Piranha Plant: Difference between revisions

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|image=[[File:NSMBU Piranha Plant in Pipe Artwork.png|100px]]<br>Artwork of a Piranha Plant in a Warp Pipe from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''.

|latest_appearance=''{{wp|Tetris 99}}'' (27th Maximus Cup, cameo) (2021)<br>''[[Mario Party Superstars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]], ''Mario'' franchise)

|notable=[[Big Bungee Piranha]]<br>[[Dino Piranha]]<br>[[Gattai monster]]<br>[[Izzy]]<br>[[Mama Fireplant]]<br>[[Megasmilax]]<br>[[Mind-Bogglers]]<br>[[Mom Piranha]]<br>[[Naval Piranha]]<br>[[Petey Piranha]]<br>[[Piper (Paper Mario: Color Splash)|Piper]]<br>[[Pirabbid Plant]]<br>[[Piranha Plant (character)|Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Spike the Piranha]]

|variants=[[Big Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Bone Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Bungee Piranha]]<br>[[Chewy]]<br>[[Dino Piranha]]<br>[[Elasto-Piranha]]<br>[[Fire Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Glad Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Gold Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Hidon]]<br>[[Ice Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Inky Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Jumping Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Mecha Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Muncher]]<br>[[Naval Bud]]<br>[[Nipper Plant]]<br>[[Nipper Spore]]<br>[[Nipper Dandelion]]<br>[[Piranha Bean]]<br>[[Piranha Pest]]<br>[[Piranha Planet]]<br>[[Piranha Plant (item)]]<br>[[Piranha Plant (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Piranha Plant (''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'')]]<br>[[Piranha Plorp]]<br>[[Piranha Pod]]<br>[[Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)|Piranha Sprout (''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'')]]<br>[[Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story)|Piranha Sprout (''Yoshi's Story'')]]<br>[[Piranhabon]]<br>[[Pit Plant]]<br>[[Poison Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Polterpiranha]]<br>[[Propeller Piranha]]<br>[[Proto Piranha]]<br>[[Ptooie]]<br>[[Putrid Piranha]]<br>[[Raving Piranha Plant]]<br>[[River Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Smilax]]<br>[[Stalking Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Tane Pakkun]]<br>[[Wild Ptooie Piranha]]

|relatives=[[Piranha Creeper]]<br>[[Pompon Flower]]<br>[[Spritzbloom]]

|comparable=[[Hurt Plant]]<br>[[Kobu Kokko]]

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'''Piranha Plants''' (also known as '''Piranha Flowers'''<ref>Hiroo Tochikubo, ''[[How to Win at Super Mario Bros.]]'', Tokuma Shoten, 1987, ISBN 4-19-720003-XC. Page 14.</ref><ref>Tatsumi Yamashita, ''The Official Nintendo Player's Guide'', Tokuma Shoten, 1987, ISBN 999832369X. Page 30.</ref><ref>M. Arakawa. ''NES Game Atlas''. Page 35.</ref> and '''Piranhas''' and misspelled as '''pirana plants'''<ref>"Pirana plants - Man eating plants that live in the flower-pots. They show their faces quickly and without warning, so watch out! You can't kill them by jumping on top of them." ''Super Mario Bros.'' English manual, page 14.</ref><ref>''Super Mario Bros. 3'' English manual, page 40.</ref> in early manuals and as '''Pirahna Flower''' in an Australian ''Nintendo Magazine System'' issue<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (Australia) issue 7, page 23.</ref>) are large, carnivorous plants encountered throughout the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]]. They are seemingly based on {{wp|Venus flytrap}}s and eat anything that approaches them.

The head of a Piranha Plant is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Originally, Piranha Plants were found exclusively in [[Warp Pipe|pipes]], darting out and biting anything near. Currently, Piranha Plants can be found both in and out of pipes, and may constantly bite or wait for Mario to approach to do so.

 

Despite being plants, Piranha Plants have been depicted as being sentient and capable of speech in a few appearances, though unlike several other enemies in the ''Mario'' series, they have never been shown forming societies. Piranha Plant characters such as [[Petey Piranha]], [[Piranha Bean]] and [[Dino Piranha]], among others, reveal that some Piranha Plants can have animal-like bodies, making them capable of walking. [[Mom Piranha]], [[Dino Piranha]], and [[Peewee Piranha]] are all depicted hatching from eggs, suggesting that Piranha Plants may be {{wp|Oviparity|oviparious}}. However, relatives of Piranha Plants, [[Nipper Plant]]s, are implied to have a different reproduction method as they are shown to come from [[Nipper Spore|spores]] in the ''[[Yoshi (franchise)|Yoshi]]'' games.

[[File:SMBLL Mushroom Kingdom Artwork.png|thumb|right|Red Piranha Plants in ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''.]]

The Piranha Plants returned in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', which was the sequel to ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' in Japan, during the second conquest of the Mushroom Kingdom. The green variant found in the previous game does not appear after [[World 3 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 3]]. Starting from [[World 4-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 4-1]], they are replaced by the newly introduced red-colored variants, which were much quicker than the green variety, and can emerge from their pipe even if the player is next to it. However, both varieties will not appear if the player is standing directly on top of the pipe. They appear more frequently than in the previous game, and the red variant have been the most common Piranha Plants seen throughout the ''Mario'' series since. Beginning from [[World 5-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 5-1]], they will pop from upside-down pipes as well, making Mario or Luigi's way a bit more difficult. Piranha Plants are also found underwater in [[World 9-1 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-1]] and [[World 9-2 (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)|World 9-2]]. Piranha Plants also appear in the pipes in the Warp Zone in both the original ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Lost Levels'', though they all immediately disappear once the "WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!" message appears. In the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' version of both the original and ''The Lost Levels'', Piranha Plants are the only non-castle enemies that do not appear in any of the level preview illustrations.

In ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Piranha Plants are found throughout the game, retaining their biting attack. Here, along with being defeated with fireballs, Koopa shells and Starman powers, Piranha Plants could also be beaten with the tail of [[Raccoon Mario]], [[Tanooki Suit]] and [[Hammer Mario]]'s [[hammer]]s. Several variants of Piranha Plants are also introduced in ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', including [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]], [[Big Piranha Plant|Piranhacus Giganticus]], and [[Ptooie]]. The variant hanging from above pipes is known as '''Hanging Piranha Plant'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 9.</ref>. Most of these enemies appear in both green and red varieties. While the Red Piranha Plants act identically to the green ones unlike in ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]'', they have an additional layer of leaves which makes them taller than green ones.<ref>[http://themushroomkingdom.net/images/remakes/smas/smas-smb3_w7-8_pipes_plants.png Screenshot containing both red and green Piranha Plants]</ref> There are also horizontal Piranha Plants; despite being red, these ones only have one layer of leaves. The remakes of the game gave Piranha Plants in horizontal pipes red leaves. There are also [[Nipper Plant|Walking Piranha]]s, juvenile versions of Piranha Plants; and invincible [[Muncher]]s which resemble Walking Piranhas more than Piranha Plants. Additionally, the [[Mushroom King|king]] of [[Pipe Land]] is transformed into a Piranha Plant by [[Ludwig von Koopa]]; in later ports of ''Super Mario Bros. 3'', the king is changed into a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] instead of a Piranha Plant.

This is the last main series ''Mario'' game where Piranha Plants have green heads; while this aspect was used on [[Beanstalk]]s in ''[[Super Mario World]]'' and later games in the series, red has since then been the standard color for these enemies.

Piranha Plants are also featured in ''[[Super Mario Land]]'', which takes place in [[Sarasaland]]. They are referred to as '''Pakkun Flower'''<ref name=land>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 13.</ref><ref name=NintendoPower>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide. Page 5.</ref> or '''Pakkun'''<ref>Hamm & Rudolf GmbH, Frankfurt. ''Super Game Boy'' Player's Guide. Page 19.</ref> originally. In addition, it names the variant hanging from above pipes '''Upside Down (Headstand) Pakkun'''<ref name=land/> or '''Reverse Pakkun'''<ref name=NintendoPower/>, and they are worth 400PTS rather than 100PTS. Since most of the names of the enemies were left unlocalized in the ''Super Mario Land'' instruction, the same goes for the Pakkun Flower. However, the English digital manual for the [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] [[Virtual Console#Nintendo 3DS|Virtual Console]] release translates the enemies as Piranha Plants. This is the only enemy in this game that originates from the previous ''Mario'' games that is not a sub-species or otherwise changed.

The regular Piranha Plant, also known as '''Piranha in a Pipe'''<ref>Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 51.</ref>, appears as a rare enemy. In fact, eight of them only appear in one level, [[Vanilla Dome 3]]. These only hang upside down due to their pipes' position. These can be beaten using fireballs, Starman powers, a Koopa shell, a [[cape]] attack or by simply eating them with Yoshi's tongue.

In ''[[Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins]]'', the Piranha Plants are more or less identical to previous games. In addition, [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s reappear with a spiky-headed redesign and, in [[Mario's castle]], [[Fire Pakkun Zō|statues of them]] appear and attack by periodically charging and shooting balls of fire.

Two size variations of [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s make their first appearance. In the tiny portion of [[Tiny-Huge Island]] as well as in [[Bowser in the Sky]], [[Small Piranha|small versions]] can be found. They grow once Mario approaches, spit a fireball, and then retreat by shrinking back to an invisible size. Additionally, in the huge part of the island, [[Big Fire Piranha|large versions]] are the subject of one of the [[Power Star]] missions.

Piranha Plants, also called Pakkun Flowers<ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 5.</ref>, appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. These Piranha Plants only appear in [[Bianco Hills]] and will attack Mario by popping-out of the ground and spitting black, white-spotted projectiles. They are defeated by spraying water with [[F.L.U.D.D.]] inside their bodies until they blow up. In this game, their appearance is based off their appearance in ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', as they have green lips (though oddly enough, most of them lack any form of teeth in their mouths). They also gain a new notable member, [[Petey Piranha]], a goop-spitting, giant, anthropomorphic Piranha Plant who appears twice as a boss in the game, and would go on to become a recurring character.

[[File:Piranha Plant - New Super Mario Bros.png|thumb|left|A Piranha Plant from ''New Super Mario Bros.''.]]

[[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s make their return in ''New Super Mario Bros.'', while [[Big Piranha Plant|Super Piranha Plant]]s also make their return from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''; like certain normal Piranha Plants, the latter is exclusively seen outside pipes, as huge pipes do not make an appearance. They now require three fireballs instead of one to die, and release eight coins when they do.

