Koopa Troop

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This article is about the organization. For information about the Special Attack from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, see Koopa Corps.
"Team Bowser" redirects here. For information about Team Bowser's members on the Bowser vs. DK Tour in Mario Kart Tour, see Bowser vs. DK Tour § Team members. For Team Bowser's members on the Peach vs. Bowser Tour in Mario Kart Tour, see Peach vs. Bowser Tour § Team members.
Not to be confused with Koopa Troopa.
Koopa Troop

The Koopa Troop symbol as seen in many games.
General information
Leader Bowser
Members
Army Hammer Bro
Baron Brrr
Bessie Bass
Big Bungee Piranha
Big Burt Bros.
Big Guy the Stilted
Big Montgomery
Bigger Boo
Boom Boom
Boss Sumo Bro
Bouldergeist
Bowser Jr.
Broodals
Burt the Bashful
Captain Boo
Captain Goomba
Captain Koopa Troopa
Captain Shy Guy
Chitei Kaijū Indy
Choropū Chika Butai
Choropū-san
Choropū Shinrin-tai
Choropū the Picasso
Clawgrip
Corporal Paraplonk
Crystal King
Dr. Topper (former)
Dry Bowser
Fake Bowser
Fryguy
Gary
General Guy
Ghost (Yoshi's Story)
Giant Kamek
Gilbert the Gooey
Goomba (former)
Gooper Blooper
Gourmet Guy (former)
Hector the Reflector
Hookbill the Koopa
Huff N. Puff
Inviso
Jagger (former)
Johnson
Kamek
Kamella
Kammy Koopa
King Bob-omb
King Boo
King Boo (Super Mario Sunshine)
King Choropū (implied)
Koopa Paratroopa Trio
Koopalings
Lakilester (former)
Marching Milde
Mega Monty Mole
Mega Rocky Wrench
Mega Stingby
Moltz the Very Goonie
Mouser
Monty Bros. (formerly)
Monty Tank
Naval Piranha
Paper Bowser
Paper Bowser Jr.
Paper Kamek
Petey Piranha
Pom Pom
Powered-Up Buzzy Beetle
Powered-Up Koopa Troopa
Powered-Up Piranha Plant
Powered-Up Rocky Wrench
Prince Bully
Prince Froggy (former)
Priscilla the Peckish
Private Goomp
Raphael the Raven (former)
Reznor
Roger the Potted Ghost
Salvo the Slime
Sergeant Guy
Six-Face Sal
Sluggy the Unshaven
Spiky Tom
Sphinx Zō
Tap-Tap the Golden
Tap-Tap the Red Nose
Tryclyde
Wiggler (Super Mario Sunshine)
Member species
Amp
Ant Trooper
Biddybud
Birdo
Blargg
Blooper
Bob-omb
Boo
Boom Boom
Broozer
Bullet Bill
Bully
Burt
Buzzy Beetle
Chain Chomp
Chargin' Chuck
Cheep Cheep
Cooligan
Crowber
Fryguy
Fuzzy
Goomba
Goonie
Gusty
Hammer Bro
Huckit Crab
Kaboomba
Koopa Troopa
Lakitu
Magikoopa
Monty Mole
Ninji
Octoomba
Piranha Plant
Podoboo
Pokey
Raven
Rex
Rocky Wrench
Scaredy Rat
Scuttlebug
Shy Guy
Skeeter
Spike
Spiny
Stingby
Sumo Bro
Swooper
Tap-Tap
Thwomp
Urchin
Whomp
Wiggler
Appearances
First appearance Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Latest appearance Super Mario Party Jamboree (2024)
“All right people! Form ranks! Attention, Shelled warriors! ...Hooded sorcerers... ...And last, but not least, groundling Goombas! This is our finest moment! The Koopa Troop is invincible! We shall be victorious! The bridge is down, but we'll find a way to get back in! Move out, on the double!”
Bowser, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

