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{{about|the ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]'' character|the [[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]] character|[[King K. Rool]]}}
|image=[[Image:KP_Koopa.PNG{{!}}150px]]
{{character infobox
|full_name=KP Pete
|image=[[File:TTYDNS KP Koopa Sprite.png|100px]]<br> Sprite from ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' (Nintendo Switch)
|first_appearance=''[[Paper Mario: Thousand-Year Door]]'' (2004)
|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]]
|species=[[KP Koopa]]
|affiliation=[[Glitz Pit]], [[Mario]]
}}
}}
{{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}}
{{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.


'''KP Pete''', better known by his pseudonym of '''King K''', is a [[KP Koopa]] who fights at the [[Glitz Pit]] in ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]''. He leads the fighting group called the "[[KP Koopas]]", a.k.a. the "Shell Machines of Doom".
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.


He befriended [[Mario]] when he first entered the [[Glitz Pit]] and taught him the ways of the place. Mario easily beat him in battle as he was the second opponent he faced; later, when Mario had to replay the Glitz Pit, he beat King K's team again. As Mario rose to the top of the rankings King K told Mario he was going to retire after one last battle for safety reasons. Unfortunately after that last battle he ran into [[Grubba]] while he was powering up. Grubba absorbed his power and threw him under a block. When Mario found him, King K could hardly talk, but he managed to warn Mario about Grubba before falling silent. It was believed that he died but he was seen with everyone else after Grubba was defeated, and said goodbye to Mario.
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.


==Stats==
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.
*'''HP:''' 4
===Enemy Statistics===
*'''Attack:''' 2
====GameCube====
*'''Defense:''' 1
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door bestiary|transcludesection=KP Koopa|align=horizontal|image=[[File:KP Koopa TTYD.png]]}}
*'''Location:''' [[Glitzville]]
*'''Tattle Log:''' A Koopa warrior that battles at the Glitz Pit in Glitzville. It may be a different color than your average Koopa Troopa, but its abilities are the same.
*'''Tattle:''' That's a KP Koopa. It's a Koopa Troopa of a slightly different color. Looks like its abilities are just like any Koopa... So he oughta be a piece of cake! Don't go easy just because you know King K, Mario... That's what friends are for!


==Names in Other Languages==
====Nintendo Switch====
{{Foreignname|
{{:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) bestiary|transcludesection=KP Koopa|align=horizontal}}
 
===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>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Glitzpitminorroom.png|King K in the Minor League locker room
KP Koopas.png|King K and the KP Koopas
PMTTYD NS Screenshot of Glitzville Shadow Queen Cutscene.png|King K with the Gold Star in Glitzville in the remake
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マイケル
|Jap=マイケル
|JapR=Maikeru
|JapR=Maikeru
|JapM=Michael
|JapM=Michael
|Fra=Kevin
|ChiS=迈克尔
|FraM=-
|ChiSR=Màikè'ěr
|ChiSM=Michael
|ChiT=麥可
|ChiTR=Màikě
|ChiTM=Michael
|Dut=K-Cool
|Dut2=Koos Schild
|Dut2M=Koo's Shell
|Fre=Kevin
|Ger=Marono
|GerM=Masculine form of ''marone'' ("chestnut")
|Ita=Macho Koopa
|Kor=마이클
|KorR=Maikeul
|KorM=Michael
|Spa=Macho Koopa
|Spa=Macho Koopa
|SpaM=-
}}
|Ger=Marono
|GerM=}}
 
==Trivia==
*On [http://www.papermario.com/launch/index.html the ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' website] depicts what would appear to be King K (who simply states that his name is "K.P.") as a trash-talking red-shelled Koopa Troopa.
*He has a crush on "[[Jolene|The cutie at the watering hole]]."
*King K talks like an African American stereotype.
*Strangely, he 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.
<br clear=all>
{{PM2}}
{{Koopa Troopas}}
{{Koopa Troopas}}
{{PMTTYD}}
[[Category:Koopa Troopas]]
[[Category:Allies]]
[[Category:Allies]]
[[Category:Glitzville Denizens]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door characters]]
[[Category:Paper Mario Series Characters]]
[[de:Marono]]
[[Category:Koopas]]
[[it:Macho Koopa]]
[[Category:Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door]]

