Editing Piranhacus Giganticus

{{Species-infobox
|title=Piranhacus Giganticus
|image=[[File:PiranhacusGiganticus.png|200px]]<br>A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.
|species_origin=[[Piranha Plant]]
|related=[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]])
}}
{{distinguish|Big Piranha Plant}}
A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' is a gigantic [[Piranha Plant]] that first appeared in the game ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''. Unlike [[Super Piranha Plants]], they can actually fit in pipes.

==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:Piranhacus.gif|thumb|left|A Piranhacus Giganticus from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', they only appear in [[Big Island]]. Although they are huge, a single fireball will destroy them. Despite their size, they are essentially exactly the same as any other typical Piranha Plant, other than they present a larger target and obstacle. They also appear in larger [[Warp Pipe]]s than other Piranha Plants.
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===''Super Mario 64'' / ''Super Mario 64 DS''===
[[File:Venustrapsm64.png|140px|thumb|A Piranhacus Giganticus on Tiny-Huge Island in ''Super Mario 64''.]]
In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Piranhaci Gigantici make their sole appearance on [[Tiny-Huge Island]], where depending on which side of the island [[Mario]] is on they could either be tiny or huge. They also had the ability to breath fire. In this game they were referred to as [[Venus Fire Trap]]s in English but still possessed their original Japanese name.

===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
[[File:SMG2_Giant_Land.png|thumb|left|Mario finding a Piranhacus Giganticus and two [[Huge Paragoomba]]s in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
Piranhacus Gigantici appear alongside [[Grand Goomba]]s, [[Huge Paragoomba]]s, and [[Gargantua Koopa Troopa]]s in the [[Wii]] game, ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', where they appear in the [[Supermassive Galaxy]]. They are similar to how they appear in ''Super Mario Bros 3'' only a lot bigger.  However, in contrast to their original appearance in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', they are invincible, thus serving more as an obstacle than an enemy. They can, however, be stunned with a [[Spin]] or a [[Star Bit]], but that just hinders the player as it stops the plant from going back in the pipe.
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===''New Super Mario Bros. U''===
[[File:Piranhacus_Grandecus_NSMBU.png|150px|thumb|Piranhacus Giganticus as seen in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.]]
Piranhacus Gigantici reappear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. They act the same way they did in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' although this time need to hit with three [[Fireball]]s to be defeated, similar to [[Super Piranha Plant]]s. They are found in [[Soda Jungle]], more specifically in [[Jungle of the Giants]], which is the only level they appear in.

==Names in Other Languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=でかパックンフラワー
|JapR=Deka Pakkun Furawā
|JapM=Huge Piranha Plant
|Ger=Piranha Maxima
|GerM=Pseudo-Latin for "Maxi Piranha"}}

== Trivia ==
* Piranhacus Giganticus' name could possibly be using binomial nomenclature, a scientific way of naming species having the genus name with the first letter capitalized (''Piranhacus'' in this case) and a species name in lowercase (''giganticus''), both in italics. Which would result in ''Piranhacus giganticus''.

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