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{{species infobox
|image=[[Image:NewMechaKoopa.jpg|200px]]<br>A '''Mecha-Koopa''' as seen in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''.
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario World]]'' ([[1990]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario Party Jamboree]]'' ([[2024]])
|variant_of=[[Koopa (Bowser's species)|Koopa]]
|variants=[[Big Mechakoopa]]<br>[[Blasta Mecha-Koopa]]<br>[[Zapper Mecha-Koopa]]
|relatives=[[Micro Mecha-Bowser]]
|notable=[[Mecha Bowser]]<br>[[Mega Mechakoopa]]
}}
'''Mecha-Koopas''' (sometimes spelled '''Mechakoopas'''), also called '''Windup Koopas''' in the American version of the ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' game guide, are one of [[Bowser]]'s many minions. They are small mechanical versions of [[Bowser]] himself, resembling a wind-up toy. They have a wind-up key on their back and their appearances feature several mechanical appendages. They walk in a rhythmical way and must wind themselves up again from time to time in order to keep moving. 

==History==
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario World''====
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Mecha-Koopas make a short appearance in ''[[Super Mario World]]'', where they are only seen in the [[Front Door|last level]]. In this game, they get paralyzed for a short time when stepped on, so Mario can kick them around, pick them up and throw them. When they get thrown, however, they won't get very far like regular Koopa shells do. They are also not affected by ordinary kicks, as they just freeze, giving the player a chance to throw them somewhere; however, they are vulnerable against the [[Spin Jump]], which turns them into dust.

Mecha-Koopas are also prevalent in the final battle, in which Bowser throws them off of his [[Koopa Clown Car]]. [[Mario]]/[[Luigi]] must throw them at Bowser in order to defeat him.

====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[Image:Mecha-Koopas.PNG|200px|thumb|right|Mecha-Koopas in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''.]]
[[File:Mecha-Koopa sprite.PNG|frame|left]]
Mecha-Koopas (also known as Bowser Bots) return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where they were found on Airship levels. In this game, they have their appearance from the ''Mario Party'' games, and have the same attack pattern as they had in ''[[Super Mario World]]''.

Through hacking methods, it is shown that [[Yoshi]] can eat a Mecha-Koopa. However, he can't jump on one.

====''New Super Mario Bros. U'' / ''New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe''====
Mecha-Koopas return in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U]]'' and ''[[New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe]]'', retaining their appearance and attack from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''. Only three of them appear on [[The Mighty Cannonship]] in [[Soda Jungle]].

===''Yoshi's Safari''=== 
Mecha-Koopas appeared in Bowser's Castle in ''[[Yoshi's Safari]]''. They can be stunned with the [[Super Scope]]'s bullets, but would awaken momentarily unless [[Yoshi]] walked into them.

===''Hotel Mario''===
[[File:HM Mecha Koopa.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Hotel Mario]]'', Mechakoopas (parsed '''Mecha Koopas'''<ref>''Hotel Mario'' instruction book. Page 16.</ref>) reside in [[Bowser's Seizures Palace Hotel]]. They are blue and trundle around in an odd manner. When stomped, they somewhat shrivel up and temporarily cease movement. When roughly 3/4 of the stage's [[Time Limit|time]] runs out, they simultaneously break down and become immobile piles of junk. This can be an obstacle if one is in front of a door, requiring at least six jumps to be pushed aside. They can be defeated with a [[fireball]].

===''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' / ''Super Mario RPG'' (Nintendo Switch)===
[[File:Bowser Crush.png|thumb|A giant Mecha-Koopa in Bowser Crush in ''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'']]
In ''[[Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'' and its remake, ''[[Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)|Super Mario RPG]]'', Bowser uses a giant Mechakoopa, parsed '''Mecha Koopa''' in original releases,<ref>''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' instruction booklet, page 40</ref>) as a weapon in his attack, [[Mechakoopa Stomp]]. This Mechakoopa was developed in a top-secret laboratory deep in Bowser's Keep for several months.<ref>''Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 13.</ref>

===''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''===
In ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', Mecha-Koopas appear as obstacles in a part of [[Bowser Castle 4]].

