Bandana Waddle Dee

Bandana Waddle Dee, also known as Bandana Dee, or simply Waddle Dee, is a major character in the franchise. 
He is a Waddle Dee who is Kirby's best friend and King Dedede's former right-hand minion.
Bandana Waddle Dee debuts in Kirby Super Star and it’s remake, Kirby Super Star Ultra, as the first opponent in the sub-game Megaton Punch. He then appears in the latter as the secondary antagonist of Revenge of the King and redeemed himself later on.
==Biography==
===Kirby Super Star/Kirby Super Star Ultra===
He debuted in Kirby Super Star as the first opponent in Megaton Punch.
He also appeared in Kirby Super Star Ultra as a mini-boss (replacing the "Arena Waddle Dee" in Kirby Super Star) and the secondary antagonist of the Revenge of the King Sub-Game, where he is given a much larger role sending out bosses to fight Kirby and appears as the second to last boss before masked Dedede.
===Kirby Mass Attack===
Bandana Waddle Dee makes a cameo in the sub-game Strato Patrol EOS, cheering for Meta Knight, along with Sailor Dee.
===Kirby's Return to Dreamland===
Bandana Waddle Dee's playable debut and first heroic role. He joins Kirby, Meta Knight and King Dedede to help Magolor recover his gears called Energy Spheres to the ship, defeat Landia and later defeat Magolor Soul.
===Kirby & the Rainbow Curse===
Bandana Waddle Dee appears in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse as a playable character alongside two identically dressed, but differently colored, Waddle Dees. While Kirby is in his ball form, Bandana Waddle Dee controls normally in traditional platformer style, and can assist Kirby as he plays through stages. He can perform actions such as picking Kirby up and tossing him to other players. 
He can also thrust his spear in different directions to attack enemies. This is required when fighting Grab Hands, who appear as mid-bosses regularly throughout the game when more than one player is present. Aside from during the final boss battle, they do not appear in single-player mode, because Kirby has no means of defeating them alone. When entering the game and taking damage, one is able to hear his voice clips through the speakers on the Wii Remote.
Bandana Waddle Dee's abilities change when Kirby has a transformation.
===Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot===
He appears as an ally in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot, giving Kirby a special item before facing a boss or mini-boss.
===Team Kirby Clash Deluxe===
Bandana Waddle Dee sits near the Gem Apple Tree. Kirby can talk to him to receive tips and other information. Every 12 hours, he can harvest Gem Apples that are growing on the tree, giving them to the player.
===Kirby Battle Royale===
In this game, he appears as the main deuteragonist of the Story Mode. He joins Kirby to reach and win Dedede's Cake Royale. He is Kirby's ally during the whole tournament, and helps him to defeat the Kirby Clones (in some battles), the Meta-Knights, and King Dedede.
===Kirby Star Allies===
He returned in Kirby Star Allies as a playable Dream Friend.
===Kirby Fighters===
Bandana Waddle Dee is one of the starting playable characters in Kirby Fighters 2.
===Kirby and the Forgotten Land===
Bandana Waddle Dee is playable in co-op mode and is controlled by the second player. During single player mode, he resides in Waddle Dee Town until he is needed to assist Kirby.
==Other Media==
===Super Smash Bros.===
Bandana Waddle Dee appears as an enhanced primary spirit of Waddle Dee in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
==Gallery==
===Images===
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KSA-BandanaDee.png|Bandana Dee's artwork from Kirby Star Allies.
KF2 Bandana Waddle Dee.png|Bandana Dee's artwork from Kirby Fighters 2.
BandannaWaddleDeeKATFL.png|Bandana Dee's artwork from Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
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==Trivia==
*Bandana Dee was also nicknamed simply Waddle Dee.
*In Kirby Battle Royale, he uses an umbrella instead of his usual spear.
*He is playable in Kirby's Return to Dreamland, Kirby & the Rainbow Curse, Kirby Star Allies, and Kirby Fighters 2.
*There's theories and rumors that state that the Waddle Dee in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is actually Bandana Dee.
*At one point, Bandana Waddle Dee was going to be named "Bandee", but this was dropped due to possible confusion over the character's identity and to make him a representative of Waddle Dees as a whole.
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