Kirby (Kirby)

Kirby (カービィ, Kābī in Japan) is the titular main protagonist of Nintendo's .
He is a pink puffball like unknown species who is from Planet Popstar who is well-known for his ability to vacuum up his enemies and copy their powers. He is the best friend of Bandana Waddle Dee, the friendly arch-rival of both King Dedede and Meta Knight and the arch-nemesis of Dark Matter.
Kirby is voiced by , who also voices Ness in the EarthBound franchise, Susie Haltmann in Kirby, Nephenee and Lyndis in Fire Emblem and Yui Kasuga in Corrector Yui.
==Overview==
Kirby has been featured in his own anime series, many manga publications in several countries, and even an educational video co-starring Mario. He has his fair share in Nintendo's merchandising from all his appearances, although many of them are only released in Japan.
Kirby lives in his dome-shaped home in Dream Land, a country on his home planet Pop Star. His adventures take him throughout Dream Land and occasionally into local star systems for various reasons, and he has saved his homeland several times.
The Kirby series is one of Nintendo's many well-known game franchises, spanning nearly twenty games since 1992. His first appearance took place in the 1992 video game Kirby's Dream Land, where he was portrayed by a two-dimensional sprite; since Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards for the Nintendo 64, he has made several appearances in 3-D. He has been featured in other video games from Nintendo, on Nintendo's merchandising, on comic books, and even on a television show.
Kirby is described in his games as a small pink puffball, who is a citizen of Dreamland on the planet Pop Star. In the main game, he almost always has the same abilities; he can walk, run, jump, float, slide, and inhale, spit out, or devour his enemies. 
Kirby often journeys across the planet Pop Star, defeating antagonistic forces such as the greedy King Dedede or the evil Dark Matter. On other occasions, he encounters the enigmatic Meta Knight. To defeat his foes, he uses his signature ability to inhale large objects and spitting them out with great force. 
From Kirby's Adventure onward, Kirby was able to gain the abilities of the enemies he swallowed, better known as his Copy Abilities. In several games in the series, he obtains a mystical weapon during the climax of the battle against his enemy; this weapon is usually required to defeat the final boss.
==Appearance==
Kirby is a small round creature, with pink skin and red feet. According to Super Smash Bros. he is eight inches tall, however his height is inconsistent in the games themselves. In the games he has two small fingerless hands (depicted and illustrated as just stubs,) and large red feet/shoes. He has round blue eyes with black pupils and a mouth that, while at first may seem small, and grow to epic proportions. In all of the games he sports two red blushes on his cheeks. He is extremely light and flexible; in the games he can become flat as a pancake, but as hard as a rock. In the original games Kirby's facial features were small, though in more recent titles they've grown. It should be noted that the Japanese and American boxart of the Kirby games have slight alterations. While in Japan Kirby always seems to be peppy on the boxart, Nintendo of America changes the box art slightly so that Kirby has less passive, more aggressive eyes and occasionally has a frown. In the games it is mentioned that Kirby is a male.
==Personality==
In virtually all his appearances, Kirby is depicted as cheerful, innocent and food-loving; however, he becomes fearless, bold and clever in the face of danger. Despite his childlike nature and naivety, he is shown to be quite a kindhearted puffball who is strongly driven to protect his home and its other inhabitants, as well as to do what's right in general, as demonstrated by how quick he's been to intervene in outside matters to help others in need on multiple occasions. He is also frequently shown to be good at making friends easily despite lacking the ability to speak. 
==Biography==
===Kirby's Dream Land===
When King Dedede steals all the food in Dream Land, Kirby takes it upon himself to get it all back. In this game, Kirby is unable to copy the abilities of his foes and will need to rely on his standard moves to defend himself or clear obstacles. At the end of each stage is a boss that Kirby must defeat to obtain Sparkling Stars that will help him retrieve the stolen food from Mount Dedede.
===Kirby's Adventure===
Kirby travels through 7 worlds to recover the pieces of the Star Rod that has been destroyed by King Dedede, to return them to the dream spring so that the people of the dreamland can enjoy their naps again.
 
At the end of the game, it is revealed that Dedede didn't mean to cause harm to the people of the Dream Land, instead, he hid the rod from the nightmare which tried to cause pain to the people of the Dream Land. Together with the help of Dedede he can defeat the nightmare and bring back the dreams to the people of the Dream Land
===Kirby's Pinball Land===
In this game Kirby chases Dedede in a pinball he created.
