Ludwig von Koopa

Ludwig in the snow, as he appears in "Locked Out!"

Ludwig von Koopa is the eldest son of Bowser. He is an arrogant, conceiting, but good-souled and intelligent Koopa. He has five brothers and one sister.

### Physical Description

Ludwig von Koopa is a seventeen-year-old male Koopa. He has a verdant-green head, a small tan muzzle with rounder edges than the rest of his family, and sports a large collection of deep blue hair, akin to Ludwig van Beethoven, the real-life musician he is named after! He has only one visible overbite fang that sticks out of the middle of his mouth. He has black pupils with thick blue eyebrows, two big nostrils and a tiny yellow tail. His shell is blue like his hair, with a white encasing, and it is dotted with sandy-tan spikes with orange rings around them. He has a tan plated underbelly and yellow scaled skin, and he wears the signature Koopaling spiked black cuffs. He has white fingernails and toenails. At times, he can be seen sporting a cape, or fancy clothes, being one of the few Koopas known to dress up.

### Personality

Ludwig is arrogant, haughty, and thinks he is the best at everything, even calling himself a lord at times, and automatically superior at all times. He lies to get his way if it isn't going as he planned, being manipulative of his peers and being a "suck-up tail kisser" to adults, according to Morton. If everything has gone to chaos, he sides with the winning side, even if they are not in his best interests. He cares a lot about his social image and popularity. Ludwig is openly picky and sassy, and a dramatic show-off, ESPECIALLY if there is competition involved.

Ludwig tends to strike deals with his family members or friends, too, like borrowing Iggy's gadgets, though Iggy usually double-crosses him later if that is the case. Ludwig has an interest in economics and politics, usually talking to them with Bowser, and he hopes to one day be president of the USA. He is known to be mature, however, and acts more like an "adult" than most adults actually do. He has a dry sense of humor, but after all of this, he is a good friend, and does truly care about his family members at heart, even if he is always trying to outdo or trick them. If he ever truly harms someone in any way, he will take credit for it in the end.

### Abilities

Ludwig can be deceiving and tricky to read, and is hard to outdo at most things. He is talented with musician or onstage performances, as well as appearing very mature in more ways than one. He is very smart and can complete school work easily, rivaling even Iggy's brains, and has never gotten less than a C+ at school, probably because he is "friends" with the Mushroom Middle School staff.

### Likes and Dislikes

Ludwig likes most of his family, though refers to them as inferior. He and Iggy are rivals trying to decide who is smarter, even long after the trivia contest hosted to decide the bigger brainiac. Despite this, he does not know of Iggy's Lab or how most of Iggy's inventions are created. Ludwig respects his father, Bowser, and probably dislikes Morton the most of his siblings, due to him not being blood-related to the family and his weird circle of friends. He still cares for Morton deep down, though it is ultra rare to see. While many girls have a crush on him, it is unknown if he has a crush back as of yet. Ludwig likes the smell of paper and gasoline but hates the smell of cigarettes and their smoke. He likes fancy foods and despises "cheap, unhealthy snacks" unsanitariness, and childish behaviors like that of Lemmy or Larry and their friends. His greatest fear is failure.

## Appearances

### "The Quest for French Fries"

In his debut episode, Ludwig works with Roy to steal Morton's French fries. Once confronted, they trap Morton in a drawer and run off. Later, Morton and Dum-Dum confront Ludwig while he is on the family computer, and Ludwig lies about selling Morton's fries off on eBay. He is forced to reveal that he put the fries on the roof, and while Morton goes to get them, Iggy distracts Ludwig to keep him from interfering with Morton collecting his French fries.

### "Lemmy's Sweet Tooth"

Ludwig makes a brief appearance in this episode, first seen when he and Roy are spanking Morton for an unknown reason, but he, along with the rest of the family, have to take cover as Lemmy is undergoing one of his infamous sugar rushes. Only, Wendy doesn't get the memo, so Ludwig goes to save her, revealing the family's hiding place and leading them to being beat up by Lemmy rushing around. Ludwig leaves the hiding place after the chaos fizzles out with Morton, Roy, Wendy and Bowser, and is not seen until he, Roy, and Larry are woken up by Lemmy's next sugar rush. Ludwig displays concern for Larry's condition after Lemmy is through with them, but only until he is knocked off screen by Lemmy returning for round two. He is absent for the remainer of the episode, presumably because he was at school the next day.

### "The Math Test"

Ludwig is seen seated in class during the opening scenes, watching Larry and Morton's antics with disgust. He makes fun of Morton's hissy fit, but after that he isn't seen until he wordlessly works on the math test in the background. Of all of his appearances, he has the least dialogue in this episode than any other!

### "The Battle of the Brainiacs"

Ludwig takes part in Morton's trivia game contest to determine who is smarter, he or Iggy, in this episode. Though Ludwig already has a point at the start of the game because he helped set up the stage and equipment and everything, Iggy gets ahead quicker than Ludwig does, and after Iggy taunts him by slapping his buttocks at Ludwig, he attacks Iggy, resulting in a dogpile. After the fight is sorted out, Ludwig is eventually bested by Iggy in the game due to him incorrectly guessing Morton's favorite kind of French fries. This ends with him hitting Morton, but Iggy comes to his brother's defense, and soon the family is in a bigger dogpile this time, with Ludwig's whole setup of the stage ruined.

### "The Rickroll War!"

While Ludwig himself refrains from physically appearing, his name is seen crossed off on Morton's list of people to rickroll at the start of the episode after Morton rickrolls Larry.

### "Locked Out!"

Ludwig features a prominent role in this episode, where he...

### "A New Best Friend?"

In this episode, Ludwig is seen coming to Mrs. Peach's assistance after Morton throws another hissy fit. Ludwig ends up chasing Morton down the school hallways, but Morton displays his skills at "French-Fry Fu" and wrecks Ludwig in a quick duel before kicking him into a brick wall, causing it to collapse on the haughty student. He remains absent for the remainder of the episode, *possibly due* to him needing to recover from smashing into a brick wall and having it collapse on him.

## Trivia

* Ludwig is the confirmed oldest Koopaling
* Ludwig is the second-smartest Koopaling, being just beat by Iggy
* It appears that Ludwig practices some of his flirting skills on his own sister, Wendy, as seen in several episodes in the series
* Of all of the Koopalings, Ludwig has assumed the most villainous roles in the entirety of the Mr.Morton127 YouTube Channel's history
* In "The Sleepover," it is revealed that Ludwig has OCD