Super Mario Sunshine - 8/26/2002
Jr's first appearance. He is the secondary antagonist and primary nuisance in the plot following Bowser lying to him and telling him that Mario is a bad man who fights dirty, having stolen Princess Peach (who he also says is Jr's mother) away. Jr uses a magic paintbrush the he received from Professor E. Gadd to frame Mario for the pollution and vandalism of Isle Delfeno. He then takes Princess Peach and antagonizes Mario while telling him to stay away from his mama. He is later defeated alongside Bowser in their giant hot tub above a volcano. Bowser later confesses his lie to Jr, but Jr admits to already knowing and expresses the desire to fight Mario again someday.
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour - 7/29/2003
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 11/17/2003
Mario Power Tennis - 11/8/2004
Mario Superstar Baseball - 8/29/2005
New Super Mario Bros. - 5/15/2006
Mario Strikers Charged - 7/30/2007
Super Mario Galaxy - 11/12/2007
Mario Kart Wii - 4/27/2008
New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 11/15/2009
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 5/23/2010
Mario Tennis Open - 5/20/2012
New Super Mario Bros. U - 11/18/2012
Mario Golf: World Tour - 5/2/2014
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam - 1/22/2016
Jr's first appearance. He is the secondary antagonist and primary nuisance in the plot following Bowser lying to him and telling him that Mario is a bad man who fights dirty, having stolen Princess Peach (who he also says is Jr's mother) away. Jr uses a magic paintbrush the he received from Professor E. Gadd to frame Mario for the pollution and vandalism of Isle Delfeno. He then takes Princess Peach and antagonizes Mario while telling him to stay away from his mama. He is later defeated alongside Bowser in their giant hot tub above a volcano. Bowser later confesses his lie to Jr, but Jr admits to already knowing and expresses the desire to fight Mario again someday.
Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour - 7/29/2003
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! - 11/17/2003
Mario Power Tennis - 11/8/2004
Mario Superstar Baseball - 8/29/2005
New Super Mario Bros. - 5/15/2006
Mario Strikers Charged - 7/30/2007
Super Mario Galaxy - 11/12/2007
Mario Kart Wii - 4/27/2008
New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 11/15/2009
Super Mario Galaxy 2 - 5/23/2010
Mario Tennis Open - 5/20/2012
New Super Mario Bros. U - 11/18/2012
Mario Golf: World Tour - 5/2/2014
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam - 1/22/2016
Angelli Ascension Essay
May. 16th, 2016 05:00 pmHaving arrived in Nautilus near half a year ago, Bowser Jr's time in the city has resulted in several changes to his personality that he wouldn't have undergone at home. He started as a bratty, spoiled little prince who was willing to take what he wanted and didn't care for anyone else. But as he spends more time in Nautilus and around other Wakened, he's becoming less selfish and a little kinder, and he's starting to fit in with people better. But these changes so far are solely because of his close CR.
Nautilus as a Whole
Winning the Western welcome House from RED Medic being the most prominent thing Jr has done in Nautilus so far. He captured the base, and then from November until almost the following spring protect, repaired, and then remodeled it into a proper castle completely by himself. As such, he doesn't treat it as a welcome house but instead as his personal property and doesn't at all like uninvited people staying there. Or at least he didn't originally, with the exception of King Shadow because the hedgehog helped him get to the welcome house in the first place. Through various agreements, he's opened his home to Lysander, Asriel, Dark Leonardo, and Deadpool. With the exception of Asriel, everyone had to work somewhat for their room. But he doesn't really care enough to enforce it because he doesn't really expect them to keep working for him and he's grown used to having someone to share his home with.
Not many people know just how much trouble he can be and he has lied about his life back home to take advantage of the protectiveness people have for kids. He's been fairly well accepted without having to take what he wants, though he hasn't really gotten to the point of showing he has manners. He's simply seen that following the rules is a good way to get hat he wants without trouble.
