Kirby Copy Abilities

Copy Ability is a catch-all term referring to Kirby's trademark ability to inherit and utilize the special powers and/or skills of the entities he swallows using his inhale. First introduced in Kirby's Adventure, this ability grants the pink puffball a potentially massive array of different methods of attack and means of traversing the lands he finds himself in. Starting with games like Kirby Super Star, acquiring a Copy Ability also bestows a unique hat, outfit, or other distinguishing feature upon Kirby, which serves as a quick-glance way to determine what kind of power he has obtained.
When Kirby obtains a Copy Ability, he (usually) loses his ability to inhale, instead now relying on the ability's unique attacks to battle his foes. Acquiring an ability often causes Kirby to pose ecstatically or demonstrate the new ability and causes a distinctive chipper sound to play. Kirby's HUD name and icon are also typically replaced with those signifying the ability in question. When Kirby has an ability, he is often referred specifically with that ability as part of his name (e.g. "Fire Kirby", "Sword Kirby", "Plasma Kirby", etc.). However, these abilities are seldom permanent, as Kirby can easily lose them, either by discarding them willingly, taking low or big damage, or simply using them too many times in some instances. When an ability is lost in the former two methods, it will bounce away as an Ability Star, which can be re-absorbed with another inhale.
In main-series Kirby games, Copy Abilities tend to play a central role in gameplay, as many enemies are designed with weaknesses to specific abilities, and many stage devices require certain abilities or combinations thereof to deal with. Several of these games also offer more elaborate mechanics involving these abilities, whether that be by using them to call helpers, combining them with other entities or with each other to create powerful combo attacks, or imposing game rules restricting the use of certain ability functions. Copy Abilities also tend to play a role in the spin-off games, where it is often the case that Kirby has permanent access to one as a form of character selection, or the ability is heavily modified to cater to the specific type of gameplay.
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==Normal or Standard Copy Abilities==
Standard Copy Abilities are those which Kirby can get simply by inhaling and swallowing the appropriate enemy. So far, there are 65 Copy Abilities in the Kirby series of video games, with 28 being the most abilities that have appeared in a single game (Kirby Star Allies):
[Copy Ability]
Sort by name	Icon	First Playable Appearance
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Animal 	 			Enemies:Gaw Gaw
Mid-Bosses:Gao Gao
Archer 	 			Enemies:Spynum
Artist 	 			Mid-Bosses: Vividria
Backdrop	 			Mid-Bosses: Bugzzy
Ball 	 			Enemies: Bubbles
Bosses: Paint Roller (baseball)
Balloon 	 			Enemies: Bloon
Beam 	 			Enemies: Gemra, Laser Ball, Metal Bit, Waddle Doo
Mid-Bosses: King Doo
Bosses: Dedede Clone, King Dedede, Shadow Dedede, Void Soul, Void, Void Termina, Zan Partizanne
Beetle 	 			Enemies: Beetley
Mid-Bosses: Hornhead
Bell 	 			Enemies: Ringle
Bomb 	 			Enemies:
Balloon-Meister, Blowfish, Bomb Machine (missiles), Poppy Bros. Jr., Jungle Bomb, Skud, Pedo, Rockn, Balloon Bomber, Foley, Prank (bombs), Perot, Shadow Kirby (bomb), Volm, Walker Waddle Dee (missiles)
Mid-Bosses: Bombar (bombs), Boxy (bombs), Doc (bombs), Poppy Bros. Sr., Security Force (missiles) Vividria (bombs)
Bosses: Clanky Woods, Combo Cannon, Daroach, HR-D3, King Dedede, Mecha Knight, Metal General, Miracle Matter, Moley, Mr. Dooter, Mrs. Moley, President Haltmann (rubies), Queen Sectonia, Shadow Dedede, Soul of Sectonia, Susie, Void, Void Soul, Void Termina, Wham Bam Jewel, Wiz (bombs)
Bubble 	 			Enemies: Bubble Head
Mid-Bosses: Buboo
Burning 	 			Enemies: Flamer, Bobo, Burnis, Galbo, Magoo, Transformer, Bukiset
Mid-Bosses: Fire Lion, Batafire, Efreeti, Boboo, Master Hand (bullets)
