Zok Troops

Zok Troops
Artwork of a Snaptor, a Jet Zok Trooper, Sharpcask and a Spike Zok Trooper clockwise from top
First appearance	Mario & Luigi: Brothership (2024)
Leader	Zokket
Members Extension Corps Gobblick Pipegunk Sharpcask Mega Snaptor Glohm Gobblick Glohm Pipegunk Glohm Sharpcask
Member species Helmet Zok Trooper Jet Zok Trooper Ring Zok Trooper Spike Zok Trooper Zokkarang Trooper Snaptor Glohm Helmet Zok Trooper Glohm Jet Zok Trooper Glohm Ring Zok Trooper Glohm Spike Zok Trooper Glohm Zokkarang Trooper Glohm Snaptor

The Zok Troops are an evil organization led by Zokket that serve as the main antagonistic faction of Mario & Luigi: Brothership. The majority of the members are robots that were created by Zokket by repurposing and rebuilding junk. They were given the ability to speak solely to be able to cooperate and help with communications, often replacing the letter S with the letter Z when they speak in imitation of electric currents. Their name is a pun on "shock troops" and the first syllable of Zokket's name. Zokket cares very little for his minions, finding it “absurd” to see them speak to the point where he considers them “ephemeral things” that will have no place in the world once Reclusa is reborn. Throughout Concordia, the Zok Troops infect many residents with Glohm which causes them to desire loneliness. The Zok Troops are also in conflict with Bowser's Minions during the game, being engaged in aerial warfare with them; while Bowser and his underlings merely seek to bring Concordia under their control, the Zok Troops seek to outright destroy Concordia.

Mario and Luigi fight the Zok Troopers frequently throughout the game. Zok Troopers take critical damage if the Anti-Zokket Specialist Battle Plug is equipped, and defeating 250 total Zok Troopers fulfills the Zokket Buster challenge.

Weeping Troopers, which are Reclusa's minions, contain 3 Zok Troopers within them; a Spike, Zokkarang and Jet Zok Trooper and use their abilities. When a Weeping Trooper is defeated, the contained Zok Troopers flee the battle. If the Bros. took enough damage, the Zokkarang Trooper will throw them a mushroom before running off.

Gallery

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  Zokket and the Extension Corps, the leaders of the organization

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  A Helmet Zok Trooper

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  A Spike Zok Trooper

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  A Zokkarang Trooper

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  A Ring Zok Trooper

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  A Jet Zok Trooper

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ゾケットへい[?] Zoketto-hei	Zokket Trooper
Chinese	卓孔座兵[?] Zhuókǒngzuò Bīng	Zokket Trooper
Italian	Truppe di Skonnet	Zokket Trooper
Korean	조케트병[?] Joketeu-byeong	Zokket Trooper
Spanish (NOE)	Shockdado[?]	From Shocke ("Zokket") and soldado ("soldier")