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A '''ProtoPolluted Piranha Plant''', originally known as a '''Gatekeeper'''<ref>Loe, Casey. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide. Page 14.</ref><ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 19.</ref> and also known as a '''Proto Piranha''' or '''Proto Piranha Plant''',<ref>[https://play.nintendo.com/documents/Super_Mario_3D_All-Stars_bingo.pdf Downloadable PDF] featuring bingo cards themed after ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''. ''[[Play Nintendo]]''. Retrieved October 27, 2020. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20201105023820/https://play.nintendo.com/documents/Super_Mario_3D_All-Stars_bingo.pdf Archived] November 5, 2020, 02:38:20 UTC via Internet Archive: Wayback Machine.)</ref> is a large [[List of species|species]] of [[Piranha Plant]] made up of [[goop]]. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', in which they are featured as mini-bosses.
==History==
===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', GatekeepersPolluted Piranha Plants appear out of [[Goop#Goop|Generators Generator]]s in several areas towards the beginning of the game. To get the GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant to come out of its base, [[Mario]] has to spray it with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] until it comes out. In order to defeat one, Mario must use FLUDD to shoot water into its open mouth repeatedly. If Mario sprays one while its mouth is closed, it merely shrugs the attack off. Once defeated, GatekeepersPolluted Piranha Plants dissolve into goop, after which their base disappears; Mario cannot wash away a goop base like he can with normal goop. Aside from periodically spawning [[Swoopin' Stu]]s, a GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant does nothing to attack, and will actually retreat back into its base if Mario does not defeat it in time. There are three types of GatekeepersPolluted Piranha Plants in the game:
*Pink, yellow, orange, and white GatekeepersPolluted Piranha Plants are the most basic variant, needing to be sprayed three times to be defeated. Only one appears at the [[Delfino Airstrip]] at the beginning of the game.
*The brown and white variants are found in [[Delfino Plaza]]'s [[Bianco Square|square]] and during the first episode of [[Bianco Hills]], [[Road to the Big Windmill]]. Like the above variant, it requires three sprays to be defeated. The one in Bianco Square will send out Swoopin' Stus if left alone, and the one in Bianco Hills sends out [[Piranhabon]]s rolling down the hill.
*The black variants are only found in Delfino Plaza, covering the [[boathouse]] to [[Ricco Harbor]] when the player has three Shine Sprites, and the lighthouse to [[Gelato Beach]] when the player has five Shine Sprites. These require six sprays to defeat, and send out Swoopin' Stus. The one guarding the lighthouse will additionally send out a wave of Swoopin' Stus in every direction after the third spray. Additionally, they can replenish goop sprayed away from directly around their bases. However, despite blocking access to new levels, they do not have to be fought as they will vanish upon obtaining a Shine Sprite.
The brown GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant in [[Bianco Hills]] is the only one that can be fought multiple times, due to it being the only one in a replayable episode and the rest being fought in [[Delfino Plaza]] or [[Delfino Airstrip]] to unlock portals to other areas.
===''Mario Golf'' series===
==Gallery==
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Polluted Piranha Colored SMS.png|Render of an orange-pink GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant
SMS DelfinoAirstrip PollutedPiranhaPlant.png|The GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant of [[Delfino Airstrip]]
SMS_Bianco_Square_Polluted_Piranha.png|GatekeeperThe inPolluted Piranha Plant of [[Bianco Square]]
RoadtotheBigWindmill.png|GatekeeperThe atPolluted Piranha Plant of [[Bianco Hills]]
Boat House Polluted Piranha.png|GatekeeperThe atPolluted Piranha Plant of the [[boathouse]]
Lighthouse Polluted Piranha.png|GatekeeperThe atPolluted Piranha Plant of the [[Lighthouse (Super Mario Sunshine)|lighthouse]]
Piranha Swingback.png|A Proto Piranha in ''Mario Power Tennis''
Polluted Piranha Super Mario-Kun.jpg|A GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant as depicted in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
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===Unused content===
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SMS Green-Yellow Gatekeeper.png|A GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant variant with the electric goop texture assigned to it, in [[Sirena Beach]]
SMS Fire Gatekeeper.png|A GatekeeperPolluted Piranha Plant variant with the fire goop texture assigned to it, in [[Pianta Village]]
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