Kirby: Right Back at Ya!: Difference between revisions

[[File:Kirbygroupsmall1_1397.jpg|frame| [[Anime Theme Song|"He's more than you think, he's got maximum pink!"]]]]

 

 

 

Kirby and his friends spend the episodes foiling Dedede's plans, battling the monsters he orders, undoing whatever damage he caused to Pupu Village/Cappy Town, and the series follows their day-to-day antics whenever they're not doing any of the above. The series is episodic in nature, although it has several sequential episodes.

 

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* [[Accent Adaptation]]: Dedede's Foghorn Leghorn-like southern accent. Meta Knight is also a [[Badass Spaniard]] for some reason (many call him [[Fan Nickname|Señor Noodlearms]] because of it). Meta Knight's Spanish accent in the dub is possibly because of the vaguely Spanish-sounding theme that plays whenever he appears in the original Japanese anime. It might also be a [[Zorro]] reference.

* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: King Dedede, to some extent. While his original self in the video games is also a petty but [[Laughably Evil]] antagonist to Kirby, he has more [[Pet the Dog|nicer moments]] and more times when he genuinely tries to help Kirby fight a more serious enemy than Dedede in the anime does.

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: And HOW! Many midboss characters and even normal enemies from the games are fleshed out and given backstories.

* [[Adult Child]]: Let's just say Dedede acts a lot younger than he is.

* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: Compare the original [http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ymqTLrnA7Uw&feature=related Japanese theme] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx3a-1lDjbE&feature=related songs] with the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkdlc4n1wwY English version]. In Japan, it's a cutesy little parade with a smiling Kirby being for the most part generally adorable (with a little bit of [[Nightmare Fuel]] thrown in for good measure, just so you know that the show isn't ''all'' happiness and smiles), and the second one compresses the standard episode plot into about two minutes. The English version is a quick beat full of monsters, [[Stuff Blowing Up]], Kirby showing off his toughest powers, and putting on an angry face for most of the song, despite him spending most of the actual show being happy, hungry, or curious. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] as to which one is better, but [[American Kirby Is Hardcore|American Kirby is definitely more hardcore]].

** In episode 5, Dedede uses a chainsaw to destroy Whispy Woods. In the dubbed version of it, he uses a ''[[Rule of Cool|laser]]'' chainsaw. Probably just [[Bowdlerization]], but it's still [[Crazy Awesome]].

* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]: Dedede opens one in episode 31.

* [[Arcadia]]: Dream Land.

* [[Ascended to Carnivorism]]: The Sheepwolf.

* [[Astral Checkerboard Decor]]: {{spoiler|In Nightmare's lair, where he makes the Demon Beasts/Monsters.}}

* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: A common strategy used against Demon Beasts/Monsters.

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Most of the dub's episode names and quite a bit of the dialogue.

* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Dub Meta Knight.

* [[Baker's Dozen]]: A special eight-minute short was released on the Wii Channel in Japan. It was dubbed and available on Nintendo Video for [[Nintendo 3DS]], three years after its original release.

* [[Beat the Curse Out of Him]]: In one episode, Escargoon gets posessed by a monster that makes everyone forget who he is, and Meta Knight was more than happy to suggest that [[Violence Is the Only Option]].

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Kirby combined it with [[Gratuitous English]]; this was removed in the dub.

** Knuckle Joe does it too, even in the dub.

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Tiff, Tuff, Escargoon, Customer Service, etc. The cappies are an interesting variant; they were minor enemies in the games, but here they lack their eponymous caps and fill the role of humans as townspeople.

** If inanimate objects count, then the design for Dedede's castle. ''Squeak Squad'' even features the monster transporter.

** Anime Halberd also makes it to ''Squeak Squad''.

* [[Casual Interstellar Travel]]: Via the Demon Beast/Monster transporter.

** The main characters also pull it off in the [[Series Finale]] {{spoiler|using the Halberd and a [[Our Wormholes Are Different|wormhole]].}}

* [[Cash Cow Franchise]]: Nintendo of America attempted to turn the ''[[Kirby]]'' series as a whole into one when bringing the anime overseas - but while the games and show remain popular, the only merchandise it managed to produce in Western markets was a handful of DVDs.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Kirby, inhale it!" / "Kirby, suck it up!" and "Come, Warp Star!" / "Kabu, send the Warp Star!"

