantic in size by [[Kamek]]'s magic.

The Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' could easily be defeated by throwing an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]] at them or by spitting an enemy at them.

[[Hootie the Blue Fish]], an uncommon enemy in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' may be a sub-species of Piranha Plants, as they do resemble them. [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s, powerful, green and [[Needlenose]]-spitting Piranha Plants also make their debut in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.

Nipper Plants also appear as enemies in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''; here, Nipper Plants are usually spawned from [[Nipper Spore]]s, which Naval Piranha is capable of spitting.

=== ''Yoshi's Story'' ===
[[Image:Piranha Plant.gif|thumb|left|75px|Piranha Plant in ''Yoshi's Story''.]]

The Piranha Plants of ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' are shown to be capable of growing to huge proportions, their gnashing heads atop spike-covered stalks. ''Yoshi's Story'' also introduced several "child"-versions of Piranha Plants, the flying [[Piranha Pest]] and the grounded [[Piranha Sprout]]s.

Also, it is revealed that an extremely large area of [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] is composed of Piranha Plants; this area is aptly named [[Piranha Grove]].

Nipper Spores also appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', this time, they're oddly spike covered.

=== ''Super Mario Bros.'' ===
[[Image: OriginalPiranha.jpg|thumb|right|A Piranha Plant, as it appears in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]
The first appearance of Piranha Plants release wise was in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' as semi-common enemies who would inhabit Warp Pipes and attack by biting [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] if they were close enough to them. Oddly, Piranha Plants won't emerge from their pipe if Mario or Luigi is touching or standing directly on top of it.

Piranha Plants could be defeated by shooting them with a fireball in a character's [[Fire Mario|fire form]], by kicking a [[Koopa]] shell at them or by touching them while empowered by a [[Starman]].

=== ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' ===

''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', which was the Japanese sequel to ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', introduced red-colored Piranha Plants, which were much quicker than the green variety and emerged from their pipe, regardless if someone is touching it. However, they would not appear if the player was standing directly on top of the pipe.

=== ''Super Mario Land'' ===

An enemy identical in appearance and behavior appears in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', which takes place in [[Sarasaland]], not the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. However, the instruction manual refers to the creature as '''Pakkun Flower'''. This created confusion, leading people to think they were different type of plants, but it should be noted that the original Japanese name for a Piranha Plant is "Pakkun Furawa" with "Furawa" being the japanese transliteration for the word [[flower]]. Since most of the name of the enemies were left untranslated in the ''Super Mario Land'' instruction, the same is for the Pakkun Flower, that only is a Piranha Plant with it's name untranslated.

=== ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' ===

The Piranha Plants of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' are, more or less, identical to the ones of ''Super Mario World''; these Piranha Plants can be defeated by hitting them with a [[Fireball|fireball]]. Also, a spiky-headed [[Venus Fire Trap]] appeared, and, in [[Wario's Castle]], Piranha Plant
statues appeared that would attack by shooting large balls of fire.

=== ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' ===

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Piranha Plants are found throughout the game; along with having their standard biting attack, Piranha Plants also gain their ability to shoot dangerous, albeit slow-moving, fireballs. Here, along with being defeated with fireballs, Koopa shells and Starman-powers, Piranha Plants could also be beaten with the tail of [[Raccoon Mario]] or the [[Tanooki Suit]].

Three variants of Piranha Plants are also introduced in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', they are [[Piranhacus Giganticus]], [[Ptooie]]s and [[Venus Fire Trap]]s.

The Red Piranha Plants from Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (see above) re-appear in the World 7's pipe mazes, but since Piranha Plants are now all red, their leaves are red instead.

[[Nipper Plant]]s and [[Muncher]]s may also be relatives of Piranha Plants, as they resemble them and are presumably juvenile versions of them. In fact, Nipper Plants are referred to as "Baby Piranha Plants" in the ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]'' instruction booklet.

Additionally, the [[Mushroom King|king]] of [[Pipe Land]] is transformed into a Piranha Plant by [[Ludwig Von Koopa]]; in later ports of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the king is changed into a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] instead of a Piranha Plant.

=== ''Super Mario World'' ===

Piranha Plants also appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' as enemies once again, attacking Mario, Luigi and [[Yoshi]] by trying to bite them. They only appear in one level, [[Vanilla Dome]] 3, and even then, only hanging upside down. Classic, right side up piranha plants are in the game's coding, but since their graphics were never completely finished, their stalks look like dead cheep-cheeps or other out of place objects.

A single variant of Piranha Plants is introduced in ''Super Mario World'', this variant, [[Jumping Piranha Plant]] lives in pipes and leaps through the air, attacking anything nearby. These are also much more common than the normal variation.

In ''Super Mario World'', Piranha Plants can be beaten using fireballs, Starman-powers, a Koopa shell, a [[cape]]-attack or by simply eating them with Yoshi's tongue.

=== ''Tetris Attack'' ===

In ''[[Tetris Attack]]'', only Naval Piranha appears as a boss and minion of Kamek and [[Bowser]], aiding them in their plot of brainwashing the inhabitants of Yoshi's Island.

=== ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' ===
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In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the [[Pipe Vault]], where they try to ambush Mario by leaping from a pipe. The Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario RPG'' have root-like legs, allowing them to walk, though despite this, outside of battle, they are found exclusively in pipes. Perhaps in reference to their immunity to being [[jump]]ed on in earlier Mario games, the Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario RPG'' are completely immune to Mario's jump attacks.

Later on in [[Bean Valley]], green and purple-colored Piranha Plants, named [[Chewy|Chewies]] appear. Additionally, [[Megasmilax]], a giant Piranha Plant, is Bean Vally's boss.

Nipper Plants, though renamed '''Chompweeds''' also appear as [[coin]]-stealing obstacles in the Pipe Vault and was set to appear as fightable Enemies, but removed from the final game.

=== ''Super Mario 64'' and ''Super Mario 64 DS'' ===
[[Image: Sm64plant.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A Piranha Plant, as it appears in ''Super Mario 64'']]
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and it's remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' Piranha Plants appear as semi-common enemies once again, the lips of these Piranha Plants are also, inexplicably, green.

Normally, these Piranha Plants are found calmly sleeping in flower beds, but if approached, they will attack in a crazed frenzy. Players must be quick to attack a Piranha Plant before it wakes-up in order to defeat it. They can take off a whopping three energy, but, because of that and their ability to replenish, the first time they are killed, they give up [[Blue Coin]]s.

A giant-sized, unnamed version of Piranha Plants appear in the Huge part of [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; these giant Piranha Plants are extremely powerful and dangerous and spit fireballs at Mario.  When Mario defeats them, he earns another Power Star. Also, there is a miniature version of those that appear in the Tiny version. Those mini ones also appear twice in [[Bowser in the Sky]].

In the remake, [[Super Mario 64 DS]], Piranha Plants had white lips.

In Whomp's Fortress, a sign in front of one reads: ''"I'm sleeping because...I'm sleepy. I don't like being disturbed. Please walk quietly."''

=== ''Paper Mario'' ===
In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Piranha Plants are found in [[Forever Forest]]. Unlike the Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', who are firmly rooted in place and unable to move, the Piranha Plants of ''Paper Mario'' are shown to be able to move around freely; if a Piranha Plant is alerted to Mario's presence, it will burrow underground and suddenly "burst" to the surface near Mario and try to bite him.

Two variations of Piranha Plants, the tropical [[Putrid Piranha]] and frigid [[Frost Piranha]], are introduced in ''Paper Mario''. The boss of [[Mt. Lavalava]], [[Lava Piranha]] is also a gigantic, talking and flaming Piranha Plant.

=== ''Super Mario Sunshine'' ===
[[Image:Shine pirahna.jpg|thumb|A like [[Goop]] '''Piranha Plant''']]
In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Piranha Plants are somewhat rare, only appearing in [[Bianco Hills]]. These Piranha Plants will attack Mario by popping-out of the ground and spitting missiles made of goop.

[[Piranha Plant in the Generator|Piranha Plants in the Generator]], apparently Piranha Plants created from the [[Goop|sludge]] of the [[Magic Paintbrush|Gaddbrush]], are also fought as mini-bosses in ''Super Mario Sunshine''; [[Piranha Head]]s, giant-sized, goop-covered Piranha Plant heads also appear as obstacles in [[Bianco Hills]]. Oddly enough, all of these Piranha Plants that have just been mentioned lack any form of teeth in their mouth, making them not similar to piranhas at all.

[[Petey Piranha]], a goop-spitting, giant Piranha Plant also appears twice as a boss in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', and is the only Piranha Plant with teeth. He never uses them though.

=== ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' ===

Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the [[Beanbean International Airport]], where they interrupt the landing process of [[Peach's Plane|Princess Peach's Airplane]]. These Piranha Plants must be killed by Luigi's [[Thunderhand]] after dousing them in water.

A giant Piranha Plant, which oddly, hatches from an egg, appears as a boss in the Beanbean International Airport. This Piranha Plant, named [[Mom Piranha]] had the ability to shoot energy beams.

Later on in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', a Piranha Plant named [[Piranha Bean]] appears as a mini-boss. Oddly, Piranha Bean had the ability to shrink anything it eats.

=== ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' ===
Piranha Plants are surprisingly rare in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', found only in the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. Piranha Plants are also one of the more powerful enemies in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', having a large amount of attack power and [[Health Point]]s.

As well as marking the return of Frost Piranhas and Putrid Piranhas, ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' also introduces the albino [[Pale Piranha]]s. Oddly, the Pirahna Plant in this game is stronger than all the other species in the game.

===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong===
They appeared rarely in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', in only [[Donkey Kong Jungle (place)|Donkey Kong Jungle]] and Mystical Forest. They look similar to their look in Super Mario Sunshine, but have no leaves. They usually appear when Mario is climbing a vine or a ladder, spitting fire at him has he walks by. They are invincible, and don't have teeth.

=== ''Super Princess Peach'' ===

Although Piranha Plants are rare in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', a new variety of them, called [[Glad Piranha Plant]]s appear; Normal and [[Glad Ptooie]]s and normal and [[Sad Nipper Plant]]s also appear in ''Super Princess Peach''. There was also a reappearance of Petey Piranha.

=== ''New Super Mario Bros.'' ===

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', Piranha Plants return to their original attack pattern of popping-out of pipes and biting anything nearby.

[[Venus Fire Trap]]s also make their return in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', while giant-sized [[Super Piranha Plant]]s make their debut.

=== ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis ===

They are common enemies in [[Mario vs. Donkey  Kong 2: March of the Minis]]. They aren't seen commonly in tubes, usually only in the boss fight of [[Pipe Works]]. They use their fire breathing ability, and have only one fire ball, keeping their mouths open until they get their fireball back. They are invincible in this game. Two may eat each others fireballs, as if they were playing catch.

=== ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' ===

Though regular Piranha Plants don't appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', two new sub-species of them, called [[Elasto-Piranha]]s and [[Piranha Planet]]s appear.

=== ''Yoshi's Island DS'' ===
In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', Piranha Plants once again appear as common enemies, along with [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s, [[Nipper Plant]]s, Nipper Spores. Several new Piranha Plants, such as [[Ghost Piranha]]s, undead Piranha Plants, [[Bungee Piranha]], purple, stretching Piranha Plants and [[Nipper Dandelion]]s, Nipper Spores bunched together, also appear in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.

A Piranha Plant boss, named [[Big Bungee Piranha]] also appears in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.

=== ''Super Paper Mario'' ===
Piranha Plants appeared again in the third Paper Mario game, ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. In this game, they first appeared on the first level. Then, the only way to defeat them was by using an item.  However, as new characters and Pixls are gained, it becomes much easier to defeat them. They have a lot of HP since the last game they were in. Many stronger recolorations of these plants were used.

Here is their full tattle: This is a notorious Piranha Plant. It is a monstrous flower that lives in pipes... Max HP is two and Attack is one. This strange weed will stay low if you cozy up to the side of its pipe...


===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
[[Image:SMGPIR.PNG|thumb|left|A '''Piranha Plant''' Model.]]
Piranha Plants make their appearance in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', trying to bite the player, but could be stunned if Mario shot [[Star Bits]] at them. They would sometimes be used to advance further, as a [[Sproutle]] would grow where they were if they were defeated.
It is also notably the second game that Piranha Plants can be defeated in a single jump, after [[Super Mario 64 DS]].

There was also a new, purple Piranha Plant that is bigger and it attempts to slam its head into Mario.

There was a Piranha Plant-like alien called [[Dino Piranha]] who served as a boss. It would chase Mario around its planetoid once woken from its shell. It could be defeated by [[Star Spin]]ning to hit its tail, causing the tail to fly out, then get pulled back in and hit Dino Piranha. There was a separate, much more difficult version called the Fiery Dino Piranha. [[Fiery Dino Piranha]]'s tail would often be on fire, so Mario could only attack it while its tail had gone out. It also ran faster and left a temporary trail of fire behind it. They both give the player a star if defeated.

=== ''Mario Party DS'' ===

A Piranha Plant acted as a boss in Mario Party DS. In the first stage of Story Mode, the plant terrorized Wiggler's Garden. After the tiny heroes battled it out, the superstar got to play a mini-game in order to defeat the Piranha Plant. In the mini-game, they had to throw Bomb Seeds in its mouth 3 times. After defeating Piranha Plant, a Wiggler thanked the tiny heroes and give them the (red) 1st Sky Crystal, and the heroes continued their quest for Bowser's Castle.

== Appearances in Other Media ==
Piranha Plants made several appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.

== Other Appearances ==
[[Image:PiranhaPlantDS.png|right|frame|In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'']]
[[Image:SSBPiranhaPlant.gif|frame|left|A Piranha Plant in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|SSB]]''.]]
Piranha Plants are featured quite prominently in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], often as obstacles in [[mini-game]]s. In ''[[Mario Party]]'', Piranha Plants could be planted by players in the [[Peach's Birthday Cake]] board; By doing this, players that stop on the plant's spot lose a [[Star]]. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Piranha Plants appear in [[Waluigi's Island]] and are [[Waluigi]]'s partner in Duel Mode. In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'' a Pirahna Plant is the boss of Wigglers Garden.

In the [[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart series]], Piranha Plants often appear as road obstacles, such as in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''.

In ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', Piranha Plants appear as obstacles in the [[Yoshi Park]], where they will eat any nearby balls and spit them out in a random direction. Piranha Plants also appear in the [[Piranha Panic]] mini-game, where players must hit colored Piranha Plants with fireballs of matching colors.
[[Image:PP BBA.png|thumb|right|150px|The silhouette of a Piranha Plant in ''Big Brain Academy''.]]

[[Image:Piranha Plant Captain Rainbow.png|thumb|left|Piranha Plant in ''Captain Rainbow''.]]
A single Piranha Plant also appears in the game ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'' in the garden of Lip's house. After [[Birdo]], it is the second ''Mario'' series character appearing in the game, but it only has a minor role. The fairy Lip takes care of the Piranha Plant.

