Koopalings

The Koopalings are a group of seven siblings that serve King Bowser. Contrary to popular belief, these are not his children—but rather, they are highly-ranked officials in the Koopa Clan, in that Bowser has given them their own missions in establishing individual strongholds in various lands (“Super Mario Bros. 3,” “Super Mario World,” etc.). In the “Dimension” saga, they are seen assisting Bowser once more, following his orders and doing their best to fight off the enemies they come across, while he goes forth with his own schemes. Larry Koopa Larry Koopa is the youngest member, short-tempered and bratty, but still just as devoted to Bowser as the rest of the Koopalings. For instance, it is he who goes on a reconnaissance mission in the Mushroom Kingdom just before the Assault on Peach’s Castle ; using the Clown Copter, he manages to spot Mario and Luigi’s exact location and informs Bowser, so that he may know where to stage his attack. Larry and the rest of the Koopalings join Bowser in his latest attempt at invasion, Larry himself first targeting Yoshi but being pounded into the ground for his trouble. Seeking payback, Larry follows Yoshi down a warp pipe, but falls for the deception as he is kicked right back out. Later on, Larry gets hit by Morton’s blind spinning-shell attack, which proceeds to hit the rest of the Koopalings also; amidst the commotion they all ram into Kamek, and then the Clown Copter—the impact of which sends them all flying.

Following the mysterious disappearance of Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi shortly afterward, the Koopalings lay low for a while, on Bowser’s orders. Eventually, the time comes to strike again, the Koopalings being called into action as Bowser takes the Clown Copter to pursue the Mario Bros. and their new allies across the water toward Dinosaur Land. Larry chooses to attack Tails, using his tennis racket, but the attack is blocked and Larry is promptly whacked away by Tails’ tails. He then attempts another tennis racket attack, this time on Dib, but deliberately distracts the boy long enough for Morton to ram into him. However, Calvin and Hobbes quickly rush to Dib’s rescue by ramming into Morton, who crashes into Larry, which sends them both flying. They both hit Kamek and all three of them crash into the Big Steely chasing Sonic, Mario, Knuckles, and Amy; the Big Steely explodes and tosses everyone into the air.

Cream the Rabbit kicks Larry away in midair; Larry then sees Tails approaching Cream after she is turned into a Goomba by Kamek, and seizes the opportunity by whacking him once more with the tennis racket—successfully this time. He then grabs Cream and throws her at Treeby, knocking them both backward; however, Tails then returns and kicks Larry out of sight. Soon afterward, Larry and Iggy come to Kamek’s aid by attacking Wart. Once the group at large reaches land, all seven Koopalings engage Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, and Cream in combat. Larry in particular targets Sonic and Amy alongside Wendy Koopa, but he gets kicked aside by Sonic as he attempts to threaten Amy; he and Wendy whack both of them away with their weapons shortly afterward, but only to get tossed into the air in retaliation. Larry later engages Amy again while in midair, but gets punched by Luigi.

He and Roy Koopa then team up against Sonic and Yoshi, attempting their own spinning attacks; Sonic jumps over Larry, who tries again, but gets punched into the air by Knuckles. Eventually, all Koopalings are knocked unconscious and left lying on the ground in defeat. When they come to, they regroup with Bowser while the heroes are busy battling Metal Sonic, and they retreat to the Valley of Bowser, where Doctor Eggman awaits with the rest of his army. Bowser and his Koopalings decide to join forces with this Doctor, and they all wait for the heroes’ arrival.

Larry and his Koopaling siblings then attack the heroes alongside the rest of the army. Larry uses his tennis racket to confront Amy once more; she dodges the attack, but this allows Chaos Delta to blast her away with his own firepower. While watching, however, Larry is once again kicked away by Sonic. He later combines his fire breath with that of Iggy, Wendy, and Lemmy Koopa to blast Lillie Frog into the air, but then they are all promptly whacked away by the rest of the frogs. Soon afterward, Larry is summoned by Metal Sonic, along with Chaos Epsilon and Swampy the crocodile, to attack Mario; as Larry attempts this, however, Mario dodges each attack—though Metal Sonic manages to defeat Mario anyway.