===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 5''====
In ''[[Mario Party 5]]'', the player will fight a group of Mecha-Koopas in the first part of the final battle. They would walk around, occasionally flashing red, then unleashing fiery breath. Jumping on them once will cause them to explode. The player must throw them at each other, or just avoid them all for 60 seconds. Jumping on a Mecha-Koopa while it's breathing fire will hurt the player.

====''Mario Party Advance''====
[[File:MPAmecha.png|thumb|Mecha-Koopa in his library in ''Mario Party Advance''.]]
[[File:Mechakoopa MPA sprite.png|frame|left]]
In ''[[Mario Party Advance]]'', a Mecha-Koopa owned the [[Mushroom Library]], and appeared to be an arithmetic genius. The player must complete the quest [[Mathemagician!]] for the Mecha-Koopa in order to get a [[Gaddget]]. The quest consisted of answering three simple math problems; after answering the three questions correctly, the player will be awarded with a Gaddget. The ending says that Mecha-Koopa spends his time creating a new theorem.

====''Mario Party 7''====
[[File:TunnelofLava.png|thumb|left|A group of Mecha-Koopas in a circle as it appears in ''Mario Party 7''.]]
In ''[[Mario Party 7]]'', Mecha-Koopas appear in the one-player, Bowser mini-game, [[Tunnel of Lava!]]. Here, one Mecha-Koopa will eat the key to freedom from Bowser's mini-game area and will retreat into a hole, only to come back a second later with many other Mecha-Koopas. The Mecha-Koopas would then circle the character, who would have to stomp on the correct Mecha-Koopa's head while they circled them before Bowser stomped on the character 30 seconds later. The Mecha Koopas had an attack pattern similar to that found in ''Mario Party 5'', except all the Mecha-Koopas will breathe fire simultaneously.

====''Mario Party 9''====
In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', Mecha-Koopas are given a minor appearance. They only appear in the minigame [[Mecha Choice]], in which they chase the player through the hallway. They also appear to surround the player if he or she chooses the incorrect door. During the first Captain Event on [[Bowser Station]], Heart Star Colony, if there are less than 4 players, Mechakoopas will fill the open spaces, ensuring that there will always be three players for the captain to match.

===''Mario & Luigi'' series===
====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga''====
Smaller versions of Mecha-Koopas make a short appearance in ''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga'' as conductors to complete circuits of electricity in [[Bowser's Castle]] (Unnamed toy mice held the same purpose previously in [[Woohoo Hooniversity]]).

====''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''====
Mechakoopas return in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]''. They appear in [[Dreamy Neo Bowser Castle]] as common enemies rather than obstacles and retain the same appearance as in other recent games. In the field, Mechakoopas run back and forth rapidly, making them difficult to avoid. They gradually slow-down to a halt as their key unwinds, and will spend a moment rewinding it, before continuing running about again. In battle they appear in fairly large groups, working together to attack Mario in three ways. Their first attack method is lining up single-file and spitting fireballs, which Mario must jump to avoid. For the second attack they surround Mario from all four directions and charge at him in the order they hop, and Mario hits them away with the hammer. Their third attack has them line up and charge into Mario one-by-one, if they jump beforehand, it will jump over Mario at which point he must remain idle. If a Mechakoopa is damaged before or during battle, it will malfunction and reverse its attack pattern, denoted by electricity coursing around it. Damaging it again makes it go back to normal. They can give Mario the trip status.

During the battle with [[Bowser Jr.]], Mechakoopas appear as objects that Mario and Luigi can throw at him while riding his [[Junior Clown Car]].

====''Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam''====
Mechakoopas appear as enemies in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam]]''. They attack by standing in front of a bro and spitting a fireball at him which is countered with the hammer, if they look straight they will shoot straight, and if they look up the fireball will go in an angle, and if shooting at Paper Mario it will fire multiple smaller fireballs. They also do the same one-by-one charge attack as in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', which works the same way. Like in ''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team'', when they take damage, they will malfunction and reverse their attack pattern.

====''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''====
Mecha-Koopas reappear in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. They appear in [[Woohoo Hooniversity]] replacing the [[Mecha-Chomp]]s from the original. They appear in battle alongside [[Laser Snifit]]s and [[Yo Bro]]s. The Mecha-Koopas in Bowser's Castle have now been replaced with the same Toy Mice from Woohoo Hooniversity.