As he continues to make more friends and have more of them than he does enemies, he's becoming more determined to protect Nautilus for them. But he isn't a hero and he's not trying to put himself out there as one. So he's instead decided to use his badness for the greater good. This started with using disguises to attack the town meeting and cause a disturbance with the sole intention of being taken down by the Freedom Fighters. Shadow had convinced him that the best way to bring order to the city and make it safer was to put the power in the hands of the Freedom Fighters. And he was willing to give that a try. Most recently, this has led to the plotting to kill Relius. Jr has reservations about this due to Relius cooperating earlier and being useful, but this is a necessary step to realize Shadow's plans and he wants to support him.
Oisin/Lysander
When Lysander came along, Jr was upset by the man just trying to invite himself in on the logic that it was a welcome house and demanded that he earn the right to stay for a little while by helping clear out the robots from the current storm. But a little while has turned into months. Lysander comes and goes, but he indulges Jr, gave him a Christmas even though Jr isn't good, and has been an almost surrogate father to him in Bowser's absence. Jr doesn't treat him like a dad, but he tolerates Lysander's parenting.
Because of Lysander's kind but strict attitude, Jr has become willing to do as told unless Lysander were to tell him to do something he really doesn't want to...even though he'll sometimes fuss about it regardless because he doesn't want to take orders in his own home. But he does. Lysander gets a say in most things, especially food. As long as Jr gets his fill. Before, anyone telling him what to do would be kicked out right away.
During Klement's judgement, Jr was bothered by the fact that he had been punished, and tried to make him see that it wasn't okay in Nautilus to be punished for something that had nothing to do with Nautilus. He even indirectly confessed to being a bad guy who did deserve punishment with that thinking, whereas he's been carefully keeping up the "I'm saving my mom from a bad man" facade whenever he tells anyone about his home. This shows a level of trust and respect that only his dad would have gotten from him previously. He was greatly surprised to find how little Lysander seemed to care about who he was and what he had done though.
He missed the whole thing with Lysander's world flaw, but has since continued as normal with the exception of Lysander wanting to be called Oisin. Or he had until Oisin moved into a place of his own. He went to the housewarming but was less than pleased by him leaving.
Asriel
Asriel is possibly the biggest example of how he's been changing. Over the several months that both have been here, Jr has begun to see and treat Asriel as less of a weakling and pest, and more like someone that he wants to protect. He still sees him as weak, too open, and not careful enough, but that's just brought out his protectiveness.
He met Asriel the first time by butting in on his conversation with Talitha, putting her down because of how stupid he found her and advising Asriel against getting involved with her. But when Lysander later brought Asriel around to the welcome house, Jr wasn't pleased because he didn't want another of his rooms taken and didn't see any use for Asriel. Asriel was just a big baby and was practically asking to be picked on, but for some reason wanted to get closer to Jr. Jr really didn't interact with him much, though he did Bend him a scarf for Christmas when he made a bunch of gifts in response to getting gifts from his other CR. It wasn't until Asriel tried to stop him from going home that things really changed though.
With the plant disease happening, Jr had decided he would go home until it blew over. When Asriel tried to stop him, he had pushed the smaller prince and unintentionally caused him to lose HP. He was bothered by that, and by how hurt Asriel seemed, but left anyway. When he came back, he soon learned that Asriel had run away shortly before he came back. This hadn't sat well with him and he later went out looking for him, where before he'd have been glad to see him gone and not bothered. Especially because at the time he had been all beat up from his trip home.
This was repeated when Dark Leo caught Asriel to ask about the city, with Jr turning up to protect him...while unintentionally belittling him at the same time. He called Asriel weak right where he could hear it and complained that it fell to him to teach him not to be a pushover, while also keeping him out of Dark Leo's reach as they took him to the market. This hasn't really changed. Asriel is still weak to him, but he does try to teach him to stand up for himself through his rough treatment.
It was repeated again when Asriel accidentally killed a spider and became distraught. Jr went out to find him and got him home to give him a bath. He also for the first time outright acknowledged Asriel as a member of his house when he said they should go home, mentioning Asirel's room as his room. And later when Asriel ran him down in his newly gifted Clown Car, Jr only dumped him out of it and scolded him for using it. He also complained about that to anyone who asked about what was going on, but he offered to teach Asriel how to drive it despite this. He's still very rough with him, but he shares with him and in his own way is looking out for his well-being.