When all of the heroes come together and suddenly vanish without a trace, Larry and his siblings are coerced into building a new fleet for Doctor Eggman, combining their vessels with his. Eventually they all fall under attack by the heroes, the Star-Moon fleet, and the Irken Armada, and their army is ultimately defeated. Morton Koopa Jr. Morton Koopa Jr. is the largest of the Koopalings—cantankerous yet perceptive, while also obedient to Bowser. Often times he uses his weight as an advantage, which turns out to be his first move against Mario during the Assault on Peach’s Castle ; he does this to hold him down while Bowser enters the castle without resistance. He then battles Mario and kicks him into the sight of Wario and Waluigi, allowing them to further distract him. Later, Morton hides in his shell and attempts a spinning attack toward his enemies, but hits the Koopalings instead, causing all of them to ram into Kamek, and then the Clown Copter, which blasts them into the air upon impact.

Much later, Bowser informs the Koopalings that the Mario Bros. have returned, this time with an entire group of new allies; Morton and his siblings join their leader as he chases his enemies across the water leading to Dinosaur Land. Morton targets Calvin and kicks him off of his tiger, only for the boy to use his cape and hood to fly right back toward Morton and punch him backward into the water. Morton resurfaces and rams Calvin toward Lemmy Koopa, who whacks him away, but Calvin once again flies back and kicks Morton back into the ocean. Later, Morton spots Larry attacking Dib and rushes forward to ram Dib into the water using his size and strength; however, Hobbes returns to the scene and tackles Morton, who crashes into Larry. The two of them hit Kamek and all three crash into the Big Steely chasing Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, and Mario; the Big Steely explodes and sends everyone flying into the air.

Morton then battles Treeby in midair, before halting his pursuit to avenge Larry by whacking Tails away; but then, he is kicked into the air by Treeby. He and Kamek get knocked aside by a flying Roy Koopa, and then Morton is ambushed by Wart and Tank. Later on, Morton joins the rest of the Koopalings as they engage Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, and Cream in combat; he attempts to fight Knuckles and Luigi, but promptly gets punched by Knuckles, blasted by a fireball from Luigi, and then he and Wendy are whacked into the air by Luigi and Amy’s hammer attacks. All seven Koopalings are soon knocked unconscious and left lying on the ground in defeat.

Eventually the Koopalings wake up and notice that the heroes are now preoccupied with battling Metal Sonic. They regroup with Bowser, and they all retreat to his valley beneath the sea, where they find Doctor Eggman and his forces waiting. Here, they join forces against their common enemy, and when the heroes arrive soon afterward, a massive battle takes place between both alliances. Morton, specifically, goes after Luigi, who dodges his ramming attack but is then tackled by Waluigi; the Koopaling then attempts to ram into Wart, but gets kicked away by Tails. Later on, Morton and Chaos Delta face off against Cream and Cheese, in which Morton whacks a giant Yoshi egg toward Cream, dodges an attack from Cheese, and eventually manages to blast Cream away with one of several fire breaths. In the end, the heroes are left in a state of defeat, but they are suddenly transported away before the army can finish them off.

With the heroes gone, the Koopalings assist Bowser and their new Doctor ally in building an enormous fleet which combines vessels from both sources. In due course, however, the heroes return with an armada of their own, and ultimately overpower the Doctor’s new fleet. Wendy O. Koopa  Wendy O. Koopa is the sole female of the Koopaling squad, known to be materialistic, spoiled, and avaricious. She and the rest of her siblings attack the Mario Bros. during the Assault on Peach’s Castle, keeping them busy as Bowser enters the premises to find Princess Peach; in one instance, Wendy attacks Luigi but underestimates his abilities, in that he sports a raccoon tail and whacks her away with it. Ultimately, she is among those rammed into by a blind Morton Koopa’s spinning attack, and they all crash into the Clown Copter, the impact blasting them away.

