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{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Ankoopa MLSS.png|62px|class=sprite]]<br>''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' sprite
|title=Ankoopa
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|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' ([[2003]])
|image=[[File:Ankoopa MLSS.png]]
|species_origin=[[Koopa Troopa]]
|variant_of=[[Koopa Troopa]]
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|first_appearance=''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]'' (2003)
|relatives=[[Gargantua Koopa Troopa]]
|relatives=[[Gargantua Koopa Troopa]]
|comparable=[[Kent C. Koopa]]
}}
}}
{{quote|Derr...No matter what you hit me with, you can't knock me down!...I think.|Ankoopa|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga}}
{{quote2|Aaaah! How did THAT happen??? [[Mario|You]] [[Luigi|guys]] are no slouches!|Ankoopa|[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]}}
[[File:Fallenankoopa.gif|thumb|left|'''Ankoopas''' before and after the fall]]
[[File:Falling Ankoopa.png|thumb|left|Before and after the fall]]

'''Ankoopas''' are gigantic, pudgy [[Koopa Troopa]]s found only in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]]''. Their oblong shells extend up from their backs, behind their heads. They block paths and recite the line: "Derr...No matter what you hit me with, you can't knock me down!...I think." Unfortunately for them, [[Mario]]'s [[Firebrand]] Bros. technique can knock these giant Koopas down. To master the Firebrand, the brothers must first visit the [[Jellyfish Sisters]] in [[Gwarhar Lagoon]]. An Ankoopa also appears in a house in [[Beanbean Castle Town]]. In the [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions|remake]], they are replaced with [[Gargantua Koopa Troopa]]s.
'''Ankoopas''' (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]]," with the former word referring to how they are hard to move.

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.

In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]'', they are replaced by [[Gargantua Koopa Troopa|Big Koopa Troopa]]s.
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==Related quotes==
{{quote2|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]] shopkeeper|Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga}}

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

==References==
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==Trivia==
*Their name is a combination of the words "anchor" and "Koopa". The anchor part referring to the fact that they're hard to move.
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