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{{item infobox
|image=[[File:PiranhaPlantPotMK8.png|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]
}}
{{quote|Potted Piranha Plant… Now that's a tongue twister! Can you say that five times fast? 'Potted Piranha Plant', 'Potted Piranha Plant'… Pick up one of these bad boys to attack enemies. Plants are so cool!|[[Play Nintendo]]<ref name="Play Nintendo video">{{cite|language=en-us|author=[[Play Nintendo]]|date=April 30, 2022|url=youtu.be/BKBn-_r1-uE?t=98|timestamp=01:38|title=''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' 😸🔥 10 Power-Ups! {{!}} @Play Nintendo|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 30, 2022 ({{file link|YT Play Nintendo 2022-04-30 screencap Potted Piranha Plant full.jpg|Screen capture}})}}</ref>}}
'''Potted Piranha Plants''',<ref>{{cite|author=Musa, Alexander, and Geson Hatchett|title=''Super Mario 3D World'' PRIMA Official Game Guide|page=11|date=November 22, 2013|publisher=Prima Games|language=en-us|isbn=978-0-804-16249-4|quote=You can pick up items (such as Shells and potted Piranha Plants) by holding {{button|Y}} (or {{button|X}}) and touching them.}}</ref><ref name="Play Nintendo video"/><ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo UK|date=January 13, 2021|url=youtu.be/ADIdtE70OYw?t=168|title=Explore a world of fun together in Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury! (Nintendo Switch)|timestamp=2:48|publisher=YouTube|language=en-gb|accessdate=June 28, 2024}}</ref> also simply referred to as '''[[Piranha Plant]]s''', are items that, if carried, attack enemies and other players within close range. Piranha Plants in pots have appeared in several media before their debut as an item, such as in the ''[[Mario Party 3]]'' [[minigame]] [[Storm Chasers]] and in [[World 6-3 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 6-3]] in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''; the playable Piranha Plant in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' likewise sports a pot around its torso.

==History==
===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' subseries====
[[File:Mkgp2 frying plant.png|thumb|left|Piranha Plant as it appeared in ''Mario Kart Arcade GP'']]
In both ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP 2]]'', the Piranha Plant is one of [[Princess Peach]]'s special character items, and can be summoned to eat the items of any opponents within reach. In ''Mario Kart Arcade GP'', it is differentiated from normal Piranha Plants by its bright pink coloration (possibly in reference to Peach herself). It returns in ''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''.

====''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
The potted Piranha Plant also appears in ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and its enhanced port, ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', as an item. The Piranha Plant is set up in front of the user, biting opponents, items such as [[Banana]]s, [[Blooper]]s, shells, and objects such as [[coin]]s and traffic cones that they pass until its timer runs out and it disappears. The timer is also reduced faster every time that the Piranha Plant bites. It also gives the user a speed boost every time it lunges out to chomp, which it automatically does every few seconds. The player can manually force it to chomp by pressing {{button|l}}. If the player holds {{button|l}}, the Piranha Plant will constantly bite at the road ahead. The plant can only chomp items that are in front of it and slightly to the side, meaning that the player can be hit from other directions. In this game, the pot has wheels on the side. These wheels turn sideways when going into [[anti-gravity]]. The Piranha Plant will spin around as the result of a [[trick]].

In ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', the Piranha Plant is used in the game's exclusive battle mode, Renegade Roundup, for the authorities to capture opponents on the other team. In that mode, the Piranha Plants have a strobe light on top of their head. When an opponent is nearby its strobe light will turn on and its siren will blare. The color of the Piranha Plant and its strobe light varies depending on which team it is on. If a player with a Piranha Plant is hit with an item in this mode, stars will appear over the Piranha Plant's head to indicate that it is stunned and unable to capture an opponent. If the player drives into a wall or rim, the Piranha Plant will disappear until the player drives away from the wall or rim. The renegade team will never get a Piranha Plant. In the North American overview trailer, the item is misspelled '''Pirahna Plant'''.<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=Nintendo of America|date=March 10, 2017|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKB9FEXhJ68|title=''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' Overview Trailer - Nintendo Switch|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 28, 2017}}</ref>

===''Super Mario 3D World'' / ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''===
The potted Piranha Plant is an object that can be used by any playable [[list of characters|character]] in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|Nintendo Switch port]]. The Piranha Plant eats most [[list of enemies|enemies]] and is able to grab [[Green Star]]s out of reach of the playable characters. Before being picked up, it can be seen sleeping. They first appear in [[Shadow-Play Alley]], and last appear in [[Champion's Road]]. Players can also defeat them by [[jump]]ing on them or throwing an item at them. Potted Piranha Plants also attack other characters; however, the characters get stunned and knocked aside rather than powered down. Shadow-Play Alley's [[Stamp (Super Mario 3D World)|Stamp]] is a potted Piranha Plant. Like their regular counterparts, they have a cat variant in [[Lake Lapcat]].

===''Super Mario-kun''===
A potted Piranha Plant appears in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' arc of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' as one of Mario's partners.
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===''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker''===
In ''[[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker]]'', potted Piranha Plants appear with the same behavior they had in ''Super Mario 3D World''. They are only found in [[Shadow-Play Alley]]. They do not return in the [[Nintendo Switch]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo Switch / Nintendo 3DS)|ports]] of the game.

