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| {{Species-infobox
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| |title=Piranhacus Giganticus
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| |image=[[File:PiranhacusGiganticus.png|200px]]<br>A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' from ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.
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| |species_origin=[[Piranha Plant]]
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| |related=[[Big Piranha Plant]]
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| |first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#1988|1988]])
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| |latest_appearance=''[[New Super Luigi U]]'' ([[List of Mario games by date#2013|2013]])
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| }}
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| {{distinguish|Big Piranha Plant}}
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| A '''Piranhacus Giganticus''' is a gigantic [[Piranha Plant]] that first appeared in the game ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
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| ==History==
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| ===''Super Mario Bros. 3''===
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| [[File:Piranhacus.gif|thumb|left|A Piranhacus Giganticus from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]
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| 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''===
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| [[File:Venustrapsm64.png|140px|thumb|A Piranhacus Giganticus on Tiny-Huge Island in ''Super Mario 64''.]]
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| 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.
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| ===''Super Mario Galaxy 2''===
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| [[File:SMG2_Giant_Land.png|thumb|left|Mario finding a Piranhacus Giganticus and two [[Huge Paragoomba]]s in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''.]]
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| 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]]. 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''===
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| [[File:Piranhacus_Grandecus_NSMBU.png|150px|thumb|Piranhacus Giganticus as seen in ''New Super Mario Bros. U''.]]
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| 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.
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| ==Names in Other Languages==
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| {{Foreignname
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| |Jap=でかパックンフラワー
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| |JapR=Deka Pakkun Furawā
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| |JapM=Huge Piranha Plant
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| |Ger=Piranha Maxima
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| |GerM=Pseudo-Latin for "Maxi Piranha"}}
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| == Trivia ==
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| * 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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| {{Piranhas}}
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| {{SMB3}}
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| {{SMG2}}
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| {{NSMBU}}
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| [[Category:Piranha Plants]]
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| [[Category:Plants]]
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| [[Category:Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Sub-Species]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Galaxy 2]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario 64]]
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| [[Category:Koopa Troop]]
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| [[Category:Fire Creatures]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemies]]
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| [[Category:Super Mario Bros. 3 Species]]
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| [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U Enemies]]
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| [[Category:New Super Mario Bros. U Species]]
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