Bosses: Crazy Hand, Master Hand, Miracle Matter, Moley, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright
Circus 	 			Enemies: Clown Acrobot
==Limited-use Abilities==
[Copy Ability]Sort by name	Icon	Limit	First Playable Appearance
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==Super Abilities==
Special [Copy Ability]
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==Robobot Armor Modes==
[Robobot Armor] Mode	Icon	First Appearance
==Mix Abilities==
[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards] Power Combos
[Power Combo]	Icon
===[Kirby: Squeak Squad] Mix Abilities===
[Copy Ability]	Icon	Mix (Base)	Mix (Element)	Required Item
===[Kirby Star Allies] Friend Abilities===
[Copy Ability]	Base Ability	Elemental Ability
== Final Weapon ==
[Final Weapon]	Icon	First Appearance
== Exclusive Copy Abilities ([Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]) ==
*[Baton]
*[Iron]
*[Top]
*[Kabuki]
*[Galaxia]
== In the [Super Smash Bros. series] ==
== Combination Copy Abilities ==
In addition to standard abilities, some titles allow Kirby to fuse his abilities in various ways, whether that be by pairing abilities with certain allies or objects, combining two attacks together, or directly fusing abilities. The following is a brief overview of each category of combination abilities, with details on the respective main articles:
== Miscellaneous Abilities and Costumes ==
Abilities in italics are not confirmed to be true Copy Abilities obtained by inhaling an enemy; rather, they may simply be costumes that Kirby wears.
*Baseball ([Star Slam Heroes] and TRY! KIRBY! SPORTS FESTIVAL artwork)
*Cheerleader (TRY! KIRBY! SPORTS FESTIVAL artwork)
*Conductor ([Sound Test] in [Kirby Super Star]/[Kirby Super Star Ultra] and [ Kirby 25th Anniversary orchestra] artwork)
*Construction Worker (Kirby 25th Anniversary and Kirby Portal artwork)
*Cowboy ([Quick Draw] ([.Kirby on the Draw])
*Explorer ([.The Great Cave Offensive])
*Ekiben Seller ([Kirby Pupupu Train] artwork)
*Fisher ([Kirby and the Forgotten Land])
*[Kyary Pamyu Pamyu] (Japanese New Nintendo 3DS advertisement)
*Lumberjack ([Chop Champs])
*Mechanic (Settings Menu in [Kirby Super Star Ultra])
*[Morgana] (Super Smash Bros.)
*Police Officer ([Kirby Pupupu Train] artwork)
*Sailor (Bon Voyage artwork)
*Samurai ([Samurai Kirby][Kirby Card Swipe])
*Swimmer (TRY! KIRBY! SPORTS FESTIVAL artwork)
*Tennis (TRY! KIRBY! SPORTS FESTIVAL artwork)
*Tour Guide ([Kirby Pupupu Train] artwork)
*Vendor (Kirby and the Forgotten Land])
*Yarn Kirby in [Kirby's Epic Yarn], with his unique move set and abilities.
*Though this is not exactly a Copy Ability, in the opening scene for [Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition], Kirby starts in his 8-bit graphics from [Kirby's Adventure]; but after inhaling and swallowing a star, he changes to resemble his appearance in [Kirby's Return to Dream Land].
**In contrast, in the completed Kirby's 20th Anniversary panel in the StreetPass Mii Plaza game Puzzle Swap, Kirby starts with modern graphics but swallows an 8-bit star, reverting to his 8-bit graphics.
== Unsued ==
Block - This Copy Ability was planned for inclusion in Kirby: Squeak Squad, but was cut out of the final game. It looks similar to the Triple Star ability.
== Other ==
The following are miscellaneous abilities which do not fit into the other categories:
* Mix - This occurs whenever Kirby swallows two or more enemies which provide abilities, and grants him a new ability from a roulette.
* Yarn Transformation - Aside from the Metamortex transformations, Yarn Kirby has access to a number of smaller transformations which act as part of his move-set.
* Ravel Abilities - These are six special powers in Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn which function almost identically to Copy Abilities in the main series.
* Four heroic roles based on existing Copy Abilities are used in the Clash series of games. These are:
** Sword Hero
** Hammer Lord
** Doctor Healmore
** Beam Mage
=== Gallery Standard ===
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