Kirby's Return to Dream Land/Characters

Quick link to the main Kirby character page.

Kirby
""No Copy Ability? Then try a Super Inhale! Slide to evade! Press (insert Wii Remote A button graphic here) to Guard! You can defeat any foe with little skill.""

- In-game description

Tropes associated with Kirby:
 * Ambiguous Innocence
 * Badass Adorable
 * Black Hole Belly
 * Blue Eyes
 * Blush Sticker
 * Blow You Away
 * Breath Weapon
 * Extreme Omnivore
 * The Hero
 * Heroic Mime
 * Killer Rabbit
 * Mega Manning
 * Nice Hat
 * Powerup Mount
 * Real Men Are Pink
 * Ridiculously Cute Critter
 * Walking Head
 * You Are Who You Eat
 * You Are Who You Eat

King Dedede
""The king of Dream Land! This big dude is one tough cookie. With his trusty hammer, it’s aim once, WHAM once!""

- In-game description


 * Adipose Rex
 * Arch Enemy
 * Authority in Name Only
 * Big Fun
 * Blue Eyes
 * Butt Monkey
 * Drop the Hammer
 * Impossibly Cool Weapon
 * Everything's Better with Penguins
 * Fat Bastard
 * A Father to His Men
 * Go Karting With King Dedede
 * Harmless Villain
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Powerup Mount

Meta Knight
""The masked knight cometh! His intense training allows him to soar through the air, swinging his sword with unrivaled speed!""

- In-game description


 * Badass
 * Badass Adorable
 * Cape Wings
 * Cool Mask
 * Cool Sword
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Grumpy Bear
 * Master Swordsman
 * Powerup Mount
 * 24-Hour Armor

Waddle Dee/Bandana Dee
""Hey, it’s everyone’s idol! Don't let the cute fool you! He’s a brave warrior who may be small, but his spear packs a huge wallop!""

- In-game description


 * Ascended Extra: His first appearance was as an opponent in Kirby Super Star's Megaton Punch. 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.
 * Powerup Mount
 * Spin Attack
 * Super Strength

Magolor
""I'm so, so thankful for all of your help! High five, low five, all that.""


 * Badass Adorable
 * By the Lights of Their Eyes
 * Hidden Depths: After getting all of the energy spheres, Magolor will explain the history of the Lor Starcutter. He mentions that the Lor may have a mind of its own and that he hopes that it will speak to him one day.
 * Eyes of Gold: Which later become
 * 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.
 * Or maybe he just rebuilds everything while you're away and playing through the levels.
 * The Jester: Looks a lot like one.
 * Raymanian Limbs
 * Hidden Depths: After getting all of the energy spheres, Magolor will explain the history of the Lor Starcutter. He mentions that the Lor may have a mind of its own and that he hopes that it will speak to him one day.
 * Eyes of Gold: Which later become
 * 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.
 * Or maybe he just rebuilds everything while you're away and playing through the levels.
 * The Jester: Looks a lot like one.
 * Raymanian Limbs
 * Eyes of Gold: Which later become
 * 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.
 * Or maybe he just rebuilds everything while you're away and playing through the levels.
 * The Jester: Looks a lot like one.
 * Raymanian Limbs
 * Or maybe he just rebuilds everything while you're away and playing through the levels.
 * The Jester: Looks a lot like one.
 * Raymanian Limbs
 * Raymanian Limbs
 * Raymanian Limbs
 * Raymanian Limbs

Present for all of the bosses

 * AI Roulette
 * Tactical Suicide Boss
 * Turns Red
 * Turns Red

Whispy Woods
Whispy Woods is the boss of Cookie Country and a recurring character within the Kirby series.
 * Blow You Away: One of his attacks is shooting gusts of wind.
 * : Drops Bronto Burts, Waddle Dees, Comos, and Gordos from his branches. In he drops mostly Gordos... !
 * Edible Ammunition: In the form of apples.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: He can suprisingly invoke this on Kirby of all characters by inhaling him after powering up.
 * Stationary Boss
 * Warmup Boss: It's Whispy Woods. What did you expect?
 * Took a Level in Badass: You know is hard when even Whispy Woods can mop the floor with you.
 * When Trees Attack
 * When Trees Attack

Mr. Dooter
The boss of Raisin Ruins.
 * Badass Mustache: He gets one along with his EX recoloring
 * Ballistic Bone: He doesn't just throw the skulls, he juggles them. And in EX Mode the skulls are on fire.
 * Expy: They way he summons smaller enemies is very similair to how Wiz does it in Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.
 * Fluffy the Terrible
 * Jackass Genie: Not in the fact that he makes wishes backfire, but in the fact that he will whup your ass if you let him.
 * Our Genies Are Different
 * Raymanian Limbs: His hands seem to have minds of their own; as shown when they try to summon the body out of the hat, and begin to hit it frustratedly when it does not appear.

