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| “ | You're standing on the wrong side of this face-off! And where's my backup?! Ludwig, get your shell OVER here! | „ |
| ~ Larry Koopa |
| “ | Lord Bowser is expecting the Big Paint Star, and I have no intention of disappointing him. Have you even seen his disappointed face? It's heartbreaking! Enough small talk. Let's get this over with. | „ |
| ~ Larry Koopa |
| “ | Ahaaaaaaaaa! I love the smell of impending doom! It was my henchmen who hijacked this train, and it'll be my henchmen who... keep the train, uh... hijacked. | „ |
| ~ Larry Koopa |
Larry Koopa is the youngest of the seven Koopalings and a supporting antagonist in the Super Mario franchise. He also appears in two Super Mario Bros. cartoons where he is known as "Cheatsy Koopa", and also in the Mario anime series, where he goes by his real name.
He is played by Masaharu Satō in Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. and Rob Wallace in Mario is Missing. He is voiced by Michelle Hippe in the video games minus the New Super Mario Bros. games, Super Smash Bros. series, and Super Mario Maker 2 where he is played by Lani Minella. He was also voiced by James Rankin as Cheatsy Koopa in the cartoons.
Appearance[]
Larry has blue hair which is in a mohawk-like style, and is one of the smallest Koopalings. He initially had a green shell, but it was later changed to a blue shell. The top half of his face is dark green. He has a blue star on the side of his head, similar to the one on Morton's face. His head is oval-shaped, and bears two fangs on the sides of his mouth. He has large oval light blue eyes, and his stomach and feet are padded.
Biography[]
Super Mario Bros. 3[]
His first appearance was in Super Mario Bros. 3, as the first boss. Larry is fought in an airship at Grass Land. He uses magic attacks. After Mario defeated him, he retreated, leaving behind the magic wand needed to change the king of Grass Land back to normal.
Super Mario World[]
Larry is the seventh Koopaling fought in Super Mario World, and is fought at the Valley of Bowser right before Bowser's castle. To defeat him, Mario must knock him into the lava, like Iggy Koopa's battle.
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga[]
Larry and the other Koopalings were apparently revived somehow, as they returned in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga as bosses in Bowser's castle. Larry was the last Koopaling to be fought.
Super Princess Peach[]
Although not actually seen in the game it was revealed that, along with his other siblings, Larry was to make an appearance in this game, but they were taken out for no apparent reason. Every one of the Koopalings had their own complete sprite sheet.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii[]
The Koopalings returned again in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Larry is fought twice in the first level (a plains level). Kamek made the floor move during the second battle, but Mario defeated him and he fell off the screen. After the credits, it is revealed that he survived, but Bowser, Bowser Jr., and the other 6 Koopalings were all crushed when Bowser's castle fell on top of them.
Mario Kart 8[]
Larry and all of the other Koopalings also made their first appearance as playable characters in Mario Kart 8. Larry, Lemmy and Wendy were all in the light class.
Super Smash Bros. Series[]
Larry Koopa as Bowser Jr.'s alternate costume in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS.
Larry Koopa has been used as an alternate costume for Bowser Jr. in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Super Mario Maker 2[]
In the 3.0 update of Super Mario Maker 2, Larry and the other six Koopalings are placeable enemies, appearing in four of the game styles. They do not appear in the Super Mario 3D World style.
