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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]:
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** 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 ''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: Kirby is notable for being a much less straightforward hero then most of them, notably [[I Am a Humanitarian|eating definitely sentient beings alive]], releasing [[Eldritch Abomination|eldritch abominations]] on a daily basis, and sometimes, going on quests and slaughtering people for rather... ambiguous reasons (in ''Squeak Squad'': '''''CAKE'''''.) This led to many alternative interpretations of Kirby.
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**Let's not forget Hyness.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: King Dedede. He's the [[Authority in Name Only|king of Dreamland,]] wears a pimp coat, and fights with [[Drop the Hammer|a hammer]]. Also? He is a blue [[Everything Is Better With Penguins|penguin]].
** Masked Dedede takes this [[Up to Eleven]]. Case in point: the fight takes place in ''an electrified cage
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]: The series has its moments, but above them all stands the ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' segment ''"Revenge Of Meta Knight"'' in its entirety. [[Storming the Castle]] turned [[Up to Eleven]], reaching [[HSQ]] levels. Seriously. And [[Enemy Chatter|you get to hear the bad guys]] becoming ''progressively more and more afraid of you'', as if you were the [[Gosh Dang It to Heck|goshdang]] Batman, while you singlehandedly destroy a frickin' airship! '''''Hell yeah.'''''
** 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.
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** Magolor seems to be quickly becoming this. It probably helps that he has one of the best character designs in the whole Kirby series, and that when he pricks his ears down, [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|his cuteness rivals Kirby's.]] {{spoiler|Until he [[Et Tu, Brute?|steals Landia's crown]], that is.}}
* [[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, all right]]) 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 Dreamland 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|Generic Doomsday Villains]] 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.
* [[Fandom Berserk Button]]: While "evil/sociopathic Kirby" jokes were once popular, they've worn out their welcome a long time ago. Nowadays, fans get annoyed at best, and downright ''pissed'' at worse when people seriously try to insinuate that the lovable pink puff is evil despite being a textbook friendly good-hearted hero (albeit with a bit of a brutal streak).
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Why are the [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] of the games usually so nightmarish? Because it's ''Dream''land, it's only fitting that the antagonists inspire nightmares.
* [[Fridge Horror]]: Jim Sterling gives a lecture on the [[Fridge Horror]] of the Kirby franchise in [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 having Hammer Flip, which does one of the highest damages of a non one-time-use ability in the game, and the latter of which 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. Due to this, it was slightly Nerfed 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. In fact, every boss in ''Squeak Squad'' can be killed very easily with it, including the final boss. It's an even better choice for the final boss than the [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]! Cranked [[Up to Eleven]] in [[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]], where stronger moves were made
** 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 sending you out of harm's way. Not always useful outside bosses, however.
** The Copy helper (TAC) in the original Kirby: Super Star on the SNES. 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. It completely heals every time you copy a power, and when it guards, you become immune to all damage as well.
** In Dreamland 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 Dreamland'' 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]]: Some parts of the Kirby fandom don't seem to accept any other variations of the name "Meta Knight".
* [[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]]''s. And yes, ''also'' bats.
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** The "Kirby ASCII Dance": (> ")> <(" <) (^ ")^ (v ")v
** ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn|Kirbys Epic Yarn]]'' brings us Kirby's arrival in Patch Land and his observation that the grass feels like... pants.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]:
* [[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]].▼
** Queen Sectonia introduces herself by {{spoiler|trying to kill Taranza, ''who was nothing but loyal to her'', over 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|forget trying to kill his loyal henchwomen, he ''does'' kill them by sacrificing them to Void Termina - but not before using their bodies as weapons he can use to batter Kirby with, the crazy bastard}}.
* [[Never Live It Down]]:
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** Fans also hang onto the few times he's accidentally helped further a bad guy's goals 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
* [[Rule 34]]: Not even Kirby is immune to it. And once conventionally attractive female characters like [[Hartman Hips|Susie]] and [[Furry Fandom|Queen Sectonia]] 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
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Doing a single ability run of any game's [[Boss Rush]] is popular among fans. Although doing one on ''Squeak Squad's'' Boss Rush is impossible because the game actually ''forces'' the [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]] on you, destroying your current ability!
** Actually, 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...
** Or they share the health gain with [[The Power of Love|a kiss]]. There's a distinct smacking sound when you do it.
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* [[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. ''Kirby''. Think for a second... '''Why''' would freakin' [[Badass|Meta Knight]] steal a chest containing ''cake''!?
** Meta Knight counts too, mostly for deciding to fight Kirby instead of bothering to let him know that the chest [[Sealed Evil in a Can|contained the]] [[Monster of the Week]]. Kirby at least has the excuse of being childlike in his impulsiveness.
*** That goes for Dedede ''and'' Meta Knight in ''Kirby's Adventure''. And Meta Knight doubly so, [[Duel Boss|for throwing Kirby a sword]] [[Honor Before Reason|when the fate of the universe is on the line]] [[Subverted Trope|(although it’s implied that he's trying to help prepare Kirby for a fight with Nightmare)]].
** Meta Knight again in his version of Milky Way Wishes, for wishing to unleash the most powerful warrior in the universe, locked away specifically because people were afraid of it, just so he can kick its ass to prove he's stronger. Then again, if he weren't such an overconfident, arrogant badass, he wouldn't be Meta Knight. And he ''did'' win.
* [[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 Dreamland'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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