FreezeFlame22

Freeze's story begun in 2013, where he was inspired by Supermarioglitchy4 to make his own Mario parody. Thus, The Koopa Kids was born. As indicated by its title, the series aimed to be another fan work starring The Koopalings with humor adjacent to Family Guy and as previously mentioned, SMG4. Although the series had a sizable following, FreezeFlame22 grew to dislike his product and decided to make a proper send-off for the series in 2016.

After a brief hiatus, Freeze would eventually make his new series known as Carl, which starred the titular Ascended Extra from The Koopa Kids. Meanwhile, Freeze also created Bowser's Koopalings, originally Bowser's Children, to serve as the Continuity Reboot of The Koopa Kids. Following the year of 2017, those two shows had since been the main series on Freeze's channel. Another series would eventually be in the works, this time being based on Donkey Kong Country. The upcoming project had a teaser in August 2018 and another one in April 2019. In August of the same year, the third series in the line-up, Donkey Kong Island, had released its pilot episode, marking the first installment in the FreezeFlame22 universe to not take place in the Koopa Kingdom. Fast-forwarding to 2022, FreezeFlame22 released a mini-series titled Wars of Frozen Flames, which goes into detail about the lore of the franchise's universe.

The four currently running shows all take place in a Shared Universe, although each series seldom references the other. While retaining the characters, aesthetics, and other elements, none of FreezeFlame22's shows follow the official Nintendo canon. In fact, Mario (and by extension, Luigi) are Adapted Out; instead, the Koopa Kingdom is the main focus, with most of the main and supporting cast being made up of the various enemies and bosses found in the games. Each show is of the Sitcom genre, although some are more continuity heavy than others (for example, Carl is heavily serialized, while Bowser's Koopalings is episodic). A defining humor in all shows is dwelling into the World of Snark. Another well-known facet of the shows is a casual mention to pop-culture roughly Once per Episode. Despite this, the shows also contains rather complex characterization, many character arcs, and compelling storytelling.

List of series created by FreezeFlame22

• The Koopa Kids (2013 - 2016): Freeze's original series, considered non-canon as of Bowser's Koopalings.
• Carl (2017 - Present): A Slice of Life-esque show centering on Carl Mitchell and his family and friends.
• Bowser's Koopalings (2017 - Present): The Denser and Wackier entry of the FF22 universe, and a Continuity Reboot of The Koopa Kids. It centers on the dysfunctional Koopa family comprising of King Bowser Koopa, his seven adopted children the Koopalings, and his biological son Bowser Jr.
• Donkey Kong Island (2019 - Present): A workplace comedy starring Donkey and Diddy Kong, two brothers who work at the K. Rool Inc. warehouse.
• Wars of Frozen Flames (2022 - Present): A pseudo-historical period drama largely based on the Wars of the Roses, which details the line of succession to the Koopa throne.

Tropes shared within the FreezeFlame22 canon:

• Adapted Out: Starting with Carl, Mario has never made an appearance in any of the shows, nor has he ever been mentioned outside of occasional titles of his games. And even those game mentions would eventually phase out and be replaced with parody titles such as Mario Kart World being replaced with Ultimate Kart World. Subsequently, characters such as Luigi, Daisy, Rosalina, Waluigi etc. are also absent.
• Adaptational Heroism: In the official Super Mario Bros. canon, Bowser, The Koopalings, the Koopa Troop, and K. Rool are clearly the bad guys. But in the FreezeFlame22 canon, none of them are actually evil, but rather, they're the good guys that the audience root for. Averted (and in some cases, Inverted) with some characters like the Shroobs, Bowser Junior, Popple, the Snowmads, Klump, Fawful, the 8-bits, and several other Recurring Extras or One-Shot Characters.
• All There in the Manual: Generally averted, but in 2024, FreezeFlame22 posted a Google Doc to the in-universe History Book The History of the Koopa Throne, which goes into depth about the reigns of the forty-four Monarchs that the Koopa Kingdom has had throughout its History, as well as a few other Claimants to the throne that are not mentioned in any of the show, likely due to the hassle of inserting said information into the episodes in a way that feels natural. Notably, the author of the book is confirmed to be an Unreliable Narrator, thus inviting readers to contrast the information found in the book to what is shown in the four series.
• Art Evolution: At the beginning of the franchise, sprites specifically created for the series looked somewhat rough at best, and rather unappealing at worst, with one of the main examples being some of the background characters in the first two seasons of Carl or the backgrounds in the first season of Bowser's Koopalings being plain. Over the time, FreezeFlame22 gained more experience in making sprites, and since then, several other contributors have also made sprites for the series, resulting in much better-looking and expressive characters and very detailed backgrounds and environments.
• Alternate Continuity: The lore of FreezeFlame22 doesn't follow the Nintendo canon, with some exceptions and creative liberties.
• Bland-Name Product:
  • Instagoomba for Instagram.
  • KoopaBook for FaceBook.
  • Snapchomp for Snapchat.
  • KoopaTube for YouTube.
  • ShyTunes for iTunes.
  • YBox for XBox
  • Question Block and Question Block 2 for the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 respectively.
  • Super Slash Bros. for Super Smash Bros..
  • Space Wars for Star Wars.
  • Five Shy Guys for Five Guys.
  • Goomba King for Burger King.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Characters will usually make off-hand comments acknowledging the fact that they are inside a sitcom.
• Crossover: With Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Country, Kirby, and for a time, Pokémon.
• "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Anytime you hear a "Maybe if..." or "Perhaps if..", you know certain characters would have been hit with this trope in any show.
• The Dog Bites Back: Certain characters, notably the protagonists, don't need violence to get back at those who have insulted, bullied or messed around with. They just use their words most of the time because not all protagonists use violence to get their revenge.
• Early-Installment Weirdness: In the truck loads. You can definitely tell that Freeze's older works were a bit rough around the edges. For more specific examples, check out the show's pages, but for an overview:
  • The Koopa Kids was the show that started it all, and unsurprisingly, it was abandoned all together to make way for the new installments that has more developed and likable versions of the characters, as well as removing Mario and Luigi. For most notable examples, Carl was a Butt-Monkey who died in each episode, much of the Koopa Family's dynamic was reversed, and basically everyone had little to no redeeming traits.
  • In the early episodes, Pokémon were established to make up the local wildlife. Yes. Pokemon. Later episodes use actual Mario creatures to fit the setting.
  • Bowser, Calvin, and K. Rool all shared the issue of being bigger jerks in their early appearances. All three have since Took a Level in Kindness in later episodes, and in the case of Calvin, the Remastered episodes of Carl tone down his nastiness to be more in line with his current portrayal.
  • Many series regulars, like Kylie, Camila, Lauren, Ally, Eddie, Travis, Katryna and Kiddy weren't always around. In the case of Kylie, it took a few episodes in Season 1 of Carl for her to be integrated into the main cast, which is fixed in the Remastered episodes by having her be present in the first episode. Camila, Lauren and Ally were all introduced to the main cast in late Season 4 and Eddie and Travis in season 5, when the Koopalings started hanging out with the locals outside their family. Katryna and Kiddy were both introduced and integrated into the main cast early in season 2.
• Fictional Earth: The map of Kinokoland the continent in which the series takes place in is loosely based off Europe, with each kingdom being a Fictional Counterpart to real European countries (For example, the Koopa Kingdom is a counterpart to the United Kingdom with influence from the United States, the Bohnenkraut Kingdom is one to both Germany and France, and the Marine Kingdom is one to Spain with influence from various Latin-American countries). That said, real-world countries and cities are mentioned in all of the three shows.
• Floating Timeline: In Carl and Bowser's Koopalings, characters acknowledge that time passes, but none of them look any older than when their respective series first started.
• Freudian Slip: At least one character from every show has accidentally slipped out something they do but immediately change the subject to something else.
• Interspecies Romance: Romantic relationships between two people of different species is a completely normal thing in both the Koopa Kingdom and Kongo Island.
• Legacy Character: The reason why there is always one King Dedede in every single Goomburger across the Koopa Kingdom and Kongo Island is because all of them are relatives and descendants of each other whom all take the name of "Dedede".
• New Job as the Plot Demands: Clyde Adams in both Carl and Bowser's Koopalings always has a different job in every episode he appears in, some of these include being a teacher, head of a TV station, the manager of a restaurant, an announcer, a principal, etc.
• Original Character: In this Alternate Continuity of the Nintendo canon, there's several. This is on full effect in Carl, which stars a character who was made by this series.
• Punny Name: The Kremlings usually have these: K. Rool, K. Ringe, D. Zaster, K. Ross, A. Byzmal...
• Retcon: Originally everyone lived in the Mushroom Kingdom and Bowser tried to constantly invade and take over it. This was changed some time around Season 3 of Bowser's Koopalings to Bowser being the king and ruler of the Koopa Kingdom, and historically Toads were exiled from the land in the year 1000. Word of God has handwaved this by stating that every time they mention "Mushroom Kingdom" in the early episodes, they actually mean a completely different location. The same goes to the BeanBean Kingdom, which was retconned into the Bonhenkraut Kingdom.
• Shared Universe: Each show has a distinct identity, but clearly exist in the same continuity. A few characters have even appeared in more than one show, such as King Dedede, King K. Rool, or Titch Smalley.
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Female Koopas always wear make-up, high heels, have visible eyelashes and thinner legs, and generally appear more curvy than male Koopas do. The front part of the shells of regular female Koopas also resemble tank tops, while female dragon Koopas tend to have their claws painted. Female Koopas are also more prone to wearing visible jewelry than male Koopas are. On the other side of things, male dragon Koopas usually go barefooted, with only a few exceptions, almost always have a pair of horns atop of their heads and are always guaranteed to have visible fangs coming from their mouths, while female dragon Koopas with horns are much rarer and the ones with visible fangs outright don't exist. This also extends to the Kongs and the Kremlings, where females generally appear more humanoid and curvy than males do.
• They Killed Kenny Again: Every so often, a character gets killed, only to return the next episode. These occurrences mostly happen in Halloween episodes.
• Villain Protagonist: Each of FreezeFlame22 shows place focus on the bad guys and villains of Nintendo franchises, including Bowser and his Koopa Troop or King K. Rool and the Kremlings, with the supporting cast being almost entirely comprised of enemies and antagonists from Nintendo games, such as Koopa Troopas, Goombas, Piranha Plants, Spikes, Bloopers, King Dedede, Chef Kawasaki, etc. The exception to this are the Kongs in Donkey Kong Island, but even DK has his moments of being a rouge in the Mario series.
• Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: Used whenever the characters express fear, shock, surprise or extreme sadness. When you see Carl or Larry looking shocked, you are sure bound to find these faces funny!
• World of Snark: Almost everyone in the Koopa Kingdom and Kongo Island is a Deadpan Snarker.

Flaig: Yo! Is this what they call The Stinger?
Gooper: Shut up, Flaig!