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|image=[[File:PollutedPiranha.png|200px]]<br>A Gatekeeper in ''Super Mario Sunshine''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' ([[2002]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[2020]])
|variant_of=[[Piranha Plant]]
|relatives=[[Piranhabon]]
}}
A '''Polluted Piranha Plant''', originally known as a '''Gatekeeper'''<ref>Loe, Casey. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' Perfect Guide. Page 14.</ref><ref>Bogenn, Tim, and Doug Walsh. ''Super Mario Sunshine'' BradyGames Official Strategy Guide. Page 19.</ref> and also known as a '''Proto Piranha''' or '''Proto Piranha Plant''',<ref>[https://play.nintendo.com/documents/Super_Mario_3D_All-Stars_bingo.pdf Downloadable PDF] featuring bingo cards themed after ''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''. ''[[Play Nintendo]]''. Retrieved October 27, 2020. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20201105023820/https://play.nintendo.com/documents/Super_Mario_3D_All-Stars_bingo.pdf Archived] November 5, 2020, 02:38:20 UTC via Internet Archive: Wayback Machine.)</ref> is a large [[List of species|species]] of [[Piranha Plant]] made up of [[goop]]. They first appear in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', in which they are featured as mini-bosses.

==History==
===''Super Mario Sunshine''===
In ''Super Mario Sunshine'', Polluted Piranha Plants appear out of [[Goop Generator]]s in several areas towards the beginning of the game. To get the Polluted Piranha Plant to come out of its base, [[Mario]] has to spray it with [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]] until it comes out. In order to defeat one, Mario must use FLUDD to shoot water into its open mouth repeatedly. If Mario sprays one while its mouth is closed, it merely shrugs the attack off. Once defeated, Polluted Piranha Plants dissolve into goop, after which their base disappears; Mario cannot wash away a goop base like he can with normal goop. Aside from periodically spawning [[Swoopin' Stu]]s, a Polluted Piranha Plant does nothing to attack, and will actually retreat back into its base if Mario does not defeat it in time. There are three types of Polluted Piranha Plants in the game:
*Pink, yellow, orange, and white Polluted Piranha Plants are the most basic variant, needing to be sprayed three times to be defeated. Only one appears at the [[Delfino Airstrip]] at the beginning of the game.
*The brown and white variants are found in [[Delfino Plaza]]'s [[Bianco Square|square]] and during the first episode of [[Bianco Hills]], [[Road to the Big Windmill]]. Like the above variant, it requires three sprays to be defeated. The one in Bianco Square will send out Swoopin' Stus if left alone, and the one in Bianco Hills sends out [[Piranhabon]]s rolling down the hill.
*The black variants are only found in Delfino Plaza, covering the [[boathouse]] to [[Ricco Harbor]] when the player has three Shine Sprites, and the lighthouse to [[Gelato Beach]] when the player has five Shine Sprites. These require six sprays to defeat, and send out Swoopin' Stus. The one guarding the lighthouse will additionally send out a wave of Swoopin' Stus in every direction after the third spray. Additionally, they can replenish goop sprayed away from directly around their bases. However, despite blocking access to new levels, they do not have to be fought as they will vanish upon obtaining a Shine Sprite.

The brown Polluted Piranha Plant in [[Bianco Hills]] is the only one that can be fought multiple times, due to it being the only one in a replayable episode and the rest being fought in [[Delfino Plaza]] or [[Delfino Airstrip]] to unlock portals to other areas.

===''Mario Golf'' series===
====''Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour''====
In ''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]'', the name "Proto Piranha" appears on the leaderboard.

====''Mario Golf: Advance Tour''====
In ''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]'', Proto Piranhas appear in the [[Mushroom Course]] along with many regular Piranha Plants. They are found outside of the course itself.

===''Mario Power Tennis''===
In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', [[Petey Piranha]]'s [[Defensive Power Shot]], [[Piranha Swingback]], involves him creating a Proto Piranha to hit an unreachable tennis ball for him.

===''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''===
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', Proto Piranhas are mentioned briefly by [[Viridi]] during [[Palutena's Guidance]] dialogue for [[Piranha Plant#Super Smash Bros. Ultimate|Piranha Plant]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Polluted Piranha Colored SMS.png|Render of an orange-pink Polluted Piranha Plant
SMS DelfinoAirstrip PollutedPiranhaPlant.png|The Polluted Piranha Plant of [[Delfino Airstrip]]
SMS_Bianco_Square_Polluted_Piranha.png|The Polluted Piranha Plant of [[Bianco Square]]
RoadtotheBigWindmill.png|The Polluted Piranha Plant of [[Bianco Hills]]
Boat House Polluted Piranha.png|The Polluted Piranha Plant of the [[boathouse]]
Lighthouse Polluted Piranha.png|The Polluted Piranha Plant of the [[Lighthouse (Super Mario Sunshine)|lighthouse]]
Piranha Swingback.png|A Proto Piranha in ''Mario Power Tennis''
Polluted Piranha Super Mario-Kun.jpg|A Polluted Piranha Plant as depicted in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>

===Unused content===
<gallery>
SMS Green-Yellow Gatekeeper.png|A Polluted Piranha Plant variant with the electric goop texture assigned to it, in [[Sirena Beach]]
SMS Fire Gatekeeper.png|A Polluted Piranha Plant variant with the fire goop texture assigned to it, in [[Pianta Village]]
</gallery>

==Additional names==
===Internal names===
{{internal names
|game1=''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|file1=<tt>gatekeeper/gene_pakkun_model1</tt><ref>''Super Mario Sunshine'', internal filename <tt>root/data/scene/airport0.szs/scene/gatekeeper/gene_pakkun_model1.bmd</tt></ref>
|name1=Gatekeeper / Gene Pakkun
|meaning1=Gatekeeper / Generator Piranha
}}

===Names in other languages===
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドロドロパックン
|JapR=Dorodoro Pakkun
|JapM=Goop Piranha
|Jap2=ドロパックン <small>(''Mario Power Tennis'')</small>
|Jap2R=Doro Pakkun
|Jap2M=Mud Piranha
|SpaA=piraña sucia
|SpaAM=Filthy Piranha
|SpaE=Piraña Lodo
|SpaEM=Mud Piranha
|Fra=Tiranha
|FraM=
|Dut=Proto Piranha
|DutM=-
|Ger=Schleim-Piranha
|GerM=Slime Piranha
|Ita=Fangopiranha<br>Pianta Piranha di fiume<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''. Page 100.</ref> (translation error)
|ItaM=Mudpiranha<br>River Piranha Plant
|Rus=протопиранья
|RusR=protopiran'ya
|RusM=Protopiranha
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Piranha Plants]]
[[Category:Mario Golf: Advance Tour species]]
[[Category:Mario Power Tennis species]]
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine bosses]]
[[Category:Super Mario Sunshine species]]