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{{Species-infobox
{{species infobox
|title=Panser
|image=[[File:Panser.jpg|200px]]<br>Artwork of a red Panser from ''[[Super Mario Advance]]''
|image=[[Image:Panser.jpg|120px]]<br>Artwork of a '''Panser'''  
|first_appearance=''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' ([[List of games by date#1987|1987]], overall)<br>''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)
|sub_species=
|latest_appearance=''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'' ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|related=[[Volcano Lotus]]<br>[[Lava Lotus]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]]
|relatives=[[Lava Lotus]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]]<br>[[Volcano Lotus]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''
|comparable=[[Fire Nipper Plant]]<br>[[Furafurawā]]<br>[[Pollen Plant]]
|notable=
|affiliation=[[Wart]], [[Subcon]]
|latest_appearance=
|expand=
}}
}}
'''Pansers''' are fire-shooting, floral [[list of enemies|enemies]] commonly found in ''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. Along with [[Pokey]]s, Pansers are the only known hostile plant species in [[Subcon]], although Pansers were created by [[Wart]].<ref name=booklet>{{cite|quote=The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire.|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' instruction booklet|page=26|date=1988|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref>


[[Image: Panser.PNG|frame|left|The three varieties of Panser.]]
==History==
'''Pansers''' are enemies commonly found in the land of [[Subcon (place)|Subcon]] in the game ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]''. They, along with [[Pokey]]s, are the only known hostile plant species in Subcon. There are four types of Pansers: red, green, gray and pink. The red version will stay in one place and shoot three [[fireball]]s in [[Mario]]'s, [[Luigi]]'s, [[Toad]]'s, or [[Princess Peach]]'s direction, green and gray (just green in the remake) will patrol an area and shoot fireballs straight up, and the worst, the pink (blue in the remake), will chase Mario or his friends and shoot three fireballs. These enemies can only be defeated by throwing another enemy or a [[Mushroom Block]] at them, and are sometimes an excessively annoying enemy. They somewhat resemble [[Fire Flower]]s.
===''Super Mario Bros. 2'' / ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic''===
Pansers first appear in ''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' and are later seen in its western version, ''Super Mario Bros. 2''. In these games, there are three types of Pansers: red, pink, and either green or gray depending on the location. The red version stays in one place and shoots two fireballs in the player's direction, the green/gray variant (both just green in the [[reissue]]s) stays in one place and shoots fireballs straight up, and the most powerful, the pink (blue in the reissues), chases the player and shoots fireballs towards them. These enemies can be defeated only by throwing another enemy or an item, such as a [[vegetable]] or [[Mushroom Block]], at them. Pansers originally had black stems, but in the reissues included in ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'', they have beige stems. The red Pansers are always depicted as having green stems in artwork.


They are much like the [[Volcano Lotus]] and the [[Lava Lotus]] (as well as [[Pompon Flower]]s) of later games. In fact, they share the same Japanese name as the Volcano Lotus - Ponkey - meaning that the Volcano Lotus is a redesigned Panser. A key difference between the Panser of Subcon and the Volcano Lotus of [[Dinosaur Land]] and [[Vibe Island]] is that the former walks and is an aggressive fighter, whereas the latter is immobile and seems to be defending itself.
===''Mario Kart 7''===
In the [[3DS Shy Guy Bazaar|Shy Guy Bazaar]] course of ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'', many stalls (and even part of the track itself) are decorated with red carpets, all of which feature Panser sprites as motifs, along with [[Phanto]]s and [[Cobrat]]s.
 
===''Super Mario-kun''===
In ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', a singular Panser appears in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 9|volume 9]]. After the [[Mushroom Kingdom]] falls into chaos, many strange creatures start to appear out of nowhere, including the Panser. It attacks [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Yoshi]], but Mario ties its petals right when it is about to spit another fireball barrage, exploding in the process.
 
