Editing Dark Koopatrol

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Dark Koopatrol.png|100px]]<br>Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' ([[List of games by date#2004|2004]])
|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=[[Koopatrol]]
|notable=[[The Koopinator]]
}}

{{about|the enemies from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''|the enemies from ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' with the same name|[[Dark Koopatrol (Super Paper Mario)]]}}
The '''Dark Koopatrol''', sometimes abbreviated as '''D. Koopatrol''', is the stronger version of the [[Koopatrol]] and the strongest type of [[Koopa Troopa|Koopa]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|Nintendo Switch remake]]. The Dark Koopatrol is one of the most powerful enemies in the game, with a very high amount of HP and Attack. They wear a spiky metallic helmet to prevent being [[jump]]ed on. Much like the [[Dark Craw]], the first Dark Koopatrol encountered, named [[The Koopinator]], is found in the [[Glitz Pit]]. He is the last fighter [[Mario]] must defeat before his battle with [[Rawk Hawk]].

Dark Koopatrols have similar attacks to ordinary Koopatrols, though they are unable to summon reinforcements or retreat into their shells. They retain Koopatrols' helmet spike charge attack as well as their shell attack, which hits both Mario and his partner much like the [[Power Shell]] move. Each of these attacks deals 5 damage. They can also become [[Charged]], increasing the damage of their next attack by 5. Like regular Koopatrols, Dark Koopatrols can be flipped over by a ground-shaking attack such as [[Quake Hammer]] or if Mario jumps on one while wearing the [[Spike Shield]] badge, reducing their defense to 0, and they must struggle for one turn before standing up when flipped over.

While Dark Koopa Koopatrols slide toward Mario in their shells as a [[First Strike]] in the overworld, they actually use their helmet spike charge attack instead once the battle begins, if it hits. 

Dark Koopatrols have the game's highest [[Heart Point|HP]] of all non-boss enemies in the game.

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

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=トゲノコエース
|JpnR=Togenoko Ēsu
|JpnM=Koopatrol Ace (shared with [[The Koopinator]]'s ring name)
|ChiS=尖刺慢慢龟王牌
|ChiSR=Jiāncì Màn Man Guī Wángpái
|ChiSM=Koopatrol Ace (shared with The Koopinator's ring name)
|ChiT=尖刺慢慢龜王牌
|ChiTR=Jiāncì Màn Man Guī Wángpái
|ChiTM=Koopatrol Ace (shared with The Koopinator's ring name)
|Fre=Koopatrélite
|FreM=Portmanteau of ''Koopatrouille'' (translation of "Koopatrol") and "elite" (shared with The Koopinator)
|Ger=Ass-Koopatrouille
|GerM=Ace Koopatrol (shared with The Koopinator)
|Ita=Kooparmato
|Ita2=Kooparmato scelto
|Ita2N=remake
|ItaM=Koopatrol
|Ita2M=Chosen Koopatrol
|Kor=가시엉금에이스
|KorR=Gasi Eonggeum Eiseu
|KorM=Koopatrol Ace (shared with The Koopinator's ring name)
|Spa=Koopatrullero Oscuro
|SpaM=Dark Koopatrol
}}

==Notes==
*Although the Tattle Log states Dark Koopatrols are elite members of the [[Koopa (species)|Koopa clan]], the only Dark Koopatrols are found independently in the Glitz Pit and the [[Pit of 100 Trials (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)|Pit of 100 Trials]] and do not appear to be affiliated with [[Bowser]]'s [[Bowser's Minions|army]] like normal Koopatrols.
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