Kirby/Characters

Tropes relating to Kirby and his friends and foes. For anime-only characters and tropes only present to a character in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, go here. Kirby's Return to Dream Land also has its own character page.

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS

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Playable Characters

Kirby

The eponymous character of the series is a happy looking pink Walking Head who likes to eat a lot of things.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland

Tropes associated with Kirby:

• American Kirby Is Hardcore: Nintendo loves to put an angry expression on his face for the American covers and ads of the games.
• Badass Adorable: The current page picture.
• Big Eater: Egad.
• Black Hole Belly: Also the current page picture.
• Blue Eyes (His earlier appearance had Black Bead Eyes instead)
• Blush Sticker: He has them all the time.
• Blow You Away: When flying, Kirby can shoot a burst of air to damage a foe in front of him. Pretty much just an Emergency Weapon.
• Breath Weapon: See above.
• Butt Monkey: In any cinematic not related to the "plot", Kirby will get abused. Case in point, the world title cards in Dreamland and Adventure, and the blooper reel in Super Star Ultra.
• Catch Phrase: "Hi!"
  • And in the anime, (and later Kirbys Epic Yarn, Kirby Mass Attack and Kirby's Return to Dream Land) "Poyo!"
• Cheerful Child: He has the mannerisms of one.
• Extreme Omnivore
• Evil Counterpart: Subverted. In Amazing Mirror, which has this for both Kirby and Meta Knight, Shadow Kirby actually protects the Mirror World, much like Kirby to Dreamland.
• Good Is Not Nice: In Kirby's Avalanche, where he actually trash-talks some of his opponents in full sentences.
• The Hero
• Heroic Mime: In most games, he can't manage more than a "Hi!" or a "Poyo!" He does speak in Epic Yarn, but only with narration.
• Idiot Hero: Of course, his level of intellect somewhat varies between games.
• Kid Hero: His age is never specifically stated in the games, but the Kirby's Dreamland manual called Kirby a 'little boy'
• Killer Rabbit
• Mega Manning: Starting with Kirby's Adventure, Kirby gained the ability to absorb the powers of certain enemies he eats. He may even be more famous for it than the trope namer himself.
• Nice Hat: Kirby gets one for almost every ability he can copy.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He's rather infamous for unwittingly unleashing unspeakable horrors with his "heroic" acts.
  • Granted, half the time, no one tells him there's an unspeakable evil sealed up in the MacGuffin.
• Real Men Are Pink: His habits aren't exactly the most masculine out there.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: With Meta Knight. Kirby is the red.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter
• Silent Snarker: In Avalanche. A few of his reaction shots also have shades of this, such as giving the camera a look when the Tutorial calls him jolly.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Maxim Tomatoes, as well as that one strawberry shortcake he went on a rampage for.
• Transformation Sequence: Whenever he copies an ability; although it's quicker than most examples. It's made more elaborate in the anime, as well as with the Super Abilities in Return to Dream Land.
• Unwitting Pawn: In Kirby Super Star's Milky Way Wishes, Kirby arrives at NOVA, only for his wish to be stolen by Marx. Also, in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Magolor tricks him into defeating a dragon named Landia to obtain the Master Crown for him, only for Magolor to use it to try and take over the universe.
• Video Game Flight: Achieved by sucking in air and flapping his arms.
• Walking Head
• What Could Have Been: Shigeru Miyamoto wanted him to be yellow instead of pink, though since Miyamoto has little, if any, involvement in the games' development since they're developed by HAL Laboratory while Miyamoto works for Nintendo's EAD division, this may have just been a suggestion when it came up. However, yellow Kirby is usually the first choice for Kirby's alternate costumes.
• You Are Who You Eat: Kirby takes this saying quite literally.

Gooey

A friendly little blob of Dark Matter. He's Kirby's best friend. He and Kirby share many of the same hobbies and abilities.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 2

Tropes associated with Gooey:

• Ascended Extra: In his debut game, he's merely a health recovery pickup for Kirby. In Kirby's Dreamland 3, he's the character controlled by player 2.
• The Cameo: He appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Sadly, this is his latest appearance.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Despite being Kirby's best friend, he hasn't appeared in a game since 1997.
• Dark Is Not Evil
• Griefer: Somewhat. If player 2 doesn't feel like cooperating, he could hijack your animal friend or take one for himself (meaning you automatically dismount yours). Of course, Kirby himself can do this as well.
• Prehensile Tongue: This is how he snags enemies for Mega Manning.

Prince Fluff

The prince of Patch Land. He joins Kirby so he can reunite Patch Land and stop Yin-Yarn.