A Piranha Plant-like alien called [[Dino Piranha]] serves as a boss. It will chase Mario around its planetoid once woken from its egg. It can be defeated by [[Spin]]ning to hit its tail, causing the tail to fly out, then get pulled back in and hit Dino Piranha. There is a separate, much more difficult version called the Fiery Dino Piranha. [[Fiery Dino Piranha]]'s tail will often be on fire, so Mario can only attack it while its tail has gone out. It also runs faster and leaves a temporary trail of fire behind it. They both give the player a [[Power Star]] if defeated.

In ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', Piranha Plants also appear as enemies along with [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s and [[Big Piranha Plant|Super Piranha Plant]]s, and [[Muncher]]s and [[Big Fire Piranha|Big Venus Fire Trap]]s make their return. [[Stalking Piranha Plant]]s and [[River Piranha Plant]]s also make their debut in this game. However, the pipe-planted Piranha Plants have lost their chomping sound effects from ''[[New Super Mario Bros.]]'' Piranha Plants can now be defeated with ice balls though their ice blocks cannot be picked up. Additionally, [[Yoshi]] can jump on a Piranha Plant without getting hurt.

[[File:SMG2 Throwback Galaxy Screenshot.png|thumb|right|Mario approaching a Piranha Plant in the [[Throwback Galaxy]]]]

The boss of the first galaxy, [[Sky Station Galaxy]], is a baby, giant Piranha Plant named [[Peewee Piranha]], whom is similar to [[Dino Piranha]] from the original. It is beaten by first spinning into the eggshell on its backside, then into its exposed rear once the eggshell is broken. After being hit a few times, the shell regenerates, and Mario must then attack it in this method again, but the boss is faster than before. Also, if the player confronts Peewee Piranha from the front, Peewee Piranha turns around. After hitting Peewee Piranha twice and defeating it, Mario is awarded with the first [[Power Star]] in the game. Also, in the [[Boss Blitz Galaxy]], the player has to fight Dino Piranha and Fiery Dino Piranha, two bosses from the game's predecessor.

Piranha Plants appear in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''. Big Piranha Plants reappear in both their modern and classic forms, and a new [[Ice Piranha Plant|ice spitting variety]] makes their debut. In the level [[Blooming Lakitus]], [[Lakitu]]s throw spiked eggs called [[Piranha Pod]]s that hatch into Piranha Plants instead of [[Spiny|Spinies]].

[[File:PiranhaPlantSM3DW.jpg|right|thumb|100px|A Piranha Plant in ''Super Mario 3D World'']]

Piranha Plants reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'', where they act similarly to their appearance in ''Super Mario Galaxy'' and in later 3D ''Mario'' games. [[Piranha Plant (item)|Potted Piranha Plant]]s are also introduced, which can be picked up and used as items. This Piranha Plant can be used to eat enemies and obstacles, including other Piranha Plants. Another type of Piranha Plant, called the [[Piranha Creeper]], is introduced, which has a long stem and can be defeated by knocking it back into its hole with attacks. [[Big Piranha Plant|Mega Piranha Plant]]s also reappear in this game.

Piranha Plants (here misspelled '''Pirhana Plants''')<ref>[https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/super-mario-bros-show-ad-promo-mario-1999518618 ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' writer's bible]</ref> made several appearances in ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]''. Here, several possessed the ability to spit fire, possibly assuming this ability from the [[Panser]]s of ''[[Super Mario Bros. 2]]'', who never made an appearance. They are depicted as being black, with green lips, and pink spots.

One Piranha Plant made an appearance in [[Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas]]. It bit [[Raccoon Mario]] while he was knocked unconscious by Big Mouth's reptile breath tornado move. It attempted to bite Mario again, but it missed, as Mario moved out of the way in time. Their variant [[Ptooie]]s and [[Fire Piranha Plant|Venus Fire Trap]]s appear more often.

[[File:Piranha Plant Hip Hop King Koopa.jpg|thumb|A Piranha Plant about to eat Hip, Hop and King Koopa in "A Little Learning".]]

A non-antagonistic Piranha Plant (here misspelled '''pirhana plant''')<ref> ''"But when the crops grow, King Koopa's Nintendo Gophers steal all the crops and put fire plants and '''pirhana plants'''{{sic}} in their place."'' - ''[[Koopa's Stone Age Quests]]'' back cover</ref> named [[Mama Fireplant]] appeared, which Toadstool, Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi had to rescue from Kootie Pie Koopa's clutches in a frozen cavern, although ultimately only Yoshi was successful in doing so due to the [[Porcupinefish]] in the lair flash-freezing anyone who stepped on them, with Mario, Luigi, and Toadstool needing to be rescued themselves as well.

In [[Gopher Bash]], [[Larry Koopa#DIC Cartoons|Cheatsy]] has his [[Monty Mole|gopher]] minions replace the crops they had stolen with piranha plants, which Yoshi and the brothers end up defeating. Unusually, one is depicted with hair or spike-like protrusions on its head.

In [[A Little Learning]], [[Lemmy Koopa#DIC cartoons|Hip]] and [[Iggy Koopa#DIC cartoons|Hop]] put a piranha plant in [[Oogtar]]'s "eggabegga" project only to have the sabotage turn on them and [[Bowser|King Koopa]] when Oogtar inadvertently feeds it fertilizer.

[[File:MarioCircuit-PiranhaPlant-MKDD.png|thumb|200px|left|A set of Piranha Plants at [[GCN Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]], in ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'']]

In the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]], Piranha Plants often appear as road obstacles.