==Profiles==
===''Mario Kart 8''===
*'''Instruction manual bio:''' ''Attaches temporarily to the front of the vehicle. When the Piranha Plant bites at something, the momentum of its lunge provides a slight speed boost.''
*'''Nintendo of America's social media accounts:''' ''Not only does the Piranha Plant item in Mario Kart 8 bite the competition, it also lunges for items like coins.''<ref>{{cite|language=en-us|author=NintendoAmerica|date=June 30, 2014|url=x.com/NintendoAmerica/status/483659986003054592|title=Post|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=July 23, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20200518234010/https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/483659986003054592}}</ref><ref>{{cite|language=en|author=MarioKartEN|date=June 30, 2014|url=www.facebook.com/MarioKartEN/photos/541563992614865|title=Post|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=July 23, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230723223315/https://www.facebook.com/MarioKartEN/photos/541563992614865}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
MKAGPDX Piranha Plant.png|''[[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]]''
Piranha Plant Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' artwork
SM3DW-PottedPiranhaPlantStamp.png|''Super Mario 3D World'' stamp
MK8 Wario and DK.png|''[[Mario Kart 8]]''
NintendoAmerica 2014-06-30.jpg|''Mario Kart 8''
MK8SNESDonutPlains3PiranhaPlant.png|''Mario Kart 8''
MK8D Renegade Roundup 2.jpg|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
MK8D Blue Piranha Plant.jpg|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
SM3DW BF PottedPiranhaPlantStamp.png|''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' stamp
YT Play_Nintendo 2022-04-30 screencap Potted_Piranha Plant.jpg|Pictogram of a potted Piranha Plant used in a video about ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury'' power-ups uploaded to the [[Play Nintendo]] YouTube channel
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=鉢植えパックン<ref>{{cite|author=Sakai, Kazuya (Ambit) et al.|date=October 19, 2015|title=''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario 3D World'' section|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8|page=223}}</ref>
|JapR=Hachiue Pakkun
|JapM=Potted Piranha
|JapN=''Super Mario 3D World''
|Jap2=パックンフラワー<ref>{{cite|language=ja|url=https://support-jp.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/34464/~/%E3%80%90%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%888-%E3%83%87%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%81%AE%E5%86%85%E5%AE%B9%E3%82%92%E6%95%99%E3%81%88%E3%81%A6%E3%81%8F%E3%81%A0%E3%81%95%E3%81%84%E3%80%82|title=【マリオカート8 デラックス】更新データの内容を教えてください。|publisher=Nintendo|author=Nintendo|accessdate=October 11, 2024}}</ref>
|Jap2R=Pakkun Furawā 
|Jap2M=Piranha Plant
|Jap2N=''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
|ChiT=盆栽吞食花<ref>{{cite|language=zh-hant|author=Nintendo HK官方頻道|date=January 13, 2020|url=youtu.be/7sU2hurD8-k|title=《超级马力欧 ３Ｄ世界 ＋ 狂怒世界》介绍视频（简体中文）|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}{{dead link}}</ref><ref>{{cite|languagr=zh-hant|author=Nintendo HK官方頻道|date=January 13, 2020|url=youtu.be/H_diOy-ExM4|title=《超級瑪利歐 ３Ｄ世界 ＋ 狂怒世界》介紹影片（香港）|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 16, 2021}}{{dead link}}</ref>
|ChiTR=Pénzāi Tūnshíhuā
|ChiTM=Potted Piranha Plant
|Dut=Piranha Plant in een pot<ref>{{cite|language=nl|author=Nintendo Nederland|date=January 13, 2021|url=youtu.be/JQBIDE_QRb0|title=Beleef samen een wereld vol speelplezier in ''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''! (Nintendo Switch|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 13, 2021}}</ref>
|DutM=Piranha Plant in a pot
|FreE=Plante Piranha en pot<ref>{{cite|language=fr|author=Nintendo France|date=January 13, 2021|url=youtu.be/RVNEVYjScEU|title=Explorez ensemble un monde amusant avec Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury ! (Nintendo Switch)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
|FreEM=Potted Piranha Plant
|Ita=Pianta Piranha in vaso
|ItaM=Piranha Plant in vase
|Por=Planta Piranha Vaso<ref>{{cite|language=pt-pt|author=Nintendo Portugal|date=January 13, 2021|url=youtu.be/bTNU1i5Mhlw|title=''Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury''! - Explorem um mundo de diversão Mario em conjunto|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=January 13, 2021}}</ref>
|PorM=Flower Pot Piranha Plant
}}

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[[Category:Piranha Plants]]
[[Category:Bowser's Fury enemies]]
[[Category:Bowser's Fury objects]]
[[Category:Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker enemies]]
[[Category:Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker objects]]
[[Category:Mario Kart Arcade GP items]]
[[Category:Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 items]]
[[Category:Mario Kart Arcade GP DX items]]
[[Category:Mario Kart 8 items]]
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