First appearance: Kirby's Epic Yarn

Tropes associated with Fluff:

• Big Ol' Eyebrows
• Brown Eyes
• Expy: Borrows some elements from Gooey. He's blue, player 2's character, and can lasso objects.
• Griefer: In the same case as Gooey. A jerkish player 2 can toss Kirby into any hazard and make him lose beads. Obviously, player 1 can fire back.
• The Lancer
• Perpetual Frowner: His usual expression.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Not too many heroes will go by "Prince Fluff".
• Royals Who Actually Do Something
• Walking Head: His body is exactly like Kirby's, but his face is completely different.
• What Could Have Been: He was originally the hero, before Fluff's Yarn got the Kirby label.
• Whip It Good

Animal Friends

In Kirby's Dreamland 2 and 3, Kirby may come across his animal friends and hitch a ride from them (sometimes flipped). Typically, they change his copied powers in some way, and have a different sort of movement: for example, Kine has very fast and tight underwater controls (but is a bit awkward on land). All have appeared in the anime, although with very small roles.

Tropes associated with all animal friends:

• Powerup Mount
• The Smurfette Principle

Rick the Hamster

Suitable for land, Rick is a white and brown-spotted hamster that was one of the first three animal friends. He's described as "friendly and energetic". He doesn't skid on ice, can stand rough terrain, and somehow transforms with Kirby for some attacks.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 2

Tropes associated with Rick:

• Goomba Stomp
• Wall Crawl / Wall Jump - Rick can't fly, but he can climb walls just as easily as Kirby can fly.

Kine the Fish

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 2

A blue Sunfish that assists Kirby in the underwater levels, and was one of the three starting helpers. Described as "laid back and relaxed", he shows the least amount of emotions. His special ability is allowing Kirby to swallow enemies underwater and using those there and then.

Tropes associated with Kine:

• The Cameo: In Kirby Mass Attack, he appears in Brawl Ball. His first appearance in years.
• Crippling Overspecialization: Subverted. He is indeed better in the water, but he does okay on land. See Fish Out of Water.
• Fish Out of Water: Literally! Largely averted (after Dream Land 2) though, as he's capable of hopping along at a normal pace and even jumping quite high on land.
• Goomba Stomp: Somehow...
• Joke Character: His statue-Expy in Kirby 64 is completely useless. Seriously, the thing can't budge an inch, even when underwater.

Coo the Owl

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 2

A purple owl and the air specialist and one the first Animal Friends, Coo is able to fly through fast currents like Kine. Originally a guy, the anime implies that he's a she. For some reason, Coo doesn't have any friends, but doesn't seem to mind.

Tropes associated with Coo:

• Video Game Flight: His is faster and more stable than Kirby's.

Nago the Cat

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 3

Although Rick appears along side Nago, Nago is usually far better than Rick; he's faster and can Triple Jump, as well as able to climb walls. He has a love interest/girlfriend named Shiiro, but a comic shows that the two don't get along as well as you think.

Tropes associated with Nago:

• Cute Kitten
• Goomba Stomp
• Mega Neko
• Triple Jump

Chuchu the Octopus

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 3

A pink octopus with a red red bow. Similar to Kine, when Kirby's paired with Chuchu, he can swallow enemies underwater. Through the moves that she does with Kirby (and the manga), it's implied that she's in love with him (as they hold hands, spin together, ect).

Tropes associated with Chuchu:

• Ceiling Cling
• Spoony Bard: Her flight is limited and difficult to control, and most of her copied powers just plain suck.
• Tentacle Rope: She does this to get baddies into Kirby's mouth, rather than him inhaling.
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: With a bow and eyelashes.

Pitch the Bird

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 3

A tiny, green bird that functions like Coo, but can't last as long. Although Coo could be seen as better, Pitch's skills are much more useful, thus the Killer Rabbit trope below.

Tropes associated with Pitch:

• Expy: Tokkori is seen as this to Pitch, although all it is in some minor appearance.
• Killer Rabbit: He's the smallest of the animal friends, but he's probably the best. His copied powers are generally highly effective and fun to use. He also handles almost exactly the same as Kirby, so the transition is natural.

Bosses and Other Antagonists

King Dedede

"You can't be mean to my Waddle Dees! Only I can be mean to my Waddle Dees!"

