King Dedede

**King Dedede** is a main character in the Kirby series (appearing as either an ally or antagonist depending on the game) and a supporting ally and former antagonist in Trooper Village Stories.

In the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe, Dedede was originally an antagonist and Kirby Bulborb's archenemy, who attempted to replace all the crumpets and tea with cans of beans. After his defeat, Dedede quit being a villain and assisted the Pikmin and Bulborbs from Trooper Village on their adventures.

## Appearance

King Dedede is a rotund, blue penguin bird who dresses in a red, regal coat with white fur trim and his personal emblem, a stylized version of his hand striking the V sign, embossed on the back. He also wears yellow mitten-like gloves, a red tuque with a white fur pom-pom and gold crown-like brim, a red and yellow zigzag-patterned sash, and a buff-colored sleeveless undershirt. Dedede's giant wooden mallet is his signature weapon, depicted in some games as having special features built into it, such as a powerful jet engine, precision bearings and a chargeable laser cannon used for shooting at targets from afar.

Like Kirby, King Dedede can inhale objects and spit them out with tremendous force, and he can breathe in huge amounts of air at once to hover and/or fly. Unlike Kirby, though, he is unable to capture abilities from inhaled enemies. King Dedede's antagonism and role played varies between games, ranging from selfishness to friendly competition to teamwork.

## Personality

King Dedede is portrayed as egocentric, stubborn, and also gluttonous. This is evidenced by the fact that he crowned himself as Dream Land's supreme ruler and occasionally steals food without caring for the victims. He sees Kirby as his rival and often competes with him for food and other reasons. Despite his egoistic nature, Dedede is not evil. On rare occasions, he is shown to be a caring character who tries to save Dream Land from greater foes. Much of Dedede's personality in later games in the series stems from his portrayal in the anime *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!*, where his bloated ego and regal persona often mask his jealousy of Kirby's power and popularity.

## History

### Trooper Village Stories

#### Season 2

    King Dedede discovers that all of the food in his fridge had been stolen. Suddenly, Wario comes out of a portal and Dedede asks who he is. Dedede then asks if he's seen the person who stole all of his food, and then Wario reveals himself to be the culprit. Dedede then attempts to clobber him, but Wario escapes through the portal before Dedede could catch him. Dedede then goes through the portal and meets Doc Kermit Frogglegg, who tells Dedede that the portal is taking him to another dimension. The portal takes Dedede to Trooper Village and disappears. Dedede decides that he needs to find some food and clobber the food thief. King Dedede then finds the Mayor's Office, and overhears Kirby Bulborb announcing that he has crumpets and tea in his fridge. Dedede then reveals that Kirby is "his biggest enemy" and comes up with a plan to steal the crumpets and tea at night. Dedede returns that night to find Kirby, Mayor R Bulborb, Spike, and Minako Aino asleep. Dedede successfully manages to steal the crumpets and tea without waking up the Bulborbs and Minako. The next day, Kirby discovers that all of his crumpets and tea had been replaced with cans of beans, which Mayor R Bulborb is confused by. Kirby and Mayor R Bulborb then watch the news and find out from Jeff Lynne that Dedede had somehow found a way to not only steal their crumpets and tea and replace them with cans of beans, but he did this to everyone else on The Planet of the Pikmin. Kirby then discovers a note left by Dedede that reveals he is the one behind the crumpets and tea getting stolen, and "dares Kirby to stop him". Kirby then reveals that he has fought Dedede numerous times before, and that he is one of the most menacing villains he's ever encountered. Mayor R Bulborb then says that Dedede is not a very competent villain due to the fact could've taken over the planet or enslaved all the Pikmin, but instead chose to replace all the crumpets and tea with cans of beans. Kirby, Mayor R Bulborb, and Spike then go to Castle Dedede to defeat Dedede once and for all. Instead of fighting them, Dedede challenges Kirby to a game of Super Smash Brothers. He then makes a deal that they can have the crumpets and tea back if Kirby wins. Kirby then says he won't let Mayor R Bulborb and Spike down, and starts the game of Super Smash Brothers. Kirby manages to beat him easily. Due to Kirby defeating him, Dedede returns the crumpets and tea to him, and the Bulborbs leave his castle.

#### Season 3

Dedede later appeared as the manager at Nintendo Of Trooper Village. He and Bowser later decided to quit being villains and joined Trooper Village.

## Trivia

* King Dedede was planned to appear in Steve The Trooper and Classic Kirby as an antagonist, but Peter Tagg was unable to include him due to the only King Dedede plush made at that time being sold out. He would eventually get a Dedede plush when a different one was made, Dedede made his first official appearance in the episode "King Dedede Strikes!"
* In addition to his appearances in the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe, King Dedede has been featured in several of Peter's meme videos.