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I'll be back! You haven't seen the last of King Koopa!
~ King Koopa swearing revenge in "The Bird! The Bird!".
KOOPA PACK! ATTACK!
~ King Koopa ordering his minions to battle.
He who koops and runs away gets to koop another day!
~ King Koopa whenever making his escape; also his catchphrase.
I'll get those plumbers!
~ King Koopa during the intro to The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3.
Ah! I'll be back! And when I do, that little monster of yours is going on a crash diet!
~ King Koopa to Mario and Luigi in Super Mario World in regards to Yoshi.

King Bowser Koopa, better known as King Koopa, Koopa, King Dad, and various other aliases, is the main antagonist of all three cartoon series' based on the Super Mario Bros. video games, as well as the titular protagonist villain of King Koopa's Kool Kartoons. He is the tyrannical ruler of Dark Land, leader of the Koopa Pack, father of the Koopa Kids and arch-nemesis of Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Toad and Yoshi. He is (somewhat loosely) based on both Bowser and Wart from the original games.

He was voiced by the late Harvey Atkin in all of his animated appearances who also voiced Sergeant Kooperman in the same show, and portrayed by the late Christopher Collins, who also voiced Cobra Commander, Beetle, Sandman, Starscream, D'Compose, and Mr. Burns, and later Patrick Pinney, who also played Sylvester (in Robot Chicken), in King Koopa's Kool Kartoons.

Personality[]

Koopa is often dishonest and treacherous, as well as sadistically enjoying doing really horrid things, including trying to ruin Christmas for everyone, as he saw it as a "Bah Humkoop". While Koopa is not beyond keeping his word, he frequently does break it. Koopa will not hesitate to dispose of those who have outlived their usefulness to him. As seen in the episode Crimes R Us, Koopa's justification for turning on Clyde is that he, had his fingers crossed when he agreed to split everything stolen equally, thus allowing Koopa to cut Clyde out of the deal later on; These sort of justifications are commonly employed logic for Koopa to get-away with nearly anything as far as he is concerned. His exact traits shift wildly though from episode to episode. He even takes on other villains and becoming an even bigger threat to the land they were targeting.

Biography[]

Past[]

As stated by Herlock Solmes in The Adventures of Sherlock Mario, when Bowser Koopa was young, he was cowardly bully who the other koopas never let play with them and gave the nick-name, "lizard-lips". He also had urinary incontinence until he was twelve and flunked kindergarten so many times that he established a world record for it.

In adult years, Bowser somehow established himself as the tyrannical king of the entire Koopa race and other species, such as the Goombas, Piranha Plants, Shy Guys, etc. He also apparently sired seven children, which included the brutish Bully Koopa, the talkative Big Mouth Koopa, the devious Cheatsy Koopa, the inventive Kooky Von Koopa, the vain Kootie Pie Koopa, and the twins, Hip and Hop Koopa.

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show[]

As shown by the intro, King Koopa had nearly conquered the entire Mushroom Kingdom, and was on the verge of attaining complete control by capturing its ruler, Princess Toadstool and her assistant, Toad, who he had cornered on a cliff with a platoon of his minions. However, just before Koopa could grab her, he fearfully noticed the heroic plumbers, Mario and Luigi suddenly appearing from a warp pipe leading from their world to the Mushroom Kingdom. After witnessing them inadvertently defeat his army, Koopa was forced to make a hasty retreat.

Since then, King Koopa has constantly attempted to kidnap the princess again and again, often with the help of his assistant, Mouser and his other liutenants, Tryclyde, Clawgrip and Fry Guy, but was always thwarted by the Mario Bros, who act as her bodyguards as they traversed the country, liberating the various territories of the Mushroom Kingdom from Koopa's control while also searching for a way to drive the evil monarch out of the kingdom for good. Sometimes, the threat King Koopa posed often shifted, as, in some instances, he would only appear as a minor annoyance while in others he would conquer or come close to destroying cities, towns, or even planets.