==Similar species==
The [[Lava Lotus]] from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' resembles a large transparent Panser. The similar [[Volcano Lotus]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' additionally shares the same Japanese name as Panser, suggesting a connection. However, neither of these plants is ever shown to be able to move, and they release their projectiles in periodic sets rather than rapidly fire in an arc. The [[Fire Nipper Plant|Fiery Walking Piranha]] from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', [[Pompon Flower]] from ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', [[Furafurawā]] from the [[Game Boy]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong (Game Boy)|Donkey Kong]]'', [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', and [[Pollen Plant]] from ''[[Virtual Boy Wario Land]]'' are also similar.
 
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario Bros. 2''===
*'''Instruction Booklet bio:''' ''The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire.''<ref name=booklet/>
 
===''Super Mario Advance''===
*'''Instruction Booklet bio:''' ''These fiery flowers are real hotheads. You'll be safe if you can avoid their fireballs.''<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' European instruction booklet|page=[https://www.thegameisafootarcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Super-Mario-Advance-Game-Manual.pdf 12] (PDF)|language=en-gb|date=2001|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|website=thegameisafootarcade.com|accessdate=April 6, 2022}}</ref>
 
===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===
{{PBMCD profile
|name=ポンキー (JP) / Panser (EN)
|artwork=[[File:Panser Perfect.png|200px]]
|shuzoku=フラワー族
|seikaku=とにかくイジワル
|tojo_gemu=USA
|desc='''<big>火の玉はいて、とおせんぼ</big>'''<br>
火の玉をはいて、マリオたちの行く手をさえぎるイヤなやつ。真上だけに火をはくやつ、左右にバラまくやつ、止まってるやつ、動いているやつなど、種類もいろいろいるよ。<ref name=Daijiten>{{cite|date=1994|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|title=''Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten''|page=[https://i.imgur.com/4B6NHtp.jpeg 209] and [https://i.imgur.com/lVHkZlH.jpg 225]|website=Imgur}}</ref>{{ref page|209}}
|tribe=Flower clan
|disposition=A bit mean
|game_appearances=USA
|eng_desc='''''<big>Blocks the way with fireballs</big>'''''<br>
''A nasty fellow that blocks the path of Mario and his friends by spitting fireballs. There are various types, such as those that only spit fire directly upwards, those that scatter it to the left and right, those that stand still, and those that move.''
}}
 
==Gallery==
{{Main-gallery}}
<gallery>
Pansey.png|''[[Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic]]''
DokiPanser.png|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō''
SMB2 Panser.png|[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]
Panser.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
PanserGreen.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
PanserGray.gif|''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario Bros. 2''
</gallery>
 
==Naming==
Panser's name is a portmanteau of "{{wp|pansy}}," which is a type of flower, and ''Panzer'', the German word for "tank," perhaps in reference to a Panser's ability to throw fireballs.
 
===Names in other languages===
====Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ポンキー
|JpnR=Ponkī
|JpnM=From「ぽん」(''pon'', Japanese onomatopoeia for popping out something) and suffix "-ky"; shared with [[Volcano Lotus]]
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' instruction booklet|page=34}}</ref><ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|209}}
|Jpn5=パンサー
|Jpn5R=Pansā
|Jpn5M=Transliteration of the ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' name
|Jpn5C=<ref name=Daijiten/>{{ref page|225}}
|ChiS=喷射花
|ChiSR=Pēnshè Huā
|ChiSM=Spurting Flower; shared with [[Volcano Lotus]]
|ChiSC=<ref>From the ending scenes of ''[[Super Mario Advance]]'' as localized by [[iQue]]. {{cite|author=无敌阿尔宙斯|date=August 28, 2013|url=tieba.baidu.com/p/2559790043|language=zh-hans|title=神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译|publisher=Baidu Tieba|accessdate=June 4, 2024}}{{dead link}}</ref>
|Fre=Panser
|FreC=<ref name=smb2fgs>{{cite|author=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|date=1989|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi''|format=German and French|url=drive.google.com/file/d/1k3ylzfjnrB3Bb1CFUK5ZHQIkha9TZ3C-/view|location=Großostheim|publisher=Nintendo of Europe GmbH|website=Google Drive|page=29|accessdate=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
|Ger=Panser
|GerC=<ref name=smb2fgs/><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=118}}</ref>
|Ita=Panser
|ItaC=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Bros. 2'' Italian manual|page=26}}</ref>
|Ita2=Violaccia
|Ita2M=Portmanteau of ''{{wp|Viola (plant)|viola}}'' and ''erbaccia'' ("weed")
|Ita2C=<ref>{{cite|title=''Super Mario Advance'' instruction booklet|page=112|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=978-88-9367-436-2|page=68}}</ref>
}}
 
