Mecha Piranha Plant

Mecha Piranha Plant

First appearance	Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (2003)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart Wii (2008)
Variant of	Piranha Plant

Mecha Piranha Plants,^[1] also known as Piranha Plants (mechanical)^[2] or mechanical Piranha Plants,^[3] are course hazards that appear in Waluigi Stadium in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! They resemble flat wooden Piranha Plants. Paired with Podoboo Cogs, they are found on the long straight of the course pointing south. They slowly come out of slat mechanical green Warp Pipes with slot-like holes; they serve as a wall and cause players to stop when they are bumped into, and they cannot be destroyed. A total of three appears in the course. They reappear when Waluigi Stadium returns as a Retro Course in Mario Kart Wii, but their left-to-right locations on the track are reversed. They appear again in the course's apperance in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass DLC pack, where they are more metallic and no longer move their mouths. Additionally, the first two Mecha Piranha Plants are now located next to each other and rotated at a 45-degree angle.

Mario Kart Wii official game guide bio

Sliding horizontally out of a giant green pipe, these are part of the scenery. Dodging is the only way to avoid them.

References

^ Hodgson, David S. J. Mario Kart Wii Premiere Edition. Page 128.
^ Hodgson, David S. J. Mario Kart Wii Premiere Edition. Page 34.
^ Hodgson, David S. J. Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 85.

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Piranha Plants

Characters

Big Bungee Piranha • Dino Piranha • Gattai monster • Izzy • Mama Fireplant • Mind-Bogglers • Mom Piranha • Muteki Kyodai Pakkun • Naval Piranha • Pakkun Mogura • Paper Petey Piranha • Peewee Piranha • Petey Piranha • Petea Piranha • Piper • Piranha Sue • Pit Plant • Smilax • Socially Awkward Piranha Plant • Spike the Piranha • Todd, Justin, Scott, and Ashby

Species

Big Bone Piranha Plant • Big Fire Piranha • Big Note Piranha Plant • Big Piranha Plant • Big Poison Piranha Plant • Big Trottin' Piranha Plant • Bone Piranha Plant • Bone Trottin' Piranha Plant • Bungee Piranha • Chewy • Chomp-Muncher • Cloud Piranha • Dino Piranha • Elasto-Piranha • Fire Nipper Plant • Fire Piranha Plant • Fire Stalking Piranha Plant • Frost Piranha • Glad P. Plant • Glad Ptooie • Gold Piranha Plant • Gold Big Piranha Plant • Inky Piranha Plant • Jumping Fire Piranha Plant • Jumping Piranha Plant • Lava Bud • Lava Piranha • Manhandla • Mecha Piranha Plant • Melon Piranha Plant • Muncher • Nipper Plant • Nipper Spore • Nipper Spore Patch • Nipper Dandelion • Note Piranha Plant • Paper Fire Piranha Plant • Paper Macho Piranha Plant • Petit Piranha • Pirabbid Plant • Piranha Bean • Piranha Creeper • Piranha Pest • Piranha Planet • Piranha Plant • Piranha Plant (Pit of 100 Trials) • Piranha Plant (statue) • Piranha Plorp • Piranha Pod • Piranha Sprout (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker) • Piranha Sprout (Yoshi's Story) • Piranhabon • Poison Piranha Plant • Polterpiranha • Potted Piranha Plant • Prickly Piranha Plant • Propeller Piranha • Proto Piranha • Ptooie • Putrid Piranha • Raving Piranha Plant • River Piranha Plant • Sad N. Plant • Small Piranha Spiny Piranha Plant • Stalking Piranha Plant • Tane Pakkun • Trottin' Piranha Plant • Whuhoh • Wild Ptooie Piranha • Wonder Packun