In nearly every episode, King Koopa adopted various different aliases based on what he was doing or planning on doing to expand/enforce his rule, with almost all of said aliases being a parody of a real-life figure or a famous fictional character. Some of the most notable of these aliases are Count Koopula, Professor Kooparity, The Pied Koopa, Dr. Koopenstein, Koopenstein's Monster, Koopfinger, The Sheriff of Kopingham, Koopa Nemo, Koop-zilla, Darth Koopa, Moon Man Koopa, Kool Koopa, Judge Koopa, Warden Koopa, King O'Koopa, Koopa Klaus, Red Baron Koopa, Rappin' Koopa, El Koopitan, Klaimjump Koopa, Karate Koopa, Barra-Koopa, Kolonel Van Koop, Kangaroo Koopa, King Goo Goo Ga Ga Koopa, King of the Road Koopa, Captain Koopa, Giant Koopa, Emperor Augustus, Septemberus, Octoberus Koopa, Alley Koop, Koopa Kahn, Blackbeard Koopa, Redcoat Koopa, Al Koopone, Koop Tut, Billy the Koopa and Robo Koopa. Sometimes, he would wear a costume without an alter ego or disguise himself to impersonate others. Towards the end of every episode, Koopa would be defeated (mostly in a very humiliating way) and would lose whatever stronghold of the Mushroom Kingdom he had, although he would sometimes manage to evade capture, usually by the aid of a Magic Potion that would transport him to a warp zone.

The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3[]

In the sequel series, it is established that, sometime between the events of the two series, Mario and Luigi managed to defeat and subsequently imprison Koopa inside a Banishment Zone before sealing it off with ten thousand bricks, finally freeing the Mushroom Kingdom from his rule before returning to Brooklyn. But later on, much to everyone's shock, Koopa somehow escaped his imprisonment and once again attacked the Mushroom Kingdom with his newly built Doom Ship. In addition, he has introduced his own children, the Koopa Kids, as the newest commanders of his army. Koopa was able to cement his rule in the foreboding Dark Land region of the Mushroom Kingdom, where he and his children resided in their palace, and has continued to devise new plans to to consolidate the rest of the country under his clawed thumb. Faced with his return, the Mario Bros. came out of retirement to once again defend the Mushroom Kingdom against the evil Koopa family.

Knowing how his past direct confrontations with the plumbers had gone in the past, Koopa operated almost all of his schemes through his minions and children and dropped his use of aliases entirely. While his goals of taking over the Mushroom Kingdom remained the same, Koopa's methods of doing so became noticeably stranger than what he had done in the previous series, such as when he tried to have his children capture Prince Hugo the Huge by transforming them into giant ninjas so he could turn the Prince into a poodle or when he tried to use a magical artifact called the Doom-Dancer music box to force everyone in the Mushroom Kingdom to dance. On top of wanting to conquer to the Mushroom Kingdom, Koopa expanded his goals to include the real world on a regular basis as well, although he likely only wanted to do so in order to spite the Mario Brothers.

Aside from attempting to rule both the Mushroom Kingdom and the real world, a variety of Koopa's appearances involved him trying to teach his children how to become villains like himself, such as when he broke infamous criminal "Crime Wave" Clyde out of prison and hired him to teach them how to be criminals, or trying to please them (specifically Kootie Pie) at the expense of others. Like in the previous series, King Koopa would always be beaten towards the end of the episode, supposedly being fully defeated in the episode "Super Koopa" (although this is only because it was the last episode produced).

Super Mario World[]

In the final cartoon series, King Koopa and the Koopa Kids, after being banished from the Mushroom Kingdom yet again, somehow managed to escape into Dinosaur Land. As stated by Luigi in the episode "Mama Luigi" as Mario, Princess Toadstool and himself attempted to take a vacation in Dinosaur Land, Koopa attacked and kidnapped the Princess, although he was defeated thanks to Yoshi and they decided to stay in Dinosaur Land as a result.

Koopa's goals are portrayed on a significantly smaller scale than in previous appearances, as he is only ever shown trying to take control of Dinosaur Land, particularly Dome City, although it has no real benefits for him. In his last appearance in "A Little Learning", King Koopa was left in his bedroom as it was rapidly filling with lava, meaning that he could have potentially met his demise, although this remains unconfirmed.

In Other Media[]

King Koopa's Kool Kartoons[]

In the short-lived spin-off series, King Koopa, in live-action form, takes over a television studio with the help of his troops (children dressed as Koopas) and starts his own program in which he both shows cartoons (all of which being public domain) gives out prizes to the children in the audience. In this series, while Koopa retains the majority of his personality and appearance from Super Show, elements of these were changed to make him more believable as a live-action character.

Nintendo Comic System[]

In the Nintendo Comic System comics, King Koopa (who, in later issues, would simply be called Bowser) again serves as the main and most recurring antagonist of the Mario-themed issues (all of which are based on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show). Despite most of his appearances focusing on him trying to defeat the Mario Bros. or take over the Mushroom Kingdom, a handful of comics would focus on King Koopa trying to sell his products, stating allegedly true facts about the Mushroom Kingdom, etc.

