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{{about|species derived from Piranha Plant|the enemy in [[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]|[[Muncher (Donkey Kong Country Returns)]]|the sample level in [[Super Mario Maker]]|[[Muncher (level)]]}}

{{species infobox

|image=[[File:NSMBU Muncher Artwork.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of three Munchers from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]

|variants=[[Chomp-Muncher]]

}}

==History==

===''Super Mario'' series===

====''Super Mario Bros. 3''====

[[File:SMB3 Muncher.jpg|thumb|Artwork of Munchers from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.]]

Munchers first appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and are first encountered in [[World 5-3 (Super Mario Bros. 3)|World 5-3]] where they appear in large numbers. [[World 6-10]] features frozen Munchers, which can be identified by the black [[Ice Block]] in which they are encased. As [[Princess Peach|Princess Toadstool]] warns to Mario in her letter leading into the world, they are harmless when frozen and act like platforms, but if the player uses a [[fireball]], the Muncher will become active again. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] hits a [[P Switch|Switch Block]], all regular Munchers will briefly turn into [[coin]]s; if Mario or Luigi tail whips one, the Muncher will become an [[Empty Block]] (except in the GBA version, where they are unaffected). If the player has [[Goomba's Shoe]], they can walk along them without taking damage.

In this game, Munchers are damage-causing foreground tiles rather than sprites, due to a limit of eight sprites per scanline on the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]. In their official art, they are black with orange leaves, but in the game itself, they can come in other colors depending on the level, sometimes having blue leaves, due to the inconsistencies between the limited four palettes available for foreground tiles on the NES in different levels. In ''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', they have green leaves with heads that are either dull orange or indigo depending on the location.

====''Super Mario World''====

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====

[[File:NSMBW Muncher Plant Screenshot.png|200px|thumb|Normal and frozen Munchers in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.]]

====''Super Mario Maker'' / ''Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS'' / ''Super Mario Maker 2''====

Munchers in these games are treated as sprites instead of objects, acting the same as Piranha Plants but smaller and harder to defeat. Shaking them has no apparent effect other than producing a purple-black cloud of smoke, but shaking them repeatedly will produce [[fly (Mario Paint)|flies]], which the player can swat to initiate the [[Gnat Attack]] minigame. In 1.20 onwards, shaking it after the flies have emerged will cause [[King Watinga]] to pop out, and swatting him will trigger a harder version of Gnat Attack.

====''Super Mario Bros. Wonder''====

Munchers appear in ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', primarily in the stage [[Muncher Fields]], lining most of the floor, walls, and ceilings while functioning the same as in other games. Yoshi can once again walk safely across Munchers. They can be defeated by throwing a [[Red POW Block]] at them.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Munchers are mentioned briefly by [[icaruspedia:Viridi|Viridi]] during [[List of Palutena's Guidance conversations|Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant]].

===''[[Perfect Ban Mario Character Daijiten]]''===

''The invincible Piranha waits for Mario in pits and other places. They do not attack, but even Invincible Mario cannot defeat them. Jump carefully to avoid falling into the pits.''

==Gallery==

<gallery>

Muncher SMB3.gif|''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]''

SMGPB5 Activity2.png|''[[Super Mario Game Picture Book 5]]: Princess Peach's Birthday''

Muncher SMB3 All-Stars.png|''[[Super Mario All-Stars]]'' (''Super Mario Bros. 3'')

NSMBU Muncher Render.png|''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''

SMM-SMB-Muncher.png|''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' (''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' style)

SMM-SMB-Mucher-1.png|''Super Mario Maker'' (''Super Mario Bros.'' style)

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|JapR=Burakku Pakkun

|JapM=Black Piranha

|SpaAM=Piranha Tulip

|SpaE=Mordiscador

|Dut=Muncher

|Ger=Mampfer

|GerM=Muncher

|Ita=Sgranocchio

|PorE=Trincas

|Kor=블랙뻐끔

|KorR=Beullaek Peokkeum