[Edit] Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Drivers	Light	Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Toad • Toadette • Koopa • Paratroopa • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
	Medium	Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Waluigi
	Heavy	Donkey Kong • Bowser • Wario • Petey Piranha • King Boo
Karts	Light	Goo-Goo Buggy • Rattle Buggy • Toad Kart • Toadette Kart • Koopa Dasher • Para-Wing • Barrel Train • Bullet Blaster
	Medium	Red Fire • Green Fire • Heart Coach • Bloom Coach • Turbo Yoshi • Turbo Birdo • Waluigi Racer
	Heavy	DK Jumbo • Koopa King • Wario Car • Piranha Pipes • Boo Pipes
	Any	Parade Kart
Courses	Mushroom Cup	Luigi Circuit • Peach Beach • Baby Park • Dry Dry Desert
	Flower Cup	Mushroom Bridge • Mario Circuit • Daisy Cruiser • Waluigi Stadium
	Star Cup	Sherbet Land • Mushroom City • Yoshi Circuit • DK Mountain
	Special Cup	Wario Colosseum • Dino Dino Jungle • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
	Battle courses	Cookie Land • Block City • Luigi's Mansion • Nintendo GameCube • Pipe Plaza • Tilt-a-Kart
Objects	Standard items	Banana • Fake Item • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Red Shell • Shine Sprite • Spiny Shell • Star • Triple Mushrooms • Trophy
	Special items	Birdo's Egg • Bob-omb • Bowser's Shell • Chain Chomp • Giant Banana • Golden Mushroom • Green Fireball • Heart • Red Fireball • Red Shell • Triple Green Shells • Triple Red Shells • Yoshi's Egg
	Course objects	Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Car (Mushroom-shaped) • Dash Panel • Item Box • Kart • Ramp • Yoshi Cookie
Background characters and species		Baby Bowser • Boo • Donkey Kong Jr. • Hammer Bro • Helicopter Yoshi • Kamek • Lakitu • Noki • Koopa Paratroopa • Pianta • Poochy • Shy Guy • Snifit • Toad • Train • Toadsworth
Enemies and obstacles		Big Pokey • Bomb-car • Boulder • Bus • Car • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Freezie • Ghost • Goomba • Lava • Mechanical Bowser • Mechanical Piranha Plant • Noshi • Piranha Plant • Pit Plant • Podoboo • Pokey • Skating Shy Guy • Snowman • Table • Thwomp • Truck • Warp Pipe • Wiggler Wagon
Techniques		Double Dash • Drift • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slide Attack
Miscellaneous		All-Cup Tour • Daisy Cruiser • Finish line • Gallery • Glitches • Media • Pre-release and unused content • Sponsors • Staff