===''Mario Power Tennis''===
In ''[[Mario Power Tennis]]'', Mecha-Koopas make a minor appearance alongside [[Magikoopa|Magikoopas]] in the background of the Bowser's Castle court.

==Appearances in other media==
===''Super Mario World'' television series===
[[Image:CartoonMechakoopa.jpg|thumb|A Mechkoopa in the ''Super Mario World'' animated series.]]
Mecha-Koopas, renamed '''Mechkoopas''', and occasionally called by the generic name '''Robot''', appeared in several episodes throughout the [[Super Mario World (television series)|''Super Mario World'' animated series]].

Their first appearance was in the episode "[[Send in the Clown]]", where a Mechkoopa riding a bicycle acted as the tight-rope walker in [[Bowser]]'s circus, the "Koopaling Bros. Circus". After the "Koopaling Bros. Circus" was revealed to be an elaborate trap, this Mechkoopa, along with several [[Chargin' Chuck]]s, began to chase Mario through [[Bowser's Keep|Neon Castle]]. This Mechkoopa was eventually defeated by Mario, who had gained the [[Cape Mario|cape ability]].

Later in "Send in the Clown", Bowser attempted to defeat Mario by throwing several Mechkoopas at him from the [[Koopa Clown Car]]. Mario, after knocking a Mechkoopa unconscious, managed to defeat Bowser by hurling the Mechkoopa at his Koopa Clown Car, causing it to malfunction and crash in a very similar way as ''Super Mario World''.

Mechkoopas next made a small appearance in the "[[The Night Before Cave Christmas]]", where several of them attempted to attack Mario and Yoshi, who had broken into Neon Castle. Mario and Yoshi managed to escape these Mechkoopas by using a [[Cape Feather|Feather]] to transform into Cape Mario and fly away.

The last appearance of Mechkoopas in the ''Super Mario World TV series'' was in the show's final episode, "[[Mama Luigi]]". Here, Bowser sent a brigade of Mechkoopas after Mario and Luigi as the two explored Bowser's throne room looking for Yoshi. These Mechkoopas, after chasing Mario and Luigi, were defeated when Yoshi simply devoured them.

===''Nintendo Adventure Books''===
In ''[[Flown the Koopa]]'', if Mario and Luigi run into Bowser in the Valley of the Koopas, he will sic four Mecha-Koopas he had hidden in the trash can he was using as a chair on the two. In one possible scenario, Luigi will smash one of the Mecha-Koopas with his wrench, and make the others destroy themselves (by pressing the sports channel button) after taking their remote from Bowser. In the second scenario, the Mecha-Koopas will knock the Mario Bros. out with their telescoping robotic arms, then turn on Bowser, knocking him out as well. The Mecha-Koopas then wander off, intent on enacting their own world domination schemes.

In ''[[Unjust Desserts]]'', it's mentioned by Luigi that some Mecha-Koopas were among the creatures [[Magikoopa]] shrank and tricked Yoshi into eating, though none are encountered in the actual story.

===''Super Mario Adventures''===
In the ''[[Super Mario Adventures]]'' comic, the [[Koopalings]], after having captured Mario by chance, used two Mecha-Koopas to send a message to Luigi, [[Toad]] and Yoshi. Either they exchange Princess Toadstool for Mario, or Mario will be killed, after saying this, the Mecha-Koopas symbolically burnt a Mario Doll with the flamethrowers in their mouths. Luigi then said, "That's Blackmail!". Luigi, with help from [[Friendly Floyd]], managed to trick the two Mecha-Koopas by making them take him to the Koopalings instead of Princess Toadstool.

==Gallery==
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==Names in other languages==
{{Foreign names
|Jap=メカクッパ (series) / ミニメカクッパ (''Galaxy'' games)
|JapR=Meka Kuppa / Minimeka Kuppa
|JapM=Mecha Bowser / Mini-Mecha Bowser
|Spa=Mecakoopa<br />Robot Mecanokoopa (cartoon series)
|SpaM=Literal translation of the English name<br />Mechkoopa Robot
|Ger=Robo-Koopa
|GerM=-
|Ita=Bowsermatic Piccino (''SMG'')<br>Koopasapiens (other games)
|ItaM=Little Bowsermatic<br>-}}

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