Jumping Piranha Plant: Difference between revisions

|species=[[Piranha Plant]]

|variants=[[Jumping Pumpkin Plant]]<br>[[Jumping Venus Fire Trap]]

|relatives=[[Hootie the Blue Fish]]<br>[[Piranha Pest]]

The '''Jumping Piranha Plant''' is a variant of [[Piranha Plant]] that is not rooted to the ground. They have a propeller-like stem, and their usual action is to jump out of a [[Warp Pipe]] before slowly making their way back down into it. Jumping Piranha Plants first appear in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.

Jumping Piranha Plants have a few variants, most notably [[Jumping Venus Fire Trap]]s, which are a cross between a Jumping Piranha Plant and a [[Venus Fire Trap]]. Jumping Piranha Plant has two relatives, [[Hootie the Blue Fish]] from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Piranha Pest]]s from ''[[Yoshi's Story]]'', and both of them bear a resemblance to it.

[[File:Jumping Piranha Plant SMW sprite.png|frame|left]]

In ''Super Mario World'', Jumping Piranha Plants are the most frequently encountered Piranha Plant enemies. Most of them jump in and out of a [[Warp Pipe|pipe]], but some jump out from the [[bush]]es. Jumping Venus Fire Traps also make an appearance, acting mostly the same, aside from spitting out two [[fireball]]s whenever they jump up. If [[Mario]] or [[Luigi]] do a [[Spin Jump]] on a Jumping Piranha Plant, they bounce slightly upward and do not take damage. Either brother can defeat a Jumping Piranha Plant by plucking a [[fireball]] at it while in their [[Fire Mario|Fire]] form or by touching it while under the effects of a [[Super Star|Starman]].

Like the other enemies, a Jumping Piranha Plant appears in the ending sequence, which misspells their name as '''Jumping Pirhana Plant''', although this would eventually be fixed in the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[reissue|remake]] ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]''.

In ''[[Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Jumping Piranha Plants only appear in a [[World-e]] level, [[Ground Work]]. They behave the same way as in ''Super Mario World'', but they are designed after the Piranha Plants in the same game, having the same head while retaining their propeller-like leaf.

===''Super Mario Party''===

In ''[[Super Mario Party]]'', the 21st stage of [[Puzzle Hustle]] involves the characters having to put together a picture of a Jumping Piranha Plant, which the game refers to as a Piranha Plant. It is depicted as an enlargement of its ''Super Mario World'' sprite.

==Names in other languages==

|Jap=ピーパックン / ピー-パックン<ref>''Super Mario World'' Shogakukan Book 1 (pg. 27)</ref>

|JapR=Pī-Pakkun

|JapM="P-Piranha", 「パックン」(''Pakkun'') being from the Japanese name of [[Piranha Plant#Names in other languages|Piranha Plant]]s; officially romanized as "P-Pakkun". "P-" may be short for propeller or, given the early name "P-Hat" present in ''Super Mario World'' assets,<ref>TCRF. [[tcrf:Prerelease:Super Mario World (SNES)/Background Graphics and Tilemaps#Enemy Cast List|Prerelease:Super Mario World (SNES)/Background Graphics and Tilemaps#Enemy Cast List]]. ''The Cutting Room Floor''. Retrieved August 6, 2020.</ref> a reference to [[zeldawiki:Peahat|Peahat]], a flying flower enemy from ''[[zeldawiki:The Legend of Zelda|The Legend of Zelda]]''.

|SpaA=Planta piraña saltarina

|SpaAM=Jumping Piranha Plant

|SpaE=Planta Piraña Saltarina

|SpaEM=Jumping Piranha Plant

|FraA=Fleur Piranha sautant

|FraAM=Jumping Piranha Flower

|FraE=Plante Piranha sauteuse

|FraEM=Jumping Piranha Plant

|Dut=Jumping Piranha Plant (''Super Mario Maker 2'')<br>Jumping Piranha

|DutM=-<br>-

|Ger=Hüpfer-Piranha

|GerM=Jumping Piranha

|Ita=Pianta Piranha salterella

|ItaM=Jumping Piranha Plant

|Rus=прыгающее растение-пиранья

|RusR=prygayushchee rastenie-piran'ya

|RusM=Jumping Piranha Plant

|Kor=점핑뻐끔플라워

|KorR=Jeomping Ppeokkeum Peullawo

|KorM=Jumping Piranha Plant

|ChiS=跳跃食人花<ref>无敌阿尔宙斯 (August 28, 2013). [http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2560204606 神游 超级马力欧世界 敌人官译]. ''Baidu Tieba''. Retrieved February 2, 2017.</ref> (''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2'')<br>''Tiàoyuè Shírénhuā''<br>跳跃吞食花 (since ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'')<br>''Tiàoyuè Tūnshíhuā''

|ChiSM=Jumping Piranha Plant

|ChiT=跳躍吞食花

|ChiTR=Tiàoyuè Tūnshíhuā

|ChiTM=Jumping Piranha Plant

}}

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