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Piranha Plants

Piranha Plants

The Piranha Plant is a deadly plant and a staple unit of King Bowser’s army. These man-eating plants have spread their vines far and wide, residing in the Mushroom Kingdom, Sarasaland, across the galaxy and even to the Zelda universe. Most Piranha Plants attack by springing out at prey and biting with a mouthful of sharp teeth, but there are an absurd amount of Piranha Plant breeds with different abilities. From aliens and giants to flying plants and plants that breath poison, there is no short order of plants for Mario to avoid.

Piranha Plant Habitats

  • Can inhabit horizontal pipes and bite from them (source) (Super Mario Bros 3)
  • Can operate on conveyor belts (source) (New Super Mario Bros)
  • Can inhabit floating platforms and move to other platforms (source) (New Super Mario Bros)
  • Exist in quicksand pits and can chew up and spit out karts and their racers (source) (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
  • Can be placed in bags as traps (source) (Mario Golf: World Tour)
  • Can be planted into asphalt and resist being pulled out by Luigi (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • Since they can’t move, they’re more of a hazard than an enemy when not in pipes (source) (Super Mario 64)

Piranha Plant Biting

  • Pop out of pipes and bite at enemies (source) (Super Mario Bros)
  • Red variants bite much quicker (source) (Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels)
  • Can bite Yoshi and spit him out (source) (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island)
  • One Piranha Plant can swallow a Yoshi whole (source) (Yoshi’s Story)
  • In 3D environments, they’ll reach out and try to bite enemies (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)
  • Pop out of the ground and bite at enemies in Wiggler’s battle (source) (Mario Party 9)
  • A Piranha Plant summoned by Magikoopa knocks down Vector the Crocodile from the Sonic series (source) (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games)
  • Can defeat the great Wario on contact (source) (Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3)
  • Appear in dungeons on Koholint Island and try to bite Link (source) (The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening)

Piranha Plant Attacks

  • Can spit toxic goopy projectiles at enemies when enhanced by Bowser Jr’s Magic Paintbrush (source) (Super Mario Sunshine)
  • Regular Piranha Plants can catch fireballs and spit them back out (source) (Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars)

Piranha Plant Size-Changing

  • Can inhabit a small form, then grow to bite at enemies (source) (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island)
  • Can grow to great heights and produce thorns on their stems (source) (Yoshi’s Story)
  • Grows in size considerably every time it’s watered (source) (Mario Party)

Piranha Plant Durability

  • Act as hazards, slowing down Bullet Bill vehicles without getting hurt themselves (source) (Mario Party 9)
  • Most easily dispatched with fireballs (source) (Super Mario Bros)

Piranha Plant Other Abilities

  • Capable of sleeping, but will wake up and become aggressive if there’s too much noise (source) (Super Mario 64)
  • One of them is smart enough to write a sign asking not to be woken up (source) (Super Mario 64)
  • They can dance (source) (Mario Party 5)
  • They can train to be doctors (source) (Dr. Mario World)
  • Can sprout legs and chase after a character (source) (Mario Party)
  • Can be made into a wedding bouquet (source) (Super Mario Odyssey)

Potted Piranha Plants

  • Potted Piranha Plants are carried around and used to attack whatever is in front of it (source) (Super Mario 3D World)
  • Devour most enemies with incredible speed (source) (Super Mario 3D World)
  • Potted Piranha Plants can come with wheels and be used in kart races, where they’ll attack enemy racers and hazard items for the user (source) (Mario Kart 8)
  • Potted plants can be watered to grow in size (source) (Mario Party 3)
  • Can disguise themselves as harmless flowers (source) (Mario Party: Island Tour)

Fire Piranhas

  • Also known as Venus Fire Traps, these plants spit two fireballs in a row before retreating into their pipes (source) (Super Mario Bros 3)
  • Venus Fire Traps can have spikes on the backs of their heads (source) (Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins)

Hanging Piranha Plant

  • Can hang upside down from pipes (source) (Super Mario Bros 3)

Super Piranha Plants

  • Super Piranha Plants are much larger than normal (source) (New Super Mario Bros)
  • Unaffected by Mario or Luigi’s spin attack (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)