The Legend[]

In "The Legend" the tale of how Mario and Luigi first came to the Mushroom Kingdom and defeated King Koopa is shown.

Just Desserts[]

In "Just Desserts", King Koopa creates a mirage machine and uses it to create a mirage of an oasis in order to lure the Mushroom King into a trap whilst he and the Mario Bros. are stuck in a desert. Upon getting the King to swim in the phony oasis, King Koopa turns his machine off, taking the King back to his desert fortress before trying to ransom him off for ten million Koopabits. However, the brothers fail to understand the instructions on the ransom note, causing King Koopa to angrily raise his fortress from under them, leading to Mario destroying his mirage machine and causing his fortress to explode.

Piranha-Round Sue[]

In "Piranha-Round Sue", King Koopa turns the Mushroom King into a chameleon using his magic wand, and, at the same time, his Piranha Plants send an extremely powerful plant named Piranha Sue to retrieve the Green Gecko Gem, a powerful gem with the power to generate a force-field around the one wielding it, so they can be free from his rule. After Mario retrieves a wand, Piranha Sue steals both it and the Greek Gecko Gem from him and Toad and claims that she will rule the world, although Koopa then appears and chokes her. Koopa, upon getting his hands on the gem, deems it a cheesy trinket and notices that the name "Brooklyn Plumbing Novelty Company" inscribed on the wand that Piranha Sue stole. Koopa then presumably punishes Piranha Sue for attempting to betray him.

Beauty and the Beach[]

In "Beauty and the Beach", Koopa assumes control of a beach island under the alias "Ka-Hoopa" and tricks the native Toads into throwing bombs into the island's volcano in order to scare off the Trouters near the island. After Mario, Princess Toadstool and Toad wash ashore (their boat having been destroyed by the Trouters) they encounter King Koopa, who casually explains what he had been doing and that the Toads will be turned into an army of Fryguys by the volcano before leaving stating that the volcano will erupt in a matter of minutes. On his boat, King Koopa is shocked to see that the volcano didn't erupt like he planned, due to Mario diverting the lava using bamboo pipes.

Magic Carpet Madness[]

In "Magic Carpet Madness," Koopa prank calls King Toadstool while he is tending his garden, his trip to the phone causing him to track mud across the castle's carpet, which Princess Toadstools then scolds him for. After Princess Toadstool calls a carpet cleaner, Koopa sends three Pidgets to the castle under the guise of carpet cleaners, while he fills the cleaner with Flying Carpet Juice. Koopa watches from a window and later the roof as Toadstool flies out of her castle's skylight, then into the air. However, Koopa's plan falls apart when the hypnotized Princess Toadstool crashes into his blimp. Koopa is last seen whining on the ground, having crashed into the ground and formed a hole.

Bedtime for Drain-Head[]

In "Bedtime for Drain-Head," King Koopa kidnaps Toad (although this happens prior to the story), however, a sleepwalking Mario, believing himself to be his favorite comic book hero Dirk Drain-Head, breaks in to his Castle and beats him up to the point where he calls a truce to avoid being beaten further. Koopa, Toad and the still sleepwalking Mario head back to Toadstool's Castle, where King Koopa is seen serving the king, Wooster, and Toad grape sodas with little umbrellas upon Luigi and Princess Toadstool's arrival. The king then commends Mario by giving him a slap on the back, waking him up, and Koopa, realizing that Mario had literally beaten him in his sleep, storms off with everyone else, leaving Mario alone to continue reading his Dirk Drain-Head comics.

Betrayal Most Proper[]

In "Betrayal Most Proper," when the king's adviser Wooster supposedly commits treason, he is kidnapped by Koopa Troopas and brought to Koopa's Castle, where he feeds Koopa and his minions so much junk food that they become overweight and enter a state of hibernation.

Duh Stoopid Bomb![]

In "Duh Stoopid Bomb!," King Koopa, along with several minions and an incognito Toad, attend a meeting in which a Shy Guy presents the Stupid Bomb, a device that releases a gas that makes anyone inhaling it stupid for several hours. A Snifit later tells Koopa that Mario and Luigi set off a Stupid Bomb they took on themselves. At first, Koopa is displeased by the news but then is happy, explaining that they will probably set off more bombs on the rest of the population. Koopa then presents the Smart Bomb, a bomb that will not only reverse the effects of the Stupid Bomb but will also make the one who inhales its gas highly intelligent. Just then, the Snifit takes one of the bombs and explodes it on his hands, and, using his newfound intelligence, usurps Koopa and dumps him into Fryguy Kindergarten, where he is crowned by a group of over-excited Fryguys.