When he found out that Klement had judged Asriel he became very frustrated even though he still refuses to say that he cares. The fact that he couldn't help and how long Asriel was down after the punishment finished had been a source of irritation for him and was one of the biggest factors in prompting him into trying to do more to protect those he's around often.
A recent city shift has also revealed some feelings that Jr is too young to properly understand. Having been aged up to a teenager, he developed a crush on Asriel and became more direct in expressing his concern for him. He doesn't have a clear memory of this, but the lingering closeness has made him more open. At least with Asriel.
This continuing concern has been shown through concern for people Asriel cares about, and his concern for Asriel's post-storm well-being during the Alignment Swap storm. Despite his nature swapping as well, Asriel was his biggest priority because he knew that if things went too far then Asriel wouldn't fare well. But in truth, since Asriel is his first real friend and only remaining housemate, he would have done the same normally.
Alignment Swap Storm
During the storm, Jr and Asriel both swapped natures, but Asriel's was more extreme. Jr became concerned and did say as much on the network, but also resolved to find and stop Asriel from doing anything he regretted. He also expressed concern for Irene, who he knew had been injured not long ago and that Asriel was fond of. He was upset when Oisin was hurt by Asriel, but wouldn't be dissuaded from finding him, and he eventually confronted and was able to stop him.
In the aftermath he spoke with Link, who he'd recently spoken with about people in Nautilus. They talked about the storm and what Link should do the next time anything like this happened. As well as what was okay for a hero to do...at which point Jr also told him flat out that he was a bad guy but knew that a hero could do anything he wanted to stop bad guys and still be called good. The disagreement that followed still confuses Jr, as Link didn't agree with it at all and seemed displeased to hear how Jr was dealt with. This is giving him more to think on on the matter, alongside whether or not he is too mean and making himself lonely.
As far as major events so far that's about it. He's not learned to be good, but he's becoming less selfish and more concerned for others as things happen around him. This can especially be seen in him saving Kenny from a high fall, by jumping out after him and cushioning his fall with his own body.
Nautilus as a Whole
Winning the Western welcome House from RED Medic being the most prominent thing Jr has done in Nautilus so far. He captured the base, and then from November until almost the following spring protect, repaired, and then remodeled it into a proper castle completely by himself. As such, he doesn't treat it as a welcome house but instead as his personal property and doesn't at all like uninvited people staying there. Or at least he didn't originally, with the exception of King Shadow because the hedgehog helped him get to the welcome house in the first place. Through various agreements, he's opened his home to Lysander, Asriel, Dark Leonardo, and Deadpool. With the exception of Asriel, everyone had to work somewhat for their room. But he doesn't really care enough to enforce it because he doesn't really expect them to keep working for him and he's grown used to having someone to share his home with.
Not many people know just how much trouble he can be and he has lied about his life back home to take advantage of the protectiveness people have for kids. He's been fairly well accepted without having to take what he wants, though he hasn't really gotten to the point of showing he has manners. He's simply seen that following the rules is a good way to get hat he wants without trouble.
As he continues to make more friends and have more of them than he does enemies, he's becoming more determined to protect Nautilus for them. But he isn't a hero and he's not trying to put himself out there as one. So he's instead decided to use his badness for the greater good. This started with using disguises to attack the town meeting and cause a disturbance with the sole intention of being taken down by the Freedom Fighters. Shadow had convinced him that the best way to bring order to the city and make it safer was to put the power in the hands of the Freedom Fighters. And he was willing to give that a try. Most recently, this has led to the plotting to kill Relius. Jr has reservations about this due to Relius cooperating earlier and being useful, but this is a necessary step to realize Shadow's plans and he wants to support him.
Oisin/Lysander
When Lysander came along, Jr was upset by the man just trying to invite himself in on the logic that it was a welcome house and demanded that he earn the right to stay for a little while by helping clear out the robots from the current storm. But a little while has turned into months. Lysander comes and goes, but he indulges Jr, gave him a Christmas even though Jr isn't good, and has been an almost surrogate father to him in Bowser's absence. Jr doesn't treat him like a dad, but he tolerates Lysander's parenting.
Because of Lysander's kind but strict attitude, Jr has become willing to do as told unless Lysander were to tell him to do something he really doesn't want to...even though he'll sometimes fuss about it regardless because he doesn't want to take orders in his own home. But he does. Lysander gets a say in most things, especially food. As long as Jr gets his fill. Before, anyone telling him what to do would be kicked out right away.
During Klement's judgement, Jr was bothered by the fact that he had been punished, and tried to make him see that it wasn't okay in Nautilus to be punished for something that had nothing to do with Nautilus. He even indirectly confessed to being a bad guy who did deserve punishment with that thinking, whereas he's been carefully keeping up the "I'm saving my mom from a bad man" facade whenever he tells anyone about his home. This shows a level of trust and respect that only his dad would have gotten from him previously. He was greatly surprised to find how little Lysander seemed to care about who he was and what he had done though.
He missed the whole thing with Lysander's world flaw, but has since continued as normal with the exception of Lysander wanting to be called Oisin. Or he had until Oisin moved into a place of his own. He went to the housewarming but was less than pleased by him leaving.
Asriel
Asriel is possibly the biggest example of how he's been changing. Over the several months that both have been here, Jr has begun to see and treat Asriel as less of a weakling and pest, and more like someone that he wants to protect. He still sees him as weak, too open, and not careful enough, but that's just brought out his protectiveness.
He met Asriel the first time by butting in on his conversation with Talitha, putting her down because of how stupid he found her and advising Asriel against getting involved with her. But when Lysander later brought Asriel around to the welcome house, Jr wasn't pleased because he didn't want another of his rooms taken and didn't see any use for Asriel. Asriel was just a big baby and was practically asking to be picked on, but for some reason wanted to get closer to Jr. Jr really didn't interact with him much, though he did Bend him a scarf for Christmas when he made a bunch of gifts in response to getting gifts from his other CR. It wasn't until Asriel tried to stop him from going home that things really changed though.
With the plant disease happening, Jr had decided he would go home until it blew over. When Asriel tried to stop him, he had pushed the smaller prince and unintentionally caused him to lose HP. He was bothered by that, and by how hurt Asriel seemed, but left anyway. When he came back, he soon learned that Asriel had run away shortly before he came back. This hadn't sat well with him and he later went out looking for him, where before he'd have been glad to see him gone and not bothered. Especially because at the time he had been all beat up from his trip home.
This was repeated when Dark Leo caught Asriel to ask about the city, with Jr turning up to protect him...while unintentionally belittling him at the same time. He called Asriel weak right where he could hear it and complained that it fell to him to teach him not to be a pushover, while also keeping him out of Dark Leo's reach as they took him to the market. This hasn't really changed. Asriel is still weak to him, but he does try to teach him to stand up for himself through his rough treatment.
It was repeated again when Asriel accidentally killed a spider and became distraught. Jr went out to find him and got him home to give him a bath. He also for the first time outright acknowledged Asriel as a member of his house when he said they should go home, mentioning Asirel's room as his room. And later when Asriel ran him down in his newly gifted Clown Car, Jr only dumped him out of it and scolded him for using it. He also complained about that to anyone who asked about what was going on, but he offered to teach Asriel how to drive it despite this. He's still very rough with him, but he shares with him and in his own way is looking out for his well-being.
When he found out that Klement had judged Asriel he became very frustrated even though he still refuses to say that he cares. The fact that he couldn't help and how long Asriel was down after the punishment finished had been a source of irritation for him and was one of the biggest factors in prompting him into trying to do more to protect those he's around often.
A recent city shift has also revealed some feelings that Jr is too young to properly understand. Having been aged up to a teenager, he developed a crush on Asriel and became more direct in expressing his concern for him. He doesn't have a clear memory of this, but the lingering closeness has made him more open. At least with Asriel.
