Taranza

==Summary==
Taranza was a major antagonist in the game Kirby: Triple Deluxe, later becoming an ally of Kirby. After his romantic interest Queen Sectonia unknowingly got herself corrupted over time into evil, Taranza kept on serving her loyally as a minion for the many years she terrorized the People of the Sky. When her madness and cruelty went too far Taranza decided to betray her and assist Kirby & co. save the world from her, resulting in Sectonia dying. Many games later Taranza still misses her and mourns her in sadness, an alternative version of him from other reality having even gotten obsessed with reviving her in an unsuccessful and self-destructive manner.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , likely | , likely 
Keys: Pre-Star Allies | Post-Star Allies
Name: Taranza
Origin: Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Gender: Male
Age: Around or over 1000 years old (Should have been around as old as his love interest Queen Sectonia before she became evil. Still portrayed as young)
Classification: Tarantula-like being, Floralian, part of Sectonia's clan (See note below), Puppet Master | As before, Star Ally
Powers and Abilities:
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|-|Optional Equipment=As before, Healing (Various food items and health Power-Up Hearts, which heals all vitality), Statistics Amplification (Power-Up Hearts, which increase strength, health or speed of all allies at once), Invulnerability (Invincibility Candy), Summoning (Can summon Helpers by directly throwing Friend Hearts to Copy Essences. Can summon a Dream Friend using the Dream Rod), Homing Attack (With Star Allies Sparkler), Resistance to Life Manipulation (Invincible Candy; Other users of it show being invulnerable to being one-shotted by Dethskullks, who "suck the life force out of anyone they touch" & are careful to not use that power on each other. Characters in Ghost formFor example Kirby, Bandana Waddle Dee or Meta Knight can't absorb a little bit of life from targets using an Invincible Candy), Sound Manipulation (Invincible Candy; Users are invulnerable to attacks from Kirbys using the Bell Copy Ability and characters using the Mike item)
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Attack Potency: Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (One-shotted King Dedede, surprising Kirby. The Taranza from the Dream Kingdom can fight Team Kirby) | Galaxy level, likely Low Multiverse level (Can assist Kirby & two fellow Star Allies in the canonical defeats of Void Termina, Corrupt Hyness, the retaliators Three Mage-Sisters [at once], and the non-canon defeats of Morpho Knight EX and the stronger incarnations of Void Termina on side content), can ignore durability with Friend Hearts
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Blitzed King Dedede, and puppeteered him to fight evenly with Kirby, coordinating with Dedede during the battle. The Dream Kingdom Taranza kept up with Team Kirby. Can keep up with fellow Star Allies such as Meta Knight, King Dedede, Bandana Waddle Dee, Gooey, Ribbon and the Three Mage-Sisters. Kirby & 3 Star Allies defeated Void Termina, who kept up with the Star Allies Sparkler, an improved version of the Warp Star, which Gooey can maneuver in combat. Star Allies chased and kept up with the Jamba Heart pieces multiple times. Can keep with Morpho Knight)
Lifting Strength: Unknown (Is capable of lifting King Dedede) | Multi-Stellar (Can survive harmed Black Holes from Magolor and Marx in the same way that Kirby, Meta Knight, King Dedede and Bandana Waddle Dee do, who can withstand outrunning and outflying near , including the stars in the background of it, and survive getting suck in it)
Striking Strength: Multi-Solar System level (Can collide with four Kirbys to harm them) | Galaxy level, likely Low Multiverse level
Durability: Multi-Solar System level, likely Low Multiverse level (Survived a blast from Queen Sectonia. The Dream Kingdom Taranza can take a beating from Team Kirby) | Galaxy level, likely Low Multiverse level
Stamina: Superhuman. Was able to act shortly after being one-shotted by Sectonia. Comparable to Kirby
Range: Standard Melee Range physically, Interstellar with projectiles and shockwaves (Scaling from Kirby)
Standard Equipment: None notable | As before. A floaty
*Optional Equipment: None | Power-Up Hearts, various food items, Invincibility Candy, Maxim Tomato, Dream Rod, Friend Star and Star Allies Sparkler
*Can Create/Summon: None | A Friend Star
Intelligence: Above Average. Portrayed as a "slightly clumsy intellectual"Jap. version of the Miiverse post of 05/02/2014Taranza's The Ultimate Choice Jap. pause description · Kirby Star Allies and said to be a "bowl cut intellectual" by a non-canon, in-character Zan Partizanne in the official Kirby JP twitterPost of November 19, 2018. Possesses vast combat skills due to being able to contend with, and defeat, Meta Knight, the Three Mage-Sisters, Hyness, Void Termina and Morpho Knight
Weaknesses: None notable
Note: "Sectonia's clan" isn't a concept brought up, but considering this was translated as her species, how Taranza has the same form as Sectonia's original one, how no other minion she has looks like this, and how both Taranza and Sectonia are skilled at magic, it's clear that he's part of said clan. It's unknown if Taranza has ever leeched off another living being or if he constantly does so as a parasite but changing his body should explicitly be out-of-character given how relentless this was portrayed to be when Sectonia did so many times for the sake of power, unlike Taranza who after many years still remains in his original form.
