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These things about ''[[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]'' are subjective - not everyone will agree with all of them.
* [[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.
** While they're among the most loathsome villains in the series due to the sheer scale of their crimes, both Queen Sectonia from ''Triple Deluxe'' and President Haltmann from ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot|Planet Robobot]]'' are very pitiable figures once you learn more about them: both were benevolent authority figures twisted into insane, sociopathic monsters by corruptive outside influences (and in Haltmann's case, grief over {{spoiler|his daughter seemingly dying in an accident}}). With the former's death being treated as a [[Mercy Kill]] {{spoiler|that her best friend and possible lover has to get involved with, no less}} and the latter's ultimate fate being [[Nightmare Fuel|genuinely]] [[And I Must Scream|nightmarish]], they have plenty of sympathy from the fanbase.
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Kirby is quite a cocky [[Jerkass]] in ''Kirby's Avalanche'' (even though the game is not technically canon).
** More famously
*** ''[[Brawl in
*** ''[[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}}.
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** 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]].
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Waddle Dee. In Revenge of the King, he is the last boss before King Dedede. He's [[Breather Boss|laughably easy]].
** It's the same Waddle Dee that appears in the Arena in ''[[Kirby Super Star
* [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]]: There are a massive list of songs from the series that are just plain amazing to hear, a list can be found [[Kirby
* [[Complete Monster]]: {{spoiler|Marx of Kirby Super Star and its remake, Kirby Super Star Ultra, is sometimes considered this. The fact that he fused with some of Nova's parts to bring himself [[Back
** 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}}.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: King Dedede. He's the [[Authority in Name Only|king of
* [[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.
** Meta
** 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]].
** Have fun [[Kirby/Funny|with the rest.]]
* [[Cult Classic]]: ''Air Ride'' has been getting more and more popular each year since its release.
* [[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,
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
** Galacta Knight of ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''. At that point, he had only showed up for one battle and didn't even get a single line of dialogue, yet already fans are spinning [[Fan Wank]] about his origins and clamouring for him to appear in another game. {{spoiler|[[And the Fandom Rejoiced|They got what they wanted]] not only in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', but in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' and ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]''}}.
** Meta Knight, to the point where he gets to be a playable character in Air Ride, Nightmare in Dreamland, and Super Star Ultra, and now Return to Dreamland. His [[Face Ship]], the [[Stealth Pun|Halberd]], is a major plot point in the [[Super Smash Bros.|Subspace Emissary]] and the only original Kirby stage in the game.
** 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}}.
**
* [[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 Brilliance]]: Why are the [[Big Bad]]s of the games usually so nightmarish? Because it's ''Dream'' Land - it's only fitting.
* [[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]].
** If you master the quick charge trick, the aforementioned Plasma power from ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' becomes the most broken power the series has ever seen. It was slightly [[Nerf]]ed in the DS version, requiring more charge-up time.
** 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.
** In ''Dream Land 2'', Coo + Parasol can rip apart everything ''including the angry Propeller Bombs''. The whole thing got a well-deserved nerf in 3.
** 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.
* [[Gannon Banned]]: While "evil/sociopathic Kirby" jokes were once popular (see [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] above), they've worn out their welcome a long time ago. It's no surprise that fans get mad when people seriously say that the lovable pink puff is evil despite being a textbook friendly good-hearted hero (albeit with a bit of a brutal streak).
** 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.
* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: Combining this with [[Most Annoying Sound]] gives you the final phase of ''"Revenge Of Meta Knight"''.
** The music for Ripple Star's second level. The cute [[Sugar Bowl]] of the first level [[Mood Whiplash|is quickly cut off]] when you reach the second and are welcomed with the ruined fairy castle and hear that [[Scare Chord]] dirge.
** {{Spoiler|Marx Soul's}}[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHah9s6BWE ... bloodcurdling... SCREAM!]
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: One look at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-8db508yrE this commercial] for ''Kirby's Adventure'' and suddenly the concept of ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvULlC9c7xg Kirby's Epic Yarn]'' becomes all the more hilarious.
** Also, Marx's [[Breath Weapon|mouth laser attack]]. "Imma Firin Ma Lazah!"
** Rick the Hamster. With the Stone ability, he can [[Rickroll|roll]].
* [[It's Easy, So It Sucks|It's Easy, So It]] [[Stealth Pun|Sucks]]: The games may be easy, but this is generally [[Averted Trope|averted]] - they were actually designed to be very easy, yet nobody seems to have any problem. This becomes quite weird when you hear this trope being invoked elsewhere, since how many other games allow you to ''fly over most of the stage'' without even having to find a power-up?
