Francis Ford Koopola
Francis Ford Koopola is acharacter inDinosaur Dilemma. His name is a pun on "Francis Ford Coppola," a prolific film director and producer. Francis Ford Koopola is aKoopa who is a member of the Snowbell Prize committee, and he visitsBowser's summer home in theValley of Bowser, along with the other members of the Snowbell Prize committee, after being invited by Bowser. He is first seen as the committee hears the fight betweenMario,Yoshi, Bowser, and theSlimosaurs, and runs into the room to investigate. The committee members enter right as the Slimosaurs explode, and as a result, the whole group is splattered with goo. Everyone is appalled and immediately turns to leave the room, with Francis saying that he wants to get "far away from this apocalypse, now" (a reference toApocalypse Now, a film directed, produced, and co-written by his namesake).

