Not to be confused withPiranha Planet.

This article is about the recurring enemies in theSuper Mario franchise. For other uses, seePiranha Plant (disambiguation).

"Green Piranha Plant" redirects here. For the variant of this enemy in theYoshi series also known as "Green Piranha Plant", seeWild Ptooie Piranha.

"Piranha" redirects here. For the enemy inDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, seePiranha (Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze). For thepest inLuigi's Mansion 3, seePiranha (Luigi's Mansion 3).

Piranha Plant
Artwork fromNew Super Mario Bros. U
First appearance	Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance	Mario Tennis Fever (2026)
Latest portrayal	Natsuki Mori[1] (2025-present)
Variants Big Piranha Plant Bone Piranha Plant Bungee Piranha Chewy Cloud Piranha Dino Piranha Dokudoku Pakkun Flower Elasto-Piranha Fire Piranha Plant Frost Piranha Glad P. Plant Glohm Piranha Plant Gold Piranha Plant Inky Piranha Plant Ivy Piranha Plant Jumping Piranha Plant Jumping Pumpkin Plant Manhandla Mecha Piranha Plant Melon Piranha Plant Muncher Nipper Plant Nipper Spore Nipper Dandelion Pakkun OkaP Piranha Bean Piranha Creeper Piranha Pest Piranha Planet Piranha Plant (Pit of 100 Trials) Piranha Plorp Piranha Pod Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story) Piranhabon Poison Piranha Plant Polterpiranha Potted Piranha Plant Propeller Piranha Proto Piranha Ptooie Putrid Piranha Raving Piranha Plant River Piranha Plant Spiny Piranha Plant Stalking Piranha Plant Tane Pakkun Trottin' Piranha Plant Vine Whuhoh Wild Ptooie Piranha Wonder Piranha
Comparable Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series) Deku Baba Flytrap Hurt Plant Kobu Kokko Pipe Fist Spritzbloom Trapdragon
Notable members Gattai monster Izzy Mom Piranha Naval Piranha Petea Piranha Petey Piranha Pirabbid Plant Pit Plant Smilax Spike the Piranha The Mind-Bogglers

“Grawr Charble Grawr! (Hey, what's cooking? YOU ARE!)”

—Piranha Plant,Mario Party DS

Piranha Plants (also rarely calledPiranha Flowers^[2][3][4] andPiranhas and misspelled aspirana plants^[5][6] in early manuals andPirahna Flower^[7]) are recurring flower enemies in theSuper Mario franchise that debuted inSuper Mario Bros. They are large, carnivorous plants based onVenus flytraps. Their head is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Piranha Plants originally appeared only inpipes, emerging from them with a biting animation, but have also been encountered outside of them since. Piranha Plants can talk in some appearances. Certain Piranha Plants have animal-like bodies, such as their leaderPetey Piranha, making them capable of walking.

History[edit]

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Artwork fromSuper Mario Bros., their debut appearance

Sprites fromSuper Mario Bros. depicting Piranha Plants in the overworld and underground each

Piranha Plants debut inSuper Mario Bros., first appearing inWorld 1-2. Piranha Plants move up and down from their pipes repeatedly, harming the player if they come in contact with them. They do not emerge from pipes if the player stands either adjacent to or on top of them, likeTurtle Cannons. Piranha Plants can be defeated only from either afireball or the effects of aStarman. They do not flip upside-down when defeated, simply disappearing, unlike most other enemies.

Piranha Plants are coded to appear in every verticalpipe besides ones inWorld 1-1, including pipes at the exit of underground and underwater levels. Piranha Plants also appear from the pipes found inWarp Zones, although they instantly disappear when the message "WELCOME TO WARP ZONE!" appears onscreen.^[8] Occasionally, the technical limit of enemies on-screen can prevent Piranha Plants from spawning.^[9] The pipe at the start of the underwater section ofWorld 8-4 features a Piranha Plant which appears invisible due to being rendered behind the water tiles of the level. If the Piranha Plant had been visible, the underwater palette would have rendered it gray.^[10] Both the object limit and the underwater Piranha Plant bugs were fixed inSuper Mario All-Stars.

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels[edit]

Artwork fromSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, the first appearance of red Piranha Plants, which would become their standard color sinceSuper Mario World

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. The normal type is encountered in the first three worlds, but levels fromWorld 4-1 onward replace them with the red type. The red variation is faster and still emerges from its pipe if the player character stands by it, but not if they are on top. An upside-down Piranha Plant emerges regardless of whether Mario is underneath their pipe. There are Piranha Plants that emerge from upside-down pipes, and they are first encountered inWorld 5-1. There are Piranha Plants encountered underwater inWorld 9-1 andWorld 9-2. Piranha Plants inAll Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. were cosmetically altered to becomePakkun OkaP.

Super Mario Bros. 3 /Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Piranha Plants appear inSuper Mario Bros. 3. They return in red and green varieties, but the only difference is that red Piranha Plants have an additional layer of leaves. Piranha Plants behave similarly as before, though Koopa shells,hammers, and the tail ofRaccoon Mario orTanooki Mario are additional ways to defeat them. A few variants make their first appearance, includingVenus Fire Traps,Piranhacus Giganticus,Ptooies,Walking Piranhas, andMunchers. The Piranha Plants that move in and out of upside-down pipes are namedHanging Piranha Plant.^[11] Some red Piranha Plants emerge from horizontal pipes but have only one set of leaves. Theking ofPipe Land is transformed into a Piranha Plant in theFamily Computer andNintendo Entertainment System version only. An upside-down variant of the Piranha Plant with a red head and one layer of green leaves appears in theWorld-e levelsPiped Full of Plants andTreacherous Halls inSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.

Super Mario Land[edit]

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario Land in both upward- and downward-facing varieties. They can be defeated with asuperball as they poke their head out of a pipe. Upward Piranha Plants give 100 points when defeated, while the upside-down variety gives 400 points instead. The French instruction booklet of the game's original release erroneously refers to Piranha Plants ascannibalistic^[12] in reference to their "man-eating" nature, noted in other localizations of the booklet.^[13][14]

Super Mario World[edit]

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario World. From this game forward, red has become the standard color of all Piranha Plants, and the green ones appear only at the end of a growingbeanstalk. Besides Munchers returning, another variant was added,Jumping Piranha Plant, which are significantly more common.

The regular Piranha Plant, also known asPiranha in a Pipe,^[15] appears only inVanilla Dome 3, where all eight emerge from upside-down pipes. Unlike before, Piranha Plants retreat into their pipe whenever the player character is nearby. Piranha Plants are defeated from either a fireball, a shell, being hit by acape, or being eaten byYoshi.

DuringFall, all members of the Piranha Plant family are turned intoJumping Pumpkin Plants.

An upward-facing Piranha Plantwas scrapped during development. The graphics for the stem were overwritten by an upside-down redCheep Cheep.

Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins[edit]

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. They are no different from before. Besides the returningVenus Fire Traps, the game addsPiranha Plant statues, which sometimes attack by shooting balls of fire.

Super Mario 64 /Super Mario 64 DS[edit]

The design of a Piranha Plant used forSuper Mario 64

Piranha Plants are enemies inSuper Mario 64 andSuper Mario 64 DS. They are depicted with green lips in the original version, later changed to white in remakes. Piranha Plants appear only inWhomp's Fortress, as well as inGoomboss Battle andSunshine Isles in the remake. Piranha Plants have a sleepy nature,^[16] which is why they are always found asleep; during this,a lullaby plays. When a Piranha Plant is either touched or approached quickly by the player character, it wakes up and starts to bite in the direction of the player character, though they stay asleep if approached slowly. Piranha Plants take away three health points if they bite the player character, or four if he is without hiscap (excluding Yoshi in the remake). Three Piranha Plants are included in an additional area of Whomp's Fortress in the remake, but they are different in that they emerge from the grass when approached. After they emerge, they will then act like normal sleeping Piranha Plants for the rest of a mission.

Piranha Plants can be defeated mainly from beingpunched orground-pounded while asleep, or from one ofYoshi's Eggs in the remake. A defeated Piranha Plant shrinks as pink bubbles fly out from its body, and releases aBlue Coin as a spoil. Once the player walks far enough, however, they regrow while remaining asleep.

Besides Piranha Plants, there areVenus Fire Traps, includingsmall andlarge versions encountered mainly inTiny-Huge Island.

Super Mario Sunshine[edit]

Piranha Plants, also called Pakkun Flowers,^[17] appear inSuper Mario Sunshine. They are depicted after their appearance fromSuper Mario 64, since their lips are green, but they lack teeth. Piranha Plants are encountered only inBianco Hills. They pop out of the ground and spit black, white-spotted projectiles to attackMario. A Piranha Plant is defeated if enough water fromFLUDD is sprayed into its body until it blows up. Various Piranha Plant members make their debut, including the recurring mini-bossProto Piranha, the boss and future recurring characterPetey Piranha, and enemies namedPiranhabons.

