Kooper

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“I don't even care if I have no shell on! I'm gonna show those Fuzzies what's what!”
—Kooper, Paper Mario

Kooper
Full Name	Kooper
First Appearance	Paper Mario
Species	Koopa Troopa
Affiliation(s)	Mario
Latest Appearance	Super Paper Mario (as a catch card)

Kooper is Mario's second party member in Paper Mario. He is a blue, adventure-loving (and seemingly young) Koopa who dreams of becoming an archaeologist like his childhood hero Kolorado throughout the course of Paper Mario. He is the exact opposite of his successor, Koops, personality-wise. However, in the battle field, the two are like twins, so to speak.

Mario and Goombario enter Koopa Village to find that Fuzzies have attacked the village and are stealing all the Koopas' shells. Mario gets the shells back for the Koopas and eventually finds Kooper. He tells Mario that his blue shell had been stolen by a Fuzzy and Mario agrees to get it back. Once Mario gets the shell back for Kooper, he joins the party. By pressing C-Down, Kooper will retreat into his shell and Mario can shoot him out short distances, allowing him to flip switches, grab items and attack enemies.

[edit] Trivia

• Kooper was going to make some sort of appearance in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, perhaps one similar to that of Bow or maybe a larger role. However, he was removed.
• In Super Paper Mario, Kooper appears as a Catch Card found on the thirtieth floor of the Flopside Pit of 100 Trials.
• Although all artwork depicts Kooper as having an "X"-shaped arrangement of bandages on his cheek, no in-game sprites have ever shown him as such, not even those of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door or Super Paper Mario. However, Kooper's "replacement" Koops has a perhaps similar bandage on his nose.
• His japanese name is "Kameki"
• In Super Smash Bros. Brawl he is a sticker that raises arm attack power of a player by ten.

[edit] Attacks

Attack	Flower Points Needed	Effect	To Attack	Move Ranks
Shell Toss	None	Attacks one enemy. Outside of battle, he can use this attack to flip switches, grab items and attack enemies.	Tilt the control stick to the left until the red star lights up.	Initial
Power Shell	3	Attacks all enemies.	Tilt the control stick to the left until the red star lights up.	Initial
Dizzy Shell	4	Makes enemies Dizzy.	Repeatedly press A to fill the gauge.	Super Rank
Fire Shell	5	A fiery move that attacks all grounded enemies.	Repeatedly tilt the control stick to the left to fill the gauge.	Ultra Rank

[edit] Catch Card

Card Type: Rare

Card Description: This is Mario's good buddy Kooper from Paper Mario. His Power Shell move was, and is, a thing of beauty.

RPG Partners
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Partners
Mario | Mallow | Geno | Bowser | Princess Toadstool
Paper Mario Partners
Goombario | Kooper | Bombette | Parakarry | Lady Bow | Watt | Sushie | Lakilester
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Partners
Goombella | Koops | Flurrie | Yoshi | Vivian | Admiral Bobbery | Ms. Mowz
Super Paper Mario Partners
Mario | Peach | Bowser | Luigi | Tippi/Tiptron | Thoreau | Boomer | Slim | Thudley | Carrie | Fleep | Cudge | Dottie | Barry | Dashell | Piccolo

Koopa Troopa Characters
Chef Torte | Chef Torte's Apprentice | Grunt | Holly Koopa | Hookbill the Koopa | Johnson | Jr. Troopa | KP Koopas | KP Pete | Kent C. Koopa | King Tut | Kolorado | Kolorado's Father | Kolorado's Wife | Koopa Bros. | Koopa Koot | Koopa Krag | Koopa the Quick | Kooper | Koopie Koo | The Koopinator | Koopley | Koopook | Koops | Koover | Kroop | Kun Fu Koopa | Kylie Koopa | Mega Koopa | Private Koopa | Robot Monster Troopa | Shellshockers | Spiked Koopa Troopa | Spikey Tom
Koopa Troopa Species
Ankoopa | Beach Koopa | Dark Koopa | Dark Koopatrol | Elite Troopea | Gargantua Koopa Troopa | Glad Red Koopa | KP Koopa | Koopa Troopa | Koopatrol | Mask Koopa | Nokobon | Robo Troopa | Shady Koopa | Space Troopa | State Troopa | Stormtroopa | Super Koopa | Super Troopa | Terra Cotta | Terrapin | Troopea | Wereturtle