Fecto Forgo

Larva

Invasive Species: Fecto Forgo

Phsychic Beast: Soul Forgo

### Notes

“You... You dare... Plan ruined. Important plan. Needed labor. Opened vortex. Found workforce. Brought here. And yet? Error made. Irksome, pink contaminant... Careful planning. Now wasted. No more planning. No more patience. Instead... EVERYTHING. SHALL BE. CONSUMED.“

**Fecto Forgo**, also referred to as **specimen ID-F86** and **the Great One**, is a character in the *Kirby* series, debuting as the main antagonist of *Kirby and the Forgotten Land*.

## Physical Appearance

In their larva form, Fecto Forgo resembles a fetus of Fecto Elfilis (which it was once part of) or (to a lesser extent) Elfilin. They have veiny red skin with teal fur on their back, two large ears accompanied by two protrusions on both sides of their head, and dark blue eyes with white pupils (which, however, are not frequently seen because Fecto Forgo's eyes are closed for the bulk of the time they are on screen). Their tail is curved to their front and their arms are tucked into their chest. The protrusions on their head, arms, and tail are red with teal tips. The left side of their head is noticeably melted, mirroring the chip in Elfilin's right ear, likely due to being incomplete.

After breaking out of the Eternal Capsule, Fecto Forgo's body degenerates into a mass of teal goop that project tendrils in order to capture and absorb other beings. After absorbing numerous members of the Beast Pack, they develop into a hideous chimera of their captive's features. Their main face resembles a red version of Leongar, with exaggerated fangs and several tendrils within their mouth. Leongar's left ear has been replaced by a Buffahorn's horn, while his right ear resembles that of a Primal Awoofy. The bodies and faces of an Awoofy, a Rabiroo, a Gnawcodile, a Digguh, a Poison Croakom, a Balloon-Meister, and four Sssnackers can also be seen protruding from Fecto Forgo's blobby mass, all displaying black eyes with a series of concentric white and pink rings for irises around tiny white pupils. A recreation of Leongar's left arm protrudes from the left edge of the chimera, which is used to help drag the otherwise limbless monstrosity along.

## General Information & History

Fecto Forgo is the incomplete, malevolent half of another being known as Fecto Elfilis, a hostile creature that hails from the depths of space. Fecto Elfilis had the power to create dimensional rifts and travel through them to other dimensions, an ability inherited by both Elfilin and Fecto Forgo; much like Fecto Forgo, they used those powers to further their own invasive purposes.

In the distant past, Fecto Elfilis arrived in the New World and began invading the planet by attacking its wildlife; however, their campaign did not get far before a research team of the ancient civilization that once inhabited the planet captured them in the Eternal Capsule, which was custom made to contain their power. The researchers soon began to study the alien's spatial transportation ability within Lab Discovera, the results of which allowed them to become highly advanced in science and create technologies that share Fecto Elfilis's ability. 30 years after the research began, however, an accident occurred during an experiment with Fecto Elfilis's warping ability, in which the imprisoned invader was split in two. Their compassionate, more caring side split off into a being known as Elfilin, while their completely malevolent half split off into Fecto Forgo. Without their other half, Fecto Forgo was incomplete and thus remained dormant inside the Eternal Capsule. Some time after these events, the people of the ancient civilization abandoned the planet with their newfound technology, leaving Fecto Forgo alone and forgotten in the Eternal Capsule.

Many years later, Fecto Forgo was encountered by Leongar, the leader of the animal kingdom that had risen up in the previous civilization's absence. Sensing an opportunity to escape their confinement, Fecto Forgo used their psychic powers emitted by their dreams to take over Leongar's mind, brainwashing him into becoming their minion. Using Leongar, they formed the vicious Beast Pack in order to find - and ultimately consume - their other half, Elfilin, leading into the events of *Kirby and the Forgotten Land*.

## Games

### *Kirby and the Forgotten Land*

#### Story

By the time of the main story, Fecto Forgo had brainwashed every animal in the animal kingdom into serving under them, and was using them all to try to find and capture Elfilin. However, they still needed more energy to fuel their endeavors, so they sought out an energy source. Without Elfilin's soul to temper their power, their spatial teleportation ability ran amok and opened dimensional rifts throughout various dimensions. One such dimension was Kirby's dimension, where the rifts opened right above the skies of Dream Land and proceeded to suck the residents of Dream Land, including Kirby himself, to Fecto Forgo's dimension.