 

Piranha Plants appear in both of the [[SNES Choco Island 1|Choco]] [[SNES Choco Island 2|Islands]] in ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' where they sit there, acting as an obstacle. If the player hits the Piranha Plants, they will spin out.

In ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'', Piranha Plants appear in [[GCN Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]] and in [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]]. Here, they will stay in their pipe. When any driver gets close to them, they will try to bite the driver. Anyone who gets bitten by a Piranha Plant will flip over and the thrower will end up getting dragged behind the kart. Piranha Plants can be stunned by using a projectile such as a [[Green Shell]] or a [[Bowser Shell]] and they will also get stunned by anyone who used a [[Super Star|Star]].

====''Mario Kart Arcade GP'' subseries====

[[File:Mkgp2 frying plant.png|thumb|right|Piranha Plant as it appeared in ''Mario Kart Arcade GP'']]

Piranha Plants reappear as obstacles in ''[[Mario Kart DS]]''. Instead of their biting habits in ''Mario Kart Double Dash!!'', they will sit and breathe fireballs at any driver in [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart DS)|Mario Circuit]]. {{classic-link|SNES|Choco Island 2}} and {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}} return and also brought back the Piranha Plants, although in Yoshi Circuit they do not come out of pipes unlike their original counterpart.

In ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', huge versions appear in a course named after the species, [[3DS Piranha Plant Slide|Piranha Plant Slide]]. Ironically, only two appear on this track, one in the underground segment and the other in the underwater segment. and if the player comes near them, they attempt to bite them. Getting hit by a Piranha Plant causes the player flip out. Two more Piranha Plants also appear on the track [[3DS Music Park|Music Park]]. They do the same things, and switch to the opposite side of the track each lap. These plants also bop their heads to the track's music.

In ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', the [[Piranha Plant (item)|Piranha Plant]] from ''Super Mario 3D World'' appears as an item. The Piranha Plant will attack nearby racers and any items on the ground, like [[Banana|Banana Peels]] and [[Blooper]]s before they squirt ink on the screen, while giving the user a speed boost every time it lunges forward, which will happen either after a few seconds or when the player commands. This is similar to the [[Chain Chomp]] item that appeared in ''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]'' The item is time-based, which is indicated by the gauge in the item box, and a small portion is cut off whenever the plant lunges forward. The Piranha Plant's pot features tiny wheels for it to move. When the player does a trick, the Piranha Plant will spin, doing a trick of its own. If it or the player gets hit with an item or hazard, it will be stunned for a bit.  

Piranha Plants are also used in '''Renegade Roundup''', an exclusive battle mode found in the game's [[Nintendo Switch]] port, ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. In that mode, the Piranha Plants have a strobe light on top of their head, and are used by the 'police' players to capture the 'criminal' players on the other team. As either team can be Red or Blue, blue Piranha Plants appear in this mode to match.

Pink Piranha Plants appear in [[Sweet Sweet Canyon]], while normal ones appear in [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]]. The Bone Piranha Plant makes a return from ''New Super Mario Bros 2'' in the track [[Bone-Dry Dunes]] and smaller Piranha Plants appear in the returning {{classic-link|N64|Royal Raceway}}. The returning {{classic-link|3DS|Music Park}} and {{classic-link|3DS|Piranha Plant Slide}} retain their respective Piranha Plants and in the case of the latter course, small Piranha Plants have been added in the background. A new species of Piranha Plant known as [[Raving Piranha Plant]]s appear in the [[Electrodrome]]. In [[Hyrule Circuit]], Piranha Plants are replaced with [[zeldawiki: Deku Baba|Deku Babas]] to fit with the theme of the course. A Piranha Plant also appears on the logo of the sponsor [[Fun Flower]].

The Piranha Plants return yet again in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' as obstacles. Typically found in [[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]], Piranha Plants try to bite at the player as they glide down to the road from a [[Trick|Jump Boost]]. Hitting a Piranha Plant results in the player getting slowed down and losing [[coin]]s. However, doing so with the use of an item grants the attacker some bonus points. Also, there are wooden cutouts that appear mainly in Yoshi Circuit and a few other variant courses. They act like the similar [[Boo]] cutouts.

Although never referred to with their English names in ''Wario Land''-related material, these enemies are labeled as "Pakkun Flower" (パックンフラワー) on [[Media:Wario Land enemies (KC Mario).jpg|page 6]] of the [[KC Deluxe]] manga, volume 24, which is the Japanese name for Piranha Plants. [[Nintendo Power]] instead gives the uncapitalized name "piranha plant" to the Munchers on [[Rice Beach]].<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 58, page 78. "'''''SAND SWIMMING''' Press the A Button rapidly to stay up near the top, away from the piranha plants.''"</ref>

===''Yoshi'' franchise===

====''Yoshi''====

[[File:YoshiNES-PiranhaPlant-Score.png|thumb|left]]

Piranha Plants make an appearance as one of the six falling objects in ''[[Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''. Piranha Plant's sprite in this game is similar to [[Jumping Piranha Plant]] from ''[[Super Mario World]]''.

