Koopa-Kola
Koopa-Kola (or Koopa Kola) is a recurring soda product in the Super Mario Bros. comics of the Nintendo Comics System. It is based on Coca-Cola.
History
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Koopa-Kola is first shown in the episode "Karate Koopa" of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, where it is drunk by Karate Koopa and his minions at a short celebration party. However, it receives little more than a brief mention and is seen only very briefly.
Super Mario Bros. (Valiant Comics)
"Koopa Kola"
Koopa-Kola is shown in the Super Mario Bros. comic of the same name, which is framed as an advertisement for the soda. The advertisement shows that it comes in both plain and crunchy varieties and is "made from REAL coal." The Koopa-Kola featured in the advertisement is Koopa-Kola Classik, making it distinct from an implied New Koopa-Kola as Coca-Cola Classic was distinguished from New Coke.
"Fins and Roses"
In "Fins and Roses," Koopa-Kola is featured very briefly as Wendy drinks a can of the soda while on a raft in the Water World as she muses about whether her plan to stockpile weapons to defeat Mario will get her in big trouble with King Koopa or gain his undying respect. Later, after her raft is destroyed by her bomb when Bertha hits it back to her, she is aided by Mario, who decides to buy her a Koopa-Kola before saying terrible things to Stanley as part of a ten-minute truce.
"Duh Stoopid Bomb!"
Koopa-Kola's final appearance in the Super Mario Bros. comics is in "Duh Stoopid Bomb!" where Toad, disguised as a Shyguy, gives King Koopa some Koopa-Kola at this request in exchange for gaining information on the Stupid Bombs he is developing. However, he orders him a Koopa-Kola Plain instead of a Koopa-Kola Crunchy, which he immediately spits out, apparently disgusted by it.
Nintendo Adventure Books
Koopa-Kola is mentioned a few times in the Nintendo Adventure Books series. It is featured prominently in Unjust Desserts, where a shrunken Mario finds a particularly large amount of the substance inside Yoshi's stomach. If he tries to swim across, the Koopa-Kola congeals into sticky crystals all over him, leading to a Game Over.
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Chinese (traditional) | 庫巴可樂[1] Kùbā Kělè |
Koopa-Kola | |
Finnish | Koopa-Kola[2] | - | |
German | Koopa-Kola[3] | - | |
Portuguese | Koopa-Kola[4] | - | |
Swedish | Koopa-Kola[5] | - |