- “WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT!”
- ―Mr. Piranha
Mr. Pepe Piranha is one of the three tritagonists (alongside Ms. Tarantula and Mr. Shark) in the DreamWorks Animation film, The Bad Guys. He is the short-fused "muscle" of the group who is usually described as crazy. He is voiced by Anthony Ramos.
Appearance[]
Mr. Piranha is a green anthropomorphic piranha fish with orange details. His head resembles a pear and his fin forms a kind of mohawk ponytail with a red rubber band wrapped around it. He wears a white shirt, black pants with red suspenders, and black Converse sneakers.
While at the Museum of Fine Arts, he wears a kid-sized suit with a coat and tails with a top hat.
During stealthy heists, he wears a full-length, black zipped-up latex bodysuit with patches on his shoulders, elbows and knees.
At some points during Marmalade's attempts at teaching the Bad Guys good behavior, Piranha wears a brown bear onesie.
While at the fundraiser Gala, he wears a white shirt and a black pants. This is the outfit he is wearing in The Bad Guys 2 during his job interview but with a royal-blue bow tie and blazer added to his outfit.
In the prison, he wears a orange prison uniform and white shoes with black soles.
In "The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday", he wears a white shirt with a red tie, black pants, and black shoes.
In "The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist" and "The Bad Guys: Breaking In", he wears a white shirt with a black tie, pants, and shoes.
When facing Pigtail at the Lords of Lucha tournament with Shark, he wears a chicken-themed luchador costume.
In Mr. Moon's wedding heist, when disguised as a security guard, he wears a suit comprising a dark blue blazer and pants, white dress shirt, with a black tie, shoes, and sunglasses.
When he goes into space, he he shares a white space suit with Snake.
After becoming a secret agent of ISGLOP, he wears a suit comprised of a black blazer over a white dress shirt with a black tie, pants, shoes, and sunglasses.
Personality[]
In the movie, Mr. Piranha is described as a passionate, temperamental and dangerously naïve character. Likewise, he never thinks before he acts. Despite his psychopathic demeanor though, he actually has a a rather simple, sweetly innocent and almost childlike outlook about the world.
Biography[]
Past[]
4 years before the events of the first film, the Bad Guys, with their new recruit Ms. Tarantula joining them for her first heist, pull off a perfectly executed heist at the home of Mr. Soliman in Cairo, Egypt where they steal his beloved muscle car which becomes their famous main ride. With help from Ms. Tarantula, they manage to escape the police on the streets of Cairo.
The Bad Guys: Breaking In[]
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The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist[]
Before the events of the film and the Christmas special, Wolf tells the gang about a legendary treasure belonging to Reginald E. Scary, saying that anyone who takes it will be haunted for life. They don't believe him, however he is known to prank them on Halloween by scaring them. He promises not to scare them when he heads to Scary's mansion. While there, they are constantly frightened by the automatic devices that Scary set up to scare off the thieves. They manage to find the treasure, the amulet, and steal it, but not before Wolf plays one more prank on them.
In their hideout, Wolf starts going crazy, hearing music that no one else is making, and having a strange dream. Thinking he must return the amulet to appease Scary, Wolf gathers the crew to return to the mansion. They head to the mansion when the gang is kidnapped, leading to Wolf returning the amulet. It soon became apparent that the others were making fun of Wolf after he did the same to them. However, when Wolf takes the amulet again, it disintegrates before revealing that he knew about the prank. The others are angry with him.
The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday[]
Prior to the events depicted in the film, the Bad Guys are traversing the city with the intention of carrying out a bank heist on Christmas. They plan to use the fact that people will be preoccupied with celebration in their homes. During a parade, their vehicle becomes entangled with a cherished Santa Claus balloon, resulting in its unintentional destruction. Consequently, the city's morale plummets to such an extent that Christmas is called off. Worried about the feasibility of their crime, the Bad Guys decide to uplift the spirits of the city. Initially, Webs proposes substituting the balloon with a Santa Claus exoskeleton she has constructed, however, the remaining members of the group object, seeing it excessively menacing in appearance. Alternatively, Wolf proposes the idea of reconstructing the balloon, but, the outcome is unsightly and subsequently abandoned.