In ''[[Wikipedia: Big Brain Academy|Big Brain Academy]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]] the silhouette of a Piranha Plant appears under the 3-Star difficulty of the "Get in Shape" mini-game. Piranha Plants also appear as enemies in ''[[Wikipedia: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''.
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| rowspan=2 | ''A vicious, plantlike monster that typically hides in pipes. Piranha Plants emerge with mouths open, awaiting victims. A poorly timed jump means a chomping--hence the "piranha" name. While there have been exceptions--there are many Piranha Plants with unique traits-- they generally don't appear if Mario waits on top of or just next to a pipe. They hate fireballs.''
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==Possible Relatives==
* [[Slithervine]]
* [[Hurt Plant]]
[[Image:Piranha_History.PNG|frame|right|Sprites of Piranha Plants through various games.]]
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==''Paper Mario'' Series Stats and Tattle Information==
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== Trivia ==

* A Piranha Plant appeared in [[Nintendo Monopoly]]. It cost $150, and took the place of the Electric Company.
*Some Piranha Plants have been known to walk, such as ones from ''[[Mario Party 2]]''(which conversed with the gamer) and ''Super Mario RPG''.  Their bottom stems made like feet.
*An enemy from the Legend of Zelda, called a Deku Baba, looks a lot like a Piranha Plant. This enemy looks more like a real plant, though, and doesn't come out of pipes. It also can live on water, as seen in Majora's mask in the Great Bay Temple, though Piranha plants can't.
*The Piranha Plant has also appeared in ''Crash Bandicoot 2'', though they are not the same as the Marioverse's version of the Piranha Plant. <!-- Should this even really be here at all? --> 
*In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', the enemy called "Pale Piranha" in English releases is called simply "Pakkun Flower" in Japanese releases. Similarly, the enemy called "Piranha Plant" is called "Killer Pakkun" in Japanese releases.

