Petey Piranha (SSBB)

Petey Piranha in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Universe	Mario
A boss in	Brawl
Availability	Hacking
Tier	Banned

Petey Piranha (ボスパックン, Boss Packun), is an unplayable character in Brawl and only playable in Boss Battles via hacking. He has no specific voice actor, usually letting out bellowing roars instead.

When playable, Petey Piranha cannot move or jump, and only has access to his sliding cage moves. As a result, Petey Piranha completely loses to any character with a projectile or counterattack, and with some being capable of immediately going to the edge of the stage, he has some of the only true 100:0 matchups in the Smash franchise and is arguably the worst character in the game.

Attributes

While his HP is abnormally high compared to most bosses in Boss Battles, even bolstered by numerous elemental resistances, Petey Piranha is effectively a Cage attack simulator, having no other usable move. While they are wide-reaching and deal respectable damage, they can be easily shielded and responded to with attacks. If a character has a projectile, they can easily roll through a Cage attack towards the edge of the stage and spam it until Petey Piranha goes down, unable to damage the player. Likewise, a counterattack from characters like Marth can be timed to continuously hit Petey Piranha with zero counterplay available. Given a majority of the cast has tools to easily defeat Petey Piranha, he has very few even matchups.

Health values

HP Values
Round	1-3	4-6	7-9	1-3	4-6	7-9	1-3	4-6	7-9	1-3	4-6	7-9	1-3	4-6	7-9
Boss Battles	115	170	190	150	205	230	187	240	262	225	282	310	325	377	400
Multiplied by 0.6× when a second player is present.

Damage taken	×0.7	×0.7	×0.7	×0.7	×1.0	×0.7	×0.7	×0.7	×0.7	×0.7	×0.3

Moveset

Like all bosses, Petey Piranha's moves are inputted using a set of commands with a GameCube controller, chiefly with the D-Pad. Move names are taken from the Japanese strategy guide for Brawl. Damage varies by difficulty, the following being taken from the game's files. Samus's Grapple Beam restores AI control. Unlike its boss appearance, Petey Piranha can't finish its Jump attack, only having the start-up input, which lacks a hitbox.

Image	Move	Damage	Input	Description
	Jump Ready	None	+	Petey Piranha prepares to jump. However, the jump doesn't actually happen, or does the whole charging animation, making the move effectively a non-damaging taunt.
	Roar	None	+	Petey Piranha roars before t-posing. This move slightly boosts the following attacks in speed, damage (by about 10%), and knockback (though the change is subtle). When performed by a human, it is currently unknown if it makes his attacks stronger.
	Left Cage Smash	17%	+	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	17%	+	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.
	Self-Destruct	None		KOs Petey Piranha.

Codes

Like all Brawl bosses, Petey Piranha can be accessed using a Gecko code that enables debug mode controls for Player 3 in Boss Battles. He is encountered randomly without additional external modifications, meaning other bosses need to be defeated or forced to self-destruct with their own codes to reach Petey Piranha's stage. The following codes are for the NTSC-U version of Brawl and both codes must be on.

Enable Boss Control
4A000000	810F1F3C
D2000000	00000002
901F058C	5400843E
90020070	00000000
C277F780	00000010
7CDFF050	2C06414C
4082006C	2C1C0002
40810064	39820074
809E0038	A0EC0000
7C043800	41810050
A0EC0002	7C1C3800
41820044	3CC0804E
A0C6E4C0	A8EC0004
2C070000	41820030
A8EC0004	7C063800
4082000C	A38C0006
4800001C	2C07FFFF
4082000C	AB8C0006
4800000C	398C0004
4BFFFFD8	939E0038
60000000	00000000
4A000000	805A9320
14000078	00000000
E0000000	80008000

Petey Piranha control for Player 3
4A000000	805A9320
30000070	00005C00
16000074	0000001C
00840001	10800001
01840006	01880007
0181000B	0182000C
FFFFFFFF	00000000
E0000000	80008000

In competitive play

Tier placement and history

Because Petey Piranha is only playable through hacking, he's banned by default in all competitive Brawl tournaments. While some boss characters have arguments to be legalised, Brawl's bosses have unique challenges that make them particularly unlikely cases. They do not conform to the usual ruleset, are exclusive to Boss Battles and thus their specific stage, are subject to Boss Battles's random boss selection without further modifications, and have varying difficulty levels that would require rulings to decide on them properly. This boils down to a very clunky experience that would likely end up delaying tournaments due to the length of time it takes for them to be set up. Furthermore, Samus's Grapple Beam can reset the controls of Brawl bosses, which could cause further ruling issues. Ergo, Petey Piranha has seen little to no competitive experimentation outside of casual matches.

In The Subspace Emissary

Petey Piranha appears as the first boss of The Subspace Emissary at the Midair Stadium, capturing Peach and Zelda. Mario/Kirby defeat Petey Piranha and rescue one of the princesses before a Subspace Bomb blows up the arena.

Trivia

• Petey Piranha has the least usable moves of any Brawl boss.

Gallery

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  Official artwork

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  Petey Piranha trophy

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  Petey Piranha sticker

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  Petey Piranha leaping into the air.

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  Petey Piranha descending after leaping into the air.