Fatty Puffer
The boss of Onion Ocean.
 * Balloon Belly: He is this normally, but takes it Up to Eleven when his health is cut to half.
 * Ceiling Cling: In his EX boss fight he somehow can stay on the ceiling to spit water at you.
 * Expy: Somewhat one of Fatty Whale, though they don't share much.
 * Fangs Are Evil
 * Making a Splash: It can shoot a huge water blast from its mouth.
 * Puffer Fish

Goriath
The boss of White Wafers.
 * An Ice Person
 * Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: In this case, a yeti.
 * Disney Villain Death: He gets this in a cartoonish fashion and explodes into many stars upon hitting the ground when you defeat him, knocking him off the platform.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys: He climbs walls just like a monkey would for trees.
 * Expy: Seems to be that of Son Goku.
 * He can also be considered one of Donkey Kong; his arms stretch, much like Donkey Kong when he reaches for bananas in Jungle Beat, and Ground Pounds to get to new parts of the arena.
 * Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress: His defeat animation involves this.
 * Kamehame Hadoken
 * Oh Crap: Upon being knocked off the platform after his defeat, he strikes a pose but then gets this face when he realizes that he's no longer on solid ground, and thus achieves his cartoon-style Disney Villain Death.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Shout-Out: He's heavily inspired by Dragonball Z, going Super Saiyan when he Turns Red and even using Kamehameha wave and spirit bomb attacks.
 * The Kamehameha also looks specifically like a Hadouken, and he has the ability to stretch his arms to ridiculous proportions to hit you. Remind anyone else of Dhalsim?

Grand Doomer
The boss of Nutty Noon.
 * Disc One Final Boss: Certainly set up like a final boss. If it weren't for how early in the game it is you'd have no reason to believe there's anything after it.
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Feathered Fiend
 * King Mook: One can assume that this thing rules over all of the Sphere Doomers.
 * Teleport Spam

Metal General
The boss of Egg Engines.
 * Development Gag:
 * Expy:
 * Metal General has many moves that are similar to Meta-Knight's, possibly making it a sort of mecha-Meta Knight.
 * Mini-Mecha: Metal General is only slightly larger than Kirby.
 * Shows Damage: Played with: Metal General flashes small, electronic numbers when hit, indicating how much damage it has taken. Then it's played straight at its halfway mark when it starts to spark and twitch.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: It is unknown what becomes of Metal General after  is beaten, though one could assume that it simply shut down.

Landia
The boss of Dangerous Dinner
 * Big Bad:
 * Cool Crown: The Master Crown.
 * Kaleidoscope Eyes: Landia starts out with Green Eyes. Then, when it Turns Red, it gets Red Eyes, Take Warning. Finally, after its defeat, it is depicted with Blue Eyes for the remainder of the game.
 * Me's a Crowd: By splitting from one four-headed dragon into four one-headed dragons.
 * Multiple Head Case
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Shout-Out: In, its palette swap makes it look a lot like Spyro.
 * Multiple Head Case
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Shout-Out: In, its palette swap makes it look a lot like Spyro.
 * Shout-Out: In, its palette swap makes it look a lot like Spyro.


 * Badass
 * Bonus Boss
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute:
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute:
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute:

The Sphere Doomers
Tropes associated with the Sphere Doomers:
 * Color-Coded Elements: No ability is purple, Fire is red, Spark is green, Ice is a whitish grey.
 * Dual Boss: When you fight the no ability one with the fire one in 7-3.
 * Fire, Ice, Lightning: Three of the four variants, but the ice appears after the lightning.
 * Lovecraft Lite: Not nearly as noneuclidean as the Grand Doomer, but they still are what you'd expect for a creature from a foreign dimension.
 * Recurring Miniboss: Just with a little bit of a difference in the battlefield each time.

King Doo

 * Giant Mook: A giant Waddle Doo, obviously.
 * King Mook

Gigant Edge

 * BFS: Almost as big as Gigant Edge itself.

Water Galboros

 * Giant Mook: A bigger version of the new Water Galbo enemy.
 * Making a Splash

Bonkers

 * Drop the Hammer
 * Playing with Fire: Can use Hammer Flip in

Super Bonkers

 * Drop the Hammer
 * Playing with Fire: Like Bonkers, it can use Hammer Flip in  Unlike Bonkers, however, it can use the move in normal mode too.

Moundo

 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Giant Mook: A larger version of the Rocky enemy.

Dubior

 * Shock and Awe

Kibble Blade

 * Giant Mook: A giant version of the Sir Kibble enemy.