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{{multiframe|[[File:Munchers 2.png|129px]]|Munchers from the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (top) and from ''Super Mario World'' (bottom).|size=129|align=right}}
{{multiframe|[[File:Munchers 2.png|129px]]|Munchers from the ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' version of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' (top) and from ''Super Mario World'' (bottom).|size=129|align=right}}
[[File:SMB3 Muncher.jpg|thumb|left|Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', showing the original design of Munchers]]
[[File:SMB3 Muncher.jpg|thumb|left|Artwork from ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', showing the original design of Munchers]]
Munchers appear in ''Super Mario Bros. 3''. They are rendered as damage-causing foreground tiles, since the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] hardware allows for up to only eight sprites per scanline. Munchers remain animated while the game is paused, comparably to [[Jelectro]]s. Munchers are depicted in their artwork as black with orange leaves, but in the game itself, they can come in other colors depending on the level. In the [[Super Mario All-Stars|first]] and [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|second remakes]], Munchers have green leaves with orange or blue heads, depending on the level. They are first encountered in [[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 5-3]]. Hitting a [[P Switch|Switch Block]] turns all Munchers into [[coin]]s while the effects are actively. Using a [[Goomba's Shoe]] allows the player to walk along the Munchers without taking damage. Munchers transform into [[Empty Block]]s when tail-whipped, though not in the second remake.
The Munchers of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' are rendered as animated damaging foreground tiles, even while the game is paused, because the [[Family Computer]] and [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] hardware allows for up to only eight sprites per scanline. Munchers are depicted in their artwork as black with orange leaves, but in the game itself, they can come in other colors depending on the level. In the [[Super Mario All-Stars|first]] and [[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3|second remakes]], Munchers have green leaves with orange or blue heads, depending on the level. They are first encountered in [[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 5-3]], where a [[Goomba's Shoe]] is necessary to move across them.<ref>{{cite|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13|author=Tilden, Gail, et al.|page=46|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en|quote=Wearing [[Goomba's Shoe|Kuribo's Shoe]], you can walk on Munchers.}}</ref> All Munchers become [[coin]]s while the [[P Switch|Switch Block]] is active. Munchers transform into [[Empty Block]]s when tail-whipped, though not in the second remake.


There are frozen Munchers in [[World 6-10]], and they are identifiable from the outline and reflection of the [[Ice Block]] that they are encased in. Frozen Munchers can be walked on but become active when hit by a [[fireball]], something alluded to by [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] at one point.<ref>{{cite|quote=Greetings, be careful in the Ice World. The creatures trapped in the ice will come to life if warmed. I have enclosed a jewel that helps protect you.|author=Princess Toadstool|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3''|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref>
There are frozen Munchers in [[World 6-10]], and they are identifiable from the outline and reflection of the [[Ice Block]] that they are encased in. Frozen Munchers can be walked on but become active when hit by a [[fireball]], something alluded to by [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] at one point.<ref>{{cite|quote=Greetings, be careful in the Ice World. The creatures trapped in the ice will come to life if warmed. I have enclosed a jewel that helps protect you.|author=Princess Toadstool|title=''Super Mario Bros. 3''|date=1990|publisher=Nintendo|language=en}}</ref>


A different kind of Muncher, which has blue leaves in the original and pops out of [[small pipe]]s, appears in the [[World 7-Piranha Plant 1|first]] and [[World 7-Piranha Plant 2|second]] {{world|7|piranhaplant}} stages of [[Pipe Land]]. They emerge and recede in an alternating pattern, and unlike Piranha Plants, they are unaffected by Mario touching the pipe; in fact, due to being animated foreground tiles, they are even unaffected by the game being paused. This type is actually made up of two foreground objects with a separate four-frame animation (with the last frame of each being held for several moments), a harmful one for when it emerges and opens its mouth, and a harmless one for when it recedes and disappears. This can be seen by the fact that Mario can touch them without taking damage while they are moving into the pipes, but not when they are coming out. Also, the glitch causing Munchers to become Empty Blocks when tail-whipped does not work for this type in any version.
A different kind of Muncher appears in and out of [[small pipe]]s in the [[World 7-Piranha Plant 1|first]] and [[World 7-Piranha Plant 2|second]] {{world|7|piranhaplant}} stages of [[Pipe Land]]. They have blue leaves in the original. These Munchers are not affected by the player character touching the pipe, unlike [[Piranha Plant]]s. They are rendered two foreground objects with a separate four-frame animation (with the last frame of each being held for several moments), a harmful one for when it emerges and opens its mouth, and a harmless one for when it returns into its pipe. These Munchers do not become Empty Blocks if they are tail-whipped.
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====''Super Mario World''====
====''Super Mario World''====
Munchers appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They were redesigned to not have eyes as well as having their stem changed to yellow and their head to an oval shape. They are largely the same as before, but Munchers cannot be turned into Empty Blocks through any means. It is possible for [[Gray P Switch]]es to turn Munchers into coins, something never seen because they do not appear together in any of the game's levels. Besides [[Invincible Mario]], Munchers can also be walked on harmlessly by [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]], but even then, Munchers still damage Mario on contact, shown in [[Vanilla Dome 3]] particularly.
Munchers appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. They were redesigned to not have eyes as well as having their stem changed to yellow and their head to an oval shape. They cannot transform into Empty Blocks anymore. There is an unused function of [[Gray P Switch]]es having the ability to turn Munchers into [[coin]]s. Munchers do not damage [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] or [[Invincible Mario]] if walked on.