==Foreign Names==

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|Jap=パックンフラワー<br />''Pakkun Furawā''
|JapM=Packun Flower, pun on "pakupaku", a mimetic word for mouth movement
|Fra=Plante Piranha
|FraM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
|Ger=Piranha-Pflanze
|GerM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
|Spa=Planta Piraña
|SpaM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
|Ita=Pianta Piranha
|ItaM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
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-|notable=[[Big Bungee Piranha]]<br>[[Dino Piranha]]<br>[[Gattai monster]]<br>[[Izzy]]<br>[[Mama Fireplant]]<br>[[Mom Piranha]]<br>[[Naval Piranha]]<br>[[Petea Piranha]]<br>[[Petey Piranha]]<br>[[Piper]]<br>[[Pirabbid Plant]]<br>[[Pit Plant]]<br>[[Smilax]]<br>[[Spike the Piranha]]<br>[[The Mind-Bogglers]]
+|affiliation= [[Koopa Troop]], [[Petey Piranha]], [[Lava Piranha]]
-|variants=[[Big Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Bone Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Bungee Piranha]]<br>[[Chewy]]<br>[[Dino Piranha]]<br>[[Elasto-Piranha]]<br>[[Fire Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Frost Piranha]]<br>[[Glad P. Plant]]<br>[[Glohm Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Gold Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Inky Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Jumping Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Manhandla]]<br>[[Mecha Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Melon Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Muncher]]<br>[[Nipper Plant]]<br>[[Nipper Spore]]<br>[[Nipper Dandelion]]<br>[[Piranha Bean]]<br>[[Piranha Planet]]<br>[[Piranha Plant (Pit of 100 Trials)]]<br>[[Piranha Plorp]]<br>[[Piranha Pod]]<br>[[Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)|Piranha Sprout (''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'')]]<br>[[Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story)|Piranha Sprout (''Yoshi's Story'')]]<br>[[Piranhabon]]<br>[[Poison Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Polterpiranha]]<br>[[Potted Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Proto Piranha]]<br>[[Ptooie]]<br>[[Putrid Piranha]]<br>[[Raving Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Tane Pakkun]]<br>[[Vine]]<br>[[Whuhoh]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]<br>[[Wonder Packun]]
+|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''
-|comparable=[[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series)|Chomp (''Donkey Kong Country'' series)]]<br>[[Deku Baba]]<br>[[Hurt Plant]]<br>[[Kobu Kokko]]<br>[[Pipe Fist]]<br>[[Spritzbloom]]<br>[[Trapdragon]]
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 {{quote|Grawr Charble Grawr! (Hey, what's cooking? YOU ARE!)|Piranha Plant|Mario Party DS}}
-'''Piranha Plants''' (also known as '''Piranha Flowers'''<ref>{{cite|author=Hiroo, Tochikubo|title=''[[How to win at Super Mario Bros.]]''|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=1987|isbn=4-19-720003-XC|page=14}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Yamashita, Tatsumi|titke=''The Official Nintendo Player's Guide''|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=1987|isbn=999832369X|page=30}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''NES Game Atlas''|page=35|date=Spring 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> and '''Piranhas''' and misspelled as '''pirana plants'''<ref>{{cite|quote=Pirana plants - Man eating plants that live in the flower-pots. They show their faces quickly and without warning, so watch out! You can't kill them by jumping on top of them.|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' manual|page=14|date=1985|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' manual|page=40|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> in early manuals and '''Pirahna Flower'''<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 7|publisher=Catalyst Publishing|language=en-au|page=23|date=October 1993}}</ref>) are [[List of enemies|enemies]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' They are large, carnivorous plants based on {{wp|Venus flytrap}}s. The head of a Piranha Plant is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Piranha Plants originally appeared only in [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s, emerging from them with a biting animation, but have also been encountered outside of them since. Piranha Plants can talk in some appearances. Certain Piranha Plants have animal-like bodies, most noticeably their leader [[Petey Piranha]], making them capable of walking.
-==History==
-===''Super Mario'' series===
-====''Super Mario Bros.''====
-[[File:Piranha Plant SMB.png|thumb|100px|Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros.'', their debut appearance]]
-{{multiframe|[[File:PiranhaPlant SMB Sprite.gif]] [[File:SMB Piranha Plant Underground Sprite.gif]]|Sprites from ''Super Mario Bros.'' depicting Piranha Plants in the overworld and underground each|align=left|size=120}}
-Piranha Plants appear in ''Super Mario Bros.'' They are first encountered in [[World 1-2 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 1-2]]. Piranha were supposed to appear in every vertical pipe beyond the [[World 1-1 (Super Mario Bros.)|first level]], but a [[glitch]] prevents them from appearing in every one, like in [[World 8-4 (Super Mario Bros.)|World 8-4]], where the water tiles overlap the Piranha Plant in the original version only; if the Piranha Plant had been visible, the underwater palette would have rendered it gray. Piranha Plants do not emerge from pipes if the player character stands either adjacent to or on top of them, not unlike [[Bill Blaster|Turtle Cannons]]. Piranha Plants can be defeated only from either a [[fireball]] or the effects of a [[Super Star|Starman]]. Piranha Plants do not flip upside-down when defeated, unlike other enemies except [[Buzzy Beetle]]s. Piranha Plants emerge from pipes in [[Warp Zone]]s but vanish the instant that "WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!" appears onscreen.<ref>{{cite|url=youtu.be/WF3irlcoU38?feature=shared&t=35|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' - All Warp Locations|language=en|author=ShyGuyStation|timestamp=0:35|publisher=YouTube|date=May 28, 2017}}</ref> Piranha Plants emerge from the last pipe at the end of every level taking place mostly underground or underwater.
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-====''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''====
-[[File:SMBLL Mushroom Kingdom Artwork.png|thumb|Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'', the first appearance of red Piranha Plants, which would become their standard color since ''Super Mario World'']]
-[[File:SMBLL Red Piranha Plant.png|frame|left]]
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''. The normal type is encountered in the first three worlds, but levels from [[World 4-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 4-1]] onward replace them with the red type. The red variation is faster and still emerges from its pipe if the player character stands by it, but not if they are on top. There are Piranha Plants that emerge from upside-down pipes, and they are first encountered in [[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 5-1]]. There are Piranha Plants encountered underwater in [[World 9-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-1]] and [[World 9-2 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-2]]. Piranha Plants in ''[[All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.]]'' were cosmetically altered to become Pakkun Okapī.
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-====''Super Mario Bros. 3'' / ''Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3''====
-Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. They return in red and green varieties, but the only difference is that red Piranha Plants have an additional layer of leaves. Piranha Plants behave similarly as before, though Koopa shells, [[hammer]]s, and the tail of [[Raccoon Mario]] or [[Tanooki Mario]] are additional ways to defeat them. A few variants make their first appearance, including [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s, [[Big Piranha Plant|Piranhacus Giganticus]], [[Ptooie]]s, [[Nipper Plant|Walking Piranha]]s, and [[Muncher]]s. The Piranha Plants that move in and out of upside-down pipes are named '''Hanging Piranha Plant'''.<ref>{{cite|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|page=9|date=June 1990|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> Some red Piranha Plants emerge from horizontal pipes but have only one set of leaves. The [[Kings|king]] of [[Pipe Land]] is transformed into a Piranha Plant in the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] version only. An upside-down variant of the Piranha Plant with a red head and one layer of green leaves appears in the [[World-e]] levels [[Piped Full of Plants]] and [[Treacherous Halls]] in ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
-====''Super Mario Land''====
-'''Pakkun Flowers''',<ref name=land>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|page=13|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref><ref name=NintendoPower>{{cite|date=1991|title=Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=5|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or '''Pakkun''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt|title=''Super Game Boy'' Player's Guide|page=19|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> return in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. '''Upside Down (Headstand) Pakkun''',<ref name=land/> also named '''Reverse Pakkun'''<ref name=NintendoPower/> or '''Upside-down Piranha Plant''',<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario Land'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|language=en|archive=archive.is/2022.08.13-142305/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/land/?lang=en}}</ref> which gives 400 points when defeated. The digital manual of the [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] port rectifies their name to Piranha Plants.
-====''Super Mario World''====
+'''Piranha Plants''' are large, carnivorous plants encountered throughout the Mario series; Piranha Plants are seemingly based-off Venus Flytrap, eating anything that approaches them.
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. From this game forward, red has become the standard color of all Piranha Plants, and the green ones appear only at the end of a growing [[beanstalk]]. Besides Munchers returning, another variant was added, [[Jumping Piranha Plant]], which are significantly more common. The regular Piranha Plant, also known as '''Piranha in a Pipe''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=51|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> appears only in [[Vanilla Dome 3]], where all eight emerge from upside-down pipes. Unlike before, Piranha Plants retreat into their pipe whenever the player character is nearby. Piranha Plants are defeated from either a fireball, a shell, being hit by a [[cape]], or being eaten by [[Yoshi]].
-[[File:SMWbetaplant.gif|frame|left]]
+The head of a Piranha Plant is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Originally, Piranha Plants were found exclusively in [[Warp Pipe|pipes]], either darting-out and biting anything near or remaining still and spitting [[fireball]]s. Currently, Piranha Plants can be found both in and out of pipes and their fire-breathing ability is now rarely used.
-An upward-facing Piranha Plant [[List of Super Mario World pre-release and unused content|was scrapped]] during development. The graphics of the right-side-up stem were overwritten by an upside-down red [[Cheep Cheep]].
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-====''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins''====
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]''. They are no different from before. Besides the returning [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s, the game adds [[Piranha Plant (statue)|Piranha Plant statues]], which sometimes attack by shooting balls of fire.
-====''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''====
+== Appearances ==
-[[File:PiranhaPlant SM64.png|thumb|left|180px|The design of a Piranha Plant used for ''Super Mario 64'']]
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]''. They are depicted with green lips in the original version, later changed to white in remakes. Piranha Plants appear only in [[Whomp's Fortress]], as well as in [[Goomboss Battle]] and [[Sunshine Isles]] in the remake. Three Piranha Plants are included in an additional area of Whomp's Fortress in the remake, but they are different in that they emerge from the grass when approached. Piranha Plants have a sleepy nature,<ref>{{cite|author=Sign|date=1996|title=''Super Mario 64''|quote=I'm sleeping because... I'm sleepy. I don't like being disturbed. Please walk quietly.|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref> which is why they are always found asleep, but [[Piranha Plant#Media|a lullaby]] plays during this. When a Piranha Plant is either touched or approached quickly by the player character, it wakes up and starts to bite in the direction of the player character, though they stay asleep if approached quickly. Piranha Plants take away three health points if they bite the player character, or four if he is without his [[cap]] (excluding Yoshi in the remake). Besides Piranha Plants, there are [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s, including [[Small Piranha|small]] and [[Big Fire Piranha|large]] versions encountered mainly in [[Tiny-Huge Island]]. Piranha Plants can be defeated mainly from being [[punch]]ed or [[Ground Pound|ground-pounded]] while asleep, or from one of [[Yoshi's Egg]]s in the remake. A defeated Piranha Plant shrinks as pink bubbles fly out from its body, and releases a [[Blue Coin]] as a spoil.
-====''Super Mario Sunshine''====
+=== ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' ===
-Piranha Plants, also called Pakkun Flowers,<ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide|page=5|date=2002|language=en-us|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|publisher=BradyGAMES}}</ref> appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. They are depicted after their appearance from ''Super Mario 64'', since their lips are green, but they lack teeth. Piranha Plants are encountered only in [[Bianco Hills]]. They pop out of the ground and spit black, white-spotted projectiles to attack [[Mario]]. A Piranha Plant is defeated if enough water from [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] is sprayed into its body until it blows up. Various Piranha Plant members make their debut, including the recurring mini-boss [[Proto Piranha]], the boss and future recurring character [[Petey Piranha]], and enemies named [[Piranhabon]]s.
-====''New Super Mario Bros.''====
+[[Image:YIpiranhaplant.jpg|thumb|125px|Piranha Plant as seen in ''Yoshi's Island''.]]
-Piranha Plants appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' They retain their attack pattern introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', but with an added chomping sound effect. Some Piranha Plants appear in the ground, as well as on conveyor belts, which move them around. Two Piranha Plant varieties return, including [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s and [[Big Piranha Plant|Super Piranha Plant]]s.
-====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
+In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', Piranha Plants are drastically changed; instead of being rooted in pipes, Piranha Plants are found planted in the ground. Piranha Plants, instead of attacking at intervals, would simply wait in a miniaturized form and grow larger and lunge at a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] if they approached.
-[[File:SMG Piranha Plant Artwork.png|thumb|Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy'']]
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They attack by trying to bite the player character. A Piranha Plant is defeated from either a [[stomp]], a [[spin]], or being touched by [[Rainbow Mario]]. It is stunned temporarily if hit by a [[Star Bit]]. Defeating some Piranha Plants is required so that a [[Sproutle Vine]] can grow in their place. The game adds [[Spiny Piranha Plant]]s, a large, purple variant that slams its head to attack, and the boss [[Dino Piranha]], as well as a black-colored variant of it.
-====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
+''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' also had a Piranha Plant boss named [[Naval Piranha]], who is grown gigantic in size by [[Kamek]]'s magic.
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They no longer have a chomping sound effect, unlike ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Piranha Plants are defeated from an [[Ice Ball]], though Piranha Plants encased in ice cannot be picked up. Piranha Plants cannot hurt a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] if jumped on. Besides the returning [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s, [[Big Piranha Plant|Super Piranha Plant]]s, [[Muncher]]s, and [[Big Fire Piranha]]s, the game gives Piranha Plants another two variants, [[Stalking Piranha Plant]]s and [[River Piranha Plant]]s.
-====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
+The Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' could easily be defeated by throwing an [[Yoshi Egg|egg]] at them or by spitting an enemy at them.
-Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They behave identically as in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. Besides the returning [[Big Piranha Plant|Super Piranha Plant]] and [[Spiny Piranha Plant]], the latter receives a variant named [[Prickly Piranha Plant]]. Both Dino Piranhas also return, and similar boss to them is introduced, [[Peewee Piranha]].
-====''Super Mario 3D Land''====
+[[Hootie the Blue Fish]], an uncommon enemy in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' may be a sub-species of Piranha Plants, as they do resemble them. [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s, powerful, green and [[Needlenose]]-spitting Piranha Plants also make their debut in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.
-[[File:PiranhaPlantSM3DL.png|thumb|left|x180px|Artwork from ''Super Mario 3D Land'']]
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''. They are modeled after their appearance in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and its sequel. Besides the returning [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s, the game introduces an ink-spitting variety named [[Inky Piranha Plant]]s.
-====''New Super Mario Bros. 2''====
+Nipper Plants also appear as enemies in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''; here, Nipper Plants are usually spawned from [[Nipper Spore]]s, which Naval Piranha is capable of spitting.
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They behave like in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. Two Piranha Plant varieties were introduced, [[Bone Piranha Plant]]s and [[Gold Piranha Plant]]s, with Piranha Plants becoming the latter while a [[Gold Ring]] is in effect.
-====''New Super Mario Bros. U''====
+=== ''Yoshi's Story'' ===
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They are mostly the same, though there are Piranha Plants that hatch from [[Piranha Pod]]s thrown by [[Lakitu]]s in [[Blooming Lakitus]].