Potted Fire Piranhas

  • A potted Fire Piranha can play tennis, holding the racquet in its mouth (source) (Mario Tennis Aces)
  • Its Power Shot has it ignite the tennis ball with a fireball, then slam it towards the enemy, knocking them to the ground (source) (Mario Tennis Aces)

Ptooies

  • Ptooies suspend spiked balls with their breath (source) (Super Mario Bros 3)

Nippers

  • Nippers are small plants that jump around and can’t be stomped on (source) (Super Mario Bros 3)
  • Nippers can be grown from Nipper Spores blown off of Nipper Dandelions (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)
  • Nippers, also known as Chompweeds, can take your money (source) (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)

Munchers

  • Munchers are nearly invincible biting plants (source) (Super Mario Bros 3)

Jumping Piranhas

  • Jumping Piranha Plants leap out of pipes, attempting to bite enemies (source) (Super Mario World)

Wild Ptooies

  • Wild Ptooie Piranhas spit spiked creatures at an arc towards enemies and can take three hits from Yoshi’s eggs (source) (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island)

Propeller Piranhas

  • Propeller Piranhas will float around sewers (source) (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island)

Chewies

  • Chewies use moves that drain enemy health and restore their own health (source) (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
  • Chewies can put enemies to sleep (source) (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)

Piranha Pests

  • Piranha Pests try to shrink Yoshis by swallowing them, then snatch them with long tongues (source) (Yoshi’s Story)
  • This also prevents Yoshi from throwing eggs, although the shrinking only lasts a few seconds (source) (Yoshi’s Story)

Piranha Sprouts

  • Piranha Sprouts have the same abilities as Piranha Pests, but they’re immobile (source) (Yoshi’s Story)

Proto Piranhas

  • Proto Piranhas are larger, made of toxic goop, and can be defeated with water (source) (Super Mario Sunshine)

Piranhabons

  • Piranhabons are rolling balls that leave trails of toxic goop behind them (source) (Super Mario Sunshine)

Elasto-Piranhas

  • Elasto-Piranhas can stretch way offscreen and spit fireballs from above (source) (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)

Piranha Planets

  • Piranha Planets are floating masses of pipes commanded by a single plant (source) (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)
  • They can fire themselves as projectiles from the pipes (source) (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)
  • Blast lasers from a ray gun (source) (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)

Bungee Piranhas

  • Bungee Piranhas will bunch up their long stems before falling down, attempting to snatch enemies (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)

Polterpiranhas

  • Polterpiranhas are ghostly plants that try to eat Yoshi (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)
  • They can be defeated by normal means (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)

Spiny Piranhas

  • Spiny Piranha Plants are large, mostly covered in thorns and will try to slam its head into enemies (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)

Stalking Piranhas

  • Stalking Piranha Plants can walk around and stretch their stalks out (source) (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

Fire Stalking Piranhas

  • Fire Stalking Piranhas spit fireballs in an arc and can walk around (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • Fire Stalking Piranhas can bite enemies and have notably sharp teeth (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)

Piranha Plorps

  • Piranha Plorps are small cellular organs within Bowser’s body that spit poison liquid at enemies (source) (Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story)
  • They can release thick smoke and fire damaging blobs (source) (Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story)

River Piranhas

  • River Piranha Plants will blow a spiked ball into the air like Ptooies (source) (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)
  • Will panic if their weapon is destroyed, unable to attack (source) (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)

Prickly Piranhas

  • Prickly Piranha Plants are completely covered in red spikes and attack like the Spiny Piranha Plants (source) (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
  • Can be defeated with thrown projectiles (source) (Super Mario Galaxy 2)

Inky Piranhas

  • Inky Piranha Plants spit blinding ink at the screen, obscuring the player’s vision for a few seconds (source) (Super Mario 3D Land)

Bone Piranhas

  • Bone Piranha Plants are skeletal versions of normal plants and are immune to fire (source) (New Super Mario Bros. 2)

Piranha Pods

  • Piranha Pods are spiked seeds thrown by Lakitu that quickly sprout into Piranha Plants (source) (New Super Mario Bros. U)

