Bone Piranha Plant

Artwork of a Bone Piranha Plant

First appearance

New Super Mario Bros. 2 (2012)

Latest appearance

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017)

Variant of

Piranha Plant

Variants
Big Bone Piranha Plant

Bone Piranha Plants^[1] are a variety of undead Piranha Plant debuting in New Super Mario Bros. 2. They are skeletal versions of normal Piranha Plants with some changes, such as a grayish cranium, holes rather than spots, light cyan lips, vertebrae instead of a plant stalk, and dark, gray leaves that appear dead.

History[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Besides these graphic changes, its attack patterns appear the same than those of a regular Piranha Plant. However, unlike normal Piranha Plants, and like Dry Bones, they are immune to fireballs. They can be defeated by a Super Leaf tail spin, Super Star, or a Gold Flower, however. They are only found in Towers and Castles. They are also extremely common throughout World 4-.

Mario Party: Island Tour[edit]

Bone Piranha Plants also appear in Mario Party: Island Tour on the Bowser's Peculiar Peak board. If the player lands on a Back Space, the Bone Piranha Plant appears, chews them up, and then throws them forward.

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

In Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Bone Piranha Plants appear as obstacles on Bone-Dry Dunes. Here, they behave just like other Piranha Plants in the Mario Kart series, trying to bite nearby drivers.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

Bone Piranha Plant's team image from Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition

Bone Piranha Plants are present in Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, where they own the Wood attribute, but also the Dark attribute. As such, they appear to be very weak to the Fire attribute, yet strong to the Water one. They show a lack in HP and RCV ratings, but this is completed by their dangerous amount of attack points. Poison Mist is the name of their main skill, which switches Water and Fire orbs of enemies to their own attribute orbs - Wood and Dark, respectively.

Bone Piranha Plants are typically found at the Tower courses, along with the Big Bone Piranha Plant, but they can also appear in a few courses at World 8 and ★World 8. When fought as enemies, they attack every two turns, and can even poison the player's team.

Other appearances[edit]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Bone Piranha Plants (just called Bone Piranhas) are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant. Piranha Plant's white colors references a Bone Piranha Plant.

Gallery[edit]

Bone Piranha Plant's Prima Guide model render from New Super Mario Bros. 2
Two Bone Piranha Plants and a Big Bone Piranha Plant in World 4- of New Super Mario Bros. 2
A Bone Piranha Plant in World 5- of New Super Mario Bros. 2
Bone Piranha Plant appearing from a Back Space from Mario Party: Island Tour
Bone Piranha Plant’s ally card from Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ほねパックン^[2] Hone Pakkun	Bone Piranha
Chinese	枯骨吞食花 Kūgǔ Tūnshíhuā	Dry Bone Piranha Plant
Dutch	Bone Piranha	-
French (NOA)	Fleur Piranh'os	From Fleur Piranha (Piranha Flower) and os (bone)
French (NOE)	Plante Piranh'os	From Plante Piranha (Piranha Plant) and os (bone)
German	Knochen-Piranha	Bone Piranha
Italian	Piantosso Piranha	From Pianta Piranha (Piranha Plant) and osso (bone)
Russian	растение-пиранья-скелет rastenie-piran'ya-skelet	Skeleton Piranha Plant
Spanish (NOA)	huesiplanta piraña	From hueso (bone) and planta piraña (Piranha Plant)
Spanish (NOE)	Huesiplanta Piraña	From hueso (bone) and Planta Piraña (Piranha Plant)

References[edit]

^ von Esmarch, Nick. 2012. New Super Mario Bros. 2 Prima Official Game Guide. Page 23.
^ Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, New Super Mario Bros. 2 section, page 196.

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Piranha Plants

Characters

Ashby • Big Bungee Piranha • Dino Piranha • Fiery Dino Piranha • Izzy • Justin • Mama Fireplant • Megasmilax • Mind-Bogglers • Mom Piranha • Naval Piranha • Paper Petey Piranha • Peewee Piranha • Petey Piranha • Petea Piranha • Piper • Piranha Plant • Piranha Sue • Scott • Spike the Piranha • Todd

Species

Big Bone Piranha Plant • Big Fire Piranha • Big Piranha Plant • Big Poison Piranha Plant • Bone Piranha Plant • Bungee Bud • Bungee Piranha • Chewy • Chomp-Muncher • Dino Piranha • Elasto-Piranha • Fire Nipper Plant • Fire Pakkun Zō • Fire P-Pakkun • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant • Frost Piranha • Ghost (Piranha Plant) • Glad Piranha Plant • Glad Ptooie • Gold Piranha Plant • Hidon • Ice Piranha Plant • Inky Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lava Bud • Lava Piranha • Mecha Piranha Plant • Muncher • Naval Bud • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Nipper Spore Patch • Nipper Dandelion • Paper Fire Piranha Plant • Paper Macho Piranha Plant • Petit Piranha • Pirabbid Plant • Piranha Bean • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Planet • Piranha Plant • Piranha Plant (item) • Piranha Plant (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) • Piranha Plorp • Piranha Pod • Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) • Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story) • Piranhabon • Pit Plant • Poison Piranha Plant • Prickly Piranha Plant • Propeller Piranha • Proto Piranha • Ptooie • Putrid Piranha • Raving Piranha Plant • River Piranha Plant • Sad Nipper Plant • Small Piranha • Smilax • Spiny Piranha Plant • Stalking Piranha Plant • Tane Pakkun • Wild Ptooie Piranha

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Enemies	Banzai Bill • Big Bone Piranha Plant • Big Bony Beetle • Big Cheep Cheep • Big Koopa Paratroopa • Big Paragoomba • Big Thwomp • Big Whomp • Blooper • Blooper Baby • Blue Magikoopa • Bob-omb • Bone Piranha Plant • Bony Beetle • Boo • Boo Crew • Boomerang Bro • Bullet Bill • Buzzy Beetle • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Coin Coffer • Dry Bones • Fire Bro • Fire Piranha Plant • Flame Chomp • Gold Goomba • Gold Goomba Tower • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Green Magikoopa • Hammer Bro • Heavy Para-Beetle • Ice Bro • King Bill • King Coin Coffer • Koopa Paratroopa • Koopa Troopa • Lakitu • Para-Beetle • Paragoomba • Piranha Plant • Purple Magikoopa • Red Magikoopa • Sledge Bro • Spiny • Thwimp • Thwomp • Whomp • Wiggler • Yellow Magikoopa
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Bone Piranha Plant

History[edit]

New Super Mario Bros. 2[edit]

Mario Party: Island Tour[edit]

Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

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