Editing Big Koopa Troopa

{{about|the giant version of [[Koopa Troopa]]|the giant version of [[Red Electrokoopa]] also referred to as "Giant Koopa"|[[Huge Red Electrokoopa]]}}

{{Species-infobox

|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'' (1986)

|parent_species=[[Koopa Troopa]]

|derived_species=[[Big Dry Bones]]<br>[[Big Koopa Paratroopa]]

|relatives=[[Nokottasu]]

'''Big Koopa Troopas''',<ref name=big>''New Super Mario Bros. U'', [[Big Goomba Bounce Bash]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpWVbi00KOU&t=9m52s Bonus Video description]</ref> or '''Big Koopas''',<ref name=big/> originally known as '''Giant Koopas''',<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 10, page 21.</ref> are gigantic versions of normal [[Koopa Troopa]]s that appear throughout the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]].

 

===''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!''===

In the 1986 anime ''[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!]]'', an unusually large green Koopa Troopa appears during a walking montage scene. It looks curiously at a passing [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Haru-ōji|Kibidango]] before jumping on them. However, Mario uses the power of the [[Super Mushroom|mushroom]] he had recently acquired to push it off of them by growing even larger than it. The next shot of it shows it apparently regressed to normal size, staring at the super-sized Mario next to a similarly shocked [[Buzzy Beetle]].

Giant Koopas make their first game appearance in ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and reside only on [[Giant Land]] (along with other gigantic creatures like [[Big Goomba|Grand Goomba]]s and [[Big Piranha Plant|Piranhacus Giganticus]]). [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] have a harder time avoiding these Koopas because of their increased size. Despite this, if the plumbers [[stomp]] on a Giant Koopa, it hides inside its [[Giant Green Shell|green]] or [[Giant Red Shell|red]] shell, just like an average-sized Koopa Troopa does when it feels threatened. Once inside, the plumbers can kick their shells away. In the [[Nintendo Power|Nintendo Power Strategy Guide]], they are split between '''Green Gargantua Koopa Troopas'''<ref name=redgreen>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 13, page 8.</ref> and '''Red Giant Koopa Troopas'''<ref name=redgreen/>.

====''Super Mario 64''====

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'', a single Giant Koopa known as [[Koopa the Quick]] appears on the [[Bob-omb Battlefield]] and [[Tiny-Huge Island]] as a friendly racing rival to Mario.

===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===

In ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'', a regular Koopa Troopa named [[Hookbill the Koopa|Hookbill]] is transformed by [[Kamek]] into a giant-sized Koopa as a boss of [[World 4 (Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island)|World 4]].

Big Koopa Troopas appear as obstacles in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', replacing the [[Nokottasu|large, pudgy Koopa Troopa]]s from the original game. They stand in the middle of various paths in the game, and only [[Mario]]'s [[Firebrand]] [[Dash (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Bros. Dash]] technique can knock them over and make them move. A non-obstructive one also appears in a house in [[Beanbean Castle Town]].

Anime Big Troopa.png|A large Koopa Troopa from ''Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!''

==Names in other languages==

|Jap=<span class="explain" title="きょだい">巨大</span>ノコノコ<ref>[http://azarashido.sakura.ne.jp/20100520/sCIMG9633.jpg Scan of 「スーパーマリオアドバンス4パーフェクトガイドブック」 ''(Super Mario Advance 4 Perfect Guidebook)'']</ref><br>''Kyodai Nokonoko''<br>でかノコノコ<br>''Deka Nokonoko''

|JapM=Giant Koopa Troopa<br><br>Big Koopa Troopa

|FraE=Maxi-Koopa

|FraEM=Maxi-Koopa

|Ita=Koopa Gargantroopa (''SMB3'')<br>Koopa gigante

|ItaM=From "Gargantua", meaning giant/enormous<br>Giant Koopa

|Chi=大喏庫喏庫 (Traditional)<br>大喏库喏库 (Simplified)

|ChiR=Dà Nuòkùnuòkù

|ChiM=Big Koopa Troopa}}

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