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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]:
** After you defeat masked Dedede in ''[[Kirby Super Star|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 ''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'': '''''CAKEcake'''''.) This led to many alternative interpretations of Kirby.
*** ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'' plays with this; for instance, Meta Knight once says to Dedede: "Like it or not, you and Kirby aren't that different, but where he has childlike optimism, you have untempered malice."
*** ''[[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}}.
** It should be noted that Dedede has a LOT more friends than Kirby in the games. Pretty much his only in-game friends outside of [[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards|Kirby 64]] are all created by him somehow. Pretty much everybody else has tried to kill him at least once.
*** Actually, three of his friends in that game have tried to kill him too. (Adeleine duringwas a victim of two [[Demonic Possession|demonic possessions]]s, though.) But he's been shown to spend time with his friends there and with the ''Dreamland 2'' and ''3'' friends.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: After about 6 years of delays and hiatus, the ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'' Wii follow-up [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-01-28-new-nintendo-wii-kirby-game-announced haswas finally been confirmed for a release], and plans to feature, after ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', the return of Kirby's [[Mega Manning]], as well as brand new abilities and [[Super Smash Bros.|Final Smash]]-like moves. Needless to say, fans exploded with [[Tears of Joy]]. They did so even more when it was revealed Meta Knight, King Dedede, and the bandana Waddle Dee were playable characters in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''.
** They did so even more when it was revealed Meta Knight, King Dedede, and the bandana Waddle Dee were playable characters.
** There's more: Kirby's Adventure is confirmed as a 3D Classic for [[Nintendo 3DS]].
* [[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 Ultra]]'' [[Video Game Remake|Ultra.]]
* [[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/Awesome Music|here]].
* [[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 from the Dead]] places him even further in this category}}.
** Necrodeus seems to be one, given that it split Kirby into ten and quickly killed off each individual form, exceptand he only survived because the last whoKirby made a miraculous escape,. mainly because of how cruel it is to murder nine different sentient beings while it was only necessary to kill Kirby once.
** Nightmare from ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' is the franchisesfranchise's biggest example, butcompared onlyto histhe anime[[Generic incarnationDoomsday (TheVillain]] onehe was in ''Kirby's Adventure'' is pretty much a [[Generic Doomsday Villain]]).{{context}}
** Let's not forget Hyness.{{context}}
* [[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 first ever fight against him in the series takes place in ''an electrified cage'', and his hammer doubles as a flamethrower ''and a rocket launcher''.
** Masked Dedede takes this [[Up to Eleven]]. Case in point: the fight takes place in ''an electrified cage,'' and his hammer doubles as a flamethrower ''and a rocket launcher''.
* [[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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* [[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. Case in point: the Invincibility jingle. It doesn't help that the games have a habit of endlessly recycling/remixing music used from previous games.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:''
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:* Galacta Knight of ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''. HeAt 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|whichThey camegot truewhat they wanted]] not only in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', but in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super 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|Kirby 64]]''. For being a minor character in one (or two?) games, she has quite a fanbase - possibly helped by ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'', where she's a prominent character.
** Arguably 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 more or less, Nightmare's memorable.
** Ribbon. Kirby's first love interest, {{spoiler|and the only person to ever kiss Kirby}}? ''Hell '''yeah'''''.
** 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".
** 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.}} He still has quite a bit of popularity regardless, especially owing to his appearances in ''Kirby Super Clash'' and ''[[Kirby: Star Allies]]''.▼
*** [[Lampshaded]] by his pause screen description in the game, which calls him "everyone's favorite idol".
▲** 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]]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.
* [[Fandom Berserk Button]]: While "evil/sociopathic Kirby" jokes were once popular (see [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] above), 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]]s 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 havinghas Hammer Flip, which doeshas one of the highest damagesdamage outputs 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 available. Heck, you can annihilate {{spoiler|'''Magolor Soul'''}} pretty easily with Tornado. Yep, 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 sending you out of harm's way. Not always useful outside bosses, however.
** The Copy helperHelper, (TAC), in the original ''[[Kirby: Super Star]]'' onand the''[[Kirby SNESSuper 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. ItTAC completely heals every time you copy a power, and when itthey guardsguard, 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 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 damn [[Scare Chord]] dirge.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfHah9s6BWE That... bloodcurling... 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]]. [[Breath Weapon|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?
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** ''[[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]]:
** Queen Sectonia introduces herself by {{spoiler|trying to kill Taranza, ''who was nothing but loyal to her'', overfor 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]]:
** 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]].
** FansSome 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 were mostly geared for children just beginning to play videogamesvideo 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. 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 truly impressive-looking backgrounds.
* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: Doing a single ability run of any game's [[Boss Rush]] is popular among fans. Although doingDoing one on ''Squeak Squad's'' Boss Rush is impossiblea becausetad harder - the game actually ''forces'' the [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]] on you for the [[Final Boss]], destroyingthough youryou currentcan 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...▼
** 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.
** [[Averted Trope|...until later games outright confirmed]] that they share the health gain with [[The Power of Love|a kiss]]. There's a distinct smacking sound when you do it. [[Ho Yay|Note that some of Kirby's helpers and all of his ''Return to Dream Land'' partners are male, and in Meta Knightmare Ultra, Meta Knight does this with his helper as well.]]
▲* [[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...
**** [[Completely Missing the Point|Wait - he does this ''through'' his mask?]]▼
** Or they share the health gain with [[The Power of Love|a kiss]]. There's a distinct smacking sound when you do it.
* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: The entire series, until [[Mood Whiplash]] kicks in and you fight the [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|final]] [[Eldritch Abomination|boss.]].▼
*** [[Ho Yay|Note that some of Kirby's helpers and all of his ''Return to Dream Land'' partners are male.]]
**** [[Ho Yay|In Meta Knightmare Ultra, Metaknight does this with his helper as well.]]
▲**** [[Completely Missing the Point|Wait - he does this ''through'' his mask?]]
▲* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]: The entire series, until [[Mood Whiplash]] kicks in and you fight the [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|final]] [[Eldritch Abomination|boss.]]
* [[Tear Jerker]]: The ending of ''Revenge of the King'' in ''Super Star Ultra''. Poor Dedede.
* [[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- Metaneither Knighttells doublyKirby so,of [[Duelthe Boss|forfact throwingthat Kirbytaking athe sword]]Star [[HonorRod Beforewill Reason|whenunleash theNightmare fatefrom ofhis theprison, universethough isMeta onKnight the line]]is [[Subverted Trope|(although it’s implied that he's trying to helpbe preparepreparing Kirby for athe fight with Nightmare)]].▼
** 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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