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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]:

** After you defeat masked Dedede in ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', you get a surprisingly depressing scene of King Dedede sulking off into the sunset as somber music plays. Thankfully, it makes a transition into heart-warming since King Dedede's Waddle Dees slowly go and follow him, showing that no matter how many times he's defeated, they will never abandon their king.

*** ''[[There Will Be Brawl]]'' plays with it too, [[I Am a Humanitarian|and]] [[Nightmare Fuel|how.]]

*** ''[[Sonic for Hire]]'' plays this as well in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdnBWpHwayA this episode]. He {{spoiler|then becomes somewhat of a regular character throughout the series, doing psychotic things like randomly eating people for fun and setting a bar on fire}}.

*** Three of his friends in that game have tried to kill him too. (Adeleine was a victim of two [[Demonic Possession]]s, though.) But he's been shown to spend time with his friends there and with the ''Dreamland 2'' and ''3'' friends.

** How evil is Galacta Knight? He's noted to be strong enough to be capable of destroying entire planets and was sealed away because of that power, but the games are vague on if he abused it or not. So he's either a psychopathic, planet-busting [[Blood Knight]]; a cranky, violent, but otherwise neutral figure looking for a good scrap; or a monster... [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|but one of the Ancients' own making after he was sealed away without him actually doing anything wrong]].

** Nightmare from ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' is the franchise's biggest example, compared to the [[Generic Doomsday Villain]] he was in ''Kirby's Adventure'': instead of being a vague threat only encountered at the end, he's a mass murderer of intergalactic proportions and an arms dealer who sells dangerous monsters to people who would happily abuse them.

** Not only is Hyness a doomsday cultist trying to summon {{Spoiler|Void Termina}} and have it destroy the universe, if not ''reality itself'', but he's willing to {{spoiler|use his loyal followers' corpses as weapons before sacrificing them to Void}}. {{spoiler|He seems to turn over a new leaf by the end of Heroes of Another Dimension, but whether it's a genuine redemption on his part or [[Heel Face Brainwashing]] by way of the Friend Heart is left to the player's imagination}}.

* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: The series has its moments, but above them all stands the ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' segment "Revenge Of Meta Knight", where [[Enemy Chatter|you get to hear the bad guys]] becoming ''progressively more and more afraid of you'' while you singlehandedly destroy Meta Knight's airship!

** The whole "storm the castle while your enemies panic" bit is repeated in the final level of "Revenge of the King" in Super Star Ultra.

** We have an entire page for it [[Kirby/Awesome|here.]]

* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' again. When you start ''"Milky Way Wishes"'', the tutorial tells you that {{spoiler|you can't copy your enemies' abilities as you previously did}}. Cue Kirby's obvious, hilarious [[Oh Crap]].

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Many Kirby fans think Zero is a lonely, sad being that just wants some friends - though this does have some basis in canon, as it's stated that it can't feel positive emotions and wants to destroy the world out of jealousy. The awesome battle music probably helps (especially the Zero 2 music mentioned above.)

* [[Ear Worm]]: Pick a song, ''any'' song from the games. It doesn't help that the games have a habit of endlessly recycling and remixing music used from previous games.

** Adeleine from ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''. For being a minor character in two games, she has quite a fanbase - possibly helped by ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'', where she's a prominent character. When she finally returned in ''Star Allies'', saying that fans were thrilled is an understatement.

** Nightmare - despite only appearing in the second game, its remake, and the [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|anime]], fans remember him and want him to make a comeback. He's not as popular as Marx, but memorable nonetheless, and fans were pleased to see him return for ''Super Kirby Clash'' in the form of Another Dimension's Parallel Nightmare.

** Ribbon. Kirby's first love interest, {{spoiler|and the only person to ever kiss Kirby}}.

** Bandana Dee, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a Waddle Dee with a bandana]] seems to be rapidly gaining popularity, especially after the announcement he was playable in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''. [[Lampshaded]] by his pause screen description in the game, which calls him "everyone's favorite idol".

* [[Even Better Sequel]]: The original Kirby game was a fairly standard side-scroller that was pretty enjoyable for what it was, but was laughably short and easy (although the latter is compensated by the unlockable Hard Mode--[[Nintendo Hard|and it lives up to its name]]) and didn't even allow you to copy abilities! ''Kirby's Adventure'' then came out on the NES and blew the original out of the water by offering more levels, the series-trademark copy abilities, and a save feature! ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'', while not quite as good as ''Adventure'', at least brought these improvements down to a portable level.

* [[Evil Is Cool]]: Kirby villains as a whole tend to be ''very'' popular. While a lot of them are [[Generic Doomsday Villain]]s such as Nightmare, Dark Matter, Zero, 02, and Necrodeus, they make up for their lack of personality with their awesomely creepy designs and memorable encounters. Meanwhile, better-fleshed out villains like {{spoiler|Marx}}, {{spoiler|Magolor}}, Queen Sectonia, Taranza, Susie, and President Haltmann are strongly characterized, go through genuine development, and - in the case of Haltmann and Sectonia - are ridiculously tragic in spite of their appalling villainy. Then you've got King Dedede's more malicious outings where he's your typical hammy and fun Nintendo villain, as well as ''[[Epileptic Trees|Epileptic Woodsman]]'' Void Termina with the crazy implications its existence has for multiple villains ''and'' heroes in the series. Uniting them all is amazingly fun boss fights, great boss music, and intriguing lore, which results in one of Nintendo's strongest rogues galleries yet.

