Corporal Paraplonk

“Call me crazy, but looks like Bowser Castle is heading this way.”

—Corporal Paraplonk, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Corporal Paraplonk is a red Koopa Paratroopa who wears green shoes and a red bucket on his head. He is one of Bowser's minions in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. He is first seen with Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy in Dimble Wood. He, Bowser, Goomp, and Guy launch a Banzai Bill at Bowser's Castle, which was occupied by Fawful.

Corporal also teaches Bowser how to attack in Bowser's Giant form.

Later, at the safe underneath Bowser's Castle, Corporal Paraplonk and his companions watch as Bowser defeats Fawful Express. When Bowser opens the safe however, the three are revealed to have been brainwashed since he last saw them, as they push Bowser in. The latest appearance of Corporal Paraplonk was right after the closing credits, where the minions ask Bowser for forgiveness. Bowser forgives them as long as they help with repairing the castle.

Corporal Paraplonk is set to reappear in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, along with Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy.

Trivia

• Corporal Paraplonk (as well as Parakarry, Koops, Koopie Koo and Holly Koopa) are the only Koopas to wear a different color of shoes than its shell.
• His Italian name, along to Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy's ones, references the Italian terminology "Tizio, Caio and Sempronio", meaning "three random guys", similar to the expression "Tom, Dick and Harry".
• Corporal Paraplonk shares the rank and coloration of Giroro from the anime Sgt. Frog.