King Dedede

**King Dedede** is the self-proclaimed king of Dream Land; while the inhabitants of Cappy Town and, ironically enough, his minister's daughter don't see him as such, the Waddle Dees do.

## Appearance

King Dedede is a penguin dressed in royal, red finery, with his personal emblem (a peace sign) embossed on the back of his robe, as well as most of the items or weaponry he owns and/or endorses. King Dedede himself is rather portly, is blue-skinned and has a yellow, beak-like mouth. His irises are a blueish hue with a large white highlight in the middle and Dedede's eyelids are blue. He is consistently seen with his round red cap, which has a yellow or golden rim and a white ball at the top. He has blue flipper-like hands, though they are usually covered by a pair of yellow mittens. He has a red and yellow, zigzag-patterned obi stretched across his waist.

## Personality

Dedede is lazy and greedy, having stolen all the food in Dream Land out of gluttony. He has little interest in ruling outside of Waddle Dee Town.

His debut chapter shows that, despite his selfishness, he cares about the Waddle Dees, having built Waddle Dee Town for them and having tought them how to fight. In turn, the Waddle Dees are loyal to Dedede, with one of them even going as far as to try and stop Kirby.

Dedede also has standards, since he was disgusted by the "no money back" policy of NightMare Enterprises.

It's later shown that, as greedy and selfish as he is, he has a heart of gold, as he finds Kirby a home when Tokkori kept getting in the way of the Cappies.

## Biography

At some point, Dedede crowned himself king over Dream Land and created Waddle Dee Town, likely after having met the Waddle Dees and having grown fond of them. However, his lack of care for the other inhabitants of Dream Land made him cause crisis after crisis. The latest one was a food crisis, where, out of gluttony, he stole all the food of Dream Land.

Tiff tried to consult the Star Spirits to stop him. And, as the Star Spirits said, Dedede was stopped: after saving Tiff and Tuff from Escargoon, Kirby came to Castle Dedede. Dedede, out of desperation, makes a deal with NightMare Enterprises, who sent two monsters, Mr. Tick Tock and Fire Lion, after Kirby. However, after Kirby slain those monsters, Dedede realized he was scammed when NightMare Enterprises reveals itself to have a no money back policy, causing him to cut the deal off. Dedede then tried to send a Waddle Dee with a bandana to face Kirby, but when that Waddle Dee complained, Dedede decided to face Kirby himself.

Despite having fared better than the monsters, Dedede still was defeated by Kirby. He was next seen walking in the sunset, believing he may not be a good king after all, to which the Waddle Dees came and revealed that Dedede was a great king in their eyes, explaining how much he cares for them. This touches Dedede in the heart, and decides to resume his self-proclaimed rule with the Waddle Dees by his side.

Starting to see Kirby as a threat, he comes with the idea to have Kirby settle in Waddle Dee Town, which he succeeds with some help from Fecto Elfilin, though not before an incident involving Bandana Waddle Dee ruining his meal, or another one involving Tokkori tricking Kirby into blowing up a gas station when Dedede tried to fuel his car.

## Trivia

* According to The Merger Magikoopa, King Dedede will try to become a better ruler.
* According to The Merger Magikoopa, Dedede's portrayal in his debut chapter makes Tiff look like a jerk.
* In the chapter when he and Cappy Town were racing at giving Kirby a home, during the scene at Kawasaki's diner, Dedede makes a reference to Big Smoke's order from *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.* Fitting, since he's a glutton.
	+ It should be noted that he ordered the smaller number 9s for Bandana Waddle Dee and Escargoon, and the number 6 with extra dip for Waddle Doo.
* The Merger Magikoopa intends for Dedede to undergo character development in future arcs, and have him and Tiff eventually get along as a result of this character development.

## References

1. ↑ Dedede: "I'll have two number 9s, a number 9 large, a number 6 with extra dip, a number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large coke."