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|image=[[File:Koopa Troopa Artwork - Super Mario 3D World.png|250px]]<br>Artwork of an Unshelled Koopa Troopa chasing its shell, from ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]''

|comparable=[[Big Swirlypod]]<br>[[Blue Electrokoopa]]<br>[[Buster Beetle]]<br>[[Outmaway]]<br>[[Swirlypod]]

An '''Unshelled Koopa Troopa''',<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/mario/archives/world/?lang=en English ''Super Mario World'' entry on the official Mario Portal]. nintendo.co.jp. Retrieved August 13, 2022. ([https://archive.ph/yutSZ Archived] August 13, 2022 14:17:58 UTC via archive.today.)</ref> also known as an '''Unshelled Koopa''',<ref>October 17, 2023. [https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-2/ Ask the Developer Vol. 11, Super Mario Bros. Wonder—Part 2]. nintendo.com. Retrieved October 17, 2023. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20231017134732/https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-11-super-mario-bros-wonder-part-2/ Archived] October 17, 2023, 13:47:32 UTC via Wayback Machine.)<br>'''[[Koichi Hayashida]]''', officially translated from Japanese: "''The first course in Super Mario World for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (Super NES) featured Unshelled Koopas going down a slope and then later you see them flying around with capes.''"</ref> '''Beach Koopa''',<ref name=Guide>M. Arakawa. ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' Player's Guide. {{media link|SMW2 Guide 126.jpg|Page 126}}.</ref> '''Koopa without a Shell''',<ref>M. Arakawa. Nintendo ''Mario Mania'' Player's Guide. Page 50.</ref> or '''Shell-less Koopa Troopa''',<ref>Stratton, Bryan. ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''–Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Page 21.</ref> is a [[Koopa Troopa]] that has lost its [[shell]] and wears nothing more than an undershirt (and/or, in some cases, boxer shorts), first appearing in ''[[Super Mario World]]''. In their original appearance, Unshelled Koopa Troopas appear small and hunched over, but they were later depicted as being able to walk around like normal, shell-wearing Koopa Troopas. In many of the ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' platformers, when an Unshelled Koopa Troopa finds a shell, it reverts to a normal Koopa Troopa.

====''Super Mario World'' / ''Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2''====

[[File:Beach Koopa SMW.jpg|thumb|100px|A Koopa without a Shell from ''[[Super Mario World]]'']]

Blue Koopas without Shells are visually distinctive, with larger bodies and a lack of vulnerability upon being removed from their shells. Instead of reentering them, they will kick any shell they come into contact with, even stopping moving ones thrown at them; they will also do the same with stunned [[Galoomba|Goomba]]s, [[Bob-omb]]s, flashing [[Grab Block]]s, and [[Buzzy Beetle]] shells in their path. In ''[[Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2]]'', this also allows them to withstand enemies spat at them by [[Yoshi]] while Luigi is riding him. Their behavior is similar to [[Buster Beetle]]s from ''[[Super Mario Bros. 3]]'' and [[Outmaway]]s from ''[[Super Mario Bros. Wonder]]'', which both attack by launching blocks at the player. Blue Koopas without Shells may also appear while [[slide|sliding]] down slopes towards Mario or Luigi. Any [[Super Koopa (enemy)|Super Koopa]] who begins on the ground will revert into a blue Koopa without a Shell after being stomped on, and ones with flashing capes also relinquish a [[Cape Feather]].  

In ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Super Mario 64 DS]]'', Mario, Yoshi, Luigi, and [[Wario]] can attack a [[Koopa Troopa]] to knock it out of its [[shell]], transforming the Koopa Troopa into an Unshelled Koopa Troopa. Attacking the Unshelled Koopa Troopa defeats it and releases a [[Blue Coin]]. If not defeated, the Unshelled Koopa Troopa will frantically attempt to dive back into its shell&mdash;this occurs even if one of the player characters is riding it, typically resulting in the Unshelled Koopa Troopa's defeat. Even after the shell is destroyed, the Unshelled Koopa Troopa will run aimlessly as if it never lost its shell.

In ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', [[Blue Electrokoopa]]s throw their shell at Mario, effectively becoming "Unshelled Koopa Troopas" temporarily. Mario can defeat these Electrokoopas by jumping on them after they throw their shell, giving him one [[Coin]]; he can also squirt them with water, stunning the Electrokoopa and electrifying it with its own returning shell, giving Mario four Coins instead. These [[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]s have pink boxer shorts.

[[File:SM3DW Mario Stealing Koopa Shell.png|thumb|left|An Unshelled Koopa Troopa chases Mario, trying to get the shell back in ''Super Mario 3D World''.]]

Unshelled Koopa Troopas reappear in ''[[Super Mario 3D World]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury|port]]. Unlike in other games, they share the same behavior as regular Koopa Troopas in the game, except they have an angry look. If the player keeps them away from their shells long enough or throws the shells away, they will become disappointed and briefly stop chasing the player.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' and ''[[Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS]]'', Unshelled Koopa Troopas appear after they are knocked out of their shells in the ''Super Mario World'' game style. Red Unshelled Koopa Troopas make their first appearance since ''Yoshi's Island DS'', only appearing if a Red Koopa Troopa in the level is stomped on.

In ''[[Super Mario Maker 2]]'', the above is also true of the ''Super Mario 3D World'' game style; Red Unshelled Koopa Troopas make their first 3D appearance. Unshelled Koopa Troopas can also drive [[Koopa Troopa Car]]s in the ''Super Mario 3D World'' style; after defeating them, the player can then drive the car themselves.

[[File:SMW cartoon beach Koopa.png|thumb|A Koopa without a Shell flying through the air in the ''Super Mario World'' television series episode "[[Fire Sale]]".]]

Only one Koopa without a Shell appears in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' episode "[[Fire Sale]]", where the silent Koopa Troopa henchman of [[Wendy O. Koopa|Kootie Pie Koopa]] is continually knocked out of his shell. He wears yellow shorts with red hearts on them.

===''Yoshi's Island'' series===

====''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island'' / ''Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3''====

Beach Koopas are also found in ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]'' and [[Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3|its Game Boy Advance remake]]. However, in these games, they walk upright when evicted from their shells, instead of becoming small and hunched over, as in ''Super Mario World''. This is due to them not ever sliding, meaning they can have the same hitbox as an ordinary Koopa Troopa. In these games, they are shirtless and wear colored shorts, likely inspiring their name. Additionally, [[Hookbill the Koopa]] becomes a Beach Koopa upon defeat.

 

====''Yoshi's Island DS''====

[[File:YIDS Beach Koopa.png|frame|right]]

Beach Koopas return in ''[[Yoshi's Island DS]]'', retaining their behavior from its predecessor as Yoshi can knock them out of their shells with a stomp. Beach Koopas that are not knocked out of their shells only appear in [[Bessie Bass's Battleship]].

Unshelled Koopa Troopas make a brief appearance in ''Paper Mario'', when the [[Fuzzy|Fuzzies]] appearing in [[Koopa Village]] steal the local [[Koopa Troopa]]s' shells. This fate also befalls [[Kooper]], though Mario eventually returns [[Kooper's Shell|his shell]] to him.

Unshelled Koopa Troopas reappear in ''[[Super Princess Peach]]'', appearing as they do in the ''Yoshi'' sidescrollers, but with a noticeable smile compared to their other appearances. Like [[Blindfold Boo]]s, blue [[Lava Bubble|Podoboo]]s, and [[Security Thwomp]]s, they do not appear in the in-game glossary.

[[File:MLPJ BeachKoopa.png|thumb|Screenshot of an Unshelled Koopa Troopa in ''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam'']]

Unshelled Koopa Troopas also appear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. If the player [[counterattack]]s a Koopa Troopa's shell attack with the [[hammer]], it will get knocked out of its shell before it gets back in.

*'''Bio:''' ノコノコやマントガメを踏むと現れる。こうらを蹴り飛ばすタイプもいる。<ref>「スーパーマリオブラザーズ百科: 任天堂公式ガイドブック」 (''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook''), ''Super Mario World'' section. Page 55.</ref>(''They appear when you step on Koopa Troopas or Super Koopas. There is also a type that kicks shells away.'')

|Jap=はだかノコノコ<ref>Shogakukan. 2015. ''Super Mario Bros. Hyakka: Nintendo Kōshiki Guidebook'', ''Super Mario World'' section. Page 55.</ref>

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