With only 12 hours remaining before Christmas morning, their intention is to infiltrate a radio station in order to broadcast Christmas songs once more, as they have been supplanted by rap music. Meanwhile, Wolf and Snake will pilfer presents and distribute them to people's residences. Despite the plan's success, Wolf believes that snow is necessary to completely revive people's enthusiasm. To do this, Webs alters a street-side shaved ice machine. However, Wolf, against her instructions, amplifies its power output. The snowfall commences, but rapidly escalates into an ice storm that instills fear and panic throughout the city. The gang admonishes Wolf for his proclivity to exceed reasonable limits, but they pardon him when he confesses that his intention was merely to orchestrate the most exceptional heist for their benefit, rather than seeking to impress them. Wolf using the Santa Claus exoskeleton to disable the ice machine. After the storm subsides, the exoskeleton assumes the role of the city's esteemed champion and symbol. Using its microphone, Shark instructs the inhabitants to return to their residences.
The criminals return to their secret location, but, they have contracted a respiratory illness and are unable to proceed with the planned theft. Unexpectedly and with a sense of disappointment, they discover gifts from Santa Claus, despite their consistent acts of kindness. Consequently, they initiate the development of a strategy to burglarize Santa's workshop in order to demonstrate their eligibility for the naughty list.
The Bad Guys[]
Mr. Piranha is the muscle among the members of The Bad Guys. In the bank robbery at the beginning of the movie, he is the one who crashed the police cars, the went in the car of the gang.
After the gang escapes from the police, they enter their lair, where everything the gang has stolen is inside. Inside this lair, the gang creates a plan to steal every thief's dream, The Golden Dolphin. Mr. Shark's job is distracted everyone as Mr. Snake and Mr. Wolf break into the back.
Mr. Wolf has a revelation about being good and he and Mr. Snake get into a fight. This causes the entire gang to get caught. Professor Marmalade decides to take the gang to teach them to be good.
The entire gang fails at being good. However, Mr. Wolf has a plan. When the gang attempts to steal The Golden Dolphin again, Mr. Wolf ultimately decides to not steal the dolphin. However, Professor Marmalade steals the dolphin for himself and he frames the Bad Guys.
The gang gets arrested again and Professor Marmalade reveals his plan to steal one billion dollars of charity funds. The gang is sent to a maximum-security prison and Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake get into a fight again. As the guards stop them, the governor, Diane Foxington aka The Crimson Paw, who happens to be one of the best thieves of all time breaks them out.
Mr. Wolf goes with the governor to be good and stop Professor Marmalade while the rest of the gang goes with Mr. Snake to continue to be bad, along with Mr. Shark. When Mr. Shark gets to the lair everything was stolen by Mr. Wolf to give back to their rightful owners. Then when Mr. Snake gives Mr. Shark his favorite Popsicle instead of taking it for himself, everyone except Mr. Snake goes to be good with Mr. Snake.
Mr. Snake joins Professor Marmalade to be bad but in the end, he backstabs him. Mr. Piranha and the gang arrest Professor Marmalade and the gang goes back to prison but gets out on good behavior.
Maraschino Ruby[]
Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake exit a gas station convenience store while reading a newspaper. On the front page is an article about The Maraschino Ruby. Snake questions why The Bad Guys would want to steal the Ruby, as it is too dangerous. Wolf is confused by this, given that they have a clean slate. Wolf also mentions Police Chief Misty Luggins' statement: "The Ruby is safe from those stupid, lame and stupid Bad Guys." Appalled at being called stupid twice, Snake decides to help. As they get into the car with their friends, Wolf catches Snake licking a Push Pop, asking him if he paid for it. Snake sarcastically answers, and the LAPD show up. The Bad Guys drive off. Wolf explains his strategy to get into the Museum of Fine Arts and get to the Ruby.
