Shady Paratroopa

Shady Paratroopa
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
Variant of	Koopa Paratroopa

The Shady Paratroopa (or S. Paratroopa) is a Paratroopa with a blue shell and slightly darker skin coloration that appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Only one appears in the game as part of The Shellshockers in the Glitz Pit, and is fought alongside Shellshock and a second Shady Koopa.

Data for the Shady Paratroopas can be found within the data of Super Paper Mario.

Battle

Like Shady Koopas, Shady Paratroopas have an attack power of 3, and they attack by diving at Mario like other Paratroopas. When stomped, they lose their wings and revert to normal Shady Koopas; performing any Action Command that results in landing multiple jump attacks will put them on their back once they fall. As with the Shady Koopa, Goombella's Tattle dialogue and the Tattle Log erroneously state that their attack increases when they get back up; instead, they use a shell attack while on their back that hits both Mario and his partner, and has twice the base power of their normal attack.

Profiles and statistics

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

GameCube

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
S. Paratroopa
	Max HP	8	Attack	3	Defense	1
	Location(s)	Glitz Pit	Role	Common	Level	17
	Sleep?	85%	Dizzy?	110%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	90%	Stop?	90%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	80%	Fright?	85%
	Gale Force?	100%	KO?	95%	Moves	Shell Shot (3)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 3	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 15	Log	Other than having wings, this creature isn't very different from a Shady Koopa. Once it flips off its back, it boosts its Attack.
	Tattle	That's a Shady Paratroopa. It's a Shady Koopa with wings, obviously. Max HP is 8, Attack is 3, and Defense is 1. Knock off its wings and it's a Shady Koopa. Unlike typical Koopas and Paratroopas, its Attack jumps when it flips up off its back. This also says it has a move that hits you and your ally at once. Is that possible? Uh... I guess the best thing to do is just beat it quickly after we flip it.

Nintendo Switch

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
Shady Paratroopa
	Max HP	8	Attack	3	Defense	1
	Location(s)	Glitz Pit	Role	Common	Level	17
	Sleep?	85%	Dizzy?	110%	Confuse?	80%
	Tiny?	90%	Stop?	90%	Soft?	90%
	Burn?	100%	Freeze?	80%	Fright?	85%
	Gale Force?	100%	KO?	95%	Moves	Shell Shot (3)
	Exp. points	0	Coins	1 - 3	Items	None
Tattle Log #: 16	Log	Other than having wings, this creature isn't very different from a Shady Koopa. Once it flips off its back, it boosts its Attack.
	Tattle	That's a Shady Paratroopa. It's a Shady Koopa with wings, obviously. Max HP is 8, Attack is 3, and Defense is 1. Knock off its wings and it's a Shady Koopa. Unlike typical Koopas and Paratroopas, its Attack jumps when it flips up off its back. This also says it has a move that hits you and your partner at once. Is that possible? Uh... I guess the best thing to do is just beat it quickly after we flip it.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ウラパタ[?] Urapata	Portmanteau of「裏」(ura, "backside") and「パタパタ」(Patapata, "Koopa Paratroopa")
Chinese (simplified)	反骨飞行龟[?] Fǎngǔ Fēixíng Guī	Backbone Koopa Paratroopa
Chinese (traditional)	反骨飛行龜[?] Fǎngǔ Fēixíng Guī	Backbone Koopa Paratroopa
Dutch	Shady Paratroopa[?]	-
French	Paralenvers[?]	Pun on "Parakoopa" and à l'envers ("upside down")
German	Schattenpara[?]	Shadow Para
Italian	Antiparakoopa[?]	-
Korean	리버스펄럭펄럭[?] Libeoseu Peolleok-peolleok	Reverse Koopa Paratroopa
Spanish (NOA)	Antiparatroopa[?]	Combination of the prefix "anti-" and the word "Paratroopa" (from "Koopa Paratroopa")
Spanish (NOE)	Antipara[?]	From "Anti-Parakoopa"	original
	Antiparatroopa[?]		The Thousand-Year Door remake