New Super Mario Bros.[edit]

Piranha Plants appear inNew Super Mario Bros. They retain their attack pattern introduced inSuper Mario Bros., but with an added chomping sound effect. Some Piranha Plants appear in the ground, as well as on conveyor belts, which move them around. Two Piranha Plant varieties return, includingVenus Fire Traps andSuper Piranha Plants.

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Artwork fromSuper Mario Galaxy

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario Galaxy and itsNintendo Switchport. They rest pointing upwards, and can be found in flower patches as well as pipes, though they act the same regardless of their location. They attack by trying to bite the player character. A Piranha Plant is defeated from either astomp, aspin, or being touched byRainbow Mario. It is stunned temporarily if hit by aStar Bit. Defeating some Piranha Plants is required so that aSproutle Vine can grow in their place. The game addsSpiny Piranha Plants, a large, purple variant that slams its head to attack, and the bossDino Piranha, as well as a black-colored variant of it.

Piranha Plants appear in the following list of galaxies and missions:

• Good Egg Galaxy ("Dino Piranha", "Dino Piranha Speed Run")
• Honeyhive Galaxy (all but "Honeyhive Cosmic Mario Race")
• Beach Bowl Galaxy ("Sunken Treasure", "Wall Jumping up Waterfalls")
• Gusty Garden Galaxy ("Bunnies in the Wind", "Gusty Garden's Gravity Scramble", "The Golden Chomp")
• Gold Leaf Galaxy ("Star Bunnies on the Hunt", "Cataquack to the Skies", "When It Rains, It Pours", "The Bell on the Big Tree")
• Sea Slide Galaxy ("Purple Coins by the Seaside")

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Piranha Plants return inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. Pipe-dwelling Piranha Plants no longer have a chomping sound effect, unlike inNew Super Mario Bros. Piranha Plants are defeated from anIce Ball, though Piranha Plants encased in ice cannot be picked up. Piranha Plants cannot hurt aYoshi if jumped on. Besides the returningVenus Fire Traps,Super Piranha Plants,Munchers, andBig Fire Piranhas, the game gives Piranha Plants another two variants,Stalking Piranha Plants andRiver Piranha Plants.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

Piranha Plants appear inSuper Mario Galaxy 2 and itsNintendo Switchport. They behave identically to their appearance inSuper Mario Galaxy, and once again are usually surrounded by a clump of flowers. Besides the returningSuper Piranha Plant andSpiny Piranha Plant, the latter receives a variant namedPrickly Piranha Plant. Both Dino Piranhas also return, and similar boss to them is introduced,Peewee Piranha.

Piranha Plants appear in the following list of galaxies and missions. If no mission is stated, Piranha Plants appear during all missions:

• Sky Station Galaxy ("Storming the Sky Fleet")
• Yoshi Star Galaxy ("Saddle Up with Yoshi", "Spiny Control")
• Spin-Dig Galaxy ("Silver Stars Down Deep")
• Fluffy Bluff Galaxy ("Search for the Toad Brigade Captain", "Every Planet Has Its Price")
• Tall Trunk Galaxy ("The Flotacious Blimp Fruit", "Tall Trunk's Big Slide")
• Honeyhop Galaxy ("The Sweetest Silver Stars")
• Throwback Galaxy

Super Mario 3D Land[edit]

Artwork fromSuper Mario 3D Land

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario 3D Land. They are modeled after their appearance inSuper Mario Galaxy and its sequel. Besides the returningFire Piranha Plants, the game introduces an ink-spitting variety namedInky Piranha Plants.

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Piranha Plants return inNew Super Mario Bros. 2. They behave like inNew Super Mario Bros. Wii. Two Piranha Plant varieties were introduced,Bone Piranha Plants andGold Piranha Plants, with Piranha Plants becoming the latter while aGold Ring is in effect.

New Super Mario Bros. U[edit]

Piranha Plants return inNew Super Mario Bros. U. They are mostly the same, though there are Piranha Plants that hatch fromPiranha Pods thrown byLakitus inBlooming Lakitus.

Super Mario 3D World /Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury[edit]

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario 3D World andSuper Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury. They are functionally similar to their behavior introduced inSuper Mario Galaxy. Besides the returningMega Piranha Plants, the game introducesPotted Piranha Plants, which can be carried around to eat enemies;Piranha Creeper, which have a long spiky stem; and cat variations inBowser's Fury only.

Super Mario Maker /Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS /Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

Piranha Plants are course elements inSuper Mario Maker,its port, andSuper Mario Maker 2. Piranha Plants are in every style exceptSuper Mario World, which hasJumping Piranha Plants instead. Several Piranha Plant variations return, includingBig Piranha Plants,Fire Piranha Plants,Jumping Piranha Plants,Big Venus Fire Traps,Munchers, as well asPiranha Creepers inSuper Mario Maker 2 only. Piranha Plants can be placed on the ground and do not move around.Super Mario Maker 2 adds the ability to place Piranha Plants upside-down on ceilings, and in the game's addedSuper Mario 3D World style, Piranha Plants attack by lunging and can be defeated from astomp, unlike in the other game styles.Super Mario Maker 2 also includes Piranha Plants in a Ninji Speedruns course calledYoshi's Piranha Plant Picnic, where the goal is forYoshi to swallow twenty-five.

Super Mario Run[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inSuper Mario Run. They emerge from pipes, retaining their usual biting attack, but as per usual are unable to appear if the player character is directly next to or on top of their pipe. As Fire Mario is not in the game, Piranha Plants are comparatively harder to defeat than in previous games. Since Piranha Plants are unable to be stomped, they cannot bevaulted over or defeated using aroll. Yoshis can bounce off their heads safely.

The earliest course with Piranha Plants isWall-Kicking It Underground, which has a prominent setpiece near the end where the player has towall-jump around two Piranha Plants. When the course is set to havePurple Coins andBlack Coins appear, compared to the defaultPink Coins, the setpiece gets more complex.

Piranha Plants are the titular enemy ofPiranha Plant Field, which includes a large number of Piranha Plants and pipes for them to come out of. They are even placed in pipes where the player cannot reach. Multiple sections of the course have the player pass through parallel pipes where both the top and bottom pipe have a Piranha Plant inside them. Sometimes, navigating this requires wall-jumping between pipes to stall until one or both of the Piranha Plants recede back into their pipes.

APiranha Plant Statue is a building in the Kingdom Builder mode. It depicts a Piranha Plant coming out of a pipe. The description for Green Pipe B, which is a long pipe, notes that Piranha Plants prefer to live in pipes that are like it.

Super Mario Odyssey[edit]

Bowser using a bouquet of Piranha Plants to impress Peach

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario Odyssey. They are used as flowers inBowser andPrincess Peach's marriage, as well as decorations on Bowser's ship in the opening scene. While Piranha Plants do not appear as enemies,Fire Piranha Plants retain this role, and the game introduces thePoison Piranha Plant variety.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder[edit]

Piranha Plants inSuper Mario Bros. Wonder

Piranha Plants return inSuper Mario Bros. Wonder. Besides the returningFire Piranha Plants,Big Piranha Plants,Big Fire Piranha Plants,Bone Piranha Plants,Munchers, andNipper Plants, the game introduces additional Piranha Plant varieties:Trottin' Piranha Plants, which can leave their pipes and move around;Melon Piranha Plants, which resemble watermelons and spit seeds;Wonder Piranha, black Piranha Plants with long stalks that appear after Bowser collects theWonder Flower at the start of the game;Cloud Piranhas, dark Piranha Plants made of smoke that protect Bowser's Castle; andFiery Note Piranhas (and theirlarger variants), fiery Piranha Plants resembling music notes that function as projectiles.

DIC cartoons[edit]

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![edit]

“Terrible tortellini! Look at those plumber-munching Piranha Plants!”

—Luigi, "Mario of the Deep"

A group of Piranha Plants in the episode "On Her Majesty's Sewer Service" ofThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

Piranha Plants, misspelledPirhana Plants in the writer's bible,^[18] appear inThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show! They are depicted as being black with green lips and pink spots. Pirhana Plants can spit fire, a trait possibility inherited byPansers.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

A Piranha Plant about to bite Mario inThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 episode "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas".

A green Piranha Plant appears in the episode "Sneaky Lying Cheating Giant Ninja Koopas" ofThe Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3. It bitesRaccoon Mario after he is knocked unconscious by Big Mouth's reptile breath tornado move, but misses on the second attempt. BothPtooies andVenus Fire Traps also appear, more commonly than Piranha Plants.

Super Mario World[edit]

A Piranha Plant about to eat Hip, Hop, and King Koopa in theSuper Mario World television series episode "A Little Learning".

