Petey Piranha

Petey Piranha
Petey Pirahna from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Game
Universe	Mario

Petey Piranha (Boss Pakkun in the Japanese games) is a recurring villain (usually a boss) in the Mario series. Petey made his debut in Super Mario Sunshine and appeared for the first time in the Super Smash Bros. series in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and as part of Piranha Plant's Final Smash of the same name.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

An official screenshot of Petey Piranha using his cage-sliding attack, from Smash Bros. DOJO!!

Petey Piranha is the first boss of Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is fought in the Midair Stadium, after a friendly match between Mario and Kirby. In a cutscene played prior to the battle, Petey blasts Mario away with a cannonball and captures both Peach and Zelda, each into a separate cage, and Kirby then has to fight Petey Piranha.

During the battle, Petey uses only two main attacks, the first of which involves him swinging one of the two cages along the ground, while the other is a jumping attack where Petey tries to stomp and bite the player. The boss fight is unique in that each cage has an associated health bar, but not Petey himself, so Kirby has to deal enough damage to the cages in order to win. Once either cage is halfway to being destroyed, Petey begins to attack more quickly, which he briefly relays by roaring and his head glowing red momentarily. If Kirby attacks Petey's head, this splits the attack's damage to both cages. Petey Piranha is defeated once Kirby has destroyed either cage, freeing either Peach or Zelda only, depending on the cage; upon being defeated, Petey Piranha is caught on fire before exploding. The other princess who is not saved is turned into a trophy by Wario in the following cutscene, and in the event that Kirby destroys both cages at the same time, the game randomly decides which princess is saved.

Much later, in the final stage, The Great Maze, Petey Piranha is fought again, after being resurrected by Tabuu, along with the other bosses. Unlike before, neither of the cages have either princess inside, since both of them were rescued earlier on, and the sky is light-blue instead of red. The battle against Petey Piranha in Boss Battles Mode is based on The Great Maze equivalent, since it retains the same differences.

There are two stickers of Petey Piranha, depicting his artwork from Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour and Mario Strikers Charged respectively. There is also a trophy of Petey Piranha that can be obtained by using a Trophy Stand on him.

Unlike in most Mario games, where Petey has a cartoonish voice, Petey is heard using fearsome roars in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Additionally, Petey's petals are behind his neck, rather than in the front as usual, and Petey is also given detailed gums, something that he is not seen with in any other game.

Trophy

Image	Title	Appears in	How to unlock
	Petey Piranha	GCN Super Mario Sunshine DS New Super Mario Bros.	Trophy Stand
Description
A colossal Piranha Plant. Unlike its pipe-inhabiting cousins, it uses its legs to walk around. It can fly, too. As you might expect, it often appears as a boss character in Mario adventures. This may come as a surprise, but it also displays surprising dexterity in kart races and ball games.

Stickers

Name	Image	Artwork from	Effect in The Subspace Emissary	Usable by
Petey Piranha		Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour	[Darkness] - Attack +47	Ganondorf
Name	Image	Artwork from	Effect in The Subspace Emissary	Usable by
Petey Piranha		Mario Strikers Charged	[Bite] - Attack +32	Yoshi, Wario, Wolf, Pokémon Trainer

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Petey Piranha, as depicted in the Move List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Petey Piranha appears in the form of Piranha Plant's Final Smash of the same name. He is designed after his appearance from Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, including the cages he wields, though he has a brighter color scheme more comparable to the mainline Mario games.

When summoned for Piranha Plant's Final Smash, Petey arises from the background and starts hopping along the stage while swinging his cages. Any opponent who touches one of Petey's cages becomes trapped inside of it. At the end of the Final Smash, Petey breathes fire at the cages, damaging whoever is inside of them, and then slams the cages onto the ground, launching away the opponents who were trapped.

On Palutena's Temple, both Petey Piranha and Petea Piranha are mentioned briefly by Viridi during Palutena's Guidance dialogue for Piranha Plant.

There are two spirits of Petey Piranha. The first one is enhanced from the Nipper Plant spirit at level 99, and it depicts Petey Piranha's artwork from Mario Super Sluggers. The second spirit depicts artwork of Petey Piranha from Mario Strikers Charged; despite this, the name of the spirit erroneously lists the game's predecessor, Super Mario Strikers, in parentheses instead. In European releases, the spirit is titled Mario Strikers in parentheses instead.

Piranha Plant's Special Moves
	Ultimate
Standard Special	Ptooie
Side Special	Poison Breath
Up Special	Piranhacopter
Down Special	Long-Stem Strike
Final Smash	Petey Piranha

Spirits

#	Name	Image	Series / game	Type	Slots	Class	Strength / effect(s)	How to obtain
54	Petey Piranha		Super Mario Series	Primary	2	Ace	Grab Giant	Enhanced from the Nipper Plant spirit

General information
#	Name	Image	Series / game	Type	Slots	Class	Strength / effect(s)	How to obtain
125	Petey Piranha (Super Mario Strikers) (NTSC) Petey Piranha (Mario Strikers) (PAL)		Mario Strikers Series	Primary	1	Advanced	Grab	Spirit Board
Spirit battle
Opponent(s)		Battle conditions			Stage		Song
Giant Ivysaur		Rule: Item: Soccer Ball The enemy is giant			Wuhu Island		Country Field: away team

Gallery

Petey Piranha's model in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Trivia

• During the cutscene before the first fight with Petey, a cannonball KO's Mario and knocks him out of the arena. It is never made clear where this cannonball comes from; Wario's Dark Cannon can't produce cannonballs, Petey Piranha himself is incapable of producing cannonballs in any game, and the Halberd's cannonballs move in a swirly motion, are blue, and explode on contact. A theory might be someone put the cannonball in Petey's mouth and Petey spat it out and due to his immense mouth it could've had enough force to knock Mario away. This theory is supported by the fact that when the part that shows the cannonball come out, if one looks closely in the smoke, a silhouette of Petey can be seen.
• Even if one redoes the boss fight against Petey at the Midair Stadium using either Peach or Zelda, they will still be seen in the cage with exactly the same costume.
• If one looks closely at the cages in the cutscene "Princesses, Both Captured and False", the cages that the trophies of Peach and Zelda are in are the exact ones Petey used.
• Petey Piranha is the only boss to have two health bars. He is also the only boss that does not have his name displayed next to them. In the Subspace Emissary, the names displayed next to the health bars are "Peach's Cage" and "Zelda's Cage" respectively. In both The Great Maze and Boss Battles mode, the word "Cage" is displayed next to both health bars.

External Links

• Petey Piranha's article in MarioWiki