[Edit] Mario Kart Wii
Drivers
Small		Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Toad • Toadette • Koopa Troopa • Dry Bones
Medium		Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi • Birdo • Diddy Kong • Bowser Jr.
Large		Wario • Waluigi • Donkey Kong • Bowser • King Boo • Rosalina • Funky Kong • Dry Bowser
Any		Mii
Vehicles
Karts	Small	Standard Kart S • Booster Seat • Mini Beast • Cheep Charger • Tiny Titan • Blue Falcon
	Medium	Standard Kart M • Classic Dragster • Wild Wing • Super Blooper • Daytripper • Sprinter
	Large	Standard Kart L • Offroader • Flame Flyer • Piranha Prowler • Jetsetter • Honeycoupe
Bikes	Small	Standard Bike S • Bullet Bike • Bit Bike • Quacker • Magikruiser • Jet Bubble
	Medium	Standard Bike M • Mach Bike • Sugarscoot • Zip Zip • Sneakster • Dolphin Dasher
	Large	Standard Bike L • Flame Runner • Wario Bike • Shooting Star • Spear • Phantom
Courses
Wii Grand Prix	Mushroom Cup	Luigi Circuit • Moo Moo Meadows • Mushroom Gorge • Toad's Factory
	Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Coconut Mall • DK Summit • Wario's Gold Mine
	Star Cup	Daisy Circuit • Koopa Cape • Maple Treeway • Grumble Volcano
	Special Cup	Dry Dry Ruins • Moonview Highway • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Retro Grand Prix	Shell Cup	GCN Peach Beach • DS Yoshi Falls • SNES Ghost Valley 2 • N64 Mario Raceway
	Banana Cup	N64 Sherbet Land • GBA Shy Guy Beach • DS Delfino Square • GCN Waluigi Stadium
	Leaf Cup	DS Desert Hills • GBA Bowser Castle 3 • N64 DK's Jungle Parkway • GCN Mario Circuit
	Lightning Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 3 • DS Peach Gardens • GCN DK Mountain • N64 Bowser's Castle
Battle stages	Wii stages	Block Plaza • Delfino Pier • Funky Stadium • Chain Chomp Wheel • Thwomp Desert
Battle stages	Retro stages	SNES Battle Course 4 • GBA Battle Course 3 • N64 Skyscraper • GCN Cookie Land • DS Twilight House
Other		Galaxy Colosseum
Other
Items and objects	Item Box items	Banana • Blooper • Bob-omb • Bullet Bill • Fake Item Box • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mega Mushroom • Mushroom • POW Block • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Star • Thunder Cloud • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Items and objects	Other	Barrel Cannon • Cannon • Coin • Dash Panel • Halfpipe-style boost ramp • Hot-air balloon • Launch Star • Leaf pile • Mushroom Trampoline • Ramp • Trophy
Background characters and species		Big Cheep Cheep • Birdo • Boo • Delfino Oak Tree • Goomba • Hammer Bro • Lakitu • Mii • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Noki • Petey Piranha • Penguin • Pianta • Shy Guy • Sledge Bro • Toad • Unagi • Yoshi • Yoshi's Egg
Enemies and obstacles		Angry Sun • Baby Penguin • Big Pokey • Big Wiggler • Bob-omb Car • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Car • Mine Cart • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Delfino Oak Tree • Falling Pillar • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Fire Snake • Ghost • Goomba • Koopa Zapper • Lava • Lava Geyser • Mecha Bowser • Mecha Piranha Plant • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Oil slick • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Pirate Guy • Podoboo • Pokey • Shy Guy Galleon • Shy Guy Snowboarder • Sidestepper • Spiky Topman • Swoop • Thwomp • Topman • Truck • Warp Pipe • Volcanic debris
Techniques		Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Turn • Trick • Wheelie
Miscellaneous		Daisy Cruiser • Emblem • Finish line • Gallery • Glitches • Item probability distributions • Mario Kart Channel tournaments • Mario Kart Wii Grand Prix • Mario Kart Wii Platinum Soundtrack • Pre-release and unused content • Sponsors • Staff • Trading cards

[Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Drivers
Featherweight			Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy • Dry Bones
Light			Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Green^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Lakitu • Toadette • Larry • Wendy • Cat Peach^a • Villager (Female)^a • Isabelle^a • Bowser Jr. • Inkling Girl • Diddy Kong^c
Medium			Peach • Daisy • Yoshi (Light-blue^a · Black^a · Red^a · Yellow^a · White^a · Blue^a · Pink^a · Orange^a) • Mario • Luigi • Iggy • Ludwig • Tanooki Mario^a • Villager (Male)^a • Inkling Boy • Birdo^c (Light-blue ^c · Black ^c · Red ^c · Yellow ^c · White ^c · Blue ^c · Green ^c · Orange ^c) • Kamek^c • Peachette^c
Cruiser			Rosalina • Donkey Kong • Waluigi • Roy • Link^a • King Boo • Wiggler^c • Pauline^c
Heavy			Metal Mario (Gold) • Pink Gold Peach • Bowser • Wario • Morton • Dry Bowser^a • Petey Piranha^c • Funky Kong^c
Any			Mii
Vehicle parts
Bodies		Karts	Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLA^a • W 25 Silver Arrow^a • 300 SL Roadster^a • Blue Falcon^a • Tanooki Kart^a • B Dasher^a • Streetle^a • P-Wing^a • Koopa Clown
		Standard bikes	Standard Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • City Tripper^a • Master Cycle Zero^b
		Sport bikes	Comet • Sport Bike • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cycle^a
		ATVs	Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattler^a • Splat Buggy • Inkstriker
Tires			Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tires^a • Triforce Tires^a • Leaf Tires^a • Ancient Tires^b
Gliders			Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite^a • Paper Glider^a • Paraglider^b
Courses
New courses		Mushroom Cup	Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins
		Flower Cup	Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls
		Star Cup	Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario
		Special Cup	Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road
Classic courses		Shell Cup	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike
		Banana Cup	GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle
		Leaf Cup	DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley
		Lightning Cup	DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road
DLC courses^a		Egg Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City
		Triforce Cup	Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit
		Crossing Cup	GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing
		Bell Cup	3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue
Booster courses^c		Golden Dash Cup	Tour Paris Promenade • 3DS Toad Circuit • N64 Choco Mountain • Wii Coconut Mall
		Lucky Cat Cup	Tour Tokyo Blur • DS Shroom Ridge • GBA Sky Garden • Ninja Hideaway
		Turnip Cup	Tour New York Minute • SNES Mario Circuit 3 • N64 Kalimari Desert • DS Waluigi Pinball
		Propeller Cup	Tour Sydney Sprint • GBA Snow Land • Wii Mushroom Gorge • Sky-High Sundae
		Rock Cup	Tour London Loop • GBA Boo Lake • 3DS Rock Rock Mountain • Wii Maple Treeway
		Moon Cup	Tour Berlin Byways • DS Peach Gardens • Merry Mountain • 3DS Rainbow Road
		Fruit Cup	Tour Amsterdam Drift • GBA Riverside Park • Wii DK Summit • Yoshi's Island
		Boomerang Cup	Tour Bangkok Rush • DS Mario Circuit • GCN Waluigi Stadium • Tour Singapore Speedway
		Feather Cup	Tour Athens Dash • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Moonview Highway • Squeaky Clean Sprint
		Cherry Cup	Tour Los Angeles Laps • GBA Sunset Wilds • Wii Koopa Cape • Tour Vancouver Velocity
		Acorn Cup	Tour Rome Avanti • GCN DK Mountain • Wii Daisy Circuit • Piranha Plant Cove
		Spiny Cup	Tour Madrid Drive • 3DS Rosalina's Ice World • SNES Bowser Castle 3 • Wii Rainbow Road
Battle courses		Wii U	Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Toad's Turnpike • Mario Circuit • GCN Sherbet Land • N64 Yoshi Valley • Toad Harbor
Battle courses		Switch	3DS Wuhu Town • GCN Luigi's Mansion • SNES Battle Course 1 • Urchin Underpass • Dragon Palace • Battle Stadium • Sweet Sweet Kingdom • Lunar Colony
Other
Items			Banana • Blooper • Boo • Boomerang Flower • Bullet Bill • Coin • Crazy Eight • Feather • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Lightning • Mushroom • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Super Horn • Triple Bananas • Triple Green Shells • Triple Mushrooms • Triple Red Shells
