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'''''WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS'''''

== Playable Characters ==

 

 

The eponymous character of the series is a happy looking pink [[Walking Head]] who [[Big Eater|likes to eat]] [[Extreme Omnivore|a lot of things]].

 

 

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.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: In any cinematic not related to the [[Excuse Plot|"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!"

* [[Cheerful Child]]: He has the mannerisms of one.

* [[Extreme Omnivore]]

* [[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.

** Granted, half the time, ''no one tells him there's an unspeakable evil sealed up in the [[MacGuffin]].''

* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Are Pink]]: His habits aren't exactly the most masculine out there.

* [[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''.

* [[Video Game Flight]]: Achieved by sucking in air and flapping his arms.

* [[Walking Head]]

* [[You Are Who You Eat]]: Kirby takes this saying quite literally.

 

 

A friendly little blob of Dark Matter. He's Kirby's best friend. He and Kirby share [[Big Eater|many of]] [[Extreme Omnivore|the same]] [[Mega Manning|hobbies and abilities]].

 

 

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.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Despite being Kirby's best friend, he hasn't appeared in a game since 1997.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Prehensile Tongue]]: This is how he snags enemies for [[Mega Manning]].

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Fluff:

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Expy]]: Borrows some elements from Gooey. He's blue, player 2's character, and can lasso objects.

* [[Whip It Good]]

 

 

 

Tropes associated with all animal friends:

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]

 

 

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.

 

 

Tropes associated with Rick:

* [[Wall Crawl]] / [[Wall Jump]] - Rick can't fly, but he can climb walls just as easily as Kirby can fly.

 

 

 

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:

* [[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.

* [[Joke Character]]: His statue-[[Expy]] in Kirby 64 is ''completely '''useless'''''. Seriously, the thing can't budge an ''inch'', even when underwater.

 

 

 

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.

* [[Video Game Flight]]: His is faster and more stable than Kirby's.

 

 

 

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.

* [[Double Jump|Triple Jump]]

 

 

 

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).

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: With a bow and eyelashes.

 

 

 

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.

== Bosses and Other Antagonists ==

 

 

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]].

 

 

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]]

* [[Arch Enemy]]

* [[Authority in Name Only]]

* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: in ''Kirby's Adventure'' and ''Kirby's Dreamland 2'' and ''3''.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: to Kirby

* [[Fat Bastard]]

* [[A Father to His Men]]: He seems to actually care very much about his Waddle Dees.

* [[Harmless Villain]]: Dedede's not really bad ([[Alternate Universe|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.

* [[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.

** Also in Kirby's Adventure.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: His hammer.

 

 

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]].

 

 

Tropes associated with Meta Knight:

* [[Badass]]: {{spoiler|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.

* [[Cape Wings]]

* [[Char Clone]]: Lacks the usual color scheme, but embodies most of the other traits.

* [[Cool Airship|Cool]] [[Face Ship]]: The Halberd.

* [[Cool Mask]]: {{spoiler|But he's so cute without it!}}

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[The Dragon]]: To King Dedede in Kirby's Adventure/Kirby's Nightmare in Dream Land.

* [[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.

* [[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.

** [[Hero Antagonist]]: As a result.

* [[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. [[Fridge Brilliance|While he was in the mirror world, it changed which hand he uses.]]

* [[Teleport Cloak]]

* [[The Rival]]: To Kirby.

** 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 {{spoiler|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.

** He eventually gets one in form of Galacta Knight (see below).

 

 

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

 

 

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.

* [[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]]

 

 

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

 

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

 

* [[Dual Boss]]

* [[Expy]] (or [[Identical Grandson]], depending on interpretation) of Lolo and Lala from the ''[[Adventures of Lolo]]'' games.

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Aside from colors, the only distinguishing feature between them is a ribbon on Lalala's head.

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Kracko:

** He tends to alternate between Waddle Doos, who resemble him to an extent, and starmen, who provide Kirby with [[Tactical Suicide Boss|the power that's probably the most effective against him]].

** [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]: What he did in the first game.

* [[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.

 

 

An artist on the go who attacks Kirby by [[Art Initiates Life|drawing enemies]].

 

 

Tropes associated with Paint Roller:

* [[Wall Jump]]

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Mr. Shine and Mr. Bright:

* [[Dual Boss]]

* [[Ramming Always Works]]: Mr. Shine

* [[Rolling Attack]]: Mr. Bright

 

 

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

 

Tropes associated with {{spoiler|Nightmare}}:

* [[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]]

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Dyna Blade:

* [[Razor Wings]]

 

 

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 [[Big Bad|Zero]].

