Terrapin
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| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) | ||
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) | ||
| Variant of | Koopa Troopa | ||
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Terrapins are armored, green-shelled Koopa Troopas that appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its remake. In the game, they are the weakest soldiers in Bowser's Minions, even weaker than a Goomba. In Marrymore, a type called Torte acts as a chef, and a similar, stronger enemy is the red-shelled Terra Cotta. The word "terrapin" is an ambiguous term referring to turtles, which Koopas are quite similar to.
Terrapins fight solo or in groups of two to four and attack their opponents by punching, which does not do much damage. They patrol the halls of Bowser's Keep in search of intruders, and appear mostly in the very beginning of the game, before Exor crashes into Bowser's Keep. They have 10 HP and 1 attack power, and 8 defense. In the original game, Mario gains no Exp. pts. for defeating them, though they do give 1 EXP in the remake.
Later in the game at Rose Way, a platoon of Terrapins led by one named Jagger is seen with Bowser. After this group deserts, Jagger is later found in Monstro Town, training under Jinx to become strong enough to help Bowser again.
While unclear in the SNES version, the remake depicts the hammer-holding statues decorating the halls of Bowser's Keep as Terrapins, despite them not wielding hammers in battle.
Profiles and statistics[edit]
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[edit]
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Terrapin | |||||||||
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HP | 10 | FP | 100 | Speed | 10 | |||
| Location(s) | Bowser's Keep (first visit) | Attack | 1 | Magic attack | 0 | ||||
| Role | Common | Defense | 8 | Magic defense | 1 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | None | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | None | ||||
| Evade | 0% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | None | ||||
| Weak | None | Strong | None | Sp. attacks | None | ||||
| Coins | 0 | Exp. points | 0 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "Yo! What's going on?[1]" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)[edit]
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Terrapin | |||||||||
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HP | 10 | Weak Elements | N/A | Drops | N/A | |||
| Exp. | 1 | Weak Statuses |    
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Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Bowser's Keep | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | Guards in Bowser's Keep who are far too weak. Their helmets limit their vision, so they simply throw punches at random and hope for a lucky hit. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "'Sup! I'm a Terrapin! I wish my gramps could see me now!" | ||||||||
| Animations | *Physical attack | ||||||||
- Monster List profile in other languages:
- Japanese:
あまりにも弱 すぎるクッパ城 の衛兵 。ヘルメットのせいで前 がよく見 えず、カンでてきとうにパンチをだしている。
(Translation: Guards of Bowser's Keep who are too weak. Their helmets make it hard for them to see what's in front of them, so they punch at random based on intuition.)
- Japanese:
Gallery[edit]
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | ノコへい[?] Nokohei |
Portmanteau of「ノコノコ」(Nokonoko, "Koopa Troopa") and「兵」(hei, "soldier") | |
| Chinese | 慢慢兵[?] Mànmàn Bīng |
Koopa Soldier | |
| Dutch | Koopa-wachter[?] | Koopa Guard | |
| French | Koopatrouilleur[?] | Portmanteau of "Koopa" and patrouilleur ("patrolman") | |
| German | Schildkadett[?] | Shield Cadet | |
| Italian | Koopa soldato[2] | Soldier Koopa | |
| Korean | 엉금병[?] Eonggeum Byeong |
Portmanteau of "엉금엉금" (Eonggeum-eonggeum, "Koopa Troopa") and "병" (byeong, "soldier") | |
| Spanish | Koopa recluta[?] | Recruit Koopa |
Trivia[edit]
- Terrapin's thought in the Japanese version references two of Son Goku's catchphrases in the 1986 anime adaptation of Dragon Ball.[3] While the reference is absent in the English translation of the SNES release, it is restored in the equivalent version of the Nintendo Switch remake.
Notes[edit]
- ^ This thought is present within the game's coding, but because Mallow is not available at this point in the game, it goes unused. Through hacking methods, it can be seen.
- ^ RoundTwo (November 2, 2023). SUPER MARIO RPG: UN REMAKE PREZIOSO | ANTEPRIMA. YouTube (Italian). Retrieved November 3, 2023.
- ^ Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG. Legends of Localization. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
