Kent C. Koopa
Sprite fromPaper Mario
Species	Big Koopa Troopa
Appears in	Paper Mario (2000)

“Hey,you in the hat! Wait! It's fine weather, isn't it? My name is Kent C. Koopa. Please remember it, OK? If you want to usethis road, you need to pay me 100coins. So sorry, but that's how it is. You don't pay, you don't pass. Coins make the world go round. It's all about the money!”

—Kent C. Koopa,Paper Mario

Kent C. Koopa is aBig Koopa Troopa that appears inPaper Mario. He wears large glasses, with his name being a play on the words "can't see". He also bears a strong resemblance toHookbill the Koopa, possibly being inspired by him.

Kent C. blocksPleasant Path, the road toKoopa Village and theKoopa Bros. Fortress after Chapter 5, preventingKolorado from getting home after the explorer's adventures onLavalava Island. He demands a toll of one hundredcoins in order to let people pass, butMario can fight him instead as an optional boss. Defeating him will cause him to flee from the path for the rest of the game.Russ T. implies that Kent C. Koopa taught theKoopa Bros. how to fight.

InPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door,Gus is an optional boss that is encountered much earlier in the game, and can be fought in a similar way. Gus, however, has a much smaller toll and is much simpler to defeat.

Battle[edit]

Kent C. Koopa has rather high attack and defense compared to other bosses encountered before and after the point he appears in the game. Kent C. can use a powerfulGround Pound-like attack on Mario to squish him for ten damage; he may also perform a slowShell Toss attack that flattens Mario and their partner, inflicting theinjured status effect on them while dealing three damage.

Unlike other Koopas, Kent C. requires Mario to land two jumps in order to be flipped over, and he will immediately get back up that same turn; also unlike other Koopas, getting back up does not use up that turn, and he will attack as normal. While flipped, Kent's defense is halved to 3, and his tail can also be targeted and has a defense of 0. Using theSpin Smash attack on Kent C.'s tail while he is flipped over makes him spin around, causing him to drop a few coins. Kent C. is also vulnerable to being put tosleep by moves such asMamar'sLullaby, and will not get up as quickly if he is asleep while flipped.

Profiles and statistics[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

Paper Mario enemy
Kent C. Koopa
		Max HP	70	Attack	10	Defense	6 (standing), 3 (flipped, shell), 0 (flipped, tail)
		Role	Boss	Type	Ground	Level	55
		Strong	None	Weak	None	Moves	Heavy Stomp (10), Shell Toss (3, Mario; 3, Partner)
		Sleep?	80%, 1	Dizzy?	30%, -1	Shock?	30%, -1
		Shrink?	40%, -1	Stop?	50%, -2	Fright?	0%
		Air Lift?	0%	Hurricane?	0%	Coins	N/A
		Items	N/A	Run	N/A	Location(s)	Pleasant Path
Tattle	This is Kent C. Koopa. He seems pretty greedy for such a large Koopa. Max HP: 70, Attack Power: 10, Defense Power: 6 He sometimes does a stamp attack with his shell. That attack has a power of 3. His shell attack also damages party members (like me!), so be sure to defend! As with all Koopas, your chances will greatly improve if you can flip him over. His defense power will drop. Watch it, though! He'll attack as soon as he's back on his feet. And by the way, is he not THE HUGEST KOOPA EVER!?! Somebody told me that he used to live in Koopa Village...

Field Tattle[edit]

Outside of battle,Goombario can useTattle on Kent C. Koopa if Mario pays him 100 coins to pass through.

• "This is Kent C. Koopa. He's... pretty large and greedy. He seems to be in our way... We can't slip past him because he's too big, but he'll let us go by if we give him some coins. He's huge, but remember, he's just a Koopa Troopa."

See also[edit]

• Ankoopa

Names in other languages[edit]

• Koopa Troopas
• Optional bosses
• Paper Mario bosses

• Articles with unsourced foreign names