Koopa Kid
A Koopa Kid (also known as a Koopaling) is a character from the Mario Brothers series of video games. As far as it is known there eight Koopa Kids - all the children of King Bowser Koopa. Their origin(Mother) is never revealed. The first seven originally appeared in Super Mario Bros. 3. They also appeared in Super Mario World, Yoshi's Safari, and Mario Is Missing! Recently, they appeared in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. They are always bosses of levels.
The Koopa Kids have wild punk hairstyles and dress. It is said that each Koopaling was personally designed by a different member of the production staff of SMB3.
'[The Koopa kids] were modeled after the design team of that game [Super Mario Bros 3]. This is another (sic) way we give recognition to the many people who help make the games successful.'
- Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario Mania Players Guide [1] (http://www.miyamotoshrine.com/theman/interviews/0561.shtml) (May 1991).
All of the first seven Koopa children are named after celebrities. They are:
- Ludwig Von Koopa is the oldest. In the cartoon series he was named Kooky. He was named after (and resembles) Ludwig van Beethoven. He first appeared in Super Mario Bros 3 as the boss of World 7.
- Lemmy Koopa is the second oldest. In the cartoons he was named Hip. He was named for Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy has lazy eye and balances atop a ball.
- Roy Koopa is the third oldest. In the cartoons he was named Bully. He was named after Roy Orbison, and both he and Orbison wear trademark dark sunglasses.
- Iggy Koopa is the fourth oldest. He is bespectacled and blue. In the cartoons, he was called Hop (Lemmy, his brother, was named Hip, a play on hip-hop). He is named after Iggy Pop.
- Wendy O. Koopa is the third-youngest. In the cartoons she was named Kootie Pie. She is the only female Koopa Kid. She was named after Wendy O. Williams.
- Morton Koopa Junior is the second-youngest. In the cartoons he was named Big Mouth. He is named after Morton Downey, Jr. and appears to be modeled after Paul Stanley of KISS.
- Larry Koopa is the youngest. In the cartoons he was named Cheatsy. He was named after Larry King.
In Super Mario Sunshine and the Mario Party series (and Yoshi's Island and Yoshi's Story, though this is arguable), Bowser had an eighth child named Bowser Junior.