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The pendant that Knuckle Joe inherits from his father.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: The animal friends only appear in a few other episodes after their introduction and have little bearing on the plot. This mirrors their in-game appearances.

* [[Combat Commentator]]: Meta Knight always seems to be on hand to tell us about whatever new form Kirby's taken.

* [[Cool Airship]]: {{spoiler|The ''Halberd''.}}

* [[Cool Car]]: Dedede's tank, which makes him look like some kind of a Third-World dictator, later replaced by a limousine equipped with ''[[Drop the Hammer|hammers]]''.

* [[Cool Chair]]: King Dedede owns one.

* [[Cool Plane]]: Kirby's Starship. It also converts into a [[Cool Car]], which he uses in the [[Wacky Racing]] episode.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Customer Service.

* [[Crack Pairing]]: In-universe--in one episode, Whispy Woods falls in love with a flower.

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Despite the ridiculously cute characters and peaceful setting, the backstory and Meta Knight's origin is a ''hell'' of a lot darker than you'd expect. Mostly [[Bowdlerised]] in the dub, but it's still there.

** Plus the fact that there's an evil organization trying to terrorize Pop Star, and Meta Knight's almost the only one still alive who knows the truth. Everyone else is quite ignorant (including Kirby most of the time).

* [[Cryptic Background Reference]]: The origin of Star Warriors - even though Kirby himself is supposed to be one, the exact details are never explained. [http://kirbysrainbowresort.net/info/anime/story/sw_gsa.html Here's a rundown of what's given.]

* [[Cue the Sun]]: {{spoiler|The series ends with a shot of all the characters looking towards the sunrise.}}

* [[Cute and Psycho]]: Just like in the games, the Scarfies in Episode 56. They start out cute, then turn aggressive and attack everybody. Thanks to Hammer Kirby, however, they revert back to their original cuteness again.

** Squishy in Episode 73 as well. It starts out as a cute little immobile piece of sushi in the form of a tiny squid, but after Kirby hiccups on it, it grows into a huge, hulking [[Kraken]]-like Demon Beast / monster with glaring yellow eyes and black irises.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Meta Knight.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Early on in the series Meta Knight seems to be just a very [[The Stoic|stoic]] bystander with an ambiguous morality. Once his motivations are revealed in episode 4, you find out that he's really on Kirby's side.

** In episode 95, a frog monster possesses Kirby and forces him to harass Cappy Town.

** In episode 19, we learn that {{spoiler|Knuckle Joe's father was possessed by Nightmare, forcing Meta Knight to kill him. Joe himself becomes possessed later in the episode, but manages to fight it off.}}

** Amazingly enough, not only did Fumu/Tiff, Bun/Tuff, and Kirby did this (with badly made costumes), somehow, ''Meta Knight'' made a much better costume, and even had the same idea, but took it a level above; ''he posed as a guard for them.''

** The main areas. Pupu Village became Cappytown and Pupupuland became Dreamland. The latter is done in the games as well, and so the change of Pupu Village to Cappytown isn't too far-fetched either, considering the whole town is populated mostly by cappies!

** Escargon to Escargoon. It's debatable if this even counts, since the spelling (at least) is so similar one could be taken as a typo of the other..

** Holy Nightmare Corporation to Nightmare Enterprises

** Parm and Memu to Sir Ebrum and Lady Like

** Borun to Bookem

** Oosaka to Shiitake

** Chilidog to Wolfwrath

** Boukyakku to Erasem

** A ghost called Urameshiya in the original who appears to have no name whatsoever in the dub.

** Meta Knight is originally ''Sir'' Meta Knight, but this is dropped in the dub.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: The monsters/demon beasts. {{spoiler|Kirby himself is implied to be one of them turned good.}}

* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: Meta Knight, who works for Dedede, but even he doesn't trust him.

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Escargoon's mother appeared in one episode. He was even willing to protect her from monsters! (Now if only we could've seen her more often.)

** [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]]: Two instances where dinosaurs breath fire, both justified. One occurrence is in Dedede's dream, and the other when Dinosaur Kirby attacks everyone. He inhales a torch and gets the fire copy ability.

* [[Everythings Better With Ninjas]]: Episode 24.

* [[Fan Service]]: Fumu-tan of the Stars.

* [[Flashback Nightmare]]: Noddys cause these.

* [[For the Evulz]]: Dedede likes [[Poke the Poodle|causing trouble and making other people's lives as miserable as he possibly can]]. Why? Just because he thinks it's fun.

