Changes: Corporal Paraplonk

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Corporal Paraplonk is a red-shelled Koopa Paratroopa who wears green shoes and a red bucket on his head. He is one of Bowser's minions in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, Mario & Luigi: Dream Team and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. He is usually seen in the company of Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy. In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, it is revealed that the trio dream of one day bossing around Kamek and Bowser.

History

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story/Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

He is first seen with Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy in Dimble Wood. After meeting up with Bowser, the trio launch a Banzai Bill at Bowser's Castle, which was occupied by Fawful. When the castle retaliates, Bowser faces it in his giant form, at which point Paraplonk flies up and teaches Bowser how to attack.

Later, at the safe underneath Bowser's Castle, Corporal Paraplonk and his companions help Bowser locate the safe that holds the Star Cure that the Koopa King is after. However, when Bowser opens the safe, the three push Bowser inside, revealing that they had been bribed by Fawful since he last saw them.

Corporal Paraplonk was seen again right after the closing credits, where the minions ask Bowser for forgiveness. Granting it, he then orders them to resume their duties and help repair the castle.

Corporal Paraplonk reappears in Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, reprising his role in the main game, while appearing as an enemy and a recruitable ally in Bowser Jr.'s side story. He fights alongside other Koopa Troopas and fights again alongside Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy where he is the First officer. In the post-game of the story, it was revealed that while Bowser pardoned him and his comrades of their treason against him, the rest of the Koopa Troop has yet to forgive them and even shunned them, citing they have to "earn back [their] trust," and Bowser Jr. believes their treason was due to being under the influence of the Malatone Formula:X earlier.

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

In Mario & Luigi: Dream Team, it is revealed that Corporal Paraplonk was promoted along with his associates to Bowser's Royal Guard. His bucket is now black in color with a Bowser emblem on it. They travel with Bowser to Pi'illo Island to find Princess Peach. Corporal Paraplonk helps Kamek disguise as Princess Peach forming a lower section of the disguise. The trio are also fought in a boss battle as the Elite Trio.

After their defeat, Kamek demotes Paraplonk and the others to janitors and sends them back to the castle. After Bowser himself is defeated, he and his minions leave Pi'illo Island. While angry at his loss, Bowser blames Antasma and merely states that Corporal Paraplonk, Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy did pretty good by their usual standards, much to their joy.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

Corporal Paraplonk returns in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions. He is encountered twice and can be recruited after the second fight. He is a flying unit and is the second of the trio to be recruited. Corporal Paraplonk's special skill, Cranium Crunch, allows him to attack an enemy twice from above. Due to the bucket on his head, he has high defense. When battling Corporal Paraplonk, he can use the Shell Shock captain command.

Profiles and statistics

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions/Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey

Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser/Bowser Jr.'s Journey profile: An elite Koopa Troopa with big dreams. The bucket on his head gives him a tough defense.

Trivia

Corporal Paraplonk, as well as Parakarry, Koops, Koopie Koo, and Holly Koopa are the only Koopas to wear a different color of shoes than its Shell.
His Italian name, along to Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy's ones, references the Italian terminology "Tizio, Caio, and Sempronio", meaning "three random guys", similar to the expression "Tom, Dick, and Harry".