Hammer-wielding penguin (possibly) and self-proclaimed ruler of Dreamland, though he never really does anything related to administration. Usually ends up as the villain through Greed or Demonic Possession.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland

Tropes associated with King Dedede:

• Affably Evil: He's not really that bad a guy, he's just vain, extremely greedy and occasionally mean-spirited. Of course, that doesn't mean he's not affable - in Super Smash Bros Brawl, he hugs Kirby towards the end of The Subspace Emissary when he realizes he's alright.
• Adipose Rex
• Anti-Villain
• Arch Enemy
• Authority in Name Only
• Big Bad: Of the original game, Spring Breeze in Kirby Super Star, and Revenge of the King in Ultra. Also is the villain in most spinoffs such as Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble and Kirby's Dream Course. Appears to be the Big Bad of several other games as well, but is actually not, for various reasons.
• Big Fun: When he's not doing something bad, anyway.
• Blue Eyes
• Butt Monkey: If it's not happening to Kirby, it's happening to Dedede.
• Demonic Possession: in Kirby's Dreamland 2 and 3, and briefly in Kirby 64 and in Epic Yarn. In other words, a lot.
• Disc One Final Boss: in Kirby's Adventure and Kirby's Dreamland 2 and 3.
• Drop the Hammer
  • Impossibly Cool Weapon: In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, his hammer has a jet engine for the sole purpose of swinging extremely strong hits. In "Revenge of the King" in Kirby Super Star Ultra, Masked Dedede has an even cooler new hammer. It can launch missiles, shoot a gout of flame, and be used for an extreme Spin Attack.
• Evil Counterpart: to Kirby
• Everything's Better with Penguins
• Eyes Do Not Belong There: When possessed by Dark Matter in Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards, Dark Matter embeds its eye into his stomach.
• Fat Bastard
• A Father to His Men: He seems to actually care very much about his Waddle Dees.
• Go Karting With King Dedede: This is pretty much what Gourmet Race is. In any case, Kirby and King Dedede seem to be on good terms most of the time.
• Harmless Villain: Dedede's not really bad (except in the anime), he's just big and greedy and Kirby has to bring him down to earth. In fact, he's been known to give Kirby giant hugs.
• Heel Face Turn: In Kirby 64, to help fight Dark Matter. He's pretty reluctant about the whole thing, though. Also in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
• Jerkass: In the spinoffs.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold
• Leitmotif: His theme from Kirby's Dreamland is carried to every single game onwards besides Avalanche; it's also not used for the fight with him in Kirby's Adventure and its remake, but it still gets used for the miniboss tower.
• Large and In Charge
• Mask Power: Masked Dedede is the final boss of Revenge of the King in Kirby Super Star Ultra. He's a lot harder than he was before.
• No Pronunciation Guide: Is it "dee-dee-dee" or "day-day-day"? Seems to depend mostly on region. Most Western territories use the former, Japan uses the latter. It seems both are correct, because the announcer of Super Smash Bros Brawl pronounces his name BOTH ways depending on your game's region.
• Not Me This Time: Let's just say that he gets hit with this trope a lot, probably the worst offender being Kirby Squeak Squad.
• Powerup Mount: Plays this role for his sections in The Crystal Shards, as well as Return to Dream Land (the other playable characters can also serve as this in said game).
• Ryu and Ken: Sort of; it's most apparent in the first game. He flies and shoots air and sucks you up, just like what Kirby does. Of course, he also Pounds the Ground and wields a big hammer.
• Reverse Mole: In Super Smash Bros. Brawl's story mode.
  • Also in Kirby's Adventure.
• Weapon of Choice: His hammer.
  • As of Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby Mass Attack, he's picked up bombs lately as well.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Played this part in Kirby's Adventure, as well as the remake Nightmare in Dream Land, where it seems like he was up to standard villainy by stealing the Star Rod from the fountain of dreams, but it is later revealed that he had a very good reason for doing so, as a horrifically evil entity, aptly named "Nightmare", had contaminated the fountain of dreams.

Meta Knight

A Walking Head with a mask, bat wings, a sword, and an unknown agenda. His morality is highly ambiguous, but he generally seems to be a Hero Antagonist.

First appearance: Kirby's Adventure

Tropes associated with Meta Knight:

• Anti Hero Antagonist: Is typically trying to do what's right/protect Dreamland from evil, though he sometimes goes into Well-Intentioned Extremist territory. Opposes Kirby because he tends to trigger what Meta Knight is trying to prevent.
• Badass: Without the mask, Badass Adorable.
• Badass in Distress: In The Amazing Mirror he goes off to quell the threat, but is trapped inside the mirror instead.
• Big Damn Heroes: Every once in a while.
• Blood Knight: Towards Kirby and Galacta Knight in particular.
• Blow You Away/Everything's Better with Spinning: One of his signature moves is Mach Tornado.
• Cape Wings
• Char Clone: Lacks the usual color scheme, but embodies most of the other traits.
• Cool Face Ship: The Halberd.
• Cool Mask: But he's so cute without it!
• Cool Sword: Galaxia. He also had a sword called Master in Amazing Mirror, which he gives to Kirby as the Eleventh-Hour Superpower and then leaves in the Mirror World.
• Dark Is Not Evil
• The Dragon: To King Dedede in Kirby's Adventure/Kirby's Nightmare in Dream Land.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
• Evil Counterpart: Two of them: Dark Meta Knight and Galacta Knight, though no one is sure if Galacta is actually evil or not.
• Eyes of Gold: At least when his mask is on; without it, he appears to have Milky White Eyes.
• Father to His Men: In Revenge of Meta Knight, where he tells his crew to abandon the Halberd so they'll be safe. When Axe and Mace refuse, he acts like he doesn't care, but in a way that sounds like he's trying to get them mad enough to leave him.
• Face Heel Turn: Seemingly in Kirby Super Star, but his real motive is that he thinks Dreamland would be a better place if he ruled it.
• Grumpy Bear
• Honor Before Reason: The Halberd is on fire and plummeting towards the ocean, so naturally he throws Kirby a sword and will wait half a minute for him to pick it up before their duel.
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Given that Kirby is an idiot, this is why Meta Knight ends up fighting him a lot.
• Playing with Fire: Has a fire attack in Squeak Squad.
• Poor Communication Kills: Though he often fights Kirby because he knows some terrible secret and is trying to keep Kirby from screwing things up, he will never, ever, ever indicate this in any way until it's too late.
  • Hero Antagonist: As a result.
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: With Kirby. He's appropriately the blue.
• Shock and Awe: Sometimes uses electricity-based attacks.
• The Southpaw: Oddly enough, character art of him that shows up in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror depicts him as left-handed. In all other games he's right-handed. It can be because mirrors reflect things. While he was in the mirror world, it changed which hand he uses.
• Spam Attack: One of his sword attacks.
• Stealth Mentor: In Kirby's Adventure. In the original, he's the one who supplies Kirby with the Invincible Lollipops, yet he periodically throws his soldiers, the Meta Knights, at him and fights the puffball himself. There's no other explanation for these actions except to be secretly training Kirby to defeat Nightmare.
• Sword Fight: Will almost always throw Kirby a sword before their duels.
• Teleport Cloak
• The Rival: To Kirby.
• 24-Hour Armor
• "Wake-Up Call" Boss: Is often the hardest (or at least second-hardest) boss in the games he's fought in (including Kirby and The Amazing Mirror, as Dark Meta Knight fights exactly like him). It's particularly noticeable in boss rushes such as Helper to Hero.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: Especially in Revenge of Meta Knight.
• Worthy Opponent: Always refuses to fight you until you pick up the sword he offers. Too bad several powers are better.
  • The only time he breaks this pattern is in Revenge of Meta Knight, and even then, he'll wait a bit before jumping into the fray. Which is reasonable, since by that point the Halberd is going down fast.
  • He'll also break the pattern in Squeak Squad - while he doesn't hand you a sword, there is one in the room you're in before you fight him. Additionally, the stars his attacks leave give you the Sword ability when you swallow them... for some reason.
  • This is also how you can suspect that the Meta Knight you fought in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror is an evil copy; he doesn't hand you a sword before the fight.
  • He eventually gets one in form of Galacta Knight (see below).

Whispy Woods

A big, sentient tree who tries to attack Kirby & co. by dropping apples and shooting air blasts.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland

Tropes associated with Whispy Woods:

• Blow You Away: For some reason, he shoots air blasts like Kirby. They're much longer-ranged, though. In Revenge of the King and Return to Dream Land, he can sometimes shoot out small tornadoes, which are stronger.
• Go-Karting with Bowser: He's sometimes shown to be friendly with Kirby.
• Recurring Boss: Kirby and the Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad are probably the only platformers where he's not the first boss of the game, and the former uses an Expy anyways.
• Warmup Boss: In every game he appears in, without fail. Except for Kirby's Epic Yarn, where he's actually fairly tough. Return to Dream Land improves his abilities a bit, but overall he's comparatively easy.
• When Trees Attack

Lololo and Lalala

A pair of closely-related friends who live at Castle Lololo. Or Float Islands. Or Illusion Islands.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland
Also appear as Kirby's friends in the anime Kirby: Right Back At Ya!

Tropes associated with Lololo and Lalala:

• Battle Couple
• Dual Boss
• Expy (or Identical Grandson, depending on interpretation) of Lolo and Lala from the Adventures of Lolo games.
• Red Girl Blue Boy
• Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Aside from colors, the only distinguishing feature between them is a ribbon on Lalala's head.
• Walking Heads

Kracko

An eye in a spiky stormcloud. He attacks mostly with lightning.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland

Tropes associated with Kracko:

• Faceless Eye
• Fricking Laser Beams
• Making a Splash: He has a rainfall attack to go with his storm cloud theme.
• Mook Maker: If he didn't do this, you wouldn't be able to beat him without a copied power.
  • He tends to alternate between Waddle Doos, who resemble him to an extent, and starmen, who provide Kirby with the power that's probably the most effective against him.
  • Throw Down the Bomblet: What he did in the first game.
• Non-Indicative Name: Kracko Jr is not his son, although it is his previous form.
• Recurring Boss: Expect him to show up in every game in some way, shape or form. Except in Return to Dream Land.
• Shock and Awe
• Spikes of Villainy: So it's a Faceless Eye surrounded by a cloud which is itself surrounded by the spikes. Go figure.
• "Wake-Up Call" Boss: First time Kirby players slam into a brick wall when they meet Kracko.

