Koopie Koo

Koopie Koo
Species	Koopa Troopa
First appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004)
Latest appearance	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch) (2024)

“Koops... You're OK, right? You promised me you'd come back OK...”

—Koopie Koo, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

Koopie Koo is Koops' girlfriend. She appears in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Koopie Koo pleads Koops not to join Mario's team and go slay Hooktail to avenge his father, Koopley, but Koops is adamant about his plans. She loves Koops no matter what; he need not prove anything to her in the game. She adores him despite the fact that he is weak, but Koops wants to change and become a hero. She becomes so mad that she withdraws into her shell, and fires herself at Mario and Koops. However, she consents to his leaving for the journey. After Koops leaves Petalburg with Mario, she waits for Koops to return home as a stronger Koopa. She has a tendency to be somewhat overprotective of him at certain times, similar to Lakilulu from Paper Mario.

Later in Mario's adventure, he receives an e-mail from Koopie Koo, who expresses her loneliness without Koops and how an odor from Koopley, presumably from spending years in Hooktail's belly, is grossing her out. She is also the answer to a question of the X-Naut Fortress Thwomp, who asks the name of the girl in Petalburg who is waiting patiently for Koops to return. At the end of the game, Goombella e-mails Mario and mentions that Koopie Koo is living peacefully in Petalburg with Koops, who wants to become the new mayor. She also mentions that even though Koops has become more mature, Koopie Koo still has him wrapped around her little finger.

E-mail

Miss you!

An attached image of Koopie Koo in her e-mail to Mario

Dear Mario and Koops,
I hope you two are doing OK. I have to admit, with Koops gone, I haven't been doing very well.

I get lonely, and I go into Koops's house, and I smell that Koops smell. I guess it's your cologne or whatever, but it makes me so sad...

I'd gotten used to your smell, Koops...Oh! And the thing is, your dad, Koopley, has his own smell, and it's...weird. I think maybe it's the smell of Hooktail's gut. That's...disgusting.

Now I grossed myself out. Oh, and since he's gonna be my dad, too, someday, I'd better get used to that smell, huh? ...Oh! What am I writing? I'm so embarrassed...but I'm sending this anyway! Hee hee hee!

Love, Koopie Koo

Tattle

• "That's Koopie Koo, a local Petalburger. She seems to be Koops's girlfriend. Gosh, she's really cute...and she seems to have a good head on her, too. (GCN) / Gosh, she's really cute...She has a good head on her shoulders, too. (Switch) Thing is, because she's smart, she kinda mothers Koops a little bit... I guess it's a complicated relationship. But then again, what relationship isn't?"

Gallery

• 

  In-game sprite

• 

  Koopie Koo confronting Koops and his decision to join Mario.

• 

  Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo Switch)

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ノコリン[?] Nokorin	Portmanteau of「ノコノコ」(Nokonoko, "Koopa Troopa") and the Japanese feminine name ending「~リン」(-rin)
Chinese	慢慢琳[?] Mànmànlín	Portmanteau of "慢慢龟/慢慢龜" (Mànmàn Gūi, "Koopa Troopa") and the Chinese feminine name ending "琳" (lín)
Dutch	Koopiëtte[?]	Portmanteau of "Koopa" and female names like "Henriëtte" or "Mariëtte"
French	Koopline[?]	Portmanteau of "Koopa" and the common girl's name "Madeline"
German	Koopine[?]	Portmanteau of "Koopa" and the female name "Sabine"
Italian	Koopamela[?]	Portmanteau of "Koopa" and the female name "Pamela"
Korean	엉금순이[?] Eonggeum-suni	Portmanteau of "엉금엉금" (Eonggeum-eonggeum, "Koopa Troopa") and the Korean feminine name ending "순이" (suni)
Spanish	Koopatricia[?]	Portmanteau of "Koopa" and the common girl's name "Patricia"

Trivia

• Koopie Koo can be seen in the Paper Game of the Pianta Parlor.
• Koopie Koo is one of the few Koopa Troopas to have a full head of hair.