Cloud Burst[]

In "Cloud Burst," Koopa is seen explaining to an amassed army in World 3 that he has recently been robbed of several Koopabits and even his crown and that they should be on the lookout for the traitor, who is later revealed to be Lakitu and his cloud/partner Fluffy. While on a mission to reclaim Princess Toadstool's stolen crown, Mario runs into Koopa (who is wearing a hat) and several minions. As Koopa interrogates Mario for the location of his crown and money, Luigi, up above, pulls an escape hatch on Fluffy open, causing himself, the Lakitu, and all the stolen items to fall to the ground, Lakitu bonking Bowser on the head and knocking him unconscious.

The Buddy System[]

In "The Buddy System," King Koopa plans to blow up the underground's main water pipe in order to start up a taxi service to replace the soon-to-be-useless underground. However, due to Lemmy's stupidity, the plan fails as he uses four bombs on the wrong water pipe, and the catastrophic explosion causes King Koopa and a nearby Mario to be blown toward a Mouser colony. The Mousers then capture the pair, chaining them together, and Koopa (after the mice call Mario the more intelligent of the duo) explains his plan. However, the Mousers then show him the real main water pipe, and even blow it up as a demonstration to how they would do it, flooding the underground.

King Koopa then attempts to escape using a Warp Pipe, but Mario explains that the pipes shut off after the water reaches a certain level. Both Mario and Koopa then head back and work together to shut off the water main, and, once this is done, the emergency drain activates. Upon reaching the above ground, Mario and Koopa fight, using a plunger and a tree branch respectively, however, Lemmy then interrupts the fight by bringing in another bomb, and he clumsily drops it; the bomb misses the duo, but cuts the chain keeping them together. King Koopa then angrily chases after Lemmy.

It's Always Fair Weather[]

In "It's Always Fair Weather," Koopa is seen storming around the Mushroom Kingdom fair grounds, annoyed that he is being mistaken for Luigi inside a Bowser suit at the dunk tank. Koopa then notices a group of hot air balloons, and decides to take out his anger by using his helicopter's propeller blades to blow them away. However, they are then rescued by Mario, who transforms into Raccoon Mario for the first time. After landing, Mario is given a kiss by Princess Toadstool, although, the lovestruck plumber stumbles into Koopa, causing him to lose his raccoon abilities. Despite this, Mario is still able to defeat Koopa by activating the cyclone once more, ironically sending him flying into the pool for the "Douse the Bowser" attraction.

The Revenge of Pipe Ooze![]

In "The Revenge of Pipe Ooze!," Koopa supervises Lemmy's ambush test, which they decide to do at the Annual Dirk Drain-Head Role-Playing Game under the disguise of hotdog vendors (their only form of disguise being fake mustaches). The Mushroom King and Toad, cosplaying as Pipe Ooze and Muck respectively, head over to their hotdog stand where Lemmy and Bowser knock them out and steal their costumes, Lemmy deciding to ambush Mario, who is role-playing as Dirk Drain-Head.

Later, Koopa uses a catapult to launch Lemmy at Mario, questioning why his son isn't paying taking in his "evil villain lessons." However, the ambush fails, and Koopa attacks a Piranha Plant who insulted his son earlier. Koopa then takes Lemmy onto a pipe and orders him to attack, however, when Lemmy asks if he can role-play first, Koopa yells at him, but then apologizes, granting him two minutes to have fun. Koopa then assists Mario and Luigi in their attempt to act out Dirk Drain-Head #287 by beating up Koopa. Once this is over, Luigi (who recognizes Pipe Ooze to be Koopa instead of the king) convinces him to help him get Mario's spirit back by pretending to be afraid of him, since Luigi's being Dirk attracted several fans. The ruse works, and Mario proceeds to beat up Koopa. Lemmy and Koopa then leave their costumes and sneak away. Lemmy asks if attacking his own father counts toward passing the ambush test, and Koopa tells him that it does, also giving him extra credit for attacking a close family member. The two then head off to get some food and rest.

