History Characters / SuperMarioBrosTheKoopaKingdom

* StoutStrength: Sledge Bros. are noticeably rotund, but their brute strength make them one of the most dangerous variants.

'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' ([[Characters/LuigisMansionKingBoo King Boo]]) | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' ([[Characters/LuigisMansionKingBoo King Boo]]) | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongKingKRool King K. Rool]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted. In spinoffs, many are shown to have their own personality and there are even several good members of these species that don't live under Bowser's rule. Even the ones that do work for Bowser are strongly implied to be PunchClockVillains. In ''Super Mario Odyssey'', for example, every Koopa Troopa that isn't part of a 3D segment is a friendly NPC, despite Bowser being the villain as usual.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted. In spinoffs, many are shown to have their own personality and there are even several good members of these species that don't live under Bowser's rule. Even the ones that do work for Bowser are strongly implied to be PunchClockVillains. In ''Super Mario Odyssey'', for example, every Koopa Troopa is a friendly NPC, despite Bowser being the villain as usual.

* FantasticFireworks: ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' introduces the Babooms, a new firecracker variant that were created by the Koopa Troop/Bowser's Minions that spews fireworks upon having thier fuses lit.

* ImmuneToFire: They're entirely immune to Mario's fireballs, and must be defeated with physical attacks instead.

* AirborneMook: ''Super Mario Maker 2'' has the Mechakoopas, as well as their Blasta, Zappa, and Mega variants fly with jet engines at night during the level themes. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' introduces a red Mechakoopa that files with a propellor.

* ShockAndAwe: Zappa Mechakoopas from ''Super Mario Maker 2'' can release powerful electric beams from their mouths.

* UndergroundMonkey: Snow Spikes, cyan Spikes with snow goggles, gloves and hats that are found in ice levels and throw giant snowballs, and Stone Spikes, blue Spikes that are found in mountainous areas and throw spiked boulders straight down. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder'' introduces a new variant that spits fireballs just like Fire Bros in their debut and early Mario media.

* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: Bone Goombas, which wear skulls as helmet.

* GiantMook: Some games include extra-large Big Bullies.

* GiantMook: Some games feature oversized specimens called Big Chain Chomps, while the ''Yoshi'' games have chainless versions called Chomp Sharks that cannot be defeated.

* InvincibleMinorMinion: In their debut game, Fuzzies were completely invincible. In later titles, they're often only defeatable if Mario throws a Koopa Shell, uses a Fire or Ice Flower, carry a Potted Piranha Plant and they'll eat the Fuzzies and/or runs into them while invincible himself.

* GiantMook: Oversized Piranha Plants appear is several games under a variety of names, and usually require multiple attacks to defeat. This also applies to the Fire Piranha Plant, Bone Piranha Plant, Poison Piranha Plant, and Trottin' Piranha Plant variants, which are known as Big Fire Piranha Plants, Big Bone Piranha Plants, Big Poison Piranha Plants, Big Trottin' Piranha Plants, and Big Note Piranha Plants.

* HelpfulMook: Koopa Troopas in various games exist only so Mario can take their shell for his own use.

* OutOfFocus: In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. Outside of the 2D sections, the only Koopa Troopas in the game are friendly [=NPCs=] who host minigames.
* PalmtreePanic: ''VideoGame/SuperMarioKart'' Koopa Beaches 1 & 2, ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' Koopa Troopa Beach, and ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'' [[SharkTunnel Koopa Cape]] to a lesser extent reveal their affinity for these kinds of environments.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Honestly, the Koopa Troopas are downright ''adorable''.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 titles such as ''Super Mario 64'' and the ''Mario Party'' titles had a blue, cuboid Thwomp design, much unlike the stone-grey, rectangular, spiky Thwomp featured both in earlier and later games. The redesign communicated [[HelpfulMook their ability to be stood on]] more easily, but revisits to those games (such as ''Super Mario 64 DS'' and certain minigames like Dungeon Dash in ''Mario Party Superstars'') replace them with the grey Thwomp design instead.

'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]] -- [[Characters/DonkeyKongKingKRool King K. Rool]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

!The Koopa Troop

Bowser's loyal legion of minions, the Koopa Troop (also known as the Turtle Tribe, Koopa Clan or just the Koopas) is countless strong and made up not only of Koopa Troopas but also Goombas, Piranha Plants, Spinies, Bob-ombs, Bullet Bills, and other assorted baddies. Most of them aren't that bad, though; they just have a nasty boss.

* AdaptationalJerkass: The ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld1991'' cartoon has Wigglers always angry and vicious. [[CanonImmigrant This would carry over into the games]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' onwards, where some Wigglers are always angry from the get-go.

* AdaptationalJerkass: The ''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld'' cartoon has Wigglers always angry and vicious. [[CanonImmigrant This would carry over into the games]] from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' onwards, where some Wigglers are always angry from the get-go.

* PerpetualSmiler: In most of the games as of the ''Wii'' era, you'll almost never see any of them frowning, especially when thein mouths are open. A notable aversion is in ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'' where King Boo frowns when he expresses disappointment or anger while the smaller Boos continue to play this trope straight.

** ''[[Platform/VirtualBoy Mario Clash]]'' has Koopa Troopas as the only enemy that can be defeated by the GoombaStomp; every other enemy has to be defeated by being hit by the shells that the koopas generously provide Mario.

** ''[[UsefulNotes/VirtualBoy Mario Clash]]'' has Koopa Troopas as the only enemy that can be defeated by the GoombaStomp; every other enemy has to be defeated by being hit by the shells that the koopas generously provide Mario.

* CrossoverCameo: They appear in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' in a single part of a water-based dungeon, and in the Switch remake as possible catches on the FishingMinigame.

* GiantMook: Banzai Bills, which can be two to three times a Bullet Bill's size, and King Bills, which are so big they take up nearly the entirety of the screen.
* HomingProjectile: In some games, they'll actively follow Mario around instead of moving in straight lines. In some cases, this ability is given to a distinct variant called Bull's-Eye Bills. ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' onwards introduces Bull's-Eye Banzais, while ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosU'' onwards introduces Targeting Teds, and ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' onwards introduces Cat Bullet Bills and Cat Banzai Bills.

* GiantMook: Oversized Piranha Plants appear is several games under a variety of names, and usually require multiple attacks to defeat. This also applies to the Fire Piranha Plant, Bone Piranha Plant, Poison Piranha Plant, and Trottin' Piranha Plant variants, which are known as Big Fire Piranha Plants, Big Bone Piranha Plants, Big Poison Piranha Plants, and Big Trottin' Piranha Plants.

* ImmuneToFire: Zigzagged. In the platform games they're immune to fireballs (but not to ice balls). However in the RPG games, particularly ''Paper Mario'', they're actually ''weak'' to fire.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Several spin-off titles show that Dry Bones are only capable of speaking in "clacks", though their actual words are in parentheses for our convenience. Despite this, however, other characters seem to be able to understand them just fine.

'''Spinoff series:''' ''Characters/YoshisIsland'' | ''Characters/LuigisMansion'' | ''Characters/MarioGolf'' | ''Characters/MarioTennis'' | ''Characters/SuperMarioMaker'' | ''Characters/DonkeyKong'' [[Characters/DonkeyKong series]] ([[Characters/DonkeyKongKongs Kongs]]) | ''Characters/{{Wario}}'' [[Characters/{{Wario}} series]] ([[Characters/WarioAndWaluigi Wario and Waluigi]])\\

* DropTheHammer: Basic Hammer Bros. fight by tossing their hammers, as do the larger Sledge Bros.