Editing Petey Piranha

|caption = [[File:MarioSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Official artwork of Petey Piranha from ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Party: Star Rush}}''.

|lastappearance = ''{{iw|mariowiki|Super Mario Party Jamboree}}'' (2024)

'''Petey Piranha''' ({{ja|ボスパックン|Bosu Pakkun}}, ''Boss Packun''), is an antagonistic character and leader of the Piranha Plants in the {{uv|Mario}} series.

Petey Piranha made his debut as a boss in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Sunshine}}'' and has become a recurring boss in the ''Mario'' franchise. He is a mutated and larger version of a [[Piranha Plant]] with a red-colored head peppered with white polka dots, yellow iridescent petals with orange rims that surround it in the style of a lion's mane, thick green lips with vertical darker green streaks across them, leaf-like arms, stubby thorn-like legs and an underwear-like garment that matches the color scheme of his head.

Petey Piranha first appeared as a boss in the [[mariowiki:Down with Petey Piranha!|second]] and [[mariowiki:Petey Piranha Strikes Back|fifth]] episodes of the {{s|mariowiki|Bianco Hills}} area. In the former, he is seen spitting large amounts of [[mariowiki:Graffiti|brown goop]] from atop a windmill and in the latter, he is seen sleeping on a cliff, where he can be awakened with a {{s|mariowiki|Poink}}. In both boss battles, he attacks by spitting his brown goop on Mario, and if the player gets close enough, hitting Mario with his head by spinning it around himself. In the fifth episode, he gains the ability to fly and swing his arm to cause a tornado that sends Mario flying upward. He can be defeated by using [[F.L.U.D.D.]] to spray large amounts of water in his mouth before he spits out his goop to expose his belly button on his engorged belly, which can be ground-pounded on three times.

Petey Piranha also appears as a boss in ''{{s|mariowiki|New Super Mario Bros.}}'' as the boss of {{iw|mariowiki|World 5|New Super Mario Bros.}}. In that game, he flies above the player and will try to stomp on them.

===As a [[boss]]===

Petey Piranha appears as the first boss of the [[Midair Stadium]] level in [[The Subspace Emissary]]. Prior to the battle, during the [[Subspace Army]]'s invasion on the stadium, Petey Piranha blasts {{SSBU|Mario}} away with a cannonball and captures both {{SSBB|Peach}} and {{SSBB|Zelda}} in cages, leaving {{SSBB|Kirby}} to battle him. He can be defeated by destroying one of the cages. The player can also attack his head, which splits the damage received to both cages.

Once one of the cages' health is depleted, the cage will break and free one of the princesses inside while Petey Piranha catches on fire, collapses, and explodes. If both cages' health is depleted simultaneously via an attack on his head, the game will randomly decide which princess is freed. The unsaved princess will be turned into a trophy by {{SSBB|Wario}}. At the last level, [[Tabuu]] resurrects Petey, along with the other bosses, and sends him after the heroes in [[The Great Maze]].

Petey Piranha can be battled in [[Boss Battles Mode]]. During this mode or in The Great Maze, his cages will be empty, and the sky in the arena will be blue, in comparison to the Midair Stadium level, where his cages will contain the two princesses and the sky will be an ominous red.

Rather than being voiced by Toru Minegishi who voiced the character in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Petey Piranha has a set of bestial roars, similar to how [[Donkey Kong]], [[Bowser]] and [[Diddy Kong]] were given realistic animal sounds.

 

Like all ''Brawl'' bosses, Petey Piranha can be played as in [[Boss Battles]] through [[hacking]], which will assign debug controls to Player 3. Only the Cage attacks are available to deal damage, causing him to be extremely bare-bones and by far the weakest of the game's bosses.

When either cage is reduced to 1/3 health, Petey will roar and its body will glow momentarily, surrounded by a red aura. Petey will then speed up its attacks and often jump in a different pattern, usually two times in a row; his attacks will also deal slightly more damage and their [[knockback]] will be boosted.