+[[Image:Piranha Plant.gif|thumb|left|75px|Piranha Plant in ''Yoshi's Story''.]]
-====''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''====
+The Piranha Plants of ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'' are shown to be capable of growing to huge proportions, their gnashing heads atop spike-covered stalks. ''Yoshi's Story'' also introduced several "child"-versions of Piranha Plants, the flying [[Piranha Pest]] and the grounded [[Piranha Sprout]]s.
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]''. They are functionally similar to their behavior introduced in ''Super Mario Galaxy''. Besides the returning [[Big Piranha Plant|Mega Piranha Plant]]s, the game introduces [[Potted Piranha Plant]]s, which can be carried around to eat enemies; [[Piranha Creeper]], which have a long spiky stem; and cat variations in ''[[Bowser's Fury]]'' only.
-====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
+Also, it is revealed that an extremely large area of [[Yoshi's Island (place)|Yoshi's Island]] is composed of Piranha Plants; this area is aptly named [[Piranha Grove]].
-Piranha Plants are course elements in ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'', [[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS|its port]], and ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]''. Piranha Plants are in every style except ''Super Mario World'', which has [[Jumping Piranha Plant]]s instead. Several Piranha Plant variations return, including [[Big Piranha Plant]]s, [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s, [[Jumping Piranha Plant]]s, [[Big Fire Piranha|Big Venus Fire Trap]]s, [[Muncher]]s, as well as [[Piranha Creeper]]s in ''Super Mario Maker 2'' only. Piranha Plants can be placed on the ground and do not move around. ''Super Mario Maker 2'' adds the ability to place Piranha Plants upside-down on ceilings, and in the game's added ''Super Mario 3D World'' style, Piranha Plants attack by lunging and can be defeated from a [[stomp]], unlike in the other game styles. ''Super Mario Maker 2'' also includes Piranha Plants in a Ninji Speedruns course called [[Yoshi's Piranha Plant Picnic]], where the goal is for [[Yoshi]] to swallow twenty-five.
-====''Super Mario Run''====
+Nipper Spores also appear in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', this time, they're oddly spike covered.
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. They emerge from pipes, retaining their usual biting attack, but not if the player character is standing nearby.
-====''Super Mario Odyssey''====
+=== ''Super Mario Bros.'' ===
-[[File:SMO Bowser and Mario Impressing Peach.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Bowser using a bouquet of Piranha Plants to impress Peach]]
+[[Image: OriginalPiranha.jpg|thumb|right|A Piranha Plant, as it appears in ''Super Mario Bros.'']]
-Piranha Plants are a species in ''[[Super Mario Odyssey]]''. They are used as flowers in [[Bowser]] and [[Princess Peach]]'s marriage, as well as decorations on Bowser's ship in the opening scene. While Piranha Plants do not appear as enemies, [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s retain this role, and the game introduces the [[Poison Piranha Plant]] variety.
+The first appearance of Piranha Plants release wise was in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' as semi-common enemies who would inhabit Warp Pipes and attack by biting [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] if they were close enough to them. Oddly, Piranha Plants won't emerge from their pipe if Mario or Luigi is touching or standing directly on top of it.
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-====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
+Piranha Plants could be defeated by shooting them with a fireball in a character's [[Fire Mario|fire form]], by kicking a [[Koopa]] shell at them or by touching them while empowered by a [[Starman]].
-[[File:SMBW Magma Flare-Up Plant.jpg|thumb|Piranha Plants in ''Super Mario Bros. Wonder'']]
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. Besides the returning [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s, [[Big Piranha Plant]]s, [[Big Fire Piranha Plant]]s, [[Bone Piranha Plant]]s, [[Muncher]]s, and [[Nipper Plant]]s, the game introduces additional Piranha Plant varieties: [[Trottin' Piranha Plant]]s, which can leave their pipes and move around; [[Melon Piranha Plant]]s, which resemble watermelons and spit seeds; [[Wonder Packun]], black Piranha Plants with long stalks that appear after Bowser collects the [[Wonder Flower]] at the start of the game; [[Cloud Piranha]]s, dark Piranha Plants made of smoke that protect Bowser's Castle; and [[Note Piranha Plant]]s (and their [[Big Note Piranha Plant|larger variant]]s), fiery Piranha Plants resembling music notes that function as projectiles.
-===DIC cartoons===
+=== ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'' ===
-====''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!''====
-{{quote|Terrible tortellini! Look at those plumber-munching Piranha Plants!|[[Luigi]]|"[[Mario of the Deep]]"}}
-[[File:SuperShowPiranhaPlants.png|thumb|left|A group of Piranha Plants in the episode "[[On Her Majesty's Sewer Service]]" of ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'']]
-'''Pirhana Plants'''{{sic}}<ref>{{cite|url=www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/super-mario-bros-show-ad-promo-mario-1999518618|title=''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' writer's bible|publisher=Worthpoint|language=en}}</ref> are antagonists in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' They are depicted as being black with green lips and pink spots. Pirhana Plants can spit fire, a trait possibility inherited by [[Panser]]s.
-====''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''====
+''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', which was the Japanese sequel to ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', introduced red-colored Piranha Plants, which were much quicker than the green variety and emerged from their pipe, regardless if someone is touching it. However, they would not appear if the player was standing directly on top of the pipe.
-[[File:Piranha Plant Mario.jpg|thumb|A Piranha Plant about to bite Mario in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' episode "[[Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas]]".]]
-A green Piranha Plant appears in the episode "[[Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas]]" of ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. It bites [[Raccoon Mario]] after he is knocked unconscious by Big Mouth's reptile breath tornado move, but misses on the second attempt. Both [[Ptooie]]s and [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s also appear, more commonly than Piranha Plants.
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-====''Super Mario World''====
-[[File:Piranha Plant Hip Hop King Koopa.jpg|thumb|left|A Piranha Plant about to eat Hip, Hop, and King Koopa in the ''Super Mario World'' television series episode "[[A Little Learning]]".]]
-A friendly '''pirhana plant'''{{sic}}<ref>{{cite|quote=But when the crops grow, King Koopa's Nintendo Gophers steal all the crops and put fire plants and '''pirhana plants'''{{sic}} in their place.|title=''[[Koopa's Stone Age Quests]]'' back cover}}</ref> named [[Mama Fireplant]] appears in the episode "[[Fire Sale]]" of the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' television series. The protagonists try to rescue her from [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie]] in a frozen cavern. Piranha plants{{ref needed}}<!--spelling--> are the replacement for the crops stolen by [[Larry Koopa|Cheatsy]] and the [[Monty Mole|gophers]] in "[[Gopher Bash]]," and one piranha plants has hair or spike-like protrusions on its head. A piranha plant in "[[A Little Learning]]" is put in [[Oogtar]]'s "eggabegga" project by [[Lemmy Koopa|Hip]] and [[Iggy Koopa|Hop]], attempting to sabotage it, which backfires when [[Bowser|King Koopa]] when Oogtar feed it fertilizer inadvertently.
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-===''Nintendo Comics System''===
+=== ''Super Mario Land'' ===
-Piranha Plants appear occasionally in the ''[[Nintendo Comics System]]''. They are depicted with primarily dark green heads atop light green stems. Some Piranha Plants have a pair of eyes, while female Piranha Plants have faces the same color as their stems and dark green lips, while the dark green and spotted portion is made from leaves and acts as "hair." In [[Piranha-Round Sue]], several Piranha Plants, led by [[Piranha Sue]], attempt to steal the [[Green Gecko Gem]] and a [[magic wand]] in order to depose [[Bowser]], due to several tight restrictions he had placed upon them. In [[The Revenge of Pipe Ooze!]] a Piranha Plant gets strangled by Bowser after he calls [[Lemmy]] an idiot, while two female Piranha Plants appear as fans of [[Dirk Drain-Head]], of whom Mario was cosplaying as.
-===''[[Nintendo Adventure Books]]''===
+An enemy identical in appearance and behavior appears in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', which takes place in [[Sarasaland]], not the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. However, the instruction manual refers to the creature as '''Pakkun Flower'''. This created confusion, leading people to think they were different type of plants, but it should be noted that the original Japanese name for a Piranha Plant is "Pakkun Furawa" with "Furawa" being the japanese transliteration for the word [[flower]]. Since most of the name of the enemies were left untranslated in the ''Super Mario Land'' instruction, the same is for the Pakkun Flower, that only is a Piranha Plant with it's name untranslated.
-A patch of Piranha Plants in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'' trap [[Toad]] after he is led astray by a disguised Koopa on his way back to the Mushroom Palace. After hearing Toad's yells for help, Mario rushes into the patch to rescue him, and tries to fight off a particularly large Piranha Plant by throwing a rock, which the plant bats aside with a stick, giving its brethren the idea of grabbing some clubs to use as weapons as well. Depending on how the accompanying puzzle is solved, the plants either fight each other after Mario tricks one into bludgeoning another, or they succeed in knocking Mario out with a blow to the head.
-A patch of Piranha Plants appear near the Mushroom Palace in ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', with Morton, Luigi and Toad navigate through them on the way to [[Water Land]]. Some Piranha Plants in ''[[Koopa Capers]]'' are spotted by Luigi amongst several monsters in [[Wendy|Wendy O. Koopa]]'s secret camp in the Magma Pits.
+=== ''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'' ===
-A patch of Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', having to be run through by Mario and Luigi if they decide to go after Princess Toadstool. Four Piranha Plants (named Ashby, Justin, Scott and Todd respectively) are later revealed to have been coerced by [[Ludwig|Ludwig von Koopa]] to becoming the string quartet in a ballet that Toadstool is forced to star in. If the Piranha Plants attack the Mario Bros. and the princess, they are defeated quickly by Luigi knocking their pots over. One of the bad endings has two Piranha Plants eat Mario and Luigi if enter the leftmost pipe in a chamber.
+The Piranha Plants of ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'' are, more or less, identical to the ones of ''Super Mario World''; these Piranha Plants can be defeated by hitting them with a [[Fireball|fireball]]. Also, a spiky-headed [[Venus Fire Trap]] appeared, and, in [[Wario's Castle]], Piranha Plant
+statues appeared that would attack by shooting large balls of fire.
-A hungry, young Piranha Plant appears in ''[[Flown the Koopa]]'', where Mario pulls the [[Mushroom King]] away it while avoiding [[Dino Rhino]]s in a forest.
+=== ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' ===
-Piranha Plants and some traffic officers switch minds in ''[[Brain Drain]]'', due to the [[Synapse Switcher]], causing havoc on the Fungus Freeway.
+In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Piranha Plants are found throughout the game; along with having their standard biting attack, Piranha Plants also gain their ability to shoot dangerous, albeit slow-moving, fireballs. Here, along with being defeated with fireballs, Koopa shells and Starman-powers, Piranha Plants could also be beaten with the tail of [[Raccoon Mario]] or the [[Tanooki Suit]].
-===''Yoshi''===
+Three variants of Piranha Plants are also introduced in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', they are [[Piranhacus Giganticus]], [[Ptooie]]s and [[Venus Fire Trap]]s.
-[[File:YoshiNES-PiranhaPlant-Score.png|thumb|left]]
-Piranha Plants are objects in ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''. They are one of six to fall onto the playing field. Piranha Plants are depicted similarly to [[Jumping Piranha Plant]]s from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.
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-===''Mario Kart'' series===
-====''Super Mario Kart''====
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]''. They are encountered in [[SNES Choco Island 1|Choco Island 1]] and [[SNES Choco Island 2|Choco Island 2]]. Piranha Plants are offroad and cause whoever drives into them to spin out.
-====''Mario Kart 64''====
+The Red Piranha Plants from Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (see above) re-appear in the World 7's pipe mazes, but since Piranha Plants are now all red, their leaves are red instead.
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''. They are placed in the ground and have lips that of a yellowish tan color. Piranha Plants are encountered in [[N64 Mario Raceway|Mario Raceway]] and [[N64 Royal Raceway|Royal Raceway]]. They are placed offroad, appearing to move their lips up and down in the manner of a sucking motion.
-====''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''====
+[[Nipper Plant]]s and [[Muncher]]s may also be relatives of Piranha Plants, as they resemble them and are presumably juvenile versions of them. In fact, Nipper Plants are referred to as "Baby Piranha Plants" in the ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]'' instruction booklet.
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''. They are encountered in [[Yoshi Desert]]. A Piranha Plant emerges from a quicksand pit if a player character drives in, chewing on them shortly before spitting them out.
-====''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''====
+Additionally, the [[Mushroom King|king]] of [[Pipe Land]] is transformed into a Piranha Plant by [[Ludwig Von Koopa]]; in later ports of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the king is changed into a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] instead of a Piranha Plant.
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''. They are encountered in [[GCN Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]] and [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]]. Piranha Plant are in pipes and try to bite approaching drivers, flipping them over when hit. The chomping sound effect of Piranha Plants is a sped up variation of one of [[Petey Piranha]]'s sound clips, and Piranha Plants use one of his exact voice clips when hit. Piranha Plants are stunned temporarily if hit by either a [[Green Shell]], a [[Red Shell]], a [[Bowser Shell]], or a character under the [[Invincible Mario|invincibility effects]] of a [[Super Star|Star]]. Besides Piranha Plants, the game introduces [[Pit Plant]]s, which are obstacles in [[GCN Dry Dry Desert|Dry Dry Desert]], and adds [[Petey Piranha]] as a playable character.
-====''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' series====
+=== ''Super Mario World'' ===
-[[File:MKAGPDX Piranha Plant.png|thumb|left|A Piranha Plant icon in ''Mario Kart Arcade GP DX'']]
-Piranha Plant is an item in both ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]''. It has a bright pink look. The Piranha Plant is one of the [[Special Item (Mario Kart series)|Special Items]] used by [[Princess Peach]]. It eats the items of opponents after being summoned. Piranha Plants also appear as obstacles in [[Mario Beach]] and [[DK Jungle (Mario Kart Arcade GP)|DK Jungle]], where they act the same as they do in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'' Smaller Piranha Plants also appear on the bottom of archways in the [[Bowser Cup]] in red and green colors, though they merely observe.
-====''Mario Kart DS''====
+Piranha Plants also appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' as enemies once again, attacking Mario, Luigi and [[Yoshi]] by trying to bite them. They only appear in one level, [[Vanilla Dome]] 3, and even then, only hanging upside down. Classic, right side up piranha plants are in the game's coding, but since their graphics were never completely finished, their stalks look like dead cheep-cheeps or other out of place objects.
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. They are encountered in [[DS Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]], {{classic-link|SNES|Choco Island 2}}, and {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}}. Piranha Plants function the way they do in ''Super Mario Kart''. [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s are also obstacles in the former course.
-====''Mario Kart Wii''====
+A single variant of Piranha Plants is introduced in ''Super Mario World'', this variant, [[Jumping Piranha Plant]] lives in pipes and leaps through the air, attacking anything nearby. These are also much more common than the normal variation.
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''. They are encountered in {{classic-link|N64|Mario Raceway}} and {{classic-link|GCN|Mario Circuit}}. Piranha Plants are the basis of one of the [[kart]]s, [[Piranha Prowler]], but the petals and colored lips suggest closer inspiration from Petey Piranha.
-====''Mario Kart 7''====
+In ''Super Mario World'', Piranha Plants can be beaten using fireballs, Starman-powers, a Koopa shell, a [[cape]]-attack or by simply eating them with Yoshi's tongue.
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]''. They are encountered in [[3DS Music Park|Music Park]] and [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]]. There are two giant Piranha Plants in both courses. The Piranha Plants in Music Park move to the beat of the background music, bite player characters if they drive into the spotlight in front of them, and switch between the right and left sides at times. The Piranha Plants of Piranha Plant Slide are positioned in the center, changing which direction they face periodically.
-====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
+=== ''Tetris Attack'' ===
-[[File:MK8SNESDonutPlains3PiranhaPlant.png|thumb|Yoshi using the potted Piranha Plant in ''Mario Kart 8'']]
