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Tropes relating to characters in the anime ''[[Kirby:
To clarify where the characters go, characters that are non-specific to the anime go [[Kirby/Characters|here.]] The game characters that appear on this page are only for the tropes that are associated to them in the anime. To avoid redundancy, the traits that appear in both works stay on the main [[Kirby/Characters|Kirby character page.]]
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== Anime-only characters ==
=== Tiff (Fumu) ===
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* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Her responses to violence vary according to the demands of the plot.
** In some episodes, she completely avoids violence and pep-talks people out of it.
** In episode 67, she asks Meta Knight to train her in martial arts because she got bullied at school, and [[Took a Level
** In episode 89, she chases down the Otakings with a hammer because of her portrayal as Fumu-tan in their anime.
* [[The Smart Girl]]: Tiff is probably the only person in the village who [[Badass Bookworm|reads a lot.]] Even the adults often turn to her for advice on what to do in some situations.
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* [[Blinding Bangs]]: You never see his eyes, not even once.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Bun to Tuff.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Though he does love Kirby (but not nearly as much as his sister does), he's often seen playing soccer with him...and unintentionally kicking Kirby, mistaking him for the ball.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: In Episode 18, Tuff nearly sends Kirby into an eternal sleep by falling for Dedede's trap of having Kirby inhale a Noddy.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In the dentist episode, Tuff gets a cavity, and his mother tells him that if he goes to the dentist, she'll buy him a [[Game Cube|CubeGame]].
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: In the original, every time he takes a drive to Cappy Town, expect him to say the phrase "stupid commoners!".
* [[Cool Car]]: He's Dedede's chauffeur, first in a military jeep with a tank cannon (making Dedede look like some kind of Third World dictator...) and later in a much snazzier big old fashioned limousine.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Escargon to Escargoon.
** His dub name is actually a [[Portmanteau]] of the words 'Escargot' and 'goon', fitting enough.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Despite what a jerk he can be sometimes, Escargoon loves his mother dearly, even enough to have the entire kingdom pretend he was the king for the sake of not disappointing her.
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* [[The Dragon]]: To his boss, Nightmare.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: In the original, although Customer Service may or may not [[His Name Really Is "Barkeep"|be his actual name]].
* [[Fan Nickname]]: As he isn't even named in the dub, some people call him 'Frontman', or 'Salesguy'.
* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: The dub even makes him sound like one.
* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|He gets one in the finale when Chief Bookem informs him and King Dedede that Kirby has defeated Nightmare and that his space fortress is about to be destroyed, and he makes a run for it. In the original Japanese version, if you listen closely, you can hear him screaming as the fortress explodes, possibly implying that he died in the explosion}}.
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An [[Action Girl]] who comes to Popstar seeking revenge against Meta Knight.
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Tropes associated with Sirica:
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* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: See [[Dub Name Change]] above.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: To her mother.
* [[Swiss Army Gun]] / [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Wields a five-in-one sword/grappling hook/[[Kill It with Fire|flamethrower]]/[[More Dakka|missile launcher]]/[[More Dakka|machine gun]] manufactured by NME.
* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Averted, as her mother is the only backstory character to have an official name.
* [[Violence Is the Only Option]]: Instead of trying to explain to Meta Knight that {{spoiler|she thought Meta Knight had stolen Galaxia from her mother}}, she heads straight to Dedede's castle and guns him down.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Mother]]: A rare [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] example. Initially, Sirica blames Meta Knight for doing this, but it turns out that {{spoiler|her mother pulled off a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to save Meta Knight's life.}}
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A legendary Star Warrior who crash-lands in Dream Land in the first episode. Eventually, he becomes a well-renowned local hero that is the primary hope for the citizens of Dream Land to keep Dedede's monsters at bay.
{{smallcaps|Note:}} This space is only for the tropes that apply to Kirby in the anime only. All other traits go on the [[Kirby/Characters|main Kirby character page.]]
Tropes associated with Kirby:
* [[Acrophobic Bird]]: Kirby rarely ever flies in the anime, if at all, subverting his potential advantage of [[Video Game Flight]]. He technically still can, though.
* [[Ambiguous Innocence]]: Kirby's never done anything downright dickish, but there are a few scenes that show the villagers that he's not all jolly laughs and giggles as most expect him to be.
* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: Compare the Japanese opening to the 4Kids dub version: both of the original openings are happy, upbeat march tunes that show Kirby being happy with his friends, with some [[Nightmare Fuel]] thrown in for good measure. The 4Kids version immediatley starts with Kirby showing off his angry Kirby eyebrows and all of his special powers. Granted, the Japanese version is far more of an accurate depiction, as Kirby only [[Let's Get Dangerous|gets dangerous]] to kill the [[Monster of the Week]].
* [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Big Eater]]: Oh ''dear''.
* [[Black Hole Belly]]: Which contains a ''[[Hammerspace|pocket dimension]]'', as seen when he swallows a Dedede voodoo doll that corresponds to his movements.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Blush Sticker]]: He has them all the time.
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* [[Heroic Mime]]: Except for his [[Catch Phrase]] and several other little words like "watermelon", he can't say any more than that.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Of course, his level of intellect varies somewhat between each episode.
* [[Idiot Savant]]: For his level of responsibility, he has a rather childish demeanor...until his instincts kick in. See [[Instant Expert]] below.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Even if he's never used a copy ability before, Kirby has an instinctual knack for fighting and is able to get the hang of a new ability by the end of a battle.
* [[Kid Hero]]
* [[Last Starfighter]]: Along with Meta Knight, he's one of the last Star Warriors in the universe.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Gets one for every ability he copies, even with abilities like Crash, which originally didn't have a hat.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Are Pink]]
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== King Dedede ==
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The self-proclaimed king of Dream Land, with a huge castle, an army of Waddle Dees and his servant [[Battle Butler|Escargoon]] at his disposal.
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* [[Demonic Possession]]: In episode 95 (97 in the dub), he gets possessed by the Devil Frog after Kirby spits it out.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Orders demon beasts like the way a spoiled child would buy toys.
* [[I Own This Town]]: He claims that he's the 17,062nd ruler of Dream Land.
* [[Jerkass]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]], but he softens as the episodes go by, ultimately siding with Kirby for the final fight against N.M.E.
** To clarify: what does Dedede do when he first meets Kirby? ''He throws him off a cliff.''
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* [[Shout-Out]] / [[Take That]]: In the 4Kids dub of the Kirby anime, they had King Dedede give a Southern accent as well as uttering Bushisms, similar to a certain former U.S. President.
* [[Sigil Spam]]: His peace-sign symbol (as shown on the back of his [[Pimped-Out Cape|pimped out coat]]) shows up on a lot of his homemade monsters, mimicking Nightmare's own sigil.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: His homebrew anime, entitled ''Dedede: Comin' At Ya'' in the dub and ''Dedede of the Stars'' in the original.
* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: His [[Catch Phrase]] in the Japanese version.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: In the Japanese version, he adds "zoi" at the end of his sentences.
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== Meta Knight ==
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A mysterious knight who claims to serve Dedede, but his true allegiances seem to fall elsewhere. He takes the role of Kirby's mentor, training him to fight against the monsters and to eventually defeat Nightmare.
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{{smallcaps|Note:}} This space is only for the tropes that apply to Meta Knight in the anime only. All other traits go on the [[Kirby/Characters|main Kirby character page.]]
* [[Acrophobic Bird]]: Subverted and justified--he doesn't have the [[Cape Wings]] that are in the games, putting him at a disadvantage in many of the battles he fights.
* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: Inverted. Meta Knight, while usually portrayed as a [[Hero Antagonist]] in the games, fights Kirby in several instances and sometimes enters [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] territory. In the anime, he is one of Kirby's allies.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: In the games he's a mysterious figure with an ambiguous morality. The anime clears that up, expands on that, and elaborates it, making him an [[Enigmatic Minion]] for Dedede, a [[Stealth Mentor]] to Kirby, and the [[Hero of Another Story]] in his own recollections.
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* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: He's said to serve King Dedede, but barely ever does anything for him. Lampshaded by Escargoon in the original with the following line from episode 60:
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* [[Dwindling Party]]: Discussed in episode 4. {{spoiler|In the initial conflict with Nightmare, the monsters killed everyone that tried to resist his conquest of the universe, [[Last of His Kind|leaving only Meta Knight alive - or so he thinks.]]}}
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Has a habit of appearing out of nowhere on high places to announce something relevant to the plot.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Depending on your sources, some people speculate that Meta Knight, not Kirby, is the monster-turned-good that's mentioned as the only creation to ever turn against Nightmare. If this is true, then it adds another dimension to his [[Anti-Hero]] complex.
