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Electro-Koopa
A Blue Electrokoopa from Super Mario Sunshine.
First appearance Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Latest appearance Super Mario 3D All-Stars (2020)
Variant of Koopa Troopa
Relatives
Comparable
Notable members
“Please be careful of the Electro-Koopas around the park...”
Noki, Super Mario Sunshine

Electro-Koopas are quadruped Koopa Troopas with electric-spiked shells that primarily infest Pinna Park in Super Mario Sunshine. They are divided between a smaller-but-aggressive blue type and a larger-but-predictable red type.

Blue Electrokoopas[1] are found wandering the park grounds, becoming more and more common in later missions, but they can also appear in the King Boo fight at Hotel Delfino on Sirena Beach. Blue Electrokoopas throw their shells at Mario, which can electrocute him and remove a portion of his health. The shell returns to the Blue Electrokoopa like a boomerang. To defeat them, Mario can either stomp them once they are exposed after throwing their shells, or spray them with water to distract them and thus make them vulnerable to their own shell. A defeated Blue Electrokoopa releases one coin when jumped on, but it drops more coins (with the exact number varying by the episode) if it gets electrocuted by its own shell. If a Blue Electrokoopa throws its shell over a cliff, thus preventing it from returning, the shell disappears after a few moments, but the Blue Electrokoopa spontaneously grows a new one. Similarly, the shell will be destroyed if it lands in water, though it still takes some time before the Blue Electrokoopa replaces it.

Red Electrokoopas[2] instead climb on fences, making slow back-and-forth movements with pauses in between. To defeat Red Electrokoopas, Mario must kick, punch, or Ground Pound them from the other side of the fence or below them. When this happens, they fly off. Spraying them simply causes them to grunt annoyedly and bristle. They will shock Mario if he touches them, although they damage Mario by the shock and not by knocking him out of the metal fence, unlike a Klamber. As they climb, a squeaking noise can be heard; it is unknown if they produce the noise or if it is merely the grating they are walking upon creaking. Red Electrokoopas only appear in three missions and are also mostly found in Pinna Park. In Pinna Park in Episode 3, Red Coins of the Pirate Ships, they climb fences above the rides, and in Episode 5, The Runaway Ferris Wheel, they climb behind the Ferris Wheel to guard the Electro-Koopa King, a giant green one. Additionally, they appear in Pianta Village in Episode 3, The Goopy Inferno, where they climb on the fences of the village underside along with the more aggressive Klambers.

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Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Sunshine dennoko[3] Dennoko From「電気」(denki, electric) and「ノコノコ」(Nokonoko, Koopa Troopa); blue
Super Mario Sunshine aminoko[4] Aminoko Abbreviation of Kana-ami Nokonoko; red

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese デンキノコノコ
Denki Nokonoko
Electric Koopa Troopa
デンキノコノコ<青>[5] / デンキノコノコ(青)[6]
Denki Nokonoko (Ao)
Electric Koopa Troopa (blue)
デンキノコノコ<赤>[5] / デンキノコノコ(赤)[6]
Denki Nokonoko (Aka)
Electric Koopa Troopa (red)
German Elektro-Koopa
Elektro-Koopa (blau)
Elektro-Koopa (rot)
Elektro-Koopa
Electro Koopa (blue)
Electric Koopa (red)
Italian Elettrokoopa Blu[1]
Elettro Koopa blu[7]
Elettrokoopa Rosso[2]
Elettro Koopa rosso[7]
Blue Electrokoopa

Red Electrokoopa

References

  1. ^ a b Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 96.
  2. ^ a b Hodgson, David S J, Bryan Stratton, and Stephen Stratton. Super Mario Sunshine Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 20.
  3. ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/pinnaParco0.szs/scene/dennoko
  4. ^ Super Mario Sunshine, internal filename root/data/scene/pinnaParco0.szs/scene/aminoko
  5. ^ a b Shogakukan. 「スーパーマリオサンシャイン任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (Super Mario Sunshine Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook). Page 20.
  6. ^ a b Shogakukan. 2015. Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook, Super Mario Sunshine section, page 99.
  7. ^ a b Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia; pag. 99