Paint Roller

An artist on the go who attacks Kirby by drawing enemies.

First appearance: Kirby's Adventure

Tropes associated with Paint Roller:

• Art Attacker
• Art Initiates Life
• Marathon Boss: In a mercifully optional minigame for 100% completion in Canvas Curse.
• Mook Maker: Via art, of course.
• Rollerblade Good: Well, roller skates, but the effect is the same.
• Revive Kills Zombie: Kirby can inhale their paintings with his standard attack.
• Wall Jump

Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright

Mr. Shine is the moon, and Mr. Bright is the sun.

First appearance: Kirby's Adventure

Tropes associated with Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright:

• Dual Boss
• Light'Em Up
• Playing with Fire
• Ramming Always Works: Mr. Shine
• Rolling Attack: Mr. Bright

Nightmare

The Final Boss of Kirby's Adventure and Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland.

First appearance: Kirby's Adventure

Tropes associated with Nightmare:

• Bigger Bad: The plot is caused by King Dedede trying keep him sealed.
• Deface of the Moon: His defeat causes it.
• Living Dream
• High Altitude Battle: In his first form, while falling towards the surface of the moon. You have to complete the phase before Kirby hits the ground and dies.
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Kirby frees him by defeating King Dedede and re-forming the Star Rod.
• Obviously Evil: Definitely.
• Sealed Evil in a Can

Dyna Blade

A huge bird responsible for stealing all of the crops in Dreamland. She was only doing it to feed her babies, though.

First appearance: Kirby Super Star

Tropes associated with Dyna Blade:

• Big Bad: of the titular Dyna Blade sub-game.
• Big Badass Bird of Prey
• Breath Weapon
• Heel Face Turn: In Revenge of Meta Knight. She wasn't really that evil to begin with.
• Monster Is a Mommy
• Razor Wings

Dark Matter

Dark Matter is not any one individual, but a group of black, malevolent clouds, usually with a single red eye and a ring of orange spheres around the back. Their core and controller is Zero.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 2

Tropes associated with Dark Matter:

• Dark Is Evil
• Demonic Possession: The perpetrator.
• The Dragon: in Dream Land 3
• Eldritch Abomination
• Faceless Eye
• High Altitude Battle: His first form's battle. You burn up in re-entry if you take too long.
• Sword Fight: You can try in Kirby's Dreamland 2, but you shouldn't
• That's No Moon: Kirby 64 features a planet-sized mass of Dark Matter.
• The Night That Never Ends: They can cover entire worlds like storm clouds, as seen on the planet Ripple Star, in Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards.
• True Final Boss: In Kirby's Dreamland 2.

Zero

A huge, white eye with a red iris. Is capable of creating and controlling Dark Matter. Revived in Kirby 64 as Zero-Two, with wings, a halo, and a freaky green tail.

First appearance: Kirby's Dreamland 3

Tropes associated with Zero:

• Back from the Dead: Word of God states that Zero-Two is this.
• Big Bad: It has been the final boss for multiple games, and it's implied, if not stated to have connections with others (Drawcia and Dark Nebula).
• Bloody Murder
• Clipped-Wing Angel: In Kirby's Dreamland 3, for its final phase, it tears out its own iris, which will pursue you until you kill it. Very freaky, yes, but considerably easier than the rest of the fight.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Zero is unable to feel positive emotions, and this is its motive for attacking Dreamland. It hates that the inhabitants of the world live in such blissful joy.
• Eldritch Abomination
• Eye Scream: It cuts itself to shoot its own blood at you. When it gets low on health, it rips out its own iris. Which chases you down and leaves a trail of blood. And all of this in a game that is rated "E" for Everyone.
• Faceless Eye
• Light Is Not Good: It's white, and in Kirby 64 The Crystal Shards, it's got angelic wings and a halo. However, it's core of all Dark Matter.
• Mood Whiplash: Dark Matter was pretty bad, but this...
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast: If My Hero Zero is any indication...
• No Pronunciation Guide: The official pronunciation of the name of Zero's second form, 0², is "Zero-Two", although that hasn't stopped people from pronouncing it as "Zero-squared", "Oh-two", "Oh-squared", and even oxygen (which is O₂^[1]).
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Surprise Creepy: Holy crap, yes!
• The Man Behind the Man: To Dark Matter.
• Tears of Blood: Which it uses as a weapon!
• True Final Boss
• Vile Villain Saccharine Show: Provides the page picture.

