Iggy Koopa
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| Iggy's new design from New Super Mario Bros. Wii. | |
| Iggy Koopa | |
| Species | Koopa |
| Hair color | Blue/Yellow/Pink |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Relatives | Bowser (father), Koopalings (siblings) |
| Voiced by | Mike Vaughn (2009) |
| Debut | Super Mario Bros. 3 |
Iggy Koopa is the fourth of Bowser's children whom he often uses as subordinates in his conquests. He is arguably the most bizarre-looking of the children with his swirly glasses and rainbow hair. He is described as "demented" in Super Mario World.
Background
In Super Mario Bros. 3 Bowser gave Iggy his own airship to invade Big Island. Iggy succeeded in stealing its king's magic wand, but he was forced to surrender it after battle with Mario. He was the game's fourth boss. After Bowser conquered Dinosaur Land in Super Mario World, Iggy was given a fortress to rule Yoshi's Island from, and was also given one of Yoshi's friends to guard. Iggy is the game's first boss. Iggy battled Mario atop an unstable island in a lake of lava. Iggy attacked by withdrawing into his shell and tossing fireballs. Yet Mario defeated Iggy by hopping on him or bombarding him with fireballs until he slid off the island and into the lava. After leaving the castle, Mario blew it up with dynamite.
When Bowser stole the twelve magic crystals of Jewelry Land during Yoshi's Safari, Iggy took care of the White Crystal at the Grand Bridge and battled Mario and Yoshi in a giant Blooper robot.
After a long absence, the Koopalings returned when Bowletta called them into action to eliminate the Mario Brothers in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga. Iggy was the first of the Koopalings to challenge them. He twirled around the brothers to make them dizzy and watched them drunkenly stumble through an obstacle course towards him. The brothers endured their dizzy spells and survived the course. Iggy tried battling the brothers directly with fancy spins and fireballs, but he was no more successful then he was in his previous tries and met defeat once again.
Iggy returns in New Super Mario Bros. Wii with a somewhat new look; he is now tall and lanky, his shell is a lighter shade of green, and he has a sprout of green hair rather than a multicolored mohawk. Along with the other Koopalings, he kidnaps Peach on her birthday and escapes aboard an airship. As the airship distances itself from Peach's Castle, Bowser Jr. drops the Koopalings off at fortresses along the way to slow down Mario and co. Iggy remains at the World 5 fortress; when Mario arrives, Iggy taunts him before attacking with a new magic wand across several moving platforms. After his loss, Iggy escapes to the World 5 castle and attacks the heroes with spells while they make their way through. When faced again at the end of the castle, Iggy is sitting in a cart attached to a Chain Chomp. Kamek arrives and uses magic to make the Chomp giant, which drags Iggy throughout the room. After his second loss, Iggy makes his way home on foot along with the other Koopalings. There they find Bowser defeated and help him back up, only to have Bowser's Castle fall on top of them.
Other Appearances
Video Games
- Iggy and the rest of the Koopalings appeared as bosses in the licensed games Mario is Missing! (in the Super NES and PC versions only) and Hotel Mario. In the latter game he was a boss in Bowser's Seizure Palace Hotel rather than having his own hotel, and he attacked by shooting fireballs and lightning while wearing a Bowser mask. He could be defeated after knocking the Bowser mask off, when he would summon the real Bowser.
Other Media
- In the "Momotaro" and "Snow White" shorts produced as part of Amada's Super Mario OVA, the Koopalings appear as minions of Bowser whom Mario defeats on his way to challenge Bowser himself.
- The Koopalings appeared as Bowser's main minions in the animated series The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and its sequel series Super Mario World, where he was renamed Hop. Lemmy was portrayed as his twin brother Hip, and together they were the youngest Koopalings in this continuity as well as being notorious pranksters.
- The Koopalings appear as Bowser's minions in various adaptations such as the Mario comics of the Nintendo Comics System, the Nintendo Adventure books and the Super Mario Adventures comic. The Nintendo Adventure books notably portrayed him as the inventor among the Koopalings.
- In the Super Mario Bros. movie, one of Bowser's bumbling minions is named Iggy, but only seems to be related to the game Iggy by name only. He is Bowser's cousin instead of his son and is paired with the dim-witted Spike. Although Iggy acts like the smarter of the duo, he fails just as frequently as his partner, and later in the movie they desert King Koopa to help Mario and Luigi after they are evolved by Koopa's machine and gain common sense as a result.
Canceled Appearances
- Unused sprites for Iggy and the other Koopalings were found in Super Princess Peach, indicating that they were intended to appear in the game as bosses at some point and were removed at some point in the game's development.
Trivia
- Iggy may be named after the famous punk singer Iggy Pop.
- Iggy has 550 HP in "Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga".