Kirby

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**Kirby** is a major protagonist in The Brave Little Toaster (1987), acting as the group's source of physical strength as well as their main method of transportation.

## Detailed Appearance

**Kirby** is a silver Kirby 500-Series vacuum cleaner (presumably a 562) with a medium green bag, tan undereyes, black handle, nozzle trim, and wheels. His eyes often appear as black dots, but they are seen once as being bright red, though this may've been a visual exaggeration of his situation at the time.

## Personality

**Kirby**, being a vacuum, is designed to hold things inside. He has a tendency to bottle up his emotions, ending with him coming off as very grumpy and bitter by default. His grumpiness is often brought up by the rest of the group, usually to poke fun at him.

Besides his own personal problems, he is very sturdy and dependable, being able to keep his motivation to continue cleaning the house even after it had been abandoned. As with the rest of his group, he stood convinced of the master's eventual return, for the most part, at least.

## Errors

* Silver Wheel Error: Kirby appears with silver wheels instead of black, happening at two confirmed points in the film; once during the waterfall scene, lasting for an entire shot, and once the precise moment he falls sideways into the mud, lasting only a single frame.

## Trivia

* Kirby had an early design where he appeared virtually identical to his current version, the only difference being a slightly darker bag color; this version was given the very creative name of "Dark Kirby" by fans.
* There is a notorious coloring error that appears in the primary box art where Kirby appears obnoxiously neon pink instead of silver, this has only been observed to have been corrected in the Japanese version. To this day it is still unknown why this choice was made, and why it stuck around; this error also appears on the box art of the two non-canonical Disney sequels.
* He doesn't completely resemble a Kirby 562, seeming to have the bag placement of a Hoover Convertible and the coloration of a Sanitronic 80.
* In the Non-Canonical 2017 Continuation, he is revealed to have saved an unknown amount of intricately-folded gum wrappers in his bag that the young master had left around the cottage.
* What had happened to Kirby during the waterfall scene has been described several times as a mental breakdown, but according to the other character's reactions as well as the general nature of the situation, it seems to be more reminiscent of a seizure.
* In a dark turn of events, Kirby's most recent appearance takes the form of a promo art created by Steve Moore for the April TBLT Cast Reunion, where each of the characters appears decades older. Kirby, of course, already being old in his original form, appears as an urn with his name on it.

## Gallery

### **Concept Art/Preproduction**

Kirby's final model sheet from 1985The community-named "Dark Kirby"Japanese regional box art that features a color-corrected Kirby.
### **Film**

Kirby with red eyesInstance 1 of the Silver Wheel errorInstance 2 of the Silver Wheel ErrorKirby wearing a shirt