Editing Dark Koopa

{{about|the enemy from [[Paper Mario]] and [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]|the enemy from [[Super Paper Mario]] with the same name|[[Dark Koopa (Super Paper Mario)]]}}
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:TTYDNS Dark Koopa Sprite.png|100px]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario]]'' ([[List of games by date#2000|2000]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2024|2024]])
|variant_of=[[Koopa Troopa]]
|variants=[[Dark Paratroopa]]
|comparable=[[Dark Koopa (Super Paper Mario)|Dark Koopa (''Super Paper Mario'')]]<br>[[Dark Koopatrol]]
}}
'''Dark Koopas''' are strong, purple-shelled [[Koopa Troopa]]s that live in dark places underground. They appear in the first two games of the ''[[Paper Mario (series)|Paper Mario]]'' series.
==History==
===''Paper Mario''===
Dark Koopas debut in ''[[Paper Mario]]'', appearing solely in [[Toad Town Tunnels]] like the [[Gloomba]] family. They attack using stronger versions of normal Koopa Troopas' attacks. Additionally, sometimes while idling they will grin, jog in place, and occasionally spin around, signaling that they are preparing a special attack that can make [[Mario]] [[dizzy]]. They sometimes perform this for multiple consecutive turns, thus leaving Mario stuck and requiring his partner to attack.

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
Dark Koopas reappear in the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]], appearing in floors 31-39. They are even stronger than before, but can no longer use their dizziness-causing attack. In ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', this role is given to a pitch-black, shadowy Koopa also called [[Dark Koopa (Super Paper Mario)|Dark Koopa]], which appears in the [[Flopside Pit of 100 Trials]].

==Profiles and statistics==
===''Paper Mario''===
{{:Paper Mario bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Koopa|image=[[File:PM Dark Koopa idle.gif]] [[File:PM Dark Koopa grin idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}

===''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''===
====GameCube====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Koopa|align=horizontal|image=[[File:Purple Koopa troopa.png]]}}
====Nintendo Switch====
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=Dark Koopa|align=horizontal}}

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=ヤミノコノコ
|JpnR={{nw|Yami Nokonoko}}
|JpnM=Dark Koopa Troopa
|ChiS=黑暗诺库
|ChiSN=''Paper Mario''
|ChiSR=Hēiàn Nuòkù
|ChiSM=Dark Koopa
|ChiS2=黑暗慢慢龟
|ChiS2N=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|ChiS2R=Hēiàn Mànmàn Guī
|ChiS2M=Dark Koopa Troopa
|ChiT=黑暗慢慢龜
|ChiTN=''The Thousand-Year Door'' remake
|ChiTR=Hēiàn Mànmàn Guī
|ChiTM=Dark Koopa Troopa
|Fre=Dark Koopa
|Ger=Fies-Koopa
|GerM=Mean Koopa
|Ita=Tetrakoopa
|ItaM=Shady Koopa
|Kor=어둠엉금엉금
|KorR=Eodum Eonggeum-eonggeum
|KorM=Dark Koopa Troopa
|Spa=Koopa Oscuro
|SpaM=Dark Koopa
}}
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[[Category:Koopa Troopas]]
[[Category:Paper Mario enemies]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemies]]
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