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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: What is the gender of Piranha Plant? Him? Her? It? Or both? [UPDATE]

Pronoun usage for Piranha Plant?

  • He/Him

    Votes: 28 4.6%

  • She/Her

    Votes: 46 7.5%

  • It/They

    Votes: 380 62.1%

  • He and She/Him and Her

    Votes: 33 5.4%

  • Neither of the above

    Votes: 124 20.3%
  • Total voters
    612
Col.Asher

Col.Asher

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Nov 10, 2017
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Not all plants are bisexual or monoecious. Some can have Male and female organs on different individual plants or dioecious.
 
Lashley

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ASaiyan

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Piranha Plant is the herald of a post-gender society and a true inspiration for us all.
 
PSqueak

PSqueak

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Lant_War said:
If you say "Alberto es una persona" you're not saying that Alberto is female.
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Alberto is a proper name tho, not a generic noun, it's how when you see an squirrel (Ardilla) and refer to it by the generic name of Squirrel, in spanish you go call it "la Ardilla" in feminine even if you know it's a male squirrel (ie, you don't say "El ardilla" if you want to say it properly), for example, even tho "alvin and the chimpmunks" we knew they were all boys and not squirrels, the localization made it "Alvin y las ardillas" in feminine.

Therefore, Piranha plant is "La Planta Piraña" and therefore referred to as a She.
 
WarAdept

WarAdept

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm going to go with female.

Because we need more female representation in the game.

Lucina and the female versions of Robin and Corrin don't exist in my reality.

Actually all of Fire Emblem sans Marth and Roy.
 
Dyle

Dyle

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My guess is that she's a lady but I defer to whatever she identifies as
 
MisterHero

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It's based on the Venus Flytrap and Venus was a goddess so...

This thread has given me a lot to think about
 
MondoMega

MondoMega

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Jan 10, 2018
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The first reply sums it up: it's a plant.

But it does officially use it/they, so there.
 
Tabaxi

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I mean, Petey identifies as a male Piranha Plant, so they clearly have concepts of sex and gender.
 
Platy

Platy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Should be noted that in the Japanese AD for Mario Maker, Piranha Plant clearly received a female voice actor



So it is either it/they or she
 

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WonderLuigi said:
It's important to keep in mind a lot of languages don't have true gender neutral language/pronouns, so that's why you can expect some people gendering Piranha Plant in an international forum.

"Plant" is a female noun in Portuguese, for example.
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I don't think that changes anything.

In Germany "plant" (Pflanze) has a female pronoun (die Pflanze), but "girl" for example has a neutral pronoun (das Mädchen). Of course the word is "female" (gramatically) in this case, but not the plant in a biological sense. English is of course more logical (simpler) in this regard. Germany is a bit strange sometimes.
I wouldn't refer to a plant with "she/her" and I'm not a native English speaker, it would be weird.

I hope that my post makes some sense, I'm tired and need sleep.
 
lvl 99 Pixel

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mopinks said:
even Petey Piranha's not male all the time
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That seems like a French localization thing
Platy said:
Should be noted that in the Japanese AD for Mario Maker, Piranha Plant clearly received a female voice actor



So it is either it/they or she
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Its referred to as male in the smash Trophy which is a bit more important than a voice actor who are always voicing different genders for cartoons.
its a fucking plant
 
Zero-ELEC

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Oct 25, 2017
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An interesting question. Piranha Plant itself, I'm pretty sure, never gets gendered in the original Japanese, but Petey Piranha does, multiple times, as female.
 
Zubz

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I feel any pronoun works in this case. It's not like the Piranha Plant has much dialogue to gather a gender identity off of. Piranha Plant is an angry, hungry, smiling, carnivorous plant with goofy animations. That's all Piranha Plant needs for an identity.
 
Prunus

Prunus

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Sep 6, 2018
93
I agree with the people saying it doesn't matter, it's a plant.... however... not only is the word plant "female" in German, but Nintendo specifically uses the word "Kämpferin" for Piranha Plant, which means female fighter.
 
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