Poison Piranha Plant

This article is about the enemy in Super Mario Odyssey. For information about the enemy in the Paper Mario series, see here.

Poison Piranha Plant
First appearance	Super Mario Odyssey (2017)
Species origin	Piranha Plant

Poison Piranha Plants are variants of Piranha Plants that appear in Super Mario Odyssey. They spit poison when they see Mario, which creates a puddle if it touches the ground. When Poison Piranha Plants are about to spit poison, their heads become purple.

Poison Piranha Plants are found in the Iron Road section of the Wooded Kingdom, the Metro Kingdom, and the Dark Side. If Mario throws Cappy at one, it will swallow him, stopping them from spitting poison. They can also be defeated by running into them in this state. However, knocking a rock into a Poison Piranha Plant will cause it to swallow the rock instead, allowing Mario to capture it with Cappy. When controlled by Mario, they gain his cap and his mustache, and the player is able to spit poison by pressing Y. Mega Poison Piranha Plants that spit bigger balls of poison also appear.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Poison Piranha Plants (simply called Poison Piranhas) are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.

Gallery

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  A Poison Piranha Plant surrounded by poison puddles.

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  A Poison Piranha Plant after being captured by Mario.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	どくパックン Doku Pakkun	Poison Piranha
Chinese	喷毒吞食花 (Simplified) Pēn Dú Tūnshí Huā 噴毒食人花 (Traditional) Pēn Dú Shí Rén Huā	Poison-Spitting Piranha Plant
Dutch	Poison Piranha Plant Poison Piranha	-
French	Toxi Piranha	Toxic Piranha
German	Gift-Piranha-Pflanze	Poison Piranha Plant
Italian	Pianta Piranha tossica	Toxic Piranha Plant
Korean	독뻐끔플라워 Dok Ppeokkeum Peullawo	Poison Piranha Plant
Russian	ядовитое растение-пиранья yadоvitoe rasteniye-piran'ya	Poisonous Piranha Plant
Spanish (Americas)	piraña venenosa	Poisonous Piranha
Spanish (Europe)	Piraña Venenosa	Poisonous Piranha