Choppa
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- Not to be confused with Choppah.
| Choppa | |||
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 Sprite from Super Paper Mario | |||
| Appears in | Super Paper Mario (2007) | ||
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Choppas are dragonfly-like enemies living in Super Paper Mario. The are mainly encountered in Chapter 4-2: Planet Blobule and the Flipside Pit of 100 Trials. They fly around with somewhat erratic movement patterns, and also have the ability to flip between dimensions.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Paper Mario[edit]
| Super Paper Mario enemy | |||||||||
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| Choppa | |||||||||
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Max HP | 5 | Role | Common | Location(s) | Planet Blobule (4-2), Flipside Pit of 100 Trials (Room 35) | |||
| Attack | 1 | Card type | Common | ||||||
| Defense | 0 | Items | Card location(s) | Card Shop; Catch Card/SP | |||||
| Score | 400 | ||||||||
| Card description | Check out this aerial alien's sweet midair (NTSC)/mid-air (PAL) tricks. It can appear and disappear in a flash. Not even fair. | ||||||||
| List of Catch Cards 146 147 148 |
Tattle | That Choppa is a strange organism that flies through the air...and dimensions... Max HP is 5 and Attack is 1. It's hard to track, as it occasionally flips... However, it occasionally stops to rest. That's your chance... | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Naming[edit]
"Choppa" is a corruption of "chopper", an alternative name for a helicopter.
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヘリン Herin |
Derived from the first half of "helicopter" | [?] | |
| French | Helicoupe | Form "hélice" (propeller) and "coupe" (cut) | [?] | |
| German | Choppa | - | [?] | |
| Italian | Libelloblu | From "libellula" (dragonfly) and "blu" (blue) | [?] | |
| Korean | 헬리 Helli |
From the first half of "helicopter" | [?] | |
| Spanish | Helicero | From "hélice" (propeller) | [?] |
Notes[edit]
- Choppas and their variants are one of the few standard enemies in the game who can flip between dimensions despite not encircled by a dotted line, a trait also shared by Amazy Dayzees and their dark counterparts.
