Koopa General — antagonists

“	Mario! You're a dead man!	„
	~ The Koopa General attempting to kill Mario with his kart.

“	Koopa General: You... can't escape me! Mario: What?! Koopa General: BLUE SHELL!	„
	~ The Koopa General prepares to attack Mario and his friends for last time, as well as his last words.

The Koopa General is the tertiary antagonist of The Super Mario Bros. Movie. He is the commander of the Koopa Army who attempts to help Bowser conquer the Mushroom Kingdom and the world.

He is voiced by Scott Menville, who also voiced Doctor Octopus in Marvel's Spider-Man (2017), and Declan in Oddballs.

Appearance

The Koopa General is a Koopa Paratroopa with a spiked shell, wings, a helmet with horns and spikes, collar, and boots with laces, all of which are colored blue.

Personality

The Koopa General is extremely sadistic and takes too much pleasure in his job. He is a maniacal entity who will do anything to get the job done, even if it means suicide. Like Bowser, he cares very little for his troops, as he knocks various Koopas off the road during his pursuit of Mario. The Koopa General is very loyal to his master Bowser, likes to following his orders. He is also shown to be extremely vengeful and vicious as seen when after he is outsmarted by Mario and Donkey Kong, he tucks himself inside his shell, launching himself at the duo in a last attempt to kill them, costing him his life in the process.

Biography

Not much is known about the Koopa General's past but considering his high status, he most likely got it through vigorous training and expertise. He is first seen invading the Penguin Kingdom along with his army, Kamek and Bowser, in a bid to steal the Power Star stowed away in the Penguin Kingdom's castle. After the successful invasion, he is seen at a rock party (celebrating said victorious invasion) where Bowser makes a speech to the army about his plan to marry Princess Peach. After being informed of Mario, Peach, Toad, and the Kongs taking a shortcut to the Mushroom Kingdom, the Koopa General warns Bowser about the situation, giving the latter the idea to ambush the army.

During the kart chase, he bulldozes a bunch of Kongs aside and gets fixated on trying to kill Mario himself with his monster truck. The vehicle's main feature is the front where it acts as a mouth to crush anything in front of it. He tells Mario that he'll be a dead man all the while laughing maniacally and expressing extreme determination and sadism. He also uses bullet bills in attempt to kill Mario, which destroys his kart. Even when Mario hijacks a Koopa's kart and gets away briefly, the General still manages to catch up and eventually destroys the hijacked kart with his monster truck. Although Mario saved himself from being crushed, the Koopa General maniacally laughs thinking he successfully killed his target. But when he finds out that Mario survived, the General gets distracted, gets stomped on by the plumber who then lands on Donkey Kong's kart, and said Kong takes this opportunity to blow up his kart. Furious, the Koopa General makes one final attempt to kill Mario & co. via retracting inside his shell, flying around DK's kart, and destroying part of the road causing both Mario and DK to plummet into the water below, as well as getting the rest of the Kongs captured and thrown in the dungeon.

Considering the Koopa General doesn't appear again after this encounter, it's safe to assume that he died upon impact.

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Trivia

The Koopa General's design is based off of the infamous Blue Shell item, officially known as the Spiny Shell, from the Mario Kart franchise.
- When used, the Blue Shell will always target the person in first place and will explode on impact (which is what the Koopa General does in a scene of the movie).
Considering that he most likely died after striking Mario and Donkey Kong as he isn't seen for the rest of the movie, his final assault on them can be seen as the equivalent of a kamikaze attack.
- If that is the case, then he is one of the few major characters in the entire Mario franchise to commit suicide.
  - In addition, this may be the first case in a long time where a villain's servant in a PG movie sacrifices himself (by his loyalty to his boss) on screen, or perhaps even the very first time.
Scott Menville also worked with Khary Payton, who voiced the Penguin King, in the TV series Teen Titans.
His spiky helmet could possibly reference the Army Hammer Bro from Super Princess Peach.

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