Il Piantissimo (モンテマン Monteman?, Monteman) is a character who appears in Super Mario Sunshine.
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Physical description[]
Il Piantissimo is a dark-skinned human who wears a purple Pianta costume, including a mask, gloves, and boots.
Powers and abilities[]
Il Piantissimo is a skilled runner, hence why he challenges Mario to race him a few times. Il Piantissimo's running, jumping, swimming, and sliding style is the same as Mario's and Shadow Mario's but without F.L.U.D.D..
Etymology[]
Il Piantissimo's name is a portmanteau of "Pianta," and the Italian suffix "-issimo." The origin of Il Piantissimo's name has not been made clear, but the portmanteau is likely a pun on "pianissimo."
In Super Mario Sunshine[]
Il Piantissimo challenges Mario to race for different Shine Sprites around Isle Delfino, similar to how Koopa the Quick did a few times in Super Mario 64.
Il Piantissimo is first raced at Gelato Beach, during the fifth episode, Il Piantissimo's Sand Sprint. Here Il Piantissimo challenges Mario to race to the pole at the amphitheater. Mario has to win the race in under 35 seconds to get a Shine Sprite.
The second time Mario races Il Piantissimo is in Noki Bay, in the fifth episode, Il Piantissimo's Surf Swim. Here, Il Piantissimo challenged Mario to race to the flag waiting outside the wall rift in the west cliff. Just as before, Mario has to win against Il Piantissimo to earn a Shine Sprite.
Il Piantissimo races Mario a third and final time at Pianta Village, during the second episode Il Piantissimo's Crazy Climb, where Mario has to win a race to a flag on one of the biggest trees in the village to get a Shine Sprite.
In any of the three races, if Il Piantissimo wins, Mario loses a life.
After the end credits is a graphic of Il Piantissimo discovering Bowser Jr.'s Magic Paintbrush sticking out of the sand in Gelato Beach. This screen is shown if Mario is yet to obtain all 120 Shine Sprites.
In the Mario Golf series[]
While Il Piantissimo does not appear in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour or Mario Golf: Advance Tour, his name appears on the scoreboard.
Timeline[]
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Role | Year | Console | Notes |
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Super Mario Sunshine | Non-playable character | 2002 | Nintendo GameCube | |
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour | Cameo | 2003 | Nintendo GameCube | Name sometimes appears on the scoreboard |
Mario Golf: Advance Tour | Cameo | 2004 | Game Boy Advance | Same as in Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour |
Super Mario 3D All-Stars | Non-playable character | 2020 | Nintendo Switch | Only appears in the Super Mario Sunshine remaster, with the same role as in the original version |
Nomenclature[]
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Name | Translation | Notes |
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French | Il Piantissimo | - | Same as in English |
German | Palmathon | ||
Italian | Palmassimo | Greatest Pianta | The name is a portmanteau of "Palmense" (Pianta) and "massimo" (greatest), the latter owing to Il Piantissimo's arrogant nature. |
Japanese | モンテマン Monteman |
Pianta Man | |
Spanish | Forestón | - | Derived from "Foresto," the name used for Pianta in Spanish. Like the Italian name, the Spanish name owes to Il Piantissimo's arrogant nature, although expresses this differently in that Forestón is augmentative of Pianta. |
Trivia[]
- In Super Mario Sunshine's files, when Il Piantissimo's mask is removed from his model, it resembles the face of the Running Man or the Postman from The Legend of Zelda series.
- Although Il Piantissimo's name is derived from Italian, his name is different in the Italian version of Super Mario Sunshine.
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Characters | Major | Mario • Princess Peach • Toad • Toadsworth |
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 |
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 |
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 |