Larry Koopa's namesake

Whereas the six other Koopalings have confirmed namesakes, all of which are musicians, there is conflicting official information on Larry Koopa's namesake.

Former Nintendo of America employee Dayvv Brooks, who named the Koopalings in localization, [//www.mariowiki.com/Special:Contributions/Dayvvbrooks claimed] through a Super Mario Wiki account that the character was named after rock drummer [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Mullen_Jr. Larry Mullen, Jr.] of U2 fame.

However, he contradicted this statement in a [//kotaku.com/how-a-mario-character-was-named-after-motorheads-lemmy-1750180427 2015 interview with Kotaku].

"And then there was Larry. There’s no real-world equivalent—he’s not Larry Mullen Jr. from U2 or Larry King—he just looked like a Larry."

The identity of the Super Mario Wiki account was verified to other users of the wiki via email. Additionally, the account's claim that the spelling of Brooks' first name had changed to "Dayvv" with two Vs&mdash;Brooks used to be credited as "Dayv Brooks"&mdash;was reinforced by the Kotaku article. The claim that Brooks now works in Internet marketing for Bass Pro Shops is also consistent between the two sources.

Essentially, the Super Mario Wiki user appears to be legitimate, despite presenting conflicting information regarding this mystery. Brooks either misremembered the name origin at some point, or intentionally decided to change his story for reasons unknown.

Theories
Many articles, including ones published in official Nintendo magazines, alternatively claim that Larry Koopa was named after talk show host Larry King. Brooks has alluded to this in the aforementioned Kotaku interview, denying it.