Editing Terrapin

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Terrapin.png|64px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|variant_of=[[Koopa Troopa]]
|variants=[[Terra Cotta]]<br>[[Torte]]
|comparable=[[Koopatrol]]
|notable=[[Jagger]]
}}
'''Terrapins''' are armored [[Koopa Troopa]]s with green shells that appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and its [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|remake]]. In the game, they are the weakest soldiers in [[Koopa Troop|Bowser's Minions]], even weaker than a [[Goomba]]. In [[Marrymore]], a type called [[Torte]] acts as a chef, and a similar, stronger enemy is the red-shelled [[Terra Cotta]]. The word "terrapin" is an ambiguous term referring to turtles, which Koopas are quite similar to.

Terrapins fight solo or in groups of two to four and attack their opponents by punching, which does not do much damage. They patrol the halls of [[Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Keep]] in search of intruders, and appear mostly in the very beginning of the game, before [[Exor]] crashes into Bowser's Keep. They have 10 [[Heart Point|HP]] and 1 attack power, and 8 defense. In the original game, [[Mario]] gains no [[Experience Point|Exp. pts.]] for defeating them, though they do give 1 EXP in the remake.

Later in the game at [[Rose Way]], a platoon of Terrapins led by one named [[Jagger]] is seen with Bowser. After this group deserts, Jagger is later found in [[Monstro Town]], training under [[Jinx]] to become strong enough to help Bowser again.

While unclear in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version, the remake depicts the [[hammer]]-holding statues decorating the halls of Bowser's Keep as Terrapins, despite them not wielding hammers in battle.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Terrapin|image=[[File:SMRPG Terrapin idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Terrapin}}
{{Multilang profile
|type=[[Monster List]] profile in other languages
|Jap=あまりにも{{ruby|弱|よわ}}すぎるクッパ{{ruby|城|じょう}}の{{ruby|衛兵|えいへい}}。ヘルメットのせいで{{ruby|前|まえ}}がよく{{ruby|見|み}}えず、カンでてきとうにパンチをだしている。
|JapM=Guards of Bowser's Keep who are too weak. Their helmets make it hard for them to see what's in front of them, so they punch at random based on intuition.
}}

==Gallery==
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Terrapin.jpg|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ノコへい
|JapR=Nokohei
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ノコノコ」(''Nokonoko'', [[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]]) and「兵」(''hei'', soldier)
|Chi=慢慢兵
|ChiR=Mànmàn Bīng
|ChiM=Koopa Soldier
|Dut=Koopa-wachter
|DutM=Koopa Guard
|Fre=Koopatrouilleur
|FreM=Portmanteau of "Koopa" and "patrouilleur" (patrolman)
|Ger=Schildkadett
|GerM=Shield Cadet
|Ita=Koopa soldato<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSjc2o4dzHQ SUPER MARIO RPG: UN REMAKE PREZIOSO | ANTEPRIMA] on YouTube, retrieved on November 3rd, 2023</ref>
|ItaM=Soldier Koopa
|Kor=엉금병
|KorR=Eonggeum Byeong
|KorM=Portmanteau of "엉금엉금" (''Eonggeum-eonggeum'', [[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]]) and "병" (''byeong'', soldier)
|Spa=Koopa recluta
|SpaM=Recruit Koopa
}}

==Trivia==
*Terrapin's [[Thought Peek|thought]] in the Japanese version references two of {{wp|Goku|Son Goku}}'s catchphrases in {{wp|Dragon Ball (TV series)|the 1986 anime adaptation}} of ''{{wp|Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball}}''.<ref>Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). [https://legendsoflocalization.com/the-pop-culture-obsessed-monsters-in-japanese-super-mario-rpg/ The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG]. ''Legends of Localization''. Retrieved July 31, 2021.</ref> While the reference is absent in the English translation of the SNES release, it is restored in the equivalent version of the Nintendo Switch remake.

==Notes==
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