Piranha Creepers

  • Piranha Creepers are large plants with spiky stems who snake around swampy places (source) (Super Mario 3D World)
  • If damaged by Mario, they’ll retreat to their holes and be defeated (source) (Super Mario 3D World)

Tane Pakkun

  • Tane Pakkun are jungle-dwelling plants that spits seeds (source) (Mario vs Donkey Kong)

Dreamy Piranhas

  • In the dream world, Piranha Plants can spawn other enemies, like Fly Guys and Nipper Spores (source) (Mario and Luigi: Dream Team)

Ice Piranhas

  • Ice Piranha Plants are similar to Venus Fire Traps, but they spit freezing ice blasts that can freeze other plants solid (source) (New Super Mario Bros. U)

Poison Piranhas

  • Poison Piranha Plants spit blobs of poison which can puddle up on the ground and act as a hazard (source) (Super Mario Odyssey)
  • Come in larger variants as well (source) (Super Mario Odyssey)

Smash Bros Fighter

  • The variant in Smash Bros uses moves from different variants, like the fire of Venus Fire Traps (source) (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
  • The spiked ball of Ptooies (source) (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
  • The poison clouds from Putrid Piranhas (source) (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
  • It can extend its stem like Bungee Piranhas (source) (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)
  • It can fly with its leaves like the Jumping Piranha Plants (source) (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

Paper Piranha Plants

  • Attack by biting with paper teeth (source) (Paper Mario)
  • They travel through the paper ground to attack Paper Mario (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)

Paper Fire Piranhas

  • Paper Fire Piranha Plants can char Paper Mario with fireballs (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)

Frost Piranhas

  • Frost Piranhas have an icy bite and can breathe clouds of freezing mist (source) (Paper Mario)

Putrid Piranhas

  • Putrid Piranhas have a poisonous bite and can breathe clouds of poison (source) (Paper Mario)
  • They get a signature color pattern in future titles (source) (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

Pale Piranhas

  • Pale Piranhas are monochrome variants that attack with bites (source) (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)

Origami Styles

  • Origami variants exist for the paper-style plants (source) (Paper Mario: The Origami King)
  • Additional origami styles (source) (Paper Mario: The Origami King)

Petey Piranha

  • Full respect thread available (source)
  • Shakes a stage with his jumps (source) (Mario Power Tennis)
  • Has to be pelted with bombs before he’s put down (source) (Mario Party 10)
  • Can burrow underground and swallow earth, making a sinkhole (source) (Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time)
  • Can send several small tornadoes at a time (source) (Mario Tennis Aces)
  • By flapping his leaves he can fly (source) (Super Mario Sunshine)
  • Can spit up rolling balls of sludge at Mario and Luigi (source) (Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam)
  • Creates a block platform in the air to better execute a jumping attack (source) (Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time)

Dino Piranha

  • Resides in an egg before its broken open (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)
  • It will run towards Mario, who can use its own tail as a weapon against it (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)
  • After three hits, it will be defeated (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)
  • Later on, Mario encounters Fiery Dino Piranha, who can engulf itself in flames (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)
  • Fiery Dino Piranha can also spit bouncing fire balls (source) (Super Mario Galaxy)

Peewee Piranha

  • Resides in an egg until Mario breaks it (source) (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
  • Can reform its eggshell after its been destroyed (source) (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
  • Tries to jump on its enemy (source) (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
  • A regular Piranha Plant enlarged by Kamek (source) (Yoshi’s Island)
  • It attacks by charging at Yoshi (source) (Yoshi’s Island)
  • Its weak point is the belly button, and it will be defeated in three hits (source) (Yoshi’s Island)
  • Will try to eat Yoshi whole (source) (Yoshi’s Woolly World)
  • Can snake spiked tendrils across the stage (source) (Yoshi’s Woolly World)
  • Can slam many Piranha Plant tendrils across the stage (source) (Yoshi’s Woolly World)
  • Will swing two Piranha Plant tendrils at enemies (source) (Yoshi’s Woolly World)
  • After being stunned by swallowing bombs, Yoshi can hurt its weak point, the navel (source) (Yoshi’s Woolly World)
  • Additional navel attack (source) (Yoshi’s Woolly World)
  • Naval Piranha is smart enough to play Tetris Attack (source) (Tetris Attack)

