Polluted Piranha

Polluted Piranha
A Polluted Piranha in Super Mario Sunshine
First appearance	Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance	New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis (2009)
Parent species	Big Piranha Plant

A Polluted Piranha is a large species of Piranha Plant composed entirely of Goop. They appear as enemies in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Power Tennis, and Mario Golf: Advance Tour. Unlike regular Piranha Plants, Polluted Piranhas do not have any teeth.

In Super Mario Sunshine, Polluted Piranhas appear out of Goop generators in several areas towards the beginning of the game. To get the Polluted Piranha to come out of its base, Mario has to spray it with F.L.U.D.D. until it comes out. In order to defeat one, Mario must use F.L.U.D.D. to shoot water into its open mouth repeatedly. If Mario sprays one while its mouth is closed, it merely shrugs the attack off. Once defeated, Polluted Piranhas dissolve into Goop, after which their base disappears; Mario cannot wash away a Goop base like he can with normal Goop. Aside from periodically spawning Goobles, a Polluted Piranha does nothing to attack, and will actually retreat back into its base if Mario does not defeat it in time. There are three different types of Polluted Piranhas in the game:

• Pink, yellow, orange, and white Polluted Piranhas are the most basic variant, needing to be sprayed three times to be defeated. Only one appears at the Delfino Airstrip at the beginning of the game.
• The brown and white variants are found in Delfino Plaza's square and during the first episode of Bianco Hills, Road to the Big Windmill. Like the above variant, it requires three sprays to be defeated. The one in Bianco Square will send out Goobles if left alone, and the one in Bianco Hills sends out Piranhabons rolling down the hill.
• The black variants are only found in Delfino Plaza, covering the Boathouse to Ricco Harbor and the lighthouse to Gelato Beach. These require six sprays to defeat, and send out Goobles. The one guarding the lighthouse will additionally send out a wave of Goobles in every direction after the third spray.

It is also worth noting that the brown one in Bianco Hills is the only one that can be fought multiple times, due to it being the only one in a replayable episode and the rest being fought in Delfino Plaza or Delfino Airstrip to unlock portals to other areas.

In Mario Power Tennis, Petey Piranha's Defensive Power Shot, Piranha Swingback, involves him creating a Polluted Piranha to hit an unreachable tennis ball for him.

In Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Polluted Piranhas appear in the Mushroom Tourney course along with many regular Piranha Plants. They are found outside of the course itself.

Gallery

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  Render of a Polluted Piranha

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  Polluted Piranha at Delfino Airstrip

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  Polluted Piranha at Bianco Hills

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  Polluted Piranha in Bianco Square

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  Polluted Piranha at the Boathouse

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  Polluted Piranha at the Lighthouse

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  A Polluted Piranha in Mario Power Tennis

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  A Polluted Piranha as depicted in Super Mario-Kun

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ドロドロパックン Dorodoro pakkun	Muddy Piranha; dorodoro is a Japanese mimetic word for something muddy.

References

[Edit] Piranha Plants
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Species	Big Bone Piranha Plant • Big Piranha Plant • Big Poison Piranha Plant • Big Venus Fire Trap • Bone Piranha Plant • Bungee Bud • Bungee Piranha • Chewy • Chomp-Muncher • Elasto-Piranha • Fiery Walking Piranha • 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 • Gūrindai • Hidon • Hootie the Blue Fish • Ice Piranha Plant • Inky Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lava Bud • Mecha Piranha Plant • Muncher • Naval Bud • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Nipper Spore Patch • Pale Piranha • Paper Fire Piranha Plant • Petit Piranha • Pirabbid Plant • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Planet • Piranha Plant • Piranha Plant (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door) • Piranha Plant (potted) • Piranha Plorp • Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) • Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story) • Piranhabon • Pit Plant • Poison Piranha Plant • Polluted Piranha • Prickly Piranha Plant • Ptooie • Putrid Piranha • Raving Piranha Plant • River Piranha Plant • Sad Nipper Plant • Smilax • Spiny Piranha Plant • Stalking Piranha Plant • Tane Pakkun • Watage Pakkun • Wild Ptooie Piranha

[Edit] Super Mario Sunshine
Characters	Big Daddy of Blooper-surfing • Cannon Pianta • Chomp Keeper • Crate Guy • Doot-Doot Sisters • F.L.U.D.D. • Great Sunflower • Hotel Manager • Il Piantissimo • Isle Delfino Police • Mario • Noki Elder • Noki Elder's grandson • Pianta Attorney • Pianta Captain • Pianta Judge • Pianta Village mayor • Pinna Park director • Princess Peach • Sand Bird • Sunglasses vendor • Toad • Toadsworth
Species	Bird • Blooper Racer • Dune Bud • Lava Cheep Cheep • Noki • Pianta • Poink • Raccoon • Sunflower Kid • Toad • Yoshi • Yoshi Platform
Items and Objects	1-Up Mushroom • Banana • Barrel • Beehive • Blue Coin • Bramble • Coconut • Coin • Durian • Glorpedo • Graffiti • Juice • Mario Cap • Papaya • Pepper • Pineapple • Red Coin • Rotating Panel • Shine Sprite • Trampoline • Water Barrel • Water Bottle • Water Rocket • Watermelon • Yoshi Egg
Bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. (Shadow Mario) • Eely-Mouth • Gooper Blooper • King Boo • Mecha-Bowser • Monty Mole • Petey Piranha • Phantamanta • Polluted Piranha • Plungelo • Wiggler
Enemies	Bee • Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Chain Chomplet • Cheep Cheep • Coo Coo • Electro-Koopa (red/green/blue) • Giant Stu • Gold Bullet Bill • Gooble • Hatopop • Jumping Blooper • Klamber • Pink Boo • Piranha Plant • Piranhabon • Pokey • Pokey Head • Pondskater • Purple Bullet Bill • Seedy Pod • Sleepy Boo • Smolderin' Stu • Snooza Koopa • Stackin' Stu • Strollin' Stu • Swipin' Stu • Wind Spirit • Winged Strollin' Stu • Wire Trap
Moves	Backward Somersault • Dash • Dive • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Side Somersault • Spin Jump • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Locations	Bianco Hills • Bianco Square • Corona Mountain • Delfino Airstrip • Delfino Plaza • Gelato Beach • Hotel Delfino • Isle Delfino • Noki Bay • Pianta Village • Pinna Park • Ricco Harbor • Shine Gate • Sirena Beach
Secret Courses	Lily Pad Ride • Pachinko Game • Red Coin Field • Super Slide • Turbo Track