Pianta

"You saved me! Thanks a bundle!"

—A Pianta, Super Mario Sunshine

Piantas are a race found on Isle Delfino in Super Mario Sunshine.

Appearance

They somewhat resemble humans; however, Piantas are much larger and can have pink, green, brown, purple, red, orange, yellow, or blue skin. Piantas also have small palm trees growing out of the top of their heads, indicating that they may have evolved from tropical plants, which is also alluded to by their name, as pianta means "plant" in Italian. Also, Super Mario Sunshine's description of them said the palm trees were to provide shade from the intense heat on Isle Delfino. Typically, Piantas wear grass skirts or grass dresses, even if they are boys. Piantas are generally laid back, quite strong, and friendly. However, they also have a fairly small temper.

Other appearances

Beyond Super Mario Sunshine, Piantas have appeared as a recurring species in many spin-off games and also appeared in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Recently, Piantas have been spotted in Starshine Beach Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Sunshine Airport in Mario Kart 8.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Piantas appear in this game as workers in West Rogueport for Don Pianta. A Pianta stands outside the Pianta Parlor while the others including Don Pianta reside in a secret room in West Rogueport. Two other notable Piantas, Francesca Pianta and Frankie, appear as well.

Playable appearances

In both cases, Piantas were available players for one's baseball team.

Official profiles and statistics

These mountain folk are strong, sociable and curious. The trees on their heads provide relief from the island's heat.

Trivia

Piantas are the only allies in Super Mario Galaxy 2 to not appear on Starship Mario.

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Characters	Major	Mario • Princess Peach • Toad • Toadsworth
Characters	Minor	Big Daddy of Blooper-surfing • Buckies • Cannon Pianta • Captain • Chomp Keeper • Chuckster • Coin Fish • Crate guy • Doot-Doot Sisters • Duck-ring riders • FLUDD • Great Sunflower • Hotel Delfino manager • Il Piantissimo • Isle Delfino Police • Mushroom dealer Pianta • Noki Elder • Noki Elder's grandson • Park director • Pianta judge • Pianta mayor • Pianta prosecutor • Sand Bird • Sunglasses vendor
Species	Species	Bird • Blooper Racer • Dune Bud • Noki • Pianta • Raccoon • Sunflower Kid • Toad • Yoshi
Locations	Hub areas	Delfino Airstrip • Delfino Plaza • Isle Delfino
	Levels	Bianco Hills • Ricco Harbor • Gelato Beach • Pinna Park • Sirena Beach • Noki Bay • Pianta Village • Corona Mountain
	Secret courses	Lily Pad Ride • Pachinko Game • Red Coin Field • Super Slide • Turbo Track
	Other	Bianco Square • Boathouse • Casino Delfino • Cliff Spring Cave • Grand Pianta Statue • Hotel Delfino • Lighthouse • Pianta Hot Spring • Sand Cabana • Shine Gate • Shine Tower • Surf Cabana • Windmill Village
Bosses	Main bosses	Bowser • Bowser Jr. • Shadow Mario • Petey Piranha • Gooper Blooper • Phantamanta • King Boo • Mecha Bowser • Eely Mouth • Wiggler
Bosses	Minor bosses	Polluted Piranha Plant • Plungelo • Monty Mole
Episodes	Bianco Hills	Road to the Big Windmill • Down with Petey Piranha! • The Hillside Cave Secret • Red Coins of Windmill Village • Petey Piranha Strikes Back • The Secret of the Dirty Lake • Shadow Mario on the Loose • The Red Coins of the Lake
	Ricco Harbor	Gooper Blooper Breaks Out • Blooper Surfing Safari • The Caged Shine Sprite • The Secret of Ricco Tower • Gooper Blooper Returns • Red Coins on the Water • Shadow Mario Revisited • Yoshi's Fruit Adventure
	Gelato Beach	Dune Bud Sand Secret • Mirror Madness! Tilt, Slam, Bam! • Wiggler Ahoy! Full Steam Ahead! • The Sand Bird is Born • II Piantissimo's Sand Sprint • Red Coins on the Coral Reef • It's Shadow Mario! After Him! • The Watermelon Festival
	Pinna Park	Mecha Bowser Appears! • The Beach Cannon's Secret • Red Coins of the Pirate Ships • The Wilted Sunflowers • The Runaway Ferris Wheel • The Yoshi-Go-Round's Secret • Shadow Mario in the Park • Roller Coaster Balloons
	Sirena Beach	The Manta Storm • The Hotel Lobby's Secret • The Mysterious Hotel Delfino • The Secret of Casino Delfino • King Boo Down Below • Scrubbin' Sirena Beach • Shadow Mario Checks In • Red Coins of the Hotel
	Noki Bay	Uncork the Waterfall • The Boss of Tricky Ruins • Red Coins in a Bottle • Eely-Mouth's Dentist • II Piantissimo's Surf Swim • The Shell's Secret • Hold It, Shadow Mario! • The Red Coin Fish
	Pianta Village	Chain Chomps Unchained • II Piantissimo's Crazy Climb • The Goopy Inferno • Chain Chomp Takes a Bath • Secret of the Village Underside • Pianta's In Need • Shadow Mario Returns • Fluff Festival Coin Hunt
	Corona Mountain	Father and Son Shine!
	Delfino Plaza	Shine Sprite in the Sand • Boxing Clever 1 • Boxing Clever 2 • Clean the West Bell • Mario Toss • The Gold Bird • Turbo Dash! • Lighthouse Roof • Clean the East Bell • The Shine Gate Sparkle • Super Slide • Pachinko Game • Lily Pad Ride • Turbo Track • Red Coin Field
	Delfino Airstrip	Delfino Airstrip Dilemma • Red Coin Waterworks
Enemies	Enemies	Bee • Blooper • Bob-omb • Boo • Bullet Bill • Cataquack • Chain Chomp • Chain Chomplet • Cheep-Cheep • Coo Coo • Dango • Electro-Koopa (blue/red/huge) • Golden Bullet Bill • Guided Bullet Bill • Hatopop • Jumping Blooper • Klamber • Lava Cheep Cheep • Piranha Plant • Piranhabon • Pink Boo • Poink • Pokey • Pokey Sprout • Pondskater • Purple Bullet Bill • Seedy Pod • Sleepy Boo • Smolderin' Stu • Snooza Koopa • Strollin' Stu • Swipin' Stu • Swoopin' Stu • Wind Spirit • Winged Strollin' Stu • Wire Trap
Items and objects	Items	1-Up Mushroom • Blue coin • Coin • Juice • Mario Cap • Nozzle (Spray · Hover · Rocket · Turbo) • Red coin • Shine Sprite
Items and objects	Objects	Banana • Barrel • Basket • Beehive • Bramble • Coconut • Durian • Fence • Flip Panel • Floaty Fluff • Flower • Glorpedo • Goop (Burning • Electric) • Graffiti • Hot water • Lily Pad • Mudboat • Nozzle box • Orange Juice Generator • Papaya • Pepper • Pineapple • Pole • Rainbow M • Rope • Rotating Panel • Sand block • Shine Painting • Slimy water • Swing • Toad Express • Trampoline • Turbo-bashable doors • Wall painting • Water Barrel • Water rocket • Watermelon • Yoshi egg • Yoshi Platform
Moves	Moves	Backward Somersault • Dash • Dive • Double Jump • Ground Pound • Jump • Side Somersault • Spin Jump • Sprinkler Squirt • Super Whirl Jump • Swim • Triple Jump • Wall Jump
Events	Events	Fluff Festival • Watermelon Festival
Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	Delfino Emergency Broadcast System • Gallery • Guide Book

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