In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', Piranha Plants are known as variously as '''Wild Piranhas'''<ref>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. Page 67.</ref>, '''Wild Piranha Plants'''<ref name=P80>Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. Page 80.</ref>, '''Red Piranhas'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) #44, page 69.</ref>, Piranha Plants<ref name=P80/>, or simply Piranhas<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) #43, page 66.</ref>, and '''Red Flowers'''<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #30, page 15. "''This Red Flower swallows Yoshi whole! He’s just one of the 100 new enemies that inhabit Yoshi’s Island.''""</ref> in one preview. They are drastically changed; instead of being rooted in pipes, Piranha Plants are found planted in the ground. Instead of attacking at intervals, Piranha Plants simply wait in a miniaturized form, growing larger and lunging at a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] if approached. Also, instead of simply trying to bite Yoshi, they will eat him and then spit him out, causing him to lose Baby Mario and his [[Yoshi Egg]]s. They cannot be jumped on or swallowed, so they must be defeated with eggs or by spitting an enemy at them. Defeating them causes their heads to flip backwards, followed by them withering.

''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' also has a Piranha Plant boss named [[Naval Piranha]], who is grown gigantic in size by [[Kamek]]'s magic. [[Propeller Piranha|Hootie the Blue Fish]], an indigo, water-based variant that can swim with its propeller-like leaves and has serrated lips instead of teeth, makes its debut in this game, alongside the [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]], a powerful, green [[Needlenose]]-spitting variant. The [[Blow Hard]] enemy resembles a Piranha Plant, but itself is actually a type of [[Pokey]]. [[Nipper Plant]]s also appear as enemies in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''; here, Nipper Plants are usually spawned from [[Nipper Spore]]s, which Naval Piranha is capable of spitting.

 

In ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', Piranha Plants have spike-covered stalks and are shown to be capable of growing to huge proportions, somewhat resembling [[Naval Piranha]]. Their teeth also appear to be on their lips. The game has also introduces several other variations of Piranha Plants, such as the flying [[Piranha Pest]] and the grounded [[Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story)|Piranha Sprouts]]. Piranha Plants commonly appear in [[Piranha Grove]]. When hit by an egg, these giant Piranha Plants fall over with a sound like a falling tree.

It is possible to kill the Piranha Plants that are displayed in the ''[[Island Museum]]''.

Piranha Plants return in ''[[Yoshi's New Island]]'', where they act similarly to how they did in the predecessors, one difference being that they are never found in a miniature state. Most of the Piranha Plants in the game are rooted in the ground, but several ones in the level [[Spin-Lift Drift]] come in and out of pipes like in the 2D ''Mario'' games.

 

Piranha Plants reappear in ''[[Yoshi's Woolly World]]'' and ''[[Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World]]''. They lunge in the direction of Yoshi and munch air continuously, much like the Piranha Plants that do not dwell Warp Pipes from the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games. When they are hit by a yarn ball, it ties them up, allowing a Yoshi to jump onto and defeat them. Like the other Yoshi games, making contact with a Piranha Plant will swallow a Yoshi and spit him out, taking some hearts from his health meter.

 

In ''[[Yoshi's Crafted World]]'', Piranha Plants are found on both Yoshi's path and in the backdrop. They can be defeated by smacking them with an egg. Background Piranha Plants are unable to hurt Yoshi. A large cardboard Piranha Plant named [[Spike the Piranha]] appears as the boss of [[Acorn Forest]].

In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the [[Pipe Vault]], where they try to ambush Mario by leaping from a pipe. They have root-like legs, allowing them to walk; despite this, they are found exclusively in pipes outside of battle. Perhaps in reference to their immunity to being [[jump]]ed on in earlier ''Mario'' games, the Piranha Plants in this game are completely immune to Mario's jump attacks.

Later on in [[Bean Valley]], green and purple-colored Piranha Plants named [[Chewy|Chewies]] appear. Additionally, [[Megasmilax]], a giant Piranha Plant, is Bean Valley's boss.

Piranha Plants appear in all entries of the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series, except for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''. The [[Mushroom Kingdom (Super Smash Bros.)|Mushroom Kingdom]] stage that appears in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'' features Piranha Plants as obstacles that occasionally come out of the two pipes present there (with said Piranha Plants' appearances being based on that of the red Piranha Plants in ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels''), dealing damage to any fighter that touches them; however, they can be attacked and knocked out easily. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a Piranha Plant is featured as a [[Sticker (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)|sticker]] and a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]], and in the [[PictoChat]] stage, one of the drawings that appears in the background is a Piranha Plant. A Piranha Plant is also featured as a trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS]]'' / ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U|Wii U]]''.

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Its various alternate colors reference the various Piranha Plant types throughout the franchise, and to a lesser extent certain warp pipe types:

*Its yellow costume is derived from various Piranha Plants that had a yellow color, including the [[Pipe Land]] king's transfigured form, the [[Wild Ptooie Piranha]] from ''Yoshi's Island'' upon the first strike, and the [[Glad Piranha Plant]] from ''Super Princess Peach'', with a magenta pot.

*The magenta costume resembles an active [[Piranha Creeper]] from ''Super Mario 3D World'' (but may also resemble [[Dino Piranha]] or [[Peewee Piranha]], or even [[Nipper Plant]]s as they appear in ''Super Mario All-Stars''), with a dark navy pipe.

*The black costume resembles the [[Inky Piranha Plant]] from ''Super Mario 3D Land'' (but may also refer to the Pale Piranha from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door''), with a red pot.

*The white costume resembles the [[Bone Piranha Plant]]s as they appear in ''New Super Mario Bros. 2'', but with a pale green stem instead of a black one and white lips instead of the pale blue color they usually have, alongside a large yellow pipe, which resembles the yellow pipes from the ''New Super Mario Bros.'' games. Its all-white appearance with a green stem may also be a reference to [[Nipper Plant]]s.

