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|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[List of games by date#2002|2002]])

|species=[[Piranha Plant]]

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==History==

===''Super Mario'' series===

====''Super Mario Sunshine''====

In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', Petey Piranha is stationed in [[Bianco Hills]], where he covers the landscape with goop and resides on top of the Big Windmill. During the episode [[Road to the Big Windmill]], while Mario is on the landscape in front of the windmill where the [[Proto Piranha|Gatekeeper]] is fought, Petey Piranha shoots goop at Mario from his perch. In the episode [[Down with Petey Piranha!]], Mario makes his way to the Windmill to face Petey Piranha; their combined weight causes the windmill's roof to collapse as they both fall in.

   

Petey Piranha appears once again in [[Petey Piranha Strikes Back]], where he is snoozing on a cliff high above Bianco Hills. After Mario wakes him by blasting him with a [[Poink]], Petey Piranha uses his enormous arms to fly and launches an attack from the sky. However, he cannot stay airborne for very long without struggling. Mario can spray water or shoot Poinks at him, both of which cause him to fall to the ground; then Mario must fill Petey Piranha's belly with water and Ground Pound it as before. However, if Mario is unable to Ground Pound Petey or he successfully spits goop, he can take to the skies again. On the ground, Petey Piranha not only attacks by spitting goop, but also by unleashing [[tornado]]es. After being defeated, Petey Piranha once again dissolves into goop and is not seen for the remainder of the game.

The player can actually fight Petey Piranha before they complete the first episode of Bianco Hills. After the player defeats the Gatekeeper, the path to the windmill opens, allowing access to Petey. If Mario speaks to the Pianta standing at the windmill, he responds to the fact that he is skipping ahead, asking, "Whuzzah!? Whozat?! What're you doing over here? You're getting a little ahead of yourself, don't you think? Isn't there something else you should do before coming here?" However, Petey Piranha's second appearance cannot be fought prior to Episode 5.

====''New Super Mario Bros.''====

If the player has already beaten Petey Piranha once and decides to fight him again, Bowser Jr. will not be present, and he will wake up on his own instead.

Petey can also be defeated quickly with the [[Blue Shell]]: since he will be knocked over as soon as Mario or Luigi slide into him with the Blue Shell, he can be quickly and easily damaged.

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On the character select screen, Petey is sleeping, while other characters are all doing some sort of exercise/warm-up/stretch. His animations after completing a hole include him flying up high (eagle, albatross or hole-in one), laughing (birdie), doing the "wave" (par), slapping himself in the face, similar to ''Super Mario Sunshine'' if he gets hit by Mario (bogey); and spitting goop before falling down (double bogey or worse).

===''Mario Pinball Land''===

===''Mario Tennis'' series===

====''Mario Power Tennis'' / ''New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis''====

If the player makes Petey a lefty, his appearance is mirrored. The same goes for [[Bowser Jr.]] who also is mirrored as a lefty.

In his victory scene, Petey is given his trophy by Mario with Peach, a Purple Toad, Shy Guy, and Koopa Troopa. Petey starts dancing, shaking the ground and knocking the five off balance, before leaping in the air. The five of them then close their eyes in anticipation of Petey slamming back onto the ground, but are relieved when they see him flying in the air with the trophy in his mouth.

====''Mario Tennis Aces''====

Petey Piranha appears in ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'' as the first boss of the game's story mode, fought in the mission [[Forest Monster]]. When Mario enters the [[Ancient Altar]] in search of a [[Power Stone]], Petey Piranha falls from above and attacks. Once the match starts, a Piranha Plant will serve the ball and the rally between Mario and Petey Piranha begins. Every time Petey Piranha rallies the ball, he loses a bit of health. Whenever Petey Piranha loses a full meter, he will fall over and his bellybutton will be exposed, which Mario needs to attack with a [[Zone Shot]]. Failing to hit the bellybutton will cause Petey Piranha to recover a bit of health and stand back up. Petey Piranha has three meters of health, indicated by hearts, and whenever he loses one, he will send out groups of tornadoes Mario has to avoid or use [[Trick Shot]]s to jump over. Petey Piranha is also capable of Zone Shots that can end up breaking Mario's racket in one hit. To defeat Petey Piranha, Mario has to drain all of his health within 300 seconds, and failing to rally a ball will cause some time to be lost.

