Roy Koopa

Roy Koopa is one of Bowser's eight children and the third oldest of them.

From what has been revealed about Roy's personality, he is more brawn than brains, preferring brute force over thinking things through. Despite this gruff, tough-guy demeanor, Roy wears a pink shell and a pair of pink sunglasses, which may be a reference to the fact some say pink is a manly color.

Sky Land Hijacking
In Super Mario Bros. 3 Roy was charged by Bowser with taking over Sky Land. Easily doing this with his airship and armies, Roy stole the wand of Sky Land's king and transformed him into either an Albatoss or a generic bird with it, depending on which version of the game.

Adventuring through Sky Land, Mario managed to reach Roy's airship. Managing to pass all the traps on Roy's airship, Mario reached Roy's cabin, where he engaged the burly Koopaling in combat. In battle, Roy would leap at Mario and try to crush him with his ground-shaking stomps, Roy would also shoot energy blasts from his stolen wand. Despite his power, Roy was defeated by Mario.

Forest Takeover
In Super Mario World Roy took over the Forest of Illusion when his father attacked Dinosaur Land. After fighting his way through the perplexing Forest of Illusion Mario reached Roy's castle and ventured his way to the Koopaling's chambers.

In this battle, Roy would attack Mario by climbing-up the walls of his room and try to crush Mario by dropping down from his ceiling. Mario managed to defeat the wall-crawling Koopaling by bashing him on the head repeatedly.

Antarctic Adventure
Though absent from the NES version of Mario is Missing! Roy does appear in the PC and Super Nintendo version of the game. Following his family to Earth, Roy had planned on aiding them in their plot to melt Antarctica, thus flooding Earth.

Roy was eventually defeated again in the corridor of Bowser's fortress by Luigi, who had been searching for his kidnapped brother.

Air-to-Ground Battle
In Yoshi's Safari Roy appears as the boss of Float Castle I. Roy battles Mario and Yoshi in a large hot-air balloon equipped with six cannons. Despite having this mass amount of firepower, Roy was still defeated by Mario's Super Scope.

Rooftop Rumble
In Hotel Mario Roy is in charge of and the boss of Roy's HardBrick Hotel; a hotel with somewhat shoddy electrical wiring. Fought on Roy's Rowdy Rooftop, Roy uses the same attack pattern against Mario in this game as he did in Super Mario World; climbing-up the walls and trying to stomp Mario. Ultimately, Roy was once again beaten by Mario.

Roy's Revenge
After several years of absence in a Mario game, Roy made a return appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga; during Bowletta's invasion of the Beanbean Kingdom, Roy acted as a guard in Bowser's Castle, which Bowletta had hijacked.

After making their way through Roy's puzzle filled room, Mario and Luigi approached the Koopaling, who fled at the sight of them. Leaving Roy's room, thinking the Koopaling had turned coward, Mario and Luigi were sneak attacked by the oversized Koopaling.

In this battle Roy would attack by spiting fireballs and stomping the ground, sending shockwaves at Mario and Luigi. Despite having the aid of a Lethal Bob-omb in battle, Roy was still defeated by the combined might of the Mario Brothers.

Appearances in Other Media


Roy, aswell as his siblings were featured in the Super Mario Amada Series, a set of three Japanese OVAs. In the Mario retelling of the story "Momotaro", Roy and his siblings appear as minions of Bowser, aiding him in abducting Princess Toadstool. In "Shirayukihime (Snow White)" Roy also appears as a minion of Bowser once again, like his brothers and sister, Roy ends-up being beaten by Mario.



In The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World cartoon by DiC Entertainment Roy was renamed Bully Koopa. Bully, as his name would imply, constantly pummeled and pulled cruel-pranks on friend and foe alike. Out of all the Koopalings, Bully seemed to have the least amount of air-time in the DiC cartoons, only appearing occasionally, though he did have a major role in "Do the Koopa", "Recycled Koopa" and "The Yoshi Shuffle". In the continuity of the cartoon series, Bully was regarded as the eldest Koopaling. Interestingly, Bully was given a Brooklyn accent in the DiC cartoons.

Roy was also featured in the Nintendo Comics System and Nintendo Adventure Books. Here Roy's personality was similar to his "Bully Koopa" incarnation, but lacking the Brooklyn accent. The Nintendo Comics system issue "Bowser Knows Best" also revealed that Roy had a pet rabbit named Pookie, whom he would often abuse for his own amusement. Roy also appeared in the Super Mario Adventures comic, where he aided Bowser in his plot to hypnotize and marry Princess Toadstool.

Trivia

 * Roy was possibly named after legendary rock and roll musician Roy Orbison. Roy's sunglasses are also similar to Roy Orbison's.


 * According to the writers bible from The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 DVD set, Bully Koopa has his own gang, of which he is the only member. He also listens to Nintendo-style fifties greaser music.