Afterward, the Koopalings lay low, seeing as Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi have mysteriously disappeared; when they appear again—this time with a group of new allies—Bowser announces a call to arms and the Koopalings respond swiftly, joining the chase toward Dinosaur Land. Wendy attacks Cream and Cheese, but twice gets punched into the air by the latter; in turn, Wendy shoots back downward to kick Cream into the water and punch Cheese aside. She then make her way to land, where she prevents Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi from assisting their allies in their battle against Bowser, by kicking the three of them in the opposite direction. Luigi uses his Fire Flower abilities to shoot countless fireballs at her, but she jumps and dodges each one for a while, before a carefully-aimed fireball finally strikes her and blows her backward.

The seven Koopalings then challenge Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, and Cream in battle; Wendy and Larry Koopa attack Sonic and Amy, but she is promptly whacked away by Amy’s hammer. She manages to punch Sonic from behind, but then gets whacked again by the same hammer. Wendy switches targets and goes after Luigi while in midair, but Amy insists on defeating Wendy, so she and Luigi punch, kick, and whack her back and forth to each other before at last whacking both Wendy and Morton away with their hammers. In the end, all of the Koopalings are defeated and left lying on the ground, unconscious. Later on, they awake and realize that the heroes are now facing off against Metal Sonic farther away; the Koopalings regroup with Bowser and venture back to his valley beneath the sea.

There, Doctor Eggman and his robot army await, and before long, both sides join forces to defeat their enemies—and as soon as the heroes arrive, another battle takes place. In one instance, Wendy is shown performing a spinning shell attack against Treeby, but Sonic then speeds in and kicks her away. Wendy then recovers and combines her fire breath with that of Larry, Iggy, and Lemmy Koopa to blast Lillie Frog away; however, each of them are then pummeled by the rest of the frogs in retaliation. Soon, the heroes are defeated, but then get transported away from the area by an outside source. With them gone, the Koopalings and Bowser assist their new ally in forming a new fleet, using vessels from both sides. In the long run, however, the fleet is overpowered by the heroes’ return, this time aided by the Star-Moon/Irken armada. Iggy Koopa Iggy Koopa is the manic genius of the Koopaling clan, giddy and energetic, seeming to think he is smarter than Bowser at times. Perhaps it is because of this that he does not immediately join the Koopalings in battle during the Assault on Peach’s Castle —or perhaps because of his demented nature. Instead he emerges late from the Clown Copter, just in time to be hit by all of the Koopalings speeding out of control, which sends all of them flying into the air.

Later on, Iggy has his chance to redeem himself when the Mario Bros. show themselves again, this time with new allies, as the Battle of Dinosaur Land begins to take place. He begins by kicking Dib and tossing all of the frogs he was transporting into the air, but Tad and Tank recover and punch him away shortly afterward. Iggy then rockets overhead, guided by his crazed conduct, and kicks Frogger backward; again and again he strikes Frogger, before he himself is punched away by Dib. Once again, however, Iggy quickly recuperates, and he and Roy Koopa punch Treeby into the air from beneath the water. Iggy later attempts to attack Dib once more, but Dib dodges the attack and smacks him into the water. Finally, when Kamek falls under attack in the air, Iggy and Larry Koopa both come to the Magikoopa’s aid by attacking Wart.

On land, Iggy joins his siblings in battle against Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Yoshi, Luigi, and Mario. Specifically, he catches an egg thrown at him by Yoshi and flings it back, though Yoshi manages to kick it aside; additionally, he jumps upward to allow Ludwig and Lemmy Koopa to attack Cream and Mario, but as he lands back on solid ground, Yoshi immediately kicks him away. Soon afterward, Iggy engages Mario in one-on-one combat; he kicks the plumber to the ground, but receives a shock when he gets right back up and punches Iggy backward into a tree. Iggy gets back on his feet and blows Mario backward with fire, but Mario promptly pulls out a Super Leaf and empowers himself to launch forward and blow the Koopaling backward, which knocks him out cold along with the rest of his siblings.