In theSuper Mario World episode "Fire Sale", a non-antagonistic Piranha Plant namedMama Fireplant appears, and Toadstool, Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi must rescue her fromKootie Pie in a frozen cavern, although ultimately only Yoshi is successful in doing so due to thePorcupinefish in the lair flash-freezing anyone who steps on them, with Mario, Luigi, and Toadstool all needing to be rescued themselves as a result.

In the episode "Gopher Bash,"Cheatsy has hisgopher minions replace the crops they had stolen with Piranha Plants, which Yoshi, Mario, and Luigi end up defeating. Unusually, one is depicted with hair or spike-like protrusions on its head.

In the episode "A Little Learning,"Hip andHop put a Piranha Plant inOogtar's "eggabegga" project, only to have the sabotage turn on them andKing Koopa when Oogtar inadvertently feeds it fertilizer.

The Piranha Plants' name is misspelled as "pirhana plant" on theKoopa's Stone Age Quests DVD back cover.^[19]

Super Mario Bros. (Valiant Comics)[edit]

Piranha Plants appear occasionally in theSuper Mario Bros. comics. They are depicted with primarily dark-green heads atop light-green stems. Some Piranha Plants have a pair of eyes, while female Piranha Plants have faces the same color as their stems and dark green lips, while the dark green and spotted portion is made from leaves and acts as "hair." InPiranha-Round Sue, several Piranha Plants, led byPiranha Sue, attempt to steal theGreen Gecko Gem and amagic wand in order to deposeBowser, due to several tight restrictions he had placed upon them. InThe Revenge of Pipe Ooze! a Piranha Plant gets strangled by Bowser after he callsLemmy an idiot, while two female Piranha Plants appear as fans ofDirk Drain-Head, of whom Mario was cosplaying as.

Nintendo Adventure Books[edit]

A patch of Piranha Plants inDouble Trouble trapToad after he is led astray by a disguised Koopa on his way back to the Mushroom Palace. After hearing Toad's yells for help, Mario rushes into the patch to rescue him, and tries to fight off a particularly large Piranha Plant by throwing a rock, which the plant bats aside with a stick, giving its brethren the idea of grabbing some clubs to use as weapons as well. Depending on how the accompanying puzzle is solved, the plants either fight each other after Mario tricks one into bludgeoning another, or they succeed in knocking Mario out with a blow to the head.

A patch of Piranha Plants appear near the Mushroom Palace inLeaping Lizards, with Morton, Luigi and Toad navigate through them on the way toWater Land. Some Piranha Plants inKoopa Capers are spotted by Luigi amongst several monsters inWendy O. Koopa's secret camp in the Magma Pits.

A patch of Piranha Plants appear inPipe Down!, having to be run through by Mario and Luigi if they decide to go after Princess Toadstool. Four Piranha Plants (named Ashby, Justin, Scott and Todd respectively) are later revealed to have been coerced byLudwig von Koopa to becoming the string quartet in a ballet that Toadstool is forced to star in. If the Piranha Plants attack the Mario Bros. and the princess, they are defeated quickly by Luigi knocking their pots over. One of the bad endings has two Piranha Plants eat Mario and Luigi if enter the leftmost pipe in a chamber.

A hungry, young Piranha Plant appears inFlown the Koopa, where Mario pulls theMushroom King away it while avoidingDino Rhinos in a forest.

Piranha Plants and some traffic officers switch minds inBrain Drain, due to theSynapse Switcher, causing havoc on the Fungus Freeway.

Yoshi[edit]

Piranha Plants are objects inYoshi. They are one of six to fall onto the playing field. Piranha Plants are depicted similarly toJumping Piranha Plants fromSuper Mario World.

Mario Kart series[edit]

Super Mario Kart[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles inSuper Mario Kart. They are encountered inChoco Island 1 andChoco Island 2. Piranha Plants are offroad and cause whoever drives into them to spin out.

Mario Kart 64[edit]

Piranha Plants return inMario Kart 64. They are placed in the ground and have lips that of a yellowish tan color. Piranha Plants are encountered inMario Raceway andRoyal Raceway. They are placed offroad, appearing to move their lips up and down in the manner of a sucking motion.

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

Piranha Plants return inMario Kart: Super Circuit. They are encountered inYoshi Desert. A Piranha Plant emerges from a quicksand pit if a player character drives in, chewing on them shortly before spitting them out.

Mario Kart: Double Dash!![edit]

Piranha Plants return inMario Kart: Double Dash!!. They are encountered inMario Circuit andYoshi Circuit. Piranha Plant are in pipes and try to bite approaching drivers, flipping them over when hit. The chomping sound effect of Piranha Plants is a sped up variation of one ofPetey Piranha's sound clips, and Piranha Plants use one of his exact voice clips when hit. Piranha Plants are stunned temporarily if hit by either aGreen Shell, aRed Shell, aBowser Shell, or a character under theinvincibility effects of aStar. Besides Piranha Plants, the game introducesPit Plants, which are obstacles inDry Dry Desert, and addsPetey Piranha as a playable character.

Mario Kart Arcade GP series[edit]

Piranha Plant as it appeared inMario Kart Arcade GP

A Piranha Plant icon inMario Kart Arcade GP DX

Piranha Plant is an item in bothMario Kart Arcade GP andMario Kart Arcade GP 2. It has a bright pink look. The Piranha Plant is one of theSpecial Items used byPrincess Peach. It eats the items of opponents after being summoned. Piranha Plants also appear as obstacles inMario Beach andDK Jungle, where they act the same as they do inMario Kart: Double Dash!! Smaller Piranha Plants also appear on the bottom of archways in theBowser Cup in red and green colors, though they merely observe.

Mario Kart DS[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles inMario Kart DS. They are encountered inMario Circuit,SNES Choco Island 2, andGCN Yoshi Circuit. Piranha Plants function the way they do inSuper Mario Kart.Fire Piranha Plants are also obstacles in the former course.

Mario Kart Wii[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles inMario Kart Wii. They are encountered inN64 Mario Raceway andGCN Mario Circuit. Piranha Plants are the basis of one of thekarts,Piranha Prowler, but the petals and colored lips suggest closer inspiration from Petey Piranha.

Mario Kart 7[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles inMario Kart 7. They are encountered inMusic Park andPiranha Plant Slide. There are two giant Piranha Plants in both courses. The Piranha Plants in Music Park move to the beat of the background music, bite player characters if they drive into the spotlight in front of them, and switch between the right and left sides at times. The Piranha Plants of Piranha Plant Slide are positioned in the center, changing which direction they face periodically.

Mario Kart 8 /Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Yoshi using Piranha Plant inMario Kart 8

Piranha Plants appears inMario Kart 8 and its enhanced port,Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as an item. The Piranha Plant is set up in front of the user, biting opponents, items such asBananas,Bloopers, shells, and objects such ascoins and traffic cones that they pass until its timer runs out and it disappears. The timer is also reduced faster every time that the Piranha Plant bites. It also gives the user a speed boost every time it lunges out to chomp, which it automatically does every few seconds. The player can manually force it to chomp by pressing. If the player holds, the Piranha Plant will constantly bite at the road ahead. The plant can only chomp items that are in front of it and slightly to the side, meaning that the player can be hit from other directions. In this game, the pot has wheels on the side. These wheels turn sideways when going intoanti-gravity. The Piranha Plant will spin around as the result of atrick.InMario Kart 8 Deluxe, the Piranha Plant is used in the game's exclusive battle mode, Renegade Roundup, for the authorities to capture opponents on the other team. In that mode, the Piranha Plants have a strobe light on top of their head. When an opponent is nearby its strobe light will turn on and its siren will blare. The color of the Piranha Plant and its strobe light varies depending on which team it is on. If a player with a Piranha Plant is hit with an item in this mode, stars will appear over the Piranha Plant's head to indicate that it is stunned and unable to capture an opponent. If the player drives into a wall or rim, the Piranha Plant will disappear until the player drives away from the wall or rim. The renegade team will never get a Piranha Plant. In the North American overview trailer, the item is misspelledPirahna Plant.^[20]

Piranha Plants also appear as obstacles. They are encountered both in pipes and on land. The Piranha Plants in pipes appear inSweet Sweet Canyon,Mario Circuit,GCN Yoshi Circuit,3DS Piranha Plant Slide, and3DS Music Park; the first three courses give them similar behavior as inMario Kart: Double Dash!!, but Piranha Plants in the returningMario Kart 7 courses retain their behavior from said game. The Piranha Plants on land are inN64 Royal Raceway, as well asTour Bangkok Rush andDS Mario Circuit inMario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass. Piranha Plants are in the background ofShy Guy Falls,3DS Piranha Plant Slide, andPiranha Plant Cove. TheBooster Course Pass adds Piranha Plants that are not in pipes but behave like the counterparts otherwise, including inTour Amsterdam Drift, Piranha Plant Cove, andTour Madrid Drive. A Piranha Plant in theBooster Course Pass courseYoshi's Island is attached to the underside of the tree trunk arch before the water section and uses identical sound effects as inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Other Piranha Plant varieties and relatives appear. Other Piranha Plant varieties are featured as obstacles:Raving Piranha Plants appear inElectrodrome; aBone Piranha Plant appears inBone-Dry Dunes; andDeku Babas are cosmetic replacements of Piranha Plants inHyrule Circuit. The Booster Course Pass includesBig Piranha Plants inTour Paris Promenade andDS Peach Gardens,Ptooies inGBA Riverside Park,Fire Piranha Plants inDS Mario Circuit, andMecha Piranha Plants inGCN Waluigi Stadium.Wooden cutouts of Piranha Plants are inTour Paris Promenade,Ninja Hideaway andWii Daisy Circuit.