 
===Kirby's Return to Dreamland===
Kirby was present with Meta Knight, King Dedede, and Bandana Waddle Dee when the majestic Lor Starcutter was broken and its enigmatic pilot Magolor inquired their assistance in repairing it, leading to five worlds of adventure. He promised the quartet a tour of his alleged homeworld, Halcandra, when the ship was fixed. Kirby vanquished the Grand Doomer and the ship's reparation was complete. During the vacation, however, the dragon Landia brought down the Lor once again, prompting Kirby to seek out the dragon by navigating a series of factories and defeating his vanguard, the Metal General. Arriving in a volcanic realm, he incapacitated Landia and wrenched the Master Crown from its four heads, all of which had sprouted small torsos and appendages after Kirby unintentionally severed them, but Magolor claimed it as his own, arrogantly confessing he had been using Kirby to accomplish the coming of a star-spanning empire. Before he could launch his conquest, Kirby realized his battle with Landia was a misunderstanding and climbed on its back, with its other heads being ridden into space by his comrades. They defeated Magolor in direct combat, but his malevolent soul manifested in the crown's power, so when Kirby forced the crown from his form, the entire surrounding dimension began to collapse. Landia and the Lor swooped in and rescued everyone, and they returned to the Material Plane, happily awakening on Planet Popstar.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros. Series===
====Super Smash Bros.====
Kirby appears as one of the main 8 fighters alongside Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus Aran, Yoshi, Fox McCloud, and Pikachu.
====Super Smash Bros. Melee====
Kirby returns in Melee as the only character from his series. He is still a default character, but unlike the previous game, he is lighter and slower. He is also given a side special move, the Hammer, which allows him to swing the hammer once on the ground and spinning vertically in the air. In addition, his dash attack has been changed to the Burning ability. "Twinkle Star" is now Kirby's standard aerial; his up aerial is completely new, being the Moon Somersault Kick from the Fighter ability; his forward aerial is now the Aerial Spin Kick, also from the Fighter ability.
====Super Smash Bros. Brawl====
Kirby returns in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. His power ups were represented by the following trophies:
*Beam Kirby
*Needle Kirby
*Sword Kirby
*Sleep Kirby
*Wing Kirby
*Fighter Kirby
*Fire Kirby
*Ice Kirby
*Plasma Kirby
*Tornado Kirby
He also was represented by stickers: Kirby from Kirby Air Ride give a boost on hand and foot attacks by 17 to him, Meta Knight and King Dedede, Cook Kirby give a boost on flinch resistance by 140 to any fighter, Needle Kirby give a boost on head attacks by 29 to any fighter, Kirby from Kirby 64 give a boost on body and spin attacks by 22 to him, Meta Knight and King Dedede, King Dedede & Kirby give a boost on direct attacks by 21 to them and Meta Knight, Kirby from Kirby & The Amazing Mirror give a boost on swim time to any fighter, and Cupid Kirby equip the fighter a Star Rod.
Kirby is one of the protagonists of the Subspace Emissary. In the beginning, Kirby and Mario have a friendly duel in Midair Stadium. The player can choose either Kirby or Mario to play as. If the player chooses Kirby, Kirby beats Mario but later resurrects him. Later, the Subspace Army attacks the stadium, but Kirby and Mario, with the help of Peach and Zelda, were able to stop them. After their battle, the Ancient Minister appears and his R.O.B. minions place a Subspace Bomb in Midair Stadium. 
Mario ran to stop the bomb, but gets blown away by a cannon ball. Kirby is ambushed by Petey Piranha, who has captured Peach and Zelda. Kirby then battles against Petey. After either Peach or Zelda is freed, Kirby takes her for a ride off into the Sea of Clouds on his Warp Star before taking a hit and landing on the Halberd. Soon, an Arwing is shot down, blowing both the princess and Kirby off the Halberd on the ground below.
After the princess and Kirby land in a grassy area, Kirby sees Bowser and runs away. The princess tries to stop him, but gets turned into a trophy by Bowser. Kirby hops on King Dedede's Cargo (which is the cargo he stole from Wario) and waits there.
After King Dedede collects the Mario and Pit/Link and Yoshi trophies, Kirby hops out. With his Final Cutter, Kirby destroys the large object that is holding the two trophies. Kirby quickly revives the two, and they all jump off the cargo. King Dedede turns around and leaves, but his cargo ends up blowing an engine from an arrow that's either fired by Link or Pit.
Kirby, Mario, Pit, Link and Yoshi become a team and go to save the other trophies (the other princess Kirby didn't save, Ness, and Luigi). They reach King Dedede's castle, but they are still unable to rescue the trophies as Bowser and his Koopa Troopas escapes with the princess trophy in his Koopa Clown Car while the other trophies are buried under a large pile of stones. 
