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{{about|the Piranha Plant that can walk and carry a tiny spiked ball at the same time|the special move in [[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]|[[Ptooie (move)]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMB3 Ptooie.jpg|100px]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' (''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'', Wave 4) (2023)
|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]
|variants=[[Glad Ptooie]]<br>[[River Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Stalking Piranha Plant]]
|relatives=[[Spike Ball]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
|notable=[[Piper]]
}}
{{quote|You make me so mad I could spit!|Ptooie|source="[[Never Koop a Koopa]]"}}
'''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''===
Ptooies, also referred to as '''Ptooie Plants''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|page=54|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=June 1990}}</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, letting passing travelers jump between them. 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.

===''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''===
[[File:Ptooies.png|thumb|Two Ptooies from ''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3'' episode "[[Never Koop a Koopa]]."]]
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|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''===
Ptooies are enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They are depicted as light green skin, similarly to [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]s, and were given a variant named [[Glad Ptooie]]s. If [[Princess Peach]] uses [[Rage]] to pound the ground or simply uses [[Poundbrella]] nearby, a Ptooie will lose its ball, but it is not affected otherwise. Ptooies will then simply move back and forth slowly until defeated. Even without the ball, Ptooies cannot be stomped.
===''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|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 [[Spring of Jungle Mist]]. One Ptooie blows a [[Magic Circle]] in the air and must be defeated to use it. 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 [[Smash Taunt#Palutena's Guidance|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for Piranha Plant.

===''Mario Kart'' series===
====''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''====
[[File:MK8D GBA Riverside Park.png|thumb|A Ptooie in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'']]
Ptooies make their ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series (and overall fully three-dimensional) debut in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''{{'}}s ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]'' as obstacles in {{classic link|GBA|Riverside Park}}. They blow items such as [[Dash Mushroom]]s and [[Banana|Banana Peels]] instead of Spike Balls, which fall onto the course when the Ptooies are hit by an item such as a [[Green Shell]].<ref>{{cite|author=任天堂ホームページ|date=March 2, 2023|language=ja|url=youtu.be/neUJhWPykbc|title=GBA リバーサイドパーク|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=March 2, 2023}}</ref> The Ptooies do not blow any items in Time Trials or when the item settings are not set on Normal Items.

In tweets made about {{classic|GBA|Riverside Park}}'s appearance in the Booster Course Pass, Nintendo mistook the Ptooies for [[Stalking Piranha Plant]]s.<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|author=@NintendoUK|date=March 8, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20230308153658/https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1633467611026534400|deadlink=y|title=Time to make a splash! Dodge the Stalking Piranha Plants and burst through the waterfall of Mario Kart: Super Circuit’s Riverside Park, coming in Wave 4 of the #MarioKart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|publisher=X|accessdate=March 8, 2023}}</ref> The mistake was later corrected.<ref>{{cite|language=en-gb|author=@NintendoUK|date=March 9, 2023|url=x.com/NintendoUK/status/1633844655459827715|title=Looks like we need to brush up on our botany! Thanks for letting us know that we got our Stalking Piranha Plants and Ptooies mixed up when we originally posted this.|publisher=X|accessdate=March 9, 2023}}</ref>

====''Mario Kart World''====
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Ptooies appear in ''[[Mario Kart World]]'' on the route from [[N64 Choco Mountain|Choco Mountain]] to [[Wii Moo Moo Meadows|Moo Moo Meadows]].<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=April 4, 2025|url=https://youtu.be/FLYm4K7WMUw|title=Mario Kart World – Knockout Tour & GameChat Gameplay – Nintendo Treehouse: Live {{!}} Nintendo Switch 2|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=April 6, 2025}}</ref>

===''Mario & Luigi: Brothership''===
While Ptooies do not reappear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Brothership]]'', Piranha Plants and their [[Glohm Piranha Plant|Glohm counterparts]] blow a Spike Ball in battle just like them.