Mario Kart Tour[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles inMario Kart Tour. They appear in both their lunging and passive variants. They are found in many courses in the game, especially in T variants of courses. They act the same as inSuper Mario Kart andMario Kart 7. Hitting Piranha Plants with the use of an item or while invincible grants the player some bonus points. There are alsowooden cutouts of Piranha Plants, which are used to block certain shortcuts. A new glider called thePiranha Plant Parafoil is also introduced. ThePiranha Plant Tour is themed around Piranha Plants, with Petey Piranha and Piranha Plant Slide returning in this tour. This game also introduces two new courses themed around Piranha Plants, calledPiranha Plant Cove andPiranha Plant Pipeline respectively.Inky Piranha Plants also make their debut in this game, appearing in the courseBangkok Rush.

Below are two lists of courses inMario Kart Tour that feature Piranha Plants: one list is for the lunging type, and the other for the passive type. (Select "show" to reveal a list.)

Lunging variant

Passive variant

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles inMario Kart Live: Home Circuit. They are encountered inPiranha Paradise. Piranha Plants appear on gates sometimes, snapping at player characters driving by and temporarily holding any caught player character holding them in their mouths for some time if caught.

Mario Kart World[edit]

Piranha Plant inMario Kart World.

Piranha Plant appears as a playable character for the first time in theMario Kart series inMario Kart World. Much like the playable Piranha Plant inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate and the playableFire Piranha Plant inMario Tennis Aces, it is in a pot. Piranha Plants, Fire Piranha Plants, Bone Piranha Plants, andFrost Piranhas all appear as enemies in pipes.

Piranha Plant is available from the start; it andGoomba are the only characters newly playable to theMario Kart series where this has been the case since version 1.0.0 (starting from version 1.1.0, the previously-unlockableSidestepper,Cheep Cheep,Pokey,Cow,Stingby,Snowman,Penguin, andPara-Biddybud are made available from the start). It shares statistics withRosalina,Pauline,King Boo, Snowman,Cataquack, andConkdor.

Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inWario Land: Super Mario Land 3. Piranha Plants are encountered throughoutParsley Woods. They behave likeMunchers, being stationary, invincible enemies that occupy certain areas. Piranha Plants are indestructible and can defeatWario instantly by touching him.

Although never referred to with their English names inWario Land-related material, these enemies are labeled as "Pakkun Flower" (パックンフラワー) onpage 7Media:Wario Land enemies (KC Mario).jpg of theSuper Mario Land 3: Wario Land 1 manga, which is the Japanese name for Piranha Plants.Nintendo Power instead gives the uncapitalized name "piranha plant" to the Munchers onRice Beach.^[21]

Mario's FUNdamentals[edit]

Piranha Plants make a cameo inMario's FUNdamentals. They are featured on a suit of playing cards in Go Fish.

Yoshi series[edit]

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island /Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3[edit]

Wild Piranhas,^[22] also namedWild Piranha Plants,^[23]Red Piranhas,^[24] Piranha Plants,^[23] or simply Piranhas,^[25] orRed Flowers,^[26] are enemies inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island andits remake. Wild Piranhas are completely different than in theSuper Mario series: All Wild Piranhas are planted in the ground, appearing very miniaturized by default, but it both increases in size and lunges at aYoshi when approached. A Wild Piranha causes a Yoshi to loseBaby Mario and hiseggs if it catches Yoshi into its mouth, though spits him out after a few seconds. Wild Piranhas are defeated only from being hit by an egg or a different projectile; when defeated, a Wild Piranha's head flips, shrinks, and disappears. BesidesNipper Plants returning, the game introduces theHootie the Blue Fish andWild Ptooie Piranha varieties. One of the bosses is a giant Piranha calledNaval Piranha. Piranha Plants have traits similar toBlow Hards, but the latter is defined as aPokey variant.

Yoshi's Story[edit]

A Piranha Plant inYoshi's Story

Piranha Plants are enemies inYoshi's Story. Piranha Plants have teeth appearing to be on their lips and stalks covered in spikes. They can grow very large, to the point of resemblingNaval Piranha. Piranha Plants are encountered in levels such asPiranha Grove. Several varieties debut, such asPiranha Pests andPiranha Sprouts.

Yoshi's Island DS[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inYoshi's Island DS. They behave identically as inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. Besides the returningWild Ptooie Piranhas, Nipper Plants and Nipper Spores, a few Piranha Plant varieties were added, includingPolterpiranhas,Bungee Piranhas andNipper Dandelions. A giant Piranha Plant is one of the bosses,Big Bungee Piranha.

Yoshi's New Island[edit]

A Piranha Plant, as seen inYoshi's New Island

Piranha Plants return inYoshi's New Island. They appear on land, as well as inside ofpipes inSpin-Lift Drift. The Piranha Plants stemming from the ground no longer start in miniaturized form.

Yoshi's Woolly World /Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]

A Piranha Plant, as depicted inYoshi's Woolly World

Piranha Plants are enemies inYoshi's Woolly World andits port, inheriting their behavior fromYoshi's New Island. The leaves and teeth of a Piranha Plant are made out of felt in this game, as per the game's asthetic of "arts and crafts". Some Piranha Plants start out sleeping, but they wake up when Yoshi approaches and do so too fast for Yoshi to reach them while they are sleeping. Some Piranha Plants are found attached to ceilings instead of the ground. Yoshi cannot enter a Warp Pipe if a Piranha Plant is on top of it. As Baby Mario is not in this game, when a Piranha Plant eats Yoshi they inflict damage on Yoshi as they are spat out.

These games replace Yoshi's Eggs withyarn balls. When a Piranha Plant is hit by a yarn ball, it is temporarily tied up. Until it breaks free, it cannot eat Yoshi, and does not inflict contact damage. If a Piranha Plant on the ceiling is tied up, it will fall off the ceiling. If such a Piranha Plant hits the ground, it dies.

Aside from tying up Piranha Plants attached to the ceiling, a Piranha Plant can be defeated by stomping it while it is tied up, hitting it with one seed from awatermelon, fire breath from afire watermelon, freezing it with ice breath from anice watermelon then stomping it, freezing it with ice breath from an ice watermelon then kicking it into something else, kicking another frozen enemy into the Piranha Plant, and being crushed by objects likesnowballs.

Yoshi's Crafted World[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inYoshi's Crafted World. They are encountered on both Yoshi's path and in the backdrop, where they cannot harm Yoshis. Piranha Plants are defeated from being hit by an egg. A large cardboard Piranha Plant namedSpike the Piranha appears as the boss ofAcorn Forest.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

Artwork fromSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

“It's really weird. Sometimes I hearthe guy next door. He's always mumbling about a Crystal-this and an Evil-that. Isn't a "Crystal" some kind of a shiny rock...or something? I know I've seen those somewhere!”

—Piranha Plant,Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Piranha Plants are enemies inSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars andits remake. They are encountered inPipe Vault. Piranha Plants attempt to attack Mario in the field by leaping from a pipe. Piranha Plants have root-like legs for walking but appear only in pipes outside of battle. They are unaffected byjump attacks. There is a Piranha Plant living atMonstro Town in the game, where when talked to, he talks about someone next door "mumbling about a Crystal-this and a Crystal-that", alluding toCulex.Chompweeds return, andChewies debut as a variety. One of the bosses is a Piranha Plant namedSmilax.

Super Smash Bros. series[edit]

SmashWiki article:Piranha Plant

A Piranha Plant inSuper Smash Bros.

Piranha Plants appear in all entries of theSuper Smash Bros. series, except forSuper Smash Bros. Melee. TheMushroom Kingdom stage that appears inSuper Smash Bros. andSuper 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 inSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels), dealing damage to any fighter that touches them; however, they can be attacked and knocked out easily. InSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, a Piranha Plant is featured as asticker and atrophy, and in thePictoChat stage, one of the drawings that appears in the background is a Piranha Plant. A Piranha Plant is also featured as a trophy inSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS andSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[edit]

Artwork fromSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate

SmashWiki article:Piranha Plant (SSBU)

Piranha Plant is a downloadable playable character inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate as of January 29, 2019, being the first playable character in the series to be a generic enemy. It was available for free post-launch for anyone who registered the game throughMy Nintendo by January 31, 2019 (PST), and it can be purchased separately as of February 1, 2019 (PST). In itstrailer, Piranha Plant is seen being approached by Mario before knocking him back and repeatedly biting at him before the tagline is displayed: "Piranha Plant Pipes Up!" ("Piranha Plant Joins the Battle!" in the British English version). Piranha Plant is unlockable inAdventure Mode: World of Light after freeing tenfighters, which occurs automatically if the criteria is fulfilled prior to downloading Piranha Plant.

