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{{Species-infobox
{{redirect|Gatekeeper|the variant of [[Pi'illo]]s|[[Deco Pi'illo]]|the NPC from [[Wario: Master of Disguise]]|[[Royal gatekeeper]]}}
|title=Polluted Piranha Plant
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:PiranhaPlantGenerator.png|200px]]<br>A '''Polluted Piranha Plant''' from ''Super Mario Sunshine''.
|image=[[File:PollutedPiranha.png|200px]]<br>A Proto Piranha in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|species_origin=[[Piranha Plant]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])
|related=
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' (2002)
|variant_of=[[Goop]]<br>[[Piranha Plant]]
|affiliation=[[Koopa Troop]], [[Goop Generator]], [[Petey Piranha]]
|relatives=[[Piranhabon]]
|latest_appearance=''[[New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis]]'' (2009)
}}
}}
'''Proto Piranhas''', originally known as '''Gatekeepers'''<ref>{{cite|author=Loe, Casey|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide|page=14|publisher=Versus Books|date=August 12, 2002|isbn=1-931886-09-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Official Strategy Guide|page=19|publisher=Bradygames|isbn=0-7440-0180-3|date=2002}}</ref> and also known as '''Proto Piranha Plants''',<ref>{{cite|url=play.nintendo.com/documents/Super_Mario_3D_All-Stars_bingo.pdf|title=''Super Mario 3D All-Stars Bingo''|format=PDF|publisher=[[Play Nintendo]]|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive=web.archive.org/web/20201105023820/https://play.nintendo.com/documents/Super_Mario_3D_All-Stars_bingo.pdf}}</ref> are large [[Piranha Plant]]s made entirely of [[goop]].


'''Polluted Piranha Plants''' are [[Piranha Plant]]s covered in [[Goop]] created by [[Shadow Mario]]. They have appeared in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' and the GameCube version of ''[[Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo GameCube)|Mario Power Tennis]]''. They appear out of [[Goop Generator]]s and come in a variety of different colors. Oddly, they do not seem to have any teeth, unlike normal [[Piranha Plants]]. They periodically release [[Swoopin' Stu]]s. To defeat them, [[Mario]] must shoot water into their mouth repeatedly. During the first two encounters, Mario can defeat the plants by squirting water in their mouth three times. However, during the last two encounters, Mario must squirt water into their mouth six times to defeat them. Once defeated, they dissolve into goop, which soon disappears.  
==History==
===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
Proto Piranhas first appear as recurring bosses in the early parts of ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. {{anchor|Generators}}In this game, Proto Piranhas are all connected to solid, undulating, smoking masses of goop referred to as '''Generators''',<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S J, et al.|title=''Super Mario Sunshine'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=11|date=September 3, 2002|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3961-1}}</ref> which cannot be cleaned normally. Additionally, some Generators spread goop to the surrounding area, preventing it from being cleaned permanently until the Proto Piranha is defeated; however, despite their name, not all Generators do this. Initially, Proto Piranhas hide within the Generator, emerging only when the Generator is sprayed with [[water]]. Once a Proto Piranha has emerged, it sways back and forth while opening and closing its mouth. To defeat it, [[Mario]] must use [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] to spray water into its open mouth a certain number of times. If Mario sprays one while its mouth is closed, it merely shrugs the attack off. If not dealt damage for long enough, it retreats back into its Generator. In all the Proto Piranhas' appearances, structures are submerged in the goop beneath them, and the Proto Piranhas must be defeated to release them.


