Are Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings Related To Each Other?

Bowser Jr. is the one and only son of Bowser, which means the Koopalings have been demoted over time. How did this happen? Who is Bowser Jr.'s Mother? And are Bowser Jr. and Baby Bowser the same person? Join me on this Origin Oracle as we uncover the secrets of the Koopa Family.

00:00 - Intro to Bowser Jr.
00:39 - Super Mario Sunshine - Bowser Jr.'s First Appearance
04:19 - Who is Bowser Jr's Mother?
05:46 - Bowser Jr. in mainline Mario titles
08:30 - Bowser Jr. in Mario Spin-offs
09:20 - Who are the Koopalings?
13:53 - Are the Koopalings Bowser's children?
16:05 - Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam
18:11 - Bowser Jr.'s Journey

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[poweroffriendship.]

Bowser is maybe the villain who becomes the embodiment of video game boss battles and a foil to Mario as a player, but he's also the most wholesome and loving dad to Bowser Jr.

[Magomadness]

Extra detail: In Paper Jam, the Koopalings question if paper versions exist, to which Wendy responds with them being busy. So technically, the existence of the Paper Koopalings were foreshadowed almost a whole year before they debuted in Color Splash.

[PredictedCyborg]

I still like to think Bowser took the Koopalings in and taught them evil when their original parents disappeared, preparing them to one day be the skilled generals of Jr's army when he grows enough to take over. The kids are basically his future plan to make sure all his Koopa stuff is in good hands after he passes.

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It's one thing to not make the Koopalings Bowser's kids, but reducing their relationship strictly to being loyal minions is really lame to me. I feel they could've kept that familial bond between them without any blood ties like how Kamek is his right-hand man and father figure. I wish the Koopalings could've at least gotten new backstories along with the retcon to explain their connection, cause right now I'm left to assume that one of Bowser's highest ranking minions are a bunch of random kids he found.

[erentsen]

You should have went more in detail on the personal relationships Bowser Jr. developed with each Koopaling. How Morton is his best friend, how Ludwig always believed in Jr.'s potential, how Iggy just vibes, etc.

[ImmortalAbsol]

Jr is biological son and the Koopalings are adopted, in my head at least.
Boom Boom and Pom Pom seem to be the same species as the Koopalings but lack the adopted family part.

[JRS]

I may be alone, but I always enjoy it when the Koopalings show up. They're some of my mains in Mario Kart 8 (but not anymore since they added Petey and Kamek) and I like their New Super Mario Bros boss fights. Roy's my favourite, followed by Larry, Iggy and Morton.

Bowser Jr's pretty good too. My headcanon is that Bowser Jr is Bowser's real son, and the Koopalings are cousins who are about junior's age.

[yoshimasterleader]

Given the name Koopalings It's likely that they are actual siblings within the group. It could also mean they just have a strong familial bond with each other and probably with Bowser and Bowser Jr.

[ToranosukeEdo]

Oh boy, I love Bowser, Kamek and the Koopalings. To me, there's just something so badass about Nintendo's take on the spikey, scaly "dragon" aesthetic

[FletcherReedsRandomness]

Ludwig's name is on the piano that Bowser plays in the movie, so it's fair to assume he and the other Koopalings exist in the movie universe. Maybe they'll show up in the sequel, it'll be less confusing than Bowser Jr showing up and having to explain why he's here without mentioning his mom. I dunno, I'm just spitballing here.

[machadragonii]

Bowser and Dr Doofamitz are proof that just because your the main villain does not necessarily mean you have to be a bad dad

[Vidiocity]

Always fascinating to see how lore changes over time. Maybe Bowser disowned the Koopalings cause they failed him or something, just like how Yoshi is from another marriage he doesn't talk about.

[itsYaMans]

In the Super Mario animated series, the koopalings were bowser’s kids, and Wendy is daddy’s little girl. As a newly father who has a 9 month year-old daughter, That’ll always be cannon in my heart.

[MagillanicaLouM]

Honestly, even though I grew up in the era of Mario Jr was introduced in, I quickly ended up liking the other Koopalings more. Since I sucked at Sunshine ivnever got far enough for Jrs reveal (also i never owned the game myself, only played on older relatives' GameCubes). But I did own the original Mario and Luigi superstar saga which has the Koopalings as end game bosses with Jr no where in sight. So I just was more attached to them for the concept of "Bowser's kids" and eventually finding out they came first anyway, I just saw it as "oh so there's 8 koopalings, Jr just came later". But these days I see this disdain for the 7 OG children from some of the mario fandom, especially after Miyamoto's retcon, and it's just confusing considering they have more of a legacy in the franchise than Jr does. And it's not like they're obscure no names Nintendo just shoe horns recently as deep cuts, everyone and their mom and her mom have played SMB3, SMW, they're prominent in the old cartoons and comics, and they're resurgence is nearing 20 years ago as much as it pains me to say lol. These aren't no names, they've long been series juggernauts. Personal favs are Ludwig, Wendy and Roy.

Rant aside, at this point I do wonder if the Koopalings are even related to EACH OTHER now lol. Gonna have to get a whole bunch of Koopas on Maury at this rate.

[RobinRhombus]

Shame you never brought up Iggy's drastic redesign from NSMBWii where he went from being Lemmy's twin to the absolute lankmeister we have now.

[BirdieSenpai]

Given Japan didn't name the Koopalings, way back when I was a kid, my dad gave them names based on their appearances he thought were fitting, also based on singers:

Ludwig, fittingly, was Beethoven because of his hair, but with van instead of von, also because ELO's song Roll Over Beethoven.
Lemmy Koopa was Willie, after Willie Nelson.
Roy was Buddy, after Buddy Holly.
Iggy was Waylon, after Waylon Jennings.
Wendy was Tammy, after Tammy Wynette.
Morton was Hank, after Hank Williams Senior and Junior, fitting, given Morton's later name.
Larry was Dave, after David Allan Coe.

Yeah, we're country folks.

[greshaminc]

As a Koopaling fan, while I can agree they are definitely not biological to Bowser. I could theorize they are adopted considering Jr’s relation. In fact, I have hopes that the second Mario movie could potentially establish the Koopaling’s origins

[disneyvillainsfan]

I'm one of the few people who actually wants to see The Koopalings return in Mario Wonder, but only if they have more unique boss fights. Don't just stop at Lemmy having circus balls and Wendy tossing hoop rings, give every Koopa Kid their own identity and help them stand out from each other. I would personally love to see Ludwig fight with the Infamous Fanged Piano from Mario 64 since he's named after a famous piano player.

[BassiKun]

14:37 FreezeFlame22's Bowser Koopalings series!

[jailee]

I find it weird that with the Bowser Jr mother question that nobody talks about how basically everyone was brought by a stork like from yoshi island