Frost Piranha

Frost Piranha
First appearance	Paper Mario (2000)
Latest appearance	New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (2019)
Variant of	Piranha Plant
Relatives Putrid Piranha Fire Piranha Plant

Frost Piranhas (also known as Ice Piranha Plants) are a type of Piranha Plant with a freezing bite and icy breath, generally found in similarly cold climates. They first appear in the Paper Mario series and later reappear in the Super Mario series.

History

Paper Mario series

Paper Mario

Frost Piranhas first appear in Paper Mario. They are visually blue recolors of the game's Putrid Piranhas, and as such are larger than normal Piranha Plants and face the side, allowing them to be jumped on. Like all normal enemy Piranha Plants in the game, they burrow underground and spout up to attack. Mario first encounters Frost Piranhas while on his way to Starborn Valley. Along with being exceptionally strong, they have the ability to shoot icy blasts of breath that can freeze Mario and his allies (although the blasts themselves will not hurt them). Frost Piranhas are later encountered on Shiver Mountain, where they are less abundant.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Frost Piranhas reappear in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where they, like Putrid Piranhas, are now depicted as Pale Piranha recolors and as such are now normal-sized and upward-facing, preventing jump attacks against them. They can be found on the way to Fahr Outpost and are slightly stronger than previously. They no longer have their icy breath attack, but their bites can freeze Mario or his partners if not guarded against.

Super Paper Mario

Frost Piranhas return in Super Paper Mario, where they are found in The Underwhere. This time their stalk is green like normal Piranha Plants instead of blue, and they are only found popping out of Warp Pipes. They can attack by breathing an ice gust. Frost Piranhas sometimes drop an Ice Storm if defeated.

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U / New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

A Frost Piranha on a rock (upside down)

Frost Piranhas appear in New Super Mario Bros. U, New Super Luigi U, and their Nintendo Switch port, making them the first Paper Mario enemy to cross into the New Super Mario Bros. games. They look and act similarly to Fire Piranha Plants, but shoot ice balls, which are capable of freezing playable characters as well as other enemies, similarly to Ice Bros. Additionally, Yoshi can eat their ice balls and spit them at other enemies. In New Super Mario Bros. U, Frost Piranhas inhabit the world of Rock-Candy Mines, where three of them appear in the level Fuzzy Clifftop, with two in a Warp Pipe and one on the ceiling, and in New Super Luigi U, Frost Piranhas appear in Broozers and Barrels.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Frost Piranha is mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario

Paper Mario enemy
Frost Piranha
		Max HP	10	Attack	4	Defense	0
		Role	Common	Type	Ground	Level	22
		Strong	Ice	Weak	Fire (+2), Egg Missile (+2)	Moves	Bite (4), Icy Breath (Freeze - Good, 2)
		Sleep?	95%, 1	Dizzy?	50%, 0	Shock?	90%, 0
		Shrink?	75%, 0	Stop?	85%, 0	Fright?	20%
		Air Lift?	20%	Hurricane?	20%	Coins	1 + 1-4
		Items	Fire Flower	Run	18	Location(s)	Shiver Snowfield, Shiver Mountain
Tattle	This is a Frost Piranha. Frost Piranhas are frozen Piranha Plants. Max HP: 10, Attack Power: 4, Defense Power: 0 They'll try to freeze you with their icy breath. You'll be at their mercy if they freeze you, so you'd better try to immobilize them right away. Ice attacks won't work--they love ice! Fire attacks, though...

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Frost Piranha
	Max HP	10	Attack	5	Defense	0
	Location(s)	Fahr Outpost, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 62, 64, 67)	Role	Common	Level	26
	Sleep?	100%	Dizzy?	40%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	85%	Stop?	70%	Soft?	85%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	0%	Fright?	10%
	Gale Force?	40%	KO?	95%	Moves	Jaw Clamp (5, Frozen)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 4	Items	Dried Shroom (drop only), Fire Flower (drop only), Maple Syrup (drop only), Mushroom (drop only), POW Block (drop only), Volt Shroom (drop only)
Tattle Log #: 58	Log	A Piranha Plant with ice powers that's weak against fire. Its biting attack sometimes freezes you.
	Tattle	That's a Frost Piranha. It's a cool customer with strong ice powers. Max HP is 10, Attack is 5 and Defense is 0. Its biting attack sometimes freezes us, so try to immobilize it first. It's weak against fire attacks, too, so use them as well.

Super Paper Mario

Super Paper Mario enemy
Frost Piranha
	Max HP	7	Role	Common	Location(s)	The Underwhere (7-1)
	Attack	3	Card type	Common
	Defense	0	Items	Ice Storm	Card location(s)	Card Shop; Catch Card/SP
	Score	700
	Card description	Someone left this flower out in the winter cold. On the plus side, it can cool beverages in a hurry.
List of Catch Cards     58      59      60	Tattle	This frigid Frost Piranha has subzero breath... Max HP is 7 and Attack is 3. If you get breathed on, you'll be frozen for a bit... Originally hailing from a cold climate, this plant struck out in search of new prey... This plant loves ice cream, but hates hot-fudge sundaes.

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	アイスパックン Aisu Pakkun	Ice Piranha
Chinese (simplified)	冰冻食人花 (Paper Mario)[?] Bīngdòng Shírénhuā	Frost Piranha Plant
	冰冻吞食花 (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)[?] Bīngdòng Tūnshíhuā	-
Dutch	Frost Piranha[?]	-
French	Piranha gelée[?]	Gelid Piranha
German	Frost-Piranha[?]	-
Italian	Piranha gelida[?]	Gelid piranha
	Ghiaccio Piranha	Ice Piranha
Korean	아이스뻐끔플라워[?] Aiseu Ppeokkeum Peullawo	Ice Piranha Plant
Portuguese	Frost Piranha[?]	-
Russian	морозное растение-пиранья[?] moroznoe rastenie-piran'ya	Frosty Piranha Plant
Spanish	Piraña Hielo[?]	Ice Piranha