====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW Muncher Plant Screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', showing both regular and frozen Munchers]]
[[File:NSMBW Muncher Plant Screenshot.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'', showing both regular and frozen Munchers]]
Munchers appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They are encountered only in [[World 9-7 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9-7]], with all of them appearing inside of ice blocks that cover most of the floor. Munchers can be thawed from the ice if hit by a [[fireball]]. Munchers cannot be frozen again, including from one of [[Ice Mario]]'s [[Ice Ball|ice balls]].
Munchers appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They are encountered only in [[World 9-7 (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)|World 9-7]], inside of ice blocks covering most of the floor. Despite this they are not affected by [[Ice Ball|ice balls]]. A [[fireball]] can thaw a trapped Muncher.


Hacking the game reveals that unlike in ''Super Mario World'', Yoshi cannot safely walk on Munchers or [[Spike Trap]]s.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnUMLLINtX0&t=381s|title=New Super Mario Bros Wii - All Castles with Yoshi|author=ProsafiaGaming|date=February 4, 2018|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 18, 2024|language=en|timestamp=06:21}}</ref> This behavior is unused in the game proper since no level has both of them.
Hacking the game reveals that unlike in ''Super Mario World'', Yoshi cannot safely walk on Munchers or [[Spike Trap]]s.<ref>{{cite|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnUMLLINtX0&t=381s|title=New Super Mario Bros Wii - All Castles with Yoshi|author=ProsafiaGaming|date=February 4, 2018|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 18, 2024|language=en|timestamp=06:21}}</ref> This behavior is unused in the game proper since no level has both of them.


====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Luigi U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Munchers appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and their [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|port]]. Munchers retain their appearance from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'' and behave the same way as they do in other games, aside from no longer being encased in ice blocks. In ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', Munchers are found in [[Spinning-Star Sky]] and [[Thrilling Spine Coaster]]. In ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', Munchers appear in the levels [[Lemmy's Lights-Out Castle]], [[Cooligan Shrooms]], and [[Wiggler Rodeo]].
Munchers appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'', ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', and their [[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe|port]]. They are based on their appearance from the previous game but cannot be trapped in ice blocks like before. In ''New Super Mario Bros. U'', Munchers are found in [[Spinning-Star Sky]] and [[Thrilling Spine Coaster]]. In ''[[New Super Luigi U]]'', Munchers appear in the levels [[Lemmy's Lights-Out Castle]], [[Cooligan Shrooms]], and [[Wiggler Rodeo]].


====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====
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====''Super Mario Run''====
====''Super Mario Run''====
Munchers appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. They act the same as before. Yoshi is the only player character who can walk on Munchers without taking damage.
Munchers appear in ''[[Super Mario Run]]''. Yoshi is the only player character who can walk on Munchers without taking damage.


====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====
Munchers appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They are encountered mainly on [[Muncher Fields]]. Munchers line most of the floor, walls, and ceilings, though behave identically as before otherwise. The playable Yoshis can walk across Munchers safely. Munchers can be defeated from being hit by a [[Red POW Block]].
Munchers appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]''. They are encountered mainly on [[Muncher Fields]]. They are the same other than also lining the walls and ceiling. The playable Yoshis can walk across Munchers safely. A [[Red POW Block]] can defeat them.