* [[Fridge Horror]]: [[Jim Sterling]] gives a lecture on the [[Fridge Horror]] of the Kirby franchise in [https://web.archive.org/web/20121108235935/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/4850-National-Kirby-Day this] episode of the Jimquisition.

* [[Game Breaker]]: You can ''destroy'' The Arena (and later The [[Nintendo Hard|True]] [[Harder Than Hard|Arena]]) in ''any'' game with Hammer and Plasma/Spark: the former has Hammer Flip, which has one of the highest damage outputs of a non one-time-use ability in the game, and the latter provides an extra shield when fully charged. This makes them both [[Awesome Yet Practical]].

** There's also Tornado, which has the amazing ability to kill almost every boss in the series. Every boss in ''Squeak Squad'' can be killed very easily with it, including the final boss. Cranked [[Up to Eleven]] in [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]], where stronger moves were made available. You can annihilate {{spoiler|Magolor Soul}} pretty easily with Tornado. It's an [[Infinity-1 Sword]] in comparison to Super Abilities.

** Also Hi-Jump, at least in Kirby's Adventure, which not only does high damage to bosses, but makes you invincible while doing so and sends you out of harm's way. Not always useful outside bosses, however.

** The Copy Helper, TAC, in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. Normally, it allows the helper to copy abilities like Kirby himself. But if there's no power to copy (mostly on bosses), it just does massive damage! And it's spammable! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwdnFBohfE See for yourself], especially 2:52. TAC completely heals every time you copy a power, and when they guard, you become immune to all damage as well.

** Chu Chu's [[Flying Broomstick|Clean power]] trivializes pretty much any midair segment (short of those that require quick movement).

** From ''Return to Dream Land'' onward, Water and its sister ability Poison are hilariously overpowered thanks to the crazy amounts of invincibility frames their attacks provide, as well as their safe ranged attacks and Poison's [[Damage Over Time]] mechanics.

** Some parts of the Kirby fandom don't seem to accept any other variations of the name "Meta Knight", such as "Meta-Knight" or "Metaknight".

* [[Goddamned Bats]]: The Bronto Burts and Pteran placement in the later levels of ''Dreamland 3'' rival that of the Medusa heads in the early ''[[Castlevania]]'' games. And yes, ''also'' bats.

* [[Memetic Badass]]: During the [[Boss Rush]] in ''Super Star'', you will have to fight a Waddle Dee with five times the health of a normal Waddle Dee. It's still a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] [[Breather Boss]] (he doesn't move, and you can still [[One-Hit Kill|inhale him.]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Uu0dyH9CU A video] on the internet portrayed him as an unstoppable god of destruction (via a player who thought it would be hilarious) and the fandom has pumped him up ever since.

** Kirby himself is this. There are Nintendo fans who firmly believe the pink puff's badassery is only rivaled by [[F-Zero|Captain Falcon]].

** {{When}} There was a YouTube fad involving Dedede screaming random things after getting beaten at the end of Spring Breeze.

** '''INVINCIBLE CANDY!''' (A running gag on Something Awful [[Let's Play]] of any Kirby game, second only to...)

** Queen Sectonia in ''Triple Deluxe'' introduces herself by {{spoiler|trying to kill Taranza, ''who was nothing but loyal to her'', for failing to defeat Kirby}}, establishing just how wicked and twisted of a creature she is.

** Hyness in ''Star Allies'' pulls an even ''worse'' one. {{spoiler|He tosses around his loyal henchwomen like ragdoll as weapons to batter Kirby with, and then sacrifices them ''and himself'' to resurrect Void Termina.}}

* [[Never Live It Down]]:

** In ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'', Kirby went on a rampage over a piece of cake. In every other platform game, his goals are more noble, although some fans hang on to this one instance and insist Kirby is a [[Sociopathic Hero]].

*** [[Kirby/Headscratchers|Wait - he does this through his mask?]]

* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: The entire series, until [[Mood Whiplash]] [[Vile Villain, Saccharine Show|kicks in]] and you fight the [[Eldritch Abomination|final boss]].

* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]] / [[It's Easy, So It Sucks]]: ''Nightmare in Dream Land'' is markedly easier than the game it's a remake of, ''Kirby's Adventure''... and it removed the [[Visual Effects of Awesome|rotating tower]] segments from Butter Building for no apparent reason. Fans were not pleased.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Kirby and Meta Knight in ''Kirby Squeak Squad.'' Why would freakin' [[Badass|''Meta Knight'']] steal a chest containing ''cake''!? Meta Knight also fought Kirby instead of bothering to let him know that the chest [[Sealed Evil in a Can|contained]] the [[Monster of the Week]]. At least ''Kirby'' has the excuse of being childlike in his impulsiveness.

* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: We've got a whole page for it [[Kirby/WMG|here]].

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Zero can't feel positive emotions and is jealous of Dream Land's happiness, reasoning that if it can't be happy, nothing will be. Due to this, some of the Kirby fandom sees Zero as a [[Draco in Leather Pants]].