* [[Famed in Story]]: People like him so much that in the episode with the collectible figures, after someone finds a Meta Knight figurine the whole town goes nuts trying to find another one. Including King Dedede, [[Up to Eleven|who grabs every single candy off the shelf in hopes of finding one]]. Which is pretty stupid, considering that the real Meta Knight was there the whole time.
** [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] when Meta Knight, when told about it, ''laughs'', pointing out... something; YMMV on if his laughing was because of how stupid it was, if he liked the idea more than he let on, a combination of both, or something else entirely.
*** In the dub, at least, he enjoys his fame, responding to it with a laugh and a "Yes, I like this."
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* [[Kaleidoscope Eyes]]: Green (thoughtfulness or seriousness), blue (pride or happiness), bright yellow (determination), red (anger or fear), pink (amusement), orange (surprise or fear) and silver (unknown - it's seen only once and we don't know what he's feeling). When he's sleeping or unconscious, they're a dull, dark yellow.
* [[Knight, Knave, and Squire]]: He's the knight, while both Sword and Blade are his knaves.
* [[La Résistance]]: {{spoiler|The [[Sole Survivor]] of one, or so he thinks.}}
* [[Last Starfighter]] {{spoiler|Until Kirby shows up; and later, a few other survivors.}}
* [[Master Swordsman]]
* [[Mysterious Protector]]: Towards Kirby, Fumu, and Bun.
* [[Mysterious Watcher]]: Due to his habit of appearing out of nowhere to say something plot-relevant to the characters, this led to the speculation that he stalks Kirby and Tiff on a regular basis.
** Even does so in the episode ''about GHOSTS.'' Cue [[Scare Chord]] when Tuff and Kirby see his glowing eyes emerge from the forest, only for the camera to zoom out and reveal that it's just Meta Knight.
* [[Named Weapons]]: His sword, Galaxia.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: In episode 3, while training Kirby. He [[Hand Wave|Hand Waves]] it by saying that Kirby can only awaken his powers when he's put in life-or-death situations.
* [[Only Sane Man]]:
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: To Sword and Blade, and occasionally Kirby in some of the later episodes.
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "I am his majesty's loyal servant." before he '''kicks Escargoon's and Dedede's tank down a cliff.'''
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The true [[Big Bad]] of the anime series, and owner of Nightmare Enterprises.
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Tropes associated with Nightmare:
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: As revealed in the finale of the anime, {{spoiler|Nightmare's just a [[Meaningful Name|bad dream]], meaning he can only be defeated in dreams. Not to mention, his only weakness is the Star Rod, which Kirby can take control of and use against him by swallowing his own Warp Star. Of course, with his [[As Long as There Is Evil]] gig, Nightmare can't truly be destroyed forever so long as there's fear and nightmares in everyone's hearts}}.
* [[Adaptational Badass]]: While he doesn't do much fighting, in the games he was just a [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] whose only threat was spreading bad dreams, but here, he's a [[Physical God]] that poses a threat to the entire universe.
* [[As Long as There Is Evil]]: {{spoiler|He gives this kind of speech in the finale.}}
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* [[Astral Checkerboard Decor]]: In his lair, complete with a few monsters that look like chess pieces.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: He creates the monsters that make Kirby's life miserable, but {{spoiler|he never fights him one-on-one until the finale}}. The closest thing to an active antagonist for Kirby is probably Dedede, although he doesn't have any affiliation with Nightmare, other than ordering his monsters [[For the Evulz|for the heck of it]].
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* [[Lazy Bum]]: He embodies the Deadly Sin of Sloth really well, as in the anime, he prefers to spend his time in his chessboard-like lair and amuses himself with watching Kirby battle his Demon Beasts/monsters.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: In-universe. [[Meaningful Name|Obviously]].
* [[Obviously Evil]]: He has a dark aura, giant demon horns, and an evil toothy grin. And he makes [[Evil Minions]] in the form of monsters that his trusted employee, Customer Service, sells for him. His official title is even ''[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Emperor of Darkness]]''.
* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: Does absolutely nothing himself until the cast gets near his fortress. Justified since Kirby, at best, could likely only prove to be a minor nuisance, and he seemed to enjoy watching the events involving him.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: To Customer Service.
* [[Pimped-Out Cape]]: His [[Hammerspace]] cape is decked out with an ''independently scrolling star field'' not unlike a Windows screensaver.
* [[Physical God]]
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A brash and impulsive kid who comes to Popstar seeking revenge against the Star Warrior that [[You Killed My Father|killed his father]]. Dedede and Escargoon take this as a chance to [[Never Say "Die"|'get']] Kirby, and they tell him that Kirby's the Star Warrior that he's looking for. {{spoiler|Later it's revealed that it wasn't Kirby, but Meta Knight that did, indeed, [[Mercy Kill]] his father after he was possessed by Nightmare.}}
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{{smallcaps|note:}} <small>He appears in the games as a regular enemy, and also as a helper character in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]''. Being only a minor character in the games with no personality, he was given one in the anime, hence the reason why he's on the [[Kirby:
Tropes associated with Knuckle Joe:
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* [[The Cameo]]: In the finale, along with Silica.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: His father's [[Memento MacGuffin|pendant]] {{spoiler|contains the blueprints for a power-amplification device that helps him to defeat Masher 2.0. The only way for it to fire is to put the pendant itself into the device, and [[Tragic Keepsake|after it's used, the pendant is destroyed.]]}}
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Episode 65 (Masher 2.0), where Joe makes his third appearance, is one of the darkest episodes of the entire series, with [[Bloodless Carnage|blood in the fight scene]] and [[Never Say "Die"|use of the word 'die']]. [[Spice Up the Subtitles|The fansubs even add some]] [[Obligatory Swearing]].
** Surprisingly, the blood in said fight scene remains unedited in the 4Kids dub.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Actually pulls it off twice--He turns good at the end of episode 19 <ref>and changes color as a [[Mythology Gag]] [[Palette Swap|to the games]]</ref>. He then reappears in episode 40 as an employee of NME, convincing them to bring out their most powerful monster, and ultimately sides with Kirby to defeat it.
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Discussed by [[Stealth Pun|Meta]] Knight--he gets carried away with revenge, and Nightmare takes advantage of this by [[Demonic Possession|turning him into a monster]], [[Generation Xerox|like he did to his father.]]
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* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: His [[Signature Move|Signature Moves]], Vulcan Jab and Smash Punch.
* [[Memetic Hand Gesture]]: Joe often [[Character Tics|rubs his nose with the side of his index finger]], but there's no reason given as to why he always does this.
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* [[Revenge Before Reason]]
* [[Shoryuken]]: Rising Break, which also doubles as his [[Finishing Move]].
* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: To the point of calling his own father a bastard. Of course, this was removed in the dub.
** Though [[Spice Up the Subtitles|as mentioned above]], how much of his Japanese dialogue you actually regard as swearing is up to the individual.
* [[Spear Counterpart]]: To Sirica, although it helps that he comes first.
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Meta Knight's subordinates. They don't do much except for reinforcing Meta Knight's combat commentary.
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: In the game they're just regular enemies, but in the anime they're given more depth and are made servants of Meta Knight. [[Ret Canon|This carries over to]] ''[[Kirby Super Star|Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' and ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]''.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: See episode 26 of the original (and to an extent, the former half of episode 82).
* [[Badass Cape]]: Sword used to wear one in the time before he met Meta Knight.
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* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]: In the Japanese version, since they're supposed to be teenagers.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Right where you would least expect it!
* [[Knight, Knave, and Squire]]: Both of them are said to be knights, but in technicality, they're knaves.
* {{spoiler|[[Mugging the Monster]]: Subverted. During their first encounter with Meta Knight they intend to rob him, but they're interrupted by Wolfwrath.}}
* [[Satellite Character]]: Whenever they show up, it's usually because it has something to do with Meta Knight. This could be justified because it's revealed in the finale that {{spoiler|most of their time was spent building the Halberd in preparation for the [[Final Battle]]}}.
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[[Category:Kirby of the Stars]]▼
[[Category:Characters]]
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