Donny Smith

* Current
* NES (8-bit)
* Gameboy
* Human

Quote*"WE? I ALREADY PLAYED MY PART WHEN I WARNED YOU BASTARDS ABOUT THE BUG! YOU CORPORATE ASSHOLES WERE ASKING FOR THIS!"*
*-Kirby Super Star: Update V2*
**Donny Smith** is the main character that appears in both TMK Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3. He is a beta tester for The Tester Foundation, and serves as the main protagonist in seasons 1-3.

## *Background*

Although not much is known about Donny's earlier life, it is known that he joined The Testers Foundation around 1995, after Beta Tester 1 had been fired from his position at Kirby Super Star. When Donny joined, he noticed a severe bug known as TMK, which seemed to be sentient, unlike the rest of the game. When he had told his boss, King Dedede, he was told to just leave it alone, as it isn't an issue at all.

Eventually, Donny would spend less time bug testing for Kirby Super Star, and had been warned about the loss of Brent Cole, who is King Dedede's son. When asked to help Dedede get rid of the virus, Donny refused, and would later be tied up by Dedede to get answers.

When Dedede walks up to Donny moments after tying him up, he discovers that Donny had been infected by the TMK virus, and was experiencing hallucinations, and black outs every time he had heard the word "TMK."

Soon enough, Donny would be hunted down by a figure known as The Assassin, a statue that looked similar to Kirby. This statue was most likely created by the Testers Foundation because of how he had broken rule #2. But, instead of being killed, he would be teleported to a circus like area. This circus like area is where he would meet Beta Tester 1, who he now knows as Marx, or Karl. After meeting up with Marx, and talking to him about how he's sorry for how things went, Donny would almost be killed by Marx out of frustration, but, Donny's life would be saved by TMK.EXE, the computer virus he had been trying to get rid of.

## *Personality*

Donny is shown to be very calm, and short-tempered. In Project: Super Kirby Bug Report 2// TMK.EXE, he tells King Dedede about how TMK has been infecting Kirby Super Star, and when told "no," he walks away without having any frustration with his boss. He also remains calm when he is blackmailed by both King Dedede, and Marx later on, and tries to have small talk with them to calm them down, which doesn't work.

Though, in Kirby// The Truth will come out, he is shown to be short-tempered with Dedede when he comes into his home looking for help after the loss of his son, Brent Cole, Donny refuses to do anything about the virus when asked to, and calls Dedede a "corporate asshole" while yelling at him. The same would happen in TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 2), when he would called Marx an "asshole," after he gets angry for replacing him. He also tells Marx that him not cooperating is "his problem."

## *Appearance*

Donny has 2 different appearance, one as Waddle Dee, and one as a human. His Waddle Dee form is more common. When shown in this manner, he is an orange circle, and has tiny little nubs as hands. He has a pale face, and 2 eyes inside of this pale section of a head, but strangely no mouth. He is often seen holding a Parasol in Season 1, but he never actually uses it as a weapon in the series, and defends himself with his fists. he is also very short due to being a small orange circle.

His parasol is around the same size as he is, but is more thin than he is. It has a orange pole sticking out of the bottom so he can hold it, and the actual parasol part is 2 colors, red, and white. This red and white parasol is a pattern that switches from red to white strips that goes vertically through the parasol. At the top of the parasol, is a golden star that is very small.

As a human however, he seems to be much taller. He has short black hair that goes slightly upward, and a tall nose. He also wears a black suit. But, as a human, he actually has a mouth, and completed arms.

## *Prominence*

### *Season 1*

#### *Project: Super Kirby Bug Report// TMK.EXE*

Being Donny's first appearance, he does not serve much of a purpose. He appears near the ending of the video, talking to an unknown staff member that works for the Kirby Super Star division of Nintendo. He talks to the employee about how TMK has gotten worse, but before he can finish the phone call, it is promptly finished up by TMK.EXE.

#### *Project: Super Kirby Bug Report 2// TMK.EXE*

This episode marks the first appearance of Donny showing that he is a beta tester for Kirby Super Star. He walks up to Dedede's office, and tells him that after all of the bug reports he had sent out about the virus, nothing had changed, and the virus was still roaming. But, this was intentional, because Dedede did not find the bug important, and sends him out of the office.

#### *Kirby// The Truth will come out*

Donny appears in his home this time, which also marks the first time his house is seen. He is awoken by King Dedede, who is at his door, and walks in. Donny tries to get him out of the house, but hears that his son had been infected by the TMK virus, and needs to know everything that Donny knows.

### *Season 2*

#### *Too Much Kirby: Symptom 1 hallucinations*

This episode marks the first time that Donny is confirmed to have TMK. King Dedede finds him asleep on the floor in his house, and discovers that Donny has pills to cure the virus each day. He is shown to have hallucinations from the virus, such as seeing things bigger, and scarier than they are, and constantly seeing the face of TMK.EXE randomly, sometimes Kirby's as well.

#### *TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 1)*

In this episode, Donny finds himself in a circus like room, and slowly gets TMK out of his head. But, before he can celebrate, an unknown figure tells him that something like that will never happen, and Donny thinks the virus said that. But, this figure introduces himself, he is Beta Tester 1, the beta tester that Donny had replaced. Marx was angry, because he can no longer live inside of his favorite game, Kirby Super Star, and tries to get answers from Donny as to why.

#### *TMK S2: Donny vs Marx (Part 2)*

This episode once again follows Donny and Marx, as Marx walks out of the room, Donny apologizes for how things went, but calls Marx and asshole when he doesn't accept the apology. Soon after, Donny gets punched in the cheek, which sends one of his teeth out. He is told that Marx is not beneath him, and Marx tries to get answers. Even more pissed now, Donny gets threatened by Marx with life, but, Donny's life is saved by TMK.EXE before he dies.

## *His TMK Infection*

Donny Smith, despite being the most safe about TMK out of most of the characters in the series, was infected by the virus. This was shown in a video about it. It is unknown how he had gotten the disease, though it is safe to say that it was caused by his lead in developing for Kirby Super Star, a game with the source of TMK inside of it.

## *His role in Kirby Super Star*

Donny is a development member for the game Kirby Super Star. He plays the role of testing the game, which means he has to keep in charge of reporting bugs to developers, such as TMK.EXE. TMK.EXE eventually spreads due to another scripter, leading to it coming out into the real world to take the lives of many humans.

## *Quotes*

* "This fatso better listen this time."
* "Have you been drinking..?"
* "It's finally quiet.. Did the infection go away? I never thought this day would every come."
* "How are you able to do this? You died. I saw your death."
* "Hey you don't need to be such an asshole man"
* "I'm telling the truth. Don't believe me, that's your problem."

## *Trivia*

* He is a developer for Hal Laboratory, and Nintendo.
* Donny doesn't only take the appearance of Waddle Dee, he is a human in real world story. This same treatment goes for other characters, such as Marx and King Dedede.
* The virus communicates with Donny while he is at work, this may be how he got TMK.
* Donny Cole had a random name change in one of the Nintendo guide videos.
* As confirmed by Maple Riot, Donny's symptoms for TMK are only mild because of his age.
* In Too Much Kirby: Symptom 1 hallucinations, it was revealed what is seen by characters infected with TMK.
* Some sites claim that Donny is "dead" and the events of TMK are happening in his mind. These claims have never been confirmed yet.