Piranha Plant

Piranha Plants (also known as Piranha Flowers and Piranhas and misspelled as pirana plants in early manuals and as Pirahna Flower in an Australian Nintendo Magazine System issue) are large, carnivorous plants encountered throughout the Super Mario franchise. They are seemingly based on Venus flytraps and eat anything that approaches them.
The head of a Piranha Plant is most commonly either red or green with multiple other colors. Originally, Piranha Plants were found exclusively in pipes, darting out and biting anything near. Currently, Piranha Plants can be found both in and out of pipes and may constantly bite or wait for Mario to approach to do so.
Despite being plants, Piranha Plants have been depicted as being sentient and capable of speech in a few appearances. Piranha Plant characters such as Petey Piranha, Piranha Bean and Dino Piranha, among others, reveal that some Piranha Plants can have animal-like bodies, making them capable of walking.
They are an important part of Bowser's armies, and a key enemy Mario often has to fight.
== Trivia ==
* Pirahna Plant can be chosen as one of Ikran's Video Game Chlorokinetics.
== Gallery ==
File:Piranha Plant - Super Mario 3D Land.webp|Super Mario 3D Land, fire piranha plant
File:Piranha Sprout - Captain Toad.webp|Piranha Sprout, Captain Toad
File:Bone Piranha Plant.webp|Bone Piranha Plant
File:Nipper Plant Potted.webp|Nipper plant potted
File:Muncher NSMBU.webp|Muncher plant, NSMBU
File:Naval Piranha Artwork - Super Mario World 2.webp|Naval Piranha Plant, Super Mario World 2
File:DinoPiranha.webp|Dino Piranha
File:Peewee Piranha SMG2.webp|Peewee Piranha
File:Petey Piranha.webp|Petey Piranha
File:PiranhaPlantSM3DL.webp|Piranha Plant, Super Mario 3D Land
File:Piranhaplant.webp
File:Piranha Plant NSMBU.webp|Potted piranha plant, NSMBU
File:Frost Piranha.webp|Frost Piranha
File:PiranhaBean.webp|Piranha Bean
File:MamaPiranha.webp|Mama Piranha
File:Piranha Plant Pipes Up.webp|Piranha Plant Pipes Up, SSBU
File:PiranhaFlower.webp|Piranha Flower
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