Meanwhile, Luggins catches someone, believing them to be The Bad Guys, and says she anticipated them to be here after calling them stupid twice, but discovers that it is really Officer Bob, much to her confusion. Bob says that the News believes the Maraschino Ruby to be fake and, upon inspecting it, he confirms it to be made of candy. Luggins confirms this too, as she made it and that she has the real Ruby. Luggins tells him that it's part of a plan to catch The Bad Guys: she believes The Bad Guys might still be pretending to go good and wants to prove it by catching them with the Ruby after they reacted to her making a comment about them with two stupids instead of one. However, much to her shock, Bob tells her that The Bad Guys were already arrested earlier today.
At the police station, Luggins finds the Bad Guys (minus Shark) in the interrogation room, with Wolf commenting on her statement. Bob tells her that they were brought in for stealing a Push Pop. Snake says they allegedly did it, but after he licks the Push Pop, he realizes that he and his friends are busted. Luggins gloats at them and declares them guilty, even if it was for a minor felon. However, before she can book them, Shark comes in disguised as a lawyer named Jude Lawson, and presents Luggins with a receipt for 79 cents, proving that they did not steal the Push Pop. However, he adds that Luggins was breaking the law herself by committing entrapment when she planted the fake Maraschino Ruby for them to steal. At Shark's request, Bob arrests her, confirming this since it is a major legal infraction. Wolf tells Luggins that he and his friends won't press charges if he retracts her statement about The Bad Guys being stupid, and dials City News, much to Luggins' chagrin.
Later today, Luggins is in her office, crying in a defeated manner. Bob tells her that the good news is the Real Maraschino Ruby was returned to the museum. Luggins is surprised by this, since she didn't return the real Ruby. Upon finding a Push Pop in her pocket, she soon realizes Wolf took the real Ruby and The Bad Guys broke into the museum just to replace the fake Ruby with the real one. Bob proudly admires the Bad Guys' good deed and says they are not so bad after all, which angers Luggins very viciously, causing her to break the Push Pop in two and scream in rage.
Wolf and Snake leave the store again, looking at the news about the real Ruby's return to the museum and Luggins' new statement, and calls the job easy. Snake, holding up the fake ruby agrees, saying it was like literally taking candy from a baby. A very large and really angry baby. He eats the candy ruby as he and Wolf drive off with their friends.
The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis[]
Mr. Wolf nervously enters the Parole Office and introduces himself and his associates to their Parole Officer, as the rest of The Bad Guys enter the Parole Office. The Bad Guys are in a complete mess of bruises and messy clothes, with Wolf's face covered in blue dye, Shark holding an IV pole and wearing a respirator mask, Piranha wearing a mask of himself, covered in a tire mark and accompanied by a chicken, Webs completely fuzzed up and her face covered in soot, and Snake's neck tied in a knot. Wolf begins to explain, but the Officer stops them, stamps a document, and permits them to continue. Wolf tells her that he and his crew know they are 10 minutes late to their Parole check-in, though Piranha, after looking at the clock, corrects him by saying it was 12 minutes, and Snake smacks him on the head in response. Mr. Wolf explains to the officer what happened that led them to being late, as it is a really funny story, and, according to Shark, very "law-abiding" :
The Bad Guys were at the diner, getting breakfast since they were running early to their check-in. They are pleased to be off parole in a couple hours, and Wolf is proud that The Bad Guys didn't cause so much as one single legal infraction for 6 months. But, just as they clinked their wine glasses full of orange juice, a tow truck took Wolf's car away, implying he parked it ilegally by accident. and The Bad Guys frantically rush out of the diner, and Wolf tells the Parole Officer that his car getting towed was a valet being "generous enough" to take his car without asking.
He then tells the Parole Officer that he and his crew went to the impound lot to retrieve his car, and Wolf was giving the manager an extra generous tip. Shark was trying to get a snack from the vending machine, but couldn't, much to his frustration. Webs tells him the reason is because the vending machine is unplugged, due to too many plugs being put into the outlet extension. But Piranha, not listening, plugs the vending machine in, electrocuting Webs and causing a circuit overload that disables the crane's magnet and drops an old, blue, beat-up car right onto Wolf's car, crushing it to pieces, horrifying Wolf to the point of screaming, "AHHH! MY CAR!!!!!!".
