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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:FirepiranhaNSMBU.png|240px]]<br>Official artwork of a Fire Piranha Plant from ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' ([[List of games by date#1988|1988]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury]]'' ([[List of games by date#2021|2021]])
|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]
|variants=[[Big Fire Piranha]]<br>[[Fire Nipper Plant]]<br>[[Fire Pakkun Zō]]<br>[[Fire Stalking Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Jumping Fire Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Paper Fire Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Petit Piranha]]<br>[[Small Piranha]]
|comparable=[[Chewy]]<br>[[Dino Piranha]]<br>[[Elasto-Piranha]]<br>[[Glad P. Plant]]<br>[[Smilax]]
|relatives=[[User:Doc von Schmeltwick/Projects/Ice Packun|Frost Piranha]]<br>[[Poison Piranha Plant]]<br>[[Putrid Piranha]]
|notable=[[Fiery Dino Piranha]]<br>[[Mama Fireplant]]<br>[[Pakkun Mogura]]
|collapsed=true
}}
A '''Fire Piranha Plant''' (also called a '''Fire Piranha''' in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'' and originally known as a '''Venus Fire Trap'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 8.</ref><ref>Loe, Casey. ''New Super Mario Bros.'' Player's Guide. [https://i.imgur.com/W3ehp2b.jpg Page 13.]</ref><ref>''Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition'' instruction booklet, page 27.</ref>) is a variety of [[Piranha Plant]] that can shoot [[fireball]]s, and some have the ability to fire up to three at a time. Their original name, "Venus Fire Traps," is a play on the name of the {{wp|Venus flytrap}}. The [[User:Doc von Schmeltwick/Projects/Ice Packun|Frost Piranha]] is the ice counterpart of the Fire Piranha Plant.