Marx

A friendly-looking Walking Head who wants Kirby to ask the wish-granting comet Nova to stop the sun and moon's fighting... except he's actually evil and is just using Kirby as a pawn in order to wish for control of Pop Star. In Kirby Super Star Ultra, he reveals a Nightmare Fuel-riffic new form, Marx Soul. Basically a Sugar Bowl version of The Joker.

First appearance: Kirby Super Star

Tropes associated with Marx:

• Back from the Dead: Marx Soul might be this.
• Badass Adorable
• Big Bad: Of Milky Way Wishes in Kirby Super Star.
• Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
• The Cameo: A statue of him is one of Stone's forms in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. He also shows up in the Kirby Master cutscene, and the friend that Magolor says told him about Kirby (as well as the person on Halcandra whom Kirby has fought before) is widely speculated to be him.
• The Chessmaster: The entire plot of Milky Way Wishes is entirely his Evil Plan.
• Fangs Are Evil: He gets them when he goes One-Winged Angel.
• From Nobody to Nightmare
• The Jester: Looks like one, but is more like a Monster Clown.
• Laughing Mad
• Manipulative Bastard
• Not Quite Dead: In Super Star, he just kind of flies away after you beat him and apparently crashes into NOVA. Super Star Ultra shows that he was really retreating to take about 9000 levels in badass.
  • On the other hand, Marx looked pretty damn lifeless, just floating there motionlessly, before NOVA was sucked into him. This would mean that Marx Soul is actually a zombie... Which is disturbingly fitting.
• One-Winged Angel
• Purple Eyes: Not mismatched, as commonly depicted in fan art.

Galacta Knight

The Final Boss of Meta Knightmare Ultra in Kirby Super Star Ultra. Galacta Knight is the greatest warrior in the galaxy, but was sealed away for fear that he was too powerful. Meta Knight unseals him in order to kick his ass.

First appearance: Kirby Super Star Ultra

Tropes associated with Galacta Knight:

• Badass: The only Kirby foe to have a rock song for his battle theme, and it shows.
  • For comparison, Marx's strongest attack is a Hell Gate that does about 1/3 of your health. Galacta Knight's strongest attack simply stabs you in the face several times and deals 1/2 your health.
• Bonus Boss: Of Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
• Cool Mask: It has a cross-shaped slit in the front, matching the design on his shield.
• Evil Counterpart: Of Meta Knight. His design is basically an angelic version of Meta Knight's, interestingly enough. He may or may not be evil, however.
• Flunky Boss: In Ultra, He can summon his own version of Meta-Knights.
• Jousting Lance
• Light Is Not Good
• Luckily My Shield Will Shoot Crescent Beams At You
• Real Men Wear Pink and White: Ooohhhh yeah.
• Shock and Awe: in Return to Dream Land, he can summon columns of lightning.
• Sealed Evil In A Crystal
  • Sealed Badass in a Can
• Spell My Name with an "S": Galacta Knight in the US and Galactic Knight in Japan.
• Storm of Blades: One of his attacks in Return to Dream Land.

Dark Mind

The Big Bad and Final Boss of Kirby and the Amazing Mirror; was trying to conquer the Mirror World until Kirby defeated it.

First appearance: Kirby and the Amazing Mirror

Tropes associated with Dark Mind:

• Big Bad
• Clipped-Wing Angel: The last part of the battle has its mind clearly unstable and is very easy to defeat.
• Expy: Shows a clear resemblance to both Dark Matter and Nightmare.
  • Its final form looks like a flaming version of Zero.
  • Its final form immediately brings to mind the Eye of Sauron.
• Faceless Eye: His second form.
• One-Winged Angel: The actual mind for the last 2 phases of the battle.
• Sequential Boss: It's fought 4 times in its standard form, then twice as its mind. To date, this is the boss with the highest number of times you're supposed to fight it in the series.

Drawcia

The Big Bad and Final Boss of Kirby: Canvas Curse, she's a Wicked Witch who wanted a land of paint and carried out her wish by turning Dreamland into a painting. Her true form is that of an unknown painting that she was created from.

