Editing Piranha Plant

{{forfighter|SSBU=y}}

|name=Piranha Plant

|image={{tabber|width=265px|title1=Pot|content1=[[File:Piranha Plant.png|250px]]|title2=Pipe|content2=[[File:SSBU spirit Piranha Plant.png|150px]]}}

|caption=[[File:MarioSymbol.svg|50px|class=invert-dark]]<br>Artwork of a potted Piranha Plant from ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 3D World}}'' and a Piranha Plant in a pipe from ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Party DS}}''.

|games        = ''[[SSB]]''<br>''[[Melee]]''<br>''[[Brawl]]''<br>''[[SSB4]]''<br>''[[Ultimate]]''

|lastappearance = ''{{s|mariowiki| Mario & Luigi: Brothership}}'' (2024)

|species      = {{s|mariowiki|Piranha Plant}}

|gender = Unknown

|homeworld    = {{b|Mushroom Kingdom|location}}

|interwiki = supermariowiki

==Origin==

[[File:Piranha pipe.png|thumb|left|120px|A red Piranha Plant in ''Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels'']]

Piranha Plants are recurring ''Mario'' enemies that primarily live in [[Warp Pipe]]s and attempt to bite [[Mario]] and other characters. They are based on {{s|wikipedia|venus flytrap}}s and first appear in the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', and have appeared frequently throughout the ''Mario'' franchise. Piranha Plants usually start popping out of their pipes for a few seconds then retract when the player is far away or above the pipe, but usually stay hidden when the player gets closer. Piranha Plants typically cannot be jumped on, as doing so would damage the player. They instead need to be taken out with attack-based power ups, such as the {{s|mariowiki|Fire Flower}} and {{s|mariowiki|Super Star}}. A large number of Piranha Plant subspecies exist, including variants that breathe fire, spit poison, and other abilities. There are also larger Piranha Plants that serve as bosses, such as [[Petey Piranha]], a boss debuting in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Sunshine}}'', and {{s|mariowiki|Naval Piranha}}, a recurring boss from the {{uv|Yoshi}} series. Petey Piranha is the leader of all Piranha Plants.

Piranha Plants sometimes appear out of the [[Warp Pipe]]s on the {{SSB|Mushroom Kingdom}} [[stage]]. They are [[Enemy|enemies]] that don't have a set schedule between the two pipes. They won't appear if the character is on the pipe or on the side of the pipes, and the pipes are very low, making them easy to jump over.

 

A Piranha Plant may sometimes appear as a stage element on [[PictoChat]]. However, they don't go up or down, and they stay on the stationary platform.

 

|desc-ntsc=A vicious, plantlike monster that typically hides in pipes. Piranha Plants emerge with mouths open, awaiting victims. A poorly timed jump means a chomping--hence the "piranha" name. While there have been exceptions--there are many Piranha Plants with unique traits--they generally don't appear if Mario waits on top of or just next to a pipe. They hate fireballs.

|desc-pal=A vicious, plant-like monster that typically hides in pipes. Piranha Plants emerge with mouths open, awaiting victims. A poorly-timed jump means a chomping--hence the "piranha" name. While there have been exceptions--there are many Piranha Plants with unique traits--they generally don't appear if Mario waits on top of or just next to a pipe. They hate fireballs.

 

|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.

===Stickers===

{| class="wikitable"

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| Petey Piranha

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| Petey Piranha

| {{s|mariowiki|Mario Strikers Charged}}

| {{SortKey|AttackBite+032}}{{TypeIcon|Bite}} Attack +32

| {{SortKey|Yoshi Wario Wolf Pokémon Trainer}}{{Head|Yoshi|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Wario|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Wolf|g=SSBB|s=16px}}{{Head|Pokémon Trainer|g=SSBB|s=16px}}

{{StickerPicBox|Petey Piranha|Mario Strikers Charged}}

===Trophy===

|image-3ds=PiranhaPlantTrophy3DS.png

|image-wiiu=PiranhaPlantTrophyWiiU.png

|desc-ntsc=These guys aren't so much carnivorous as Mario...nivorous. Ahem. There are lots of varieties, like Frost, Wild Ptooie, Ghost, Prickly, Dino, Bone, Elasto-Piranhas, Stalking, Naval... A helpful mnemonic is "Fireballs with Ground Pounds defeat baddies, even super nasties."

|desc-pal=These carnivorous plants are hungry for one thing – Mario! There are all sorts of them, including the Naval Piranha, Fire Piranha Plant, Inky Piranha Plant, Piranha Creeper, Bone Piranha Plant, Stalking Piranha Plant... But all you need to know is "plants with teeth want to eat Mario".

|gamelist-ntsc={{Trophy games|console1=NES|game1=Super Mario Bros.|release1=10/1985|console2=NES|game2=Super Mario Bros. 3|release2=02/1990}}

}}

[[File:Piranha Plant SSBU.png|thumb|200px|Piranha Plant as a fighter in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''.]]

Piranha Plant was confirmed as a [[Downloadable content|DLC]] character on November 1st, 2018, making its debut as a playable character for the first time in any game. Piranha Plant was released on January 29th, 2019, and was available for free to players that registered the game with My Nintendo by January 31st, 2019. It was later made available as paid DLC separate from any [[Fighters Pass]] on February 1st, 2019. In ''Smash'', Piranha Plant is a semi-super heavyweight with various unique attacks. Its [[neutral special]], [[Ptooie]], is a spiked ball projectile which can be held above itself or directed left or right, flying further depending on how close the ball is to its mouth when it is sent out. Piranha Plant's [[side special]], [[Poison Breath]], is a chargeable poison cloud projectile that can rack up massive amounts of damage when fully charged. Its [[up special]] is its recovery move, [[Piranhacopter]]; it is an easily maneuverable and long-lasting recovery that deals damage to any players caught in it. [[Long-Stem Strike]] is Piranha Plant's [[down special]]; it is a rotatable attack that becomes more disjointed the longer it is charged for. Lastly, its [[Final Smash]] involves summoning {{b|Petey Piranha|Final Smash}} in his Subspace Emissary incarnation to imprison other fighters in his cages, breathe fire on them, and slam them into the ground.

Piranha Plants once again appear on the returning {{SSB|Mushroom Kingdom}} stage, now using their 2D sprites from ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels}}''.

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SSBU spirit Piranha Plant.png|1303. '''''Piranha Plant'''''

*Piranha Plant made its playable debut in ''Smash'' before becoming playable in its own series (namely, in ''{{s|mariowiki|Dr. Mario World}}'').

**However, Fire and Poison Piranha Plants are enemies that can be captured in ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Odyssey}}''. [[Petey Piranha]], a Piranha Plant himself who [[Petey Piranha (Final Smash)|appears]] in Piranha Plant's [[Final Smash]], has also been playable in various ''Mario'' spin-off games and was also notably the only playable Piranha Plant prior to Piranha Plant’s debut.

**Worth noting is the fact that a Fire Piranha Plant, a variant of Piranha Plant, was added as a character in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Tennis Aces}}'' as a post-launch character, and, like the Piranha Plant in ''Smash'', is potted and moves around in said pot.

*Piranha Plant is the only character with no indication of eyes. Prior to ''Ultimate'', [[Mr. Game & Watch]] held this distinction; however, starting with ''Ultimate'', his model changed to have eyes during certain attacks. <!--Dark Samus's eyes are visible through her visor, as seen in one of her victory animations.-->

*Piranha Plant is the only character to receive a [[Palutena's Guidance|Guidance]] conversation in the game it was DLC in.

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