Once the residents of Dream Land arrived, Fecto Forgo concluded that the Waddle Dees were a suitable power source, so they maneuvered the Beast Pack into capturing all the Waddle Dees they could and bring them to Lab Discovera, where they would be forced to run in wheels like hamsters to power Fecto Forgo's efforts. Additionally, Fecto Forgo's psychic powers allowed them to take over the mind of King Dedede shortly after he arrived, and brainwashed him into joining the Beast Pack; they also tried to control Meta Knight, but failed due to his sheer force of will. Regardless, the mass abduction of the Waddle Dees prompted Kirby and Elfilin to venture out to save them from the Beast Pack.

Once Kirby, Bandana Waddle Dee and Elfilin defeated the brainwashed King Dedede in Winter Horns, they were too busy celebrating to notice that the king had recovered and was right behind Elfilin. Dedede captured Elfilin in a cage and fled the scene, forcing Kirby to give chase to the Forbidden Island. There, Dedede brought Elfilin to Lab Discovera, where both Fecto Forgo and Leongar were residing.

After Kirby arrives at Lab Discovera, Leongar introduces him to Fecto Forgo, stating that he plans to reunite Elfilin and Fecto Forgo into Fecto Elfilis so as to gain the same teleportation abilities that the previous civilization used. He thus attacks Kirby in order to stop him from thwarting his plan, but when Kirby proves too powerful, Fecto Forgo takes matters into their own hands and takes control of Leongar's mind, fighting Kirby with his body. Leongar is still not powerful enough to defeat Kirby, however, and is launched through the glass (ultimately landing next to Fecto Forgo) as Kirby frees Elfilin from his capsule. After Kirby and Elfilin celebrate, an angered Fecto Forgo speaks through Leongar and rants about how Kirby ruined their plan, stating that they have abandoned their patient planning in favor of simply consuming everything in the Forgotten World. As they finish speaking, Fecto Forgo opens their eyes and breaks free from the Eternal Capsule, transforming into a teal goop that subsequently absorbs Leongar and various other Beast Pack members that arrive to defend him into their mass in order to transform into a massive chimera-like abomination.

Fecto Forgo, in their monstrous new form, chases Kirby and Elfilin through Lab Discovera's hallways, but is eventually defeated by Kirby. The disintegrating chimera unsuccessfully tries to absorb Kirby before seizing and consuming Elfilin, reuniting the two into Fecto Elfilis once more. Fecto Forgo, now as Fecto Elfilis, flies toward the rooftop of the building; Kirby pursues them to the top and does battle with them, eventually freeing Elfilin from Fecto Elfilis using Dome Mouth. As a last resort, the now unstable Fecto Elfilis opens a large dimensional rift to Kirby's dimension and begins to draw Planet Popstar through it in order to crash the two planets into each other; Kirby responds by inhaling a big rig truck, becoming Big-Rig Mouth Kirby, and drives through the floating debris towards Fecto Elfilis. They summon large chunks of debris from dimensional rifts in an attempt to stop him, but with help from Elfilin, Kirby drives through the debris and destroys the body of Fecto Elfilis.

Fecto Forgo, left incomplete, humiliated, and formless after this defeat, became a spirit known as **Soul Forgo** and retreated to the Isolated Isles: Forgo Dreams, a world created by their dreams when they were trapped within the Eternal Capsule in Lab Discovera. There, they plotted to continue their invasions by creating an army of phantom beasts, as well as to take over Leongar's body (which they had brought with them to the Isolated Isles) and use it as a vessel; to facilitate this second goal, they shattered Leongar's soul into at least 300 pieces and scattered those pieces throughout the Isles. Kirby and Elfilin arrive in the Isolated Isles once Clawrolinenotices a strange dimensional rift at Waddle Dee Town, and they begin to collect the shards of Leongar's soul.

Kirby and Elfilin eventually collect most or all of the shards of Leongar's soul, which light the way to where his body is. Once they arrive, Elfilin attempts to restore Leongar with the pieces of his soul, but the celebrations are quickly cut short when Soul Forgo seizes Leongar's mind, forcing him to fight Kirby yet again. Kirby prevails and knocks Soul Forgo out of Leongar; before Soul Forgo can personally attack Kirby, a butterfly flutters in, lands on their face, and absorbs Soul Forgo, subsequently revealing itself to be Morpho Knight, who then attacks Kirby. Morpho Knight is finally vanquished and disintegrates, allowing Soul Forgo to turn the tables and absorb its power before teleporting away.

