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{{about|the Piranha Plant that can walk and carry a tiny spiked ball at the same time|the Piranha plant that can only walk|[[Stalking Piranha Plant]]|the Piranha Plant that can only carry a spiked ball|[[River Piranha Plant]]|the special move in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]|[[Ptooie (move)]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Ptooie PMTOK sprite.png]]<br>A Ptooie from ''Paper Mario: The Origami King''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]
|variants=[[Glad Ptooie]]
|relatives=[[River Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Spike Ball]]<br>[[Stalking Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
|notable=[[Piper]]
}}
{{quote2|You make me so mad I could spit!|Ptooie|</span>"[[Never Koop a Koopa]]"<span>}}
'''Ptooies''' are a type of [[Piranha Plant]] that can hover [[Spike Ball]]s over their mouths. Many of them are also capable of walking, though some are stationed within pipes instead. Their name is an onomatopoeia for spitting.
==History==
===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:SMB3 Ptooie.jpg|thumb|75px|A Ptooie as seen in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'']]
Ptooies, also referred to as '''Ptooie Plants''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 54.</ref> make their debut in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' as regular enemies. A Ptooie can be identified by the [[Spike Ball|spiked ball]] it suspends in the air over its mouth. Occasionally, Ptooies will blow the spiked ball high into the air in order to inflict damage on passing travelers. As with standard Piranha Plants, Ptooies can be destroyed with [[fireball]]s, [[hammer]]s, [[Koopa Shell]]s, or [[Raccoon Mario|Raccoon]] or [[Tanooki Mario]]'s tail whips. Additionally, the spiked ball can be crushed by Tanooki Mario (in [[Statue Mario|statue form]]) for 2000 points.

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File: Ptooies.jpg|thumb|left|Two Ptooies from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'']]
Ptooies make a few appearances in ''[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', where they always attack [[Mario]] and/or his friends on sight. They are sometimes used as guns. Unlike in the game, where they are limited to blowing a single spiked ball in the air, Ptooies can shoot a whole barrage of spiked balls in any direction. 

Ptooies in the show are capable of speaking in the episode "[[Never Koop a Koopa]]", despite the fact that most members of the Piranha Plant family never speak at all.

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
Two Ptooies appear in ''[[Koopa Capers]]'', presumably brought to [[Dark Land]] by [[Wendy O. Koopa]], who needs one to season a potion she intends to create. Encountered by [[Luigi]] in a [[Fortress]], the plumber escapes the plants by jumping over them while absentmindedly wondering what they are doing wandering around in a dark and dank fortress, instead of being outside.

===''Super Princess Peach''===
[[File:SPPPtooie.png|frame]]
In ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', if [[Princess Peach]] uses [[Rage]] to pound the ground or simply uses [[Poundbrella]] nearby, the ball will be lost, but Ptooie will survive. They will then simply move back and forth slowly until defeated. Even without the ball, Ptooies cannot be stomped. In this game, Ptooies had a green skin coloration similar to the [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]], a species of Piranha Plant found in the [[Yoshi (franchise)|''Yoshi'' franchise]]. A species of Ptooie under the [[Vibe Scepter]]'s spell called [[Glad Ptooie]]s appear.

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''Paper Mario: Color Splash''====
{{quote|Sometimes I just get the urge to beat up a Ptooie. You ever get that urge? They're just so annoying!|Huey|Paper Mario: Color Splash}}
Ptooies return in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', found in [[Mossrock Theater]] and [[the Emerald Circus]]. In battle, they can blow their [[Spike Ball|Spiked Ball]]s with enough force to fall on Mario, but without them, they bite him. They can be summoned by [[Lemmy Koopa]] to assist in battle, along with [[Circus Bro]]s. and [[Juggler Bro]]s.

There is also a character named [[Piper]] that is a Ptooie.

====''Paper Mario: The Origami King''====
[[File:PMTOK Ptooies jungle.png|thumb|Origami Ptooies in ''Paper Mario: The Origami King'']]
Ptooies make an appearance in ''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]'', where origami Ptooies can be encountered as regular enemies. In the [[Shroom City (Paper Mario: The Origami King)|Shroom City]] café, a singing Ptooie can be found alongside a singing [[Dino Rhino]] and a [[Sombrero Guy]].

