Venus Ice Trap

Venus Ice Trap
Species Origin	Piranha Plants
First Appearance	New Super Mario Bros. U (2012)
Latest Appearance	New Super Luigi U (2013)
Related Species
Venus Fire Trap Frost Piranha

Venus Ice Traps are a special variety of Piranha Plant first found in New Super Mario Bros. U. They are similar to Venus Fire Traps, but spit Ice Balls instead of Fireballs. Unlike Frost Piranhas, another ice-based Piranha Plant sub-species, Venus Ice Traps bear a red coloration.

History

New Super Mario Bros. U

A Venus Ice Trap outside the pipe.

Venus Ice Traps make their first appearance in New Super Mario Bros. U. They look and act similar to Venus Fire Traps, but shoot Ice Balls, which can are capable of freezing playable characters as well as other enemies. They inhabit the world of Rock-Candy Mines, where three of them appear in the level Fuzzy Clifftop; two in a Warp Pipe, one on the ceiling.

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

New Super Mario Bros. U / New Super Luigi U
Playable Characters	Mario* • Luigi • Yellow Toad • Blue Toad • Mii • Nabbit**
Supporting Characters	Princess Peach • Toad • Green Yoshi • Baby Yoshis (Balloon Baby Yoshi • Bubble Baby Yoshi • Glowing Baby Yoshi)
Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Koopalings (Lemmy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Larry Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Iggy Koopa • Roy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa) • Boom Boom • Boss Sumo Bro. • Kamek
Worlds / Areas	Acorn Plains • Layer-Cake Desert • Sparkling Waters • Frosted Glacier • Soda Jungle • Rock-Candy Mines • Meringue Clouds • Peach's Castle • Superstar Road • Secret Island • Coin Courses
Items and Objects	Super Mushroom • Fire Flower • Super Acorn (P-Acorn) • Mini Mushroom • Propeller Mushroom • Ice Flower • Penguin Suit • Star (Boost Star) • Coin • Blue Coin • Red Coin • Red Ring • 1-Up Mushroom • 3-Up Moon • Yoshi Egg • ? Block • Giant Question Block • Green Coin • Green Ring • P-Switch • Goal Flagpole • Berries • ! Switch • Brick Block • Coin Block • Giant Brick Block • Glow Block • Jump Block • POW Block • Super Guide Block • Boost Block
Enemies & Obstacles	Amp • Baby Blooper • Baby Dragoneel • Ball 'n' Chain • Balloon Goomba • Banzai Bill • Banzai Bill Blaster • Big Amp • Big Boo • Big Buzzy Beetle • Bill Blaster • Blooper • Blooper Nanny • Bob-omb • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boomerang Bro. • Bowser Amp • Bowser's Claw • Bramball • Broozer • Bulber • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Cannon • Chain Chomp • Cheep-Cheep • Cheep-Chomp • Circling Boo Buddies • Cooligan • Deep-Cheep** • Dragoneel • Dry Bones • Eep-Cheep • Fire Bro. • Fire Chomp • Fire Snake • Firebar • Fishbone • Fliprus • Foo • Fuzzy • Gargantua Koopa Troopa • Goomba • Goombrat • Grand Goomba • Grrrol • Gūrindai • Hammer Bro. • Heavy Para-Beetle • Huckit Crab • Ice Bro. • Jellybeam • King Bill • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Magmaargh • Magmaw • Mecha Cheep • Mecha-Koopa • Mega Cheep-Cheep • Mega Fuzzy • Mega Goomba • Mega Grrrol • Mega Pokey • Mega Urchin • Mega Wiggler • Mini Goomba • Missile Bill • Monty Mole • Muncher • Nabbit • Para-Beetle • Para-bomb • Paragoomba • Piranha Plant • Piranhacus Giganticus • Podoboo • Pokey • Porcupuffer • Raining Debris • Red Skull Box • River Piranha Plant • Rocket Engine • Rocky Wrench • Scaredy Rat • Skull Box • Spike • Spike Pillar • Spike Top • Spiked Ball • Spiny • Spiny Cheep-Cheep • Stalking Piranha Plant • Stone Spike • Sumo Bro. • Super Dry Bones • Super Piranha Plant • Super Thwomp • Super Venus Fire Trap • Swooper • Targeting Ted • Thwimp • Thwomp • Torpedo Ted • Urchin • Venus Fire Trap • Venus Ice Trap • Waddlewing • Wiggler
Others	Water Spouts • Sand Spouts • Spine Coasters
Game Modes	Boost Mode • Boost Rush Mode* • Challenge Mode* • Coin Battle
* Exclusive to New Super Mario Bros. U. • ** Exclusive to New Super Luigi U.