Big Koopa Paratroopa
Sprite fromPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
First appearance	Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986)
Latest appearance	Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (2024)
Variant of	Koopa Paratroopa Big Koopa Troopa
Variants Big Troopa
Notable members Knot-Wing the Koopa

Big Koopa Paratroopas (also known asColossal Koopa Paratroopas^[1] orColossal Koopa Para-Troopas^[2]) are giganticKoopa Paratroopas.

History[edit]

Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen![edit]

A big Paratroopa appears inSuper Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! She capturesMario, and laterLuigi andKibidango, and takes them to her nest, where she attempts to feed them to her babies, which resemble large green baby birds. Mario avoids being eaten by feeding the babies the laughing mushrooms he had been picking; he saves Luigi and Kibidango by pretending to taste Luigi and saying he has gone rotten. The babies then persuade the mother to go get them some dessert. She is last seen waving goodbye to the heroes with her babies after they acquire themushroom from the freedToads.

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Bros. 3[edit]

Colossal Koopa Paratroopas, also referred to asMega Koopa Paratroopas,^[3] appear inGiant Land inSuper Mario Bros. 3, and do not act differently than otherKoopa Paratroopas. LikeGiant Koopas, their large shells can be used to smashBig Blocks, and can be picked up. Only hopping green-shelled ones appear.

Super Mario Maker /Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS /Super Mario Maker 2[edit]

InSuper Mario Maker,Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS andSuper Mario Maker 2, they can be produced if the player puts aSuper Mushroom onto normalKoopa Paratroopas; another way of creating them is to attach a pair ofwings to aBig Koopa Troopa. In addition to their original green color, Big Koopa Paratroopas now come in red-shelled varieties, and each behave differently akin to their smaller relatives: green-shelled ones make consequent hops on the ground, heading towards the direction they are facing, and red-shelled ones fly in a straight pattern up and down. However, in theSuper Mario Bros. 3 style, they do not have their distinct sprite; instead, they look like double-sized versions of ordinary Koopa Paratroopas, as in the other styles.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]

InSuper Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, theTub-O-Troopa enemies that are only found inBowser's Keep bear a resemblance to Colossal Koopa Paratroopas.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition[edit]

InPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, they are known asBig Green Koopa Paratroopas, and have a variant known asBigYellow Koopa Paratroopas.

Big Green Koopa Paratroopa[edit]

Big Green Koopa Paratroopas are Water-attribute enemies. In battle, in addition to attacking normally, they may occasionally useBig Shell to nullify Fire and Dark attribute damage for three turns, and may also use Frenzied Blows to deal a large amount of damage. When defeated, they may randomly dropSuper Water Blocks of Green Koopa Paratroopas, while defeating them with 10+ Combo attacks guarantees they will dropRare Fruits. As Water enemies, they take extra damage from Wood attribute attacks and less from Fire damage. Only three appear as enemies in the entire game: in the last regular battle inWorld 4-Airship and its Special World counterpart, and in the first battle of Course 2 of the Fixed Challenge mode inScore Attack. A Big Green Koopa Paratroopa also appears in the demo version ofPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, as the boss ofIntro.

As teammates, Big Green Koopa Paratroopas gain a Light sub-attribute (being Water/Light teammates), and have an HP rating of 6/6, an ATK rating of 2/6, and a RCV rating of 3/6. Their Big Shell Skill changes any Fire and Wood Orbs on the player's Orb field into Water Orbs, while their Awoken SkillHealth Boost raises the HP of the player's entire team. Big Green Koopa Paratroopas useFruits and Rare Fruits to raise their Skill Levels. The player can create a Big Green Koopa Paratroopa by transforming a Green Koopa Paratroopa with fiveSuper Mushrooms.