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', [[Piranha Plant]] can produce a spiked ball and hover it in place in the same fashion as a Ptooie. In addition, it can direct the spiked ball to other fighters and attack them. This Piranha Plant also has feet like the Ptooie, but does not leave its flower pot in order to move. On the [[Palutena's Temple]] stage, Ptooies are mentioned briefly by [[icaruspedia:Viridi|Viridi]] during [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for Piranha Plant.

===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===
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Ptooies appear in [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]] as obstacles in [[GBA Riverside Park]] where they blow items such as [[Dash Mushroom]]s and [[Banana|Banana Peels]] instead of Spike Balls

===Unused appearances===
====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====
Ptooies were [[List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star pre-release and unused content|originally going to appear]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', but they were removed.

==Profiles and statistics==
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
'''<big>フーフーパックン</big><br>
'''{{hover|種族|しゅぞく}}'''　フラワー族<br>
'''{{hover|性格|せいかく}}'''　すぐむきになる<br>
'''{{hover|登場|とうじょう}}ゲーム'''　3<br>
'''<big>すごい肺活量のフラワー</big><br>
大きく口を開き、トゲのついた黒い玉“シューリンガン”を真上に吹いて遊んでいる。土管にずっといるものと、歩きまわるものと2種類いる。歩きまわるものが2匹出てくる所もあるので要注意。<ref name=Daijiten>Shogakukan. 1994.「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''), [https://i.imgur.com/UzODJgp.jpeg page 185].</ref>

'''''<big>Ptooie</big>'''''<br>
''Tribe: Flower clan''<br>
''Disposition: Quick to take offense''<br>
''Game appearances: 3''<br>
'''''<big>Flower with amazing lung capacity</big><br>
''They open their mouths wide and blow their spiked black balls, called "[[#Trivia|''shūringan'']]", right up into the air. There are two types: those that stay in Warp Pipes all the time and those that walk around. Be careful, because there are places where there are two of them walking around.''

===''Paper Mario: Color Splash''===
{{:Paper Mario: Color Splash bestiary|transcludesection=Ptooie|align=horizontal}}

===''Paper Mario: The Origami King''===
{{:Paper Mario: The Origami King bestiary|transcludesection=Ptooie|align=horizontal}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
PtooieSMB3.gif|A Ptooie sprite from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''
Pepsi NSS cards Ptooie.jpg|[[Nintendo Super Secrets cards]]
PMSS Unused Ptooie.png|An unused Ptooie from ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''
PMCS Ptooie card unpainted.png|''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''
PMOK Origami Ptooie.png|''[[Paper Mario: The Origami King]]''
PMTOK Sombrero Guy cafe.png|''Paper Mario: The Origami King''
PMTOK Musee Champignon art 129.png|''Paper Mario: The Origami King''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=フーフーパックン<ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 41.</ref>
|JapR=Fūfū Pakkun
|JapM=Portmanteau of「フーフー」(''fūfū'', onomatopoeia for blowing sound) and「パックンフラワー」(''Pakkun Furawā'', [[Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Piranha Plant]])
|Dut=Ptooie
|DutM=-
|Fra=Ptooie
|FraM=-
|Ger=Flora Morgenstern<br>Spuck-Pflanze<br>Spucki (''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'')<br>Spucker (''Never Koop a Koopa'' only)
|GerM=Flora Morning Star<br>Spit Plant<br>Spitty<br>Spitter
|Ita=Pianta Canterina<br>Sparamine ("[[Never Koop a Koopa]]")<br>Sputamine volanti ("[[Kootie Pie Rocks]]")
|ItaM=Singing Plant<br>Mine Shooter<br>Flying Mine Spitter
|Kor=후후뻐끔
|KorR=Huhu Ppeokkeum
|KorM=Blowing Piranha
|Por=Planta Cuspideira
|PorM=Spitter Plant
|Spa={{nowrap|Flor Metralla (''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'')}}
|SpaM=
|SpaA=Piraña Petraña
|SpaAM=
|SpaE=Plantarina
|SpaEM=From "planta" (plant) and "bailarina" (ballerina)
|Rus=тьфуша
|RusR=t'fusha 
|RusM=From "тьфу" (''t'fu'', onomatopoeia for spitting) with Russian masculine diminutive suffix "-ша" (''-sha'')
|Rom=Scuipătoare (''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'')
|RomM=Spitter
|Chi=呼呼吞食花
|ChiR=Hūhū Tūnshí Huā
|ChiM=Blow Piranha Plant
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', ''[[Mario Party]]'' and ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Piranha Plants walk on their roots, somewhat resembling Ptooies.

==References==
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