Koopa General is a major antagonist in Illumination/Nintendo's 2023 animated feature film The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The Koopa General is the leader of Bowser's army in the Darklands.
Biography[]
Past[]
Not much is known about his past, but considering his high status, he most likely went through rigorous training and expertise. This is evident due to his dignified mannerisms and formal language whenever in Bowser's presence. Also taking his sadistic behavior into consideration, he probably volunteered to be in the army and did whatever he could to obtain his rank as general.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie[]
He is first seen invading the Penguin Kingdom along with his army, Kamek, and Bowser, in a bid to steal the Super Star stowed away in the Penguin Kingdom's castle, leading the other Koopa Paratroopas via flying down into their offense positions. When Bowser burns down the castle and finds the superstar, the general restrains the Penguin King, who unsuccessfully escapes the Koopa's grasp.
After the invasion, he is seen at a rock party (celebrating said invasion) where Bowser makes a speech to the army about his plan to marry Princess Peach. Although it's unknown what his reaction was upon hearing Bowser's planned proposal, it's likely he never questioned it due to his loyalty.
While Bowser and Kamek were rehearsing for the former's proposal to Princess Peach, the Koopa General unexpectedly bursts in and explains that Mario, Peach, Toad, and the Kongs are taking a shortcut to the Mushroom Kingdom, giving Bowser the idea to ambush them.
During the kart chase, he bulldozes a few of the Kongs aside trying to kill Mario himself with his tank, with the front, acting as a mouth, eating anything unfortunate enough to stand in its way. He then tells Mario that he'll be a dead man all the while cackling and maliciously grinning. When Mario gets away from him by drifting off the road and landing on a new path, the Koopa General uses bullet bills in an attempt to kill the plumber, which destroys the red 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 tank. Although Mario saves himself from being crushed, the Koopa General maniacally laughs thinking he successfully killed his target. But when he found 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 the opportunity to blow up the tank. Furious, the Koopa General walks out of the rubble and fire to make one final attempt to kill Mario via retracting inside his shell, flying around DK's kart, and destroying part of the road. This causes both Mario and DK to plummet into the water below (who then get eaten by a maw ray), gets Cranky Kong and the rest of the army captured and thrown in the dungeon, and forces Peach and Toad to retreat.
Considering the Koopa General doesn't appear again after this encounter, it's safe to assume that he died upon impact. This is further backed up as nothing of him remains as a result of the aftermath of the explosion.
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