Tanooki Suits Me[]

In "Tanooki Suits Me," after stealing art from the Mushroom Kingdom's art gallery, a group of Mice sell the art to Koopa for fifty Koopabits, however, unknown to them, the art was far more valuable and Koopa actually intended to sell the art to Wart for a higher price. Upon sending the Mice away by telling them that the police were knocking at the door, Koopa prepares to sell the stolen art to Wart for five million Koopabits. Unbeknownst to Koopa, Mario (who had accidentally turned himself into a statue using his Tanooki suit and was mistakenly stolen) transforms back into Tanooki Mario and, not recognizing the plumber in his Tanooki form, Mario convinces Wart that the paintings and statues are actually worthless products from the Apook Corporation, and that they will transform into raccoons as well in a few minutes. Angered by the revelation, Wart fights with Koopa while Mario escapes with the stolen art on a forklift.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

  • Mario Bros. (archenemies)
    • Mario
    • Luigi
  • Princess Toadstool
  • Toad
  • Yoshi
  • Oogtar

Differences from Bowser[]

  • The most obvious difference from his video game counterpart, King Koopa's design is based heavily on Bowser's sprite in the original game and consists largely of the color green, although Bowser looks nothing like this in the manual or following games. He also lacks hair and wears a golden crown and only wears two spiked armbands instead of four and no spiked collar around his neck.
  • King Koopa does not possess the ability to breathe or shoot fire, one of Bowser's most notable traits, and instead uses his various magic wands or minions for long ranged attacks. In the intro to Super Mario World, he notably throws a fireball at the Brothers while escaping.
  • While Bowser is usually portrayed as having a deeply rooted infatuation with Princess Peach, King Koopa is never shown as having this trait and instead would rather kill or sell Princess Toadstool off if he saw no need in having her around, something that Bowser would never do.
    • He did, however, try to marry the princess in "Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...?", though only to become the legal ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom, and even broke Toadstool's condition that he would set the Mushroom people free.
    • He does, however seems to have some occasional attraction towards her, wanting to make the princess his girlfriend in "Elvin Lives" and wanted to turn her into a vampire in "Count Koopula"
  • While it has been confirmed that Bowser is not the biological father of the Koopalings (although it is possible that he could've adopted them) King Koopa is seen as the biological father of the Koopa Kids.
  • Although Bowser has never fully succeeded in conquering the Mushroom Kingdom, during the Mario Bros. Super Show, King Koopa actually did have control over a large portion of the Kingdom until he was defeated and driven out by the Mario Brothers. In The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3, it was revealed that he moved to Darkland. In the Super Mario World series, he and his kids moved to Dinosaur World.
  • In order to use the Mario Brother's power-ups, King Koopa had to use a special pendant created by Kooky and be in the real world, however, as shown in Super Mario 3D World, Bowser can use them just as easily as the brothers can.
  • King Koopa, in Super Show and the Nintendo Comic System, was the leader of the 8 Bit Club as part of his Koopa Pack instead of Wart, but Bowser has no relationship with the 8 Bit Club.
  • Bowser, despite his cruel nature, is shown in games such as Super Mario RPG and Bowser's Inside Story to actually care about the lives and well being of his minions, although King Koopa rarely treats any of his minions with kindness or respect outside of Mouser on some occasions.
    • He did, however, threaten to feed Mouser to his mechanical monster in "Koopenstein", showing that he is not above executing his minions should they disappoint him.
  • King Koopa is shown to be extremely cowardly on various occasions, and almost always runs when confronted by the Mario Brothers (particularly in the later cartoons), while Bowser almost never runs from a confrontation with the Mario Brothers.

Quotes[]