Personality[]
Larry Koopa is about what you'd expect from an average kid. Larry is characterized as being a big eater who is sarcastic and has an overall typical tough tween boy attitude in Paper Mario: Color Splash. Larry dislikes carrots, likes steak and seems to be able to know what went wrong during the cooking process when the player cooks the steak wrong in the same game. Larry is typically depicted as lazy and not trying very hard, even admitting it himself in Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser through his quote "You should know I don’t intend to try very hard." which he said to Captain Goomba in response to Captain Goomba asking him to help look for Bowser or judging by his overall "let's get this over with" attitude he has to fighting Mario in Paper Mario: Color Splash because he doesn't want to be scolded for NOT getting the orange big paint star or how carefree he was with giving Bowser Junior a tutorial in Bowser Junior's Journey, nearly talking about only one thing before realizing he forgot there was more, followed by him getting impatient later on when he said "Oh, man… I haven’t even gotten to formation bonuses yet…" and then proceeding to give up halfway through and tell Junior that Ludwig can just tell him all about formation bonuses as well as the fact Larry even slacked off playing video games in Paper Jam. Although Larry is typically depicted as being lazy and not putting effort into things, it seems that Larry is capable of putting in impressive effort into the things he wants to do such as horseback-riding in Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Larry got hooked on horseback-riding so much to the point he associates the games with just horses, he'll go on about how much he knows about the talent of horses, based on quotes like "These horses are really talented animals. I tell mine to do something, and she just does it! 'Course, that makes my job all the more important, because if I lose, I can't go blaming it on my ride." and is able to judge whether or not the player did good or bad at riding their horse regardless if they won, and in the case the player wins, but rides their horse badly, Larry will say "Man, you really had me on the edge of my saddle. The way you handled that horse was, uh, something else! Something scary, that is... You goofed a few times, but I guess it IS hard to find the best path across the course without a whole buncha practice, huh? Hint hint. In the end, though, you still managed it, somehow. Never a dull moment, that's for sure! Hope the finals are just as exciting." which not only does he seem to be trying to criticize the player's horseback riding without hurting their feelings, but he also says it's hard to find the best path across the course without a whole bunch of practice, which implies that he himself has put a whole bunch of practice into horseback riding and so should the player, which is something Larry is not willing to do with things he doesn't want to do for Bowser.
Although Larry does work for Bowser, doing things such as causing trouble or simple mischief for Bowser such as stealing a wand and turning a king into a Cobrat or fighting Mario for Bowser in many instances, in fear of being yelled at, Larry does seem to show that he has morals. In Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, when Larry wins a medal and his horse gets nothing, Larry says "I know I had victory in the bag, but how come I win a medal and my ride doesn't get anything? Not even HAY?! Maybe I can sneak him some carrots later. It's not quite a medal, but I bet he'll enjoy it anyway." and even if Larry is afraid of Bowser and does what he says to avoid being yelled at, he still wanted to help Bowser get out from under the Tower of Yikk once him and Lemmy realized that Bowser was crushed by the Tower of Yikk in Bowser Junior's Journey. Of course, it stands to reason that Bowser does still treat Larry well enough that, despite being afraid and feeling like he has no choice but to do things he doesn't wanna do, Larry has a great deal of respect for Bowser as a king, a leader and as an individual, based on his quote from Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic games where he says "The Mario League is so hot right now! I'm pumped for the next match! But don't you think it would have been better to call it the BOWSER League instead? Oh well, the Olympic Games are about peace and all, so I guess I'll just kick back and have fun! Heck, maybe Peach and me will even hit it off..." as well as various other examples.