Big Bungee Piranha

  • It’s a Bungee Piranha enlarged by Kamek’s magic (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)
  • Spits Nipper Spores (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)
  • Will eventually begin dropping down to bite quickly (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)
  • Will damage its teeth on stone, which reveals it weak point, the tongue (source) (Yoshi’s Island DS)

Spike the Piranha

  • It’s a being made of acorns, paper and tape, put together by Kamek’s magic (source) (Yoshi’s Crafted World)
  • Can burrow through the ground (source) (Yoshi’s Crafted World)
  • Uses burrowing offensively (source) (Yoshi’s Crafted World)
  • Spits spike balls and Shy Guys at Yoshi (source) (Yoshi’s Crafted World)
  • Sends waves of smaller plants at Yoshi (source) (Yoshi’s Crafted World)
  • Two smaller tendrils can fire spiked balls, bouncing spiked balls and Shy Guys (source) (Yoshi’s Crafted World)

Megasmilax

  • A Piranha Plant that, when watered by a Fly Guy, regrows its damaged heads (source) (Super Mario RPG)
  • It eventually grows one large head called Megasmilax and two smaller heads called Smilaxes (source) (Super Mario RPG)
  • Smilaxes can cast Flame (source) (Super Mario RPG)
  • Smilaxes can cast Drain (source) (Super Mario RPG)
  • Megasmilax can cast Petal Blast, which temporarily turns party members into mushrooms (source) (Super Mario RPG)

Mario Party DS Boss

  • Its a plant that has begun to grow explosive seeds (source) (Mario Party DS)
  • It can inhale with its central mouth and spit back whatever its inhaled (source) (Mario Party DS)
  • It takes three bomb seeds going off in its mouth to defeat it (source) (Mario Party DS)

Mom Piranha

  • Can sweep the ground with tentacles (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • Can fire an arcing blast of energy (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • Can summon electricity spitting Piranha Plants that burst through the asphalt (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • Can change if its resistant to fire or electricity, which also changes its color from red to blue (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • When its defeated, it shrinks and Luigi crushes it with his ass (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)

Piranha Bean

  • Can spit fireballs (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • Spit whatever it ate last (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • When it eats things, they are shrunk down (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)
  • Weak to electricity (source) (Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga)

Towering Fire Piranha

  • Fire Piranhas can be raised to towering heights, with fireballs hot enough to damage Bowser himself (source) (Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story)
  • These towering plants need to be slammed into by Bowser several times to be defeated (source) (Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story)

Lava Piranha

  • A large, talking Fire Piranha that lives in a pool of lava (source) (Paper Mario)
  • Its smaller heads spit fireballs, and its larger head spits stronger fireballs (source) (Paper Mario)
  • When defeated, it reemerges from the lava pool engulfed in flame, apparently getting a second wind (source) (Paper Mario)
  • While its stronger on fire, water based moves will stun (source) (Paper Mario)

Paper Petey Piranha

  • Enhanced by an otherworldly artifact called a Royal Sticker (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
  • Swallows Kersti the sticker (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
  • When hit in the stomach, he’ll cough up all the swallowed stickers (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
  • Can fly up and drop on Paper Mario (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
  • Can spit at Paper Mario, making him soggy (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
  • Can spin around and damage foes, but it makes him dizzy (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
  • At low health, he’ll use a biting attack (source) (Paper Mario: Sticker Star)
  • Can inhale away Paper Mario’s Copy Block and use it for himself (source) (Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam)
  • Can create shockwaves with his slam abilities (source) (Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam)

Petea Piranha

  • In his teabag form, he poisons a fountain, Plum Park’s major water source (source) (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
  • This poison effect could be seen across the entire park (source) (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
  • Can bite Paper Mario (source) (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
  • Spins into enemies, although this attack can leave him dizzy (source) (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
  • Can fly above enemies and drop on them (source) (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
  • If Paper Mario attempts a jumping attack, Petea will chew him up and spit him out for big damage (source) (Paper Mario: Color Splash)
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