 

 

Tropes associated with Dark Matter:

* [[Sword Fight]]: You can try in Kirby's Dreamland 2, [[Shmuck Bait|but you shouldn't]]

* [[That's No Moon]]: ''Kirby 64'' features a '''planet-sized''' mass of Dark Matter.

* [[True Final Boss]]: In ''Kirby's Dreamland 2''.

 

 

 

 

Tropes associated with Zero:

* [[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]]

* [[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]]

* [[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.

* [[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<ref>The letter "O", ''subscript'' two.</ref>).

* [[Surprise Creepy]]: '''[[Nightmare Fuel|Holy]]''' ''' [[Bloody Murder|crap]]''', '''[[Eldritch Abomination|yes!]]'''

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: To Dark Matter.

* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: Provides the page picture.

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Marx:

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: Of Milky Way Wishes in Kirby Super Star.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Chessmaster]]: The entire plot of Milky Way Wishes is entirely his [[Evil Plan]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[From Nobody to Nightmare]]}}

* [[The Jester]]: Looks like one, {{spoiler|but is more like a [[Monster Clown]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard]]}}

** 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.

* [[Purple Eyes]]: ''Not'' mismatched, as commonly depicted in fan art.

 

 

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 [[Badass|kick his ass]].

 

 

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 [[Spam Attack|stabs you in the face several times]] and deals 1/2 your health.

* [[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.

* [[Jousting Lance]]

* [[Light Is Not Good]]

* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Wear Pink and White]]: ''Ooohhhh yeah.''

* [[Shock and Awe]]: in ''Return to Dream Land'', he can summon columns of lightning.

* [[Storm of Blades]]: One of his attacks in ''Return to Dream Land''.

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Dark Mind:

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Expy]]: Shows a clear resemblance to both Dark Matter and Nightmare.

** Its final form looks like {{spoiler|a flaming version of Zero.}}

* [[Faceless Eye]]: His second form.

* [[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.

 

 

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.

 

 

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Wicked Witch]]: Her high-pitched cackle is more than enough to creep you out.

 

 

 

 

* [[Adorable Evil Minions]]: The Squeakers.

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Storo.

* [[Ethnic Magician]]: Daroach.

* [[Fat Bastard]]: Storo.

** [[Big Bad]]: Daroach

** [[The Dragon]] / [[Dark Chick]]: Spinni

** [[The Brute]]: Storo

** [[Evil Genius]]: Doc

* [[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''.

* [[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.

 

 

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.

 

 

* [[Bigger Bad]]

* [[Dark Is Evil]]

* [[Final Boss]]

* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Its appearance isn't hinted on until late into the game.

 

 

 

 

* [[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.

* [[Art Initiates Life]]

* [[Demonic Possession]]: Performs this by turning people into yarn.

* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]

 

 

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.

 

 

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: His name literally translates to ''[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|death god]]''.

* [[Monster Clown]]

* [[Necromancer]]: His defining physical appearance trait.

* [[Squishy Wizard]]

 

 

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. {{spoiler|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.}}

 

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]: He plans to rule the entire universe by wearing the Master Crown}}.

* [[Mr. Exposition]]

* [[Raymanian Limbs]]

* [[The Trickster]]

* [[Walking Spoiler]]

 

 

== Supporting Characters ==

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Ribbon:

* [[Crash Into Hello]]

* [[Fairy Companion]]

* [[Implied Love Interest]]: Only character to ever kiss Kirby [[Intimate Healing|romantically]], and the only character to initiate a (romantic) kiss in the entire ''series''.

 

 

 

 

Tropes associated with Waddle Dee:

* [[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.

 

 

One of Kirby's friends. An aspiring young artist able to [[Art Initiates Life|bring her drawings to life]].

 

 

Tropes associated with Adeleine:

* [[Art Attacker]]: As a boss, she mainly attacks with this.

* [[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).

 

 

The wish-granting comet in Milky Way Wishes. Kirby sought it out to help stop the sun and moon fighting each other {{spoiler|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]].

 

 

Tropes associated with NOVA:

* [[Unexpected Shmup Level]]: You get to ride a Starship in order to destroy its Nucleus.

 

 

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

 

 

Tropes associated with Bandana Dee:

* [[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 [[Fan Nickname|nickname]].

* [[Spin Attack]]

* [[Super Strength]]: Only in Megaton Punch.

 

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