First appearance: Kirby: Canvas Curse

Tropes associated with Drawcia:

• Art Initiates Life: She creates clones of Paint Roller, Kracko, and King Dedede to serve her as part of boss mini-games at the end of the seven levels before her.
  • Her main mode of attack in her first boss form is through drawing paintings of enemies that you're forced to defeat.
• Big Bad
• Eldritch Abomination: Subverted, she's said to be a painting that came to life, which is not too strange in this setting. The fact that it isn't may actually be worse.
• Ominous Pipe Organ: The first phase of her fight has this.
• One-Winged Angel: After her initial defeat, she transforms into her soul, which is a giant multi-eyed screeching ball of paint.
• Wicked Witch: Her high-pitched cackle is more than enough to creep you out.

The Squeaks

A group of mouse bandits traveling the universe in search of treasure, the Squeaks are the Big Bads and titular characters of Kirby: Squeak Squad. Daroach is the leader, Spinni is the speed, Storo is the muscle, Doc is the brains, and the Squeakers are the Team Pets.

First appearance: Kirby: Squeak Squad

Tropes associated with the Squeaks:

• Adorable Evil Minions: The Squeakers.
• Drop the Hammer: Storo.
• Ethnic Magician: Daroach.
• Fat Bastard: Storo.
• Five-Bad Band
  • Big Bad: Daroach
  • The Dragon / Dark Chick: Spinni
  • The Brute: Storo
  • Evil Genius: Doc
  • Team Pets: Squeakers
• Flying Saucer: Doc.
• Gentleman Thief: Daroach, complete with a top hat and a thirst for treasure chests. He lampshades this in some of his hints in Mass Attack.
• Heel Face Turn: They stop antagonizing Kirby at the end of Squeak Squad, and they help out Kirby in Kirby Mass Attack.
• Hidden Depths: If you talk to him long enough in Kirby Mass Attack, Daroach will eventually tell you things about himself and his cohorts.
• Ninja: Spinni.
• Stuff Blowing Up: Storo and the Squeakers can throw bombs.
• Third Person Person: Daroach, but only briefly in Kirby Mass Attack.

Dark Nebula

The Bigger Bad and Final Boss of Kirby: Squeak Squad. It was sealed away in a chest until the Squeaks opened it and were possessed by it. Meta Knight knew the secret of the chest and therefore fought Kirby to prevent it from being released.

First appearance: Kirby: Squeak Squad

Tropes associated with Dark Nebula:

• Bigger Bad
• Dark Is Evil
• Dub Name Change: Named "Dark Zero" in Japan.
• Demonic Possession: It did this to Daroach and the Squeaks until Kirby freed them.
• Faceless Eye
• Final Boss
• Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Its appearance isn't hinted on until late into the game.
• Sealed Evil In A Treasure Chest

Yin-Yarn

The Big Bad of Kirbys Epic Yarn.

First appearance: Kirbys Epic Yarn

Tropes associated with Yin-Yarn:

• Affably Evil: Despite going through a very ambitious plan to take over a kingdom by kidnapping and mind-controlling its de facto leaders and succeeding in doing so with virtually no effort, Yin-Yarn has no idea what to do with the kingdom once he has it and seems to have no real motive.
• And Then What?: Pulls this on himself at one point in the game. He really doesn't have a plan for what to do after conquering Dreamland, but he says he'll think of something.
• Art Initiates Life
• Demonic Possession: Performs this by turning people into yarn.
• Evil Overlooker: He does this in the box-art for the game.
• Macross Missile Massacre: One of his attacks in Mecha form.
• Martial Arts and Crafts

Necrodeus

The Big Bad of Kirby Mass Attack. He's the leader of the Skull Gang and he split Kirby into ten smaller versions of himself in the beginning, setting off the story for the game.

First appearance: Kirby Mass Attack

Tropes associated with Necrodeus:

• Big Bad
• Bilingual Bonus: His name literally translates to death god.
• Curb Stomp Battle: Delivers this to Kirby while he's still sleeping by zapping him and splitting him into 10 completely defenseless Kirbys and then proceeding to murder almost every Kirby except one that follows his heart. Not only counts as Nightmare Fuel but also counts as crossing the Moral Event Horizon and showing the player what a completely evil villain he is.
• Dark Is Evil
• Dem Bones
• Evil Laugh
• Expy: His appearance is strikingly similar to Nightmare.
• Giant Hands of Doom: Fighting them is the first phase of his fight.
• Monster Clown
• Necromancer: His defining physical appearance trait.
• Raymanian Limbs
• Skull for a Head
• Squishy Wizard

Magolor

A friendly-looking alien who crash-landed on Popstar with his ship, the Lor Starcutter. Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight and Bandanna Dee volunteered to help him recover the parts that broke off the ship. In truth, Magolor wants them to recover a magical item called the Master Crown from Landia so he can use it to become the supreme Evil Overlord of the galaxy.

