Big Troopa

This article is about the Super Mario RPG enemy originally known as "Heavy Troopa". For for the giant version of standard Koopa Troopas, see Big Koopa Troopa.

Big Troopa
A Big Troopa from Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
First appearance	Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996)
Latest appearance	Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023)
Variant of	Big Koopa Paratroopa
Variants Grand Troopa

Template:Quote2 Big Troopas, originally known as Heavy Troopas, are giant Paratroopas that appear in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars and its Nintendo Switch remake. They appear in the sky portion of Bean Valley as well as inside Nimbus Castle during Valentina's occupation. They are notably one of the only large enemies to appear on the overworld, as they guard certain doors. Their only attack is launching themselves towards a party member, which takes two turns to prepare. Two different empty shells from them, called Lazy Shells, can be found, one as armor and another as a weapon. They are similar to Grand Troopas, to which the game also refers to as Heavy Troopas when it states "Heavy Troopa’s ready to launch;" in the remake, this is fixed by replacing "Heavy Troopa" with "The big guy" in the quote.

Profiles and statistics

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy
Heavy Troopa
	HP	250	FP	100	Speed	3
	Location(s)	The Vinery, Nimbus Castle	Attack	160	Magic attack	1
	Role	Common	Defense	100	Magic defense	50
	Bonus Flower	Defense Up! (80%)	Yoshi Cookie	Crystalline	Morph rate	25%
	Evade	2%	Magic evade	0%	Spells	None
	Weak	Jump	Strong	None	Sp. attacks	None
	Coins	4	Exp. points	32	Items	Crystalline (5%)
Psychopath	"I'll make ya beautiful!"

Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)

Super Mario RPG enemy
Big Troopa
	HP	250	Weak Elements		Drops	N/A
	Exp.	32	Weak Statuses		Rare Drops	N/A
	Found in	Beanstalk
	Monster List profile	In their downtime from serving in Bowser's Minions, they're in high demand as shell-wax models. Double-page spreads only, of course.
	Thought Peek	"Big is beautiful!"
	Animations

Gallery

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  Artwork, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

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  Idle sprite, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヒマンパタ[?] Himan Pata	Fat Paratroopa, possibly in reference to Sledge Bro
Chinese (simplified)	胖胖飞行龟[?] Pàng Pàng Fēixíng Guī	Fat Paratroopa
Chinese (traditional)	胖胖飛行龜[?] Pàng Pàng Fēixíng Guī	Fat Paratroopa
French	Paratroopa XL[?]	-
German	Jumbo-Parakoopa[?]	Jumbo Koopa Paratroopa
Italian	Paratroopa XL[?]	-
Korean	토실펄럭[?] Tosil Peolleok	Portmanteau of "토실토실" (tosiltosil, a Korean mimetic word for chubby) and "펄럭펄럭" (Peolleok-peolleok, Paratroopa)
Spanish	Paratroopón[?]	From "Paratroopa" and the augmentative suffix "-ón"

Trivia

• Big Troopas look similar to Heavy Para-Beetles from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The head in their artwork is also shaped exactly the same as that of the overfed Baby Fat, so it is likely the model for the head was reused for both entities in rendering.