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'''Likes:''' Drawing, painting, reading, video games, astrology, trad. fencing, [[Magic the Gathering|Magic:TG]], [[Foot Focus|cute toes]], charmers, [[Everythings Better With Chocolate|chocolate]], showering, tidiness, Bowser Jr., Santino<br />

'''Likes:''' Working out, comic books, [[B Movie|B-movies]], people-watching, competition, rough-housing, surprising people, loyalty, Roy Koopa, Gian<br />

As a young adult, Junior attended [[California University|Aubrey State University]] as a psychology major. There he was [[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay|always openly gay]], but ironically his track teammates and the rest of the school [[Cassandra Truth|kept dismissing it]] as [[Gay Bravado]] -- Junior could be as flirtatious and sexually candid as he liked, and it didn't make a difference.

* [[Big Ol Eyebrows]]

* [[Byronic Hero]]: In ''[[Roommates These Are My Reflections (Fanfic)|These Are My Reflections]]''. He's definitely a good person, but he makes a ''lot'' of [[Idiot Ball|stupid]], ''[[Love Hurts|painful]], '''[[Nice Job Breaking It Hero|destructive]]''''' decisions.

* [[Dirty Coward]]: Played with. This is an [[Alternate Universe Fic]], where Bowser Koopa, Jr. ''isn't'' the same [[Overlord Jr]] commanding airships in deep space. In this universe, Junior was prone to [[Gayngst|Gayngsty]] moments of cowardice as a teenager. But he is principled and courageous as an adult.

* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Gay]]/[[Sorry I'm Gay]]/[[Straight Gay]]: By the time he's 21 and in college, Junior is openly gay, completely out of the closet ''everywhere''. But his track teammates keep mistaking it for [[Gay Bravado]], not actually realizing that Junior actually ''is'' gay. {{spoiler|When Olly and Mondo are beating on Gian for daring to appear conspicuously gay (because of an earring, of all things), they react with genuine shock when Junior beats on them in Gian's defense, and tells them that Gian is his boyfriend.}}

* [[Last Minute Baby Naming]]: When Junior was born, Bowser mulled over a variety of potential names for his seventh son. When Junior was delivered and he looked like Bowser's [[Identical Grandson|Identical Son]], the only name he ''could'' accept would be Bowser Koopa, Jr.

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]

** People almost never call him simply "Bowser". Jojo did, [[You Called Me X It Must Be Serious|which highlighted how furious he was with Junior at the time]].

'''Likes:''' Board games, trad. fencing, looking out for Gian, Mexican food, [[Magic the Gathering|Magic:TG]], Metal, [[B Movie|B-movies]], abstract painting, dancing<br />

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]: In contrast to his bald twin brother.

[[Super Mario Bros|Bowser Koopa, Senior]] is the patriarch of the Koopa family and head of [[Fiction Five Hundred|Koopa Suites]], a hotel business he inherited from his estranged father Rufus. With his [[Posthumous Character|late]] wife [[Super Mario Bros|Peach]], Bowser had eight children -- Ludwig, Lemmy, Roy, Iggy, Wendy, Morton, Larry and his [[Identical Son|spitting image]] Bowser Jr. But Peach died when Bowser Jr. was still little, and Bowser has had to do his best to raise the Koopalings as a single father while still running a business that has since grown into an international conglomerate. He's a good businessman, and tries to look after his children's needs and happiness, but [[When You Coming Home Dad|he's not usually at home with them]] as often as he'd like to be.

* [[Big Ol Eyebrows]]

* [[Get Out]]: After one too many of Rufus's mean-spirited remarks, this time directed at his own grandson Bowser, Jr. for being a "pillow-biter."

** [[Took a Level In Badass]]: While you'd think Bowser already ''was'' [[Badass]] (and you wouldn't be completely wrong, even just seeing his appearance in his profile picture here), in this particular [[Alternate Universe Fic]] he's usually adequately diplomatic when things get serious. Verbally telling off people was something he tries ''never'' to do in front of his kids. After [[Get Out|he does this to Rufus]], he immediately apologizes to them for this kind of behavior, and promises never to act like that in front of them again.

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]

* {{spoiler|[[Open Minded Parent]]: Much to Junior's relief. [[Manly Bi|Not that Bowser was ever one to talk in the first place]].}}

* [[Rule Thirty Four]]: Invoked ''in-universe''. Bowser has a disturbing tendency to [[Rule Thirty Four]] ''the details of his own life'', much to his [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents|childrens' horror]], in ways that would put even [[Family Guy|Peter Griffin]] to shame.

'''Iggy:''' "He's as bad as [[Rule Thirty Four]], on the internet!"<br />

'''Bowser:''' "Kids, kids...we all know that your little '[[Rule Thirty Four]]' has NOTHING on me! I wreck the curve on perversion!"