In the Ultimate Cup Z of the Colosseum in Waddle Dee Town, Kirby and Elfilin travel through another world to face all of Soul Forgo's phantom creations yet again before they make their way to a replica of the helipad where Kirby had previously fought Fecto Elfilis. There, Kirby is confronted by the mighty Chaos Elfilis, a new body Fecto Forgo had created from Morpho Knight's power in a last-ditch attempt at taking revenge on Kirby. Chaos Elfilis and Kirby duke it out in a grueling two part final battle, and Chaos Elfilis is defeated and nearly destroyed, dissolving into particles. One particle - the last piece of life remaining from Fecto Forgo - willingly makes its way to Elfilin, who then absorbs it into himself, finally putting an end to Fecto Forgo's invasion of the Forgotten Land and allowing them to become whole again.

#### Battle

In the battle against Fecto Forgo's monstrous form, they give chase to the player at various speeds (the fastest being slightly faster than Kirby's default running speed) through a long hallway. Enemies appear along the way (Sir Kibble, Bernard, and Hot Head) to supply ammo or give Copy Abilities. Fecto Forgo has only two attacks, both of which come after they stop moving: they can either charge forward and repeatedly bite at the left, right, or center of the hallway, or they'll throw three to four globs of damaging goop at the player. Both of these attacks leave behind stars that Kirby can Inhale and spit back at Fecto Forgo if he lacks a Copy Ability. Unlike other bosses or mid-bosses in the game, Fecto Forgo only has one phase and does not change in behavior as its health drops. The hallway does eventually end, but unlike the fight against Nightmare's Power Orb this does not instantly KO or otherwise harm Kirby; Fecto Forgo will simply stop chasing Kirby and continue using their two attacks until they are defeated.

Soul Forgo appears as a component of the battle against Forgo Leon, where they can attack independently of Leon during the last quarter of the fight. Soul Forgo has two attacks in this phase; they can create a massive, unblockable explosion that deals major damage while Leon lays immobile on the floor, and can suddenly appear and fire small bolts of energy (while Leon is attacking the player) that, upon touching the floor, turn into short shockwaves that span the entire room.

## Etymology

"Fecto" may be derived from "infect" or "perfect." "Forgo" comes from the word "forgotten."

## Trivia

* Fecto Forgo is the only boss in the main story of *Kirby and the Forgotten Land*to not receive a harder version of their fight, and has the fewest attacks out of all of them.
* Fecto Forgo's gender (assuming it has one) is never directly stated; Forgo is always referred to as "they" or in similar gender neutral terms. However, as Elfilin (Forgo's missing half) is male, this may imply that Fecto Forgo (as least in its complete form, Fecto Elfilis) is also male.
* Fecto Forgo's codename, ID-F86, is a Goroawase pun of the HAL Laboratory (i.e., 8 (は *Ha*) and 6 (る *Ru*)). This pun was previously seen at a theme named L86 in *Kirby: Planet Robobot* and at the obtained score (86555) when Void is defeated in *Kirby Star Allies*.
	+ Also, Lab Discovera's announcement said that 30 years after the research began, Elfilin split from Forgo, which is a reference to the game being released on the 30th anniversary of the series.
* Soul Forgo is the only character who is named a "Soul" that is not a boss, as they were absorbed by Morpho Knight's butterfly form before they could fight Kirby.
* Soul Forgo and Galacta Knight are the only fake-out bosses in the *Kirby* series, with both having introductory screens before they are supplanted by another foe. Coincidentally, both of them were overtaken by Morpho Knight.
	+ Unlike Galacta Knight, Soul Forgo is brand new to the game. Also, unlike Galacta Knight, Soul Forgo both survives the absorption attempt and returns as a stronger boss: Chaos Elfilis.

	+ Additionally, if one takes into consideration of the implications made by Hyness, it is likely that it was specifically the science-users who captured Fecto Elfilis and caused them to split, as it is stated studying them allowed them to create highly advanced technologies.