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Some sources on the English side claim that Zero wants to have a friend, but it cannot. Who could love or be friends with a giant eyeball? Zero is also an entity that feels only negative emotions and is unable to feel happiness or any positive emotion. It attacks Dreamland because it thinks that if it cannot be happy, then neither can anyone else. Sad, isn't it?
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Without a doubt, Meta Knight. In fact, even leaning more towards being a [[Guile Hero]] in [[Kirby Right Back At Ya]].
** {{spoiler|Marx, who arranged for the sun and moon to fight and used Kirby to summon Nova so he could wish to take over Popstar.}}
** {{spoiler|Yin-Yarn lands himself right in this spot since he demonstrates his plan to take over
* [[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]].
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Gourmet Race has become one of the most remixed songs on YouTube. Sand Canyon and Candy Mountain/Skyhigh are hot on its tail. [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]]es of ''[[Lucky Star]]'' voice clips to the tune of various ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' tracks are also quite popular.
** {{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...)
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110621171624/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4574001248690584099
** The "Kirby ASCII Dance": (> ")> <(" <) (^ ")^ (v ")v
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* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
** [[Kirby Mass Attack|Necrodeus]] split Kirby into ten and quickly killed off each individual form, and he only survived because the last Kirby made a miraculous escape. And this is '''''at the start of the game.'''''
** 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.}}
** If you thought Necrodeus was vile, just wait until you see Fecto Forgo. {{spoiler|They brainwash all the animals, open a vortex to capture the Waddle Dees for slave labor (with the convenient side effect of Kirby getting knocked out), brainwash King Dedede into capturing their other half [[Big Good|Elfilin]], try to [[Colony Drop|crash their world into Planet Popstar]] (which would've killed billions, Kirby included), and shatter Leongar (the boss fought just before Fecto Forgo absorbs him)'s soul into 300 pieces.}} {{spoiler|And after they're absorbed by [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|Morpho Knight]]}} {{spoiler|they absorb it back to become [[True Final Boss|Chaos Elfilis]].}} {{spoiler|After their defeat and final fusion with Elfilin with the latter now in charge, it's not clear if they did a [[Heel Face Turn]] or are [[Complete Monster|still evil]] and finally [[Pyrrhic Victory|got what they wanted]] all along.}}
* [[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]].
** Some fans also hang onto the few times he's accidentally helped further a bad guy's goals [[Victim Blaming|as more evidence that he's a sociopath]], never mind that it's only happened ''four'' times out of his many adventures, and three times out of four he had no reason to suspect that what he was doing was bad (especially since two of those times had a silver-tongued schemer manipulating him).
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The series is placed in ''Dream Land'', so it's obvious that the enemies are related to nightmares. [[Kirby/Nightmare Fuel|And you WILL have them]].
* [[Periphery Demographic]]: Though the games were mostly geared for children just beginning to play video games, a good chunk of the fanbase are experienced gamers who grew up playing them and who gleefully return to each new installment, no matter how short or easy it is. From ''Super Star Ultra'' onward, the developers seemed to recognize this and would put in genuinely difficult secret game modes to challenge older veterans, as well as greatly expand on the series' lore in ways that make beloved older characters relevant once more.
* [[Rule 34]]: Not even Kirby is immune to it. Once conventionally attractive female characters like Queen Sectonia, [[Kirby: Planet Robobot|Susie]] and Clawroline were introduced, Kirby's porn scene ''exploded''.
* [[Scenery Porn]] - Kirby games, which are often produced late into a system's lifespan, will try to use the color palette at its greatest, resulting some truly impressive-looking backgrounds.
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Doing a single ability run of any game's [[Boss Rush]] is popular among fans. Doing one on ''Squeak Squad'' Boss Rush is a tad harder - the game actually ''forces'' the [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]] on you for the [[Final Boss]], though you can willingly discard your ability, which starts bouncing around the screen as an inhalable star. If you discard your power, inhale the star, and hold it in Kirby's mouth instead of swallowing it, it'll still be in his mouth after you grab the Triple Star, at which point you can swallow your old power and get it back.
* [[Squick]]: In ''Super Star'' (and a few other games with co-op). A player can share the effects of a recently consumed food item by walking up to their ally at which point the two get face to face for a second. There's really no other way to interpret this animation as anything but player 1 spitting up what they had just eaten into player 2's mouth...
* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: The entire series, until [[Mood Whiplash]]
* [[Tear Jerker]]: The ending of ''Revenge of the King'' in ''Super Star Ultra''. Poor Dedede. {{context}}
* [[That One Boss]]: Enough examples for [[That One Boss/Action Game/{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}|their own page]].
* [[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
** Meta Knight
* [[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]].
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