As for Larry's mean side, he mostly just only shows his mean side to the Mario Bros or to Toads or to other "good guys" all things considered. Which, to be fair, the "good guys" are kind of unnecessarily mean to Larry, his friends, family and people. Grouping them up as "evil" things or monsters, using pronouns like "it" to refer to them. Even stooping so low as to when Starlow took advantage of the darkness inside the pipe and deliberately starts hitting Larry inside the pipe in Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam. While the US version of Paper Jam removed a lot of contexts, the Japanese version after hearing the first three loud hit sounds, had Larry say "What the? Some round ball-like thing is hitting me!" followed by Starlow responding in an egotistical narcissistic way, making it about herself and how she's offended that he called her a "ball" even though it was dark inside the pipe, so Larry couldn't have known exactly who or what she was, and that Larry is rude and then proceeds to go on about how she is this famous beautiful lady and that if Larry saw her in the light, he'd be astonished by just how beautiful she is. Ludwig then says "Look how she's taking advantage of the darkness" followed by Larry saying "This is what I gotta do to people trying to get through without a pass!" before Larry attacked them. All because Starlow didn't want to comply with her, Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario getting passes to show Larry and Ludwig before they can go through to Bowser's Castle. Toads are also always talking about how scared they are of the minions' people as a whole and how evil they are, talking about them as though they are nothing but evil monsters and always wanting Mario to beat them up. Of course, Larry's mean side hasn't always been justified by the way he's treated, such as when he was mocking Ludwig/making fun of Ludwig because Ludwig was trying to reason with Junior by replying to him with "How’s this working out for you? Pretty good?" after Junior got upset with Ludwig and ran away in Bowser Junior's Journey. Of course, Larry being an overall average kid, he is not above lying such as when he lied to Ludwig and Wendy in Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that Luigi and Tails robbed the Excitement Battery from him, which caused them to try to get it back for Larry, as Wendy said "What’s his is his, after all." and when Larry is not above sneaking into places he isn't supposed to be in without the permission to do so, such as when he said "What!? You found me already!? Ugh, it was a real pain trying to sneak in here after I lost my pass! You can chase me all you want, but I’m only handing over this battery to Eggman Nega." or even when he was going to be sneaky and do something he wasn't supposed to for the right reasons in Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games when he said "I know I had victory in the bag, but how come I win a medal and my ride doesn't get anything? Not even HAY?! Maybe I can sneak him some carrots later. It's not quite a medal, but I bet he'll enjoy it anyway." which shows he is still overall immature, and really, when he's on his own, he either means well or is just being selfish, both of which are normal for an average kid.
Trivia[]
- His name used to be thought to be derived from Larry Mullen Jr., the drummer for the Irish rock band U2. But in an interview with Dayvv Brooks, a former Nintendo of America employee, he was named Larry because he (quite literally) "looked like a Larry".
- In the recent Super Mario Maker 2 update, Larry's sprite from Super Mario Bros. 3 and New Super Mario Bros. U is original, but not Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World.
- Larry's sprite is completely different in the original Super Mario World than Super Mario Maker 2.
- Larry always tries to do what Bowser says avoid being yelled at (Jakks Pacific 2.5 inch figure box description) despite the fact he'd rather hang out with friends (Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games), relax (The Japanese version of Paper Mario: Color Splash) or play video games (Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, though it seems to simply be that he was slacking off playing in the Japanese version, unclear with what).
- In the Super Mario Bros 3 Japanese instruction booklet, Larry seems to have been scared of Bowser based on his quote「マヌケな国王から巻き上げた杖は全部で7本。オレ達兄弟が1本ずつ持ってるって訳さ。オヤジに怒鳴られるのはイヤだから、そう簡単に渡す訳にはいかないぜ。」which translates into "There are a total of 7 wands we managed to steal from those idiot kings. My siblings and I have one each. I'm not going to give mine away so easily because I don't want to get yelled at by my old man!"
- Larry being scared of Bowser is still true today, in the Japanese version of Paper Mario: Color Splash, before the fight, Larry says「ビッグ大ペンキスターを持ちかえらないと、さまオイラ こわーい クッパ様にしかられちゃう!」which accurately translates into "If I don't bring back the Big Paint Star, scary Lord Bowser is going to scold me!" while after Larry loses the fight, he says「さまクッパ様にしかられちゃう~かえこわくて 帰れないよ~!」which translates into "Lord Bowser is going to scold me! I'm scared and I can't go home!"
- Larry Koopa is currently most likely 13-years-old, based on the fact his current official voice actress, Michelle Hippe, was asked to speak gibberish like a 13-year-old boy when voicing Larry. It can be estimated by the way Larry is written in the games that his age must be around preteen or early teen age.
- In Paper Mario: Color Splash, despite having more time than Morton, Iggy, Ludwig and Wendy (by days no less based on Wendy saying she's been sitting in that clam shell for days on end only to lose) Larry is the only Koopaling who didn't already have his Big Paint Star by the time he had to fight Mario.
- According to Paper Mario: Color Splash, Larry hates carrots.
- In the Mario and Luigi games on the 3DS, Larry gets dizzy from doing a shell spin.
- Similarly, in his victory animations in the Mario and Sonic series, he gets dizzy after spinning.
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