King K



KP Pete, better known by his pseudonym of King K, is a KP Koopa who fights at the Glitz Pit in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. He befriended Mario when he first entered the Glitz Pit and taught him the ways of the place. Mario easily beat him in battle as he was the second opponent he faced. As Mario rose to the top of the rankings King K told Mario he was going to retire after one last battle for safety reasons. Unfortunately after that last battle he ran into Grubba while he was powering up and Grubba took him and absorbed his power where he was thrown under a block and eventually Bandy Andy was thrown in with him. When Mario found him he could hardly talk but he warned him about Grubba and then fell silently. It was believed that he died but he was seen with everyone else after Grubba was defeated and said goodbye to Mario. When Mario had to replay the Glitz Pit, he beat King K's team again. He leads the fighting group called the "KP Koopas", a.k.a. the "Shell Machines of Doom". He is now okay.

Stats

 * HP: 4
 * Attack: 2
 * Defense: 1
 * Location: Glitzville
 * Tattle Log: A Koopa warrior that battles at the Glitz Pit in Glitzville. It may be a different color than your average Koopa Troopa, but its abilities are the same.
 * Tattle: That's a KP Koopa. It's a Koopa Troopa of a slightly different color. Looks like its abilities are just like any Koopa... So he oughta be a piece of cake! Don't go easy just because you know King K, Mario... That's what friends are for!

Trivia

 * During the final battle of the game, King K leads the Glitz Pit in cheering Mario on, but King K is erroneously depicted as a Shady Koopa here. In a perhaps even stranger manner, the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door website depicts what would appear to be King K (who simply states that his name is "K.P.") as a red-shelled Koopa Troopa and a trash-talker.
 * He has a crush on "The shortie at the watering hole"