Tyson Koopa

*"Oh come on! You're really gonna give this whole kingdom to that unqualified, alcoholic, worthless son of yours!?"* - Return of the Koopa King

## Tyson Mariah Koopa

* 1996
* Present Day

## Reign Information

### Titles

Lord Tyson Koopa (1965-1996)
King Tyson Koopa (1996-1999)
(*Titles revoked*)

## Family

### Marriages

Unnamed Woman (div. sometime before 1996)

### Other Notable Relatives

Queen Mariah Koopa (Great grandmother)
Prince Taylor Koopa (Grandfather)
King James Koopa Vl (Great-Uncle)
Prince Filmore Koopa (Uncle)
Prince Hayez Koopa (Uncle)
King Bowser Koopa II (Second cousin)
Princess Peach (Second Cousin-in-law)
Prince Bowser Koopa (Second Cousin-once-removed)

## In Videos

### Voice Actor

FreezeFlame22Swoldow EVGRB (disguised as Atony Spook)

### First Appearance

Return of the Koopa King

**Tyson Koopa** is the villainous second cousin of Bowser, former king of the Koopa Kingdom, being the forty-third monarch overall, and the main antagonist of the *Bowser's Koopalings* episode *Return of The Koopa King*. He also serves as a recurring antagonist in the whole series.

## History

Tyson was born in 1965 to Prince Tyler Koopa and Lady Julia Gardenia, thus making him the grandson of Prince Taylor Koopa and the great-grandson of Queen Mariah Koopa. Tyson was sent away to a boarding school by his father Tyler when he was very young, so he probably never got to spent too much time with his parents. Tyler did this because he was not interested in raising children or having a wife, and likely so that Tyson didn't find out about his father's homosexuality. It's also implied that Tyson's uncles, Princes Filmore and Hayez Koopa, were the ones who raised him in place of his father Tyler.

Tyson became a general of the Koopa Troop at the early age of eighteen. In addition, he was a member of King Bowser Koopa I's royal cabinet, as well as a senator for years. Tyson got married at some point, likely in the late 1980s, but it is known his wife divorced him sometime before 1996 after she caught him cheating on her with a college student. He became king after getting Mouser, Triclyde, Clawgrip and Fryguy to get rid of King Bowser Koopa II, then Prince Bowser Koopa, by shoving him into a crate and throwing the crate into the ocean, believing he had died. However after Bowser returned three years later and his two plots to assassinate Bowser were uncovered, Tyson was ultimately arrested and stripped off of all his royal titles.

## Appearance

Tyson is a large, dragon-like Koopa with tan-colored skin and a green head. He has deep blue hair that is pulled back, along with eyebrows of the same color. Tyson wears a spiked blue shell with light blue rings that surround the spikes, in which they are tan-colored. Much like his cousin, Bowser, Tyson wears a pair of spiked cuffs on each of his arms. In 1982, Tyson had a similar hairstyle to that of his grandfather, Prince Taylor Koopa. As shown in The Heist, he has wrinkles and a more wash-out color palette in his design due to his age. In "Bowser's Bodyguard" he reappears as the same from The Heist but this time with a scar on his face, which he probably got during his time in prison.

## Personality

Tyson is shown to very complaining about not being accepted to be king by Bowser Sr. and his second cousin Bowser II is in charge in the future, because of his immature and reckless behaviour. But on the other hand, Tyson comes off as obnoxious and envious to many other people, and he has a tendency to take advantage of other people for his own benefit regardless of what happens to them in the aftermath. In addition, Tyson was never a good king himself, as he only cared about himself and never focused on anyone else, completely ruling the kingdom as a tyrant. This leads up to the point where the grassy plains of Bright Valley get turned into its current state, a rocky wasteland known as Dark Valley. His reign also saw taxes being raised, or violence and rioting for food and property in those few years when he was in charge, showing off how much of a hypocrite he actually is.

Bowser once mentioned Tyson thinks he’s better than everyone because he wasted his life studying and going to law school which indicates he is probably intellectual.

Tyson shows a complete lack of empathy on numerous occasions, ranging from not caring about how much the citizens of the Koopa Kingdom were suffering during his reign to being completely willing to blow the Koopa Castle with everyone inside unless Bowser abdicated the throne to him.

In short, Tyson could be described as a power-thirsty maniac who doesn't care who he has to hurt or under what circumstances in order to achieve his goals and fulfil his ambition.

## Trivia

* FreezeFlame22 initially intended to use Mario as the villain for *Return of the Koopa King*, but changed his mind as he decided the villain to Bowser needed to be more physically imposing and designed to be villainous, thus Tyson was created.
* Tyson's design was based on the Blue Bowser that appeared in the game *Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels*.
* His character also bears similarities to Scar from the movie *The Lion King*, in that both are villainous versions of the main protagonist with the goal of being king. However, unlike Scar, who got killed as his fate, Tyson ended up getting arrested and was stripped off of all his royal titles.
* It was initially stated that he was the Great Grandson of a King named King James Koopa V, however this was retconned by *Time Travel Trouble III*, which not only showcased his Great Grandmother Queen Mariah, but also his Grandfather Prince Taylor Koopa, who bears many similar characteristics to Tyson.