* [[When You Coming Home Dad]]: Bowser is very often traveling on [[Fiction Five Hundred|Koopa Suites]] business, and isn't at home with his kids as much as he'd prefer.

* [[Mythology Gag]]/[[Names the Same]]: Clawdia Koopa ([[Spell My Name With an S|with a W]]) was mentioned as the name of Bowser's wife and the mother of the Koopalings in a single issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]] UK'', and never mentioned anywhere else -- it is considered of questionable [[Nintendo]] [[Canon|Canonicity]]. Peach is the name of a different character, Princess Peach Toadstool, who is the woman Bowser infatuates over in the ''[[Super Mario Bros]]'' series. ''Roommates'' merges the two into one character, whose first mention is as Claudia Koopa, but thereafter is almost always referred to as Peach.

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]

* [[Non Idle Rich]]

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]

* [[Non Idle Rich]]

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]

* [[I Call Him Mister Happy]]/[[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]: In high school, Roy used to brag about his "foot-long hotdog". This is Roy's ''erect'' length -- his flaccid length is unspecified.

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]

* [[Word of Gay|Word of Straight]]: Iggy is quite straight, and has a girlfriend. Gay things don't interest him, but they don't bother or offend him at all either. As such, he seems extremely comfortable discussing with any and all gay topics, and will even affectionately tease Junior about them. Iggy's no stranger to it -- he's already seen countless [[Rule Thirty Four]] both gay and straight on [[Four Chan]].

* [[The Fashionista]]/[[Non Idle Rich]]: Has a successful career in both interior decoration and fashion.

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]: In contrast to her [[Nintendo]] [[Canon]] [[Bald Woman]] appearance.

* [[I Am X Son of Y]]: Morton Koopa, '''Jr.''' was named after Bowser's own grandfather Morton Koopa, though Morton, Jr. ended up being a disappointment compared to his honorable great grandfather.

* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]

* [[Complete Monster]]: Deliberately invoked. Rufus is written to be at least as bad as [[The Boondocks (Comic Strip)/Characters|Uncle Ruckus]] from ''[[The Boondocks]]'', except ''never'' has anything resembling a sympathetic moment. You're supposed to ''hate'' this guy -- everything he says is utter toxic sewage. This makes it [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|all the sweeter]] when Bowser [[Get Out|kicks him out for good]].

* [[First Name Basis]]: Bowser never calls him "dad" or anything similar. Bowser always addresses his father as "Rufus". This continually demonstrates how utterly broken any semblance of a father-son bond is between them.

* [[In Series Nickname]]: In addition to Hanbei, he's also been called Bei-Bei, Bei-by, and a variety of other names. Junior usually calls him Nii-chan. Jojo calls him Hanny. {{spoiler|''No one'' calls him Diogo...at first. When Roy finally learns of it, he starts calling him Diogo or Go-Go now and then, but still Bei-Bei or Bei-by in mixed company, until Diogo is ready for all to know his true name.}}

* {{spoiler|1=[[Rape Is Love|Rape is Friendship]]/[[Its Not Rape If You Enjoyed It]]: Technically, Olly ''rapes'' Mondo. But Mondo's okay with it, and even says he and Olly can do it again if he likes.}}

* [[You Called Me X It Must Be Serious]]: Jojo always affectionately called Junior "Bowsie". But when Jojo became '''really''' infuriated on discovery of Junior's covert [[The Beard|fake girlfriend]] Babs, he broke up with Junior on the spot. When Junior tried to speak with him, Jojo would only call him "Bowser," indicating a complete absence of affection that highlighted Jojo's fury.

* [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]]: She may not destroy an entire world, but in her rage she destroys ''a lot'' in her wake. Beating Junior to a pulp is just the start. Junior is finally out of the closet, ''everyone'' will know what he did to Babs and what Babs did to him, and even [[Fiction Five Hundred|Koopa Suites]] is suffering a jolt of corporate fallout because Babs's father's business pulls out of a very important agreement because of what happened with their kids on prom night. But even if Babs's fury seems extreme, the reader remembers that what Junior did her was still a ''terrible'' thing -- carrying on a fake relationship for ''a year and a half'' that Babs will never get back, just to reveal that it was a lie to [[The Beard|keep Junior in the closet]]. We know ''why'' Junior did it, but it was still a dick thing to do to Babs. Between Junior, Jojo and Babs, the biggest victim is Babs, who did not even have the luxury of having a clue what was going on before the crap hit the fan. Wendy recognizes Babs as a victim of deceit as soon as Junior outs himself to his family, and slaps him in the face.