Well at last you two powder puffs did something right!
~ King Koopa to the Flurries, also his first spoken lines in the Mario cartoons.
Oh it makes me so warm to be so cold!
~ King Koopa
Okay that's it, I'm tired of just being bad. It's time to get rotten.
~ King Koopa
You'll never see those pipsqueak plumbers again! I've put prices on their heads *laughs* and a posse on their tails. Your kingdom will never be free, and you'll spend the rest of your life crawling at my feet! *laughs again*
~ Koopa the Kid to Princess Toadstool in "Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid".
Like my grandfather Poopa La Koopa always said: "Cheat, beat, and be merry!"
~ King Koopa
Happy? Impostor! I never use the H word.
~ King Koopa claiming to never use the word "happy".
Thank you, princess! You saved me all the trouble of hunting you down! You're so nice to me!
~ King Koopa taunting Princess Toadstool.
These fireballs are fantastic! Think of the destruction! Think of the wreckage! Think of how much this'll lower my heating bill!
~ King Koopa stealing the Fire of Hercufleas.
Say ciao to your friends, Princess Toadstool. That's goodbye in Italian, because when you see 'em again, you'll be a tomato sauce sucking vampire, just like me!
~ Count Koopula plotting to turn Princess Toadstool into a vampire.
Fire a warning shot! ...On second thought, blow the plumber-boys and the Princess right off the boat!
~ Blackbeard Koopa attacking the Mario Brothers from his ship.
Listen up, you reptile retches! It's time to play "Auction the Princess"! Do I hear one-thousand gold coins? Remember, the money goes to my favorite charity... Me.
~ Blackbeard Koopa bidding off Princess Toadstool.
Koopa Court is now in session! Bailiff Mouser, read those phony charges you and I cooked up!
~ Koopa admitting to falsifying charges against the Mario Brothers.
I am the mighty Robo Koopa! Half Koopa, half machine. Built for destruction! And I'm gonna destroy you miserable little meddlers! [Fiddles on his control panel] Drat! Where is that "destroy-you-miserable-little-meddlers" button?!
~ Robo-Koopa
You Nincomkoop!
~ King Koopa to his son, Cheatsy.
Go clean your room! And you'd better do it! Stop pinching your little brother! Don't be a brat! Turn down your stereo! Pick up your socks! Close the door! Get off the telephone!
~ Koopa raging at Kootie Pie.
Me, nice? I've never been nice in my life! I'm allergic to nice!
~ Koopa claiming to be allergic to niceness.
The Real World's got seven continents, and I'm givin' one to each of you to do with what you like! Bully, you get to be the beast of the east in Asia! Cheatsy, you show how low you can go, down under, in Australia! Kootie Pie, show the Old World some newer nastiness! Go be a plague in Europe! Kooky, go wild in Africa! Big Mouth, blow your hot air all over Antarctica! Hip, rediscover North America! Be rotten from sea to shining sea! Hop, lambada South America! Give the Real World a Kooping it'll never forget!
~ Koopa sending his children to take over the continents of the Real World.
Hey, what are you staring at? Haven't you ever seen a reptile ready to conquer the world?
~ Koopa to two Parisians staring at him.
Gahh! I'll be back, and when I do, that little monster of yours is going on a crash diet!
~ King Koopa to Mario and Luigi regarding Yoshi, also his last lines in the Mario cartoons.
HIP! HOP! GET ME OUT OF HERE! I'LL SEND YOU TO SCHOOL! Gladly.
~ King Koopa's last words before the series' ending.

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Trivia[]

  • In the Nintendo Comics System, it is implied that King Koopa is either affiliated with or the owner of the Apook Corporation, a company that creates and sells most of the Mushroom Kingdom's commercial products, due to the fact that the name "Apook" is "Koopa" spelled backward. In addition, King Koopa uses his design from the Mario cartoons.
    • Despite this implication, Mario and his allies use products from the Apook Corporation on multiple occasions, making it possible that Koopa truly is unrelated to the company.
  • Coincidentally, King Koopa's plot to marry Princess Toadstool in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode "Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa....?" parallels Bowser's similar plan in Super Mario Odyssey. Although the episode predates the game by more than twenty-eight years.
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    King Koopa as King Wart from a screenshot of a possible pilot of the show.

  • It's being rumoured that King Koopa was originally going to be Wart early on in the show's production, as seen in a View-master three-reel set based on the show; there are some pictures of the latter which are rumoured to be screenshots from a possible lost pilot episode of the show.[1] The shot was reused in the first episode THE BIRD! THE BIRD! replacing Wart with Koopa. However, as the original plan was to have Bowser and Wart as villains, it means the story of the series was going to be completely different. In the end, the developers merged Bowser and Wart, where King Koopa is created.
    • This iteration of Koopa is also a composite of Bowser and Wart.
      • He has the physical shape and personality of Bowser as well as the coloration and crown from Wart. Not to mention the 8-Bits appear among his minions, who were Wart's minions in Super Mario Bros. 2. As the original plan was to have both characters as villains, but they ended up being merged together in the final product.
  • In the episode "The Adventures of Sherlock Mario", the character Herlock Solmes, when asked about Koopa, states that he is a cross between a lizard and an inferior species of toad, has a brain smaller than a peanut, holds the world record for flunking kindergarten the most times and wet the bed until he was twelve. Whether all this is true or not is arguable, as Solmes was trying to insult Koopa, although Mouser implies that his deductions had a degree of accuracy.
  • In Mario Golf for the Nintendo 64, one of Bowser's costumes is based on King Koopa's color scheme. This also happens in Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate where King Koopa's color scheme appears as one of Bowser's alternate costumes.
  • King Koopa's Koopa the Kid alter-ego in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode, "Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid" bears a striking resemblance to Bowser's "Bowser the Brash" costume in Western Land of Mario Party 2.
  • In the Swedish dub of the episode "'Princess Toadstool for President" Koopa says "Din jäv..." but stops himself. This marks one of few times a cuss word is used in the series as jäv is the first letters of a Swedish profanity.
  • King Koopa's final physical appearance is "A Little Learning" while he, Mario, and Princess Toadstool only appear in a flashback in the final Super Mario World episode "Mama Luigi".