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. They are encountered both in pipes and on land. The Piranha Plants in pipes appear in [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]], [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]], {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}}, {{classic-link|3DS|Piranha Plant Slide}}, and {{classic-link|3DS|Music Park}}; the first three courses give them similar behavior as in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', but Piranha Plants in the returning ''Mario Kart 7'' courses retain their behavior from said game. The Piranha Plants on land are in {{classic-link|N64|Royal Raceway}}, as well as {{classic-link|Tour|Bangkok Rush}} and  {{classic-link|DS|Mario Circuit}} in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass]]''. Piranha Plants are in the background of [[Shy Guy Falls]], {{classic|3DS|Piranha Plant Slide}}, and [[Piranha Plant Cove]]. The ''Booster Course Pass'' adds Piranha Plants that are not in pipes but behave like the counterparts otherwise, including in {{classic-link|Tour|Amsterdam Drift}}, Piranha Plant Cove, and {{classic-link|Tour|Madrid Drive}}. A Piranha Plant in the ''Booster Course Pass'' course [[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island]] is attached to the underside of the tree trunk arch before the water section and uses identical sound effects as in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''.
-Other Piranha Plant varieties and relatives appear. The [[potted Piranha Plant]] from ''Super Mario 3D World'' is one of the items, but other than them, other Piranha Plant varieties are featured as obstacles: [[Raving Piranha Plant]]s appear in [[Electrodome]]; a [[Bone Piranha Plant]] appears in [[Bone-Dry Dunes]]; and [[Deku Baba]]s are cosmetic replacements of Piranha Plants in [[Hyrule Circuit]]. The Booster Course Pass includes [[Big Piranha Plant]]s in {{classic-link|Tour|Paris Promenade}} and {{classic-link|DS|Peach Gardens}}, [[Ptooie]]s in {{classic-link|GBA|Riverside Park}}, [[Fire Piranha Plant]]s in {{classic|DS|Mario Circuit}}, and [[Mecha Piranha Plant]]s in {{classic-link|GCN|Waluigi Stadium}}. [[Wooden cutout]]s of Piranha Plants are in {{classic|Tour|Paris Promenade}}, [[Ninja Hideaway]] and {{classic-link|Wii|Daisy Circuit}}.
+In ''[[Tetris Attack]]'', only Naval Piranha appears as a boss and minion of Kamek and [[Bowser]], aiding them in their plot of brainwashing the inhabitants of Yoshi's Island.
-====''Mario Kart Tour''====
+=== ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' ===
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. They appear in both their lunging and passive variants. They are found in many courses in the game, especially in T variants of courses. They act the same as in ''Super Mario Kart'' and ''Mario Kart 7''. Hitting Piranha Plants with the use of an item or while invincible grants the player some bonus points. There are also [[wooden cutout]]s of Piranha Plants, which are used to block certain shortcuts. A new glider called the [[Piranha Plant Parafoil]] is also introduced. The [[Piranha Plant Tour]] is themed around Piranha Plants, with Petey Piranha and Piranha Plant Slide returning in this tour. This game also introduces two new courses themed around Piranha Plants, called [[Piranha Plant Cove]] and [[Piranha Plant Pipeline]] respectively. [[Inky Piranha Plant]]s also make their debut in this game, appearing in the course [[Bangkok Rush]].
+{{smrpgenemy|
+|image = [[Image:SMRPG Megaslimax.png]]
-Below are two lists of courses in ''Mario Kart Tour'' that feature Piranha Plants: one list is for the lunging type, and the other for the passive type. (Select "show" to reveal a list.)
+|name = Piranha Plant
+|location = [[Pipe Vault]]
-;Lunging variant
+|hp = 168
-<div class="contentbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="columns"style="columns:2">
+|attack = 45
-*[[SNES Donut Plains 1]] ([[Steer Clear of Obstacles]]), [[SNES Donut Plains 1|R/T]]
+|defense = 14
-*[[SNES Ghost Valley 1|SNES Ghost Valley 1R, R/T]]
+|mgattack = 20
-*[[SNES Mario Circuit 2|SNES Mario Circuit 2R/T]]
+|mgdefense = 22
-*[[SNES Choco Island 1]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles), [[SNES Choco Island 1|T]]
+|attacks = [[Pollen Nap]], [[S'Crow Dust]]
-*[[SNES Ghost Valley 2]] ([[Glider Challenge]]), [[SNES Ghost Valley 2|R/T]]
+|strengths = Fire
-*[[SNES Choco Island 2|SNES Choco Island 2T, R/T]]
+|weaknesses = None
-*[[N64 Mario Raceway|N64 Mario Raceway R]]
+|itemdropped = [[Sleepy Bomb]]
-*[[N64 Royal Raceway]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
+|coinsdropped = 5
-*[[GBA Luigi Circuit|GBA Luigi Circuit T]]
+|expgained = 5
-*[[GBA Sky Garden|GBA Sky Garden T]]
+|psychopath = Pretty Broing Nowadays
-*[[GCN Baby Park]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*[[GCN Waluigi Stadium|GCN Waluigi Stadium T]]
-*[[GCN Yoshi Circuit|GCN Yoshi Circuit, R, R/T]]
-*[[DS Luigi's Mansion]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*[[DS Shroom Ridge|DS Shroom Ridge, R]]
-*[[DS Mario Circuit|DS Mario Circuit R/T]]
-*[[DS Peach Gardens|DS Peach Gardens, R]]
-*[[Wii Coconut Mall]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*[[3DS Mario Circuit]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*[[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|3DS Piranha Plant Slide, R, T, R/T]]
-*[[Tour Paris Promenade|Paris Promenade, R, T, R/T]]
-*[[Tour Paris Promenade|Paris Promenade 2, R, T]]
-*[[Tour Paris Promenade|Paris Promenade 3, R, T]]
-*[[Los Angeles Laps|Los Angeles Laps 3R/T]]
-*[[Vancouver Velocity|Vancouver Velocity 2R/T]]
-*[[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways 3]]
-*[[Tour Amsterdam Drift|Amsterdam Drift 3, R/T]]
-*[[Piranha Plant Cove|Piranha Plant Cove 2, R/T]]
-*[[Yoshi's Island (race course)|Yoshi's Island, T]]
-*[[Piranha Plant Pipeline|Piranha Plant Pipeline, R, T, R/T]]
-*[[RMX Mario Circuit 1]] (Glider Challenge), [[RMX Mario Circuit 1|R/T]]
-*[[RMX Choco Island 1|RMX Choco Island 1R/T]]
-*[[RMX Choco Island 2|RMX Choco Island 2, R, T, R/T]]
-*[[RMX Rainbow Road 1|RMX Rainbow Road 1R/T]]
-*[[RMX Rainbow Road 2|RMX Rainbow Road 2T, R/T]]
-*[[RMX Ghost Valley 1|RMX Ghost Valley 1T]]
-</div></div>
-;Passive variant
-<div class="contentbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="columns"style="columns:2">
-*SNES Donut Plains 1 (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*SNES Choco Island 1R, T
-*[[SNES Mario Circuit 3]] ([[Do Jump Boosts]])
-*SNES Choco Island 2, R, T, R/T
-*[[N64 Kalimari Desert]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*N64 Mario Raceway, R
-*N64 Royal Raceway, R, T, R/T
-*[[GBA Peach Circuit]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*GCN Baby Park (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*GCN Yoshi Circuit (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*DS Luigi's Mansion (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*DS Mario Circuit, R, R/T
-*3DS Mario Circuit (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*3DS Piranha Plant Slide T, R/T
-*[[Tour New York Minute|New York Minute]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*Paris Promenade 2R
-*[[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways 2]] (Steer Clear of Obstacles)
-*Piranha Plant Cove 2, R, T, R/T
-*Piranha Plant Pipeline, R, T, R/T
-*RMX Mario Circuit 1, R, T
-*RMX Choco Island 1, R, T, R/T
-*RMX Choco Island 2, R, T, R/T
-</div></div>
-====''Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit''====
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]''. They are encountered in [[Piranha Paradise]]. Piranha Plants appear on gates sometimes, snapping at player characters driving by and temporarily holding any caught player character holding them in their mouths for some time if caught.
-===''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''===
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3]]''. Piranha Plants are encountered throughout [[Parsley Woods]]. They behave like [[Muncher]]s, being stationary, invincible enemies that occupy certain areas. Piranha Plants are indestructible and can defeat [[Wario]] instantly by touching him.
-Although never referred to with their English names in ''Wario Land''-related material, these enemies are labeled as "Pakkun Flower" (パックンフラワー) on [[Media:Wario Land enemies (KC Mario).jpg|page 6]] of the [[KC Deluxe]] manga, volume 24, which is the Japanese name for Piranha Plants. ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' instead gives the uncapitalized name "piranha plant" to the Munchers on [[Rice Beach]].<ref>{{cite|date=March 1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 58|page=78|quote='''SAND SWIMMING''' Press the A Button rapidly to stay up near the top, away from the piranha plants.}}</ref>
-===''Mario's FUNdamentals''===
-Piranha Plants make a cameo in ''[[Mario's FUNdamentals]]''. They are featured on a suit of playing cards in Go Fish.
-===''Yoshi's Island'' series===
-====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====
-[[File:SMW2 Piranha Plant.png|frame|left]]
-'''Wild Piranhas''',<ref>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=67|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> also named '''Wild Piranha Plants''',<ref name=P80>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title=''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page=80|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''Red Piranhas''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) #44|publisher=EMAP|language=en-gb|page=69|date=May 1996}}</ref> Piranha Plants,<ref name=P80/> or simply Piranhas,<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) #43|publisher=EMAP|language=en-gb|page=66|date=April 1996}}</ref> or '''Red Flowers''',<ref>{{cite|date=September 1995|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #30|publisher=Catalyst Publishing|language=en-au|page=15|quote=This Red Flower swallows Yoshi whole! He’s just one of the 100 new enemies that inhabit Yoshi’s Island.}}</ref> are enemies in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its remake]]. Wild Piranhas are completely different than in the [[Super Mario (series)|''Super Mario'' series]]: All Wild Piranhas are planted in the ground, appearing very miniaturized by default, but it both increases in size and lunges at a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] when approached. A Wild Piranha causes a Yoshi to lose [[Baby Mario]] and his [[Yoshi's Egg|egg]]s if it catches Yoshi into its mouth, though spits him out after a few seconds. Wild Piranhas are defeated only from being hit by an egg or a different projectile; when defeated, a Wild Piranha's head flips, shrinks, and disappears. Besides [[Nipper Plant]]s returning, the game introduces the [[Propeller Piranha|Hootie the Blue Fish]] and [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]] varieties One of the bosses is a giant Wild Piranha named [[Naval Piranha]]. Piranha Plants have traits similar to [[Blow Hard]]s, but the latter is defined as a [[Pokey]] variant.
-====''Yoshi's Island DS''====
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]''. They behave identically as in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. Besides the returning [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s, Nipper Plants and Nipper Spores, a few Piranha Plant varieties were added, including [[Polterpiranha]]s, [[Bungee Piranha]]s and [[Nipper Dandelion]]s. A giant Piranha Plant is one of the bosses, [[Big Bungee Piranha]].
-====''Yoshi's New Island''====
-[[File:Piranha Plant Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|thumb|left|140px|A Piranha Plant, as seen in ''Yoshi's New Island'']]
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''. They appear on land, as well as inside of [[Warp Pipe|pipe]]s in [[Spin-Lift Drift]]. The Piranha Plants stemming from the ground no longer start in miniaturized form.
-{{br}}
-===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
-[[File:Piranha Plant SMRPG artwork.jpg|thumb|x180px|Artwork from ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'']]
-{{quote|It's really weird. Sometimes I hear [[Culex|the guy next door]]. He's always mumbling about a Crystal-this and an Evil-that. Isn't a "Crystal" some kind of a shiny rock...or something? I know I've seen those somewhere!|Piranha Plant|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars}}
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. They are encountered in [[Pipe Vault]]. Piranha Plants attempt to attack Mario in the field by leaping from a pipe. Piranha Plants have root-like legs for walking but appear only in pipes outside of battle. They are unaffected by [[jump]] attacks. There is a Piranha Plant living at [[Monstro Town]] in the game, where when talked to, he talks about someone next door "mumbling about a Crystal-this and a Crystal-that", alluding to [[Culex]]. [[Nipper Plant|Chompweed]]s return, and [[Chewy|Chewies]] debut as a variety. One of the bosses is a Piranha Plant named [[Smilax]].
-===''Yoshi's Story''===
-[[File:YSPirahnaPlant.png|thumb|left|x100px|A Piranha Plant in ''Yoshi's Story'']]
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Piranha Plants have teeth appearing to be on their lips and stalks covered in spikes. They can grow very large, to the point of resembling [[Naval Piranha]]. Piranha Plants are encountered in levels such as [[Piranha Grove]]. Several varieties debut, such as [[Piranha Pest]]s and [[Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story)|Piranha Sprout]]s.
-{{br}}
-===[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]===
-{{main-wiki|SmashWiki|Piranha Plant}}
-[[File:SSBPiranhaPlant.png|thumb|A Piranha Plant in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'']]
-Piranha Plants appear in all entries of the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series, except for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. The [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Smash Bros.)|Mushroom Kingdom]] stage that appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' features Piranha Plants as obstacles that occasionally come out of the two pipes present there (with said Piranha Plants' appearances being based on that of the red Piranha Plants in ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''), dealing damage to any fighter that touches them; however, they can be attacked and knocked out easily. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a Piranha Plant is featured as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] and a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]], and in the [[PictoChat]] stage, one of the drawings that appears in the background is a Piranha Plant. A Piranha Plant is also featured as a trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]''.
-{{br}}
-====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
-{{SSB fighter infobox
-|color=purple
-|width=220px
-|align=right
-|title=Piranha Plant
-|emblem=Mario Emblem.png
-|image=Piranha Plant SSBU.png
-|games=''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' (downloadable)
-|standard=[[Ptooie (move)|Ptooie]]
-|side=[[Poison Breath]]
-|up=[[Piranhacopter]]
-|down=[[Long-Stem Strike]]
-|final=[[Petey Piranha (move)|Petey Piranha]]
-|entrance=Piranha Plant emerges from its pot/pipe.
 }}
-{{main-wiki|SmashWiki|Piranha Plant (SSBU)}}
+In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the [[Pipe Vault]], where they try to ambush Mario by leaping from a pipe. The Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario RPG'' have root-like legs, allowing them to walk, though despite this, outside of battle, they are found exclusively in pipes. Perhaps in reference to their immunity to being [[jump]]ed on in earlier Mario games, the Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario RPG'' are completely immune to Mario's jump attacks.
-A Piranha Plant, also spelled lowercase,<ref>{{cite|quote=A piranha plant sometimes sticks its head out of the pipe. You'll get hurt if you touch it, but you can send it flying by attacking it.|author={{iw|smashwiki|Tips}}|title=''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''|publisher=Nintendo|date=2018|language=en}}</ref> is a downloadable playable character in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', as of January 29, 2019. It was available for free post-launch for anyone who registered the game through [[My Nintendo]] by January 31, 2019 (PST), and it can be purchased separately as of February 1, 2019 (PST). In its {{iw|smashwiki|List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers#Piranha Plant|trailer}}, Piranha Plant is seen being approached by Mario before knocking him back and repeatedly biting at him before the tagline is displayed: "Piranha Plant Pipes Up!" ("Piranha Plant Joins the Battle!" in the British English version). Piranha Plant is unlockable in {{iw|smashwiki|Adventure Mode: World of Light}} after freeing ten {{iw|smashwiki|fighter}}s, which occurs automatically if the criteria is fulfilled prior to downloading Piranha Plant. Piranha Plant's basic {{iw|smashwiki|move}}s include bites, headbutts, leaf swipes, and pot strikes. Piranha Plant's {{iw|smashwiki|up special move}} is [[Ptooie (move)|Ptooie]], which involves shooting spiked balls similarly to [[Ptooie|the species]]; its {{iw|smashwiki|side special move}} is [[Poison Breath]], which involves spewing a damaging cloud of poison, similarly to [[Putrid Piranha]]s; its {{iw|smashwiki|up special move}} is [[Piranhacopter]], in which Piranha Plant flies like a [[Jumping Piranha Plant]]; its {{iw|smashwiki|down special move}} is [[Long-Stem Strike]]; and its [[Final Smash]] is [[Petey Piranha (move)|Petey Piranha]], which involves summoning [[Petey Piranha|the character]] to trap opponents in cages, breathe fire on them, and slam the cages onto the ground. Piranha Plant's {{iw|smashwiki|forward smash}} is Prickly Swing, in which it transforms into a [[Prickly Piranha Plant]] to perform a headbutt. Its {{iw|smashwiki|back aerial}} is Fire Breath, in which Piranha Plant spits an explosive fireball in the manner of a [[Fire Piranha Plant]]. Its {{iw|smashwiki|forward tilt}} is Push and Pull and its {{iw|smashwiki|down aerial}} is Flowerpot Meteor. Piranha Plant is one of the heavier fighters, and its mobility is also below-average in many areas, apart from its dashing speed. Piranha Plant was originally intended to have three jumps, but the third jump was removed prior to the fighter's release.<ref>{{cite|url=nintendosoup.com/piranha-plant-was-nerfed-before-it-was-added-into-super-smash-bros-ultimate|title=Piranha Plant Was Nerfed Before It Was Added Into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|date=February 2, 2019|publisher=Nintendo Soup|accessdate=May 22, 2024|author=Iggy}}</ref> Piranha Plant smiles or scowls for certain actions, making it more expressive than in other appearances. Its {{iw|smashwiki|victory theme}} is identical to [[Bowser]]'s and [[Bowser Jr.]]'s. One of Piranha Plant's {{iw|smashwiki|victory pose}}s shows it biting Mario, stopping him from jumping over Piranha Plant, and then smiling after launching him away. The {{iw|smashwiki|Palutena's Guidance}} conversation on Piranha Plant reveals {{iw|smashwiki|Viridi}} as being very knowledgeable on the species, having written a thesis on it and naming its many variants, irritating [[Pit (character)|Pit]] and [[Palutena]] in the process.
-The {{iw|smashwiki|alternate costume}}s reference the different types of Piranha Plants and warp pipe color variations:
+Later on in [[Bean Valley]], green and purple-colored Piranha Plants, named [[Chewy|Chewies]] appear. Additionally, [[Megasmilax]], a giant Piranha Plant, is Bean Vally's boss.
-*Its green costume is derived from how it appeared in the original ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''The Lost Levels'', with a green warp pipe.
-*Its yellow costume is derived from various Piranha Plants that have a yellow color, including the [[Pipe Land]] king's transfigured form, the [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]] from ''Yoshi's Island'' upon the first strike, and the [[Glad P. Plant]] from ''Super Princess Peach'', with a magenta pot.
