Editing King K

{{about|the ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' character|the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]] character|[[King K. Rool]]}}
{{character infobox
|image=[[File:KP Koopa TTYD.png|100px]]
|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]])
|species=[[KP Koopa]]
}}
{{quote|Meet my peeps, [[Mario|Gonzales]]! I told you we were gonna square off, and now it's ON!|King K|Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door}}
'''King K''', also known as '''KP Pete''', is a [[KP Koopa]] who fights in the Minor League of the [[Glitz Pit]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' and its [[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)|remake]]. He is the leader of a team called "[[The KP Koopas]]", also referred to as "The Shell Machines of Doom".
==''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door''==
King K introduces himself and the rest of the Minor League fighters to Mario after the latter's fight against [[The Goomba Bros.]] Throughout Mario's stay in the Minor League, King K gives Mario advice and informs him of any recent occurrences, such as the [[Hot Dog Stand]] getting a [[List of implied items#Southern Fried Egg Dog of Tastiness|new menu item]] or the "[[Jolene|STUNNIN' babe]] havin' a juice
at the [[Fresh Juice Shop]]". King K disappears from the locker room after Mario's fight with [[The Bob-omb Squad]], having previously told Mario that he was thinking about retiring.

However, King K had actually had his energy drained by [[Grubba]]'s [[power-draining machine]], and Mario later finds him in an unresponsive state behind a block in the second floor of the Glitz Pit's storage room. The KP Koopas are replaced by [[Wings of Night]] during the time King K is absent. King K recovers after [[Macho Grubba]]'s defeat, and can be fought again should the player choose to return to the Glitz Pit.

Later, King K sends Mario an [[Mailbox SP#King K: 'Sup, dog?|email]], in which he states that he is keeping himself busy in the Glitz Pit.

In the [[Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] version, King K is not shown among those at Glitzville while Mario is fighting the [[Shadow Queen]]. However, his voice can be heard when the scene cuts back to the battle. [[Shellshock]] is present, though, and talks like King K, so it is likely that it was intended to be him, but the sprites were mixed up. In the remake, this error was fixed and King K is the one present for the scene.
===Enemy Statistics===
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=KP Koopa|align=horizontal|image=[[File:KP Koopa TTYD.png]]}}

===Field Tattle===
*"''That's King K, a fighter. His shell's yellow, but I think he's just a basic Koopa. He seems like a genuinely good guy, Mario. Plus, I dig the way he talks!''"
[[Goombella]] has an alternate [[tattle]] for King K when Mario finds him unresponsive in a storage room of Glitz Pit.
*"''Awww, poor King K! What happened here?!?''"

===Email===
;'Sup, dog? (GCN) / 'Sup, Gonzales? (Switch)
[[File:PMTTYD KingK Mail.png|thumb|An attached image of King K (with another KP Koopa and [[Jolene]]) in his email to Mario (GCN)]]
[[File:PMTTYDNS KingK Mail.png|thumb|Attached image (Switch)]]
<blockquote>Yo, G-money! It's me, King K! Your homey from the [[Glitz Pit]]! (GCN)<br>
Yo, G-money! It's me, King K! Your bud from the Glitz Pit! (Switch)<br>
<br>
I KNOW you remember me, dog! How you doin'? What, you off KO'in fools lef an' right somewhere else? (GCN)<br>
I KNOW you remember me! How you doin'? What, you off KO'ing fools left and right somewhere else? (Switch)<br>
<br>
I'm still livin' large in the minor league, but I'm keepin' busy, you know how it is. I gotta thank you again for convincin' me to stay, dog. You fired me up good! (GCN)<br>
I'm still livin' large in the minor league, but I'm keepin' busy. You know how it is. I gotta thank you again for convincin' me to stay. You fired me up good! (Switch)<br>
<br>
So, are we ever gonna chill again, or what? Or are we just gonna meet in the ring? Careful, dog: next time you front on the King K, I'm gonna be way, way, way, way, way, way, way, WAYYYY BETTER! (GCN)<br>
So, are we ever gonna chill again or what? Or are we just gonna meet in the ring? Careful—next time you front on the King K, I'm gonna be way, way, way, way, way, way, way, WAYYYY BETTER! (Switch)<br>
<br>
Keep it real, King K (GCN) /
Keep it real,<br>
-King K (Switch)</blockquote>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マイケル
|JapR=Maikeru
|JapM=Michael
|ChiS=迈克尔
|ChiSR=Màikè'ěr
|ChiSM=Michael
|ChiT=麥可
|ChiTR=Màikě
|ChiTM=Michael
|Dut=K-Cool
|DutM=
|Dut2=Koos Schild
|Dut2M=
|Fre=Kevin
|Ger=Marono
|GerM=Masculine form of ''marone'' ("chestnut")
|Ita=Macho Koopa
|Kor=마이클
|KorR=Maikeul
|KorM=Michael
|Spa=Macho Koopa
}}
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