Editing Piranha Plant

{{Infobox Character General

|name=Piranha Plant

|universe    = {{uv|Mario}}

|firstgame    = ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' (1985)

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

|console      = Nintendo Entertainment System

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

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

|creator = [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]

|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.

|game=Brawl

}}

|name=Petey Piranha

|image=Petey Piranha - Brawl Trophy.png

|game=Brawl

}}

|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."

}}

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===As a playable character===

{{Main|Piranha Plant (SSBU)}}

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.

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[[File:SSBU-Mushroom Kingdom (SSB).png|thumb|left|200px|On Mushroom Kingdom in ''Ultimate''.]]

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}}''.

===Spirits===

==Trivia==

**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.