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{{species infobox
{{smrpgenemy|
|image=[[File:SMRPG NS Terrapin.png|140px]]
|image = [[Image:terrapin2.jpg|200px]]
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#1996|1996]])
|name = Terrapin
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2023|2023]])
|location = [[Bowser's Keep]]
|variant_of=[[Koopa Troopa]]
|hp = 10
|variants=[[Terra Cotta]]<br>[[Torte]]
|attack = 1
|comparable=[[Koopatrol]]
|defense = 8
|notable=[[Jagger]]
|mgattack = 0
|mgdefense = 1
|attacks = None
|strengths = None
|weaknesses = None
|itemdropped = None
|coinsdropped = 0
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|psychopath =  
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}}
'''Terrapins''' are armored, green-shelled [[Koopa Troopa]]s that appear in ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and its [[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|remake]]. In the game, they are the weakest soldiers in [[Koopa Troop|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 Castle|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 [[Heart Point|HP]] and 1 attack power, and 8 defense. In the original game, [[Mario]] gains no [[Experience Point|Exp. pts.]] for defeating them, though they do give 1 EXP in the remake.
'''Terrapins''' are armored [[Koopas]] with green shells and are one of the weakest minions in the [[Koopa Troop]], even weaker than the lowly [[Goomba]]. They attack their opponents by punching. (However, this does not do much damage.) Terrapins fight solo, or in groups of two to four. During the events of ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', Terrapins patrolled the halls of [[Bowser's Keep]] in search of intruders. A similar (and much stronger) enemy is the [[Terra Cotta]].


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.
Also, because when facing a Terrapin in battle, at this point of the game it is the prelude to the main part of the game and the battles are nothing more than practice for the new battle style in Super Mario RPG; therefore, their is no battle music (it stays as the Bowser's Keep theme) and you will not earn any EXP Points for the battle which also results in no victory music either. It should be noted, though, that even though it is the prelude portion of the game, Mario's HP and FP are still effected in these battles.


While unclear in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|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.
Terrapins are the precursors to the [[Koopatrol]]s of the ''[[Paper Mario (disambiguation)|Paper Mario'' series]]. However, Terrapins and Koopatrols themselves are very different from each other in stats, although their main purposes are identical in that they are both armor-clad Koopas who guard Bowser's Castle. Finally, it is worth noting that Terrapins are the most basic kind of Koopa Troopa to appear in ''Super Mario RPG''; no armorless Koopas appeared.
==Profiles and statistics==
===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars''===
{{:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars bestiary|transcludesection=Terrapin|image=[[File:SMRPG Terrapin idle.gif]]|align=horizontal}}


===''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
== Notable Terrapins ==
{{:Monster List|transcludesection=Terrapin}}
*[[Jagger]]
{{Multilang profile
*[[Chef Torte]]
|type=[[Monster List]] profile in other languages
*[[Chef Torte's Apprentice]]
|Jap=あまりにも{{ruby|弱|よわ}}すぎるクッパ{{ruby|城|じょう}}の{{ruby|衛兵|えいへい}}。ヘルメットのせいで{{ruby|前|まえ}}がよく{{ruby|見|み}}えず、カンでてきとうにパンチをだしている。
|JapM=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.
}}


==Gallery==
== Trivia ==
<gallery>
*The word "terrapin" is an ambiguous term referring to turtles, which Koopas are quite similar to.
Terrapin.jpg|''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]''
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
{{Koopa Troopas}}
{{foreign names
|Jap=ノコへい
|JapR=Nokohei
|JapM=Portmanteau of「ノコノコ」(''Nokonoko'', "[[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]]") and「兵」(''hei'', "soldier")
|Chi=慢慢兵
|ChiR=Mànmàn Bīng
|ChiM=Koopa Soldier
|Dut=Koopa-wachter
|DutM=Koopa Guard
|Fre=Koopatrouilleur
|FreM=Portmanteau of "Koopa" and ''patrouilleur'' ("patrolman")
|Ger=Schildkadett
|GerM=Shield Cadet
|Ita=Koopa soldato<ref>{{cite|author=RoundTwo|date=November 2, 2023|url=www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSjc2o4dzHQ|title=SUPER MARIO RPG: UN REMAKE PREZIOSO &#x7c; ANTEPRIMA|publisher=YouTube|language=it|accessdate=November 3, 2023}}</ref>
|ItaM=Soldier Koopa
|Kor=엉금병
|KorR=Eonggeum Byeong
|KorM=Portmanteau of "엉금엉금" (''Eonggeum-eonggeum'', "[[Koopa Troopa#Names in other languages|Koopa Troopa]]") and "병" (''byeong'', "soldier")
|Spa=Koopa recluta
|SpaM=Recruit Koopa
}}
 
==Trivia==
*Terrapin's [[Thought Peek|thought]] in the Japanese version references two of {{wp|Goku|Son Goku}}'s catchphrases in {{wp|Dragon Ball (TV series)|the 1986 anime adaptation}} of ''{{wp|Dragon Ball (manga)|Dragon Ball}}''.<ref>Clyde Mandelin (June 29, 2020). [https://legendsoflocalization.com/the-pop-culture-obsessed-monsters-in-japanese-super-mario-rpg/ The Pop Culture-Obsessed Monsters in Japanese Super Mario RPG]. ''Legends of Localization''. Retrieved July 31, 2021.</ref> 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==
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