==Notable Attacks/Techniques==
Note that there is no distinction between his keys in this section.
*Acrobatics: Taranza can instantly make leaps of around a meter (Technically, he's flying), mobilize by spinning around & back his body mid-air to dodge attacks, and easily & quickly do flips and wacky moves during diverse victory dances, as well as making an immediate flip at the highest reach of a jump.
Taranza's Darling Dreamstalk-Kirby JP twitter - Nov 30, 2019 Star Allies video.gif|Darling Dreamstalk
Everybody using Friend Hearts-27th anniversary twitter video.gif|Taranza making use of a Friend Heart
*Darling Dreamstalk: Taranza creates a miniature Dreamstalk, a plant in front of him to harm foes that can also block incoming attacks.
*Space Jump: A technique most Kirby characters have, Taranza transforms into a small ball of energy which turns out to be intangible, he uses this power to mobilize himself or regroup with mates faster. Any carried item is transformed too, as proven by other users of Space JumpKirby's Return to Dream Land.
*Friend Heart: Obtained in Kirby Star Allies, Taranza generates a Friend Heart which is then thrown to his objective(s). This can be done an unlimited amount of times as well as repeatedly. Upon contact or near it, the Friend Heart will generate a major change in the empathy of the being(s) affected to the point of making them change their morality towards being an ally to Taranza. The Friend Hearts have also shown to make feel objectives extremely happy, make them have a deep appreciation for the one who used a Friend Heart on them, generate clothes in others, work on robots, heal & purify others, operate without making direct contact to others' bodies as well as affect more than one being at a time. Friend Hearts was also shown either creating or turning small areas they reached into Friend Platforms (Creation or Transmutation), an ability any Star Ally may possess, but no character in Star Allies uses Friend Hearts in this manner or were aware that this happened. The last function the Friend Hearts have is that their sentient targets will immediately be bestowed with the ability the generate and use Friend Hearts with all previously mentioned characteristics.
*Friend Ability: Powers the Star Allies could use in Star Allies, they were bestowed to them due to being reached by a Friend Heart (be it by another ally or off-screen from one of the many that scattered in space, much like it happened to Kirby).
**Friend Action: They all supposedly need 4 allies in total to be done and, gameplay wise, a special platform to be used; This are only Game Mechanics, the narrative seems to indicate the Star Allies Sparkler to have been made by the Star Allies without mentioning said platform, Hyness can use his own version of the Friend Circle without it, even when using 3 woods as his partners, and the Three Mage-Sisters themselves can use a Friend Circle on their own too.
***Friend Circle: The friends form a donut circle by holding each other, then they constantly roll forward while being coordinated enough to make jumps while they advance. They use this to travel faster on stages and power through minor enemies instead of bothering to deal with them with their moves.
***Friend Star: Through their collective power, the friends use energies from their bodies that combine to create a Friend Star, much like how Kirby alone can create a Warp Star, the Friend Star is basically a better version of it. One drives while the others are behind sustained by nothing, but the energies generated by the Friend Star, they can change driver mid-use. They can fly around with the vehicle, do spin attacks, and shoot projectiles which can be charged and have different attributes depending on the leading friend's ability (ice, wind, fire, water, electricity, cutting properties or explosives).
***Friend Bridge: The friends hold each other in a line to form a bridge, which they can move up or down. They likely use some form of telekinesis to hold themselves too as energies go around them and they don't reach each other perfectly. They only use this for puzzle solving.
***Friend Train: Using their powers the leading friend gets a train chimney created in their head, while the other friends line up behind. The train continuously runs forward powering through minor enemies, they can jump, travel up walls, across ceilings, and over the surface of the water (it can't jump while on a wall or ceiling).
***Star Allies Sparkler: A Friend Star combined with the 4 Heart Spears, see the section of Optional Equipment for more info.
