Editing Kent C. Koopa

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{{Quote|Hey, [[Mario|you in the hat]]! Wait! It's fine weather, isn't it? My name is Kent C. Koopa. Please remember it, OK? If you want to use [[Pleasant Path|this road]], you need to pay me 100 [[coin]]s. So sorry, but that's how it is. You don't pay, you don't pass. Coins make the world go round. It's all about the money!|Kent C. Koopa|Paper Mario}}

'''Kent C. Koopa''' is a [[Big Koopa Troopa|Giant Koopa]] that blocks [[Pleasant Path]], the road to [[Koopa Village]] and the [[Koopa Bros. Fortress]] in ''[[Paper Mario]]''. He appears after Chapter 5, blocking [[Kolorado]]'s way home after the explorer's adventures on [[Lavalava Island]]. He demands a toll of one hundred [[coin]]s in order to let people pass, but he can be battled instead as an optional boss, similar to [[Gus]] from the following game, ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''.

 

Unlike the original Giant Koopas from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'', Kent C. walks on his hind legs, similar to [[Hookbill the Koopa]], a boss from ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. He wears glasses, with his name even being a pun of "can't see". It is implied by [[Russ T.]] that Kent C. Koopa taught the [[Koopa Bros.]] how to fight.

Kent C. Koopa has comparatively high attack and defense, compared to bosses from the rest of the game. Kent C. Koopa can use a [[Ground Pound]] attack on the player to squish them and deal ten damage, and a slow [[Shell Toss]] to flatten the player and their partner, inflicting the [[injured]] status effect, dealing three damage. He is susceptible to the [[sleep]] status effect, with the most efficient way of inflicting him with the status effect being [[Mamar]]'s special move [[Lullaby]]. Using the [[Spin Smash]] attack on Kent C.'s tail while he is flipped over makes him spin around, causing him to drop a few coins. Unlike other Koopas, Kent C. Koopa requires two jump-based hits to be flipped rather than one (so an [[action command]] is required on Mario's jump to flip him for the currently active partner's turn). Also unlike other Koopas, instead of wasting a turn struggling to get up, and then wasting another turn actually getting up if left unattacked (or continuing to struggle if hit with a jump-based attack but not defeated), Kent C. Koopa will get up the very same turn he's flipped on, and proceed to attack as if he wasn't flipped, unless he's put to sleep.

==Strategy==

A suggested way to beat him quickly is to use [[Charge (move)|Charge]] with Goombario after using a [[Super Block]] or use [[Watt]]'s [[Electro Dash]], because she can attack enemies regardless of their defense. You can also use [[Multibonk]] with [[Goombario]] after unlocking the [[Ultra Stone]], or equip [[Power Bounce]] to flip him over.

|JapM=Portmanteau of "''zeni''" (銭, money) and ''Nokonoko'' (ノコノコ, [[Koopa Troopa]]).

|Fra=Kent C. Koopa

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|ChiM=Money Noko (Noko is the Japanese name for Koopa Troopa)

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