This continuing concern has been shown through concern for people Asriel cares about, and his concern for Asriel's post-storm well-being during the Alignment Swap storm. Despite his nature swapping as well, Asriel was his biggest priority because he knew that if things went too far then Asriel wouldn't fare well. But in truth, since Asriel is his first real friend and only remaining housemate, he would have done the same normally.
Alignment Swap Storm
During the storm, Jr and Asriel both swapped natures, but Asriel's was more extreme. Jr became concerned and did say as much on the network, but also resolved to find and stop Asriel from doing anything he regretted. He also expressed concern for Irene, who he knew had been injured not long ago and that Asriel was fond of. He was upset when Oisin was hurt by Asriel, but wouldn't be dissuaded from finding him, and he eventually confronted and was able to stop him.
In the aftermath he spoke with Link, who he'd recently spoken with about people in Nautilus. They talked about the storm and what Link should do the next time anything like this happened. As well as what was okay for a hero to do...at which point Jr also told him flat out that he was a bad guy but knew that a hero could do anything he wanted to stop bad guys and still be called good. The disagreement that followed still confuses Jr, as Link didn't agree with it at all and seemed displeased to hear how Jr was dealt with. This is giving him more to think on on the matter, alongside whether or not he is too mean and making himself lonely.
As far as major events so far that's about it. He's not learned to be good, but he's becoming less selfish and more concerned for others as things happen around him. This can especially be seen in him saving Kenny from a high fall, by jumping out after him and cushioning his fall with his own body.
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Character Information
Character Name: Bowser Jr.
Fandom: Super Mario Bros.
Character History:
Jr. appears first in Super Mario Sunshine, having been told by his father that Princess Peach is his mother and being held prisoner by Mario. Even though he knew it was a lie, he still took up his possibly stolen magic paintbrush and impersonated Mario, framing him for the vandalism and general troublemaking around a small island village. Mario arrived there on a vacation and was arrested and tasked with all of the clean-up. During all of this, Jr. kidnapped Peach while continuing to try to challenge Mario. Mario beat him and his dad, but when Bowser started to admit to his lie Jr. told him that he knew already, but also that he wanted to fight Mario again when he was bigger and stronger.
Character Personality:
First and foremost, Jr. is the spoiled son of Bowser and the heir to the Koopa throne. He's entitled to order around those beneath him and to take whatever he wants and say whatever he feels like. He's not above tantrums when things aren't going his way, but he's not easily discouraged when he can't force things in his favor. Not quite as spoiled as his father was at his age, Jr. is used to actually working for what he wants due to the fact that even as an heir he is a lackey and must follow orders from his dad.
Jr. is still a kid, but he's determined and fairly intelligent, and in some ways can even be considered mature for his age. Even though he is a Koopa and a major antagonist, Jr. has a sense of honor in combat and would prefer to fight his enemy one-on-one even though he does rely on various tools. He learns from his experiences and tries to adjust his strategies when dealing with tough opponents, allowing his skills to develop pretty quickly. He also tends to think things through more than his father does. Taking very much after Bowser, his catchphrase is "Grin and bear it. When that don't work, grin and crush it".
Almost more than anything, Jr. wants to please his dad and loves to spend time with him, but like all of Bowser's minions he doesn't want to fail because he doesn't want to be there when Bowser finds out. He also would actually like it if Peach was his mother, which is a bit of the drive in kidnapping her. He has strong family values and is willing to tolerate anything for them. Some spin-off games have implied that he has a lonely side as well. He also isn't above hanging out with his enemies during parties or whatever rather than go home and sulk in defeat like his father.
The fact that his weapon of choice in his first appearance, and several of the spin-off games, is his magic paintbrush shows that he is also somewhat artistic in nature. This isn't really touched on however. One of his favorite pastimes is causing trouble for people, especially vandalism and stealing cookies. It's stated that he spent a lot of time in the Koopa Castle gardens practicing golf and is fairly good at it, and he is just as athletic as any other Mario character in the sports spin-offs.