Piranha Plant's basicmoves include bites, headbutts, leaf swipes, and pot strikes. Piranha Plant'sneutral special move isPtooie, which involves shooting spiked balls similarly tothe species; itsside special move isPoison Breath, which involves spewing a damaging cloud of poison, similarly toPutrid Piranhas; itsup special move isPiranhacopter, in which Piranha Plant flies like aJumping Piranha Plant; itsdown special move isLong-Stem Strike; and itsFinal Smash isPetey Piranha, which involves summoningthe character to trap opponents in cages, breathe fire on them, and slam the cages onto the ground. Piranha Plant'sforward smash is Prickly Swing, in which it transforms into aPrickly Piranha Plant to perform a headbutt. Itsback aerial is Fire Breath, in which Piranha Plant spits an explosive fireball in the manner of aFire Piranha Plant.

Piranha Plant is one of the heavier fighters, and its mobility is also below-average in many areas, apart from its dashing speed. Piranha Plant was originally intended to have three jumps, but the third jump was removed prior to the fighter's release.^[27] Piranha Plant smiles or scowls for certain actions, making it more expressive than in other appearances. Itsvictory theme is identical toBowser's andBowser Jr.'s. One of Piranha Plant'svictory poses shows it bitingMario, stopping him from jumping over Piranha Plant, and then smiling after launching him away. ThePalutena's Guidance conversation on Piranha Plant revealsViridi (the goddess of nature) as being very knowledgeable on the species, having written a thesis on it and naming its many variants, irritatingPit andPalutena in the process.

Thealternate costumes reference the different types of Piranha Plants and warp pipe color variations:

• Its green costume is derived from how it appeared in the originalSuper Mario Bros. andThe Lost Levels, with a green warp pipe.
• Its yellow costume is derived from various Piranha Plants that have a yellow color, including thePipe Land king's transfigured form, theWild Ptooie Piranha fromYoshi's Island upon the first strike, and theGlad P. Plant fromSuper Princess Peach, with a magenta pot.
• The magenta costume resembles an activePiranha Creeper fromSuper Mario 3D World,Dino Piranha,Peewee Piranha, and theSuper Mario All-Stars appearance ofNipper Plants, with a dark navy pipe.
• The black costume resembles theInky Piranha Plant fromSuper Mario 3D Land and the Pale Piranha fromPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, with a red pot.
• The white costume resemblesBone Piranha Plants as they appear inNew 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, with a yellow pipe. Its all-white appearance with a green stem may also be a reference toNipper Plants.
• The indigo costume with pink lips resembles theBungee Piranhas fromYoshi's Island DS,Spiny Piranha Plants fromSuper Mario Galaxy, and to a lesser extent,Mom Piranha when colored blue, as well as her blue-colored Piranha Plants prior to and during her boss fight inMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and its remake. It is in a goldenrod, metallic pot.
• Its blue costume resembles how its sprite appears in underground courses inSuper Mario Bros. andThe Lost Levels, as well as theFrost Piranha fromSuper Paper Mario, and has a brown pipe.

Piranha Plant's fighterspirit uses its artwork fromMario Party DS. Piranha Plant is one of the three DLCfighters who never appear as a puppet fighter in any spirit battle, the other two beingTerry andSephiroth.

Theversion 2.0.0 update introduced a glitch where playing as Piranha Plant inAll-Star Smash can corrupt save data.^[28]

Classic Mode route[edit]

Piranha Plant's Classic Mode has it fight against all ofSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate's base newcomers, as well as Rathalos fromMonster Hunter, who is also new to the series.

Mario Party series[edit]

Mario Party[edit]

Screenshot fromMario Party, in the minigame Whack-a-Plant

Piranha Plants are obstacles in the boardPeach's Birthday Cake and the minigameWhack-a-Plant, as well as audience members ofMario Bandstand inMario Party. Piranha Plants can be placed around the Peach's Birthday Cake board, with players losing aStar if they land on a spot with one. A three-legged Piranha Plant appears inPiranha's Pursuit as an obstacle to avoid. Later versions of this minigame replace the Piranha Plant with Petey Piranha. Piranha Plants in Whack-a-Plant are stomped by player characters as part of the minigame objective. Agiant Piranha Plant is found inTug o' War.

Mario Party 2[edit]

Piranha Plants are a species inMario Party 2. A three-legged Piranha Plant is encountered inMini-Game Park, chasing a butterfly, until the player purchases a certain number minigames fromWoody, then the Piranha Plant gives the player the minigamesDungeon Dash andRainbow Run before leaving. Piranha Plants are background elements inBowser Land, where one is near some red Warp Pipes, andSpace Land, where two are inside of a glass dome. A Piranha Plant is an obstacle in the minigameToad in the Box, where it stuns the player character if summoned from a rotating block.

Mario Party 3[edit]

Piranha Plants are a species in the minigamesStorm Chasers andWinner's Wheel, as well as a partner in Duel Mode inMario Party 3. The Piranha Plants in Storm Chasers are watered by chasing a moving cloud, and those in Winner's Wheel spectate, dancing if the player character wins. The three-legged Piranha Plant in Duel Mode is partnered withWaluigi by default, and it has an attack power of 3, one health point, a salary of five coins, and sometimes provides an additional die with 1-3 after rolling.

Mario Party 4[edit]

Piranha Plants are background characters inMario Party 4. One is a speaker in the sound test in the Option Room, and another is the shower head of the Bowser bathpresent.

Mario Party 5[edit]

Piranha Plants appearing in Pop-Star Piranhas.

Piranha Plants are a species in the minigamePop-Star Piranhas, a part of thePiranha Plant Capsule, a weapon inSuper Duel Mode, a background element inTriple Jump (at the 150 foot/50m sign), and the likeness of two statues inBowser Nightmare inMario Party 5. The Piranha Plants in Pop-Star Piranhas all dance, except for one, with the player characters guessing which one. A Piranha Plant of the Piranha Plant Capsule takes away half thecoins of whoever lands on a space with it.

Mario Party 6[edit]

Piranha Plants are referenced inOdd Card Out, a species in the boardThirsty Gulch, a part of thePiranha Plant Orb (functioning the same as before), obstacles inMole-it!, and the likeness of two lamps inSeer Terror inMario Party 6. Piranha Plants in Odd Card Out are depicted on some cards.

Mario Party Advance[edit]

ScreenshotMario Party Advance

“Piranha Plants. They're healthy and pretty!”

—Narration,Mario Party Advance

Piranha Plants are a species in the oasis of thedesert area of Shroom City and the minigameMatch 'Em, as well as obstacles inGo-go Pogo inMario Party Advance. The player can pick a Piranha Plant from an oasis in the desert area afterBob-omba requests a "healthy, pretty" flower. When plucked, a Piranha Plant bites the player,^[29] and the Piranha Plant is happily described with a few adjectives when delivered to Bob-omba.^[30] The Piranha Plant is revealed in the epilogue to have grown much larger.

Mario Party 7[edit]

Piranha Plants are a species inHerbicidal Maniac, a background element inWingin' It, a part of the Piranha Plant Orb (again unchanged), and the likeness of both fountains in the mode Waterfall Battle and statues inPyramid Scheme inMario Party 7. Their lips were changed to white, unlike previous entries, no longer being based on theirSuper Mario 64 design. The Piranha Plants inHerbicidal Maniac are competitively shot at by the player characters, and hitting a mine causes more to appear. The Piranha Plant in Wingin' It appears from a house's chimney if a team gets 19 meters or higher.

Mario Party 8[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles in the boardsDK's Treetop Temple andKing Boo's Haunted Hideaway and the minigamesWinner or Dinner andSpecter Inspector. The Piranha Plants on the boards take ten coins from player characters who land on an? Space with them.

Mario Party DS[edit]

A Piranha Plant's design used forMario Party DS

Piranha is a boss in Story Mode, being fought in the minigameFeed and Seed at the end ofWiggler's Garden inMario Party DS. The player character and their earn the firstSky Crystal after defeating it.^[31]

Mario Party 9[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles in the minigamesSpeeding Bullets,Piranha Patch, andWiggler Bounce, board features associated withUnlucky Spaces, and the likeness of the "Gluttonous Gobbler" constellation inMario Party 9. The Piranha Plants of Piranha Patch grow from flower buds and deduct a point from the player characters they attack. The Piranha Plants atUnlucky Spaces emerge from the red Warp Pipe next to them to take the captain who landed on it to an underground area withMini Ztar Spaces.