** King Dedede also heavily taxes the citizens of Cappy Town... just so he can buy monsters to quell his boredom.

* [[Fortune Teller]]: Mabel, though she admits that she's more of a counselor.

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: In episode 9, done by the demon beast Kittari-Hattari. Much hilarious antics ensue.

** The localized series name, ''Kirby: Right Back At Ya'', abbreviated as "KRBAY", sounds a lot like the name of the series' protagonist.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Fumu/Tiff.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The infamous [[Gainaxing|Bouncy]] Tiff. One scene in the English dub featuring normal-sized Kirby on a miniature set added a reference to steroids (surprising, considering that 4Kids usually shies away from this kind of thing).

** Though this isn't to say the dub wasn't edited down at all - the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynRbrArgink original] seemed to have a lot more on the innuendo side.

* [[Give Me a Sword]]: In episode 3, Meta Knight throws Kirby a sword before challenging him to a duel, [[Mythology Gag|just like he does in the]] [[Kirby|games]].

* [[Granola Girl]]: Fumu/Tiff.

* [[Great Offscreen War]]: Which apparently wiped out a species or three.

* [[Green Aesop]]: But handled in such a [[World of Ham|ham-tastic]] and [[Anvilicious]] way that it's more of a joke than an actual [[Aesop]].

** Also, in the finale, Knuckle Joe and Sirica hijack a Destrayer.

* [[Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|In the 100th and final episode, Nightmare is defeated by Kirby through the use of the Star Rod, Nightmare's fortress is blown up by everyone through the use of a time bomb planted on the company's Demon Beast/monster transmitter, Pupu Village/Cappy Town has been rebuilt, and everyone happily goes back to their normal lives. And in addition, Dakonyo/Kit Cosmos appears to be staying with everyone in the village}}.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Knuckle Joe. He even changes colour when he does so, [[Mythology Gag|reflecting how "helper" characters have a different colour scheme in the games]].

** Also, Sheepwolf from the episode "Sheepwrecked" sounds like Giovanni.

** And you can't stop the Customer Service guy because he's voiced by [[Dan Green]]!

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: In the episode "Sentimental Kirby"/"Kirby Takes the Cake", Kirby wants to play with everyone only to discover that nobody wants to play with him. When he goes to Tokkori to tell him that nobody is willing to play with him, Tokkori shows what a dick he is by telling him that nobody likes him. That's where Kirby's Blue Screen of Death comes in, as he packs up some of his stuff and runs away to the Valley of Kabu. What Kirby doesn't know, however, is that the real reason why nobody wanted to play with him was because nobody wanted to see him mess up their preparations for his one-year anniversary of crash-landing in Cappy Town, and he doesn't boot back up until Meta Knight and Tokkori remind him that everyone is really worried about him and they're all wishing for him to come back home.

* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: Oh so very much of it. Escargoon is heavily implied to have a man-crush on his boss in Japanese ''and'' English - the dub team picked up on this and gave him a Paul Lynde-esque voice that makes things even more blatant.

** And in the dub, it's NightMare Enterprises-- which abbreviates (sort of) as N.M.E.

* [[Humanoid Aliens]]: Discussed in the episode where Dedede learns to appreciate art. Tiff sees a painting of the Mona Lisa and is surprised by how it looks, meaning that humans are considered aliens to the people of Dream Land.

* [[Hyperspace Mallet]]: Dedede often [[Drop the Hammer|pulls his hammer out of nowhere]] as another tactic to "get" Kirby.

* [[Instant Expert]]: Kirby, after he copies an ability.

* [[I Own This Town]]: King Dedede, but the real person in charge of the village below his castle is probably the Mayor.

* [[Ki Attacks]]: The [[Sword Beam]]. In the Japanese version Meta Knight explains it as "focusing the energy in your soul and letting it out in one attack", which was obviously left out in the dub.

* [[La Résistance]]: The Star Warriors and the Galaxy Soldier Army.

* [[Last Starfighter]]: Kirby, one of the few remaining Star Warriors after the aforementioned [[La Résistance]] was wiped out.

'''Customer Service:''' Now now, if you got up early every week to watch the show, you'd know these things! }}

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Chef Kawasaki gets a bad rap in Cappy Town because of this. Cook Kirby inherits it.

* [[Library of Babel]]: Castle Dedede's library. It's highly unlikely that [[Book Dumb|the king]] even uses it.