===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]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=フーフーパックン (JP) / Ptooie (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Ptooie Perfect.png|x200px]]
|shuzoku=フラワー{{ruby|族|ぞく}}
|seikaku=すぐむきになる
|tojo_gemu=3
|desc='''<big>すごい{{ruby|肺活量|はいかつりょう}}のフラワー</big><br>
{{ruby|大|おお}}きく{{ruby|口|くち}}を{{ruby|開|ひら}}き、トゲのついた{{ruby|黒|くろ}}い{{ruby|玉|たま}}“シューリンガン”を{{ruby|真上|まうえ}}に{{ruby|吹|ふ}}いて{{ruby|遊|あそ}}んでいる。{{ruby|土管|どかん}}にずっといるものと、{{ruby|歩|ある}}きまわるものと２{{ruby|種類|しゅるい}}いる。{{ruby|歩|ある}}きまわるものが２{{ruby|匹出|ひきで}}てくる{{ruby|所|ところ}}もあるので{{ruby|要注意|ようちゅうい}}。<ref>{{cite|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|language=ja|date=November 20, 1994|isbn=4-09-259067-9|title=「パーフェクト版 マリオキャラクター大事典」 (''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten'')|page=[https://i.imgur.com/UzODJgp.jpeg 185]}}</ref>
|tribe=Flower clan
|disposition=Quick to take offense
|game_appearances=3
|eng_desc='''''<big>Flower with amazing lung capacity</big><br>
''They open their mouths wide and blow their spiked black balls, called "[[Spike Ball#Names in other languages|''Shūringan'']]", right up into the air. There are two types: those that stay in pipes all the time and those that walk around. Be careful, because there are places where there are two of them walking around.''
}}

===''Super Princess Peach''===
{{SPP enemy
|name=Ptooie
|image=[[File:SPPPtooie.png]]
|levels=[[Ladida Plains 1-8]]<br>[[Wavy Beach 5-3]]<br>[[Wavy Beach 5-7]]
|number=32
|glossary=Throws balls while walking. A type of Piranha Plant.
}}

===''Paper Mario'' series===
====''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==
{{main-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''
MK8D GBA Riverside Park Course Icon.png|''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
MK8D GBA Riverside Park Scene 9.jpg|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
MK8D GBA Riverside Park Scene 10.jpg|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
MK8D GBA Riverside Park Scene 3.jpg|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
MK8D GBA Riverside Park Scene 6.jpg|''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
</gallery>

