Paper MarioandPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door move
Shell Toss
Mastered by	Kooper andKoops
Rank	Base Rank
Effect	Kooper or Koops hits an enemy with his shell, dealing damage.
Target	Single frontmost grounded enemy
Attack Power	2 Base Rank 3 Super Rank 5 Ultra Rank

Shell Toss is a move used by characters with shells in thePaper Mario series. VariousKoopa Troopas andBuzzy Beetles, including Mario's party membersKooper andKoops, use Shell Toss by going inside their shells and launching themselves at enemies in battle. This attack can hit only the frontmost enemy on the ground, but it does not take contact damage from things such as fire and electrification. For Kooper and Koops at normal rank, the attack does one damage without theAction Command and two with it; this changes to two or three damage atSuper Rank and three or five atUltra Rank. The Action Command for Shell Toss differs slightly depending on which Koopa is using it, but both involve releasing at the right time. Also, Koops's version includesStylish moves.

Kooper and Koops can also be launched by Mario out of battle, which can be used to grab faraway items, activate switches, or do aFirst Strike on an enemy. A First Strike with Kooper always fails the Action Command, while a First Strike with Koops always succeeds.

In theNintendo Switch remake ofPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door,Koopley mentions wanting to teach Shell Toss to Koops, only to learn that Koops already knows it. This differs from the original game, where Koopley wants to teach KoopsPower Shell instead.

InPaper Mario: The Origami King, Shell Toss, referred to asShell Shot, is a move that can be used byKoopa Troopas,Buzzy Beetles,Spinies, andSpike Tops.

Gallery[edit]

Paper Mario[edit]

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  Kooper using Shell Toss

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  Mario using Kooper to activate a! Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door[edit]

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  Demonstration of Shell Toss as a field move

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  Koops using Shell Toss to grab theHappy Heartbadge

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  Shell Toss in the battle menu

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  Koops using Shell Toss in theNintendo Switch remake

Paper Mario: The Origami King[edit]

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  Four Spinies using Group Shell Shot

Names in other languages[edit]

• Moves
• Paper Mario special moves
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door moves

• Articles with unsourced foreign names