Roy Koopa

Roy Koopa, or simply just Roy, is second largest of the Koopalings, who are Bowser's offspring in older games retained through re-releases,Super Mario Bros. 3 website (Nintendo of Europe 2013)Nintendo 3DS eShop manual (Nintendo of Japan 2013)Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 website (Nintendo of Europe 2016)Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years (Nintendo of America 2018) page 47 and Bowser's minions in newer games. Presumed to be the third oldest behind Morton Koopa Jr., Roy debuted alongside them in Super Mario Bros. 3.
==Profile==
===Physical description===
Roy is a large Koopaling with hot pink shades, and his eyes are never shown behind them. He originally wore a pink shell, but in more recent appearances, he has a purple shell.
===Personality===
Roy Koopa is an arrogant, but brutish, bully who shows little to no regard for anyone other than himself. He is shown to be quite strong, but also lazy and a patronizing hypocrite. Roy is physically the strongest of the Koopalings won from Morton, crushing foes beneath his bulk and deflecting attacks with his hard shell. Preferring to use brawn over brains in every situation. He seem to be laid-back, doesn't do work but just lay around. He is has a soft side towards his family.
===Powers and abilities===
* Magic: Just like the rest of the Koopalings, Roy is skilled at using magic. He is able to cast purple magic blasts from his wand. Roy can fire magic faster than Morton.
* Fire breath: Roy can breathe a small ball of orange flames, as seen in the Mario & Luigi games. 
* Artillery expertise: Roy is shown to use firearms effectively; in New Super Mario Bros. U and its Switch port, Roy exclusively uses a Bullet Bill cannon during his boss fight.
* Earthquake inducement: Being one of the strongest Koopalings (tied with Morton), Roy can cause earthquake-like tremors whenever he stomps on the ground, briefly stunning whoever is on the ground.
* Paint manipulation: Only seen in Paper Mario: Color Splash, Roy is able to use paint during his boss fight against Mario. 
* Bill Blaster: Roy can fire Bullet Bills from his double-sided Bill Blaster in New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U.
===Etymology===
Roy was named after American musician , who was almost always seen wearing sunglasses.How A Mario Character Was Named After Motorhead's Lemmy
==In the Super Mario series==
===Super Mario Bros. 3/Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3===
Roy is the fifth boss, and he is encountered on the airship in Sky Land. Roy is one of two Koopalings who can cause ground tremors upon landing onto the ground, the other being Ludwig von Koopa. Mario or Luigi can defeat Roy by stomping his head a few times, just as with the other Koopalings.
===Super Mario World/Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2===
Roy is the fifth boss, being encountered at the end of Forest of Illusion. Just like Morton, Roy's battle involves him moving up the walls and ceiling of the room and trying to drop down onto Mario or Luigi. A difference is that the walls close in a bit whenever Roy's head is stomped. Mario or Luigi can defeat Roy by either stomping on him three times, just as in Super Mario Bros. 3, or by throwing two fireballs at Roy while in their Fire form and then stomp on him once.
After Roy has been defeated, Mario or Luigi will exit Roy's Castle with one of stolen Yoshi eggs and then proceeds to destroy the castle by blowing it up once more. After they set off the detonator, they noticed nothing happened & go check to see what's wrong. When get they get a closer look at the castle, it suddenly explodes, causing Mario/Luigi's hair & clothes to be all black & torn up.
===New Super Mario Bros. Wii===
Unlike his past appearances, Roy appears in World 2. In his Tower battle, Roy will jump about and Ground Pound. If Mario or another playable character is on the ground when Roy comes down, they are briefly stunned and paralyzed by the shockwave. Roy's magic is purple in color. Like most other bosses, three stomps on the head will defeat him. In his castle, Kamek magically brings down pipes that Roy can use. Roy will jump into a random Warp Pipe and, when Mario is right below him, jump down from it and ground pound. Mario has to avoid both the earthquake and Roy falling from the pipes. After three stomps, Roy is defeated.
===New Super Mario Bros. 2===
Roy is the first Koopaling encountered in the game, he is seen in the Clown Copter with the other Koopalings during the intro. He will perform a Shoulder Bash towards the player in the battle like Chargin' Chucks, but when he bumps into a wall, he will become dizzy for a short time. After spinning in his shell, he will shoot a hot pink fireball from his wand. To beat Roy, the player will have to stomp on him three times. When Roy is stomped on, the room will narrow down, and it will become wide again when Roy is beaten. He is later seen again in World 6 and World Star's castle with the rest of the Koopalings in the Koopa Clown Car, trying to slow Mario down and is then seen reviving Bowser with his magic, but they were knocked into lava by Bowser.
===Super Mario Maker 2===
As of version 3.0.0, Roy also makes an appearance in Super Mario Maker 2. He gains a new ability: he can now spin in his shell to burrow underground and pop up on the floor or the ceiling, in which he will drop from and cause an earthquake, calling back to his boss fight from New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
==In Yoshi's Safari==
Roy is the seventh boss, and he is encountered at Float Castle I. He will fly down in a hot-air balloon machine. First, shoot off its arms and one cannon. Then it will reveal six more cannons which also must be shot. When the balloon's carriage goes down, Roy appears. By defeating him, Mario and Yoshi earn the ruby gem.
==In Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga/Bowser's Minions ==
Like the other Koopalings, Roy is fought in a part of Bowser's Castle. He can breathe fire, create shockwaves, and spin in his shell. He has a Time Bob-omb during his battle, requiring Mario or Luigi to defeat him within eight turns.
==Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe==
Roy and the other Koopalings made their Mario Kart debut in Mario Kart 8 as playable characters. They also return in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
==Non-canonical appearances==
===Other media===
In the cartoons, he was Bully Koopa and, instead of Ludwig (Known as Kooky in the show) being the oldest koopa kid, Bully was. There are three major physical differences between Roy and Bully: Bully wears a collar, has a spike on his tail, and his eyes are seen. Bully also speaks with a New York accent while Roy has a much deeper voice. His name might be related to his typical response to Morton (Big Mouth) talking too much: whacking him on the head while yelling "SHUT UP!"
In the Amada series, Roy serves as one of the minions of Bowser.
===Super Smash Bros. series===
In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Roy and the other six Koopalings are playable characters under the guise of being alternate costumes for Bowser Jr.. 
==Trivia==
*In the Super Smash Bros. series, Roy is the first character who shares the same first name with another character (that being, Roy from the Fire Emblem universe).
**Coincidentally, both characters appear in the Smash 4 "Congratulations" screen (All Star) and the Ultimate one (for Classic) too. That is, referencing the fact that there are two characters in the series named "Roy". 
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