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FreezeFlame22
is a franchise of Sprite-Animated Sitcoms created by a British YouTuber who goes by the same username, FreezeFlame22, and joined the website in July 26, 2013.It all started in August of 2013 with a show called The Koopa Kids, which took inspiration from SMG4. Even though The Koopa Kids had a decent fanbase, FreezeFlame22 grew to dislike his product and decided to cancel the series in 2016. After a brief hiatus, he created a new series known as Carl, which starred the titular Ascended Extra from The Koopa Kids. Meanwhile, he also created Bowser's Koopalings, originally Bowser's Children, to serve as the Continuity Reboot of The Koopa Kids. In 2019, Donkey Kong Island was created, being the first installment in the FreezeFlame22 universe to not take place in the Koopa Kingdom. As of 2022, FreezeFlame22 released a mini-series titled Wars of Frozen Flames, which goes into detail about the lore of the franchise's universe.
They all follow the misadventures of Nintendo characters, who are given Adaptation Expansion and plenty of Hidden Depths. In addition, each of FreezeFlame22's series feature plenty of Deadpan Snarkers and have a supply of Reference Overdosed.
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. Subsequently, Luigi is also absent.
- Adaptational Heroism: Bowser, King K. Rool, and the Koopa Kingdom as a whole were the primary villains of their home series. In the FreezeFlame22 continuity, they're not at all evil and are instead protagonists.
- 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, Popplio Power, Cowabunga and Oatzimir have also made sprites for the series, resulting in much better-looking and expressive characters and very detailed backgrounds and environments.
- Ascended Extra: A few characters, like K. Rool and Carl, originally had a minor role before becoming a major character in another series.
- 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
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Characters will usually make off-hand comments acknowledging the fact that they are inside a sitcom.
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Anytime you hear a "Maybe if...", you know certain characters would have been hit with this trope in any show.
- Crossover: With Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Country, Kirby, and for a time, Pokémon.
- Fictional Earth: The map of the continent◊ in which the series takes place in is clearly 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.
- 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.
- 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!
