Editing King K

{{About|the ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' character|the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]] character|[[King K. Rool]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:KP Koopa TTYD.png|100px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|species=[[KP Koopa]]
}}
{{quote|Meet my peeps, [[Mario|Gonzales]]! I told you we were gonna square off, and now it's ON!|King K|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''King K''', also known as '''KP Pete''', is a [[KP Koopa]] who fights in the Minor League of the [[Glitz Pit]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He is the leader of a team called "The [[KP Koopas]]", also referred to as "The Shell Machines of Doom".

==''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''==
King K introduces himself and the rest of the Minor League fighters to Mario after the latter's fight against the [[Goomba Bros.]] Throughout Mario's stay in the Minor League, King K gives Mario advice and informs him of any recent occurrences, such as the [[Hot Dog Stand]] getting a [[List of implied items#Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness|new menu item]] or the "[[Jolene|STUNNIN' babe]] havin' a juice
at the [[Fresh Juice Shop]]". King K disappears from the locker room after Mario's fight with the [[Bob-omb Squad]], having previously told Mario that he was thinking about retiring.

However, King K had actually had his energy drained by [[Grubba]]'s [[power-draining machine]], and Mario later finds him in an unresponsive state behind a block in the second floor of the Glitz Pit's storage room. The KP Koopas are replaced by the [[Wings of Night]] during the time King K is absent. King K recovers after [[Macho Grubba]]'s defeat, and can be fought again should the player choose to return to the Glitz Pit.

Later, King K sends Mario an [[Mailbox SP#King K: 'Sup, dog?|e-mail]], in which he states that he is keeping himself busy in the Glitz Pit.

===Enemy Statistics===
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===Field Tattle===
*"''That's King K, a fighter. His shell's yellow, but I think he's just a basic Koopa. He seems like a genuinely good guy, Mario. Plus, I dig the way he talks!''"
[[Goombella]] has an alternate [[tattle]] for King K when Mario finds him unresponsive in a storage room of Glitz Pit.
*"''Awww, poor King K! What happened here?!?''"

===E-Mail===
;'Sup, dog?
[[File:PMTTYD KingK Mail.png|thumb|An attached image of King K (with another KP Koopa and [[Jolene]]) in his e-mail to Mario]]
<blockquote>Yo, G-money! It's me, King K! Your homey from the [[Glitz Pit]]!<br>
<br>
I KNOW you remember me, dog! How you doin'? What, you off KO'in fools lef an' right somewhere else?<br>
<br>
I'm still livin' large in the minor league, but I'm keepin' busy, you know how it is. I gotta thank you again for convincin' me to stay, dog. You fired me up good!<br>
<br>
So, are we ever gonna chill again, or what? Or are we just gonna meet in the ring? Careful, dog: next time you front on the King K, I'm gonna be way, way, way, way, way, way, way, WAYYYY BETTER!<br>
<br>
Keep it real, King K</blockquote>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マイケル
|JapR=Maikeru
|JapM=Michael
|Chi=
|ChiR=
|ChiM=
|Dut=
|DutM=
|Fre=Kevin
|Ger=Marono
|GerM=Masculine form of ''marone'' ("chestnut")
|Ita=Macho Koopa
|Kor=
|KorR=
|KorM=
|Spa=Macho Koopa
}}

==Trivia==
*King K is not shown among those at Glitzville while Mario is fighting the [[Shadow Queen]]. However, his voice can be heard when the scene cuts back to the battle. [[Shellshock]] is present, though, and talks like King K, so it is likely that it was intended to be him, but the sprites were mixed up.
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