Editing Spiny Piranha Plant

{{distinguish|Prickly Piranha Plant}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Spiny Piranha Plant Galaxy.png]]<br>Spiny Piranha Plant artwork
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|variant_of=[[Big Piranha Plant]]
|variants=[[Piranha Creeper]]<br>[[Prickly Piranha Plant]]
}}
The '''Spiny Piranha Plant'''<ref>Browne, Catherine. ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'' PRIMA Official Game Guide. Page 29.</ref> is a purple relative of [[Piranha Plant]] first appearing in the game ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]''. They are bigger, purple Piranha Plants whose stems are covered in spikes. 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 stomping it after it has slammed its head on the ground, or shooting it with a [[fireball]] as [[Fire Mario]]. Some are necessary to be defeated in order to make a [[Sproutle Vine]] grow so Mario (or Luigi) can proceed. Shooting one with a [[Star Bit]] makes the Spiny Piranha Plant act immediately. They appear in the [[Good Egg Galaxy]], the [[Beach Bowl Galaxy]], and the [[Gusty Garden Galaxy]].

In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', the Spiny Piranha Plant reappears with the same behavior. 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. Spiny Piranha Plants appear in the [[Rightside Down Galaxy]] and the [[Throwback Galaxy]].

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]].

The [[Piranha Creeper]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' has a similar appearance to the Spiny Piranha Plant, but has different behavior.
==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
|FraA=Fleur Piranha épineuse
|FraAM=Spiny Piranha Flower; shared with [[Prickly Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Prickly Piranha Plant]]
|FraE=Ronce Piranha
|FraEM=Piranha Bramble
|Dut=Spiny Piranha
|DutM=-
|Ger=Lila Piranha-Pflanze{{ref needed}}<br>{{nowrap|Petit Piranha (''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')}}
|GerM=Purple Piranha Plant<br>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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