Mario Party: Island Tour[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles in the minigameQuickest Cricket and depicted on a reel in the minigameGet Reel inMario Party: Island Tour.

Mario Party 10[edit]

Piranha Plants are a species in the boardMushroom Park and the minigamePipe Sniper inMario Party 10. Besides Piranha Plants, their golden variety also appears, andPetey Piranha is a boss fought inPetey's Bomb Battle.

Mario Party: Star Rush[edit]

Piranha Plants are obstacles in the minigamePiranha Plantemonium inMario Party: Star Rush. They appear alongside their golden counterparts.

Super Mario Party[edit]

Piranha Plants appear inSuper Mario Party in the minigameMiner Setbacks as obstacles. They also appear in the Party Plaza initially, where they block Warp Pipes leading to locked game modes.Kamek removes the Piranha Plants with magic as the player completes requirements, making the pipes and by extension the minigames accessible.

Mario Party Superstars[edit]

Piranha Plants reappear on Peach's Birthday Cake inMario Party Superstars, although they now only steal 5 coins from opponents that land on their spaces. In this game, they are now grown fromPiranha Pods thrown byLakitus.Big Piranha Plants grown from larger Piranha Pods replace the original Piranha Plant's function, stealing a Star from opponents that land on their spaces. Additionally, a Piranha Plant appears as a selectable reaction from the reactions list.

Super Mario Party Jamboree /Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV[edit]

Piranha Plants reappear inSuper Mario Party Jamboree andSuper Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV onMega Wiggler's Tree Party. Both of the Piranha Plants are activated by landing on one of the two Event Spaces near them. Each Piranha Plant initially causes a player to lose five coins; however, water drops cause them to grow, causing the number of coins a player loses to increase by one each time a player gets attacked. Each Piranha Plant has a separate penalty. Like inMario Party Superstars, a Piranha Plant appears as a selectable reaction from the reactions list.

Paper Mario series[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inPaper Mario. They are depicted with yellow teeth and do not appear in pipes. Piranha Plants are encountered inForever Forest. They move around freely and burrow underground when near Mario before emerging to try and bite him, giving it theFirst Strike. Varieties debuting in the game includePutrid Piranhas andFrost Piranhas, as well as the bossLava Piranha.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door andits remake. They are encountered inBoggly Woods andthe Great Tree, having been adapted into a monochrome color to suit their environment, similarly toClefts. In the English localization, they are known asPale Piranhas and identified byGoombella as asubspecies. 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. The game's English demo treats them as normal Piranha Plants.^[32] Pale Piranhas behave like Piranha Plants in the previous game, but those the Great Tree they can move to higher and lower ground in rooms with multiple levels. In theGlitz Pit, a Pale Piranha appears as one of the members ofThe Mind-Bogglers. Piranha Plants are part of theaudience, joining in Boggly Woods once Pale Piranhas are encountered, though they can be seen sooner if fighting againstSpanias in the western portion ofRogueport Underground.

Additionally, Putrid Piranhas and Frost Piranhas return fromPaper Mario, now simply being recolors of Pale Piranhas. A new, powerful variety, simply calledPiranha 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 optionalPit of 100 Trials.

Super Paper Mario[edit]

InSuper Paper Mario

Piranha Plants return inSuper Paper Mario. They retain their yellow teeth and are described as "notorious" byTippi. Piranha Plants are encountered inLineland,Gloam Valley, andThe Bitlands. They act more similarly to their functional equivalents introduced inSuper Mario Bros. Besides Piranha Plants, Putrid Piranhas and Frost Piranhas also return.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inPaper Mario: Sticker Star. They are first encountered inWorld 3, then later inWorld 5, and also assist the thirdWiggler Segment. Piranha Plants more closely resemble their design in other games, no longer having yellow teeth. Piranha Plants have a lot of HP, can home in on Mario on the field, and guard? Blocks. Besides biting, Piranha Plants have an added attack where they spit clouds of dust, which can inflict thedizzy status. Piranha Plants sometimes dig underground to dodge Mario's attacks for a turn. They can be stomped only if using theIron Jumpsticker, similarly to previous entries. Piranha Plants can be assisted byShy Guys,Snifits,Hammer Bros.,Poison Bloopers,Spike Tops andSpear Guys.

Paper Mario: Color Splash[edit]

Piranha Plants return inPaper Mario: Color Splash. They are encountered inRedpepper Crater andMossrock Theater.

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

An origami Piranha Plant

Origami Piranha Plants are enemies inPaper Mario: The Origami King. They are encountered in a section ofSpring of Jungle Mist. Piranha Plants can only be jumped on usingIron Boots and their variants, otherwise Mario takes damage. They are also weak tofire- andice-element attacks. Origami Piranha Plants burrow underground while their spot is selected and reemerge once their spot is deselected or a slide transition is made.

In battle, Piranha Plants can bite Mario for 18-22 damage or spit afireball at him for 22-26 damage. Multiple Piranha Plants can use Fireball Frenzy, a move that deals a minimum of 12 damage, and a maximum of 13 for three attacking Piranha Plants, 14 for four or five, and 15 for six.

They also have a team-up move called Plant Pitch, where a Piranha Plant appears below a regular enemy and swallows it whole. It then spits the enemy at Mario, dealing damage while harming it in the process.

Besides Piranha Plants, origamiNipper Plants,Ptooies, andJumping Piranha Plants are also enemies, along withPaper Macho versions of Piranha Plants.

Mario Golf series[edit]

Nabbit getting bitten by a Piranha Plant inMario Golf: World Tour

Piranha Plants appear in only two games of theMario Golf series. A few Piranha Plants are obstacles on theBowser Badlands course inMario Golf: Toadstool Tour, inhabiting pipes and taking any ball entering its mouth before spitting it out into lava. A Piranha Plant inMario Golf: World Tour appears only duringNabbit's Double Bogey animation, biting Nabbit from his bag as he tries to jump inside of it.

Mario & Luigi series[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga /Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inMario & Luigi: Superstar Saga andits remake. They are encountered at theBeanbean International Airport, occupying the landing strip and preventingToad Express from landing. The Piranha Plants respawn later unless they are doused with water and then struck by Luigi'sThunderhand. Besides Piranha Plants, a giant Piranha Plant namedMom Piranha is the boss of the area, and there is a mini-boss namedPiranha Bean, who can shrink anything it eats.

Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser includes lots of Piranha Beans as enemies, whileFire Stalking Piranha Plants appear as recruitable allies.

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time[edit]

Piranha Plants do not appear inMario & Luigi: Partners in Time, thoughPetey Piranha is a boss and two varieties made their debut,Elasto-Piranhas andPiranha Planets.

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story /Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey[edit]

A cell-based variation of the Piranha Plant, thePiranha Plorp, appear in the Energy Hold inMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story andits remake. Two giant Piranha Plants are also located inPeach's Castle, and have to be defeated by Bowser by leaping up to their buds and bashing into them.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inMario & Luigi: Dream Team. They are encountered in the biggest Dreampoint ofDreamy Driftwood Shore. They spit fire several times upon emerging before retreating into the ground temporarily, repeating this process repeatedly on the same spot. Piranha Plants all retreat underground briefly ifLuiginary Gravity is used.

In battle, a Piranha Plant may spit a large fireball or aFly Guy at Mario, which can be jumped over or idled under respectively to avoid damage. Piranha Plants are weak to Fire attacks, so theLuiginary Flame inflicts a lot of damage on them. Piranha Plants can spit outNipper Spores, which becomeNipper Plants that assist them from the background. A Piranha Plant can spit a fireball towards Nipper Plants if they are still alive, bouncing the fireball about until each on has touched it, and the last one to do so sends it towards Mario, who avoids damage by countering it at the Piranha Plant using hishammer.

Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[edit]

Piranha Plants do not appear inMario & Luigi: Paper Jam, though Fire Piranha Plants and theirpaper variant do.

Mario & Luigi: Brothership[edit]

Piranha Plants appear as enemies inMario & Luigi: Brothership alongsideGlohm Piranha Plants. In the field, Piranha Plants do not move from their spot, but spit fireballs. They appear commonly onSkorcheen Island, and three of them are fought onRaynforst Island if Mario and Luigi seek a flower crown there. In battle, Piranha Plants can spit out a spiked ball and blow it in the air similar to a Ptooie. If a Piranha Plant is attacked while it is blowing a spiked ball, the spiked ball falls on it and deals 50 damage. Otherwise, the Piranha Plant blows the spiked ball towards a bro. who must counter with the hammer.

