Jumping Piranha Plant

Jumping Piranha Plant
A Jumping Piranha Plant's artwork in Super Mario World.
Species Origin	Piranha Plant
First Appearance	Super Mario World (1990)
Latest Appearance	Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (2003)

The Jumping Piranha Plant (P-Pakkun in Japan) is a type of Piranha Plant that is not rooted to the ground.

History

Super Mario series

Super Mario World

Jumping Piranha Plants made their debut in Super Mario World as the most frequent Piranha Plant enemies in the game. They wait in their pipes for prey to approach and then jump high out of the pipe or bushes. In case they miss the prey, they slowly lower, so as to catch the prey on the retaliation. In some cases, they also spit two fireballs, which may shows the relation to the Venus Fire Trap from Super Mario Bros. 3.

Upon the magic of the Special World being released onto Dinosaur Land, Jumping Piranha Plants turn into Jumping Pumpkin Plants. In other words, their buds are sealed by a Jack-o-Lantern. Other than that, they pose no more threat than a Jumping Piranha Plant.

Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

Jumping Piranha Plants appear in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, the GBA remake of Super Mario Bros. 3 (which is the prequel Super Mario World). They appear only on World-e's e-Reader accessible level Dig! Dig! Dig Through!! of the game. The Jumping Piranha Plants behave exactly similar to that of Super Mario World, though their appearance is pretty much identical to Super Mario Bros. 3 's original Piranha Plant species, except their propeller-like leaf.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	プパックン P-Pakkun	P-Piranha
French	Plante Carnassière Sautante	Carnivorous Jumping Plant

Trivia

• Jumping Piranha Plants appear only in Super Mario World, although the Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island enemy Hootie the Blue Fish bears resemblance to them. Piranha Pests from Yoshi's Story also share a resemblance to it.

Super Mario World
Protagonists	Mario • Luigi • Princess Toadstool • Yoshi • Blue Yoshi • Red Yoshi • Yellow Yoshi • Dolphin
Bosses	Iggy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Lemmy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Roy Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Larry Koopa • Bowser • Reznor • The Big Boo
Items	Super Mushroom • Fire Flower • Cape Feather • Star • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Key • Coin • P-Balloon • Dragon Coin • P-Switch • Berry • Yoshi's Wings• Jumping Board • ? Ball • Silver Coin • Grab Block • Coin Snake
Worlds of Dinosaur Land	Yoshi's Island • Donut Plains • Vanilla Dome • Twin Bridges • Forest of Illusion • Chocolate Island • Valley of Bowser • Star World • Special World
Enemies & Obstacles	Amazing Flyin' Hammer Bro. • Ball 'n' Chain • Banzai Bill • Beak Pillar • Big Boo • Big Bubble • Big Steely • Blargg • Blurp • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo Buddy • Boo Buddy Block • Boo Buddy Snake • Boo Buddy Swarm • Bound Fire • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chainsaw • Chargin' Chuck • Cheep-Cheep • Circling Boo Buddies • Climbing Koopa • Dino Rhino • Dino-Torch • Disappearing Boo Buddies • Dry Bones • Eerie • Falling Spike • Fishbone • Fishin' Boo • Fishin' Lakitu • Floating Mine • Flying Goomba • Fuzzy • Gold Bowser Statue • Goomba • Gray Bowser Statue • Grinder • Hothead • Jumping Piranha Plant • Jumping Pumpkin Plant • Kamikaze Koopa • Koopa Troopa • Koopa Paratroopa • Lakitu • Podoboo • Li'l Sparky • Magikoopa • Mask Koopa • Mecha-Koopa • Mega Mole • Monty Mole • Muncher • Ninji • Para-bomb • Paragoomba • Para Mask Koopa • Pidgit Bill • Pillar • Pipe Lakitu • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Porcu-Puffer • Rex • Rip Van Fish • Spike Top • Spike Pillar • Spiny • Sumo Bro. • Super Koopa • Swooper • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Urchin • Volcano Lotus • Wiggler
Other	On-Off Switch • Roulette Block • Jump Block • Keyhole • Midway Gate • Giant Gate • Bonus Game • Bonus Star • Rope • Hint Block • Bonus Block • Skull Raft • Triangular Block

Piranha Plants
Piranha Plant Species
Big Bone Piranha Plant • Big Venus Fire Trap • Bone Piranha Plant • Bungee Bud • Bungee Piranha • Chewy • Chomp-Muncher • Elasto-Piranha • Frost Piranha • Ghost Piranha • Glad Piranha Plant • Glad Ptooie • Gūrindai • Hidon • Hootie the Blue Fish • Inky Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Jumping Pumpkin Plant • Lava Bud • Muncher • Naval Bud • Nipper Dandelion • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Pale Piranha • Petit Piranha • Piranhabon • Piranha Bud • Piranhacus Giganticus • Piranha Pest • Piranha Plant (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) • Piranha Planet • Piranha Plorp • Piranha Sprout • Prickly Piranha Plant • Polluted Piranha Plant • Ptooie • Putrid Piranha • River Piranha Plant • Sad Nipper Plant • Smilax • Spiky Piranha Plant • Stalking Piranha Plant • Super Piranha Plant • Venus Fire Trap • Venus Ice Trap • Wild Ptooie Piranha
Piranha Plant Characters
Big Bungee Piranha • Dino Piranha • Fiery Dino Piranha • Lava Piranha • Mama Fireplant • Megasmilax • Mom Piranha • Naval Piranha • Peewee Piranha • Petey Piranha • Piranha Bean • Piranha Sue