The Koopa Troop, also known as the Koopa Corps, Minions,[1] or Team Bowser,[2] is an organization of armed forces led by Bowser, who appear as the main antagonists of the Mario franchise. The Koopa Troop has taken over the Mushroom Kingdom multiple times and has even attempted to take over the universe. According to Kammy Koopa in Paper Mario, the motive for the clan is to seek revenge against all who have treated Koopa Troopas poorly, though many of their goals are based entirely on Bowser's own interests. Not all members of the troop are Koopas, although they serve as the majority of the members and also have high-ranking roles. According to official Japanese character books, the army is led by the Turtle Tribe, with older material indicating the members of Bowser's "royal family" as leaders. In both the Super Mario Pia and the Encyclopedia Super Mario Bros. the "royal family" term is missing, and in general the organization of Bowser's army is no longer explained, with the former reconfirming that the Turtle Tribe still leads it. As proven in New Super Mario Bros., Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, when Bowser is absent, his son takes leadership of the Koopa Troop. It is also implied in Paper Mario: The Origami King that Bowser Jr. has his own army within the Koopa Troop.

The Koopa forces differ from game to game, though Goombas and Koopa Troopas consistently appear as the most common and basic troops. Goombas almost always appear as the first enemy Mario encounters in the mainline platformers and are his most often confronted foes overall. Koopa Troopas, however, are the most frequently encountered troops in the 2D platformers in general (where Goombas tend to generally predominate in the early game sections and then become less common relative to Koopa Troopas in the middle and late sections). There are also many rarer minion types of the Koopa Troop, including ostensibly elite troops of the organization, such as Hammer Bros and Magikoopas. Aside from Bowser and Bowser Jr., other notable members have been observed to hold positions of authority and leadership within the organization's hierarchy. The most prominent examples include the Koopalings (particularly common in the case of the 2D platformers) and Kamek (especially in the case of the Yoshi franchise). There is also a trend of species-specific monarchs/chiefs within the Koopa Troop who seemingly act as vassals to Bowser, implying a degree of autonomy and sub-hierarchy on a species-level basis; examples of this include Goomboss, King Boo, King Bob-omb, Whomp King, and Petey Piranha.

On some occasions, Bowser has teamed up with others (such as Antasma in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team) to achieve a common goal, but in these instances, these characters are not considered part of the Koopa Troop.

History

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

The Koopa Pack in "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom"

In The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the enemies under the command of King Koopa are often referred to as the Koopa Pack, although it seems to be used interchangeably between generic minions of King Koopa and a core group consisting of King Koopa, Mouser, Tryclyde, and a single Koopa Troopa. On one occasion, they also went by Koopa Troopers and Team Koopa. In the show, all of the members (except for King Koopa) are somewhat unintelligent. In "Raiders of the Lost Mushroom," Mouser, Tryclyde, and Koopa Troopa said that stealing is wrong, which made King Koopa (or Kolonel von Koop as he was called) angrily hit them with a whip and say that bad guys are supposed to steal.

Yoshi franchise

Like in the mainline Mario platformers, the troop appears as the main enemies in the Yoshi sub-series and is led by Baby Bowser, who is cared for by Kamek. Kamek sends his Toadies to steal Baby Mario or the other babies from Yoshi and the other Yoshis as they adventure through Yoshi's Island to save Baby Luigi, and the Stork from the troop and help the baby brothers reunite with each other. The Yoshis also need to get them to their parents' house and help the stork in his baby delivering duties. The Yoshis and Yoshi himself defeated the troop through the use of eggs, while also jumping and ground-pounding on them. The composition of the troop follows somewhat different trends in the Yoshi franchise than the mainline Mario platformers. For example, Shy Guys appear as the most commonly encountered and basic enemy in the Koopa Troop instead of Goombas and Koopa Troopas.

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

During Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, Bowser's Keep is invaded by the Smithy Gang via Exor. By the time Bowser is met at Booster Tower, there are no more remaining Koopa Troopers by his side. He claims that Mario, Mallow, and Geno are active members when he joins the party (although it is heavily implied that he did this so he can avoid the humiliation of having to ask for their help).

Paper Mario series

The Koopa Troop plays varying roles in the Paper Mario franchise. In particular, during the events of the first game, Bowser dispatched the Koopa Troop to halt Mario's attempts at restoring the Star Spirits. Aside from this, they also engaged in some side-activities such as holding a game show, with Peach acting as a contestant, and one Goomba even managed to use the castle armory as a makeshift shop for Mario and his party. In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Bowser summons the Koopa Troop to confront the X-Nauts led by Lord Crump in Twilight Town, as the latter was trying to find the Superbombomb. This quickly turned largely to fighting over the Crystal Stars, however, with the conflict ending abruptly soon after; when the Superbombomb failed to detonate upon hitting Bowser, he then unleashed a plume of flame breath that inadvertently set it off and wiped out both sides.