Powers and Abilities:
Jr's abilities are still developing, but he seems to have the same potential as his father. He can withdraw into his shell and will be able to spin around in it later. He'll be able to breathe fire later but he hasn't gotten that down. First he'll learn to spit a single large fireball, then a homing one. These will ignite the ground for a few minutes where they hit. He's already very strong, able to drag even Bowser away from a lost fight by himself. He's also somewhat fireproof and can survive being knocked into lava.
Jr's signature weapon is a magical paintbrush that he can use to create portals and monsters, as well as just leave massive amounts of paint-like sludge around. He can also use it as a weapon in close combat. It is also how he created the bandanna that let him turn into Shadow Mario complete with all of the real Mario's natural abilities. He also likes to use bombs and hammers.
Lastly, Jr. seems to be fairly good with using machinery and at least passable at its upkeep. Aside from driving in the Mario Kart games, he uses a smaller version of the Clown Car that he calls the Jr. Clown Car and has been at the controls of airships, submarines, and even a mech of his father. Additionally he seems to be learning about some of the magic that koopas can use, as in a point in a later game Bowser is killed and becomes a Dry Bones and Jr. has the potion to restore him at the final boss fight.
Samples
Network:
Hey. I'm hungry and supposedly there's a place around somewhere to get food. I want someone to take me there so I can see if there's anything good. I could just go look for it, but that'd take way too long and I've got better things to do like take my bath and a nap after I eat. So I don't wanna spend all day wandering around.
I'll even go with the first person who comes to help.
Third Person:
This place was strange. Nothing that the young Koopa prince recognized, no eyes on the clouds in the sky and he hadn’t really seen any hills either. He had been walking around for what felt like forever, keeping out of sight and looking for anyone or anything familiar. He was all by himself without his Jr. Clown Car or magic paintbrush. A strange city with a lot of different kinds of people. Lots of humans like the Mario brothers, but no Koopas seemed to be around. No Toads or Mario brothers either. So where was he? Definitely nowhere in the Mushroom or Bean Kingdoms, or even anywhere on Isle Delfino, that much was obvious. Sneaking around and snooping in buildings wasn't telling him much about the place as a whole, just netted him an easy snack where someone had baked cookies.
After standing in place with his arms crossed and just thinking for a few minutes he decided to just ask the next person he saw where he was and how he'd even gotten here. If he was as far from home as it looked like he was then no one should know who he is and he shouldn't get in trouble. After all, he hadn't done anything bad yet beside nick a few cookies. Even if anyone had seen him do that, that shouldn’t matter enough to keep him from learning what he needed to know.
That decided, the young Koopa looked around and jogged over to the first person he spotted, raising a clawed hand in a wave. "Hey, hold on a second. I wanna ask you some things." He didn't for a minute stop to consider the fact that a big spiny-shelled turtle that was almost five feet tall might not be well-received by the person in question.
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Character Information
Character Name: Bowser Jr.
Fandom: Super Mario Bros.
Character History:
Jr. appears first in Super Mario Sunshine, having been told by his father that Princess Peach is his mother and being held prisoner by Mario. Even though he knew it was a lie, he still took up his possibly stolen magic paintbrush and impersonated Mario, framing him for the vandalism and general troublemaking around a small island village. Mario arrived there on a vacation and was arrested and tasked with all of the clean-up. During all of this, Jr. kidnapped Peach while continuing to try to challenge Mario. Mario beat him and his dad, but when Bowser started to admit to his lie Jr. told him that he knew already, but also that he wanted to fight Mario again when he was bigger and stronger.
Character Personality:
First and foremost, Jr. is the spoiled son of Bowser and the heir to the Koopa throne. He's entitled to order around those beneath him and to take whatever he wants and say whatever he feels like. He's not above tantrums when things aren't going his way, but he's not easily discouraged when he can't force things in his favor. Not quite as spoiled as his father was at his age, Jr. is used to actually working for what he wants due to the fact that even as an heir he is a lackey and must follow orders from his dad.
