Poppy Bros. Jr.

**Poppy Bros. Jr.** is the deuteragonist of *Kirby: Right Back At Ya! DX* and Kirby's best friend.

## Appearance

Poppy Bros. Jr. is an elf with a wide smile and a somewhat humanoid appearance with a distinct head and torso. However, he has no arms and his round hands float independently from his body. He wears a navy blue party hat with yellow, green, and pink explosion motifs on it, a cyan ribbon on the top, a large white trimming and a blue, diamond-shaped gem with a large yellow rim on the front. He wears blue clothes with two white buttons and a white collar. He also wears yellow pointed shoes.

## Personality

Poppy Bros. Jr. is a caring elf, as seen when he worries about his father starving himself to feed him. However, he's not to be messed with: he enjoys blowing up people who mess with him. He still has his caring personality even in those situations, as he doesn't want his friends to be caught in the crossfire.

## Powers and abilities

Poppy Bros. Jr. can summon bombs out of thin air. If Kirby swallows one of these bombs, Kirby gets Poppy's ability to summon bombs.

## Relationships

### Kirby

Poppy Bros. Jr. is arguably Kirby's best friend. Kirby befriended Poppy by offering himself to find some food for Poppy's father, Poppy Bros. Sr..

### Poppy Bros. Sr.

Poppy Bros. Sr. is Poppy Bros. Jr.'s father, and is a good one. As such, Poppy cares about his father.

## Biography

Poppy Bros. Jr. is first seen while Kirby is wandering aimlessly throughout Green Greens. When this happens, Poppy is upset because his father, Poppy Bros. Sr., is starving himself to feed Poppy. Kirby offered to find food for Poppy Sr., but Poppy interpreted it as Kirby going to fight King Dedede, the one responsible for the food crisis. He decides to help Kirby because he loves his faher. After a fight with Whispy Woods, the two got two sacks of apples, which they brought to Poppy's home after a tour of Poppy's hometown, Cappy Town. At Poppy's home and after lunch, Meta Knight raided Poppy's home, looking for Kirby. Meta Knight found Kirby, but let him be, because he believed Kirby needed Poppy. Right as he was leaving, Sir Ebrum comes and informs Meta Knight that Tiff and Tuff were kidnapped by Escargoon. Poppy announces that he and Kirby will save Tiff and Tuff from Castle Lololo, where Escargoon was holding them hostage, and then the two left for Castle Lololo.

When they arrived at Castle Lololo, it turned out that the castle's owners, Lololo and Lalala, merely wanted to befriend Tiff and Tuff. When this was revealed, Escargoon took the two away and flew away with Kabula, but he only made it to Bubbly Clouds, as Kirby caused Kabula to crash.

## Trivia

* In canon, there are multiple Poppy Bros. Jrs.. Here, however, there only seems to be one.
	+ However, this particular Poppy Bros. Jr. is likely the helper Poppy Bros. Jr. from *Kirby Superstar* and *Kirby Star Allies*. Evidence being that the first enemy Kirby befriends in the latter is a Poppy Bros. Jr.
		- Coincidentally enough, Poppy Bros. Jr. is the first inhabitant of Dream Land Kirby befriends, much like how he's the first Helper in *Kirby Star Allies.*
* Poppy Bros. Jr. is the first character in this series whose ability was copied by Kirby.
	+ The ability Poppy Bros. Jr. gives is called "Bomb", since Poppy can summon bombs out of thin air.
* When Kirby gains the Ice ability for the first time (while fighting Mr. Frosty in Float Islands), Poppy makes a reference to the "Ice is nice" meme.
	+ Him considering it's a good idea to combine Bomb and Ice while in an area where bombs could cause collateral damage is a reference either to the Power Combo ability from *Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards* or the Elemental Attributes from *Kirby Star Allies*. In both instances, Bomb and Ice can be combined.