*Its blue costume is derived from how its sprite appeared in underworld levels in ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''The Lost Levels'', as well as the [[Frost Piranha]] from ''Super Paper Mario'', and has a brown pipe.

Piranha Plant shares its victory theme with [[Bowser]] and [[Bowser Jr.]]. In Piranha Plant's second victory pose, Mario is featured running towards it, before jumping and preparing to land an attack, only for Piranha Plant to bite Mario, and then smile. Piranha Plant is more expressive than in most of its appearances, smiling or scowling for certain actions. Also, Piranha Plant shares the trait of lacking any voice clips (or sound effects serving as voice clips as with Bowser, Samus, and [[R.O.B.]]) with [[Captain Olimar|Olimar]] (and [[Alph]]), [[Villager]], [[Isabelle]], [[Mega Man]], and [[Pac-Man]], and is the only ''Mario'' character with this trait.

 

Due to its status as a DLC fighter, Piranha Plant is not fought at any point in the World of Light Adventure mode, and it is not used as an opponent fighter in any [[Spirit (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)|spirit]] battles. Rather, Piranha Plant can be made available to play as in World of Light (if the player has downloaded the fighter) by freeing 10 fighters in the mode. If Piranha Plant is downloaded with this criteria having been met beforehand, then Piranha Plant is immediately unlocked in World of Light the next time the player enters the mode.

 

On a side note, "Piranha Plant" is incorrectly uncapitalized in the tip describing its appearance in the Mushroom Kingdom stage.

 

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Piranha Plants are featured quite prominently in the [[Mario Party (series)|''Mario Party'' series]], often as obstacles in [[minigame]]s. In ''[[Mario Party]]'', Piranha Plants could be planted by players in the [[Peach's Birthday Cake]] board; players that stop on the plant's spot lose a [[Star (Mario Party series)|Star]]. In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', Piranha Plants appear in [[Waluigi's Island]] and are [[Waluigi]]'s partner in Duel Mode. In ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'', a [[Piranha Plant (character)|Piranha Plant]] is featured in a quest where the player must bring one to a [[Bob-omb]] named [[Bob-omba]], and several Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the minigame [[Go-go Pogo]]. Until ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', the ''Mario Party'' Piranha Plants were based on the species' appearance in ''Super Mario 64'', as evidenced by their green lips, which were switched to white in ''Mario Party 7''. In the first three games, most Piranha Plants seen were tripedal; they walked on three leg-like roots.

 

In ''[[Mario Party]]'', a legged Piranha Plant chases the solo player in the 1-vs-3 minigame [[Piranha's Pursuit]], and a giant one is found in [[Tug o' War]]. Additionally, the minigame [[Whack-a-Plant]] involves stomping Piranha Plants which pop out of Warp Pipes. Piranha Plants are also part of the audience in [[Mario Bandstand]].

In ''[[Mario Party 3]]'', a spiked Piranha Plant appears in the background of the minigame [[Vine with Me]], possibly [[Naval Piranha]]. Piranha Plants also appear in the minigame [[Storm Chasers]], where players must water their Piranha Plants by chasing a moving cloud.

The minigame [[Odd Card Out]] from ''[[Mario Party 6]]'' contains cards with Piranha Plants printed on them. Three Piranha Plants appear in the Solo Mode board [[Thirsty Gulch]], dancing similarly to the Piranha Plants in [[Pop-Star Piranhas]] from ''Mario Party 5''. The [[Piranha Plant Orb]] reappears as an orb that can only be placed on a space. Any player who lands on it will lose half of their coins and give them to the owner of the space. Piranha Plants also appear as obstacles in [[Mole-it!]], where they try to hinder the players' progress by chomping on them. Two Piranha Plant-shaped lamps appear next to [[Bowser]]'s table in [[Seer Terror]].  

Piranha Plants also appear in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. They appear as enemies, where four types are found. The standard type is found in [[Boggly Woods]] and [[the Great Tree]], where it has adapted into a monochrome color to fit its unusual environment, similar to the [[Cleft]]s in the same area. In the English localization, they are known as '''Pale Piranhas''' and identified by [[Goombella]] as a {{wp|subspecies}}. However, every other language lacks this detail and states they are the same plants from Mario's previous adventures, although the Spanish localization has a color identifier in its name regardless. Additionally, in the game's English demo, they were treated as normal Piranha Plants.<ref>[[tcrf:Proto:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door/Text & Dialogue#The Great Tree Enemies|TCRF]]</ref> Pale Piranhas act the same as the Piranha Plants in the previous game, though in the Great Tree they are able to move to higher and lower ground in rooms with multiple levels. In the [[Glitz Pit]], a Pale Piranha appears as one of the members of the [[Mind-Bogglers]]. Normal-colored Piranha Plants also form part of the [[Audience]], joining in Boggly Woods once Pale Piranhas are encountered.

Additionally, Putrid Piranhas and Frost Piranhas return from ''Paper Mario'', now simply being recolors of Pale Piranhas. A new, powerful variety, simply called [[Piranha Plant (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Piranha Plant]], also appears. These Piranha Plants are colored the same as typical Piranha Plants, have extremely high HP and attack power, and only appear in the optional [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]].

====''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''====

A few Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'' on the [[Bowser Badlands]] course. They dwell in pipes, and if the ball rolls into their pipe they take it and spit it out, likely causing it to fall into lava.