===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
Munchers appear as scenery in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', where it is mentioned that [[Roy|Roy Koopa]] has parked the [[Airship|Doomship]] above a patch of them in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]]. In ''[[Leaping Lizards]]'', some Munchers are a part of the first International Mushroom Games event, the obstacle course. If Roy's [[magic carpet|flying carpet]] is sabotaged by a [[Rocky Wrench]], he will fall into a patch of the plants, though the Munchers leave him alone due to deeming his tough hide unappetizing.
Munchers appear as scenery in ''[[Double Trouble (book)|Double Trouble]]'', where it is mentioned that [[Roy|Roy Koopa]] has parked the [[Airship|Doomship]] above a patch of them in the [[Mushroom Kingdom]].


In ''[[Pipe Down!]]'', if Mario and Luigi follow Princess Toadstool out of her castle and to the [[Koopahari Desert]], they have to zig-zag through patches of Munchers. The plants make a similar cameo in ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]'', where they can be spotted prowling the Valley of the Koopas by Mario and Yoshi.
Some Munchers are a part of the first International Mushroom Games event in ''[[Leaping Lizards]]''. If Roy's [[magic carpet|flying carpet]] is sabotaged by a [[Rocky Wrench]], he will fall into a patch of the Munchers, but they consider Roy to be unappetizing and leave him alone.


In ''[[Flown the Koopa]]'', a patch of Munchers can be found in the desert surrounding a tree inhabited by [[Cheep Cheep]]s, and will swarm Luigi if he tries to get his and his friends lost International Dino-Flying Derby tickets out of the tree; more of the plants can be found by the Mario Bros. in the swamp containing [[Magikoopa]]'s [[Fortress]].
Mario and Luigi have to zig-zag through patches of Munchers if they follow Princess Toadstool to the [[Koopahari Desert]] in ''[[Pipe Down!]]''. They are similarly featured in this capacity in ''[[Dinosaur Dilemma]]''.
 
There is a patch of Munchers in the desert surrounding a tree inhabited by [[Cheep Cheep]]s in ''[[Flown the Koopa]]''. They will swarm Luigi if he decides to get the International Dino-Flying Derby tickets from the tree. More Munchers are in the swamp with [[Magikoopa]]'s [[Fortress]].


===''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''===
===''Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3''===
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Munchers appear in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''. They are located in the background of the [[Piranha Plant Forest|Ancient Altar]] while the player battles [[Petey Piranha]].
Munchers appear in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''. They are located in the background of the [[Piranha Plant Forest|Ancient Altar]] while the player battles [[Petey Piranha]].


===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===
====''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''====
Munchers appear in the texture of the bottom rim of [[Petey Piranha]]'s cages in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. Their appearance comes from the enhanced versions of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''.
 
====''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''====
Munchers are mentioned briefly by {{iw|icaruspedia|Viridi}} during [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.
Munchers are mentioned briefly by {{iw|icaruspedia|Viridi}} during [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.


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==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ブラックパックン<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|page=41|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja}}</ref>
|Jpn=ブラックパックン
|JpnC=<ref>{{cite|title=スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (''Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī'') instruction booklet|page=41|date=1988|publisher=Nintendo|language=ja}}</ref>
|JpnR=Burakku Pakkun
|JpnR=Burakku Pakkun
|JpnM=Black Piranha
|JpnM=Black Piranha
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|FreEM=Onomatopoeia for crunching
|FreEM=Onomatopoeia for crunching
|Dut=Muncher
|Dut=Muncher
|Ger=Mampfer<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>
|Ger=Mampfer
|GerC=<ref>{{cite|author=Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors|title=''Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World"''|language=de|location=Großostheim|publisher=[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Europe GmbH]]|date=1993|page=19}}</ref>
|GerM=Muncher
|GerM=Muncher
|Ita=Sgranocchio
|Ita=Sgranocchio

Latest revision as of 20:03, February 1, 2025

This article is about species derived from Piranha Plant. For other uses, see Muncher (disambiguation).
Muncher
NSMBU Muncher Artwork.png
Artwork of three Munchers from New Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
Latest appearance Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Variant of Piranha Plant
Variants
Relatives
Comparable

Munchers are enemies introduced in Super Mario Bros. 3. They are an immobile, nearly invincible variety of Piranha Plants. Munchers resemble Nipper Plants more closely, and they are usually colored black. They often appear in groups covering part of the ground, acting like spikes.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Munchers 2.png
Munchers from the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3 (top) and from Super Mario World (bottom).
Artwork of three Munchers for Super Mario Bros. 3
Artwork from Super Mario Bros. 3, showing the original design of Munchers

