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. Like normal Koopa Troopas, they are rendered temporarily helpless if knocked onto their backs.

===''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]].

==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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[[it:Tetrakoopa]]