Carnivorous Plants, also known as Piranha Plants, are reoccurring enemies in the Luigi's Mansion universe. They first appeared in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon and later made a return in Luigi's Mansion 3.
Appearance[]
Carnivorous Plants take their design from the real-life plant known as the Venus flytrap. Unlike their real-life counterpart, they have eyes. These plants are typically rooted to the ground, and so they must use their long stems to reach Luigi in order to bite him with their mouths.
History[]
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon[]
These plants are first encountered in the Haunted Towers and then on occasion also in Treacherous Mansion. These plants will grab Luigi and put them in their mouths, dealing 10 HP. If Luigi does not try to struggle to escape, it will deal an additional 5 HP for every few moments Luigi will still be stuck. To escape it's grasp, Luigi must struggle by moving in different directions on the Circle Pad. To defeat a Carnivorous Plant, Luigi must find a hitchhiker plant, and lock on to the Carnivorous Plant. Once locked on, Luigi can fire the hitchhiker seed, and the Carnivorous Plant will try to eat it. Upon doing so, it will shrivel up, leaving Luigi with more free space and less distraction. If Luigi does not have a hitchhiker plant available close to him, he can still flash the plant with his Strobulb to stun it for a short period of time, which is useful for getting past it quickly. They often guard areas where Luigi must go to, or may act as an annoyance at certain points of the game.
Luigi's Mansion 3[]
Carnivorous Plants first make their appearance on the seventh floor. Unlike in the previous game, this enemy is not abundant and only appears during the boss fight. Dr. Potter brings a Carnivorous Plant to life in a pot that he is holding in order to battle Luigi. Luigi must hid behind giant glowing plants and wait for the plant to try and attack him, instead getting it's mouth caught on the plant Luigi is hiding behind. Luigi must then suck up a saw and use it to cut the plant in half, making Dr. Potter vulnerable to suck up. Dr. Potter will continue to bring Carnivorous Plants to life in his pot until he is fully sucked up.
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Trivia[]
- A giant non-hostile Carnivorous plant also appears in the third game at the top of the seventh floor. Luigi and Gooigi must use their Poltergust G-00s in order to open up the plant from either side. This plant most closely resembled a Venus flytrap, albeit far larger.