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Mummipokey | Cheepskipper | Mega Goomba | Monty Tank | Lakithunder | Boss Sumo Bro
Galaxy Armada
Dino Piranha | King Kaliente | Mandibug Clan (Mandibug Stack | Bugaboom) | Megaleg | Kamella | Tarantox | Topman Tribe (Topmaniac) | Bouldergeist | Undergrunts (Major Burrows) | Baron Brrr | Kingfin | Fiery Dino Piranha | Peewee Piranha | Giga Lakitu | Digga-Leg | Gobblegut | Rollodillo | Sorbetti | Glamdozer | Squizzard | Prince Pikante
Super Mario 3D World
Hisstocrat | Boss Brolder | King Ka-Thunk | Prince Bully | Motley Bossblob | Queen Hisstocrat
Super Mario Odyssey
Broodals (Topper | Harriet | Spewart | Rango) | Madame Broode | Torkdrift | Mechawiggler | Mollusque-Lancuer | Cookatiel | Ruined Dragon | Yoofoe
Mini-Troops
Goombas | Boos | Koopas | Shy Guys | Bob-ombs | Magikoopas | Lakitus | Toadies | Piranha Plants | Cheep Cheeps | Bloopers | Wigglers | Reznors | Pokeys
8 Bit Club
Wart | Mouser | Tryclyde | Fryguy | Clawgrip | Hawkmouth | Birdo | Robirdo
Mini-Troops
Shy Guys | Bob-ombs | Pokeys
Smithy Gang
Smithy | Exor | Claymorton | Bowyer | Speardovich | Axem Rangers | Blade | Count Down | Domino | Boomer | Clerk | Cloaker | Director | Factory Chief | Gunyolk | Manager | Wizakoopa | Bad Adder | Mad Adder
Mini-Troops
Shy Guys | Koopas | Pro Goombas | Boos | Chewies | Mr. Kippers | Bloopers | Bob-ombs
Sarasaland
King Totomesu | Dragon Zamazu | HiYoHoi | Biokinton | Tatanga
Beanbean Kingdom
Cackletta | Fawful | Beanies | Mechawfuls | Dark Star | Midbus | Sea Pipe Statue | Junker | Fawful Mountain | Crawful
Others
Popple | Rookie | Tolstar | Jojora | Mom Piranha | Chuckolator | Trunkle
Shroobs
Elder Princess Shroob | Princess Shroob | Sunnycide | Commander Shroob | Elder Shrooboid | L33T HAMM3R BROZ. | Junior Shrooboid | Shrooboid Brat | Petey Piranha | Swiggler
Rabbids
MegaBug | Ziggies | Pirabbid Plant | Rabbid Kong | Side Eye | Finn | Blizzy & Sandy | Icicle Golem | Calavera | Phantom of the Bwahpera | Bwario and Bwaluigi | Lava Queen
Cursa's Elite Forces
Cursa | Phantom of the Bwahpera | Spark Hunters (Midnite | Bedrock | Daphne | Kanya) | Darkmess Manta | Giant Wildclaw | Giant Goomba | Giant Squashette | Giant Depleter | Giant Magikoopa | Giant Magnafowl | Darkmess Bowser | Darkmess Edge | Mecha King Bob-omb | Proto Mecha King Bob-omb | Sydney Rabbidwhacker | Giant Flamin' Stooge | The Kraken | Stooges | Goombas | Bob-ombs | Magikoopas | Wigglers

Sour Bunch
Madame Grape | Purple plant

Others
Antasma | Belome | Best Fitness Friends | Booster | Bowser (Toolworks) | Bowser (CD-i) | Bundt | Croco | Culex | Czar Dragon | Dodo | Donkey Kong | Donkey Kong (Mario vs. Donkey Kong) | Draggadon | Dreamy Mario | Earthwake | Eely-Mouth | Evil Woody | Foreman Spike | Grate Guy | Grobot | Jonathan Jones | King Calamari | Knife Guy | Kretin | Lucien | Madame Mirage | Mammoshka | Mario | Megasmilax | Mokura | Mount Pajamaja | Nabbit | Octopus | Peps | Pi'illodium | Punchinello | Robo-Drilldigger | Ricky | Rudy the Clown | Sabasa | Snow King | Snow Ogre | Smoldergeist | Three Little Pigheads | Torkscrew | Valentina | Viruses | Waluigi | Wario | Watinga | Wingo