In ''[[Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo GameCube)|Mario Power Tennis]]'', [[Petey Piranha]]'s [[Defensive Power Shot]] (aka [[Piranha Swingback]]) involves him creating a Polluted Piranha Plant to hit an unreachable tennis ball for him.
There are five fights against Proto Piranhas in the game. The fights vary in terms of the Proto Piranha's color (which changes to match the surrounding goop), the number of sprays necessary to defeat the Proto Piranha, and additional behaviors.
<br clear=all>
*One appears at the very beginning at the [[Delfino Airstrip]], creating a sinkhole in the runway. It and its goop are a colorful mixture of pink, yellow, orange, and white. It takes three sprays to defeat. Its only way of harming Mario is if he walks directly into it or the goop surrounding it, as it has no attacks and goop does not create [[Gooble]]s during [[Delfino Airstrip Dilemma]]. Once defeated, it releases the player's first [[Shine Sprite]].
*Another appears in [[Bianco Square]] in [[Delfino Plaza]], submerging the [[Grand Pianta Statue]]. This one is brown and white. It also takes three sprays to defeat, but it is more dangerous due to its goop creating Goobles. When the Proto Piranha is defeated, the Grand Pianta Statue emerges with [[Shadow Mario]] standing on it, leading to the game's first Shadow Mario chase.
*Another brown-and-white one appears in [[Bianco Hills]] during the first episode, [[Road to the Big Windmill]], submerging the hill before the bridge to the road surrounding the [[Big Windmill]]. Before it emerges, its Generator repeatedly spurts [[Piranhabon]]s down the countryside path. It also takes three sprays to defeat, and it releases a Shine Sprite once beaten. As this is the only Proto Piranha to be fought in a replayable episode, this is the only Proto Piranha that can be fought again after it is defeated.
*Once the player has three Shine Sprites, a black Proto Piranha appears in Delfino Plaza and submerges the [[boathouse]]. Uniquely, its Generator can be seen extending through the dock down into the sand underneath the water. Its Generator leaks goop outward, covering areas Mario has cleaned with goop again. After three sprays, it acts as if it has been beaten before suddenly springing back up and requiring three additional sprays to defeat. Once it is beaten, the boathouse emerges from the ground with a [[Rainbow M]] leading to [[Ricco Harbor]] painted on its side.
*Once the player has five Shine Sprites, another black Proto Piranha appears in Delfino Plaza, submerging the lighthouse on the beach. Like with the previous black Proto Piranha, this fight has a functioning Generator and requires two sets of three sprays. However, when this Proto Piranha feigns defeat after being sprayed for the third time, it shoots out Goobles in all directions as it reemerges. Once it is beaten, the lighthouse emerges from the ground with a Rainbow M leading to [[Gelato Beach]] painted on it.


==Screenshots==
===''Mario Golf'' series===
<center><gallery>
[[File:MGAT Mushroom Course Hole 6.png|thumb|A Proto Piranha in the top left corner of the Mushroom Course's sixth hole in ''Mario Golf: Advance Tour'']]
Image:GoopPiranha photo.jpg|<center>[[Mario]] fighting a Polluted Piranha Plant in ''Super Mario Sunshine''.
In the [[Mario Golf (series)|''Mario Golf'' series]], the name "Proto Piranha" appears on the leaderboards in the [[Blooper Bay|Blooper Star Open]], [[Peach's Castle Grounds|Peach's Star Invitational]], and [[Bowser Badlands|Bowser Star Championship]] tournaments in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', while in ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'', Proto Piranhas appear in the [[Mushroom Course]] along with many regular Piranha Plants, although outside the course itself.
Image:Piranha_Swingback.PNG|<center>A Polluted Piranha Plant in ''Mario Power Tennis''.
</gallery></center>


==Trivia==
===''Mario Power Tennis''===
*Although the [[Goop Generator|generators]] that the Polluted Piranha Plants come out of are made of goop, Mario cannot wash the generators away like normal goop without defeating the Polluted Piranha Plant first.
In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', [[Petey Piranha]]'s [[Power Shot (Mario Tennis series)|Defensive Power Shot]], [[Piranha Swingback]], involves him creating a Proto Piranha to hit an unreachable tennis ball for him.
*Different colors of the Goop depend on how these enemies attack: the pink-white Goop cannot spawn Swoopin' Stus and can only take three hits, the brown Goop can spawn Swoopin' Stus and can only take three hits, while the black Goop can spawn Swoopin' Stus and take six hits.
 