In Super Paper Mario, Bowser gives a morale-raising speech as part of preparations to invade Peach's castle, completely unaware that she had already been abducted by an unknown third party until the Mario Bros. confront and accuse him of kidnapping her. However, neither he nor the rest of the troop could act on this information before the one responsible for her abduction, Count Bleck, proceeded to capture them as well as Luigi. The Koopa Troop later attended a "wedding" helmed by Count Bleck and his majordomo Nastasia, with Bowser eagerly wishing to marry Peach, while Peach was forced via hypnosis on Nastasia's part to accept the proposal. However, this turned out to have been done in order for Bleck to create the Chaos Heart to wipe out all existence due to grief. A Hammer Bro captain and Koopa Troopa named Private Koopa attempted to aid Peach in escaping while two Goombas (one named Gary) coerced Luigi into helping them escape; however, Nastasia thwarted the escape attempts by brainwashing the captain, Private, and Gary, while the other Goomba cowardly defected to her side. Although Peach ended up escaping due to unknown factors, Luigi was successfully brainwashed into becoming Mr. L by Nastasia. Bowser and presumably any Koopa Troop members who hadn't been brainwashed by Nastasia were then dispatched to The Bitlands, where they had a brief run-in with Mario and the escaped Peach. After being defeated in a brawl by his nemesis, Bowser agreed to aid Mario in stopping Count Bleck (as his plan of destroying all existence would obviously prevent any chance at Bowser conquering the world); he then had the Koopa Troop hold down the fort, although it was implied that they intended to use Bowser's departure to hold a party in his absence).

In Paper Mario: Sticker Star and Paper Mario: Color Splash, the Koopa Troop follow Bowser's orders, despite him being under the black paint's control in the latter game. However, the troops form a truce with Mario during Paper Mario: The Origami King, due to King Olly's plans threatening them both.

Mario & Luigi series

One of the Bowser Baddies

In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, a group of troops which Bowser dubs the Bowser Baddies man the Koopa Cruiser. Bowser mistakes Luigi as an eager recruit, and takes him along Mario's quest to reclaim Princess Peach's voice from the Beanbean Kingdom, but the Baddies and their King are swiftly dealt with by Cackletta and Fawful. After Cackletta possesses Bowser's body, she takes control of his castle and the Koopa Troop to destroy the Beanbean Kingdom, but the Mario Bros. stop her. The Nintendo 3DS remake of the game, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions, adds a story mode that focuses exclusively on Bowser's troops. In it, they are dubbed Bowser's Minions in the English localization. During this story mode, the troops, led by Captain Goomba, set out to reunite and recruit all the troop members, and eventually rescue Bowser. The remake also shows that Bowletta duped the Koopa Troop, including the Koopalings, into fighting for her and impeding the Mario Bros. by faking Bowser's return.

In Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, the crew of the Koopa Cruiser make a second appearance, albeit in the past, as Baby Bowser has the Cruiser pick up the adult and baby Mario brothers after their inital loss to the Shroobs.

In Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, the Koopa Troop is shown to be split into different divisions (the Goomba unit, the Shy Guy unit, the Koopa unit, the Bob-omb unit and the Magikoopa unit), as evidenced when Fawful shows Bowser his captured soldiers. As Bowser rescues his soldiers, he is able to use them as Brawl Attacks, for example, using a squadron of Shy Guys to sling Bowser forward to the enemy. The remake of this game once again features a story mode where the minions are controlled, this time led by Bowser Jr., who sets out to cure the Koopa Troop of their own case of the blorbs in Bowser's absence.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Koopa Troop forms part of the Subspace Army, commanded by Bowser, Ganondorf, and Wario. Although the group is led by Master Hand, it is later revealed that he is being used by Tabuu in order to trick the three commanders into enveloping the World of Trophies into Subspace.

Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition

In Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition, some members of the Koopa Troop, especially those accidentally trapped inside Baddie Blocks, fight alongside Mario and Luigi to stop Bowser from abusing the power of the Orbs.

Profiles

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

  • North American website bio: As if Bowser wasn’t bad enough! Now Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings are on the move, and they’ll use every dirty trick in the book to stop Mario and his friends from reaching Princess Peach’s castle!

