Terrapin

Terrapins are armored Koopas with green shells who appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. They are one of the weakest minions in the Koopa Troop, even weaker than the lowly Goomba. They attack their opponents by punching, an attack which does not do much damage. Terrapins fight solo or in groups of two to four. Terrapins patrolled the halls of Bowser's Keep in search of intruders. They were however, based on their statistics, very strong; though they only had 10 HP and 1 attack power, they had 8 defense. A similar (and much stronger) enemy is the Terra Cotta.

Terrapins appear mostly in the very beginning of the game, before Exor crashes into Bowser's Keep. Therefore, the battles with Terrapins are merely training, although Mario does gain EXP points.

Terrapins are the precursors to the Koopatrols of the Paper Mario series. However, Terrapins and Koopatrols themselves are very different from each other in stats, although their main purposes are identical in that they are both armor-clad Koopas who guard Bowser's Castle. Finally, it is worth noting that Terrapins are the most basic kind of Koopa Troopa to appear in Super Mario RPG; no armorless Koopas appeared.

Notable Terrapins

 * Jagger
 * Chef Torte
 * Chef Torte's Apprentice

Trivia

 * The word "terrapin" is an ambiguous term referring to turtles, which Koopas are quite similar to.