Template:EnemyKoopa Paratroopa (frequently abbreviated to Paratroopa) is a recurring enemy in the Super Mario video game series. It is a Koopa Troopa with wings on it. However, they will fail to retain them if someone decides to jump on them. He appears as playable characters in Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Mario Power Tennis for the Nintendo GameCube.
Paratroopas first appear in this game, first appearing in World 1-3. Red ones fly up and down, while green ones jump around.
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels
Act the same as its predecessor.
Super Mario Bros. 3
Act the same as its predecessor.
Super Mario World
Act the same as its predecessor, but they get an extremely new design. Instead of walking like turtles, they use their feet. They are uncommon, acting like previous games.
New Super Mario Bros.
Paratroopas make their first-ever appearance on a New Super Mario Bros. game. They are more common, but unlike in Super Mario World, whenever Mario jumps on a Koopa Paratroopa, it simply loses its wings, instead of being defeated instantly, but a ground pound still takes one out with a single blow.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Paratroopas reappear in the successor of New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Bros. Wii. They act like other games. However, unlike its predecessor, Paratroopas now dance to the music while flying.
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Act likeother games.
New Super Mario Bros. U
Act likeother games.
Super Mario Maker
Koopa Paratroopas are enemies in Super Mario Maker, just like in past 2D Mario games. They can be created by combining a Koopa Troopa with a pair of wings. Green Paratroopas continuously leap on the ground in a zig-zag pattern, while the Paratroopas of red variety fly up and down on a vertical route. The player can enlarge Koopa Paratroopas by dragging a Super Mushroom onto them and they will then become Colossal Koopa Paratroopas.
Paratroopa is a character in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. His Special Item is three Red Shells or three Green Shell. He has a red shell instead of a green shell, and has wings. He is originally a partner of Koopa Troopa's, but you can mix him up with anybody else just as well. He didn't appear as a driveable character in any other Mario Kart game. Also, In the files of Mario Kart Wii, a Paratroopa icon was there, hinting he was going to be in the game.
However, several Koopa Paratroopas are visible as audience in Mario Kart 8 on the sidelines cheering the racers on.
Paratroopa is an unlockable character in Mario Power Tennis. He is unlocked after completing the tournament for the first time. For his offensive power shot, he engulfs the ball in a purple light and lobs it, causing the opponent to slow down temporarily if they hit it. For his defensive power shot, he jumps into the air and flies at the ball.
Tip(s)
If you are in an area where there is a big gap that is too big to jump across, but a Paratroopa is flying above the gap, you can use the Paratroopa by hopping on it and bouncing off of it to get to the other side easier. You have to do this sometimes to beat the level.
Gallery
A Koopa Paratroopa in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Bowser's Villa 8-1 • Bowser's Villa 8-2 • Bowser's Villa 8-3 • Bowser's Villa 8-4 • Bowser's Villa 8-5 • Bowser's Villa 8-6 • Bowser's Villa 8-7 • Bowser's Villa 8-8 • Bowser's Villa 8-9
Bob-omb Sudden Death • Bob-omb Trampoline • Jumping Sudden Death • Jumping Brothers • Lakitu Launch • Vs. Mario's Slides • Vs. Pair-a-Gone • Vs. Trampoline Time
Time Attack Trial • Acorn Plains Speed Run • Full Speed Ahead • Stone-Eye Desert Dash • The Boo Ballet • The Boo-Ballet Encore • Icicle Skating • Huckit Hustle • Mini Mountaineer • Lurchin' Urchins • Penguin vs. Torpedo • Slick Slopes and Bullet Bills • The Haunted Propeller • Fliprus Crossing • Rickety Sprint • No-Cash Dash • Poison-Swamp Scramble • Swing into Action • Stoneslide Tower Climb • Screwtop It Up
Coin Collection
Triple-Jump for Coins • Hot Hidden-Coin Hunt • Stingy Big Piranha Plants • Lakitu's Cloud Heist • Hot-Air Yoshi Ride • Ghost House Coin Curse • Perilous Coin Dodge • Waddlewing Wipeout • Prickly Goomba's Coinless Run • 200 Clifftop Coins • Dark Dark Coaster • Cloud-Top Coin Evasion • Attack of the Bob-ombs • Spine Coaster Coin Cruise • Castle Coin Bypass • Don't. Touch. Anything.
1-Up Rally
The Goombrat Stomp • Stone-Eye Koopas • Goomba Bounce Bash • Penguin Bowling • Three Dry Bones • Bullet Bill 1-Up Bounce • Star Connection • Big Goomba Bounce Bash • Airship 1-Up Rally • Paratroopa Panic
Special
Fire, Bro! • Graceful Glide • Mole to Goal • Marathon Glide • Bubble Up • Nonstop Flight • Be Gentle to Giants • Big Air at Sundown • Balancing Act • Bowser's Airship Sneak • Larry's Groundless Battle • No Climbing Allowed • The Trial of Bullet Bill Hill • Spin Jump, Get Dizzy • Mole to Goal Returns • Wobble and Rock • Seriously! Fire, Bro! • Elevator Out of Service • Castle Crawl • Express Elevator • Cashless Castle Crawl
Boost Mode Challenges
Piranha Plant Hideaway • Coins in the Forecast • When Waddlewings Attack • The Perpetual Shell • Boost Block Coin Stalk • Icicle Falls • Fuzzy Alert! • The High Road • Three-Legged Lava Race • Fuzzy Cliff Climb • Thwomp Castle Cash Flow • Cloudy with a Chance of Fire • Ultimate Boost Blast