*Positive Energy Manipulation: Star Allies, especially Kirby, can likely infuse others with positive energy, even as the targets are being fought, and the energies they manipulate while doing Friend Actions and Team Attacks (The white one with colorful stars around, which may trigger with a heart-shaped wave) is specifically something called "positive energy". What exactly positive energy is is a bit vague, but it's related to friendship and companionship and should be the opposite of "negative energy", which is confirmed by , . A series of things show that they can manipulate these energies:
**Kirby's innocent heart began to mix with Void Termina's urge to destroy after defeating his First Core (expelling the crazy Hyness from Void's body is also remarked, and he was presumably manifesting negative energies there, but even without him Void . The happened to the other 2 incarnations of Void Termina shown, without Hyness being initially there in his body). This made Void Termina's Final Core adopt a face like Kirby's, among others more akin to his evil nature.
**When defeating Void, the last incarnation shown, he blows up with energies around his body that are the same as the ones used for the Star Allies' Friend Powers, all while smiling happily and in peace, implying he . Note that Void Termina wasn't indicated to gather positive and negative while already alive, only after the end of his life to reincarnate himself. While it could be speculated that Void Termina still gathers those energies while alive, the fact that implies it's an overtime process, which 4 Star Allies can get done in the time it takes them to defeat "Void Termina, True Destroyer of Worlds" in their non-canon fight. Though they likely got better at using positive energy by then, as the first Void Termina they did fight and defeated did not go down in peace.
*Revival Spell: A technique that, depending on the game, either resurrects dead allies or merely heals them from being defeated & unconscious. Both uses are applied to their users as they are doing the same process over what seems to be the same spell given the same name. Initially appearing in the Team Kirby Clash mini game, the Kirbys there could approach others Kirbys and revive them when being defeated, which meant falling into the floor with their souls leaving their bodies. On the Team Kirby Clash Deluxe & Super Kirby Clash games the Kirbys there could even obtain items to improve their ability to resurrect others. Before the latter game, in Kirby Star Allies, every playable character became able to "Revive" defeated allies, but these defeated allies don't lose their souls and it's notable how some are still breathing.
*Team Attack: In Star Allies when piggybacking an ally or more, they can briefly charge energy to shoot an energy beam. The more allies charging energy the more powerful the attack will be.
===Optional Equipment===
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|-|Maxim Tomato=Heals all of his health when eaten.
|-|Various Food Items=Heal varying amounts of his health.
|-|Invincible Candy=When collected, Taranza becomes invincible and faster for a short time, and almost any enemy he touches will be instantly defeated, or at least damaged.
|-|Dream Rod=When picked up and used Taranza summons one of the following Dream Friends to assist him
*Bandana Waddle Dee
*King Dedede
*Meta Knight
*Rick & Kine & Coo
*Marx
*Gooey
*Adeleine & Ribbon
*Dark Meta Knight
*Daroach
*Magolor
*Taranza
*Susie
*The Three Mage-Sisters
|-|Star Allies Sparkler= The Final Weapon in Star Allies, used to take out Void Termina. The Star Allies Sparkler fires projectiles from the tip, fly around quickly and efficiently, and spin counterclockwise to avoid all damage on a relative scale (Sparkler Turn). Kirby canonically took the lead in the center of the Sparkler while his friends rode in the tail. Still, the leader can be rotated to imbue the shots with a different element depending on the leader (the technique is called Rider Switch). The Sparkler can fire different homing projectiles with varying power depending on charge time. An uncharged shot is called the Sparkler Comet, and it fires a star shaped projectile. A charged shot is called the Sparkler Starshot, and it fires a projectile shaped like two intertwining stars. The strongest attack is called Team Star Allies!, which, if everyone who's riding charges together and releases at the same time, fires a giant laser at the opponent. Taranza uses this item on his own when used in The Ultimate Choice of Star Allies.
|-|Power-Up Hearts=Used to increase his statistics. The effects are shared with allies.
*Speed Power-Up Hearts: Increases speed.
*Health Power-Up Hearts: Increases & heals all health.
*Attack Power-Up Hearts: Increases attack potency.
*All Power-Up Hearts: Gives all previous effects at once.
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==Gallery==
Taranza-Super Kirby Clash.png|The Taranza in the Dream Kingdom
Taranza and his Stand.jpg|Queen's Phantom
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Kirby Star Allies-Artwork.jpg|Artwork with Kirby & co. against the Three Mage-Sisters
Heroes in Another Dimension-Kirby Star Allies wallpaper.jpg|Artwork with Kirby & co. against the retaliators Three Mage-Sisters
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
==References==
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