Latest revision as of 20:37, November 30, 2024

This article is about the Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door character. For the Donkey Kong character, see King K. Rool.
King K
Sprite of a KP Koopa from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Sprite from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Species KP Koopa
First appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)
“Meet my peeps, 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 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[edit]

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 new menu item or the "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 email, in which he states that he is keeping himself busy in the Glitz Pit.

In the 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[edit]

GameCube[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
KP Koopa
A KP Koopa from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Max HP 4 Attack 2 Defense 1
Location(s) Glitz Pit Role Common Level 8
Sleep? 85% Dizzy? 80% Confuse? 80%
Tiny? 95% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 80% Fright? 85%
Gale Force? 80% KO? 100% Moves Shell Toss (2), Flail (N/A), Get Up (Stops Being Flipped)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items None
Tattle Log #:
12
Log A Koopa warrior that battles at the Glitz Pit in Glitzville. It may be a different color than your average Koopa Troopa, but its abilities are the same.
Tattle That's a KP Koopa. It's a Koopa Troopa of a slightly different color. Max HP is 4, Attack is 2, and Defense is 1. Looks like its abilities are just like any Koopa... So he oughta be a piece of cake! Don't go easy just because you know King K, Mario... That's what friends are for!

Nintendo Switch[edit]

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door enemy
KP Koopa
Sprite of a KP Koopa from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) Max HP 4 Attack 2 Defense 1
Location(s) Glitz Pit Role Common Level 8
Sleep? 85% Dizzy? 80% Confuse? 80%
Tiny? 95% Stop? 90% Soft? 95%
Burn? 100% Freeze? 80% Fright? 85%
Gale Force? 80% KO? 100% Moves Shell Toss (2), Flail (N/A), Get Up (Stops Being Flipped)
Exp. points 0 Coins 1 - 2 Items None
Tattle Log #:
13
Log A Koopa warrior that battles at the Glitz Pit in Glitzville. It may be a different color than your average Koopa, but its abilities are the same.
Tattle That's a KP Koopa. It's a Koopa Troopa of a slightly different color. Max HP is 4, Attack is 2, and Defense is 1. Looks like its abilities are just like any Koopa... So he oughta be a piece of cake! Don't go easy just because you know King K, Mario... That's what friends are for!

Field Tattle[edit]

  • "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[edit]

'Sup, dog? (GCN) / 'Sup, Gonzales? (Switch)
An attached image of King K from the Mailbox SP in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
An attached image of King K (with another KP Koopa and Jolene) in his email to Mario (GCN)
One of the images attached with an email in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)
Attached image (Switch)

Yo, G-money! It's me, King K! Your homey from the Glitz Pit! (GCN)

Yo, G-money! It's me, King K! Your bud from the Glitz Pit! (Switch)

I KNOW you remember me, dog! How you doin'? What, you off KO'in fools lef an' right somewhere else? (GCN)
I KNOW you remember me! How you doin'? What, you off KO'ing fools left and right somewhere else? (Switch)

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)
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)

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)
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)

Keep it real, King K (GCN) / Keep it real,

-King K (Switch)

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese マイケル[?]
Maikeru
Michael
Chinese (simplified) 迈克尔[?]
Màikè'ěr
Michael
Chinese (traditional) 麥可[?]
Màikě
Michael
Dutch K-Cool[?] -
Koos Schild[?] Koo's Shell
French Kevin[?] -
German Marono[?] Masculine form of marone ("chestnut")
Italian Macho Koopa[?] -
Korean 마이클[?]
Maikeul
Michael
Spanish Macho Koopa[?] -