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An '''Unshelled Koopa Troopa''',<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en English ''Super Mario World'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/yutSZ Archived] August 13, 2022 14:17:58 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> also known as an '''Unshelled Koopa''',<ref>October 17, 2023. [https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-2/ Ask the Developer Vol. 11, Super Mario Bros. Wonder—Part 2]. nintendo.com. Retrieved October 17, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231017134732/https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-2/ Archived] October 17, 2023, 13:47:32 UTC via Wayback Machine.)<br>'''[[Koichi Hayashida]]''', officially translated from Japanese: "''The first course in Super Mario World for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (Super NES) featured Unshelled Koopas going down a slope and then later you see them flying around with capes.''"</ref> '''Beach Koopa''',<ref name=Guide>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. {{media link|SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|Page 126}}.</ref> '''Koopa without a Shell''',<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 50.</ref> or '''Shell-less Koopa Troopa''',<ref>Stratton, Bryan. ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''–Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 21.</ref> is a [[Koopa Troopa]] that has lost its [[shell]] and wears nothing more than an undershirt (and/or, in some cases, boxer shorts), first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. In their original appearance, Unshelled Koopa Troopas appear small and hunched over, but they were later depicted as being able to walk around like normal, shell-wearing Koopa Troopas. In many of the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' platformers, when an Unshelled Koopa Troopa finds a shell, it reverts to a normal Koopa Troopa.
An '''Unshelled Koopa Troopa''',<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en|title=English ''Super Mario World'' entry on the official Mario Portal|publisher=nintendo.co.jp|accessdate=August 13, 2022|archive=archive.today/2022.08.13-141758/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en}}</ref> also known as an '''Unshelled Koopa''',<ref>{{cite|date=October 17, 2023|url=www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-2|title=Ask the Developer Vol. 11, Super Mario Bros. Wonder—Part 2 (translated from Japanese)|publisher=nintendo.com|accessdate=October 17, 2023|archive=web.archive.org/web/20231017134732/https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-2|author=[[Koichi Hayashida]]|quote=The first course in Super Mario World for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (Super NES) featured Unshelled Koopas going down a slope and then later you see them flying around with capes.}}</ref> '''Beach Koopa''',<ref name=Guide>{{cite|author=Miller, Kent, and Terry Munson|title= ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide|page={{media link|SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|126}}|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> '''Koopa without a Shell''',<ref>{{cite|title=Nintendo ''[[Mario Mania]]'' Player's Guide|page=50|date=August 1991|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> or '''Shell-less Koopa Troopa''',<ref>{{cite|author=Stratton, Bryan|date=February 26, 2002|title=''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''–Prima's Official Strategy Guide|page=21|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|language=en-us|isbn=0-7615-3913-1}}</ref> is a [[Koopa Troopa]] that has lost its [[shell]] and wears nothing more than an undershirt (and/or, in some cases, boxer shorts), first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. In their original appearance, Unshelled Koopa Troopas appear small and hunched over, but they were later depicted as being able to walk around like normal, shell-wearing Koopa Troopas. In many of the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' platformers, when an Unshelled Koopa Troopa finds a shell, it reverts to a normal Koopa Troopa.
==History==
==History==
===''Mario Bros.''===
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===Other appearances===
===Other appearances===
[[File:Super Mario Bros. Shelled Creepers.png|thumb|Prototypical Koopa without a Shell (top) in ''Super Mario Bros.'' concept]]
[[File:Super Mario Bros. Shelled Creepers.png|thumb|Prototypical Koopa without a Shell (top) in ''Super Mario Bros.'' concept]]
The concept of a shell-less turtle enemy was planned for the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' It had the tentative name 「ベア クリーパー」 (''Bea Kurīpā'', Bare [[Shellcreeper|Creeper]]), and it appears to have held a pointed weapon.<ref>Nintendo (September 14, 2015). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C73f618-3pk&t=2517s Nintendo Digital Event @ E3 2015]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved October 18, 2021.</ref>
The concept of a shell-less turtle enemy was planned for the original ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' It had the tentative name 「ベア クリーパー」 (''Bea Kurīpā'', Bare [[Shellcreeper|Creeper]]), and it appears to have held a pointed weapon.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America|date=September 14, 2015|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=C73f618-3pk&t=2517s|timestamp=41:57|title=Nintendo Digital Event @ E3 2015|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=May 22, 2024|language=en-us}}</ref>
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==Profiles==
==Profiles==
===''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''===
===''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''===
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Shorn of its shell, the Koopa Troopa shows he's no {{wp|Arnold Schwarzenegger|Schwarzenegger}}. You can make him into an egg, though.''<ref name=Guide/>
*'''[[Nintendo Power|Player's Guide]]:''' ''Shorn of its shell, the Koopa Troopa shows he's no {{wp|Arnold Schwarzenegger|Schwarzenegger}}. You can make him into an egg, though.''<ref name=Guide/>
===''[[Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros.]]''===
*'''Bio:''' ノコノコやマントガメを踏むと現れる。こうらを蹴り飛ばすタイプもいる。<ref>「スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), ''Super Mario World'' section. Page 55.</ref>(''They appear when you step on Koopa Troopas or Super Koopas. There is also a type that kicks shells away.'')


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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|Ger=Panzerloser Koopa
|Ger=Panzerloser Koopa
|GerM=Shell-less Koopa
|GerM=Shell-less Koopa
|Ita=Koopa Beach<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]'', pag. 55</ref><br>Koopa senza guscio<ref>[https://www.nintendo.it/Notizie/2023/ottobre/Chiedi-allo-sviluppatore-parte-11-Super-Mario-Bros-Wonder-Capitolo-2-2460633.html Chiedi allo sviluppatore, parte 11: Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Capitolo 2]</ref>
|Ita=Koopa Beach<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|page=55}}</ref>
|ItaM=-<br>Shell-less Koopa
|Ita2=Koopa senza guscio<ref>{{cite|url=www.nintendo.com/it-it/Notizie/2023/ottobre/Chiedi-allo-sviluppatore-parte-11-Super-Mario-Bros-Wonder-Capitolo-2-2460633.html|title=Chiedi allo sviluppatore, parte 11: Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Capitolo 2|publisher=Nintendo of Europe|language=it|accessdate=May 22, 2024|archive=web.archive.org/web/20240522213155/https://www.nintendo.com/it-it/Notizie/2023/ottobre/Chiedi-allo-sviluppatore-parte-11-Super-Mario-Bros-Wonder-Capitolo-2-2460633.html}}</ref>
|Ita2M=Shell-less Koopa
|Spa=Koopa de Playa{{ref needed}}
|Spa=Koopa de Playa{{ref needed}}
|SpaM=Beach Koopa
|SpaM=Beach Koopa
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