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-'''Corporal Paraplonk''' is one of [[Bowser]]'s minions in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' and is a [[Koopa Paratroopa]] with a red bucket on his head and green shoes.
+'''Corporal Paraplonk''' is a red-shelled [[Koopa Paratroopa]] who wears green shoes and a red bucket on his head. He is one of [[Bowser]]'s minions in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'', ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'' and ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. He is usually seen in the company of [[Private Goomp]] and [[Sergeant Guy]]. In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', it is revealed that the trio dream of one day bossing around [[Kamek]] and Bowser.
 ==History==
-===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''===
+===''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story''/''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
-Corporal Paraplonk along with [[Sergeant Guy]] and [[Private Goomp]] are first seen in [[Dimble Wood]] with a [[Banzai Bill]] cannon they want to shoot at [[Bowser's Castle (location)|Bowser's Castle]] to get rid of [[Fawful]] and they have no Banzai Bill occupied with them and then Bowser looks for one.
+He is first seen with Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy in Dimble Wood. After meeting up with Bowser, the trio launch a [[Banzai Bill]] at [[Bowser's Castle]], which was occupied by [[Fawful]]. When the castle retaliates, Bowser faces it in his giant form, at which point Paraplonk flies up and teaches Bowser how to attack.
-Later, the three appear in Bowser's Castle in [[Bowser's Vault]] where they watch [[Bowser]] take on the [[Fawful Express]] in his giant form. After he defeats the Fawful Express and [[Bowser Memory M]] and [[Bowser Memory L]] are defeated, Bowser obtains the second [[Star Cure]] locked in his safe. Next the three trick Bowser and state that something else is in there and then the shove him inside the safe and lock him in, proving that the three were hypnotized by Fawful.
+Later, at the safe underneath Bowser's Castle, Corporal Paraplonk and his companions help Bowser locate the safe that holds the [[Star Cure]] that the Koopa King is after. However, when Bowser opens the safe, the three push Bowser inside, revealing that they had been bribed by Fawful since he last saw them.
-After the credits, Corporal Paraplonk, along with Sergeant Guy and Private Goomp apologized to Bowser about locking him in the safe and ask to rejoin the [[Koopa Troop]]. Bowser says to them that he will forgive them if they help him repair the castle.
+Corporal Paraplonk was seen again right after the closing credits, where the minions ask Bowser for forgiveness. Granting it, he then orders them to resume their duties and help repair the castle.
+Corporal Paraplonk reappears in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey]]'', reprising his role in the main game, while appearing as an enemy and a recruitable ally in [[Bowser Jr.]]'s side story. He fights alongside other [[Koopa Troopa]]s and fights again alongside Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy where he is the First officer. In the post-game of the story, it was revealed that while Bowser pardoned him and his comrades of their treason against him, the rest of the Koopa Troop has yet to forgive them and even shunned them, citing they have to "earn back [their] trust," and Bowser Jr. believes their treason was due to being under the influence of the Malatone Formula:X earlier.
-==Trivia==
-*Corporal Paraplonk is the only Paratroopa to have shoes not matching his shell color.
+===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
+In ''[[Mario & Luigi: Dream Team]]'', it is revealed that Corporal Paraplonk was promoted along with his associates to Bowser's Royal Guard. His bucket is now black in color with a Bowser emblem on it. They travel with Bowser to Pi'illo Island to find [[Princess Peach]]. Corporal Paraplonk helps [[Kamek]] disguise as Princess Peach forming a lower section of the disguise. The trio are also fought in a boss battle as the Elite Trio.
+After their defeat, Kamek demotes Paraplonk and the others to janitors and sends them back to the castle. After Bowser himself is defeated, he and his minions leave Pi'illo Island. While angry at his loss, Bowser blames [[Antasma]] and merely states that Corporal Paraplonk, Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy did pretty good by their usual standards, much to their joy.
+===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''===
+Corporal Paraplonk returns in ''[[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions]]''. He is encountered twice and can be recruited after the second fight. He is a flying unit and is the second of the trio to be recruited. Corporal Paraplonk's special skill, Cranium Crunch, allows him to attack an enemy twice from above. Due to the bucket on his head, he has high defense. When battling Corporal Paraplonk, he can use the Shell Shock captain command.
+==Profiles and statistics==
+===''Mario & Luigi: Dream Team''===
+===''Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions''/''Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey''===
+*'''''Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser''/''Bowser Jr.'s Journey'' profile:''' ''An elite Koopa Troopa with big dreams. The bucket on his head gives him a tough defense.''
+==Trivia==
+*Corporal Paraplonk, as well as [[Parakarry]], [[Koops]], [[Koopie Koo]], and [[Holly Koopa]] are the only Koopas to wear a different color of shoes than its [[Red Shell|Shell]].
+*His Italian name, along to Private Goomp and Sergeant Guy's ones, references the Italian terminology "Tizio, Caio, and Sempronio", meaning "three random guys", similar to the expression "Tom, Dick, and Harry".
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