Piranha Plants can also attack by lunging themselves at a bro. which must be repelled with the hammer, although the Piranha Plant may attack several times in one turn. All Piranha Plants in the battle may each move around and spit a fireball at the closest bro.; the order the Piranha Plants attack is the order they popped out of the ground prior to attacking. If one Bro. isDowned, a Piranha Plant may attempt to attack where the other Bro. formerly stood, missing their shot.^[33] If a Piranha Plant is launched into the air by an attack such asClockout Blow, it temporarily becomes potted before rooting in the ground again after the attack.

Mario Power Tennis[edit]

Piranha Plant's design inMario Power Tennis

Piranha Plants appear in theDelfino Plaza Court and its respective Special GameTic-Tac-Glow inMario Power Tennis. In a gimmick match, Piranha Plants spit outgoop onto an area of the court if their icon is hit by a ball. In Tic-Tac-Glow, they instead spit goop to cover the Shine Sprite spots on the court, re-applying the goop every time a set of three is matched. Piranha Plants in this game resemble their design fromSuper Mario Sunshine, with a bulbous spotted body, but their head instead resemblesPetey Piranha's head, with petals around its head and stripes on its lips. This makes the Piranha Plant almost identical to Petey Piranha's design inMario Pinball Land.

Yoshi Topsy-Turvy[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inYoshi Topsy-Turvy. It holds Yoshi in its mouth for a few seconds before spitting him out, similarly as inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

Yoshi Touch & Go[edit]

Piranha Plants and Wild Ptooie Piranhas are enemies inYoshi Touch & Go. They give four points when defeated. Both varieties behave identically as inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, but both of them take three hits to defeat, changing from green, yellow, and lastly red before their defeat. Wild Ptooie Piranhas also appear.

Super Princess Peach[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inSuper Princess Peach. They behave identically as inSuper Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island. A Piranha Plant is defeated either byPerry or the Rage vibe. Besides Piranha Plants,Ptooies,Nipper Plants, andBoss P. Plant also return.Glad P. Plants were added as a variety.

Mario Baseball series[edit]

In theMario Baseball series, Piranha Plants appear inMario Superstar Baseball and its sequel,Mario Super Sluggers. In both games, Piranha Plants are obstacles inYoshi Park, where they will eat any nearby balls and spit them out in a random direction. Touching a Piranha Plant briefly stuns a fielder. InMario Super Sluggers, a Piranha Plant can take a ball, go in the pipe, and transport it to another part of the field. In both games, Piranha Plants also appear in thePiranha Panic minigame, where players must hit colored Piranha Plants with eggs of matching colors, although purple Piranha Plants can be hit with any egg. InMario Super Sluggers, the minigame instead has the player pitch the right balls into the Piranha Plants in order to score points while avoiding being stunned by it.

Mario & Sonic series[edit]

A Piranha Plant and aChain Chomp inThe Life of a Minion.

Piranha Plants appear in a few events in theMario & Sonic series. Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes appear as obstacles inSki Cross Racing in theNintendo DSversion ofMario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, where they move horizontally in and out of the pipes and cause any characters that are hit to lose speed andRings. In theWiiversion, Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes similarly appear as obstacles in theindividual andteam versions of Dream Ski Cross, as well as inDream Ice Hockey, where they occasionally bite at nearby characters and knock over any that hit them. In theNintendo 3DS version ofMario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Piranha Plants in Warp Pipes appear as obstacles inBMX Plus, where they occasionally bite at the characters, and if hit, the character loses both speed and Rings. In the same game, Piranha Plants also appear inGolf Plus, although they do not affect the gameplay.

In the Nintendo 3DS version ofMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, a single Piranha Plant in a Warp Pipe briefly appears in the Story Mode bonus episodeThe Life of a Minion, where it is summoned byMagikoopa to stunVector.

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies inCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker andits port. They are defeated either from being hit byturnips, beingspun into, or landed on.

Mario vs. Donkey Kong series[edit]

Two Piranha Plants on the ceiling and two Piranhas with Fire on the floor inWarped Mansion fromMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!.

Piranha Plants, along with Fire Piranha Plants, appear in theMario vs. Donkey Kong series, debuting inMario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!. They also appear inMario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! inConstruction Zone,Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars inLevel 5-6, andMini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge inLevel 4. They do not generate fireballs, but if they receive a fireball from a Fire Piranha Plant, they spit it back shortly after, behaving just like their fire-shooting counterparts in this case. They are fixed to a surface and can destroy theMinis at a single touch, but can otherwise be defeated withHammers, aSlope Slide or if hit by shooting a Mini from aCannon.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

Piranha Plants are enemies and potential allies inPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. Their main attribute is Wood, with no sub-attributes. Its skill Piranha Drain turns all Water Orbs into Heart Orbs. Its awoken skill Wood Boost raises the ATK of all Wood attribute team members whenever a horizontal line of Wood Orbs is cleared.

Its HP and RCV are low and its ATK is below average. The player can transform a Piranha Plant into aFire Piranha Plant by using fourFire Flowers on it. If the player instead uses fourPoison Mushrooms, it will transform into aBone Piranha Plant instead. Because the Piranha Plant is treated as a generic enemy, it can still be battled, even if the player has one in their party.

Minecraft[edit]

In the Super Mario Mash-Up Pack inMinecraft, Piranha Plants appear onRose Bushes andSculk Sensors. Besides them, Piranha Creepers and Nipper Plants also appear. Cat Piranha Plants fromBowser's Fury also appear onPitcher Plants. A structure resembling a Piranha Plant is found in the pre-built world.

Mario + Rabbids series[edit]

In theMario + Rabbids series, Piranha Plants physically appear in onlyMario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. They can be seen throughout the Flushy Forest section ofAncient 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 aRabbid, becomingPirabbid Plant. Additionally, one of Mario's Blaster weapons has a design based on a Piranha Plant. InMario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, a desk lamp resembling a Piranha Plant appears inside of theWM ARC.

Dr. Mario World[edit]

Artwork of Dr. Piranha Plant fromDr. Mario World

Piranha Plants appear inDr. Mario World as assistants. Their stage mode effect grants a chance that two viruses will be eliminated at the start of the stage, though viruses that require multiple hits will not immediately be eliminated. Their versus mode effect grants a chance that all capsules will be eliminated if an object has reached the third row from the bottom line (this can only happen once per match after it is activated). The chance that these effects activate increases at higher levels, where at the first level it is 30% for stage mode (5% prior to version 2.3.0) and 20% in versus mode, but at the maximum level it is 80% for stage mode (25% prior to version 2.3.0) and 100% in versus mode. Clinic Events featured a Piranha Plant as a patient during each of season 5 and the season 3 revisit

A Piranha Plant is a playable character namedDr. Piranha Plant, released on December 16, 2020. Its skill in both stage mode and versus mode eliminates objects randomly, similar toDr. 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 eliminatingviruses, 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.Capsules will only be targeted if other objects are not available.

Luigi's Mansion 3[edit]

Piranha Plants are referenced inLuigi's Mansion 3. Figurines of them are in some areas of theHotel Shops.

Play Nintendo[edit]

Izzy fromThe Play Nintendo Show

A Piranha Plant namedIzzy is a co-host ofThe Play Nintendo Show, along withAndrew Trego. Izzy is a voiced puppet who remains within aWarp 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.

Mario Strikers: Battle League[edit]

InMario Strikers: Battle League, golden Piranha Plant statues appear in the Strikers Club customization options forMushroom Hill. Here, they appear out of a blue pipe, which can be used as a fence post or a goal. Piranha Plant topiaries also appear as goal-line decorations in the same stadium.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie[edit]

Mario fighting a Piranha Plant inThe Super Mario Bros Movie

Piranha Plants appear inThe Super Mario Bros. Movie as a part ofBowser's army, where they have longer and thinner stems, more spots, and sharper teeth. Additionally, mechanical Piranha Plants appear on theTraining Course used to trainMario.

Unused appearances[edit]

Super Mario Bros. film[edit]

Concept art for Piranha Plants, along with other enemies and Yoshi for theSuper Mario Bros. film

Although Piranha Plants do not make an appearance in theSuper Mario Bros. film, they were planned to appear, as concept art for them was found along with other scrapped enemies and an early script for the film.

Other appearances[edit]

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening[edit]

Zelda Wiki article:Piranha Plant

Piranha Plants inLink's Awakening DX (left) andLink's Awakening for Nintendo Switch (right)

Piranha Plants are enemies inThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and itsrereleases, functioning the way they do inSuper Mario Bros., and theNintendo Switch remake, a figure of one can be won in theTrendy Game^[34] after clearing theEagle's Tower and placed inMarin andTarin's house.

TheManhandla, a boss from theThe Legend of Zelda series, exhibits many traits akin to Piranha Plant variants. Piranha Plants also share several similarities toDeku Babas, which first appeared inThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Big Brain Academy[edit]

The silhouette of a Piranha Plant inBig Brain Academy.

