Piranha Plant (Pit of 100 Trials)

Piranha Plant
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	Piranha Plant

Piranha Plants are enemies found in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. They are the strongest of all Piranha Plants and like to live in pipes, as indicated in the Tattle Log, despite the fact that no Piranha Plants in this game appear in pipes (though this more likely references the regular Piranha Plants from the Super Mario series).

History

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Piranha Plants have the second-highest statistical attack power in the game, exceeded only by an Amazy Dayzee, which is 20. They also have absurdly high HP, only being beaten out by a handful of non-bosses, such as Dark Craws and Dark Koopatrols. Despite their toughness, they are easily put to sleep, incapacitating them for a few turns. They also have a good chance to be confused, possibly making them attack other enemies with massive strength.

Piranha Plants are rare in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, found only in the Pit of 100 Trials in floors 81-89.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, "Killer Packun" is mentioned briefly by Viridi during the Japanese Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant. It does not get a respective mention in the English dialogue, like Fire Nipper Plant. If the game is set to Simplified or Traditional Chinese or Korean (which use the Japanese voice set), the corresponding name for Killer Packun is referred to in English as simply "Piranha Plant".

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Piranha Plant
	Max HP	15	Attack	9	Defense	0
	Location(s)	Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 81, 83-86, 88, 89)	Role	Common	Level	33
	Sleep?	100%	Dizzy?	40%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	70%	Soft?	85%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	60%	Fright?	10%
	Gale Force?	30%	KO?	30%	Moves	Jaw Clamp (9)
	Exp. points	1	Coins	1 - 4	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 59	Log	The strongest of the Piranha Plants. It likes to live... in pipes.
	Tattle	That's a Piranha Plant. In fact, I think this is the strongest type of them all. Max HP is 15, Attack is 9 and Defense is 0. Its Attack power is absurdly high... It may look like a normal Piranha Plant, but don't be fooled! It's super-tough! If we get beaten by a flower, we'll never hear the end of it, know what I mean?

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Piranha Plant
	Max HP	15	Attack	9	Defense	0
	Location(s)	Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 81, 83-86, 88, 89)	Role	Common	Level	33
	Sleep?	100%	Dizzy?	40%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	70%	Soft?	85%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	60%	Fright?	10%
	Gale Force?	30%	KO?	30%	Moves	Jaw Clamp (9)
	Exp. points	1	Coins	1 - 4	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 62	Log	The strongest of the Piranha Plants. It likes to live...in pipes.
	Tattle	That's a Piranha Plant. In fact, I think this is the strongest type of them all. Max HP is 15, Attack is 9 and Defense is 0. Its Attack power is absurdly high... It may look like a normal Piranha Plant, but don't be fooled! It's super tough! If we get beaten by a flower, we'll never hear the end of it, know what I mean?

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	キラーパックン[?] Kirā Pakkun	Killer Piranha
Chinese (simplified)	炮弹刺客吞食花[?] Pàodàn Cìkè Tūnshí Huā	Bullet Bill Piranha Plant
Chinese (traditional)	炮彈刺客吞食花[?] Pàodàn Cìkè Tūnshí Huā	Bullet Bill Piranha Plant
French	Piranha Tueur[?]	Killer Piranha
German	Killer-Piranha[?]	Killer Piranha
Italian	Pianta Piranha[?]	Piranha Plant (Same as Pale Piranha)
Korean	킬러뻐끔플라워[?] Killeo Ppeokkeum Peullawo	Killer Piranha Plant
Spanish	Planta Piraña[?]	Piranha Plant

Trivia

• The respective internal file names for this Piranha Plant and Pale Piranhas (considered the "normal" Piranha Plants for this game in Japan) indicate that at some point in development, these Piranha Plants were intended to be the "base" version of Piranha Plant while the final game's Pale Piranha was intended as a variant of it, explaining the usage of the original coloration as well as the English localization calling them "Piranha Plants" but acknowledging them as different from the "usual" Piranha Plants.