With their car destroyed AGAIN, the Bad Guys were forced to take the bus to get to the Parole Office. The fuzzed up Webs, who is being held by Wolf, believes something to be not right and asks her friends if they took the right bus. This causes them to indirectly reveal they had no idea there was more than one bus. They were dropped off in the middle of the desert, miles from the city. But Piranha needed to go to the bathroom, and immediately runs to a gas station where there is a restroom, but also a line of scary bikers waiting there, too. Piranha tries to open the door, but it is locked at the moment, and Piranha explained to the Parole Officer that the biker went crazy on him for no reason, despite the fact Piranha actually cut in line, and the lead biker pulled him away from the door, but Piranha pulled the door off its hinges, and the biker inside screams in surprise. Piranha said that, being a master of conflict resolution, he peacefully and gracefully de-escalated the situation, but he actually reacted angrily to the lead biker calling him "chum bucket", and attempts to attack the lead biker, and Wolf was too late to stop him. Later, Wolf and The Bad Guys were beaten senseless and buried up to their necks by the bikers, which Wolf said was a relaxing mud bath rewarded to them for Piranha's efforts. Piranha urinates in the sand, and Webs noticed him smiling, and Piranha said he's doesn't need to go to the bathroom anymore, disgusting his friends.
After getting out of the sand, The Bad Guys attempted to get a rideshare, which Wolf told the Officer was an eco-friendly option. His patience worn out, and he and his friends not having any luck, Piranha steps into the middle of the road just as a truck heads his way. The truck runs over him, causing the driver to stop. Pirahna is still alive, but got the tire mark on his face. Wolf said the driver gave them a ride, but really, he just yelled at Piranha for standing in the middle of the road before getting back in and driving off, and The Bad Guys grabbed Piranha and snuck in the back. However, they realized too late the truck was delivering chickens, and Snake goes into hungry mode upon seeing them. Snake devours them all, but Wolf opens the door and forces all the chickens out of Snake's stomach and into the street. This distracts the driver and causes him to swerve, and The Bad Guys hang on for their lives. Wolf said it got a little fuzzy, but he remembers taking the scenic route.
The Bad Guys fall onto a scooter with one of the chickens and drive frantically, with Wolf hanging onto the rear of the scooter in a panic. And then a montage of events shows what happens next according to what The Bad Guys thought happened next, including driving through a construction site, knocking over a graffiti artist, smashing through a fence in an alley, hanging perilously from a helicopter, Wolf giving Shark CPR at the hospital, and Snake playing chess in the park. Finally, after all that chaos, The Bad Guys, bruised, beaten and utterly exhausted, finally make it to the Parole Office with 10 minutes to spare, but they stopped short at Wolf opening the door when two robbers storm a bank, much to their chagrin. Wolf whines about this one little thing they have to do before going into the Parole Office, despite Snake suggesting ignoring them.
Wolf said they set some rogue youths on a better path, but what really happened is...just as the robbers, who were wearing masks of Wolf and Piranha, told the terrified Bank Teller to put the money in their bag, The Bad Guys enter and Wolf compliments their outfits. The robbers are excited to see them, since they are big fans of them. Wolf congratulates them for thinking of everything, including their escape route and disabling the security cameras, including the one behind the fake plant, which Webs pointed out, and Shark pointed out the silent alarm, and Wolf asks if they DID cut the silent alarm, and the robbers, knowing they forgot about that, tell him they did, but ask him what would happen if they didn't. Wolf tells them not to worry about it, since the police's response time is...12 seconds-ish. The Robbers flee the bank in fear, and Wolf returns the loot to the Bank Teller, but not before a dye pack explodes from the bag, covering Wolf's face in blue dye.
With no time to clean up, Wolf and his crew made their way to the Parole Office, and he tells the Parole Officer that is all what happened. The officer finds the story fascinating, and Wolf insists that they are serious about turning over a new leaf and leaving their life of crime behind. The lady tells them she's convinced, much to The Bad Guys' joy, but says this is something they will need to explain to their ACTUAL Parole Officer. She reveals they arrived at the post office instead, which happens a lot, and that the Post Office is south Main Street, while the Parole Office is NORTH of main street, and wishes them good luck. Realizing that they were at the wrong place this whole time, and that they are now 3 hours 56 minutes late to their parole check-in, since Wolf spent 3 hours 44 minutes explaining what happened, The Bad Guys thank the Post Office worker for the directions and corrections, and they frantically leave to head to the Parole Office, hoping they can get there before they end up in more trouble than they were when they arrived at The Post Office.