<br clear=all>
===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
{{Piranhas}}
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Proto 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]].
{{SMSS}}
 
[[Category:Plants]]
==Gallery==
[[Category:Bosses]]
<gallery>
[[Category:Sub-Species]]
Polluted Piranha Colored SMS.png|Render of an orange-pink Proto Piranha
[[Category:Enemies]]
Delfino Airstrip Polluted Piranha SMS.png|A Proto Piranha at the [[Delfino Airstrip]]
SMS_Bianco_Square_Polluted_Piranha.png|A Proto Piranha in [[Bianco Square]]
RoadtotheBigWindmill.png|A Proto Piranha at [[Bianco Hills]]
Boat House Polluted Piranha.png|A Proto Piranha at the [[boathouse]]
Lighthouse Polluted Piranha.png|A Proto Piranha at the lighthouse
Piranha_Swingback.PNG|A Proto Piranha in ''Mario Power Tennis''
Polluted Piranha Super Mario-Kun.jpg|A Proto Piranha as depicted in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>
 
==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|file1=<tt>gatekeeper/gene_pakkun_model1</tt><ref>''Super Mario Sunshine'', internal filename <tt>root/data/scene/airport0.szs/scene/gatekeeper/gene_pakkun_model1.bmd</tt></ref>
|name1=Gatekeeper / Gene Pakkun
|meaning1=Gatekeeper / Generator Piranha
}}
 
===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドロドロパックン
|JapR=Dorodoro Pakkun
|JapM=Goop Piranha
|Jap2=ドロパックン
|Jap2N=''Mario Power Tennis''
|Jap2R=Doro Pakkun
|Jap2M=Mud Piranha
|Dut=Proto Piranha
|Fre=Tiranha
|Fre2=Plante Piranha Polluée<ref name="encyclopedia">{{cite|date=July 4, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Encyclopedia]]''|publisher=Soleil Productions|language=fr|isbn=2302070046|page=100}}</ref>
|Fre2M=Polluted Piranha Plant
|Ger=Schleim-Piranha
|GerM=Slime Piranha
|Ita=Fangopiranha
|ItaM=Mudpiranha
|Ita2=Pianta Piranha di fiume<ref name="encyclopedia"/>
|Ita2N=translation error
|Ita2M=River Piranha Plant
|Rus=протопиранья
|RusR=protopiran'ya
|RusM=Protopiranha
|SpaA=Piraña sucia
|SpaAM=Filthy piranha
|SpaE=Piraña Lodo
|SpaEM=Mud Piranha
}}
 
==References==
<references/>
 
{{Piranha Plants}}
{{Super Mario Sunshine}}
{{MGAT}}
{{MPT}}
[[Category:Piranha Plants]]
[[Category:Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]
[[Category:Mario Power Tennis species]]
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine bosses]]
[[de:Schleim-Piranha-Pflanze]]
[[it:Fangopiranha]]

Latest revision as of 07:48, August 28, 2024

"Gatekeeper" redirects here. For the variant of Pi'illos, see Deco Pi'illo. For the NPC from Wario: Master of Disguise, see Royal gatekeeper.
Proto Piranha
A Gatekeeper in Super Mario Sunshine.
A Proto Piranha in Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Goop
Piranha Plant
Relatives

Proto Piranhas, originally known as Gatekeepers[1][2] and also known as Proto Piranha Plants,[3] are large Piranha Plants made entirely of goop.

History[edit]

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

Proto Piranhas first appear as recurring bosses in the early parts of Super Mario Sunshine. In this game, Proto Piranhas are all connected to solid, undulating, smoking masses of goop referred to as Generators,[4] which cannot be cleaned normally. Additionally, some Generators spread goop to the surrounding area, preventing it from being cleaned permanently until the Proto Piranha is defeated; however, despite their name, not all Generators do this. Initially, Proto Piranhas hide within the Generator, emerging only when the Generator is sprayed with water. Once a Proto Piranha has emerged, it sways back and forth while opening and closing its mouth. To defeat it, Mario must use FLUDD to spray water into its open mouth a certain number of times. If Mario sprays one while its mouth is closed, it merely shrugs the attack off. If not dealt damage for long enough, it retreats back into its Generator. In all the Proto Piranhas' appearances, structures are submerged in the goop beneath them, and the Proto Piranhas must be defeated to release them.

There are five fights against Proto Piranhas in the game. The fights vary in terms of the Proto Piranha's color (which changes to match the surrounding goop), the number of sprays necessary to defeat the Proto Piranha, and additional behaviors.