====Red Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=あかポンキー
|JpnR=Aka Ponkī
|JpnM=Red Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa">{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/jp/character/mario/history/usa/index.html|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズUSA {{!}} ヒストリー {{!}} マリオポータル|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja|accessdate=March 26, 2025}}</ref>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（レッド）
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Reddo)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Red)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA''
|Jpn2C=<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite|date=October 19, 2015|publisher=Shogakukan|title=[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'']], ''Super Mario USA'' section|page=68|isbn=978-4-09-106569-8}}</ref>
}}
 
====Gray Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=グレーポンキー
|JpnR=Gurē Ponkī
|JpnM=Gray Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（グレー）<ref name=encyclopedia/>
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Gurē)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Gray)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA''
}}
 
====Pink Panser====
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ピンクポンキー
|JpnR=Pinku Ponkī
|JpnM=Pink Panser
|JpnC=<ref name="portal usa"/>
|Jpn2=ポンキー（ピンク）<ref name=encyclopedia/>
|Jpn2R=Ponkī (Pinku)
|Jpn2M=Panser (Pink)
|Jpn2N=''Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic'' / ''Super Mario USA''
}}
 
==Notes==
*Excluding [[Wart]], Pansers are the only enemies from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' not to appear on ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' However, their fire-shooting ability was passed to [[Piranha Plant]]s.
 
==References==
<references/>


== Trivia ==
* Excluding [[Wart]], Pansers were the only enemy from ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' to not appear in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''; though they were possibly amalgamated with [[Piranha Plant]]s, which could exhale fireballs, much like Pansers, on the show.
* Pansers have a similar name to Panzer, a German tank but this is probably just a coincidence as the name is probably named after pansies, a flower.
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Panser
Panser
Artwork of a red Panser from Super Mario Advance
First appearance Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987, overall)
Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988, Super Mario franchise)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Relatives
Comparable

Pansers are fire-shooting, floral enemies commonly found in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros. 2. Along with Pokeys, Pansers are the only known hostile plant species in Subcon, although Pansers were created by Wart.[1]

History

Super Mario Bros. 2 / Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

Pansers first appear in Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and are later seen in its western version, Super Mario Bros. 2. In these games, there are three types of Pansers: red, pink, and either green or gray depending on the location. The red version stays in one place and shoots two fireballs in the player's direction, the green/gray variant (both just green in the reissues) stays in one place and shoots fireballs straight up, and the most powerful, the pink (blue in the reissues), chases the player and shoots fireballs towards them. These enemies can be defeated only by throwing another enemy or an item, such as a vegetable or Mushroom Block, at them. Pansers originally had black stems, but in the reissues included in Super Mario All-Stars and Super Mario Advance, they have beige stems. The red Pansers are always depicted as having green stems in artwork.

Mario Kart 7

In the Shy Guy Bazaar course of Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart Tour, many stalls (and even part of the track itself) are decorated with red carpets, all of which feature Panser sprites as motifs, along with Phantos and Cobrats.

Super Mario-kun

In Super Mario-kun, a singular Panser appears in volume 9. After the Mushroom Kingdom falls into chaos, many strange creatures start to appear out of nowhere, including the Panser. It attacks Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi, but Mario ties its petals right when it is about to spit another fireball barrage, exploding in the process.