Course objects			Antigravity Panel • Arrow field^c • Barrel • Bath Bomb^c • Bell^a • Board • Bob-omb Car^c • Boulder • Bowser Statue • Bus • Bumper^c • Cannon • Car • Cash • Ceiling Needle^c • Coin • Crate • Current • Dash Panel • Dash panel ramp truck • Drain Pipe • Falling Pillar • Fire Bar • Fire Chain • Flipper^c • Glide Ramp • Goal Ring^c • Hot-air balloon • Half-pipe^c • Icicle^c • Item Box • Lava Geyser • Leaf pile^a • Master Sword^a • Mecha Piranha Plant^c • Metal ball^c • Millstone • Mine Cart^a • Mushroom Platform^c • Mushroom Trampoline^c • Oil slick • Pit^a • Ring • Rupee^a • Snowboy^a • Snowman • Spin Boost Pillar • Spinner • Submarine • Table^c • Tire • Traffic cone • Train^a • Truck • Volcanic debris • Water Geyser^c • Winged Cloud^c
Enemies and species			Big Wiggler^c • Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Bouncing Note • Bowser Monument • Bulber^c • Chain Chomp • Cheep Cheep • Clampy^c • Deku Baba^a • Dolphin • Dry Bones • Exploring Shy Guy^c • Fire Piranha Plant^c • Fire Snake • Fish Bone • Freezie • Frogoon • Fuzzy^c • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Goonie^c • Hammer Knight • Huffin Puffin^c • Incoming Chomp^c • Innertube Goomba^c • Jellybeam • Keese^a • Manta • Mecha Cheep • Mechakoopa • Mini Toad^a • Monty Mole • Moo Moo • Mr. Resetti^a • Nep-Enut^c • Noki • Penguin^c • Petal Guy^c • Pianta • Piranha Plant • Pokey • Ptooie^c • Raving Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench^c • Screaming Pillar • Sidestepper • Skating Shy Guy • Small bird • Snowboarding Shy Guy^c • Stilt Guy^c • Super Thwomp^a • Swoop • Thwomp • Tiki Goon • Toad • Unagi • Whomp^c • Yoshi
Techniques			Anti-gravity • Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstream • Spin Boost • Spin Turn • Jump Boost • U-turn • Underwater driving
Notable areas, landmarks, and sightings			Amsterdam^c • Athens (Hadrian's Arch · Parthenon) ^c • Bangkok^c • Berlin (Berlin Wall · Brandenburg Gate · Charlottenburg Palace) ^c • Bowser's Castle • DK's Tree House • Hammer Bros. Sphinx • London (Big Ben · Tower Bridge · Tower of London) ^c • Luigi's Mansion • Madrid (Prado Museum · Ventas Bullring) ^c • New York (Empire State Building · Statue of Liberty · Rockefeller Center) ^c • Paris (Arc de Triomphe · Cathedral of Notre Dame · Eiffel Tower · Louvre) ^c • Rome (Colosseum · Spanish Steps · Trevi Fountain) ^c • Peach's Castle • Sydney^c • Tokyo^c • Vancouver^c
Official tournaments	Mario Kart 8		Mario Kart 8 promotion tour • Mario Kart 8 Championship 2014
	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	North America	NOA 150cc Tournament and NOA Battlethon • Mario Kart North American Open • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Holiday Fun Run • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2022 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe North American Qualifier 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship Cup 2023 • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023 Qualifier • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Championship 2023
		Australia and New Zealand	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Super Saturdays • Mario Kart AU/NZ My Nintendo Cup • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: AU/NZ Grand Prix
		China	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Summit Invitational Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Tournaments (2021 Tencent series) • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe National Battle Team Open Tournament • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Open Team Championship
		Europe	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Seasonal Circuit • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe European Championship 2023
		Hong Kong	Nintendo HK 2021 Cup
		Japan	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Online Challenge Final Stage
		Spain	TorneoMK8D
		UK and Ireland	Nintendo UK VS Cup • Nintendo VS UK Cup
Miscellaneous			Andrew Trego • Animal Crossing × Mario Kart 8^a • "Blue Shell Blues" • Cheese^a • Daisy Cruiser^a • DK's Tree House • Emblem • Finish line • From the Pit • Ghost • Gravity • Heart^c • Highlight Reel • Hyrule Castle^a • In-game statistics (Deluxe) • Item probability distributions • Lakitu • The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8^a • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass^c • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart TV • Mercedes-Benz × Mario Kart 8^a • Miiverse • Poochy^c • Pre-release and unused content • Shoe^c • Soundtrack • Sponsors • Staff (Mario Kart 8 · Mario Kart 8 Deluxe · Booster Course Pass) • Stamp (list) • Update history
Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 ^a Indicates downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^b Indicates content available in version 1.6.0 and later of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ^c Indicates content available in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass
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