Big Yellow Koopa Paratroopa[edit]

Big Yellow Koopa Paratroopas are Light-attribute enemies. In battle, they may occasionally useShining Shell to nullify Dark attribute damage for three turns, and may also use Frenzied Blows to deal a large amount of damage. When defeated, they may randomly dropSuper Light Blocks of Yellow Koopa Paratroopas, while defeating them with a 10+ Combo attacks guarantees they will drop Rare Fruits. As Light enemies, they take extra damage from Dark attribute attacks and normal damage from any other attribute. Only two appear as enemies in the entire game: as the bosses ofWorld 7-7 and its Special World counterpart.

As teammates, Big Yellow Koopa Paratroopas gain a Light sub-attribute (being Light/Light teammates), and have an HP rating of 6/6, an ATK rating of 3/6, and a RCV rating of 3/6. Their Shining Shell Skill changes any Fire and Dark Orbs on the player's Orb field into Light Orbs, while their Awoken Skill Health Boost raises the HP of the player's entire team. Like their green-shelled counterparts, Big Yellow Koopa Paratroopas also use Fruits and Rare Fruits to raise their Skill Levels. The player can create a Big Yellow Koopa Paratroopa by transforming a Yellow Koopa Paratroopa with fiveSuper Mushrooms.

Yoshi's Woolly World[edit]

InYoshi's Woolly World, a regular Koopa Paratroopa namedKnot-Wing is transformed byKamek into a giant-sized Koopa as a boss ofWorld 2,World 4, andWorld 6.

Gallery[edit]

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  Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!

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  Super Mario Bros: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!

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  Super Mario Bros: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!

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  Super Mario Bros. 3

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  Super Mario Bros. 3

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  Super Mario All-Stars

Naming[edit]

Since the introduction of large-sized enemies as a concept in 1988, the Japanese monikers applied to individual variants has been varied, as have the localizations of these names. Standardization occurred around 2010, after which the localized adaptations of these names have also largely been consistent with the following schemes:

• 「でか」(Deka) is the preferred prefix applied to large enemies in most of the mainlineSuper Mario series of platformers and RPGs. In English, this name is usually adapted as "Big" (e.g, 「でかパタパタ」(Deka Patapata) is translated as "Big Koopa Paratroopa"). Big Koopa Paratroopa have not appeared in these games, but they do inPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, which derives most of its aesthetics from the mainline platformers.
• 「巨大」(Kyodai) is the preferred prefix applied to large enemies fromGiant Land inSuper Mario Bros. 3. In English, this name is usually adapted as "Mega" (e.g, 「巨大パタパタ」(Kyodai Patapata) is translated as "Mega Koopa Paratroopa").
• 「ビッグ」(Biggu), a transliteration of the English "Big," is the preferred prefix applied to the large enemies in theYoshi series. Some of these were normal-sized enemies that have been increased in size byKamek, as is the case with Koopa Paratroopa. In English, the bosses are not given uniformed names, instead granted unique ones reflective of their roles (e.g, 「ビッグパタパタ」(Biggu Patapata) is localized as "Knot-Wing the Koopa").

Names in other languages[edit]

The contemporaneous name for each language is listed first. Subsequent names are listed in chronological order for each language, from oldest to newest, and have the media they are associated with in the "notes" column.

Big Koopa Paratroopa[edit]

Big Green Koopa Paratroopa[edit]

"Big Green Koopa Paratroopa" refers to a specific type of Big Koopa Paratroopa inSuper Mario Bros. 3 andPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition. In the former, it is the only type of Koopa Paratroopa in the game, in which it bounces along the ground like normal-sized Green Koopa Paratroopas. In the latter, it is a Water-attribute enemy and teammate. On theMario Portal page forSuper Mario Bros. 3, it is referred to as "Green Mega Koopa Paratroopa" as of 2025, and as "Mega Koopa Paratroopa (Green)" in previous versions.

Big Yellow Koopa Paratroopa[edit]

"Big Yellow Koopa Paratroopa" refers to a specific type of Big Koopa Paratroopa that is Light-attributed inPuzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition.

References[edit]

• Koopa Paratroopas
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• Playable characters
• Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition enemies
• Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition bosses
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies
• Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen!
• Super Mario Bros. 3 enemies
• Super Mario Maker enemies
• Super Mario Maker 2 enemies

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