-*The magenta costume resembles an active [[Piranha Creeper]] from ''Super Mario 3D World'', [[Dino Piranha]], [[Peewee Piranha]], and the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' appearance of [[Nipper Plant]]s, with a dark navy pipe.
-*The black costume resembles the [[Inky Piranha Plant]] from ''Super Mario 3D Land'' and the Pale Piranha from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', with a red pot.
-*The white costume resembles [[Bone Piranha Plant]]s as they appear in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'', but with a pale green stem instead of a black one and white lips instead of the pale blue color they usually have, with a yellow pipe. Its all-white appearance with a green stem may also be a reference to [[Nipper Plant]]s.
-*The indigo costume with pink lips resembles the [[Bungee Piranha]]s from ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', [[Spiny Piranha Plant]]s from ''Super Mario Galaxy'', and to a lesser extent, [[Mom Piranha]] when colored blue, as well as her blue-colored Piranha Plants prior to and during her boss fight in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' and its remake. It is in a goldenrod, metallic pot.
-*Its blue costume resembles how its sprite appears in underground courses in ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''The Lost Levels'', as well as the [[Frost Piranha]] from ''Super Paper Mario'', and has a brown pipe.
-Piranha Plant's Classic Mode route, "New Bloom," involves fighting every newcomer in the base game, including a boss not seen in other games of the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. Piranha Plant engages in these battles in the following order:
+Nipper Plants, though renamed '''Chompweeds''' also appear as [[coin]]-stealing obstacles in the Pipe Vault and was set to appear as fightable Enemies, but removed from the final game.
-#A Horde Battle of eight {{iw|smashwiki|Inkling (SSBU)|Inklings}} at {{iw|smashwiki|Moray Towers}}
+=== ''Super Mario 64'' and ''Super Mario 64 DS'' ===
-#{{iw|smashwiki|Ridley (SSBU)|Ridley}} and {{iw|smashwiki|Dark Samus (SSBU)|Dark Samus}} at {{iw|smashwiki|Norfair}}
+[[Image: Sm64plant.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A Piranha Plant, as it appears in ''Super Mario 64'']]
-#{{iw|smashwiki|Simon (SSBU)|Simon}} and {{iw|smashwiki|Richter (SSBU)|Richter}} at {{iw|smashwiki|Dracula's Castle}}
+In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and it's remake, ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'' Piranha Plants appear as semi-common enemies once again, the lips of these Piranha Plants are also, inexplicably, green.
-#[[King K. Rool]] and {{iw|smashwiki|Chrom (SSBU)|Chrom}} at {{iw|smashwiki|Pirate Ship}}
-#{{iw|smashwiki|Isabelle (SSBU)|Isabelle}} and [[Princess Daisy|Daisy]] at {{iw|smashwiki|Smashville}}
-#{{iw|smashwiki|Incineroar (SSBU)|Incineroar}} and {{iw|smashwiki|Ken (SSBU)|Ken}} at the {{iw|smashwiki|Boxing Ring}}
-#Final boss fight against {{iw|smashwiki|Rathalos}}
-The {{iw|smashwiki|List of updates (SSBU)/2.0.0 changelog|version 2.0.0}} update introduced a glitch where playing as Piranha Plant in {{iw|smashwiki|All-Star Mode#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|All-Star Smash}} can corrupt save data.<ref>{{cite|author=GameXplain|date=January 30, 2019|url=youtu.be/zAWR8F5Rohs|title=CAUTION: Avoid Piranha Plant in All Star Mode! Smash Bros. Ultimate Glitch Could Corrupt Save File|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 30, 2019}}</ref>
+Normally, these Piranha Plants are found calmly sleeping in flower beds, but if approached, they will attack in a crazed frenzy. Players must be quick to attack a Piranha Plant before it wakes-up in order to defeat it. They can take off a whopping three energy, but, because of that and their ability to replenish, the first time they are killed, they give up [[Blue Coin]]s.
-===''Mario Party'' series===
+A giant-sized, unnamed version of Piranha Plants appear in the Huge part of [[Tiny-Huge Island]]; these giant Piranha Plants are extremely powerful and dangerous and spit fireballs at Mario.  When Mario defeats them, he earns another Power Star. Also, there is a miniature version of those that appear in the Tiny version. Those mini ones also appear twice in [[Bowser in the Sky]].
-====''Mario Party''====
-[[File:WhackAPlant.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Mario Party'', in the minigame Whack-a-Plant]]
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in the board [[Peach's Birthday Cake]] and the minigame [[Whack-a-Plant]], as well as audience members of [[Mario Bandstand]] in ''[[Mario Party]]''. Piranha Plants can be placed around the Peach's Birthday Cake board, with players losing a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]] if they land on a spot with one. A three-legged Piranha Plant appears in [[Piranha's Pursuit]] as an obstacle to avoid. Piranha Plants in Whack-a-Plant are stomped by player characters as part of the minigame objective. A [[Big Piranha Plant|giant Piranha Plant]] is found in [[Tug o' War]].
-====''Mario Party 2''====
+In the remake, [[Super Mario 64 DS]], Piranha Plants had white lips.
-Piranha Plants are a species in ''[[Mario Party 2]]''. A Piranha Plant is encountered in [[Mini-Game Park]], chasing a butterfly, until the player purchases a certain number minigames from [[Woody]], then the Piranha Plant gives the player the minigames [[Dungeon Dash]] and [[Rainbow Run (minigame)|Rainbow Run]] before leaving. Piranha Plants are background elements in [[Bowser Land]], where one is near some red Warp Pipes, and [[Space Land]], where two are inside of a glass dome. A Piranha Plant is an obstacle in the minigame [[Toad in the Box]], where it stuns the player character if summoned from a rotating block.
-====''Mario Party 3''====
+In Whomp's Fortress, a sign in front of one reads: ''"I'm sleeping because...I'm sleepy. I don't like being disturbed. Please walk quietly."''
-Piranha Plants are a species in the minigames [[Storm Chasers]] and [[Winner's Wheel]], as well as a partner in Duel Mode in ''[[Mario Party 3]]''. The Piranha Plants in Storm Chasers are watered by chasing a moving cloud, and those in Winner's Wheel spectate, dancing if the player character wins. The Piranha Plant in Duel Mode is partnered with [[Waluigi]] by default, and it has an attack power of 3, one health point, a salary of five coins, and sometimes provides an additional die with 1-3 after rolling.
-====''Mario Party 4''====
+=== ''Paper Mario'' ===
-Piranha Plants are background characters in ''[[Mario Party 4]]''. One is a speaker in the sound test in the Option Room, and another is the shower head of the Bowser bath [[Present Room|present]].
+In ''[[Paper Mario]]'', Piranha Plants are found in [[Forever Forest]]. Unlike the Piranha Plants of ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', who are firmly rooted in place and unable to move, the Piranha Plants of ''Paper Mario'' are shown to be able to move around freely; if a Piranha Plant is alerted to Mario's presence, it will burrow underground and suddenly "burst" to the surface near Mario and try to bite him.
-====''Mario Party 5''====
+Two variations of Piranha Plants, the tropical [[Putrid Piranha]] and frigid [[Frost Piranha]], are introduced in ''Paper Mario''. The boss of [[Mt. Lavalava]], [[Lava Piranha]] is also a gigantic, talking and flaming Piranha Plant.
-[[File:Mario Party 5 Pop Star Piranhas.png|thumb|left|Piranha Plants appearing in Pop-Star Piranhas.]]
-Piranha Plants are a species in the minigame [[Pop-Star Piranhas]], a part of the [[Piranha Plant Capsule]], a weapon in [[Super Duel Mode]], a background element in [[Triple Jump (minigame)|Triple Jump]] (at the 150 foot/50m sign), and the likeness of two statues in [[Bowser Nightmare]] in ''[[Mario Party 5]]''. The Piranha Plants in Pop-Star Piranhas all dance, except for one, with the player characters guessing which one. A Piranha Plant of the Piranha Plant Capsule takes away half the [[coin]]s of whoever lands on a space with it.
-====''Mario Party 6''====
+=== ''Super Mario Sunshine'' ===
-Piranha Plants are referenced in [[Odd Card Out]], a species in the board [[Thirsty Gulch]], a part of the [[Piranha Plant Orb]] (functioning the same as before), obstacles in [[Mole-it!]], and the likeness of two lamps in [[Seer Terror]] in ''[[Mario Party 6]]''. Piranha Plants in Odd Card Out are depicted on some cards.
+[[Image:Shine pirahna.jpg|thumb|A like [[Goop]] '''Piranha Plant''']]
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+In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Piranha Plants are somewhat rare, only appearing in [[Bianco Hills]]. These Piranha Plants will attack Mario by popping-out of the ground and spitting missiles made of goop.
-====''Mario Party Advance''====
-[[File:MPA Piranha Plant Screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot ''Mario Party Advance'']]
-{{quote|Piranha Plants. They're healthy and pretty!|Narration|[[Mario Party Advance]]}}
-Piranha Plants are a species in the oasis of the [[desert area]] of Shroom City and the minigame [[Match 'Em]], as well as obstacles in [[Go-go Pogo]] in ''[[Mario Party Advance]]''. The player can pick a Piranha Plant from an oasis in the desert area after [[Bob-omba]] requests a "healthy, pretty" flower. When plucked, a Piranha Plant bites the player,<ref>{{cite|quote=You got bit, but you got a {{color|red|Piranha Plant}}.|author=In-game dialogue|title=''Mario Party Advance''|date=2005|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref> and the Piranha Plant is happily described with a few adjectives when delivered to Bob-omba.<ref>{{cite|author=Bob-omba|date=2005|language=en|quote=It's pretty, healthy, cute and deadly!|publisher=Nintendo|title=''Mario Party Advance''}}</ref> The Piranha Plant is revealed in the epilogue to have grown much larger.
-====''Mario Party 7''====
+[[Piranha Plant in the Generator|Piranha Plants in the Generator]], apparently Piranha Plants created from the [[Goop|sludge]] of the [[Magic Paintbrush|Gaddbrush]], are also fought as mini-bosses in ''Super Mario Sunshine''; [[Piranha Head]]s, giant-sized, goop-covered Piranha Plant heads also appear as obstacles in [[Bianco Hills]]. Oddly enough, all of these Piranha Plants that have just been mentioned lack any form of teeth in their mouth, making them not similar to piranhas at all.
-Piranha Plants are a species in [[Herbicidal Maniac]], a background element in [[Wingin' It]], a part of the Piranha Plant Orb (again unchanged), and the likeness of both fountains in the mode Waterfall Battle and statues in [[Pyramid Scheme]] in ''[[Mario Party 7]]''. Their lips were changed to white, unlike previous entries, no longer being based on their ''Super Mario 64'' design. The Piranha Plants in [[Herbicidal Maniac]] are competitively shot at by the player characters, and hitting a mine causes more to appear. The Piranha Plant in Wingin' It appears from a house's chimney if a team gets 19 meters or higher.
-====''Mario Party 8''====
+[[Petey Piranha]], a goop-spitting, giant Piranha Plant also appears twice as a boss in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', and is the only Piranha Plant with teeth. He never uses them though.
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in the boards [[DK's Treetop Temple]] and [[King Boo's Haunted Hideaway]] and the minigames [[Winner or Dinner]] and [[Specter Inspector]]. The Piranha Plants on the boards take ten coins from player characters who land on an [[Event Space|? Space]] with them.
-====''Mario Party DS''====
+=== ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' ===
-[[File:PiranhaPlantDS.png|130px|thumb|A Piranha Plant's design used for ''Mario Party DS'']]
-Piranha is a boss in Story Mode, being fought in the minigame [[Feed and Seed]] at the end of [[Wiggler's Garden]] in ''[[Mario Party DS]]''. The player character and their earn the first [[Sky Crystal]] after defeating it.<ref>{{cite|date=2007|author=[[Wiggler]]|title=''Mario Party DS''|quote=Oooh! Huge thanks from me to you! Please take this, [player character]!|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref>
-====''Mario Party 9''====
+Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the [[Beanbean International Airport]], where they interrupt the landing process of [[Peach's Plane|Princess Peach's Airplane]]. These Piranha Plants must be killed by Luigi's [[Thunderhand]] after dousing them in water.
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in the minigames [[Speeding Bullets]], [[Piranha Patch]], and [[Wiggler Bounce]], board features associated with [[Unlucky Space]]s, and the likeness of the "Gluttonous Gobbler" constellation in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''. The Piranha Plants of Piranha Patch grow from flower buds and deduct a point from the player characters they attack. The Piranha Plants at [[Unlucky Space]]s emerge from the red Warp Pipe next to them to take the captain who landed on it to an underground area with [[Mini Ztar Space]]s.
-====''Mario Party: Island Tour''====
+A giant Piranha Plant, which oddly, hatches from an egg, appears as a boss in the Beanbean International Airport. This Piranha Plant, named [[Mom Piranha]] had the ability to shoot energy beams.
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in the minigame [[Quickest Cricket]] and depicted on a reel in the minigame [[Get Reel]] in ''[[Mario Party: Island Tour]]''.
-====''Mario Party 10''====
+Later on in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', a Piranha Plant named [[Piranha Bean]] appears as a mini-boss. Oddly, Piranha Bean had the ability to shrink anything it eats.
-Piranha Plants are a species in the board [[Mushroom Park]] and the minigame [[Pipe Sniper]] in ''[[Mario Party 10]]''. Besides Piranha Plants, their golden variety also appears, and [[Petey Piranha]] is a boss fought in [[Petey's Bomb Battle]].
-====''Mario Party: Star Rush''====
+=== ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' ===
-Piranha Plants are obstacles in the minigame [[Piranha Plantemonium]] in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''. They appear alongside their golden counterparts.
+Piranha Plants are surprisingly rare in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', found only in the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]]. Piranha Plants are also one of the more powerful enemies in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'', having a large amount of attack power and [[Health Point]]s.
-====''Super Mario Party''====
+As well as marking the return of Frost Piranhas and Putrid Piranhas, ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' also introduces the albino [[Pale Piranha]]s. Oddly, the Pirahna Plant in this game is stronger than all the other species in the game.
-Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Super Mario Party]]'' in the minigame [[Miner Setbacks]] as obstacles. They also appear in the Party Plaza initially, where they block Warp Pipes leading to locked game modes. [[Kamek]] removes the Piranha Plants with magic as the player completes requirements, making the pipes and by extension the minigames accessible.
-====''Mario Party Superstars''====
+===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong===
-Piranha Plants reappear on Peach's Birthday Cake in ''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'', although they now only steal 5 coins from opponents that land on their spaces. In this game, they are now grown from [[Piranha Pod]]s thrown by [[Lakitu]]s. [[Big Piranha Plant]]s grown from larger Piranha Pods replace the original Piranha Plant's function, stealing a Star from opponents that land on their spaces.
+They appeared rarely in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', in only [[Donkey Kong Jungle (place)|Donkey Kong Jungle]] and Mystical Forest. They look similar to their look in Super Mario Sunshine, but have no leaves. They usually appear when Mario is climbing a vine or a ladder, spitting fire at him has he walks by. They are invincible, and don't have teeth.
-===''Paper Mario'' series===
+=== ''Super Princess Peach'' ===
-====''Paper Mario''====
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. They are depicted with yellow teeth and do not appear in pipes. Piranha Plants are encountered in [[Forever Forest]]. They move around freely and burrow underground when near Mario before emerging to try and bite him, giving it the [[First Strike]]. Varieties debuting in the game include [[Putrid Piranha]]s and [[Frost Piranha]]s, as well as the boss [[Lava Piranha]].
-====''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''====
+Although Piranha Plants are rare in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', a new variety of them, called [[Glad Piranha Plant]]s appear; Normal and [[Glad Ptooie]]s and normal and [[Sad Nipper Plant]]s also appear in ''Super Princess Peach''. There was also a reappearance of Petey Piranha.
-[[File:Pale Piranha.png|thumb|100px|left]]
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|its remake]]. They are encountered in [[Boggly Woods]] and [[the Great Tree]], having been adapted into a monochrome color to suit their environment, similarly to [[Cleft]]s. In the English localization, they are known as '''Pale Piranhas''' and identified by [[Goombella]] as a {{wp|subspecies}}. However, every other language lacks this detail and states they are the same plants from Mario's previous adventures, although the Spanish localization has a color identifier in its name regardless. The game's English demo treats them as normal Piranha Plants.<ref>{{cite|title=[[tcrf:Proto:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door/Text & Dialogue#The Great Tree Enemies|''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''/Text & Dialogue]]|author=TCRF|language=en|publisher=The Cutting Room Floor}}</ref> Pale Piranhas behave like Piranha Plants in the previous game, but those the Great Tree they can move to higher and lower ground in rooms with multiple levels. In the [[Glitz Pit]], a Pale Piranha appears as one of the members of [[The Mind-Bogglers]]. Piranha Plants are part of the [[audience]], joining in Boggly Woods once Pale Piranhas are encountered, though they can be seen sooner if fighting against [[Spania]]s in the western portion of [[Rogueport Underground]].
-Additionally, Putrid Piranhas and Frost Piranhas return from ''Paper Mario'', now simply being recolors of Pale Piranhas. A new, powerful variety, simply called [[Piranha Plant (Pit of 100 Trials)|Piranha Plant]], also appears. These Piranha Plants are colored the same as typical Piranha Plants, have extremely high HP and attack power, and only appear in the optional [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]].
+=== ''New Super Mario Bros.'' ===
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-====''Super Paper Mario''====
+In ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'', Piranha Plants return to their original attack pattern of popping-out of pipes and biting anything nearby.
-[[File:SPM Piranha Plant.png|thumb|150px|In ''Super Paper Mario'']]
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. They retain their yellow teeth and are described as "notorious" by [[Tippi]]. Piranha Plants are encountered in [[Lineland]], [[Gloam Valley]], and [[The Bitlands]]. They act more similarly to their functional equivalents introduced in ''Super Mario Bros.'' Besides Piranha Plants, Putrid Piranhas and Frost Piranhas also return.
