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{{Species-infobox
{{distinguish|Prickly Piranha Plant}}
|title=Spikey Piranha Plant
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|image=[[Image:Prickly_Piranha_Plant.png|250px]]
|image=[[File:Spiny Piranha Plant Galaxy.png]]<br>Artwork from ''Super Mario Galaxy''
|species_origin=[[Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|related=[[Prickly Piranha Plant]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[2010]])
|variant_of=[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|affiliation= [[Koopa Troop]]
|variants=[[Piranha Creeper]]<br>[[Prickly Piranha Plant]]
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' ([[2010]])
}}
}}
'''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.


'''Spikey Piranha Plants''' are a new sub-species of [[Piranha Plant]] in the game ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]''. They resemble giant black Piranha Plants covered in red spikes. There is only one of these enemies in the entire game, and it's encountered in the [[Sky Station Galaxy]] during the ''Storming the Sky Fleet'' mission.
==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.


This enemy holds a key to the locked up [[Power Star]] nearby. It attacks in the same way as its spikeless purple variant; slamming its head onto the ground. However, the player can't jump on it, due to its spikes, so he or she will need to use the nearby [[Stretch Plant]] to defeat it.  
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.
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=====Appearances=====
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|[[Good Egg Galaxy]]
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|-
|[[Kitchen (Super Mario Galaxy)|Kitchen]]
|[[Beach Bowl Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Sunken Treasure]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Passing the Swim Test]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=The Secret Undersea Cavern]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Fast Foes on the Cyclone Stone]][[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png|link=Beachcombing for Purple Coins]][[File:Smg icon powerstar.png|link=Wall Jumping up Waterfalls]]
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Bedroom (Super Mario Galaxy)|Bedroom]]
|[[Gusty Garden Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[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=====
<div class="contentbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"data-expandtext="Show appearances"data-collapsetext="appearances">
'''Note:''' [[File:SMG Asset Sprite Star Cursor.png]] marks missions where they are absent.
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|-style="color:white;background:red"
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|-
|[[World 1 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 1]]
|[[Rightside Down Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=Breaking the Laws of Gravity]][[File:Smg2 icon powerstar.png|link=The Great Crate Incinerator]]
|-
|[[World 6 (Super Mario Galaxy 2)|World 6]]
|[[Throwback Galaxy]]
|style="text-align:left"|[[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 [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|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>
 
==Additional names==
===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
|Jap=トゲトゲパックン
|JapR=Togetoge Pakkun
|JapM=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
}}
 
==Trivia==
*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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Latest revision as of 02:18, December 26, 2024

Not to be confused with Prickly Piranha Plant.
Spiny Piranha Plant
Spiny Piranha Plant
Artwork from Super Mario Galaxy
First appearance Super Mario Galaxy (2007)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Big Piranha Plant
Variants

Spiny Piranha Plants[1] (also known simply as Piranha Plants[2]) are a variant of Big Piranha Plants 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[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

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 bulbs, by stomping 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 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[edit]

Note: Baseline sprite of the Star Pointer in Super Mario Galaxy. marks missions where they are absent.

Domes Galaxies Missions
Terrace Good Egg Galaxy Dino Piranha (mission)A Snack of Cosmic ProportionsKing Kaliente's Battle FleetDino Piranha Speed RunPurple Coin OmeletLuigi on the Roof
Kitchen Beach Bowl Galaxy Sunken TreasurePassing the Swim TestThe Secret Undersea CavernFast Foes on the Cyclone StoneBeachcombing for Purple CoinsWall Jumping up Waterfalls
Bedroom Gusty Garden Galaxy Bunnies in the WindThe Dirty Tricks of Major BurrowsGusty Garden's Gravity ScrambleMajor Burrows's Daredevil RunPurple Coins on the Puzzle CubeThe Golden Chomp

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

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[edit]

Note: Baseline sprite of the Star Pointer in Super Mario Galaxy. marks missions where they are absent.

Worlds Galaxies Missions
World 1 Rightside Down Galaxy Breaking the Laws of GravityThe Great Crate Incinerator
World 6 Throwback Galaxy Return of the Whomp KingSilver Stars in the Whomp FortressWhomp Silver Star Speed Run

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Spiny Piranha Plants (just called Spiny Piranhas) are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.

Gallery[edit]

Additional names[edit]

Internal names[edit]

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
ObjectData/PackunFlower.arc PackunFlower Piranha Plant (note that Piranha Plant is "Petit Packun")

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese トゲトゲパックン[?]
Togetoge Pakkun
Thorny Piranha
Chinese 尖刺吞食花[?]
Jiāncì Tūnshíhuā
Sharp Point Piranha Plant
Dutch Spiny Piranha[?] -
French (NOA) Fleur Piranha épineuse[?] Spiny Piranha Flower; shared with Prickly Piranha Plant
French (NOE) Ronce Piranha[3][4] Piranha Bramble
German Lila Piranha-Pflanze[?] Purple Piranha Plant
Petit Piranha (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)[?] Petit Piranha (erroneously derived from the internal filename for the basic Piranha Plant from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2, which is PetitPackun; compare with its actual internal filename, which is PackunFlower)
Italian Rovo Piranha[?] Bramble Piranha
Korean 가시뻐끔[?]
Gasi Ppeokkeum
Spike Piranha
Russian колючее растение-пиранья[?]
kolyuchee rastenie-piran'ya
Spiny Piranha Plant
Spanish (NOA) planta piraña púa[?] Thorn Piranha Plant
Spanish (NOE) Planta Piraña lila[?] Purple Piranha Plant

Trivia[edit]

  • 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 Plants.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Browne, Catherine (May 23, 2010). Super Mario Galaxy 2: PRIMA Official Game Guide. Roseville: Random House Inc. ISBN 978-0-30746-907-6. Page 29.
  2. ^ "Piranha Plant" Super Mario Galaxy trading cardMedia:PiranhaPlantTradingCard.png
  3. ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 43
  4. ^ Super Mario Galaxy 2, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 31