Karen

**Karen** is the biological mother of Bowser Jr. and the second wife of King Bowser Koopa II, as well as his second cousin, whom he divorced due to their marriage not working out. She appeared in the *Bowser's Koopalings* episode "Bowser Jr.'s Journey" where it was revealed that she is Junior's biological mother and not Princess Peach as it was previously speculated. She is portrayed as an entitled, short-tempered and somewhat racist woman who annoys people around her and makes them feel uncomfortable.

## History

### Backstory

Bowser married Karen in the year 2012 sometime after his first wife, Princess Peach, went missing in an airship crash, becoming his second wife. Prince Bowser Koopa was born not long after they got married, but other than this their marriage turned out to be a disaster. Karen was considered overbearing and rude by many, as she always acted entitled to the most minor of things, heavily favored Junior over the Koopalings, who she greatly disliked and treated with disdain due to them being adopted, and tried to get rid of everything that could remind Bowser of Peach, including the Koopalings themselves and trying to inherit Peach's title as the Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. Because of this, Bowser ultimately divorced Karen sometime prior to the year 2017, and gained the custody of their son thanks to Junior's status as heir to the throne, with Karen getting Junior during the weekends. It is known that Karen moved from Dark Valley to Ocean Side after the divorce and re-married to a man named Peter.

### In Videos

#### Bowser Jr.'s Journey

In the episode where she first appears in, Karen goes to the Koopa Castle in an attempt to take full custody of Junior and bring him to Ocean Side to live with her and her new husband due to her believing that the Koopalings were mistreating Junior. However, Kamek tells her that the Koopalings actually get along fairly well, so Karen decides that if Junior spends the day with the Koopalings and tells her that the they have been nice to him, then he can continue living in the castle, otherwise she will take him to live with her. In response to this, Bowser convinces the Koopalings to get along with Junior so they can have two weeks off. In the end, Junior suffers from amnesia after getting hit with a wooden plank by Eddie and ends up believing that he actually had a fun time with the Koopalings which leads to Karen leaving the custody to Bowser, but threatening to come back if Junior ever tells her that the Koopalings have mistreated him again.

## Personality

She was described as the worst by Larry and was mentioned to have tried to get rid of everything that could remind Bowser of Peach, including the Koopalings whom she tried to kick out of the castle. Wendy also mentioned that she tried to call herself Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, a title previously held by Peach until her disappearance. Karen herself even mentioned that the Mayor of Mushroom City called her "overbearing". She is shown to love Junior as much as Bowser does.

She is shown to be a typical Karen, which is a stereotype associated to an entitled and nagging woman, as shown by her being frustrated when Bowser didn't give her the title of Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom, feeling enraged when she found out that Ludwig is now an heir to Bowser Jr. through a KoopaBook post made by King Boo, and believing everything Bowser Jr. tells her without a second thought, many times putting him above the other Koopalings.