As they awaken, the Koopalings take advantage of the heroes being distracted by Metal Sonic to return with their leader to the Valley of Bowser, where they find Doctor Eggman and join forces with his army. Once the heroes arrive, an all-out brawl takes place, in which Iggy at one point joins Larry, Lemmy, and Wendy O. Koopa in blasting Lillie Frog away using their fire breath—only to be thrown aside as the frogs come to her aid. Ultimately, however, the heroes lose the battle, though they manage to escape just in time with the help of an outside source. Nevertheless, the Koopalings assist their new allies in constructing a fleet which combines the vessels of both Bowser and Doctor Eggman. In the end, however, the fleet is destroyed by the Irkens and Star-Moon Alliance, from whom the heroes sought assistance, in the War Above Earth.

Roy Koopa Roy Koopa is the brute of the Koopaling clan, preferring brawn over brains and beating up smaller targets for his own amusement. During the Assault on Peach’s Castle, however, he seems to underestimate his targets, as he attacks Yoshi and Luigi but is grabbed and thrown out of sight by Yoshi’s tongue. He and the rest of the Koopalings are ultimately defeated by their own mistakes, in that Roy and the others are slammed into by Morton’s blind spinning attack, which sends them all crashing against the Clown Copter and into the sky.

For a long while the area remains quiet, until the Mario Bros. and their new allies show themselves and Bowser calls the Koopalings into action. Roy gives chase to Dib and the six frogs as they race across the water toward Dinosaur Land, but gives himself away too early and is punched backward by Dib as a result. However, Roy doesn’t go far, as he simply comes back and kicks Dib and Wart away; he then attacks Lillie, but gets unsuspectingly pummeled into the water by Tad, though he quickly resurfaces alongside Iggy Koopa to punch Treeby into the sky. Afterward, Roy gives chase to the rest of the frogs, eventually reaching shore, but gets punched back toward the water by Lillie, where he rams into Dib and gets kicked upward, and in midair he crashes into Morton and Kamek accidentally, sending them both flying.

Roy then returns to land so that he may fight with his six other siblings against the heroes—specifically, Knuckles and Luigi. He hides in his shell and rams into Knuckles, knocking him aside, but then gets blown aside by a fireball from Luigi. Protected by his shell, however, Roy quickly reemerges and shoves Luigi to the ground, making him lose his Fire Flower abilities, just before being kicked backward by Knuckles. Roy then attacks Luigi once more in midair, but then gets whacked away by Amy’s hammer. Upon landing back on solid ground, Roy and Larry Koopa face off against Yoshi and Sonic; Roy attempts to ram into Yoshi in his shell, but his attack is dodged, and then he is tossed into the air by Cream shortly afterward. Eventually, the Koopalings are all knocked unconscious by the heroes.

Once the Koopalings come to, they reunite with Bowser while the heroes are busy battling Metal Sonic, and then retreat to the Valley of Bowser, where they join Doctor Eggman’s awaiting army to combat their common enemy. During the Clash at the Valley of Bowser, one instance occurs in which Roy attempts to ram into a target once more, Treeby, who hops over the spinning shell, causing the attack to miss. Ultimately, however, the heroes lose the battle, but narrowly escape the wrath of the Doctor’s new army.

Prior to the War Above Earth, Roy Koopa plays an essential part in setting up the Final Egg Blaster atop the Death Egg, he and Wario preparing it for use against the planet and the heroes, should they return. However, when they do return, they bring with them an entire armada of Irken ships and Star-Moon vessels, and the Final Egg Blaster proves to be of little use. In the end, the Doctor’s army and fleet are defeated. Lemmy Koopa Lemmy Koopa is the smallest of the Koopalings, often childish and immature in his ways, despite being the second-oldest. He and his Koopaling siblings play a part in battling the Mario Bros. during the Assault on Peach’s Castle, Lemmy himself being instrumental in causing Luigi to lose his Raccoon power-up upon attacking him; however, he gets carried away in his attack pattern and promptly falls off a cliff while doing so. Before long he manages to rejoin the battle, only to be hit by a blinded spinning-shell attack from Morton, who rams into all of the Koopalings, Kamek, and then the Clown Copter, whose impact sends them all flying into air.

