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* [[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.

** Also, Drawcia of Kirby: Canvas Curse. To get her wish to have a world of paint, she turned Dreamland into a painting and Kirby into a ball - none of which her paintbrush wanted to see happen. Yeah, this [[Wicked Witch]] is a monster.

** Meta Knight's Mirror Counterpart, Dark Meta Knight, may have shades of this; to wit, ''he never gives you a sword so you can fight him'', having almost no honor or chivalry.

* [[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: {{spoiler|the fight takes place in ''an electrified cage.''}}

** 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 [[Kirbys 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, 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.

* [[Excuse Plot]]: Most of the games don't have seriously deep plots, but in ''Kirby Squeak Squad'', the plot is simply "Kirby's strawberry shortcake gets stolen. Find out who stole it so Kirby can eat it." Even after Kirby {{spoiler|lets Dark Nebula out of its prison,}} this is still his primary motivation.

* [[Game Breaker]]: You can ''destroy'' The Arena (and later The [[Nintendo Hard|True]] [[Harder Than Hard|Arena]]) with Hammer and Plasma, 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 (Video Game)|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.

** 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.

** Also, Marx's mouth laser attack. [[Breath Weapon|Imma Firin Ma Lazah!]]

** Rick the Hamster. With the Stone ability, he can [[Rick Roll|roll]].

* [[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 Dreamland by having his fake Waddle Dees capture the real ones and then capturing and brainwashing Dedede and Meta Knight and sending them to Patch Land to fight Kirby under his control so he can have Dreamland all to himself. And, unlike most other villains, Yin-Yarn actually succeeds in taking over Dreamland.}}

** {{spoiler|Magolor, you magnificent bastard, we read your BOOK!}}

** 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|Stupid Statement Dance Mixes]] of ''[[Lucky Star]]'' voice clips to the tune of various ''[[Kirby Super Star (Video Game)|Kirby Super Star]]'' tracks are also quite popular.

* [[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? This troper has no idea what sources on the Japanese side say, so if anyone knows, please step forward and explain.

* [[Periphery Demographic]]: Though the games are and remain mostly geared for children just beginning to play videogames, 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.

* [[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 of the impressive-looking backgrounds.

** 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.

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: Kirby has shades of this. As an example, look at what happens when his cake gets stolen. Instead of asking around, he just devours/beats the shit out of everything in his path just because he wants his goddamn cake.

** Is it Meta Knight, Meta-Knight or Metaknight? The most-often-used spelling in the games is Meta Knight, but his trophy in [[Super Smash Bros Melee]] calls him Meta-Knight. And of course, it's written as one word (Metanaito) in Japanese, since the Japanese language doesn't use spaces. Most people get [[Gannon Banned]] for calling him anything but Meta Knight, though.

* [[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]] 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.

* [[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]].

* [[Villain Sue]]: Nightmare is this personified. In the games, his cape protects his tornado-like body, which is his weak spot. In [[Kirby of the Stars|the anime]], he uses his cape to absorb attacks. He even treated the final battle as pretty much a joke and a fun game until [[Oh Crap|he saw Kirby]] {{spoiler|eat his own Warp Star and become Star Rod Kirby and [[Weaksauce Weakness|use it to destroy him]]}}. To be fair, he lives up to his name since he's a living nightmare and therefore {{spoiler|can only be beaten inside a dream}}.

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

 

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