Tutankoopa
- “You!! You ignored all those very scary warnings... Don't you have the common sense to get scared and run away?! What's wrong with you?!?!”
- —Tutankoopa, Paper Mario
Tutankoopa, is the boss of the Dry Dry Ruins and the guardian of Mamar the Star Spirit. He appears as a boss in the game Paper Mario. When Mario and his partners enter the Dry Dry Ruins Tutankoopa's voice can be heard warning them to run away. He continues to deliver such warnings as the heroes progress through the ruins, losing his cool and starting to shout frantically when they approach the Super Hammer.
Mario and co. finally reach the Koopa's room, where he summons a Chomp. He than continues to attack the heroes, by throwing rocks at them and by summoning the outline of an Incoming Chomp (mysteriously solid) to fall on them. At first he stands on a high ledge, so that he can only be hit by aerial attacks. However, after enough damage had been dealt he would goof up his Incoming Chomp spell and use it on himself, injuring him and making him fall to the ground, making him vulnerable to ground attacks.
After a long battle, the team is able to defeat the the Koopa pharaoh. He is then attacked by his own Chomps and chased out of the ruins.
In the ending parade of Paper Mario Tutankoopa can be seen, still being chased by his Chomps.
Paper Mario Stats
- Max HP: 30
- Attack Power: 3
- Defense Power: 0
- Tattle: This is Tutankoopa. He's one of Bowser's followers and he's been assigned to guard one of the Star Spirits. I've heard that he has sort of a pharaoh complex. Max HP: 30, Attack Power: 3, Defense Power: 0. He attacks by throwing shells from that high perch. Try to dodge when he uses magic:, its attack power is 2 and it'll sting for sure. He also summons Chomps, his loyal subjects. These Chomps have some serious attack power. Think hard about who to attack first, Tutankoopa or Chomp.
Trivia
- Tutankoopa's name is based on the ancient egyptian pharoah, Tutankamen.
- Tutankoopa appears to be a type of Magikoopa
- Whether or not Tutankoopa was a ghost is debated; if he was alive in the days of the Nomadimouse kingdom, he may have been responsible for its downfall. On the otherhand, most undead Koopas are some type of Dry Bones, and Tutankoopa may have just been a high-ranking (though somewhat delusional) Magikoopa more directly serving under Kammy Koopa
- If Tutankoopa truly was an ancient pharoah, he serves as evidence that Chomps have been serving Koopas for many years
