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{{Enemy
{{Infobox Enemy
|image = [[File:PirahnaplantLA.png]]
|image=  
|game = ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]''
{{Media
|habitat =  
|Model LANS= File:LANS Piranha Plant Model.png
|weapon = [[Sword]]
|Sprite LA= File:LA Piranha Plant Sprite.png
[[Roc's Feather]]
|Sprite LADX= File:LADX Piranha Plant Sprite.png
}}'''Pirahna Plants''' (''Pikku'') are Venus Fly-Trap-like plants that originated in the game [[Wikipedia: Super Mario Bros.|''Super Mario Bros.'']]  They usually pop out of pipes and try to eat Link. They make a brief cameo in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening|Link's Awakening]]'', like many other characters from other [[Nintendo]] games. In the side-scrolling view in one dungeon, [[Link]] has to avoid them by using [[Roc's Feather]]. In this area there are also [[Goomba]]s, mushroom-like creatures that are common in the [http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_series ''Mario'' franchise].
}}
|caption=
|race=
|game= LA
|other=
|habitat=  
{{List|
[[Bottle Grotto]],
[[Key Cavern]],
}}
|member=
|attack= {{Damage|attack1= Contact|damage1= 0.50}}
|weapon= [[Sword]]
|spoils=
|exp=
|theme=
|health= {{HP|LA|1}}
}}
{{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==
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.


{{PlantEnemy}}
==Trivia==
[[Category:Enemies in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening]]
*[[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.
[[Category:Mario]]
 
==Nomenclature==
{{Nomenclature}}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:LADX Piranha Plant.png|Link climbs near a Piranha Plant in {{LA|DX|-}}
</gallery>
 
{{Ref}}
{{Categories
|Mario, Nintendo Enemies, Plant-Like Enemies
|enemies= LA, LADX, LANS
}}

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

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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) 
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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