The Munchers of Super Mario Bros. 3 are rendered as animated damaging foreground tiles, even while the game is paused, because the Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System hardware allows for up to only eight sprites per scanline. Munchers are depicted in their artwork as black with orange leaves, but in the game itself, they can come in other colors depending on the level. In the first and second remakes, Munchers have green leaves with orange or blue heads, depending on the level. They are first encountered in World 5-3, where a Goomba's Shoe is necessary to move across them.[1] All Munchers become coins while the Switch Block is active. Munchers transform into Empty Blocks when tail-whipped, though not in the second remake.

There are frozen Munchers in World 6-10, and they are identifiable from the outline and reflection of the Ice Block that they are encased in. Frozen Munchers can be walked on but become active when hit by a fireball, something alluded to by Princess Toadstool at one point.[2]

A different kind of Muncher appears in and out of small pipes in the first and second World 7-Piranha Plant stages of Pipe Land. They have blue leaves in the original. These Munchers are not affected by the player character touching the pipe, unlike Piranha Plants. They are rendered two foreground objects with a separate four-frame animation (with the last frame of each being held for several moments), a harmful one for when it emerges and opens its mouth, and a harmless one for when it returns into its pipe. These Munchers do not become Empty Blocks if they are tail-whipped.

Super Mario World[edit]

Munchers appear in Super Mario World. They were redesigned to not have eyes as well as having their stem changed to yellow and their head to an oval shape. They cannot transform into Empty Blocks anymore. There is an unused function of Gray P Switches having the ability to turn Munchers into coins. Munchers do not damage Yoshi or Invincible Mario if walked on.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Screenshot from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, showing both regular and frozen Munchers

Munchers appear in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They are encountered only in World 9-7, inside of ice blocks covering most of the floor. Despite this they are not affected by ice balls. A fireball can thaw a trapped Muncher.

Hacking the game reveals that unlike in Super Mario World, Yoshi cannot safely walk on Munchers or Spike Traps.[3] This behavior is unused in the game proper since no level has both of them.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe[edit]

Munchers appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their port. They are based on their appearance from the previous game but cannot be trapped in ice blocks like before. In New Super Mario Bros. U, Munchers are found in Spinning-Star Sky and Thrilling Spine Coaster. In New Super Luigi U, Munchers appear in the levels Lemmy's Lights-Out Castle, Cooligan Shrooms, and Wiggler Rodeo.

Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS / Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Munchers are course elements in every style of Super Mario Maker, its port, and Super Mario Maker 2. They are rendered as sprites instead of objects. Munchers were given uniquely designed Super Mario Bros. sprites for the first time, and the Super Mario World style alters their original sprite to give them yellow lips or teeth, as well as a blue shading. Munchers can be placed anywhere in courses, and they retain their usual function. Munchers are affected by gravity, so they fall if not on top of any ground. Munchers can defeat most enemies just by falling onto them. Shaking a Muncher produces only a purple-black cloud of smoke at first, but shaking it repeatedly produces flies; as of version 1.20 of the original Super Mario Maker and later games, King Watinga emerges if the Muncher is shook after the flies have emerged. A Muncher can become larger by dragging a Super Mushroom on it. Munchers can be made to spawn from Lakitus, Warp Pipes, ? Blocks, Brick Blocks, or Bill Blasters. Contact with a Muncher on any side damages Mario, unless he is wearing a Goomba's Shoe, during which only hitting a Muncher with Mario's head will damage him. Mario can also use Buzzy Shells to bounce them up from below. Munchers can be defeated by a POW Block, a fast fly down while Cape Mario, a ground pound from a big Goomba's Stiletto, and the Spiny Shell from below. Yoshi can walk safely across Munchers in any style. Munchers are heavy enough to press a P Switch without needing to be enlarged with a Super Mushroom, and also defeat any enemy (including Bowser) should they fall over it.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Munchers appear in Super Mario Run. Yoshi is the only player character who can walk on Munchers without taking damage.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

Munchers appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are encountered mainly on Muncher Fields. They are the same other than also lining the walls and ceiling. The playable Yoshis can walk across Munchers safely. A Red POW Block can defeat them.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

Munchers appear as scenery in Double Trouble, where it is mentioned that Roy Koopa has parked the Doomship above a patch of them in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Some Munchers are a part of the first International Mushroom Games event in Leaping Lizards. If Roy's flying carpet is sabotaged by a Rocky Wrench, he will fall into a patch of the Munchers, but they consider Roy to be unappetizing and leave him alone.

