King Bowser Koopa I

"*Okay, son. Just please, think about what I said. Not just for the kingdom, but for me*." - Return of the Koopa King

## King Bowser Koopa I

* 1969
* 1996

## Reign Information

### Heir

Prince Taylor Koopa (1932-1948)
Prince Tyler Koopa (1948-1950) (1968-1970)
Prince Joseph Koopa (1950-1968)
Prince Bowser Koopa (1970-1996)

### Titles

Prince Bowser Koopa (1912-1932)King Bowser Koopa I (1932-1996)

## Family

### Other Notable Relatives

Queen Mariah Koopa (Grandmother)
Prince Taylor Koopa (Uncle)
Prince Tyler Koopa (Cousin)
Prince Filmore Koopa (Cousin)
Prince Hayez Koopa (Cousin)
Tyson Koopa (Cousin once removed)
Prince Bowser Koopa (Grandson)
King Richard Koopa lV (Great-grandfather)

## In Videos

### First Appearance

Time Travel Trouble

**King Bowser Koopa I**, also known as **Bowser Sr.**, was the fourty-one monarch of The Koopa Kingdom who reigned from the year 1932 up until his death in the year 1996, reigning for a total of sixty-four years and having the fourth longest reign in the history of the Koopa Kingdom, being surpassed only by Queen Mariah Koopa, King James Koopa III and Queen Kordelia Koopa. He was the father of the current king, Bowser Koopa II.

## History

### Early Life

Bowser Koopa was born on August 4th, 1912 to King James Koopa VI and his wife Princess Margaret Morgan-Lynch. He was the only son King James VI ever had, and thus the righteful heir to the throne. King James VI died in the year 1932 after thirty-one years on the throne, and his son Prince Bowser succedeed him as the new monarch of the Koopa Kingdom, being crowned King Bowser Koopa at the age of 20 years old, later changed to Bowser Koopa I after the reign of his son, also named Bowser, officially began in the year 2000.

### Reign

King Bowser Koopa I would go on to have one of the longest and most prosperous reigns in the history of the Koopa Kingdom, though not without running into conflicts several times. Overall King Bowser was characterized not only for being an independent and sensible leader, but also an empathetic and responsible one. Bowser often put the needs of many above his own ones, which ensured a favorable development for the Kingdom.

#### Mushroom World War II

Bowser I would lead the Koopa Kingdom to victory in Mushroom World War II, which was fought against the Bohnenkraut Kingdom for the ownership of the Green Star, one of the Seven Sacred Stars. This conflict started when King Johann Von Speckbohne XVI used the Green Star to save the life of his ill son Prince Nikolaus Johann, who would become King Johann Von Speckbohne XVIII in the year 1987. Johann XVI became convinced that the Star was the key to immortality and planned for it to be used exclusively by the monarchy and the nobility. When he called Bowser I, who was his third cousin, and told him about his idea, Bowser I responded by saying that the Green Star was far too powerful and that it would be much better if it were to be kept away from public view in order for it to be studied by scientists and develop medicines for everyone, not just the nobility. Johann XVI rejected the order, which caused Bowser I to delcare war against the Bohnenkraut Kingdom towards the end of the 1930s. Many other nations across the globe began supporting each fraction on the war, and the conflict quickly escalated into Mushroom World War II.

The conflict ultimately ended in the year 1945 with the victory of the Koopa Kingdom, following various defeats of the Bohnenkraut Kingdom in many territories of the continent, mainly because of Johan XVI's incompetence as a leader and the fact that each defeat drove him more and more aggressive and mentally unstable. Bowser I declared the end of the war and victory over king Johann XVI, who had gone off to Hoohoo Mountain to commit suicide due to the loss of the war shortly before the defeat of the Bohnenkraut Kingdom was officially announced, with his body never being found.

After the end of the war, Bowser I kept his promise and took the Green Star to the Koopa Kingdom, where it was kept under strict Surveillance alongside the Yellow and Orange Stars, with the three stars having all of their properties studied by experts.

