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There now exists a [http://www.theycamefromhollywood.com/octopusmotor/kirbydots/ CGI tool] for automatically creating Kirby Dots, and even animating them. Interestingly, an analogous technique called 'particle emission' is used in [[Video Game]] graphics for rendering fire, smoke, clouds and, not surprisingly, energy fields. This is, however, mostly because of technical limitations -- it's just really hard and computation intensive to create a polygonal object that changes shape the way fire does. Particle emissions are merely the next best thing.
Not related to [[Kirby|a certain pink marshmallow]]. Name is used as a [[Shout
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Marvel Comics' Sunspot becomes solid black and is surrounded by Kirby Dots when he powers up (originally. Lately, it's dark blue and mostly dotless.) ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', despite not being a particularly slavish adaptation, ''especially'' visually, rendered the dot effect perfectly, much better than you'd think it'd work onscreen.
** According to the Official Handbook, the dots are allegedly his powers affecting the dust around him and turning them black. But yeah, the dots are basically there to offset his otherwise monochromatic and boring design.
* [[Infinite Crisis|Alexander]] [[Lex Luthor|Luthor]] Jr.'s powers tend to rely heavily on this. What they actually are is not elaborated on further than "dimensional abilities."
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== Film ==
* Deliberately invoked in the Disney film ''[[Atlantis:
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In [http://www.evil-comic.com/archive/20090414.html this strip] of ''[[
* They appear prominently in [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100706.html this strip] from ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]],'' and they're even lampshaded [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100713.html two strips later.]
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
** The main character's [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]? Benjamin ''Kirby'' Tennyson.
* An episode of ''[[Superman:
* ''[[Batman:
* Shego's energy powers exert this effect in ''[[Kim Possible]]''.
* In the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003
* In ''[[The
* All over the place in ''[[
** The Hulk once saw a commercial for Kirby Kibble dog food, containing "Kirby Dots of real beef".
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