-====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
+[[Venus Fire Trap]]s also make their return in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', while giant-sized [[Super Piranha Plant]]s make their debut.
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. They are first encountered in [[World 3 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|World 3]], then later in [[World 5 (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|World 5]], and also assist the third [[Wiggler Segment]]. Piranha Plants more closely resemble their design in other games, no longer having yellow teeth. Piranha Plants have a lot of HP, can home in on Mario on the field, and guard [[? Block]]s. Besides biting, Piranha Plants have an added attack where they spit clouds of dust, which can inflict the [[dizzy]] status. Piranha Plants sometimes dig underground to dodge Mario's attacks for a turn. They can be stomped only if using the [[Sticker (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)|Iron Jump sticker]], similarly to previous entries. Piranha Plants can be assisted by [[Shy Guy]]s, [[Snifit]]s, [[Hammer Bro]]s., [[Poison Blooper]]s, [[Spike Top]]s and [[Spear Guy]]s.
-====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
+=== ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis ===
-Piranha Plants return in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''. They are encountered in [[Redpepper Crater]] and [[Mossrock Theater]].
-====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
+They are common enemies in [[Mario vs. Donkey  Kong 2: March of the Minis]]. They aren't seen commonly in tubes, usually only in the boss fight of [[Pipe Works]]. They use their fire breathing ability, and have only one fire ball, keeping their mouths open until they get their fireball back. They are invincible in this game. Two may eat each others fireballs, as if they were playing catch.
-[[File:OrigamiPiranhaPlant.jpg|thumb|100px|An origami Piranha Plant]]
-Origami Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''. They are encountered in a section of [[Spring of Jungle Mist]]. Besides biting, they can spit [[fireball]]s. Piranha Plants can be jumped on using [[Iron Boots]] and their variants only. Origami Piranha Plants burrow underground while their spot is selected and reemerge once their spot is deselected. Besides them, Origami [[Nipper Plant]]s, [[Ptooie]]s, and [[Jumping Piranha Plant]]s are also enemies, along with [[Paper Macho Piranha Plant|Paper Macho]] versions of Piranha Plants.
-===''Mario Golf'' series===
+=== ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'' ===
-[[File:Nabbit double bogey.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Nabbit getting bitten by a Piranha Plant in ''Mario Golf: World Tour'']]
-Piranha Plants appear in only two games of the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]]. A few Piranha Plants are obstacles on the [[Bowser Badlands]] course in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', inhabiting pipes and taking any ball entering its mouth before spitting it out into lava. A Piranha Plant in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' appears only during [[Nabbit]]'s Double Bogey animation, biting Nabbit from his bag as he tries to jump inside of it.
-===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
+Though regular Piranha Plants don't appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', two new sub-species of them, called [[Elasto-Piranha]]s and [[Piranha Planet]]s appear.
-====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|its remake]]. They are encountered at the [[Beanbean International Airport]], occupying the landing strip and preventing [[Toad Express]] from landing. The Piranha Plants respawn later unless they are doused with water and then struck by Luigi's [[Thunderhand]]. Besides Piranha Plants, a giant Piranha Plant named [[Mom Piranha]] is the boss of the area, and there is a mini-boss named [[Piranha Bean]], who can shrink anything it eats.
-''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser'' includes lots of Piranha Beans as enemies, while [[Fire Stalking Piranha Plant]]s appear as recruitable allies.
+=== ''Yoshi's Island DS'' ===
+In ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', Piranha Plants once again appear as common enemies, along with [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s, [[Nipper Plant]]s, Nipper Spores. Several new Piranha Plants, such as [[Ghost Piranha]]s, undead Piranha Plants, [[Bungee Piranha]], purple, stretching Piranha Plants and [[Nipper Dandelion]]s, Nipper Spores bunched together, also appear in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
-====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====
+A Piranha Plant boss, named [[Big Bungee Piranha]] also appears in ''Yoshi's Island DS''.
-Piranha Plants do not appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', though [[Petey Piranha]] is a boss and two varieties made their debut, [[Elasto-Piranha]]s and [[Piranha Planet]]s.
-====''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story'' / ''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''====
+=== ''Super Paper Mario'' ===
-A cell-based variation of the Piranha Plant, the [[Piranha Plorp]], appear in the Energy Hold in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and [[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey|its remake]]. Two giant Piranha Plants are also located in [[Peach's Castle]], and have to be defeated by Bowser by leaping up to their buds and bashing into them.
+Piranha Plants appeared again in the third Paper Mario game, ''[[Super Paper Mario]]''. In this game, they first appeared on the first level. Then, the only way to defeat them was by using an item.  However, as new characters and Pixls are gained, it becomes much easier to defeat them. They have a lot of HP since the last game they were in. Many stronger recolorations of these plants were used.
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-====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
+Here is their full tattle: This is a notorious Piranha Plant. It is a monstrous flower that lives in pipes... Max HP is two and Attack is one. This strange weed will stay low if you cozy up to the side of its pipe...
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''. They are encountered in the biggest Dreampoint of [[Dreamy Driftwood Shore]]. They spit fire several times upon emerging before retreating into the ground temporarily, repeating this process repeatedly on the same spot. Piranha Plants all retreat underground briefly if [[Luiginary Gravity]] is used.
-In battle, a Piranha Plant may spit a large fireball or a [[Fly Guy]] at Mario, which can be jumped over or idled under respectively to avoid damage. Piranha Plants are weak to Fire attacks, so the [[Luiginary Flame]] inflicts a lot of damage on them. Piranha Plants can spit out [[Nipper Spore]]s, which become [[Nipper Plant]]s that assist them from the background. A Piranha Plant can spit a fireball towards Nipper Plants if they are still alive, bouncing the fireball about until each on has touched it, and the last one to do so sends it towards Mario, who avoids damage by countering it at the Piranha Plant using his [[hammer]].
-{{br}}
-====''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''====
+===''Super Mario Galaxy''===
-Piranha Plants do not appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]'', though Fire Piranha Plants and their [[Paper Fire Piranha Plant|paper variant]] do.
+[[Image:SMGPIR.PNG|thumb|left|A '''Piranha Plant''' Model.]]
+Piranha Plants make their appearance in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', trying to bite the player, but could be stunned if Mario shot [[Star Bits]] at them. They would sometimes be used to advance further, as a [[Sproutle]] would grow where they were if they were defeated.
+It is also notably the second game that Piranha Plants can be defeated in a single jump, after [[Super Mario 64 DS]].
-====''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''====
+There was also a new, purple Piranha Plant that is bigger and it attempts to slam its head into Mario.
-Piranha Plants appear as enemies in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'' on [[Skorcheen Island]] alongside [[Glohm Piranha Plant]]s. In battle, Piranha Plants can spit out a spiked ball and blow it in the air similar to a Ptooie. If a Piranha Plant is attacked while it is blowing a spiked ball, the spiked ball falls on it and deals 50 damage. Otherwise, the Piranha Plant blows the spiked ball towards a bro. who must counter with the hammer.
-Piranha Plants can also attack by lunging themselves at a bro. which must be repelled with the hammer, although the Piranha Plant may attack several times in one turn. All Piranha Plants in the battle may each move around and spit a fireball at the closest bro.; the order the Piranha Plants attack is the order they popped out of the ground prior to attacking.
+There was a Piranha Plant-like alien called [[Dino Piranha]] who served as a boss. It would chase Mario around its planetoid once woken from its shell. It could be defeated by [[Star Spin]]ning to hit its tail, causing the tail to fly out, then get pulled back in and hit Dino Piranha. There was a separate, much more difficult version called the Fiery Dino Piranha. [[Fiery Dino Piranha]]'s tail would often be on fire, so Mario could only attack it while its tail had gone out. It also ran faster and left a temporary trail of fire behind it. They both give the player a star if defeated.
-===''Yoshi Topsy-Turvy''===
+=== ''Mario Party DS'' ===
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Yoshi Topsy-Turvy]]''. It holds Yoshi in its mouth for a few seconds before spitting him out, similarly as in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.
-===''Yoshi Touch & Go''===
+A Piranha Plant acted as a boss in Mario Party DS. In the first stage of Story Mode, the plant terrorized Wiggler's Garden. After the tiny heroes battled it out, the superstar got to play a mini-game in order to defeat the Piranha Plant. In the mini-game, they had to throw Bomb Seeds in its mouth 3 times. After defeating Piranha Plant, a Wiggler thanked the tiny heroes and give them the (red) 1st Sky Crystal, and the heroes continued their quest for Bowser's Castle.
-Piranha Plants and Wild Ptooie Piranhas are enemies in ''[[Yoshi Touch & Go]]''. They give four points when defeated. Both varieties behave identically as in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'', but both of them take three hits to defeat, changing from green, yellow, and lastly red before their defeat. Wild Ptooie Piranhas also appear.
-===''Super Princess Peach''===
+== Appearances in Other Media ==
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They behave identically as in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. A Piranha Plant is defeated either by [[Perry]] or the Rage vibe. Besides Piranha Plants, [[Ptooie]]s, [[Nipper Plant]]s, and [[Petey Piranha|Boss P. Plant]] also return. [[Glad P. Plant]]s were added as a variety.
+Piranha Plants made several appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''.
-===''Mario Baseball'' series===
+== Other Appearances ==
-In the [[Mario Baseball (series)|''Mario Baseball'' series]], Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'' and its sequel, ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. In both games, Piranha Plants are obstacles in [[Yoshi Park]], where they will eat any nearby balls and spit them out in a random direction. Touching a Piranha Plant briefly stuns a fielder. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', a Piranha Plant can take a ball, go in the pipe, and transport it to another part of the field. In both games, Piranha Plants also appear in the [[Piranha Panic]] minigame, where players must hit colored Piranha Plants with eggs of matching colors, although purple Piranha Plants can be hit with any egg. In ''Mario Super Sluggers'', the minigame instead has the player pitch the right balls into the Piranha Plants in order to score points while avoiding being stunned by it.
+[[Image:PiranhaPlantDS.png|right|frame|In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'']]
+[[Image:SSBPiranhaPlant.gif|frame|left|A Piranha Plant in ''[[Super Smash Bros.|SSB]]''.]]
+Piranha Plants are featured quite prominently in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], often as obstacles in [[mini-game]]s. In ''[[Mario Party]]'', Piranha Plants could be planted by players in the [[Peach's Birthday Cake]] board; By doing this, players that stop on the plant's spot lose a [[Star]]. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Piranha Plants appear in [[Waluigi's Island]] and are [[Waluigi]]'s partner in Duel Mode. In ''[[Mario Party DS]]'' a Pirahna Plant is the boss of Wigglers Garden.
-===''Mario & Sonic'' series===
+In the [[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart series]], Piranha Plants often appear as road obstacles, such as in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''.
-[[File:M&S 2012 The Life of a Minion.png|thumb|left|200px|A Piranha Plant and a [[Chain Chomp]] in [[The Life of a Minion]].]]
-Piranha Plants appear in a few events in the [[Mario & Sonic (series)|''Mario & Sonic'' series]]. Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes appear as obstacles in [[Ski Cross Racing]] in the [[Nintendo DS]] [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|version]] of ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'', where they move horizontally in and out of the pipes and cause any characters that are hit to lose speed and [[Ring (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Rings]]. In the [[Wii]] [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|version]], Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes similarly appear as obstacles in the [[Dream Ski Cross (Individual)|individual]] and [[Dream Ski Cross (Team)|team]] versions of Dream Ski Cross, as well as in [[Dream Ice Hockey]], where they occasionally bite at nearby characters and knock over any that hit them. In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]'', Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes appear as obstacles in [[BMX Plus]], where they occasionally bite at the characters, and if hit, the character loses both speed and Rings. In the same game, Piranha Plants also appear in [[Golf Plus]], although they do not affect the gameplay.
-In the Nintendo 3DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'', a single Piranha Plant in a Warp Pipe briefly appears in the Story Mode bonus episode [[The Life of a Minion]], where it is summoned by [[Magikoopa]] to stun [[Vector]].
+In ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', Piranha Plants appear as obstacles in the [[Yoshi Park]], where they will eat any nearby balls and spit them out in a random direction. Piranha Plants also appear in the [[Piranha Panic]] mini-game, where players must hit colored Piranha Plants with fireballs of matching colors.
+[[Image:PP BBA.png|thumb|right|150px|The silhouette of a Piranha Plant in ''Big Brain Academy''.]]
-===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
+[[Image:Piranha Plant Captain Rainbow.png|thumb|left|Piranha Plant in ''Captain Rainbow''.]]
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'' and [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|its port]]. They are defeated either from being hit by [[turnip]]s, being [[Spin|spun]] into, or landed on.
+A single Piranha Plant also appears in the game ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'' in the garden of Lip's house. After [[Birdo]], it is the second ''Mario'' series character appearing in the game, but it only has a minor role. The fairy Lip takes care of the Piranha Plant.
-===''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series===
+In ''[[Wikipedia: Big Brain Academy|Big Brain Academy]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]] the silhouette of a Piranha Plant appears under the 3-Star difficulty of the "Get in Shape" mini-game. Piranha Plants also appear as enemies in ''[[Wikipedia: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]''.
-[[File:PiranhaPlants-MarioVSDK.png|thumb|200px|Two Piranha Plants on the ceiling and two Piranhas with Fire on the floor in [[Warped Mansion]] from ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]''.]]
+<br clear=all>
-Piranha Plants, along with Fire Piranha Plants, appear in the [[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' series]], debuting in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!]]''. They also appear in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]'' in [[Construction Zone]], ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars]]'' in [[Level 5-6 (Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars)|Level 5-6]], and ''[[Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge]]'' in [[Level 4]]. They do not generate fireballs, but if they receive a fireball from a Fire Piranha Plant, they spit it back shortly after, behaving just like their fire-shooting counterparts in this case. They are fixed to a surface and can destroy the [[Mini]]s at a single touch, but can otherwise be defeated with [[Hammer]]s, a [[Slope Slide]] or if hit by shooting a Mini from a [[Cannon]].
-===''Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition''===
+== Trophy Information from ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' ==
-Piranha Plants are enemies and potential allies in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]''. Their main attribute is Wood, with no sub-attributes. Its skill Piranha Drain turns all Water Orbs into Heart Orbs. Its awoken skill Wood Boost raises the ATK of all Wood attribute team members whenever a horizontal line of Wood Orbs is cleared.
+{| border=1 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 width=100%
+|-
+! width=100px | Name !! width=100px | Image !! width=200px | Game !! | Description
+|-
+! rowspan=2 | Piranha Plant
+| rowspan=2 | [[Image:PiranhaPlant_Trophy.jpg|100px]]
+| align=center | '''NES''' ''Super Mario Bros.''
+| rowspan=2 | ''A vicious, plantlike monster that typically hides in pipes. Piranha Plants emerge with mouths open, awaiting victims. A poorly timed jump means a chomping--hence the "piranha" name. While there have been exceptions--there are many Piranha Plants with unique traits-- they generally don't appear if Mario waits on top of or just next to a pipe. They hate fireballs.''
+|-
+| align=center | '''DS''' ''New Super Mario Bros.''
+|-
+|}
-Its HP and RCV are low and its ATK is below average. The player can transform a Piranha Plant into a [[Fire Piranha Plant]] by using four [[Fire Flower|Fire Flowers]] on it. If the player instead uses four [[Poison Mushroom|Poison Mushrooms]], it will transform into a [[Bone Piranha Plant]] instead. Because the Piranha Plant is treated as a generic enemy, it can still be battled, even if the player has one in their party.
+==Possible Relatives==
+* [[Slithervine]]
+* [[Hurt Plant]]
+[[Image:Piranha_History.PNG|frame|right|Sprites of Piranha Plants through various games.]]
+<br clear=all>
-===''Yoshi's Woolly World'' / ''Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World''===
+==''Paper Mario'' Series Stats and Tattle Information==
-[[File:YWW Piranha Plant.jpg|thumb|140px|A Piranha Plant, as depicted in ''Yoshi's Woolly World'']]