Game appearances

Title Release date System/format
Super Mario Bros. 1985 NES
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels 1986 FDS
Super Mario Bros. 3 1988 NES
Super Mario World 1990 SNES
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 1995 SNES
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 1996 SNES
Super Mario 64 1996 N64
Yoshi's Story 1998 N64
Paper Mario 2000 N64
Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 2001 GBA
Super Mario Sunshine 2002 GCN
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 2002 GBA
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 2003 GBA
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga 2003 GBA
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 2004 GCN
Super Mario 64 DS 2004 DS
Super Princess Peach 2005 DS
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time 2005 DS
New Super Mario Bros. 2006 DS
Yoshi's Island DS 2006 DS
Super Paper Mario 2007 Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2007 Wii
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 2008 Wii
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 2009 DS
New Super Mario Bros. Wii 2009 Wii
Super Mario Galaxy 2 2010 Wii
Super Mario 3D Land 2011 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. 2 2012 3DS
Paper Mario: Sticker Star 2012 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. U 2012 Wii U
New Super Luigi U 2013 Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team 2013 3DS
Super Mario 3D World 2013 Wii U
Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros Edition 2015 3DS
Super Mario Maker 2015 Wii U
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam 2015 3DS
Paper Mario: Color Splash 2016 Wii U
Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS 2016 3DS
Super Mario Run 2016 iOS/Android
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions 2017 3DS
Super Mario Odyssey 2017 Nintendo Switch
Mario Party: The Top 100 2017 3DS
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey 2018 3DS
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe 2019 Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Maker 2 2019 Nintendo Switch
Paper Mario: The Origami King 2020 Nintendo Switch
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope 2022 Nintendo Switch

Gallery

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese クッパ軍団
Kuppa-gundan
クッパ軍[3][4] (Super Mario 3D Land / Super Mario 3D World)
Kuppa-gun
Bowser Corps

Bowser Army
Chinese (Simplified) 酷霸王军队[5] (Super Mario 64)
Kùbàwáng Jūnduì
喏库军团[6] (Paper Mario)
Nuòkù Jūntuán
酷霸王军团
Kùbàwáng Jūntuán
酷霸王军[7] (Super Mario 3D Land / Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury)
Kùbàwáng Jūn
Bowser Army

Koopa Corps

Bowser Corps

Bowser Army
Chinese (Traditional) 庫巴大軍[8] (Super Mario 3D Land)
Kùbā Dàjūn
庫巴軍團
Kùbā Jūntuán
Bowser Army

Bowser Corps
French L'armée de Bowser Bowser's Army
Italian Truppa Koopa
Scagnozzi di Bowser
Koopa Troop
Bowser's Minions
Korean 쿠파 군단
Kupa Gundan
Koopa (Bowser) Corps
Romanian Kooper Troopers (KidsCo promo for the DiC Mario cartoons; described as "King Kooper's helpers" without explicit relation to only Koopa Troopas) Kooper Troopers
Spanish Ejército de Bowser
La Tropa Koopa
Bowser army
The Koopa Troop
Spanish (Americas) Gran Armada Koopa
Esbirros de Bowser
Great Koopa Army
Bowser's henchmen
Spanish (Europe) (La) gran armada Koopa (The) great Koopa army
Swedish Koopatruppen The Koopa troop

See also

References

  1. ^ "The great and beloved king of the Minions! Father of Bowser Jr. He possesses more charisma and destructive power than a trillion Marios." - description of Bowser (Melee) from Bowser Jr.'s Journey from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
  2. ^ Play Nintendo (May 14, 2022). Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury – GET THEM GOOMBAS! 💪🍄 | @Play Nintendo. YouTube. Retrieved May 30, 2022. "[Goombas] are loyal members of Team Bowser." (Screen captureMedia:YT Play Nintendo 2022-05-14 screencap Team Bowser.png.)
  3. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/arej/adventure/index.html
  4. ^ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/ardj/map/index.html
  5. ^ Official Chinese website for Super Mario 64. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
  6. ^ From iQue's localization of Paper Mario: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av75169038 (61:20)
  7. ^ Official simplified Chinese website for Super Mario 3D Land
  8. ^ Official traditional Chinese website for Super Mario 3D Land