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===''Mario Baseball'' series===

===''Super Princess Peach''===

Petey Piranha reappears as a boss in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', defending [[Bowser's Villa]] from [[Princess Peach]], and keeping a [[Toad (species)|Toad]] hostage. In the North American version of this game, he is labeled under the name '''Boss P. Plant'''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cgtFRF6Hx8 ''Super Princess Peach'' Glossary]</ref> (short for '''Boss Piranha Plant''', a more direct translation of his Japanese name), but in the European release, Petey Piranha is referred to by his proper English name. He is the first boss of the game, being the boss of [[Ladida Plains]]. When Peach sees Petey, Petey swallows the Toad, who is trapped in a ball, and Peach has to defeat Petey to rescue the Toad. His attacks send shockwaves, pushing back Peach, shooting [[Nipper Plant]]s (which can be absorbed for vibe), shooting one shockwave to the left and one to the right (which can defeat Nipper Plants if there are any not defeated by the princess), and if she is using a vibe power, ending it. Peach has to use her [[Gloom]] vibe to make a plant grow so that she can leap on a leaf and once again use the vibe to put tears into Petey and inflate him, making him fall and reveal his weak spot: his belly button. Peach has to jump on his belly five times to defeat him. After 3 hits, Petey uses his own vibe, Rage. Petey can bounce around, making Peach's attack tough, and additionally send 2 shockwaves to each side. It is notable that the method of defeating him is very similar to ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''; however, Peach needs to hit him five times, not three like Mario needs to in ''Super Mario Sunshine'', and when he falls, Peach needed just to stomp his navel. Once defeated, Petey Piranha explodes.

====''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''====

[[File:MLPiT Petey Piranha battle.png|thumb|200px|Petey Piranha's battle in ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time'']]

In this game, Petey Piranha's voice is identical to that of [[Yoob]].

====''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''====

Petey Piranha and his paper counterpart, [[Paper Petey Piranha]], both appear as bosses in the fifth installment of the ''Mario & Luigi'' series, ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. Both versions of Petey are fought in [[Sunbeam Plains]].

Additionally, his [[Paper Petey Piranha|paper counterpart]] is fought later in the game.

===''Mario Hoops 3-on-3''===

===''Mario Strikers Charged''===

===''Super Smash Bros.'' series===

[[File:Petey FS Ultimate.png|thumb|Petey Piranha in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'']]

===''Super Mario-Kun''===

Petey Piranha appears in volume 36 of the ''[[Super Mario-Kun]]'', the adaption of ''Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time''. In this manga, he is apparently a mother of the Tongue Piranha children, and he holds a shard of the [[Cobalt Star]] in his mouth, as a replacement for a tooth. Petey talks in a sweet, feminine way, making Mario and Luigi comment on how nice he is. Mario and Luigi anger him, however, by attempting to snatch the Cobalt Star Shard. After a fight, however, Petey gives it to the four brothers.

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===''Mario Sports Mix''===

Petey Piranha appears in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' on [[Daisy Garden]], as an NPC. During a basketball match, Petey reprises his role from ''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]'', acting as the hoop, and during a dodgeball match, Petey stands on the side of the playing area and will spit goop that will act as obstacles to the players. Petey stars in his very own party game called [[Feed Petey]], where players try to feed as much fruit to him within the time allotted.