The Bad Guys 2[]
Following the defeat of Professor Marmalade and their recent release from prison, the Bad Guys have since reformed but struggle to fit into society. Wolf, Shark, Piranha, and Tarantula unsuccessfully apply for jobs while Snake is frequently away from home. Wolf spends his time with Diane and they grow closer, but they cannot start a relationship due to him being an ex-criminal and her being governor. Inspired by Diane to give people a reason to accept them, Wolf helps Commissioner Luggins track down the Phantom Bandit, a new criminal known for being untraceable. They soon find evidence leading to the bandit being Snake, only to later realize he was with his new girlfriend, Susan. In an attempt to expose the Phantom Bandit at a lucha libre wrestling tournament, the Bad Guys are framed by a pig for the Phantom Bandit's work. Wolf calls Diane to maintain their innocence and she agrees to help them.
The Bad Guys are later kidnapped by a trio of female criminals: Kitty Kat, Pigtail Petrova, and Doom. Kitty was the Phantom Bandit, Pigtail was the pig who framed the Bad Guys, and Doom used the name "Susan" as an alias and was using Snake to lure the Bad Guys. Kitty recruits them to help steal the experimental MOON-X rocket, using secret video footage revealing Diane as the Crimson Paw, her former criminal identity, as blackmail, so the Bad Guys reluctantly acquiesces. Meanwhile, Diane visits Marmalade in prison, where he reveals that Kitty plans to use the Multinational Space Station to steal all of the world's gold with MacGuffin ite, a rare metal which can magnetically attract gold.
The group begins their plan by successfully stealing the smartwatch of the rocket's owner, Mr. Moon, at his wedding. Kitty gives Wolf the footage on a flash drive as promised, but traps them after the Bad Guys record her confession. Kitty uploads the footage to the internet, which reveals Diane's secret identity globally, and alerts the police of the Bad Guys' location. Diane confronts the girls before they board the rocket, but Kitty reveals that the footage is now live. A devastated Diane is tranquilized by Kitty while distracted, but manages to sneak on board while half-conscious. Luggins arrests the Bad Guys, but admits that she trusts them and helps them board the rocket mid-launch via helicopter.
After learning the Bad Guys snuck onboard, Doom and Pigtail do not want to attack them, but Kitty refuses to give up the plan and overpowers the machine, endangering millions of people while magnetizing a large amount of gold, along with a limo including a newly-acquitted Marmalade. When Wolf reaches her, Kitty breaks the magnet's remote, but Wolf pickpockets the smartwatch, which allows him to maneuver the rocket into the magnet, destroying it and returning the gold. Enraged, Kitty attempts to kill Wolf for ruining her plan, but Diane recovers and defeats her. Wolf and Diane happily reunite and share their first kiss, while the Bad Guys regroup as the space station plummets towards Earth. After crash-landing, Kitty is sent to prison, Doom and Pigtail are sentenced to community service, and Luggins fakes the deaths of the Bad Guys and Diane so they can be employed as secret agents. Meanwhile, Marmalade flies to his home planet in his limo, which transforms into a spaceship.
Relationships[]
Mr. Wolf[]
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Mr. Snake[]
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Mr. Shark[]
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Ms. Tarantula[]
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Trivia[]
- A major difference in appearance between the book series and film is that Mr. Piranha now has arms and legs as compared to the book where he was as identical as a common piranha.
- Mr. Piranha and Mr. Wolf's voice actors, Anthony Ramos and Sam Rockwell, previously worked together in the DreamWorks film Trolls World Tour, as King Trollex and Hickory respectively.
- Both Piranha and King Trollex are characters with aquatic features and remarkable singing voices.
- He is the youngest member among the gang.
- In The Bad Guys 2, he is revealed to be Catholic.
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