Mom Piranha

Mom Piranha is a giant Piranha Plant that resides in a large egg on the runway at the Beanbean International Airport. She sent her offspring to uproot the runway, preventing planes from landing or taking off. Thus Princess Peach, who had an important meeting with Queen Bean and Prince Peasley, was unable to land her plane. However, Mario and Luigi develop a clever plan to clear the runway. Mario would drink water and spit it on the Piranha offspring, soaking it. Then, Luigi would shock it with electricity. Since, the offspring were connected to Mom Piranha, the electricity would surge through her egg, causing it to crack open. In the end, Mario and Luigi end up defeating Mom Piranha in a short battle, allowing Peach to safely land her plane.

Mom Piranha had several offensive abilities, such as slapping the Mario Bros with her tentacle-like arms and spitting a large ball of energy at the Marios. However, Mario and Luigi had more trouble with Mom Piranha's Piranha Plant minions and her extremely high defense. There were always two Piranha Plants with Mom, varying in color from red to blue. Mom Piranha's color would be whatever the majority of the Piranha's colors were (starting at red with two red plants). Mom Piranha could also raise another Piranha Plant if one was struck down. In addition, for every plant of her color, Mom Piranha would regain 10 health points. Most attacks on Mom Piranha would do only one damage. However, Mario and Luigi could deal a large amount of damage by using Thunderhand and Firebrand when Mom Piranha was red and blue, respectively. Unfortunately, this would cause all of the Piranha Plants to react and spit out fireballs and electricity in a random, frenzied manner.