* [[Lost Wedding Ring]]: One episode ("Parm and Memu's Ring Story"/"The Thing About the Ring") is about Fumu/Tiff's dad trying to give his spouse her engagement ring, which he always lost one way or another every time their wedding anniversary came around.

* [[Lovecraft Lite]]: The anime expands on this point from the games, since at the bottom line it's still about a [[Last Starfighter]] trying to overthrow the [[Evil Overlord]] and the [[Mega Corp]] by fighting their [[Eldritch Abominations]].

* [[Mega Corp]]: Holy Nightmare Corporation/NightMare Enterprises.

* [[Monochrome Past]]

** Sometimes enforced by Dedede; once he summoned a dentist monster, but backed out when he was told it didn't use painkillers. He eventually got it to attack Kirby... but it could only do something like rip out teeth, which Kirby had none of.

* [[Nebulous Evil Organisation]]: Holy Nightmare/Nightmare Enterprises.

** Then in one episode he ''does.'' {{spoiler|So he thinks.}}

** This was said, word for word in one episode.

** Subverted in the backstory, and in the present in a certain way; 95% of the monsters ''do indeed die'', but it's mostly from explosions, clean deaths, or disappearing off screen. Also, it's stated that Nightmare destroyed the Galaxy Solider Army, as well as plenty of Meta Knight's comrades, but it was never shown on-screen.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Kirby gets one every time he transforms into an ability. Abilities that don't have hats in the games, like Crash, are given hats anyway.

** The monster that gives Kirby and Dedede a forced workout (after they ate all those chips) was probably supposed to resemble Richard Simmons. If nothing else, it echoed his enthusiasm for exercise.

* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: The [[Nightmarish Factory|factory]] that King Dedede builds in episode 28.

* [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]]: Said by a background character in the beginning of episode 10.

* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|Even though he still wears the evil grinning expression on his face, Nightmare gets one once he sees Kirby take control of his [[Weaksauce Weakness|one weakness]], the Star Rod}}.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Meta Knight.

** Tiff/Fumu as well.

** Lololo and Lalala are {{spoiler|permanently set this way, since they're two opposite halves of the same being.}}

* [[Out of Focus]]: Kirby. Tiff/Fumu has a tendency to upstage him, as she can speak coherently, and her personality is shown more than Kirby's.

** It's amazingly subverted with Meta Knight; intentionally, Meta Knight usually takes two or three episodes of breaks, not appearing or even being mentioned, even if the plot would require Meta Knight just to give a direction to the heroes!

* [[Oxygenated Underwater Bubbles]]: In the episode where Kine falls in love with Fumu, Kine blows a bubble to prevent her and Kirby from drowning.

* [[Parental Bonus]]: There are many references to old movies, popular culture and current events.

* [[Portal Network]]: The Demon Beast/Monster transporter. {{spoiler|In the final episode, the characters who left Dream Land on the Halberd use it to come back home after the Halberd gets destroyed.}}

* [[Readings Are Off the Scale]]: King Dedede's debts to NME.

* [[Punny Name]]: Sir Ebrum (cerebrum) and Lady Like (ladylike).

* [[Rope Bridge]]: In one of the [[Green Aesop]] episodes, King Dedede and Escargoon fall off one of these after Dedede stomps on it in frustation.

* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: Galaxia's voice in episode 60 was male. For reasons unknown, the voice was female in the dub.

* [[Show Within a Show|Channel Within A Show]]: Channel DDD.

** Dedede of the Stars and Fumu of the Stars as well.

* [[Sigil Spam]]: Holy Nightmare/Nightmare Enterprises puts their logo on every product they can.

** And yes, [[Too Dumb to Live|this]] '''[[Too Dumb to Live|is]]''' [[Too Dumb to Live|ignored by the cast at one point.]]

* [[Smart Bomb]]: The Crash ability, but unlike [[Brown Note|Mike]], it kills only enemies, instead of destroying everything in sight.

* [[Stock Footage]]: The shot of Kirby's Warp Star summoned from Kabu, which appears in nearly every single episode.

* [[Storming the Castle|Storming the Spacestation]]: The three part series finale.

* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]]: Kabu in the original.

** Kirby and his friends live their happy lives. Dedede acts stupid and orders a monster. Demon beast attacks. Kirby inhales and copies its power. Demon beast is defeated. [[Status Quo Is God|Kirby and his friends return to living their happy lives]]. Still, even the two-parters and the finale still have the same exact sequence from 'Demon beast attacks' to the end.

* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Escargoon looks ''exactly'' like his mom. This makes even [[The Stoic|Meta Knight]] laugh.

* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: The Waddle Dees only serve King Dedede because they want to [[Because You Were Nice to Me|return the hospitality that was given to them.]]

* [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom]]: This has to be the only reason King Dedede ordered monsters from ''Holy'' Nightmare. Doesn't help that a few of the soon-to-be [[Bigger Is Better|gigantic enemies]] ''are'' [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|pretty cute]] [[Killer Rabbit|at first]], and some of them are even [[Cute and Psycho]].

** The dub doesn't have this, of course...making Dedede look like more of an idiot in the process, if it was possible.

** [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|And then Meta Knight grabs it...]]

* [[Take That Us]]: The "[[Mr. Alt Disney]]" episode tries to have Fumu/Tiff explain how bad it is to abuse motion capture and CGI over hand drawn animation...even though the show has tons of [[Conspicuous CG]].

* [[Take Up My Sword]]: A non-lethal example--In episode 26, Meta Knight falls unconscious and Kirby takes his sword in order to defeat the [[Monster of the Week]].

* [[Talking to Himself]]: [[Banjo Ginga]] as Customer Service and Nightmare in the original, [[Ted Lewis]] as Dedede and Escargoon in the English dub.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Kirby sings the first opening when he transforms into Mike Kirby, a parody of it also shows up in the episode where King Dedede makes his own anime series.

** The second opening appears as a ringtone for Dedede's cellphone in the [[Series Finale]].

* [[Terrible Artist]]: In one episode, Dedede recruits the entire cast to [[Show Within a Show|make an anime]]. Half the episode is actually an interesting insight into how cartoons are made, but once it's actually completed, [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Fumu and Bun, localized as Tiff and Tuff (they aren't even twins!). Lololo/Fololo and Lalala/Falala may also be examples (also not twins, but {{spoiler|two halves of the same being.}}).

* [[Those Two Guys]]: King Dedede & Escargoon

* [[Training the Peaceful Villagers]]: Discussed in the [[Series Finale]].

** And they're never seen taking care of it, either. It just magically repairs itself or something.

* [[The Unintelligible]]: Blade Knight in the dub.

* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: A trait inherited from the games. See [[Lovecraft Lite]].

* [[Voodoo Doll]]: The Dedede Dolls. Destroying one of them will actually cause King Dedede to fly up into space and past a planet shaped like him.

* [[Wall of Weapons]]: Meta Knight has one in his room; they are Sword and Blade's former weapons, which they hold to remind them of the day they met Meta Knight.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: In the finale, Kirby {{spoiler|uses the Star Rod to reduce Nightmare to a [[Oh Crap|scared, panicking coward]] and obliterate him, causing him to disintegrate. As the cute pink spud himself does so, Nightmare complains that the Star Rod is his only weakness and that he is helpless against its overwhelming stellar power.}}

** Chilidog/Wolfwrath, one of the Demon Beasts/monsters made by Nightmare (and one of his most ferocious and powerful ones), also has one main weakness - naturally, since he's a fire monster said to be born in the Fires of Hell, his main weakness is water. Needless to say, once submerged in it, pretty much anything can finish him off. Kirby still slices it in half for good measure.

* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Dedede's kingdom as a whole.

** Kirby's Starship has a built-in monster sensor, causing him to crash-land in Dream Land in the first episode.

* [[Whip It Good]]: Meta Knight uses a whip once, to save Kirby, Fumu, and Bun from falling. It is never shown or mentioned again.

* [[Wise Tree]]: Kabu, although he's more of an oracle. For actual trees, there's Whispy Woods.

* [[Wishful Projection]]: Tiff assumes that, when this legendary Star Warrior Kirby steps out from his containment pod, he will be a tall prince with a slender figure and a sword, only for it to reveal it is actually a pink puffball that can't even speak. This literally shatters her mental image.

* [[You Fail Physics Forever]]: In one episode, Kirby prevents a planet-sized, sun-like meteor from crashing into Pop Star...by shooting a few cannonballs at it. [[Flat What|What.]]

* [[You Killed My Father]]: Both Knuckle Joe and Silica initially blame Meta Knight for killing one of their parents and come to Pop Star to hunt him down.

 

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