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{{nihongo|'''King Choropū'''|キングチョロプー|King Monty Mole}}<ref name=Twitter>https://x.com/HunterXuman/status/1822380886043791847</ref> was a boss originally planned to appear in ''[[Paper Mario: Sticker Star]]'', but was ultimately scrapped after the {{wp|E3 2010}} [[List of Paper Mario: Sticker Star beta elements|beta]] version. He is  a large purple [[Monty Mole]] with a beard and a crown, and would have seemingly been the ruler of the Monty Mole species as well.

Although King Choropū never physically appeared in ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'', he would be briefly mentioned in [[Super Mario-kun Volume 5|volume 5]], where one of the Monty Mole farmers would mention the existence of him, as they suggested to take [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], and [[Yoshi]] to King Choropū's place. However, the Monty Moles would shortly change their mind on the decision to take the trio to their king, and instead decided to take the trio to be food for their [[Butametto and Ushimetto|livestock]].<ref>''"こいつら、大王さまのところへ連れていくだよ。"''("We'll take these guys to the great king's place.") - Monty Mole, [https://www.marioboards.com/attachments/19396/ ''Super Mario-kun'' volume 5 chapter 8, page 113]</ref>

The King Choropū was intended to make a physical appearance in ''Paper Mario: Sticker Star'', as seen in a screenshot from the E3 2010 beta. Judging by the screenshot, King Choropū would have likely appeared as a boss somewhere in a forest area. According to the files of the game, King Choropū would have had a basic attack, a special attack (presumably being his rock throwing attack seen in the screenshot), and the ability to hide underground during his battle.<ref name=Twitter/> Despite this, King Choropū was removed from the game for unknown reasons, with the only remnants of his existence in the final game being his name and attack patterns in the game's files.<ref name=Twitter/>

*Despite King Choropū being the supposed leader of the Monty Mole species, [[Bowser]] is usually seen commanding most Monty Mole species (similarly to a majority of other enemy species throughout the series). This could likely suggest that King Choropū is a high ranking minion of Bowser (similarly to [[King Bob-omb]] and [[Goomboss]]), though this has not been confirmed.