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{{Infobox|enemy
|name = Piranha plant
| image = [[File:PirahnaPlant-LA-Sprite.png]]
|image = [[File:PiranhaPlantMario.png]]<br>''Artwork from Super Mario Bros games
| threat = 3
|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''
| attack = {{H|0.5}} Contact
|habitat = Underground passages or dungeons
| game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''
|weapon = [[Sword]]
| location = [[Bottle Grotto]]<br/>[[Key Cavern]]
| weapon = All weapons - 1 hit
| related = [[Goponga Flower]]<br/>[[Giant Goponga Flower]]<br/>[[Deku Baba]]<br/>[[Manhandla (Disambiguation)|Manhandla]]
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'''Piranha Plants''' are enemies from [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]].
'''Piranha Plants''' are enemies that appear in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''. These enemies are [[Wikipedia:Venus flytrap|Venus flytrap]]-like plants that have a red blossom and a green vine with four leaves and can be found only in the side-scrolling sections of two [[dungeon]]s, [[Bottle Grotto]] and the [[Key Cavern]]. Similarly to many enemies in ''Link's Awakening'', Piranha Plants are based on the reappearing enemy from the ''Mario'' series, the design specifically from ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.


==Appearances==
In the areas where they are found, Piranha Plants hide in pipes. They periodically come out of their pipe and reveal their blossom to attack [[Link]], becoming vulnerable.{{Ref|pg. 99|Just as in a Mario game, the Piranha is vulnerable only when it sticks its blossom out of the pipe.|''[[Link's Awakening Nintendo Player's Guide]]''}} However, if he is on top of the pipe, the Piranha Plant does not try to come out of it. After coming out of it for a few seconds, the plant goes back into the pipe. When it is coming out of the pipe, Link can use a multitude of weapons to defeat a Piranha Plant like the [[Sword]], [[Bow]], and [[Bomb]]s.
===Link's Awakening===


Piranha plants are another popular enemy from ''Super Mario Bros'' series that made cameo appearances in [[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]. Piranha plants are found only in a few dungeons on [[Koholint Island]]. Unlike some of their counterparts in the ''Super Mario Bros'' series, they do not spit fireballs.
Unlike some of the plant's counterparts in the ''Mario'' series, they do not spit fireballs at him. Instead, contact with the Piranha Plant is their only form of attack. If he manages to come into contact with the enemy, though, the Piranha Plant only does damage to him if he touches the blossom, not the vine. As a result of this, Link can walk through the Piranha Plant's vine without getting hurt, but he must be careful as the Piranha Plant could go into the pipe as he is walking through the vine. Also, he can use the [[Roc's Feather]] to jump over the plant entirely.
 
These carnivorous plants have sharp teeth, and hide in pipes in the side-scrolling sections of the dungeon. Piranha plants will often be found in the same room as the [[Goomba|goomba]], since both are cameos from the ''Super Mario Bros'' games. [[Link]] must time his jump correctly to miss the Piranha Plant, or jump towards it while swinging his sword to defeat it in one hit.
 
==See Also==
 
* [[Goponga Flower]]
* [[Giant Goponga Flower]]
 
==Trivia==
 
* [[Piranha Plant]]s are based-off [[Wikipedia: Venus Flytrap|Venus Flytraps]], a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:PirahnaPlant-LA-Sprite.png|Piranha Plant Sprite from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''.
File:Piranha-Plant-Bottle-Grotto.png|''A Piranha Plant in Bottle Grotto''
File:Piranha-Plant-Key-Cavern.png|''A Piranha Plant in Key Cavern''
File:Piranha-Plant-SMB3.png|''Sprite of a Piranha Plant in Super Mario Bros. 3''
</gallery>
</gallery>
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Revision as of 03:04, December 2, 2017

Piranha Plant
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Piranha Plants are enemies that appear in Link's Awakening. These enemies are Venus flytrap-like plants that have a red blossom and a green vine with four leaves and can be found only in the side-scrolling sections of two dungeons, Bottle Grotto and the Key Cavern. Similarly to many enemies in Link's Awakening, Piranha Plants are based on the reappearing enemy from the Mario series, the design specifically from Super Mario Bros. 3.

In the areas where they are found, Piranha Plants hide in pipes. They periodically come out of their pipe and reveal their blossom to attack Link, becoming vulnerable.[1] However, if he is on top of the pipe, the Piranha Plant does not try to come out of it. After coming out of it for a few seconds, the plant goes back into the pipe. When it is coming out of the pipe, Link can use a multitude of weapons to defeat a Piranha Plant like the Sword, Bow, and Bombs.

Unlike some of the plant's counterparts in the Mario series, they do not spit fireballs at him. Instead, contact with the Piranha Plant is their only form of attack. If he manages to come into contact with the enemy, though, the Piranha Plant only does damage to him if he touches the blossom, not the vine. As a result of this, Link can walk through the Piranha Plant's vine without getting hurt, but he must be careful as the Piranha Plant could go into the pipe as he is walking through the vine. Also, he can use the Roc's Feather to jump over the plant entirely.

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References

  1. "Just as in a Mario game, the Piranha is vulnerable only when it sticks its blossom out of the pipe." — Link's Awakening Nintendo Player's Guide, pg. 99

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