Piranha Plant

A Piranha Plant is a creature, appearing in many Mario games, that takes a bite of Mario and Luigi (and other characters) when they get the chance. They usually pop out of pipes.

Notable Piranha Plants

 * Megasmilax - Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
 * Lava Piranha - Paper Mario
 * Mom Piranha - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
 * Naval Piranha - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
 * Petey Piranha - Super Mario Sunshine



Sub Species

 * Nipper Plants: Small Piranha Plants that can move around.
 * Frost Piranha: Piranha Plants that live in frigid regions.
 * Jumping Piranha Plant: The head of a Piranha Plant that jumps out of a pipe, they sometimes shoot fire balls. Related: Jumping Pumpkin Plant
 * Pakkun Flower: Piranha Plants with a differnt name in Super Mario Land
 * Pale Piranha: Colorless Piranha Plants. The weakest of the Piranha Plants.
 * Piranhacus Giganticus: Huge Piranha Plants
 * Ptooie: A Piranha Plant that juggles a spiked ball with its mouth.
 * Putrid Piranha: Poisonous Piranha Plants.
 * Venus Fire Trap: Fire ball spitting Piranha Plants
 * Wild Ptooie Piranha: Green Piranha Plants that will either eat you or spit out Needlenose's
 * Piranha Sprout: Seedling Piranha Plant with feet
 * Piranha Pest: Juvenile Piranha Plant with a propeller and shrinking powers
 * Piranha Planet: Piranha Plants that hide in a planet.

Mario Party
In Mario Party, Piranha Plants could be planted by players in Peach's Birthday Cake Board. By doing such a thing, players that stop on the plant's spot lose a Star. In Mario Party 3, Piranha Plants appear in Waluigi's Island Board, and are Waluigi's partner in Duel Mode.

Regular Piranha Plant

 * HP: 5
 * Attack: 3
 * Defense: 0
 * Location: Forever Forest
 * Tattle:This is a Piranha Plant. Piranha Plants pop out of the ground at unexpected moments, so be on your guard. You've seen 'em in every one of your adventures, so I imagine you know 'em pretty well. Their sharp jaws point upward, so you'll get bitten if you try to jump on 'em. They smile after biting people. That smug smile...it makes me hopping mad!

Frost Piranha

 * HP: 10
 * Attack: 4
 * Defense: 0
 * Location: Shiver Snowfield
 * Tattle: This is a Frost Piranha. Frost Piranhas are frozen Piranha Plants. They'll try to freeze you with their icy breath. You'll be at their mercy if they freeze you, so you'd better try to immobilize them right away. Ice attacks won't work--they love ice! Fire attacks, though...

Putrid Piranha
This is a Putrid Piranha. Putrid Piranhas sometimes bite, but the truly scary thing is their nasty, poisonous breath. The power of their bad breath is 2, but your HP will begin to fall if you get poisoned. You should try to recover as quickly as possible if you get poisoned.
 * HP: 12
 * Attack: 3
 * Defense: 0
 * Location: Lavalava Island

Regular Piranha Plant

 * HP: 15
 * Attack: 9
 * Defense: 0
 * Location: Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 81-89)
 * Tattle Number: 59
 * Tattle Log: The strongest of the Piranha Plants. It likes to live... in pipes.
 * Tattle: That's a Piranha Plant. In fact, I think this is the strongest type of them all. Max HP is 15, Attack is 9 and Defense is 0. Its Attack power is absurdly high... It may look like a normal Piranha Plant, but don't be fooled! It's super-tough! If we get beaten by a flower, we'll never hear the end of it, know what I mean?

Pale Piranha

 * HP: 4
 * Attack: 2
 * Defense: 0
 * Locations: Boggly Woods, The Great Tree, Glitzville
 * Tattle Number: 56
 * Tattle Log: A monochrome Piranha Plant that attacks with a nasty bite. If you see one, throw all you've got at it, or run.
 * Tattle: That's a Pale Piranha. You know about these guys.  The famous Piranha Plants. This colorless subspecies is adapted to Boggly Woods.  Ah, the wonders of nature! If you try to jump on them, they'll totally chomp on you.

Putrid Piranha

 * HP: 8
 * Attack: 3
 * Defense: 0
 * Location: Keelhaul Key
 * Tattle Number: 57
 * Tattle Log: A poisonous Piranha Plant. It'll poison your allies. Use your guard effectively to avoid poisoning.
 * Tattle:That's a Putrid Piranha. It's a poisonous Piranha Plant.  That color is totally sickly... Max HP is 8, Attack is 3, and Defense is 0. It bites, AND it attacks with super-rank poison breath. Breath mint, table four! If you get poisoned, your HP will slowly go down, so, y'know, try not to.

Frost Piranha

 * HP: 10
 * Attack: 5
 * Defense: 0
 * Locations: Fahr Outpost, Pit of 100 Trials (Levels 61-69)
 * Tattle Number: 58
 * Tattle Log: A Piranha Plant with ice powers that's weak against fire. Its biting attack sometimes freezes you.
 * Tattle: That's a Frost Piranha. It's a cool customer with strong ice powers. Max HP is 10, Attack is 5 and Defense is 0. Its biting attack sometimes freezes us, so try to immobilize it first. It's weak against fire attacks, too, so use them as well.