 

[[File:Nabbit double bogey.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Nabbit getting bitten by a Piranha Plant]]

A Piranha Plant appears in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' in [[Nabbit]]'s Double Bogey animation. Here, it is hiding in his bag, so when he jumps in he gets bitten by the Piranha Plant.

Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the [[Beanbean International Airport]] in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' and [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|its remake]], where they interrupt the landing process of the [[Toad Express]]. Defeating them in battle will only cause them to respawn if Mario and Luigi leave the area and re-enter. To get rid of them for good, these Piranha Plants must be doused with water, and then Luigi must use [[Thunderhand]] to defeat them without battling them.

A giant Piranha Plant, which oddly hatches from an egg after all the Piranha Plants are defeated, appears as a boss in the Beanbean International Airport. This Piranha Plant, named [[Mom Piranha]], had the ability to shoot energy beams and change colors (and weaknesses), and could summon Piranha Plants of the same color. Later on in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'', a Piranha Plant named [[Piranha Bean]] appears as a mini-boss. Oddly, Piranha Bean had the ability to shrink anything it eats.

Piranha Plants appear as rare enemies in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]''. They act like how they did in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''. They could be defeated with Perry or by using Rage, but could not be jumped on or picked up. Getting too close or attempting to jump on it results in Peach being swallowed and chewed on temporarily before being spit back out. There is also a new variety of them called [[Glad Piranha Plant]]s, [[Ptooie|normal]] and [[Glad Ptooie]]s, and [[Nipper Plant|normal]] and [[Sad Nipper Plant]]s also appear in ''Super Princess Peach''. There was also a reappearance of [[Petey Piranha]], although he was called "Boss P. Plant" (short for "Boss Piranha Plant") in the American version of the game's glossary.

====''Mario Superstar Baseball''====

In ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]'', Piranha Plants appear as obstacles in the [[Yoshi Park]], where they will eat any nearby balls and spit them out in a random direction. Piranha Plants also appear in the [[Piranha Panic]] minigame, where players must hit colored Piranha Plants with eggs of matching colors. Purple Piranha Plants can be hit with any egg.

 

Piranha Plants reappear in the next installment, ''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''. Here, they reside in Yoshi Park again. This time however, they can take a ball, go in the pipe, and transport it to another part of the field. They can also stun any fielders who make contact with the Piranha Plants. Piranha Panic returns, except that the player must pitch the right balls into the Piranha Plants in order to score points and avoid getting stunned by it.

In the Nintendo 3DS [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|version]] of ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'', a single Piranha Plant in a Warp Pipe briefly appears in the Story Mode bonus episode [[The Life of a Minion]], where it is summoned by [[Magikoopa]] to stun [[Vector the Crocodile|Vector]].

Piranha Plants appear as obstacles in [[BMX Plus]] in the Nintendo 3DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games]]''. They appear in Warp Pipes and will occasionally bite at the characters, which if hit causes them to lose speed and Rings. Piranha Plants also appear in [[Golf Plus]], however in this event they are just for aesthetic purposes and do not affect gameplay.

[[File:PiranhaPlants-MarioVSDK.png|thumb|right|200px|Two Piranha Plants on the ceiling and two Piranhas with Fire on the floor in [[Warped Mansion]] from ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!]]''.]]

===''Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle''===

Piranha Plants appear in ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]''. They can be seen throughout the Flushy Forest section of [[Ancient Gardens]], such as Piranha Plants with lamp-like fixtures, which lie on the sidetrack in dimly lit parts of the forest, a three-headed Piranha Plant statue in The Mystic Maze of Mysticism and Mazing, and a potted Piranha Plant that was merged with a [[Rabbid]], becoming [[Pirabbid Plant]]. Additionally, one of Mario's Blaster weapons has a design based on a Piranha Plant.

[[File:DrMarioWorld Piranha Plant.png|thumb|right|Artwork of Dr. Piranha Plant from ''Dr. Mario World'']]

A Piranha Plant also appears as a playable doctor under the name '''Dr. Piranha Plant''', released on December 16, 2020. Barring sub-species, this is the first ''Mario'' game a generic Piranha Plant is playable. Its skill in both stage mode and versus mode eliminates objects randomly, similar to [[Yoshi|Dr. Yoshi]]'s skill. It is represented by pipes appearing, followed by the Piranha Plant emerging from the bottom-middle pipe and then biting. This skill prioritizes eliminating [[virus]]es, and will only target other objects if there are less viruses that this skill targets. The difference between Dr. Yoshi and Dr. Piranha Plant is that the amount of objects eliminated by the former is greater compared to the latter, but the skill meter charges slower. [[Capsule]]s will only be targeted if other objects are not available.

[[File:Play Nintendo Izzy.jpg|thumb|120px|'''Izzy''' from ''[[Play Nintendo#The Play Nintendo Show|The Play Nintendo Show]]'']]

A Piranha Plant named '''[[Izzy]]''' is a co-host of ''[[Play Nintendo#The Play Nintendo Show|The Play Nintendo Show]]'', along with [[Andrew Trego]]. Izzy is a voiced puppet who remains within a [[Warp Pipe]] during the duration of the show, whose two leaves serve as arms. He has a role in providing comic relief and hosting supporting segments for the show, such as "Izzy News." Andrew says that Izzy gets a bit snappy before lunch.

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A Piranha Plant appears as a utility in [[Nintendo Monopoly]]. It costs $150, and takes the place of the Electric Company.

