Petea Piranha

Petea Piranha is a minor boss fought in Plum Park of Paper Mario: Color Splash. He first emerges folded up like a teabag when Mario and Huey attempt to squeeze the Teapot, engaging the two in a boss battle. According to the game's digital instruction manual, the two Snifits who were having tea in Plum Park originally stuffed Petea Piranha, in place of a teabag, into the teapot, which they stole from Dark Bloo Inn. He is also the one responsible for poisoning the water in Plum Park.

He greatly resembles Petey Piranha, and indeed the internal filenames confirm that Petea is based on Petey, since he is referred to with the BPK and B_PKF abbreviations in the game code, with the script controlling his behavior in battle also having the BossPakkun string, all of which reference Petey Piranha's Japanese name, Boss Pakkun (「ボスパックン」). Despite this, his complete internal name is instead Tea Pakkun (「ティーパックン」), which is also his actual name in the Japanese version. The French and Italian localizations maintain this distinction, with the latter using a direct translation of the Japanese name and even using different gibberish language for him mainly based on various spellings of tea in Italy. . In terms of appearance, the sprite used for Petea is basically identical to Petey Piranha, but the 3D model features a small paper teabag label attached to the head, conferring a peculiar appearance to Petea.

Petea Piranha is briefly referenced in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.

Fight


During the fight, Petea is able to use several moves against Mario: he can directly bite him, dealing 13 HP of damage, he can fly above him and then fall on him, dealing 33 HP of damage or he can attack Mario while spinning, dealing 24 HP of damage. He also has the noticeable ability to eat enemies summoned by Mario through Enemy Cards and spit them at Mario, dealing 13 HP of damage and then having them fighting for Petea. If Mario attempts to jump on Petea Piranha, the latter will counter the attack by swallowing Mario, dealing 25 damage in the process. However, after the spinning attack, he's stunned and he can miss his attacks, while also being susceptible to be hit with jump or hammer attacks to make him fall down, leaving him unable to move and vulnerable to jump attacks until he gets up again. He also falls down when using the Lemon Thing Card or the Lemon Replica cards.