The silhouette of a Piranha Plant appears under the 3-Star difficulty of the "Get in Shape" minigame inBig Brain Academy.

Captain Rainbow[edit]

Screenshot fromCaptain Rainbow

A Piranha Plant is a character inCaptain Rainbow. It is taken care of by Lip, a fairy fromPanel de Pon.

Sonic Lost World[edit]

Piranha Plants inSonic Lost World

Piranha Plants are enemies in theYoshi's Island Zone DLC forSonic Lost World. They use their design from theYoshi's Island series. Piranha Plants are defeated only bykicking aShy Guy into them.

Animal Crossing series[edit]

Piranha Plants are part of the Warp Pipe furniture item in theAnimal Crossing series, except inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, where they emerge from Warp Pipes in the animated mushroom mural wallpaper instead.

Lego City Undercover[edit]

A Piranha Plant inLego City Undercover.

The player can grow a Piranha Plant in the Wii U and Nintendo Switch versions ofLego City Undercover. The Piranha Plant will shoot fireballs at the player.

Nintendo Music[edit]

Main section:List of playlists with Super Mario tracks on Nintendo Music § Piranha Plant

The "Piranha Plant" playlist's cover

Since December 23, 2024, theNintendo Music app has featured a Piranha Plant playlist. It contains 9 tracks from across theSuper Mario franchise and is 18 minutes long.

General information[edit]

Physical appearance[edit]

Color variations[edit]

Piranha Plants come in many different colors. The following is a list of primary Piranha Plant colors and the first appearance of each one.

Image	Head color	Pattern	Stem color	Lip color	Teeth color	Tongue color	First appearance
	Green	White spots Yellow spots (Super Mario Bros.)	Green Orange (Super Mario Bros.)	White	White	Green (Yoshi's Island series)	Super Mario Bros.
	Red	White spots Yellow spots (Super Mario Bros.)	Green Orange (Super Mario Bros.)	White Green (Super Mario 64,Super Mario Sunshine, and allMario Party games up throughMario Party 6)	White Yellow (Paper Mario)	Pink Red (Yoshi's Island series)	Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
	Black	White spots	Black (Super Show!) Gray (Thousand-Year Door) Green	Green (Super Show!) White	White	Pink (Super Show!)	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
	Yellow	Red spots	Green	Green	Purple	Red (Paper Mario)	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (asPutrid Piranhas)
	Light blue	White spots	Teal Blue (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) Green (Super Paper Mario)	White	White	Light blue (Paper Mario)	Paper Mario (asFrost Piranhas)
	Purple	White spots	Green	White	White	Purple (Yoshi's Island DS)	Yoshi's Island DS (asBungee Piranhas)
	Brown	Orange spots	Green	White	White	Pink	Super Mario 3D Land (asFire Piranha Plants)
	Gold	White spots	Gold	White	White	-	New Super Mario Bros. 2 (asGold Piranha Plants)
	Green	Dark-green zigzags	Green	White	White	-	Super Mario Bros. Wonder (asMelon Piranha Plants)

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Main article:List of Piranha Plant profiles and statistics

Most bios of Piranha Plants point out their plant-like characteristics and their tendency to bite down on objects. Some bios also mention certain derived species of Piranha Plant.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Piranha Plant
	HP	168	FP	4	Speed	6
	Location(s)	Pipe Vault	Attack	45	Magic attack	20
	Role	Common	Defense	14	Magic defense	22
	Bonus Flower	Attack Up! (20%)	Yoshi Cookie	Sleepy Bomb	Morph rate	75%
	Evade	0%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	None
	Weak	None	Strong	Jump	Sp. attacks	S'crow Dust,Pollen Nap
	Coins	5	Exp. points	5	Items	Maple Syrup (5%)
Psychopath	"Pretty boring nowadays."

Super Paper Mario[edit]

Super Paper Mario enemy
Piranha Plant
	Max HP	2	Role	Common	Location(s)	Lineland Road (1-1),Gloam Valley (2-1),The Bitlands (3-1),Floro Caverns (5-3)
	Attack	1	Card type	Common
	Defense	0	Items	Horsetail,Fresh Veggie,Catch Card,Peachy Peach	Card location(s)	Card Shop; Catch Card/SP; Chapter 3-1: Found on a platform after jumping along the colored columns.
	Score	100
	Card description	This violent vine lurks in pipes, waiting for a snack. You'd be surly too if you lived in a pipe.
List of Catch Cards     56      57      58	Tattle	This is a notorious Piranha Plant. It is a monstrous flower that lives in pipes... Max HP is 2 and Attack is 1. This strange weed will stay low if you cozy up to the side of its pipe...

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team[edit]

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team enemy
Piranha Plant
	HP	222	Role	Common	Level	21	Location(s)	Dreamy Driftwood Shore
	Power	146	Position	Normal	No Hitter	31
	Defense	138	World	Dream	Weakness	Fire	Item drop	Ultra Mushroom (5%) None (0%)
	Speed	54	Experience	170 (204)	Coins	30 (100%)

Gallery[edit]

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Multimedia[edit]

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Naming[edit]

The English name "Piranha Plant" is analliteration combining "plant" with "piranha," a carnivorous neotropical fish depicted as aggressive and ravenous in Westerntall tales and pop culture. The name has historically been presented as a portmanteau ("Piranhaplant") on occasion or with "piranha" spelt without the "h." Earlier English material occasionally has referred to them and the relatedFire Piranha Plants as "Piranha Flowers." They are occasionally referred to as "Piranhas" in shorthand.

In the original 1989 and 1990 localizations forSuper Mario Land, most enemies were given names that were loose romanizations of their Japanese ones. This included the returning Piranha Plants, which are referred to as "Pakkun Flowers"^[13][35] and "Pakkun"^[36] in supplementary English-language material forSuper Mario Land. The English in-game eGuide for the 2011 rerelease forSuper Mario Land on theNintendo 3DSVirtual Console and theMario Portal Game Archive refers to them as "Piranha Plant." They are one of the few enemies inSuper Mario Land to have had this localization amended.

Internal names[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest.

Piranha Plant[edit]

Red Piranha Plant[edit]

"Red Piranha Plant" refers to a specific type of Piranha Plant inSuper Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels. While most "normal" Piranha Plants in theSuper Mario franchise are red, they are green in the originalSuper Mario Bros. andThe Lost Levels. Unlike the Green Piranha Plants, the Red Piranha Plants inThe Lost Levels periodically emerge frompipes regardless of the player's positioning.

Upside-down Piranha Plant[edit]

"Upside-down Piranha Plant" or "Hanging Piranha Plant"^[108] refers to a specific type of Piranha Plant that extends downward from overhanging pipes inSuper Mario Bros. 3 andSuper Mario Land. In proceeding and subsequent games, this is considered an attribute exhibited by normal Piranha Plants and lack unique monikers in their Japanese releases, though some localizations do distinguish them as a discrete type of Piranha Plant in material forSuper Mario World. InSuper Mario Bros. 3, Upside-down Piranha Plants are one of three enemy variants characterized by their presence on the ceiling, alongside theUpside-down Buzzy Beetle andUpside-down Spiny. However, in the paratext forSuper Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and retrospective material coveringSuper Mario Bros. 3, the Piranha Plants that descend from overhanging pipes are not recognized as a distinct variant. The variant is consistently recognized inSuper Mario Land, including in releases and retrospective media that covers the game. The majority of the names below are in relation to it.

Similarly to the "normal" Piranha Plants inSuper Mario Land, Upside-down Piranha Plants were referred to as "Upside Down (Headstand) Pakkun" in the instruction booklet for the original Game Boy game,^[109] andReverse Pakkun inNintendo Power's Game Boy Player's Guide.^[35] However, their name becomes standardized as "Upside-down Piranha Plant" in the 2011 eGuide for the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console rerelease, as well as in the Mario Portal Game Archive.^[110] Upside-down Piranha Plants are mentioned byViridi duringPalutena's Guidance inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate in all languages.

Pale Piranha[edit]

"Pale Piranhas" is the name given to "normal" Piranha Plants in the English localizations ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, which are uniquely monochromatic. Unlike English, the original Japanese release and most localizations recognize them as the same plants from previous games. The only non-English localizations that identify them as distinct are the Spanish and Canadian French ones. The red-colored Piranha Plants in thePit of 100 Trials are considered astronger variant. Pale Piranhas do have a unique file designation in theNintendo Switch rerelease that denotes their unique color,^[116] whereas the stronger variant is given the name of "normal" Piranha Plants in the game's files.^[117]

Flying Piranha Plant[edit]

The name "flying Piranha Plant"^[118] refers to a Piranha Plant fastened withwings inSuper Mario Maker,Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, andSuper Mario Maker 2.

Cat Piranha Plant[edit]

"Cat Piranha Plant" refers to the type of Piranha Plant found aroundLake Lapcat inBowser's Fury.

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