Larry Koopa



Larry Koopa is the second youngest of Bowser's eight children.

Larry Koopa is the first boss Mario faces in Super Mario Bros. 3, but shows up in the last stage of Super Mario World, the Valley of Bowser. In Yoshi's Safari, he takes over the fourth world Crescent Coast.

Larry seems to be quite interested in sports, since Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga reveals that Larry is a master at tennis, and Larry uses bombs as bowling balls in Hotel Mario.

Cartoons and Comics
In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoons, he was named Cheatsy Koopa and was usually scheming up the Koopa's next plan, sometimes with Kooky. A very common animation goof regarding Cheatsy was that his green head was often colored orange, the same color as the rest of his body. One particular shot in the episode "The Beauty of Kootie" even had his head mistakenly colored purple in the shot where he says "Tell that to the Mario Bros.," then in the Super Mario World series, Cheatsy's hair was given a lighter gray-green color and drawn a tad thicker. This happens to the other koopalings too.

There are several physical differences between Larry and Cheatsy: Larry's hair is pointed upwards but Cheatsy's hair was flatter and much more untamed; Cheatsy was almost always seen squinting and was given an overbite. He appears the most of all the Koopalings. Cheatsy was voiced by James Rankin. Additionally, in the continuity of the cartoons, Hip and Hop were the youngest Koopalings, not Cheatsy.

In the comic books published by Valiant, he didn't speak English; instead, his dialogue balloons contained various pictures. Only Lemmy was able to understand him.

Bio from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 Writers Bible
''He loves to tie people up and then challenge them to a foot race. In reform school, he copied so many test papers, he got writer's claw. His hobby is counterfeiting Gold Coins, and he does such a great job of it, that Koopa has put him in charge of the Kastle Koopa treasury, where he happily spends every day cheating his brother and sister Koopalings on their allowances. When Koopa needs sneaking and devious, he calls on Cheatsy.''

Trivia

 * Surprisingly, Larry is mentioned in Super Paper Mario as the star of a game on Francis's "To-get" list. The game he stars in is a horror/survival romance sim called Larry Koopa: Zombie Heartbreaker.
 * Even though all the Koopalings are named after some celebrities, it is still unsure where Larry got his name. Some say, however, he is named after TV host Larry King.
 * Larry was known to be the younger of the Koopalings, however, was beaten by Bowser Jr. as the youngest member.