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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Pionpiartwork.png|200px]]<br>''Super Mario Land'' artwork
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Land]]'' ([[1989]])
|comparable=[[Dry Bones]]<br>[[Fighter Fly|Fly]]<br>[[Kumo]]
}}
'''Pionpi''',<ref>''Super Mario Land'' English instruction booklet, page 17.</ref> also known as '''Pinopi''',<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Game Boy'' Player's Guide, page 5.</ref> are undead enemies found in ''[[Super Mario Land]]''. They are based on {{wp|jiangshi}}, a mythical vampire and zombie-like creature from {{wp|Chinese folklore}}. Found in the [[Chai Kingdom]], they constantly try to [[jump]] on [[Mario]], and some appear from the air. They can be temporarily stunned by being jumped on, which will also award Mario with 800 points. To actually destroy them, Mario must lure them off the level or shoot them with two [[Superball Mario|Superball]]s. They act essentially as a faster, harder version of the [[Fighter Fly|Fly]] and [[Kumo]] found earlier in the game. They are also similar to the [[Dry Bones]] introduced in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', being an undead enemy that soon resurrects upon being squashed.

In the ''Game Boy'' comics published by [[Valiant Comics]], a Pionpi is shown to be [[Tatanga]]'s second-in-command and frequently rides around on a [[Yurarin Boo]]. In the issue "[[Team Play]]", this Pionpi leads Tatanga's invasion of the Great Wall of China and is also the only one of Tatanga's Elite Squadron to protest [[Herman Smirch]]'s joining of Tatanga's forces.

==Profiles==
*'''''Super Mario Land'' 3DS Virtual Console manual:''' "''Hopping about persistently, Pionpi keeps coming back to life no matter how many times Mario jumps on him. He can be defeated by a Superball.''"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Pionpiartwork2.png|''Super Mario Land'' artwork
pionpisprite.png|''Super Mario Land'' sprite
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ピョンピー<ref>''Super Mario Land'' Japanese instruction booklet, page 20.</ref>
|JapR=Pyonpī
|JapM=Pun on「ピョンピョン」(''pyonpyon'', onomatopoeia for hopping sound) and「キョンシー」(''kyonshī'', {{wp|jiangshi}})
|Dut=Pionpi<ref>''Club Nintendo'' (Netherlands) ''Classic'', page 9.</ref>
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|Fra=Pionpi
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|Spa=Pionpi
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==References==
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[[Category:Vampires]]
[[Category:Super Mario Land enemies]]