==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
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|meaning1=From the [[#Names in other languages|Japanese name]]
|game2=''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''
|file2=<tt>TekutekuPackun.bfres</tt>
|name2=TekutekuPackun
|meaning2=[[Stalking Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Stalking Piranha Plant]]
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=フーフーパックン<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|page=41|language=ja|publisher=Nintendo|date=1988}}</ref>
|JpnR=Fūfū Pakkun
|JpnM=Portmanteau of「フーフー」(''fūfū'', onomatopoeia for blowing on something) and「パックンフラワー」(''Pakkun Furawā'', "[[Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Piranha Plant]]")
|Chi=呼呼吞食花
|ChiR=Hūhū Tūnshí Huā
|ChiM=Blow Piranha Plant
|Dan=Ptooie
|DanC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HawqafbZGDI Super Mario Bros. 3 Never Koop a koopa (Dansk)]</ref>
|Dut=Ptooie
|Fin=Ptooie
|FinC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvBrSy_jG0I The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 | Episode 01-08 In Finnish [2013 DVD Version]]</ref>
|Fre=Ptooie
|Ger=Flora Morgenstern
|GerM=Flora {{wp|Morning star (weapon)|Morning Star}}
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3 Spielanleitung''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1991|page=40}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors|title=''Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1992|isbn=3-929034-02-6|page=14}}</ref>
|Ger2=Spuck-Pflanze
|Ger2M=Spit Plant
|Ger3=Spucki
|Ger3M=Spitty
|Ger3N=''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
|Ger3C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1EBk8OOVuQ&list=PLysMAMA5mZDPK7uUkp94zheRNEtn_WQDG&index=4 Die Abenteuer von Super Mario Bros. 3 - Marios Zauberteppich]</ref>
|Ger4=Spucker
|Ger4M=Spitter
|Ger4N="Never Koop a Koopa" only
|Ger4C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kmBDXB0_l0&list=PLysMAMA5mZDPK7uUkp94zheRNEtn_WQDG&index=2 Die Abenteuer von Super Mario Bros. 3 - Bonkers von Yonkers]</ref>
|Ita=Ptooie<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3'' manual|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|page=40}}</ref>
|ItaN=''Super Mario Bros. 3''
|Ita2=Sparamine
|Ita2M=Mine Shooter
|Ita2C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGEjKOEmKo&list=PLWzo2ShQRIik_9vJAjpCtOYPKTMiWfQMb&index=6 Le avventure di Super Mario 2x06 - Un imbroglio per papà]</ref>
|Ita2N=("[[Never Koop a Koopa]]")
|Ita3=Sputamine volanti
|Ita3M=Flying Mine Spitter
|Ita3C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVGXNIbT1AQ&list=PLWzo2ShQRIik_9vJAjpCtOYPKTMiWfQMb&index=16 Le avventure di Super Mario 2x16 - Il concerto dei Milli Vanilli]</ref>
|Ita3N=("[[Kootie Pie Rocks]]")
|Ita4=Pianta sparamine
|Ita4N=("[[Crimes R Us]]")
|Ita4M=Mine shooter plant
|Ita4C=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7vRvR7YKOc&list=PLWzo2ShQRIik_9vJAjpCtOYPKTMiWfQMb&index=19 Le avventure di Super Mario 2x19 - La scuola del crimine]</ref>
|Ita5=Pianta Canterina
|Ita5M=Singing Plant
|Kor=후후뻐끔
|KorR=Huhu Ppeokkeum
|KorM=Blowing Piranha
|Kor2=프투이
|Kor2R=Peutui
|Kor2M=Ptooie
|Kor2C=<ref>[https://archive.org/details/smb3-kr-dub/3+-+%EC%8A%88%ED%8D%BC%EB%A7%88%EB%A6%AC%EC%98%A4+3+3%ED%8E%B8.mp4 The Adventures of Super Mario Brothers 3 Korean Dub 슈퍼마리오 3 VHS Volumes 1 - 6.]</ref>
|Kor2N=''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
|Nor=Ptooie
|NorC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3B0TI9cShE Super Mario Bros 3 VHS#2 - Norsk tale - Norsk tale]</ref>
|Pol=Plujka
|PolM=From ''pluj'' ("spit") with Polish feminine diminutive suffix ''-ka''
|PolC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuShk2lQ9G0 Nowe Przygody Braci Mario Odcinek 14 - Nie fortunni opiekunowie]</ref>
|Por=Planta Cuspideira
|PorM=Spitter Plant
|Rom=Scuipătoare
|RomN=''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
|RomM=Spitter
|RomC=<ref>May 20, 2015. [http://ok.ru/videoembed/26852723332 "Never Koop a Koopa", dubbed in Romanian by KidsCo]. ''Odnoklassniki (OK.ru).'' Retrieved January 4, 2016.</ref>
|Rus=тьфуша
|RusR=t'fusha 
|RusM=From ''тьфу'' (''t'fu'', onomatopoeia for spitting) with Russian masculine diminutive suffix ''-ша'' (''-sha'')
|Spa=Flor Metralla
|SpaN=''The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3''
|SpaC=<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkmR0KEEnnA&list=PL9SW0yG7n_bnpxH7s64Qgh_Wa4ycVmNpt&index=6 Las Aventuras de los Super hermanos Mario: 06 - Nunca Koopaconfies En Un Koopa]</ref>
|SpaA=Piraña Petraña
|SpaE=Plantarina
|SpaEM=Portmanteau of ''planta'' ("plant") and ''bailarina'' ("ballerina")
}}

==Notes==
*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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