First appearance: Kirby's Return to Dreamland

Tropes associated with Magolor:

• A God Am I: He plans to rule the entire universe by wearing the Master Crown.
• Affably Evil: He's certainly quite friendly, masking his Evil Plan all along with his friendly demeanor.
• Badass Adorable
• Big Bad
• Casting a Shadow: He gets shadow powers after putting on the Master Crown.
• The Chessmaster: His Evil Plan involves Kirby and co. recovering the Master Crown from Landia, who he fought against to get it but lost to it.
• Evil Overlord: His dream is to become one.
• Eyes of Gold
• Informed Ability: He's the captain of the Lor Starcutter and requires you to find the energy spheres for him, but he never actually repairs the ship. At least not in front of Kirby.
• The Jester: Looks a lot like one.
• Manipulative Bastard
• Mr. Exposition
• Raymanian Limbs
• Shout-Out: His first boss form resembles Nightmare, while his second form resembles Marx, and Magolor Soul resembles Dark Mind. He also uses some of Marx's attacks, and his role in the plot is basically similar to Marx's, turned Up to Eleven.
• Treacherous Advisor / Treacherous Quest-Giver: He gives helpful hints to Kirby and co. but is secretly a bad guy.
• The Trickster
• Walking Spoiler
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Unlike most other dark being final bosses, he seems to have escaped from his apparent destruction in the end.

Supporting Characters

Ribbon

A fairy from Ripple Star. She is trying to collect all the shards of the Power Crystal that was shattered by Dark Matter and has the good fortune of meeting Kirby.

First appearance: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Tropes associated with Ribbon:

• Crash Into Hello
• Eleventh-Hour Superpower: For the final confrontation with Zero-Two, she helps Kirby fly and lends him the magic of the Power Crystal. This turns the fight into an Unexpected Rail Shooter.
• Fairy Companion
• Implied Love Interest: Only character to ever kiss Kirby romantically, and the only character to initiate a (romantic) kiss in the entire series.

Waddle Dee

Waddle Dees are normally The Goombas of Kirby, but this particular one is an ally in Kirby 64.

First appearance: Kirby's Dream Land; as an ally, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Tropes associated with Waddle Dee:

• Ascended Extra
• Demonic Possession: It turned him into a Waddle Doo, minus the Beam Power.
• Minecart Madness: He usually shows up for this sort of sequence. River-rapids-boating and snow-sledding are also possible.
• Universal Driver's License: His specialty in Crystal Shards is providing transportation via various vehicles.

Adeleine

One of Kirby's friends. An aspiring young artist able to bring her drawings to life.

First appearance: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Tropes associated with Adeleine:

• Art Attacker: As a boss, she mainly attacks with this.
• Art Initiates Life: She'll show up to paint Maxim Tomatoes, One Ups, and sometimes clues for crystal shards.
• Demonic Possession: Her reason for attacking Kirby at first.
• Expy: Of Ado from Kirby's Dreamland 3 (if they're not actually the same person).
• One-Hit-Point Wonder: As a boss, she can literally be killed in one hit... But you had to fight her drawings before you can approach her.
• Token Human: Aside from Ado, is the only human character to be seen in the Kirby francise.

Galactic NOVA

The wish-granting comet in Milky Way Wishes. Kirby sought it out to help stop the sun and moon fighting each other before Marx interferes and send it in a Colony Drop, but Kirby managed to stop it. In Meta Knightmare Ultra, Meta Knight sought it out to give himself a Worthy Opponent.

First appearance: Kirby Super Star

Tropes associated with NOVA:

• Cat Smile
• MacGuffin
• Magic From Technology
• Make a Wish: Its main function.
• Unexpected Shmup Level: You get to ride a Starship in order to destroy its Nucleus.

Bandana Dee

A seemingly high-ranking Waddle Dee. He always wears a blue bandana, which sets him apart from other Waddle Dees.

First appearance: Kirby Super Star

Tropes associated with Bandana Dee:

• Ascended Extra: His first appearance was as an opponent in Megaton Punch in Super Star. In Super Star Ultra, he appears as King Dedede's personal helper in Revenge of the King. In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, he is now a playable character, aiding Kirby, Meta Knight, and his King.
• Badass Normal: Unlike his allies, he has no real abilities in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. In fact, he only wields a spear.
• Blade on a Stick: His spear. He can even twirl it like a helicopter blade to fly.
• My Friends and Zoidberg: He's teaming up with The Hero, The Lancer, and the Big Bad. Naturally, he's getting this treatment.
• No Name Given: All official material refers him simply as "Waddle Dee". Bandana Dee is just his nickname.
• Redemption Promotion: Upon being one of the heroes in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, he becomes more powerful.
• Spin Attack
• Super Strength: Only in Megaton Punch.
• Took a Level in Badass: He was once a joke boss from Kirby Super Star Ultra, but he becomes a capable fighter in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

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