====''Paper Mario: Sticker Star''====

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Petey makes his [[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'']] debut as the [[boss]] of [[Rumble Volcano]] in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]''. Like the other bosses, he gains power from a [[Royal Sticker]] that he took and ate from a tribe of [[Spear Guy]]s who described him as gluttonous. Upon first sighting [[Mario]] and [[Kersti]], he swallows Kersti whole, forcing [[Mario]] to go after him. Presumably during this time, he also ate several [[Koopa Troopa]]s and [[Sticker]]s, as he coughs up [[Dry Bones]] and random stickers during the battle. Once found, he immediately attacks [[Mario]].  

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While Petey himself does not appear in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]'', a counterpart of Petey known as Petea Piranha appears as the boss of [[Plum Park]].

===''Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition''===

Petey appears as the [[boss]] of [[World 5-7 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)|World 5-7]] and [[World 8-3 (Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition)|World 8-3]] in ''[[Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition]]'', and can also serve as an ally for the player. His main attribute is Wood, and his sub-attribute is Light. Petey Piranha's skill, Giga Piranha Drain, can transform all Orbs into Fire, Wood, and Heart Orbs. His Awoken Skill increases the amount of HP that gets restored whenever Heart Orbs are cleared.

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===''Dr. Mario World''===

Dr. Petey Piranha's skill clears the bottom-most object(s) in every column, where it's one per column in stage mode and level 1 in versus mode, and two per column in level 2 and above in stage mode. In versus mode, if this skill clears the two bottom-most row of objects, one set of objects are cleared at a time. The objects that are cleared are immediately eliminated, including any that usually takes multiple hits to clear like [[crate]]s and [[floatie virus]]es. If an unclearable object is at the lowest part of the column such as a [[key]] or an [[Empty Block]] even though a clearable object exists above it, the unclearable object will still be targeted, meaning that nothing different happens on that column.

==General information==

===Physical appearance===

===Personality===

===Abilities===

Also, in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time]]'', Petey can burrow into and out of sand without effort, freely summon wooden blocks, spit out Piranha Plant seeds that sprout and attack the players; in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', he makes sound waves, shock waves and spits [[Nipper Plant]]s.

===Gender===

In ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', [[Kersti]] refers to Petey Piranha as an "it". His trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' also refers to him as an "it".

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|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''

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|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''

|[[List of games by date#2003|2003]]

|Nintendo GameCube

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|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]]''

|2003

|Nintendo GameCube

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|''[[Mario Power Tennis]]''

|2004

|Nintendo GameCube

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|''[[Yakuman DS]]''

|[[List of games by date#2005|2005]]

|[[Nintendo DS]]

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|''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''

|2005

|Nintendo GameCube

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|''[[Mario Hoops 3-on-3]]''

|2006

|Nintendo DS

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|''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]''

|[[List of games by date#2007|2007]]

|[[Wii]]

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|''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''

|[[List of games by date#2008|2008]]

|Wii

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|''[[Mario Super Sluggers]]''

|2008

|Wii

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|[[List of games by date#2009|2009]]

|Wii

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|''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''

|[[List of games by date#2010|2010]]

|Wii

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|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Wii U Edition]]''

|[[List of games by date#2016|2016]]

|Wii U

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|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition]]''

|[[List of games by date#2017|2017]]

|[[Nintendo Switch]]

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|''[[Mario Party: The Top 100]]''

|2017

|Nintendo 3DS

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|''[[Minecraft|Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition]]''

|[[List of games by date#2018|2018]]

|[[Nintendo 3DS#New Nintendo 3DS/New Nintendo 3DS XL|New Nintendo 3DS]]

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|2018

|Nintendo Switch

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|''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]''

|2018

|Nintendo Switch

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|''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''

|2018

|Nintendo Switch

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|''[[Dr. Mario World]]''

|2021

|iOS / Android

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|''[[Mario Party Superstars]]''

|[[List of games by date#2021|2021]]

|Nintendo Switch

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==Names in other languages==

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|Jap=ボスパックン

|JapR=Bosu Pakkun

|Dut=Petey Piranha

|Ger=Mutant-Tyranha

|Ita=Pipino Piranha

|Kor=뻐끔왕

|KorR=Ppeokkeum-wang

|RusM=Petey Piranha

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