====''Big Brain Academy''====

[[File:PiranhaPlant BBA.png|thumb|left|150px|The silhouette of a Piranha Plant in ''Big Brain Academy''.]]

In ''[[wikipedia:Big Brain Academy|Big Brain Academy]]'' for the [[Nintendo DS]], the silhouette of a Piranha Plant appears under the 3-Star difficulty of the "Get in Shape" minigame.

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Piranha Plants also appear as semi-regular enemies in the ''[[Zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Series)|Legend of Zelda]]'' series. [[Zeldawiki:Manhandla|Manhandla]], which debuted in the [[Zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda (Game)|first game]], are boss monsters which were said to be four-limbed, jumbo-sized variants of Piranha Plant. More conventional Piranha Plants also appear in ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Nintendo Switch)|remake]], which also contain a few other Nintendo cameos. In the remake, a figure of one can be won in the [[zeldawiki:Trendy Game|Trendy Game]] after clearing the [[zeldawiki:Eagle's Tower|Eagle's Tower]] and placed in [[zeldawiki:Marin|Marin]] and [[zeldawiki:Tarin|Tarin]]'s house. The text that appears upon acquiring the figure reads, ''"You got a Piranha Plant figure! You know, the flower that pops out from the pipes."'' Piranha Plants are also very similar to [[Zeldawiki:Deku Baba|Deku Babas]], which first appeared in ''[[Zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]''.

Piranha Plants appear as enemies in the Yoshi's Island Zone DLC for ''[[sonicretro:Sonic Lost World|Sonic Lost World]]''. They more resemble how they appear in Yoshi's Island, with extremely large heads compared to their stems. The only way to defeat them is to kick a [[Shy Guy]] into them.

In the Super Mario Mash-up in ''[[Minecraft]]'', Piranha Plants appear on Rose Bushes. Piranha Creepers and Nipper Plants also appear.

[[File:Mariocameo8LEGOCU.png|thumb|A Piranha Plant in ''[[wikipedia:LEGO City Undercover|Lego City Undercover]]''.]]

The player can grow a Piranha Plant in the Wii U and Nintendo Switch versions of ''[[wikipedia:LEGO City Undercover|Lego City Undercover]]''. The Piranha Plant will shoot fireballs at the player.

Piranha Plant Artwork - Yoshi's New Island.png|''[[Yoshi's New Island]]''

==Names in other languages==

===Piranha Plant===

|Jap=パックンフラワー<ref name=SMBsite>[[Nintendo|Nintendo of Japan]]. "[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/smb/index.html CHARACTERS of ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''Super Mario Bros. 2'']". [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/characters/index.html CHARACTERS of the ''Super Mario Bros.'' series] (official Japanese character index). Published 2020. Accessed 20 Mar 2021.</ref><br>''Pakkun Furawā''<br>パックンフラワー（赤）<ref name="SMBsite"/><br>''Pakkun Furawā (Aka)''<br>Petit Packun<ref><tt>PetitPackun</tt>,''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' internal file name</ref><br>(internal)

|JapM=Portmanteau of「ぱっくんちょ」(''pakkuncho'', a Japanese expression meaning "eating in one bite") and English word "flower"; officially romanized as "Pakkun Flower" or "Packun Flower"<br><br>Piranha Plant (Red); variant from ''[[Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''<br><br>Small Piranha (''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' file name); compare with "[[Spiny Piranha Plant|<tt>PackunFlower</tt>]]"

|Dut=Piranha Plant<br>Pakkunbloem <small>(''Super Mario Land'')</small><ref name="Pakkunbloem">''Super Mario Land'' Dutch Nintendo 3DS [[Virtual Console]] digital manual, tab 14: "Personages".</ref><br>Omgekeerde Pakkun <small>(''Super Mario Land'')</small><ref name="Pakkunbloem"/>

|DutM=Piranha Plant<br>Pakkun flower<br>Reverse Pakkun flower

|FinM=Piranha plant

|FraA=Fleur Piranha

|FraAM=Piranha Flower

|FraE=Plante Piranha

|FraEM=Piranha Plant

|Ger=Piranha-Pflanze<br>Schnapp-Piranha<br>Pakkun-Blume <small>(''Super Mario Land'' instruction booklet)</small>

|GerM=Piranha Plant<br>''Schnapp'' comes from ''schnappen'' (to snap).<br>From Japanese name

|Ita=Pianta Piranha<br>{{nowrap|Pianta Pirana{{sic}} <small>(''Super Mario Bros.'' instruction booklet)</small>}}

|ItaM=Piranha Plant<br>Pirana Plant

|KorM="Ppeokkeum Flower", "Ppeokkeum-Ppeokkeum" is an onomatopoeia for opening and closing mouth repetitively.

|PorE=Planta Piranha<br>Planta-Piranha<br>Planta-piranha <small>(''Super Mario 3D World'')</small>

|SpaA=Planta piraña

|SpaAM=Piranha Plant

|SpaE=Planta Piraña<br>Planta Piraña Gris

|SpaEM=Piranha Plant<br>Gray Piranha Plant <small>(''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'')</small>

|Rom=Plantă Piranha <small>(''Super Mario World'' animated series)</small>

|Rus=Растение-пиранья<br>''rasteniye-piran'ya''

===Upside-Down Piranha===

|Jap=逆さパックン<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 13.</ref><br>さかさパックン

|SpaA=Planta piraña al revés

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