Like all [[boss]]es, Petey Piranha can be controlled with hacks in [[Boss Battles Mode]]. The start button will, like all bosses, self-destruct him. Unlike any other boss (besides of [[Meta Ridley]]), when controlled by a human, Petey Piranha will wait in a [[T-pose]] after either roaring or performing a cage attack.

| Jump Ready || {{Button|GCN|A|s=32px}}+{{Button|GCN|D-Pad|U|s=32px}} || Petey Piranha gets ready to jump. When controlled by a human, however, he can't actually do the jump.

| Roar || {{Button|GCN|A|s=32px}}+{{Button|GCN|D-Pad|D|s=32px}} || Petey Piranha roars, and is surrounded by a red glowing aura for a brief time. This move slightly boosts the following attacks in speed, damage (by about 10%), and knockback (although the change is subtle). When performed by a human, it is currently unknown if it makes his attacks stronger.

| Left Cage Smash || {{Button|GCN|A|s=32px}}+{{Button|GCN|D-Pad|L|s=32px}} || Petey Piranha smashes the cage in his left hand, which is the right cage from the screen's point of view. The attack is highly preventable but relatively swift and long-ranged. Damage varies from 12% (Easy in Boss Battles without boosts) to 40% (Intense in the Subspace Emissary after being boosted by Roar). Additionally, it KOs over 100% on the lower difficulties, but around 60% on Intense.

| Right Cage Smash || {{Button|GCN|A|s=32px}}+{{Button|GCN|D-Pad|R|s=32px}} || Petey Piranha smashes the cage in his right hand, which is the left cage from the screen's point of view. The mechanic is exactly the same as Left Cage Smash.

| Jump || Unusable || Petey Piranha jumps high, landing on either the center or the sides of the stage. If the player is near or past Petey (near or off the edge) he will jump in place; if closer to the center he will jump to the opposite side. After Roar Petey will usually start jumping twice in a row. This attack [[meteor smash]]es the player into the stage but can't KO. Its damage can be very high, 16% on Easy in Boss Battles without boosts to 40% on Intense in the Subspace Emissary after being boosted by Roar.

PeteyRage.jpg|Petey Piranha's roar upon being reduced to a 1/3 of his health.

The Petey Piranha trophy can be obtained by using the [[Trophy Stand]] on Petey Piranha on Hard or Intense difficulty in The Subspace Emissary.

|name=Petey Piranha

|image=Petey Piranha - Brawl Trophy.png

|desc=A colossal Piranha Plant. Unlike its pipe-inhabiting cousins, it uses its legs to walk around. It can fly, too. As you might expect, it often appears as a boss character in Mario adventures. This may come as a surprise, but it also displays surprising dexterity in kart races and ball games.

|gamelist={{Trophy games|console1=GCN|game1=Super Mario Sunshine|console2=DS|game2=New Super Mario Bros.}}

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| {{StickerHead|Yoshi|Wario|Pokémon Trainer|Wolf}}

Despite Petey Piranha making no appearance whatsoever in either version of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', he has unused animations in the Wii U version that are unique and are separate from ''[[Brawl]]''.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Super_Smash_Bros._for_Wii_U/Unused_Animations#Petey_Piranha]</ref>

===As a [[Final Smash]]===

Petey Piranha appears as {{SSBU|Piranha Plant}}'s [[Final Smash]], using the cages from The Subspace Emissary.

*Petey Piranha is the only boss to have two health bars, with both being dedicated to objects outside of himself. During the Midair Stadium battle, "Peach's Cage" and "Zelda's Cage" are displayed next to the health bars; in The Great Maze and in Boss Battles, the cages as aforementioned are empty and the health bars are simply labeled "Cage".

[[File:Petey easter egg.png|250px|thumb|The Easter eggs of Petey's cages.]]

*The cages' designs have several [[Easter egg]]s, some of which can only be seen via mods that remove the in-game camera limitations:

*Much like [[Bowser]] and the {{uv|Donkey Kong}} characters, rather than being voiced by {{s|mariowiki|Toru Minegishi}} with cartoonish voice clips, Petey's voice is comprised of bestial roars in ''Brawl''.

*In the {{uv|Mario}} series, Petey's neck is located behind the petals on his head, however in ''Brawl'' his neck appears in front of the petals. This design was later carried over to ''Ultimate''.