Coop772

Franklin Cooper (born: ), better known online as Coop772, Frank, or Coop, is a former American Nerf YouTuber. The channel mainly revolves around reviews of products made by Nerf and other foam-flinging blaster brands, as well as aftermarket and modified products. His second channel, simply called "Frank Cooper," includes various extras, commentaries, and vlogs (though the vlogs have since been privated). He also two other short-lived channels: "Frank Talks," a channel where he would discuss more philosophical topics (which had 2 uploads before being scrubbed of all content), and a furniture review channel called "Frank Reviews," which was quickly abandoned due to a lack of views after only 4 uploads. 
Cooper retired from YouTube on June 30, 2023, citing burnout and a desire to do more with his life as reasons for his departure, though he said that there's a possibility that he will be doing other content under a different name.
==History==
Inspired by his friend and Nerf YouTuber Uin13, Coop772 was started as a way for Cooper to share his Nerf modification projects with his friends. He also uploaded modding tutorials and offered a commission service to modify and paint Nerf blasters for clients. The vast majority of videos from this pre-review channel era are either privated or deleted. 
Cooper would eventually lose interest in modding, and slowly transitioned away from modification content to produce more reviews and comedic sketches, including his popular "Nerf Combos" and "Stereotypes" series, as well as expanding his reviews to cover off-brand and third party products. Cooper around a similar time also underwent a personality change, becoming noticably more enthusiastic and energetic in his videos, compared to the much more monotone and flat nature of his earlier uploads.
In the latter years of his channel, Cooper stopped producing his skit videos, citing a lack of energy due to health problems. He would also ramp back up coverage of modified and aftermarket products in his reviews after growing dissatisfied with Nerf's mediocre offerings. 
==Retirement==
In the weeks leading up to June 30th, Cooper would create many sets of eBay auctions to sell off much of his Nerf collection. Since his collection was quite large and expansive, it would take several weeks and many video announcements to do so. The final set of auctions were started on June 29, 2023, when he released a video announcing he was moving and auctioning off everything remaining related to Nerf and YouTube, including camera equipment and various props featured in his videos over the years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTE4krZYW9o The next day, he released a video announcing he was retiring from YouTube. He explained that he lost interest in Foam-Flinging content creation, and no longer had the passion he felt was necessary to run a YouTube channel full-time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKZWLbFsmzc&t=58s He stated that he did not know what he planned on doing, but was very excited to see what the future held for him. He did not rule out a possible return to YouTube. 
== Trivia ==
* Cooper operated a web store called "Unicorn Tactical," which he used to sell his modified blasters. It was shut down after Cooper lost interest in modding.
** One of the products he used to sell were his modified Rapidstrike UZIs. These were featured in a popular video of his, Nerf Stereotypes: The Try Hard.
** He also shortly ran a Nerf subscription box service, which was canceled after 3 installments.
* Cooper would do yearly Q&A videos answering questions from fans, often spanning several hours. Those videos are now private, along with many other videos pertaining to Cooper's personal life. These were eventually replaced by his single Yearly Highlights video in 2022.
** In a Q&A video, Cooper was asked what his plans were if YouTube was no longer a viable source of income for him. He said his bug out plan was to sell his house and expensive possessions to buy an RV and live off the grid, doing freelance photography and video work.
*The health problems mentioned above were caused by Cooper's excessive Red Bull consumption combined with a lack of sleep. Cooper explained that he constantly pushed himself to the limit and wanted to squeeze as much productivity as he could out of every day, which led to serious heart problems at a young age. His doctors put him on medication that made him very lethargic, causing him to gain a lot of weight.
* Cooper formally lived in Ohio and was a member of the Nerf clan P.O.O.N. (Patrician Organization of Ohio Nerf). He named his "POONBOW" mod after the clan, and can also be seen wearing shirts of their logo in some of his early videos.
** Though he claimed the POONBOW was not for sale, he would eventually part ways with it after being offered what he called an "absurd" amount of money for it.
*Cooper has a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and wanted to work in law enforcement when he was in college.
*Cooper formerly worked as a firearms instructor. Also, in several videos, he's mentioned that he owns and has fired real guns. Examples include pistols, assault rifles, sniper rifles, etc.
*Cooper's favorite historical figure is Elon Musk.
*Cooper has a brother named Jason Cooper, who is a teacher and musician. His brother was featured in a few videos. He also has a sister and a nephew.
==References==
Category:Review YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2007
Category:One million subscribers