While Bowser steals the princess, the badge that Dedede had put on the princess falls. Kirby sees the badge and swallows it. The team then leaves because Dedede's Castle got absorbed into Subspace by another Subspace Bomb. After leaving, they reach a desert below the castle where they follow the Ancient Minister. However, the Ancient Minister sends R.O.B.s out to stop them, and he sets another bomb. It explodes, but the five were able to escape the explosion.
Later, all of the other heroes join up with them afterward. Near the end, when the heroes are all fighting Ganondorf and Bowser in their large Subspace Gunship, Kirby destroys the gunship with his Dragoon. Ganondorf and Bowser escape by entering the large black hole in the sky, with all the heroes following them inside.
After entering Subspace itself, Kirby and all the others make their way to Tabuu and attempt to fight him; however, they are all defeated with his Off Waves. Later, the badge that Kirby swallowed turned him back to life. Kirby is brought back and goes off to revive Link, Yoshi, Peach, Zelda, the Ice Climbers, Meta Knight, Lucario, R.O.B., Solid Snake and Wario. Alternatively, the player can choose not to revive them, although doing this will not let the player play as these characters in the Great Maze. 
Soon, Kirby comes across Ganondorf in his trophy form, but before he revives him, Bowser suddenly appears and starts attacking Ganondorf, having been betrayed by him earlier. Dedede then reunites with Kirby. Kirby and the heroes then fight Tabuu again and defeat him, freeing the Smash world from Subspace.
====Super Smash Bros. 4 for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U====
Kirby appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros 4 for the WiiU and 3DS and is voiced by Makiko Ōmoto. 
====Super Smash Bros. Ultimate====
Kirby returns in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as one of the original eight initial characters. 
Kirby was featured by various spirits. Kirby himself is a fighter spirit that can be obtained by clearing the classic mode with him. Warp Star is an advanced support type that equip the user a warp star. His spirit only can be purchased at Funky Kong's Shack. Star Road is an ace support type that makes the user's attacks stronger if they manage to deliver the first attack in a fight. His spirit battle is against four Kirby equipped with Star Roads on the Fountain of Dreams. Ultra Sword is an ace support type that gives the user a chance of double final smash. His spirit only can be purchased at Sheldon's Place. Robobot Armor is an advanced support type that increases the user's weapon attacks. His spirit battle is a stamina battle against four metal Kirby on the Halberd.
Kirby again plays a prominent role in World of Light. He is the only playable character at the start of the game, as all other fighters were annihilated by Galeem's beams of light. Kirby alone managed to escape this attack by pushing his Warp Star to the very limit. The captured fighters are then used by Galeem to create evil clones, which are in turn populated with the spirits of other captured characters from an assortment of game universes. Kirby is then faced with the monumental task of defeating these puppet fighters, in order to free both his allies and the trapped spirits from Galeem's control. Mario is always the first fighter to be rescued. However, once he has joined the party, the player is no longer obligated to use Kirby at any point.
===Anime===
==Copy Abilities==
Sword Kirby.png|Sword Kirby
Fire Kirby.png|Fire Kirby
Ice Kirby.png|Ice Kirby
Spark Kirby.webp|Spark Kirby
Beam Kirby.png|Beam Kirby
Fighter Kirby.png|Fighter Kirby
Bomb Kirby.png|Bomb Kirby
Kirby Ninja.png|Ninja Kirby
Hammer Kirby.png|Hammer Kirby
KTD Circus.png|Circus Kirby
==Trivia==
*Some of Kirby's Copy Abilities in certain games can make him change color, some examples include:
**Fire - Red
**Ice - Blue
**Mirror - White
**Beam - Yellow
**Ninja - Purple
**Needle - Yellow
**Spark - Green
**Plasma - Pale (Kirby Super Star), Green (Kirby Super Star Ultra)
**Stone - Brown
**Water (in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!): Translucent blue
**Hypernova - Rainbow
*In the Super Smash Bros. series, many of Jigglypuff's attacks and abilities are similar to Kirby's.
**However, as of recent Smash games, Kirby and Jigglypuff received enough changes that Jigglypuff is no longer considered any sort of clone.
*Kirby's early name is "Popopo", which can be seen in an early Japanese ad of Kirby's Dreamland.
*It is unknown where Kirby name comes from, however, most people believe that his name either comes from the American attorney, John Kirby, or the vacuum cleaner of the same name.
*Despite Kirby's male gender in localizations, his gender is actually unknown, according to the Japanese version.
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