Sunflower Kid

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A Sunflower Kid with another behind it.

“No, not another drip!”
—Sunflower Kid, Super Mario Sunshine

Sunflower Kids are a kind of flower found on Isle Delfino in Super Mario Sunshine. They live outside Pinna Park peacefully, although their peace was disrupted when the Snooze-A-Koopas started nibbling on their roots. The Sunflower Kids turned brown and started to wilt.

Mario had to destroy each Snooze-A-Koopa to turn each Sunflower Kid back to its original healthy state. There is one giant sunflower called the Great Sunflower who could be their leader. The Sunflower Kids, like many things in the Mario series, have eyes. Unlike the inanimate objects, though, they can move and talk.

Several Sunflower Kids make a small appearance in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, where they can be seen happily dancing in Delfino Plaza after players beat a racing cup. Other sunflowers appear in the game; however, they don't look much like the Sunflower Kids, although they do have eyes, just like the kids.

[edit] Trivia

Sunflower Kids may have some special relation to the Nokis, as a line stated by a Noki mother suggests that a visit to the Sunflower Kids is necessary for the health of infant Nokis.

All sunflower kids apparently are female.

Super Mario Sunshine Characters
Mario \| Peach \| Toadsworth \| FLUDD \| Pianta Attorney \| Pianta Captain \| Pianta Judge \| Doot-Doot Sisters \| Sunglasses Salesman \| Delfino Police \| Big Daddy \| Noki Elder \| Sand Bird \| Great Sunflower \| Il Piantissimo
Super Mario Sunshine Bosses
Shadow Mario \| Petey Piranha \| Gooper Blooper \| Wiggler \| Mecha Bowser \| Phantamanta \| King Boo \| Eely Mouth \| Chain Chomp \| Bowser Jr. \| Bowser
Super Mario Sunshine Species
Bee \| Blooper \| Bob-omb \| Bombshell Bill \| Boo \| Bullet Bill \| Butterfly \| Cataquack \| Chain Chomplet \| Cheep-Cheep \| Coo Coo \| Dune Bud \| Electro-Koopa \| Isle Delfino Birds \| Jumping Blooper \| Klamber \| Missile Bill \| Noki \| Pianta \| Pink Boo \| Piranhabon \| Piranha Plant in the Generator \| Plungelo \| Pokey \| Pokey Sprout \| Poink \| Seedy Pod \| Skeeter \| Sleepy Boo \| Smolderin' Stu \| Snooze-A-Koopa \| Soarin' Stu \| Strollin' Stu \| Sunflower Kid \| Swipin' Stu \| Swoopin' Stu \| Tanooki \| Toad \| Wind Duppy \| Yoshi