Mario and Luigi have to zig-zag through patches of Munchers if they follow Princess Toadstool to the Koopahari Desert in Pipe Down!. They are similarly featured in this capacity in Dinosaur Dilemma.

There is a patch of Munchers in the desert surrounding a tree inhabited by Cheep Cheeps in Flown the Koopa. They will swarm Luigi if he decides to get the International Dino-Flying Derby tickets from the tree. More Munchers are in the swamp with Magikoopa's Fortress.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]

Muncher

Munchers appear in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3. They retain their original black coloration and behavior. Munchers are invulnerable, stationary, and populate the ground in long arrays. They are encountered in earlier stages.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Although Munchers do not directly appear in Mario Kart 8 or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, several appear along the bottom adverts in some courses for Green Service.

Mario Tennis Aces[edit]

Three Munchers and a Nipper Plant in the shadows at the Ancient Altar
Several Munchers at the Ancient Altar in Mario Tennis Aces

Munchers appear in Mario Tennis Aces. They are located in the background of the Ancient Altar while the player battles Petey Piranha.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

Super Smash Bros. Brawl[edit]

Munchers appear in the texture of the bottom rim of Petey Piranha's cages in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Their appearance comes from the enhanced versions of Super Mario Bros. 3.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Munchers are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten[edit]

ブラックパックン (JP) / Muncher (EN)
Two Munchers from Super Mario Bros. 3.
Original text (Japanese) Translation
種族しゅぞく フラワーぞく Tribe Flower clan
性格せいかく いやしんぼう Disposition Greedy
登場とうじょうゲーム 3、ワールド Game appearances 3, World
ちるのをちかまえてる

くぼみなどでマリオをちかまえている、無敵むてきのパックン。攻撃こうげきはしてこないが、無敵むてきマリオでもたおすことはできない。くぼみにちないように慎重しんちょうにジャンプしよう。[4]

Waiting for something to fall

The invincible Piranha waits for Mario in pits and other places. They do not attack, but even Invincible Mario cannot defeat them. Jump carefully to avoid falling into the pits.

Gallery[edit]

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Muncher.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ブラックパックン[5]
Burakku Pakkun
Black Piranha
Chinese 黑吞食花[?]
Hēi Tūnshí Huā
Black Piranha Plant
Dutch Muncher[?] -
French (NOA) Miamiam[?] Contracted form of "miam-miam" (onomatopoeic term meaning "yum-yum")
French (NOE) Scrounch[?] Onomatopoeia for crunching
German Mampfer[6] Muncher
Italian Sgranocchio[?] First-person present conjugation of sgranocchiare ("to munch")
Korean 블랙뻐끔[?]
Beullaek Peokkeum
Black Piranha
Portuguese (NOE) Trincas[?] Second-person present conjugation of trincar ("to chomp")
Russian Жевалка[?]
Zhevalka
Masculine past conjugation of жевать (zhevat, "to munch"), combined with the diminutive suffix -ка (-ka)
Spanish (NOA) Tulipán Piraña[?] Piranha Tulip
Spanish (NOE) Mordiscador[?] Nibbler

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wearing Kuribo's Shoe, you can walk on Munchers." – Tilden, Gail, et al.. Nintendo Power Volume 13. Nintendo of America (English). Page 46.
  2. ^ "Greetings, be careful in the Ice World. The creatures trapped in the ice will come to life if warmed. I have enclosed a jewel that helps protect you." – Princess Toadstool (1990). Super Mario Bros. 3. Nintendo (English).
  3. ^ ProsafiaGaming (February 4, 2018). New Super Mario Bros Wii - All Castles with Yoshi (06:21). YouTube (English). Retrieved May 18, 2024.
  4. ^ November 20, 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). Shogakukan. ISBN 4-09-259067-9. Page 191.
  5. ^ 1988. スーパーマリオブラザーズ3 (Sūpā Mario Burazāzu Surī) instruction booklet. Nintendo (Japanese). Page 41.
  6. ^ Menold, Marcus, Claude M. Moyse, and Andreas G. Kämmerer, editors (1993). Der offizielle Nintendo Spieleberater "Super Mario World". Großostheim: Nintendo of Europe GmbH (German). Page 19.