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{{Enemy
{{Infobox Enemy
|name = Piranha Plant
|image=  
|image = [[File:PirahnaplantLA.png]]
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|Sprite LA= File:LA Piranha Plant Sprite.png
|game = {{LA}}
|Sprite LADX= File:LADX Piranha Plant Sprite.png
|other = {{SSB}}
|habitat = [[Bottle Grotto]]<br>[[Key Cavern]]
|member =
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|weapon = Any
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'''Piranha Plants''' are [[Wikipedia:Venus Flytrap|Venus Flytrap]]-like plants that appear in side-scrolling caves alongside [[Goomba]]s in {{LA}}.
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[[Bottle Grotto]],
[[Key Cavern]],
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{{Term/Store|Piranha Plant|Piranha Plants|Series, LA, LADX, LANS|plural}} are enemies in {{LA}}.<ref>{{Cite|Is this a stand for something? It says, "{{Color|LANS Pink|Piranha Plant}}"...|N/A|LANS}}</ref> They are directly based on the {{Smw|Piranha Plant}} enemies of the ''{{Smw|Mario (series)|Mario}}'' series.


==Characteristics and Weaknesses==
==Characteristics==
[[smw:Piranha Plant|Piranha Plants]] are man-eating flowers that originated in [[smw:Super Mario Bros.|''Super Mario Bros.'']] and are common enemies throughout the [[smw:Mario Series|''Mario'' series]]. Like their Mario counterparts, they appear out of pipes at regular intervals and try to eat Link as he passes by. Link has to use the [[Roc's Feather]] to pass these enemies, but he can also use his [[Sword]] to destroy them. Their appearance alongside Goombas in an underground area is a direct reference to World 1-2 in ''Super Mario Bros.'' and locations in many other Mario games.
Piranha Plants appear in side-scrolling areas of dungeons, particularly in the [[Bottle Grotto]] and [[Key Cavern]]. They are immobile {{Wp|Venus Flytrap}}-like flowers that emerge from pipes at regular intervals and try to bite [[Link]] as he passes by. Link can simply wait for these plants to return to their pipes to safely pass or jump over them with the [[Roc's Feather]], or he can use his [[Sword]] to defeat them.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The appearance of Piranha Plants here is based on the appearance in somewhat earlier games such as [[smw:Super Mario Bros. 3|''Super Mario Bros. 3'']] and [[smw:Super Mario Land 2|''Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins'']].
*[[Manhandla]] in {{OoS}} is depicted as a [[Buzz Blob]]-like creature with four Piranha Plant heads on its sides. These plants spit fireballs at Link, similarly to how some Piranha Plants in the ''Mario'' series breathe fire.  
*Piranha Plants themselves only appear on [[Koholint]], but the [[Manhandla]] from the first ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' was referred to as a very large Piranha Plant in the Japanese manual; this reference was removed in all localizations and eventually in the Japanese Virtual Console release. ''Link's Awakening'' featured a clearly "wonderland"-type of world, so the presence of the creature in the fairly serious first game may suggest that ''Super Mario Bros.'' and ''The Legend of Zelda'' (at least the first of each) were intended to be part of the same universe. The Manhandla appears in ''[[Oracle of Seasons]]'' as well; it is currently unknown if the reference is retained.
 
*Unlike the Manhandla (its original incarnation at least), regular Piranha Plants seem to have already been caught by the "'Pakkun Flower' to 'Pakkun'" change that started with ''[[smw:Yoshi (game)|Yoshi]]''.
==Nomenclature==
{{Nomenclature}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:PiranhaPlantSML2.png|A Piranha Plant as it appeared in ''[[smw:Super Mario Land 2|Super Mario Land 2]]'', released shortly before ''Link's Awakening''
File:LADX Piranha Plant.png|Link climbs near a Piranha Plant in {{LA|DX|-}}
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</gallery>
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{{NintendoEnemy}}
{{Ref}}
{{PlantEnemy}}
{{Categories
[[Category:Enemies in Link's Awakening]]
|Mario, Nintendo Enemies, Plant-Like Enemies
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Latest revision as of 05:32, 27 February 2024

Piranha Plants are enemies in Link's Awakening.[1] They are directly based on the Piranha Plant enemies of the Mario series.

Characteristics

Piranha Plants appear in side-scrolling areas of dungeons, particularly in the Bottle Grotto and Key Cavern. They are immobile Venus Flytrap-like flowers that emerge from pipes at regular intervals and try to bite Link as he passes by. Link can simply wait for these plants to return to their pipes to safely pass or jump over them with the Roc's Feather, or he can use his Sword to defeat them.

Trivia

  • Manhandla in Oracle of Seasons is depicted as a Buzz Blob-like creature with four Piranha Plant heads on its sides. These plants spit fireballs at Link, similarly to how some Piranha Plants in the Mario series breathe fire.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
LanguageNamesMeanings
The Kingdom of Denmark
Danish
Piranha Plant (LANS)
Canada
FrenchCA
Fleur Piranha (LANS) 
The Federal Republic of Germany
German
Piranha-Pflanze (LANS)Piranha Plant
The Italian Republic
Italian
Pianta Piranha (LA | LADX | LANS)[2]Same as English.
The Kingdom of Norway
Norwegian
Piranha Plant (LANS)
Latin America
SpanishLA
Planta piraña (LANS) 
This table was generated using translation pages.
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Gallery

References

  1. "Is this a stand for something? It says, "Piranha Plant"..." — N/A (Link's Awakening for Nintendo Switch)
  2. Enciclopedia di Hyrule, Magazzini Salani, pg. 198