Putrid Piranha
- This article is about the enemy in the Paper Mario series. For the enemy in Super Mario Odyssey, see Poison Piranha Plant.
| Putrid Piranha | |||
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 A Putrid Piranha in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door | |||
| First appearance | Paper Mario (2000) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (cameo, version 2.0.0) (2019) | ||
| Variant of | Piranha Plant | ||
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- “IDENTIFIED AS...MARIO! ALERT! REPORT TO BOSS! ALERT! ALERT!”
- —Putrid Piranha, Paper Mario
A Putrid Piranha is a Piranha Plant with a poisonous bite and poisonous breath, found in the Paper Mario series.
HistoryEdit
Paper Mario seriesEdit
Paper MarioEdit
The Putrid Piranhas of Paper Mario are found on Lavalava Island. These Putrid Piranhas are red with white spots and have yellow-stained teeth. Putrid Piranhas are close relatives of the Piranha Plants, but are distinctly larger, and have lolling tongues. Their size, posture, teeth, and tongues make them resemble the Piranha Plants from Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, fitting with the other references to the game on the island. Due to their forward-facing head, unlike their regular variant in Forever Forest, they can safely be jumped on without the Spike Shield badge. Some of them appear as mini-bosses in the Jade Jungle located on Lavalava Island, while they appear as common enemies in Mt. Lavalava itself, where they work for the Lava Piranha who lives there. During battle, Putrid Piranhas can use a poison breath attack, which poisons Mario while doing two points of damage. In Jade Jungle, a few of them attack the orange Baby Yoshi. The Frost Piranha, which appears later in Shiver Snowfield, is an icy relative of the Putrid Piranha.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorEdit
Putrid Piranhas reappear in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, where they can be found on Keelhaul Key as uncommon enemies. They are no longer larger than their relatives, now being recolors of regular Pale Piranhas. Relating to this, instead of being red with white spots, they are yellow with red spots. In addition, they have purple teeth, green lips, and a blue tongue. Unlike the previous ones, they stand upright, making them impossible to jump on normally (unless Mario has the Spike Shield badge equipped), and are not shown living in burning temperatures.
Super Paper MarioEdit
In Super Paper Mario, Putrid Piranhas live in the Land of the Cragnons and look the same as in the previous game. Here, they emerge from pipes and will only attack with their poisonous breath. These Putrid Piranhas have a high chance of dropping items, especially Horsetails due to the poison status being very deadly if the player has no items. It is possible to stomp it when it is exhaling the poisonous gas by jumping on its exposed head. Uniquely to this game, it is mentioned in their Tattle description that Putrid Piranhas' poisonous nature is rumored to be a result of pollution, possibly serving as an early hint to the problem of the Cragnons' littering and explaining why the poisonous plants have come to reside in the Cragnons' land.
Super Mario-KunEdit
Putrid Piranhas appear in volume 26 of Super Mario-Kun. When a White Magikoopa ambushes Mario and his partners in Lavalava Island, he uses Putrid Piranha plants. They bite Mario's head and let out a bad breath, poisoning Mario and Goombario. The Fearsome 5, however, comes to the rescue and attack the White Magikoopa while sealing the Putrid Piranhas' mouth with tape. One of the Yoshis then defeats the White Magikoopa by using a Thunder Rage on him.
Super Smash Bros. UltimateEdit
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Piranha Plant turns into a Putrid Piranha during its Poison Breath move, and spits poisonous gas to damage other fighters. It is also mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.
StatisticsEdit
Paper MarioEdit
| Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Putrid Piranha | |||||||||
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Max HP | 12 | Attack | 3 | Defense | 0 | Type | Ground | |
| Level | 17 | Strong | None | Weak | None | Moves | Bite (3), Poison Breath (2, Poison - Good, 3) | ||
| Sleep? | 95%, 1 | Dizzy? | 50%, 0 | Shock? | 90%, 0 | Shrink? | 75%, 0 | ||
| Stop? | 85%, 0 | Fright? | 30% | Air Lift? | 20% | Hurricane? | 20% | ||
| Coins | 1 + 1-3 | Items | Fire Flower, Super Shroom | Run | 24 | Location(s) | Jade Jungle, Mt. Lavalava | ||
| Tattle | This is a Putrid Piranha. Max HP: 12, Attack Power: 3, Defense Power: 0 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. | ||||||||
- Paper Mario Official Nintendo Player's Guide: Even worse than a normal Piranha Plant, Putrid Piranha is equipped with the worst breath this side of Tayce T.'s garlic bread cook-off. If that isn't enough, it also possesses quick reflexes and a strong bite.[1]
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year DoorEdit
| Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy | ||||||||
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| Putrid Piranha | ||||||||
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Max HP | 8 | Attack | 3 | Defense | 0 | Location(s) | Keelhaul Key |
| Sleep? | 105% | Dizzy? | 50% | Confuse? | 95% | Tiny? | 90% | |
| Stop? | 80% | Soft? | 95% | Burn? | 100% | Freeze? | 70% | |
| Fright? | 20% | Gale Force? | 40% | KO? | 95% | Moves | Jaw Clamp (3), Poison Breath (2 to Mario and Partner, Poison, Piercing) | |
| Level | 20 | Exp. points | 0 | Coins | 0 - 3 | Items | Super Shroom, Maple Syrup (drop only), FP Plus (drop only) | |
| Bestiary 57 |
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. | |||||||
Super Paper MarioEdit
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Putrid Piranha | |||||||||
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Max HP | 5 | Items | Horsetail, Keel Mango, Fresh Veggie, Peachy Peach | |||||
| Attack | 2 | Location(s) | Downtown of Crag (5-1), Gap of Crag (5-2), Floro Caverns (5-3 and 5-4) | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Score | 500 | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | ||||||
| Card description | It's a poisonous Piranha Plant. As they say, every rose has its venomous bite. | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 57 58 59 |
Tattle | This disgusting weed is a Putrid Piranha. It will spew poisonous sludge at you... Max HP is 5 and Attack is 2. if you are poisoned, you will lose HP quickly... Thankfully, most items that restore HP also cure poison. Some say that pollution turned them into poisonous weeds... | |||||||
GalleryEdit
Names in other languagesEdit
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ポイズンパックン Poizun Pakkun |
Poison Piranha |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 毒食人花 (Paper Mario) Dú Shírénhuā 毒吞食花 (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) Dú Tūnshíhuā |
Poison Piranha Plant |
| Dutch | Putrid Piranha | - |
| French | Piranha Pouah Piranha kipu |
Yuck Piranha Stinking Piranha. "Kipu" is pun on "qui pue" (stinking). |
| German | Faul-Piranha | Rotten Piranha |
| Italian | Piranha velenosa | Poisonous Piranha |
| Korean | 포이즌뻐끔플라워 Poijeun Ppeokkeum Pellawo |
Poison Piranha Plant |
| Russian | гнилое растение-пиранья gniloe rastenie-piran'ya |
Putrid Piranha Plant |
| Spanish (NOA) | Piraña hedionda | Heinous piranha |
| Spanish (NOE) | Piraña Pocha | Rotten Piranha |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Paper Mario Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Page 109.