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|image=[[File:Ankoopa MLSS.png]]

[[File:Falling Ankoopa.png|thumb|left|Before and after being knocked over]]

'''Ankoopas'''<ref>"''My sources tell me that one of the four Beanstar pieces fell north of town into the Yoshi Theater. But the road to the Yoshi Theater is blocked halfway by Ankoopa!''" - [[Information Booth]] [[Miles Tones|shopkeeper]], ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''</ref> (also generically referred to by [[Prima Games|Prima]] as "'''Turtles'''"<ref>"''A giant Turtle blocks the passage to a cave to the right of the watering hole. (And, no, the [[Hammer]]s the boys receive won't do the trick.)''" - ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 58.</ref>) are pudgy, giant [[Koopa Troopa]]s found only in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. They are cross-eyed and have oblong shells which extend up from their backs, behind their heads. Their name is a combination of the words "[[anchor]]" and "[[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]".

Ankoopas block certain paths in the [[Beanbean Kingdom]], reciting the line, "''Derr... No matter what you hit me with, you can't knock me down. I think...''" when spoken to. One also appears in a house in [[Beanbean Castle Town]].

The road-blocking Ankoopas can only be moved with [[Mario]]'s [[Dash (Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)|Dash]] technique, which knocks them down briefly; they will move aside and express surprise at the Bros.' ability, and then allow the pair to progress.

|Jap=ノコッタス<ref>「②の{{ruby|石橋|いしばし}}の{{ruby|向|む}}こう{{ruby|側|がわ}}に{{ruby|立|た}}っているノコッタスをダッシュで{{ruby|倒|たお}}せば、{{ruby|先|さき}}へと{{ruby|進|すす}}める。なお、ノコッタスは、ここ{{ruby|以外|いがい}}にもいろいろな{{ruby|場所|ばしょ}}にいるので、{{ruby|見|み}}かけたらぶつかってみよう。」 Shogakukan. ''Mario & Luigi RPG Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''. {{media link|MLRPG NOG Nokottasu.png|Page 75.}}</ref>

|JapM=Possibly a portmanteau of「残った」(''{{wp|Glossary of sumo terms#N|nokotta}}'', a sumo term) and「トータス」(''tōtasu'', tortoise), likely incorporating「ノコノコ」(''Nokonoko'', [[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]])

|Spa=Tortuga gigante{{ref needed}}

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