Some time later, the Koopalings are again called into action by their leader, who now chases the Mario Bros. and his new allies across the waters leading to Dinosaur Land. Lemmy attacks Calvin and Hobbes alongside Morton Koopa, but his attack is dodged by Calvin; Morton helps by punching Calvin toward him, allowing him to punch Calvin away—but then Lemmy receives a pounce attack from Hobbes. Lemmy later joins the rest of the Koopalings in their battle against the heroes on land, this time targeting Cream, who jumps over his attempted attack and kicks him to the ground. Angry now, Lemmy joins Ludwig von Koopa in tackling Yoshi and engaging in a scuffle on the ground; Cream grabs Lemmy, however, and throws him into the air, as Mario does with Ludwig. They both gets punched toward each other in midair, and then a well-thrown Yoshi egg blasts them into the sky.

All seven Koopalings are defeated and left lying on the ground unconscious, until they later reawaken and regroup with their leader. As the heroes are busy battling Metal Sonic, they retreat to the Valley of Bowser, where they are met with the presence of Doctor Eggman and his forces, with whom they ally themselves against the heroes. As a brawl takes place between the heroes and the Doctor’s army, Lemmy at one point targets Tank, but gets punched by Frogger before he can land a hit. As payback, Lemmy uses his fire breath, along with Larry’s, Iggy’s, and Wendy’s, to blast Lillie Frog away, but once again receives a blow from the frogs. This time, however, the Koopalings and the rest of the army emerge triumphant over the heroes, in spite of their untimely escape by unexpected transport.

In due course the new army led by Doctor Eggman is defeated, as their fleet is destroyed by the Irken Armada and Star-Moon Alliance, brought to Earth by the heroes. Ludwig von Koopa Ludwig von Koopa is the oldest in the Koopaling squad, intelligent and eloquent, while also conceited and pitiless. In battle he’s smart enough not to rush his opponents too early, though this only helps him for a limited time. For instance, with the Koopalings’ first attack during the Assault on Peach’s Castle, Ludwig targets Yoshi and prepares to attack from above, but Yoshi’s quick egg-throwing skills prevail in blasting Ludwig into the air; on the other hand, as the Battle of Dinosaur Land takes place much later, Ludwig targets Tails and Cream, and while he fails to successfully land a hit on the latter, he waits for Tails to be distracted in fighting off Larry Koopa before striking, using his shell to ram him into the water.

Ludwig also bides his time on land, as he and the rest of the Koopalings fight off the rest of the heroes. As Iggy Koopa battles Yoshi, Ludwig attempts to ambush Mario, but gets punched backward; so, he uses the force of both himself and Lemmy Koopa to subdue Yoshi instead, engaging in a fistfight on the ground. However, Mario returns and throws Ludwig into the air, as Cream does the same to Lemmy. Ludwig is then punched toward Lemmy in midair, and the two of them are struck by a Yoshi egg, and thus blasted into the air.

After their defeat, the Koopalings regain consciousness some time later, and regroup with King Bowser at his hideout beneath the sea. Once there, they combine forces with Doctor Eggman and his army, so that they may ensure victory over the heroes. In the subsequent Clash at the Valley of Bowser, there is one instance in which Ludwig confronts Calvin and Knuckles, but gets tossed in the air by the former and kicked away by the latter. In spite of this, however, the army as a whole succeeds in defeating the heroes, although they do escape at the last second. Ludwig and the rest of the Koopalings then assist the Doctor in building the new fleet—but the fleet is later wiped out by the Irken Armada and Star-Moon Alliance, the Doctor’s alliance being ultimately defeated. (Definitive fate?) It is unknown whether the Koopalings survived this battle, as they have not been seen since. They either perished aboard one of their vessels in the War Above Earth, during the Destruction of the Valley of Bowser five years later, or they are still alive, having escaped both incidents.