Similar species

The Lava Lotus from Super Mario Bros. 3 resembles a large transparent Panser. The similar Volcano Lotus introduced in Super Mario World additionally shares the same Japanese name as Panser, suggesting a connection. However, neither of these plants is ever shown to be able to move, and they release their projectiles in periodic sets rather than rapidly fire in an arc. The Fiery Walking Piranha from Super Mario Bros. 3, Pompon Flower from Super Mario Land, Furafurawā from the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, Wild Ptooie Piranha from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, and Pollen Plant from Virtual Boy Wario Land are also similar.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario Bros. 2

  • Instruction Booklet bio: The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire.[1]

Super Mario Advance

  • Instruction Booklet bio: These fiery flowers are real hotheads. You'll be safe if you can avoid their fireballs.[2]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten

ポンキー (JP) / Panser (EN)
A Panser from Super Mario Bros. 2.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく フラワー族 Tribe Flower clan
性格せいかく とにかくイジワル Disposition A bit mean
登場とうじょうゲーム USA Game appearances USA
火の玉はいて、とおせんぼ

火の玉をはいて、マリオたちの行く手をさえぎるイヤなやつ。真上だけに火をはくやつ、左右にバラまくやつ、止まってるやつ、動いているやつなど、種類もいろいろいるよ。[3]:209

Blocks the way with fireballs

A nasty fellow that blocks the path of Mario and his friends by spitting fireballs. There are various types, such as those that only spit fire directly upwards, those that scatter it to the left and right, those that stand still, and those that move.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Panser.
  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō

    Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic Hisshō Kōryakuhō

  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

    Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

    Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

  • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

    Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2

Naming

Panser's name is a portmanteau of "pansy," which is a type of flower, and Panzer, the German word for "tank," perhaps in reference to a Panser's ability to throw fireballs.

Names in other languages

Panser

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ポンキー[4][3]:209
Ponkī 		From「ぽん」(pon, Japanese onomatopoeia for popping out something) and suffix "-ky"; shared with Volcano Lotus
パンサー[3]:225
Pansā 		Transliteration of the Super Mario Bros. 2 name
Chinese (simplified) 喷射花[5]
Pēnshè Huā 		Spurting Flower; shared with Volcano Lotus
French Panser[6] -
German Panser[6][7] -
Italian Panser[8] -
Violaccia[9][10] Portmanteau of viola and erbaccia ("weed")

Red Panser

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese あかポンキー[11]
Aka Ponkī 		Red Panser
ポンキー（レッド）[12]
Ponkī (Reddo) 		Panser (Red) Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario USA

Gray Panser

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese グレーポンキー[11]
Gurē Ponkī 		Gray Panser
ポンキー（グレー）[12]
Ponkī (Gurē) 		Panser (Gray) Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario USA

Pink Panser

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ピンクポンキー[11]
Pinku Ponkī 		Pink Panser
ポンキー（ピンク）[12]
Ponkī (Pinku) 		Panser (Pink) Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario USA

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "The only plant life Wart created for the world of dreams. It spouts fire." – 1988. Super Mario Bros. 2 instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 26.
  2. ^ 2001. Super Mario Advance European instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (British English). Page 12 (PDF). Retrieved April 6, 2022 from thegameisafootarcade.com.
  3. ^ a b c 1994. Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten. Shogakukan. Page 209 and 225. Retrieved from Imgur.
  4. ^ Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic instruction booklet. Page 34.
  5. ^ From the ending scenes of Super Mario Advance as localized by iQue. 无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). 神游 超级马力欧2敌人官译. Baidu Tieba (Simplified Chinese). Retrieved June 4, 2024.[dead link]
  6. ^ a b Nintendo of Europe GmbH (1989). Super Mario Bros. 2 Handleiding / Mode d'emploi (German and French). Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH. Page 29. Retrieved March 14, 2025 from Google Drive.
  7. ^ Matsumoto, Atsuko, Rie Ishii, and Claude Moyse, editors (1992). Der Spieleberater Super Mario Power. Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). ISBN 3-929034-02-6. Page 118.
  8. ^ Super Mario Bros. 2 Italian manual. Page 26.
  9. ^ Super Mario Advance instruction booklet. Nintendo of Europe (Italian). Page 112.
  10. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 978-88-9367-436-2. Page 68.
  11. ^ a b c スーパーマリオブラザーズUSA | ヒストリー | マリオポータル. Nintendo (Japanese). Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  12. ^ a b c October 19, 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario USA section. Shogakukan. ISBN 978-4-09-106569-8. Page 68.
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