Editing Spiny Piranha Plant

{{distinguish|Prickly Piranha Plant}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Spiny Piranha Plant Galaxy.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|variants=[[Piranha Creeper]]<br>[[Prickly Piranha Plant]]
}}
'''Spiny Piranha Plants'''<ref>{{cite|author=Browne, Catherine|title=''Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide''|location=Roseville|publisher=Random House Inc|date=May 23, 2010|page=29|isbn=978-0-30746-907-6}}</ref> (also known simply as '''[[Piranha Plant]]s'''<ref>{{file link|PiranhaPlantTradingCard.png|"Piranha Plant" ''Super Mario Galaxy'' trading card}}</ref>) are a variant of [[Big Piranha Plant]]s whose stems are covered in spikes. The [[Piranha Creeper]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' has a similar appearance to the Spiny Piranha Plant but has a different behavior, with the original behavior instead going to standard Big Piranha Plants.

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
Spiny Piranha Plants first appear as uncommon enemies in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'', with there only being four in the entire game. To attack, a Spiny Piranha Plant attempts to slam its head into [[Mario]] (or [[Luigi]]). It can be defeated by hitting it with [[rubbery bulb]]s, by [[stomp]]ing it after it has slammed its head on the ground, or by shooting it with a [[fireball]] as [[Fire Mario]]. Some Spiny Piranha Plants are necessary to be defeated in order to make a [[Sproutle Vine]] grow so Mario can proceed. Shooting one with a [[Star Bit]] makes the Spiny Piranha Plant act immediately.

The first one, encountered optionally in [[Dino Piranha (mission)|the first mission]] of the [[Good Egg Galaxy]], is surrounded by rubbery bulbs and acts as visual and functional foreshadowing to the mission's boss, the [[Dino Piranha]], another large, purple Piranha Plant who is attacked with a rebounding ball - in its case, the end of its tail.

=====Appearances=====
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*[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where they are completely absent.
*[[File:Galaxy StarP.png]] marks missions where they are loaded and may be visible, but cannot be encountered directly.
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|[[Good Egg Galaxy]]
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|[[Kitchen (Super Mario Galaxy)|Kitchen]]
|[[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]
|[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=Sunken Treasure]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=Passing the Swim Test]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=The Secret Undersea Cavern]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone]]||[[File:Galaxy StarP.png|link=Beachcombing for Purple Coins]]||[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Wall Jumping up Waterfalls]]
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|rowspan=4|[[Bedroom (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bedroom]]
|[[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]
|[[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Bunnies in the Wind]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Dirty Tricks of Major Burrows]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Major Burrows's Daredevil Run]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Purple Coins on the Puzzle Cube]]||[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Golden Chomp]]
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====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', the Spiny Piranha Plant reappears with the same behavior and is even less common than before, with only two appearing not counting encountering the same one in different missions. The game also introduces a new variation called the [[Prickly Piranha Plant]], which attacks in a similar way but is black and cannot be stomped due the spikes on its head - a hit with a [[rubbery bulb]] is required to defeat it.

=====Appearances=====
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*[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where they are completely absent.
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|[[World 1 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 1]]
|[[Rightside Down Galaxy]]
|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Breaking the Laws of Gravity]]||[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=The Great Crate Incinerator]]
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|[[World 6 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 6]]
|[[Throwback Galaxy]]
|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Return of the Whomp King]]||[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Silver Stars in the Whomp Fortress]]||[[File:Smg2 icon prankstercomet.png|link=Whomp Silver Star Speed Run]]
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===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Spiny Piranha Plants (just called '''Spiny Piranhas''') are mentioned briefly by [[icaruspedia:Viridi|Viridi]] during [[Smash Taunt#Palutena's Guidance|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Piranha Plant]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SMG Spiny Piranha Render.png|A Spiny Piranha Plant data render
SMG Spiny Piranha Plant.png|Mario approaches a Spiny Piranha Plant in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]].
SMG Pear Planets.png|Two Spiny Piranha Plants visible in the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]
SMG2 Spiny Piranha Plant.png|Mario near a Spiny Piranha Plant in the [[Throwback Galaxy]]
</gallery>

==Naming==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''<br>''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''
|file1=<tt>ObjectData/PackunFlower.arc</tt>
|name1=PackunFlower
|meaning1=[[Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Piranha Plant]] (note that Piranha Plant is "[[Piranha Plant#Internal names|Petit Packun]]")
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jpn=トゲトゲパックン
|JpnR=Togetoge Pakkun
|JpnM=Thorny Piranha
|SpaA=planta piraña púa
|SpaAM=Thorn Piranha Plant
|SpaE=Planta Piraña lila
|SpaEM=Purple Piranha Plant
|FreA=Fleur Piranha épineuse
|FreAM=Spiny Piranha Flower; shared with [[Prickly Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Prickly Piranha Plant]]
|FreE=Ronce Piranha<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 43</ref><ref>''Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 31</ref>
|FreEM=Piranha Bramble
|Dut=Spiny Piranha
|Ger=Lila Piranha-Pflanze
|Ger2={{nw|Petit Piranha (''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')}}
|GerM=Purple Piranha Plant
|Ger2M=Petit Piranha (erroneously derived from the internal filename for the basic Piranha Plant from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'', which is <tt>PetitPackun</tt>; compare with its actual internal filename, which is <tt>PackunFlower</tt>)
|Ita=Rovo Piranha
|ItaM=Bramble Piranha
|Rus=колючее растение-пиранья
|RusR=kolyuchee rastenie-piran'ya
|RusM=Spiny Piranha Plant
|Chi=尖刺吞食花
|ChiR=Jiāncì Tūnshíhuā
|ChiM=Sharp Point Piranha Plant
|Kor=가시뻐끔
|KorR=Gasi Ppeokkeum
|KorM=Spike Piranha
}}

==Notes==
*Due to its file name relative to that of normal Piranha Plants, it seems that in early development, this was intended to be the "normal" Piranha Plant while the ones that are normal in the final would have been a "small" variant; the specific nomenclature implies they would be [[Nipper Plant]]s.

==References==
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