Paperverse
Koopa Troop
Paper Bowser | Paper Bowser Jr. | Paper Koopalings (Larry Koopa | Morton Koopa Jr. | Wendy O. Koopa | Iggy Koopa | Roy Koopa | Lemmy Koopa | Ludwig von Koopa) | Paper Kamek | Kammy Koopa | Paper Petey Piranha | Goomba King | Red & Blue Goomba | Koopa Bros | Buzzar | Tutankoopa | Electro Blooper | Tubba Blubba | Big Lantern Ghost | General Guy | Lava Piranha | Lakilester | Huff N. Puff | Super Blooper | Crystal King | Megasparkle Goomba | Tower Power Pokey | Gooper Blooper | The Shy Bandit | Pry Guy | Laundry Guy | Red Shy Guy
Mini-Troops
Goombas | Boos | Koopas | Chain Chomps | Shy Guys | Magikoopas | Bob-ombs | Piranha Plants | Pokeys
Secret Society of X-Nauts
Sir Grodus | Lord Crump | Shadow Sirens | Doopliss
Count Bleck's Minions
Count Bleck | Nastasia | O'Chunks | Mimi | Dimentio
Folded Soldiers
King Olly | Boss Sumo Bro | Handaconda
Vellumentals
Earth Vellumental | Water Vellumental | Fire Vellumental | Ice Vellumental
Paper Macho Soldiers
Paper Macho Goomba Outlaw | Paper Macho Spike Outlaw | Paper Macho Snifit Outlaw | Paper Macho Gooper Blooper | Mega Paper Macho Pokey | Paper Macho Chain Chomp | Paper Mistake Buzzy Beetle
Legion of Stationery
Colored Pencils | Rubber Band | Hole Punch | Tape | Scissors | Stapler
Mini-Troops
Goombas | Shy Guys | Koopas | Boos | Piranha Plants | Pokeys
Others
Shadow Queen | Jr. Troopa | Kent C. Koopa | Gus | Gold Fuzzy | Hooktail | Armored Harriers | Rawk Hawk | Grubba | Cortez | Smorg | Gloomtail | Bonetail | Francis | King Croacus | Underchomp | Bonechill | Skellobits | Wracktail | Shadoo | Count Bleck's Father | Pixl Queen | Birdo | Mizzter Blizzard | Black Paint | Draggadon | Steak | Lamp Scam Snifit

Movies
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
President Koopa | Lena | Iggy and Spike
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
Bowser | Kamek | Bowser's Army (Koopa General | Bomber Bill) | Foreman Spike

Television
Cartoons
King Koopa | Koopa Pack (Mouser | Tryclyde | Fryguy | Clawgrip | Koopa Troopas | Hammer Bros.) | Koopa Kids (Bully Koopa | Big Mouth Koopa | Kooky Von Koopa | Cheatsy Koopa | Kootie Pie Koopa | Hip Koopa | Hop Koopa) Big Bad Wolf | Sultan Pasbah | Queen Rotunda | Sergeant Kooperman | "Crime Wave" Clyde | Robot Princess | Koopa Zombies | Godzilla | Wizenheimer | Evil Dinosaurs | Dino Riders
Anime
King Koopa (Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!) | King Koopa (Amada Anime Series) | King Koopa (Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land)

Books
Comics
Bowser (WKS) | Bowser (Adventures) | Wario (Adventures) | Bowser (CN) | KKDU | Bowser (System) Tatanga (Game Boy) |
Manga
Bowser (SM-kun) | Bowser Jr. (SM-kun) | Koopalings (SM-kun) | Wario (SM-kun) | Waluigi (SM-kun) | Wart (SM-kun) | King K. Rool (SM-kun) King Boo (SM-kun) | Sir Grodus (SM-kun) | Shadow Queen (SM-kun) | Elder Princess Shroob (SM-kun) | Princess Shroob (SM-kun) | Count Bleck (SM-kun) | Dimentio (SM-kun) | Fawful (SM-kun) | Smithy (SM-kun)

Pakkun Mogura | Chō Dossun | Poko-tachi no sensuikan | Ultra Pukupuku | Battra Hanachan | Kāmenētā | Bowser (KC Mario) | Wario (KC Mario)

See Also
Donkey Kong Villains | Luigi's Mansion Villains | Wario Villains | Super Mario-kun Villains

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