#### Later Reign

The rest of Bowser I's reign went, for the most part, undisturbed. He had to lead a few more other military campaigns, such as an infiltration to the base of the Undergrants in the year 1969 after they had stolen the Yellow Star, which was retreived almost immediately, and a mission on the Kaktus Kingdom, which then-Sergant Michael Wattson was part of. During this time, Bowser also found the Purple Star while Scuba Diving, but didn't want anything to do with it, likely because of the previous conflict with the Green Star. He instead passed it off to Wart for protection.

At some point Bowser I met Jasmine Valentine and began a relationship with her, most likely near the end of the war or not long after it was already over. Despite her being a commoner, Bowser went on to marry her, making her Princess Consort of the Koopa Kingdom. Not many years after their marriage, Jasmine gave birth to Prince Joseph Koopa in the year 1950, who was an enthusiastic soldier throughout his adolescence. Unfortunately, Joseph would be killed on military-duty in the year 1968 at the age of 18, which deeply saddened his parents. Two years later in 1970, Bowser and Jasmine had another son together, Prince Bowser.

### Final Years and Death

Starting with he 1980s, Bowser I's old age had started to become apparent to the population of the kingdom, as the king appeared more frail with each passing year. The sudden death of Princess Jasmine in the year 1985 complicated things even further, not only because Bowser had lost his wife of almost fourty years, but because her death filled his son Prince Bowser, who was 15 at the time, with grief, causing him to drop out of Military School and become a reckless teenager, likely as a way to cope with her death. In spite of this, King Bowser, although worried about his son's recklessness, insisted that he would succeed him as king once he died, not only because of what is established in *The Royal Koopa Rulebook* of King Alfred Koopa I, but because he was always convinced that Bowser would make a good king and that he understood that his attitude came from the grief of losing his mother, much to the frustration of Prince Bowser's second cousin Tyson Koopa.

Bowser Koopa I died of natural causes on November 22nd, 1996 at the age of 84, having been king for sixty-four years and his reign being the fourth longest of any monarch in the history of the Koopa Kingdom, only being surpassed by the reigns of Queen Mariah Koopa, King James Koopa III and Queen Kordelia Koopa. Following his passing, his son Prince Bowser was meant to be crowned as the new monarch, but was ambushed and thrown into the sea by a group of criminals, who were hired by Tyson Koopa to assassinate Prince Bowser so that he could become king in his place. Prince Bowser survived the assasination attempt however, and three years later in 1999, challenged Tyson to a race for the throne, where he tried to assasinate Bowser once again. Tyson both lost the race and was exposed alongside his partners in crime for both assassination attempts against the prince, leading to his arrest and the loss of all his royal titles. Prince Bowser then ascended to the throne as King Bowser Koopa II in the year 2000, just as the late King Bowser I always intendeed him to.

## Personality

King Bowser Koopa l is shown to be a responsible king who wants what's best for his son King Bowser Koopa II. While he is worried about Bowser's future and overall reckless behaviour, he understands that it all comes from having to deal with the grief of his mother's death. In spite of this, he is fully convinced that Bowser will make a good king, as he always believed he had something Tyson lacked, compassion and sense of responsibility.

As seen with most of the monarchs of the Koopa Kingdom. Bowser I has a fondness for alcoholic drinks, which he shares with his son and his own father, James VI

## Appearence

Being Bowser's father, he strongly resembles him, as he has short red hair, orange-yellow skin, red eyes and 2 horns on the side of his head with orange rings around them. He also wears a green shell with numerous spikes around them and orange rings around them. As shown in Return of the Koopa King, he's shown to be more wrinkly and having grey hair due to his old age.

## Gallery

King Bowser the first’s Memorial StatueBowser Sr’s Ghost in the afterlife.
## Trivia

* Bowser I's reign of sixty-four years and death in the year 1996 might possibly be a reference to the Nintendo 64, which was released on the same year.