Piranha Creeper

Piranha Creeper
Princess Peach approaching a Piranha Creeper.
Series	Mario
First Appearance	Super Mario 3D World
Species	Piranha Plant

Piranha Creepers are a sub-species of Piranha Plants that debuted in Super Mario 3D World. They are purple Piranha Plants with generally long, spiked stems. They usually appear in jungle themed levels, such as Piranha Creeper Creek and Deep Jungle Drift.

Location

Piranha Creepers often live in holes in walls both on ground and underwater, but some even live in poisonous water and, like normal Piranha Plants, in Warp Pipes. They snake along the ground and even in the air in various patterns, going to and from their living spot. Some of them are found sleeping unless they are attacked, after which they pause before moving back to their previous position and resuming their rest. Their heads turn from purple to blue with green spots in this state.

How To Defeat

To defeat Piranha Creepers, the player must attack the heads of the Piranha Plants to make them back up and smack against their living spot. Tapping on a Piranha Creeper's head on the  will send them back to their hole, but they cannot be defeated in this way; the final hit must always be landed by one of the player's attacks. The player will be hurt if they jump on the stem of a Piranha Creeper, but a stomp from the player using Lucky Cat's Golden Statue form will defeat them instantly. Piranha Creepers release 3 coins upon being defeated.

Appearances

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Piranha Creepers return in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, having the same functions as Super Mario 3D World. Captain Toad has difficulty with them as he cannot jump on top of them.

Super Mario Maker 2

Piranha Creepers also appear in Super Mario Maker 2 as a course part, and they can be used in the Super Mario 3D World game style.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Spanish (NOE)	Piraña Reptante	Creeper Piranha
French	Piranha rampante	Crawling Piranha
German	Kriech-Piranha	Crawling Piranha
Italian	Pianta Serpiranha	From "Pianta Piranha" (Piranha Plant) and "serpente" (snake)

Trivia

• Piranha Creepers are very similar in appearance to both Bungee Piranhas and Prickly Piranha Plants.

References

1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yelaZWsh6_o