Jr. is still a kid, but he's determined and fairly intelligent, and in some ways can even be considered mature for his age. Even though he is a Koopa and a major antagonist, Jr. has a sense of honor in combat and would prefer to fight his enemy one-on-one even though he does rely on various tools. He learns from his experiences and tries to adjust his strategies when dealing with tough opponents, allowing his skills to develop pretty quickly. He also tends to think things through more than his father does. Taking very much after Bowser, his catchphrase is "Grin and bear it. When that don't work, grin and crush it".
Almost more than anything, Jr. wants to please his dad and loves to spend time with him, but like all of Bowser's minions he doesn't want to fail because he doesn't want to be there when Bowser finds out. He also would actually like it if Peach was his mother, which is a bit of the drive in kidnapping her. He has strong family values and is willing to tolerate anything for them. Some spin-off games have implied that he has a lonely side as well. He also isn't above hanging out with his enemies during parties or whatever rather than go home and sulk in defeat like his father.
The fact that his weapon of choice in his first appearance, and several of the spin-off games, is his magic paintbrush shows that he is also somewhat artistic in nature. This isn't really touched on however. One of his favorite pastimes is causing trouble for people, especially vandalism and stealing cookies. It's stated that he spent a lot of time in the Koopa Castle gardens practicing golf and is fairly good at it, and he is just as athletic as any other Mario character in the sports spin-offs.
Powers and Abilities:
Jr's abilities are still developing, but he seems to have the same potential as his father. He can withdraw into his shell and will be able to spin around in it later. He'll be able to breathe fire later but he hasn't gotten that down. First he'll learn to spit a single large fireball, then a homing one. These will ignite the ground for a few minutes where they hit. He's already very strong, able to drag even Bowser away from a lost fight by himself. He's also somewhat fireproof and can survive being knocked into lava.
Jr's signature weapon is a magical paintbrush that he can use to create portals and monsters, as well as just leave massive amounts of paint-like sludge around. He can also use it as a weapon in close combat. It is also how he created the bandanna that let him turn into Shadow Mario complete with all of the real Mario's natural abilities. He also likes to use bombs and hammers.
Lastly, Jr. seems to be fairly good with using machinery and at least passable at its upkeep. Aside from driving in the Mario Kart games, he uses a smaller version of the Clown Car that he calls the Jr. Clown Car and has been at the controls of airships, submarines, and even a mech of his father. Additionally he seems to be learning about some of the magic that koopas can use, as in a point in a later game Bowser is killed and becomes a Dry Bones and Jr. has the potion to restore him at the final boss fight.
Samples
Network:
Hey. I'm hungry and supposedly there's a place around somewhere to get food. I want someone to take me there so I can see if there's anything good. I could just go look for it, but that'd take way too long and I've got better things to do like take my bath and a nap after I eat. So I don't wanna spend all day wandering around.
I'll even go with the first person who comes to help.
Third Person:
This place was strange. Nothing that the young Koopa prince recognized, no eyes on the clouds in the sky and he hadn’t really seen any hills either. He had been walking around for what felt like forever, keeping out of sight and looking for anyone or anything familiar. He was all by himself without his Jr. Clown Car or magic paintbrush. A strange city with a lot of different kinds of people. Lots of humans like the Mario brothers, but no Koopas seemed to be around. No Toads or Mario brothers either. So where was he? Definitely nowhere in the Mushroom or Bean Kingdoms, or even anywhere on Isle Delfino, that much was obvious. Sneaking around and snooping in buildings wasn't telling him much about the place as a whole, just netted him an easy snack where someone had baked cookies.
After standing in place with his arms crossed and just thinking for a few minutes he decided to just ask the next person he saw where he was and how he'd even gotten here. If he was as far from home as it looked like he was then no one should know who he is and he shouldn't get in trouble. After all, he hadn't done anything bad yet beside nick a few cookies. Even if anyone had seen him do that, that shouldn’t matter enough to keep him from learning what he needed to know.
That decided, the young Koopa looked around and jogged over to the first person he spotted, raising a clawed hand in a wave. "Hey, hold on a second. I wanna ask you some things." He didn't for a minute stop to consider the fact that a big spiny-shelled turtle that was almost five feet tall might not be well-received by the person in question.