  • One appears at the very beginning at the Delfino Airstrip, creating a sinkhole in the runway. It and its goop are a colorful mixture of pink, yellow, orange, and white. It takes three sprays to defeat. Its only way of harming Mario is if he walks directly into it or the goop surrounding it, as it has no attacks and goop does not create Goobles during Delfino Airstrip Dilemma. Once defeated, it releases the player's first Shine Sprite.
  • Another appears in Bianco Square in Delfino Plaza, submerging the Grand Pianta Statue. This one is brown and white. It also takes three sprays to defeat, but it is more dangerous due to its goop creating Goobles. When the Proto Piranha is defeated, the Grand Pianta Statue emerges with Shadow Mario standing on it, leading to the game's first Shadow Mario chase.
  • Another brown-and-white one appears in Bianco Hills during the first episode, Road to the Big Windmill, submerging the hill before the bridge to the road surrounding the Big Windmill. Before it emerges, its Generator repeatedly spurts Piranhabons down the countryside path. It also takes three sprays to defeat, and it releases a Shine Sprite once beaten. As this is the only Proto Piranha to be fought in a replayable episode, this is the only Proto Piranha that can be fought again after it is defeated.
  • Once the player has three Shine Sprites, a black Proto Piranha appears in Delfino Plaza and submerges the boathouse. Uniquely, its Generator can be seen extending through the dock down into the sand underneath the water. Its Generator leaks goop outward, covering areas Mario has cleaned with goop again. After three sprays, it acts as if it has been beaten before suddenly springing back up and requiring three additional sprays to defeat. Once it is beaten, the boathouse emerges from the ground with a Rainbow M leading to Ricco Harbor painted on its side.
  • Once the player has five Shine Sprites, another black Proto Piranha appears in Delfino Plaza, submerging the lighthouse on the beach. Like with the previous black Proto Piranha, this fight has a functioning Generator and requires two sets of three sprays. However, when this Proto Piranha feigns defeat after being sprayed for the third time, it shoots out Goobles in all directions as it reemerges. Once it is beaten, the lighthouse emerges from the ground with a Rainbow M leading to Gelato Beach painted on it.

Mario Golf series[edit]

Hole 6 of the Mushroom Course from Mario Golf: Advance Tour
A Proto Piranha in the top left corner of the Mushroom Course's sixth hole in Mario Golf: Advance Tour

In the Mario Golf series, the name "Proto Piranha" appears on the leaderboards in the Blooper Star Open, Peach's Star Invitational, and Bowser Star Championship tournaments in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, while in Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Proto Piranhas appear in the Mushroom Course along with many regular Piranha Plants, although outside the course itself.

Mario Power Tennis[edit]

In Mario Power Tennis, Petey Piranha's Defensive Power Shot, Piranha Swingback, involves him creating a Proto Piranha to hit an unreachable tennis ball for him.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Proto 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 Sunshine gatekeeper/gene_pakkun_model1[5] Gatekeeper / Gene Pakkun Gatekeeper / Generator Piranha

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドロドロパックン[?]
Dorodoro Pakkun
Goop Piranha
ドロパックン[?]
Doro Pakkun
Mud Piranha Mario Power Tennis
Dutch Proto Piranha[?] -
French Tiranha[?] -
Plante Piranha Polluée[6] Polluted Piranha Plant
German Schleim-Piranha[?] Slime Piranha
Italian Fangopiranha[?] Mudpiranha
Pianta Piranha di fiume[6] River Piranha Plant translation error
Russian протопиранья[?]
protopiran'ya
Protopiranha
Spanish (NOA) Piraña sucia[?] Filthy piranha
Spanish (NOE) Piraña Lodo[?] Mud Piranha

References[edit]

  1. ^ Loe, Casey (August 12, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Perfect Guide. Versus Books. ISBN 1-931886-09-1. Page 14.
  2. ^ Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh (2002). Super Mario Sunshine Official Strategy Guide. Bradygames. ISBN 0-7440-0180-3. Page 19.
  3. ^ Super Mario 3D All-Stars Bingo (PDF). Play Nintendo. Retrieved October 27, 2020. (Archived November 5, 2020, 02:38:20 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  4. ^ Hodgson, David S J, et al. (September 3, 2002). Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games (American English). ISBN 0-7615-3961-1. Page 11.
  5. ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/airport0.szs/scene/gatekeeper/gene_pakkun_model1.bmd
  6. ^ a b July 4, 2018. Super Mario Encyclopedia. Soleil Productions (French). ISBN 2302070046. Page 100.