+{{pmenemybox
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and [[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World|its port]]. They function the same as in the [[Yoshi's Island (series)|''Yoshi's Island'' series]]. Piranha Plants lunge in the direction of Yoshi and munch continuously. They are tied up if hit by a yarn ball, leaving them vulnerable to being defeated from a stomp.
+|align=left
+|image=[[Image:Piranhaplant.gif]]
+|hp=5
+|atk=3
+|def=0
+|location=[[Forever Forest]]
+|tattle=This is a Piranha Plant. Piranha Plants pop out of the ground at unexpected moments, so be on your guard. You've seen 'em in every one of your adventures, so I imagine you know 'em pretty well. Their sharp jaws point upward, so you'll get bitten if you try to jump on 'em. They smile after biting people. That smug smile...it makes me hopping mad!
+|moves=Chomp (3)
+}}
-===''Mario + Rabbids'' series===
+{{ttydenemy
-In the [[Mario + Rabbids (series)|''Mario + Rabbids'' series]], Piranha Plants physically appear in only ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''. They can be seen throughout the Flushy Forest section of [[Ancient Gardens]], such as Piranha Plants with lamp-like fixtures, which lie on the sidetrack in dimly lit parts of the forest, a three-headed Piranha Plant statue in The Mystic Maze of Mysticism and Mazing, and a potted Piranha Plant that was merged with a [[Rabbid]], becoming [[Pirabbid Plant]]. Additionally, one of Mario's Blaster weapons has a design based on a Piranha Plant. In ''[[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope]]'', a desk lamp resembling a Piranha Plant appears inside of the [[WM ARC]].
+|PM2=yes
+|align=left
-===''Yoshi's Crafted World''===
+|image=[[Image:PPTTYDPiranhaPlant.jpg]]
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]''. They are encountered on both Yoshi's path and in the backdrop, where they cannot harm Yoshis. Piranha Plants are defeated from being hit by an egg. A large cardboard Piranha Plant named [[Spike the Piranha]] appears as the boss of [[Acorn Forest]].
+|hp=15
+|atk=9
-===''Dr. Mario World''===
+|def=0
-[[File:DrMarioWorld Piranha Plant.png|thumb|Artwork of Dr. Piranha Plant from ''Dr. Mario World'']]
+|items=None
-Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Dr. Mario World]]'' as assistants. Their stage mode effect grants a chance that two viruses will be eliminated at the start of the stage, though viruses that require multiple hits won't immediately be eliminated. Their versus mode effect grants a chance that all capsules will be eliminated if an object has reached the third row from the bottom line (this can only happen once per match after it is activated). The chance that these effects activate increases at higher levels, where at the first level it is 30% for stage mode (5% prior to version 2.3.0) and 20% in versus mode, but at the maximum level it is 80% for stage mode (25% prior to version 2.3.0) and 100% in versus mode. Clinic Events featured a Piranha Plant as a patient during each of season 5 and the season 3 revisit
+|moves= Jaw Clamp (9)
+|location=[[Pit of 100 Trials (Rogueport)|Pit of 100 Trials]]
-A Piranha Plant is a playable character named '''Dr. Piranha Plant''', released on December 16, 2020. Its skill in both stage mode and versus mode eliminates objects randomly, similar to [[Yoshi|Dr. Yoshi]]'s skill. It is represented by pipes appearing, followed by the Piranha Plant emerging from the bottom-middle pipe and then biting. This skill prioritizes eliminating [[virus]]es, and will only target other objects if there are less viruses that this skill targets. The difference between Dr. Yoshi and Dr. Piranha Plant is that the amount of objects eliminated by the former is greater compared to the latter, but the skill meter charges slower. [[Capsule]]s will only be targeted if other objects are not available.
+|log=The strongest of the Piranha Plants. It likes to live... in pipes.
+|tattle=That's a Piranha Plant. In fact, I think this is the strongest type of them all. Max HP is 15, Attack is 9 and Defense is 0. Its Attack power is absurdly high... It may look like a normal Piranha Plant, but don't be fooled! It's super-tough! If we get beaten by a flower, we'll never hear the end of it, know what I mean?
-===''Luigi's Mansion 3''===
+|before=[[Frost Piranha|58]]
-Piranha Plants are referenced in ''[[Luigi's Mansion 3]]''. Figurines of them are in some areas of the [[Hotel Shops]].
+|#=59
+|after=[[Crazee Dayzee|60]]
-===Play Nintendo===
+}}
-[[File:Play Nintendo Izzy.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Izzy from ''[[Play Nintendo#The Play Nintendo Show|The Play Nintendo Show]]'']]
-A Piranha Plant named [[Izzy]] is a co-host of ''[[Play Nintendo#The Play Nintendo Show|The Play Nintendo Show]]'', along with [[Andrew Trego]]. Izzy is a voiced puppet who remains within a [[Warp Pipe]] during the duration of the show, whose two leaves serve as arms. He has a role in providing comic relief and hosting supporting segments for the show, such as "Izzy News." Andrew says that Izzy gets a bit snappy before lunch.
-{{br|left}}
-===''The Super Mario Bros. Movie''===
-[[File:TSMBM Piranha Plant..jpg|thumb|Mario fighting a Piranha Plant in ''The Super Mario Bros Movie'']]
-Piranha Plants appear in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]'' as a part of [[Bowser]]'s army, where they have longer and thinner stems, more spots, and sharper teeth. Additionally, mechanical Piranha Plants appear on the [[Training Course]] used to train [[Mario]].
-{{br}}
-===Unused appearances===
+{{Catch Card #1
-===''Super Mario Bros.'' film===
+|image=[[Image:57. Piranha Plant Card.JPG]]
-[[File:SMBMovie EarlyCreatures2.jpg|thumb|left|120px|Concept art for Piranha Plants, along with other enemies and Yoshi for the ''Super Mario Bros.'' film]]
+|hp=2
-Although Piranha Plants do not make an appearance in the ''[[Super Mario Bros. (film)|Super Mario Bros.]]'' film, they were planned to appear, as concept art for them was found along with other scrapped enemies and an early script for the film.
+|atk=1
+|def=
-===Other appearances===
+|card type=Common
-====''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening''====
+|tattle=This violent vine lurks in pipes, waiting for a snack. You'd be surly too if you lived in a pipe.
-{{main-wiki|ZeldaWiki|Piranha Plant|Zelda Wiki}}
+|before= [[Dark Boomboxer|56]]
-{{multiple image
+|#=57
-|align=right
+|after= [[Putrid Piranha|58]]
-|direction=horizontal
-|footer=Piranha Plants in ''Link's Awakening DX'' (left) and ''Link's Awakening'' for Nintendo Switch (right)
-|image1=Zelda Link's Awakening DX Mario Enemies.png
-|width1=200
-|image2=TLOZ LA remake Piranha Plants.jpg
-|width2=145
 }}
-Piranha Plants are enemies in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' and its [[reissue|rerelease]]s, functioning the way they do in ''Super Mario Bros.'', and the [[Nintendo Switch]] remake, a figure of one can be won in the [[zeldawiki:Trendy Game|Trendy Game]]<ref>{{cite|author=Figurine description|quote=You got a Piranha Plant figure! You know, the flower that pops out from the pipes.|title=''The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening'' (Nintendo Switch)|date=2019|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref> after clearing the [[zeldawiki:Eagle's Tower|Eagle's Tower]] and placed in [[zeldawiki:Marin|Marin]] and [[zeldawiki:Tarin|Tarin]]'s house.
-The [[Manhandla]], a boss from the ''The Legend of Zelda'' series, exhibits many traits akin to Piranha Plant variants. Piranha Plants also share several similarities to [[Deku Baba]]s, which first appeared in ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.
+<br clear=all>
+== Trivia ==
-====''Big Brain Academy''====
+* A Piranha Plant appeared in [[Nintendo Monopoly]]. It cost $150, and took the place of the Electric Company.
-[[File:PiranhaPlant BBA.png|thumb|left|150px|The silhouette of a Piranha Plant in ''Big Brain Academy''.]]
+*Some Piranha Plants have been known to walk, such as ones from ''[[Mario Party 2]]''(which conversed with the gamer) and ''Super Mario RPG''.  Their bottom stems made like feet.
-The silhouette of a Piranha Plant appears under the 3-Star difficulty of the "Get in Shape" minigame in ''{{iw|nwiki|Big Brain Academy}}''.
+*An enemy from the Legend of Zelda, called a Deku Baba, looks a lot like a Piranha Plant. This enemy looks more like a real plant, though, and doesn't come out of pipes. It also can live on water, as seen in Majora's mask in the Great Bay Temple, though Piranha plants can't.
+*The Piranha Plant has also appeared in ''Crash Bandicoot 2'', though they are not the same as the Marioverse's version of the Piranha Plant. <!-- Should this even really be here at all? -->
+*In ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'', the enemy called "Pale Piranha" in English releases is called simply "Pakkun Flower" in Japanese releases. Similarly, the enemy called "Piranha Plant" is called "Killer Pakkun" in Japanese releases.
-====''Captain Rainbow''====
+==Foreign Names==
-[[File:Piranha Plant Captain Rainbow.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''Captain Rainbow'']]
-A Piranha Plant is a character in ''[[Captain Rainbow]]''. It is taken care of by Lip, a fairy from ''{{iw|nwiki|Panel de Pon}}''.
-{{br|left}}
-====''Sonic Lost World''====
-[[File:SLW Sonic Yoshis Island Zone.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Piranha Plants in ''Sonic Lost World'']]
-Piranha Plants are enemies in the [[Yoshi's Island Zone]] DLC for ''[[Sonic Lost World]]''. They use their design from the ''Yoshi's Island'' series. Piranha Plants are defeated only by [[sonicretro:Flying Kick|kicking]] a [[Shy Guy]] into them.
-====''Animal Crossing'' series====
+{{foreignname
-Piranha Plants are part of the Warp Pipe furniture item in the [[nookipedia:Animal Crossing (series)|''Animal Crossing'' series]], except in ''[[nookipedia:Animal Crossing: New Horizons|Animal Crossing: New Horizons]]'', where they emerge from Warp Pipes in the animated mushroom mural wallpaper instead.
+|Jap=パックンフラワー<br />''Pakkun Furawā''
+|JapM=Packun Flower, pun on "pakupaku", a mimetic word for mouth movement
-====''Minecraft''====
+|Fra=Plante Piranha
-In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Piranha Plants appear on {{iw|minecraftwiki|Rose Bush}}es and {{iw|minecraftwiki|Sculk Sensor}}s. Besides them, Piranha Creepers and Nipper Plants also appear.
+|FraM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
-====''Lego City Undercover''====
-[[File:Mariocameo8LEGOCU.png|thumb|A Piranha Plant in ''[[nwiki:LEGO City Undercover|Lego City Undercover]]''.]]
-The player can grow a Piranha Plant in the Wii U and Nintendo Switch versions of ''[[nwiki:LEGO City Undercover|Lego City Undercover]]''. The Piranha Plant will shoot fireballs at the player.
-{{br}}
-==Profiles and statistics==
-{{main|List of Piranha Plant profiles and statistics}}
-Most bios of Piranha Plants point out their plant-like characteristics and their tendency to bite down on objects. Some bios also mention certain derived species of Piranha Plant.
-===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
-{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Piranha Plant|image=[[File:SMRPG Piranha Plant idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}
-===''Super Paper Mario''===
-{{:Super Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Piranha Plant|align=horizontal}}
-===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
-{{:Mario & Luigi: Dream Team bestiary|transcludesection=Piranha Plant|align=horizontal}}
-==Gallery==
-{{main-gallery}}
-<gallery>
-Piranha Plant - Super Mario Bros.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''
-SMBLL Piranha Plant Artwork.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
-Piranha Plant SMS.png|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
-PiranhaPlantSM3DL.png|''[[Super Mario 3D Land]]''
-DrMW Piranha Patient 3.png|''[[Dr. Mario World]]''
-Piranha Plant render (TSMBM).jpg|''[[The Super Mario Bros. Movie]]''
-</gallery>
-==Media==
-{{media table
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-|title1=''[[Super Mario 64]]''
-|description1=Piranha Plant's lullaby
-|length13=30:00
-}}
-==Additional names==
-===Internal names===
-{{internal names
-|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
-|file1=<tt>ObjectData/PackunPetit.arc</tt>
-|name1=PackunPetit
-|meaning1=Petit Piranha; compare with the game's "[[Spiny Piranha Plant#Internal names|Packun Flower]]"
-|game2=''Super Mario Galaxy''<br>''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
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-|name2=プチパックン (''Puchi Pakkun'')
-|meaning2=[[Petit Piranha]]; the same as [[Nipper Plant#Names in other languages|Nipper Plant]]
-}}
-===Names in other languages===
-====Piranha Plant====
-{{foreign names
-|Jap=パックンフラワー
-|JapR=Pakkun Furawā
-|JapM=Katakana spelling of「ぱっくんちょ」(''pakkuncho'', a Japanese expression meaning "eating in one bite") and "flower"; officially romanized as "Pakkun Flower" or "Packun Flower"
-|JapC=<ref name=SMBsite>{{cite|author=Nintendo|date=2020|title="[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']". [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/index.html CHARACTERS of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series] (official Japanese character index)|accessdate=March 20, 2021}}</ref>
-|Jap2=パックンフラワー（赤）
-|Jap2R=Pakkun Furawā (Aka)
-|Jap2M=Piranha Plant (Red); variant from ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''
-|Jap2C=<ref name="SMBsite"/>
-|Chi=吞食花
-|ChiN=''Mario Tennis Aces'' onward
-|ChiR=Tūnshí Huā
-|ChiM=Swallowing Flower
-|Chi2=食人花
-|Chi2N=Prior to ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
-|Chi2R=Shírén Huā
-|Chi2M=Human Eating Flower; obscure translation of the Japanese name
-|Dut=Piranha Plant
-|DutM=Piranha Plant
-|Dut2=Pakkunbloem
-|Dut2N=''Super Mario Land''
-|Dut2M=Pakkun Flower
-|Dut2C=<ref name="Pakkunbloem">{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] electronic manual (Dutch). Tab 14: "Personages".}}</ref>
-|Fin=Piraijakasvi
-|FinM=Piranha Plant
-|FreA=Fleur Piranha
-|FreAM=Piranha Flower
-|FreE=Plante Piranha
-|FreEM=Piranha Plant
-|FreE2=Fleur Pakkun
-|FreE2N=''Super Mario Land''
-|FreE2M=Pakkun Flower
-|FreE2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet|language=fr|publisher=Nintendo|page=[https://i.imgur.com/hfLHdYC.jpg 13]}}</ref>
 |Ger=Piranha-Pflanze
-|GerM=Piranha Plant
+|GerM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
-|Ger2=Schnapp-Piranha
+|Spa=Planta Piraña
-|Ger2M=From ''schnappen'' ("to snap") and "Piranha Plant"
+|SpaM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
-|Ger3=Schnapp Piranha
+|Ita=Pianta Piranha
-|Ger3N=''Super Mario 64''
+|ItaM=Literal translation of "Piranha Plant"
-|Ger3M=From ''schnappen'' ("to snap") and "Piranha Plant"
-|Ger3C=<ref>{{cite|author=Kraft, John D., Thomas Görg, and Marko Hein, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo 64 Spieleberater "Super Mario 64"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1997|page=8}}</ref>
-|Ger4=Pakkun-Blume
-|Ger4N=''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet
-|Ger4M=From Japanese name
-|Ger5=Hänge-Piranha
-|Ger5N=''Super Mario World''
-|Ger5M=Hanging Piranha
-|Ger5C=<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>
-|Ger6=Piranha-Kippa
-|Ger6N=''Yoshi's Story''
-|Ger6C=<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo 64 ''Yoshi's Story'' Spieleberater|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=de|page=20}}</ref>
-|Hun=Piranha növény<ref>{{cite|url=www.lego.com/hu-hu/product/piranha-plant-71426|title=Piranha növény|publisher=LEGO.com|language=hu|accessdate=April 9, 2024|archive=web.archive.org/web/20231210064758/https://www.lego.com/hu-hu/product/piranha-plant-71426}}</ref>
-|HunN=LEGO ''Super Mario''
-|HunM=Piranha plant
-|Ita=Pianta Pirana{{sic}}
-|ItaM=Pirana Plant
-|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros.'' manual|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|page=18}}</ref>
-|Ita2=Pakkun Flower/Fiore pakkun
-|Ita2M=Pakkun flower
-|Ita2C=<ref name=SMLita>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' manual|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|page=13}}</ref>
-|Ita3=Pianta carnivora
-|Ita3M=Carnivorous plant
-|Ita3C=<ref>''{{cite|title=Super Mario Bros. 3'' manual|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|page=40}}</ref>
-|Ita4=Pianta Piranha
-|Ita4M=Piranha Plant
-|Kor=뻐끔플라워
-|KorR=Ppeokkeum Peullawo
-|KorM=From "뻐끔뻐끔" (''ppeokkeum-ppeokkeum'', onomatopoeia for opening and closing mouth repetitively) and "flower"
-|Por=Planta Piranha
-|PorN=Also spelled "Planta-Piranha" and "Planta-piranha" (''Super Mario 3D World'') in the European Portuguese localization
-|PorM=Piranha Plant
-|Rom=Plantă Piranha
-|RomN=''Super Mario World'' television series
-|RomM=Piranha Plant
-|RomC=<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26859866756 "Ghosts 'R' Us", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>
-|Rus=Растение-пиранья
-|RusR=Rastenie-piran'ya
-|RusM=Piranha Plant
-|SpaA=Planta Piraña
-|SpaAN=Also spelled "planta piraña" in the Latin American Spanish localization from 2012 to 2019, when species names were always written in lowercase.
-|SpaA2=Planta Piraña gris
-|SpaA2N=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
-|SpaAM=Piranha Plant
-|SpaA2M=Gray Piranha Plant
-|SpaE=Planta Piraña
-|SpaEM=Piranha Plant
-|SpaE2=Planta Piraña Gris
-|SpaE2N=''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
-|SpaE2M=Gray Piranha Plant
-|Swe=Pirayablomma
-|SweM=Piranha Flower
 }}
-====Upside-Down Piranha====
+{{start box}}
-{{foreign names
+{{succession box |
-|Jap=逆さパックン<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオランド (''Sūpā Mario Rando'') instruction booklet|language=ja|page=13|date=1989|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref>
+  | title = Life Cycle of a [[Piranha Plant]]
-|JapR=Sakasa Pakkun
+  | game = ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''
-|JapM=Upside-down Piranha (Plant)
+  | before = [[Piranha Pest]]
-|Jap2=さかさパックン
+  | after = [[The Underwhere]]/[[The Overthere]]
-|Jap2R=Sakasa Pakkun
+|}}
-|Jap2M=Upside-down Piranha (Plant)
-|Dut=Omgekeerde Piranha
-|Dut2=Omgekeerde Pakkun<ref name="Pakkunbloem"/>
-|Dut2N=''Super Mario Land''
-|DutM=Reverse Piranha
-|Dut2M=Reverse Pakkun flower
-|FreA=Fleur Piranha renversée
-|FreAM=Reversed Piranha Flower
-|FreE=Plante Piranha renversée
-|FreEM=Reversed Piranha Plant
-|FreE2=Fleur Pakkun inversée<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Land'' French instruction booklet|page=[https://i.imgur.com/hfLHdYC.jpg 13]}}</ref>
-|FreE2N=''Super Mario Land''
-|FreE2M=Inversed Pakkun flower
-|Ger=Kopfüber-Piranha-Pflanze
-|GerM=Upside-down Piranha Plant
-|Ita=Upside Down (Headstand) Pakkun<ref name=SMLita/>
-|Ita2=Pianta Piranha capovolta<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' (3DS - [[Virtual Console]]) e-manual|language=it|publisher=Nintendo|page=14}}</ref><ref>Piranha Plant's [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]], in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''</ref>
-|Ita2M=Upside-down Piranha Plant
-|Ita3=Pianta Piranha a testa in giù<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=47}}</ref>
-|Ita3M=Head-down Piranha Plant
-|Rus=Пиранья-перевертыш
-|RusR=Piran'ya-perevertysh
-|RusM=Flipped-over Piranha
-|SpaA=Planta Piraña al revés
-|SpaAM=Upside-down Piranha Plant
-|SpaE=Planta Piraña del revés
-|SpaEM=Upside-down Piranha Plant
-}}
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