Susie

Mike (brother)

Paul (brother)

**Susie** (Full name: Susanna Patrya Haltmann) is a character in the *Kirby* series, debuting as the secondary antagonist of *Kirby: Planet Robobot*, but would later become an ally. She is the current president and CEO (formerly the executive assistant and secretary) of the Haltmann Works Company, and the daughter of President Haltmann.

## Appearance

Susie has a small body with a large round head that floats, because she has no neck. She has a white face with big blue eyes, eyelashes, pink blush, and no mouth or nose. She has straight magenta hair that falls on her back, as well as long bangs, one held back by a golden hair clip. Susie wears a light gray business suit made of the metal Haltonium that wraps around her head almost like a hood. Two blade-like objects with red tips and orange screws connect to the side of the "hood"; these blade-like objects are apparently part of the visor-helmet that Susie wears when piloting her Business Suit mech (or when she steals Star Dream's controller). Susie wears a dark gray pencil skirt with no feet or legs. She has disconnected, floating hands, much like her brothers have. She wears yellow-orange gloves that connect to metal cuffs with magenta buttons. Susie's hips are slightly wider than the rest of her body.

## Personality

Susie is a sophisticated secretary who works hard at her goals and takes her tasks very seriously, to the point of completing them perfectly. Being more technologically advanced than the natives of Planet Popstar, she feels intellectually superior, being very prideful and egotistical, and hating when she loses. Though she uses etiquette when speaking, her ego occasionally shines through. Although she works hard at her job, Susie neglects things outside of work. She respects physical strength, especially when it works for her cause. She demonstrates "girly" tendencies at times, such as giggling or singing "The Noble Haltmann" out loud when no one is around. Her voice is similar to President Haltmann's in that she has a normal human voice albeit intentionally bitcrushed to get a slightly computerized effect. Similarly, when speaking in text, the letters make beeps as they appear.

Her favorite food is ice cream, to an extent that she begged for the ice cream factory in Overload Ocean to be built. Her hobbies include singing karaoke and playing the piano. She also makes sure to wear her treasure, a golden hair clip with an H written on it, every day.

## History

Before the events of *Kirby: Planet Robobot*, Susie was with her brother, Anthony, who had recently begun performing tests on a machine he reactivated known as Star Dream. During one of these tests, presumably one for Star Dream's Space-Time Transport program, a terrible accident occurred, in which Susie was warped into Another Dimension. During her time spent there, she gathered data on the native Sphere Doomers, which she would later use for the Holo Defense API.

Susie eventually somehow returned from Another Dimension after growing up, aiming to be hired by the Haltmann Works Company, and easily passed their difficult exam, all while having no known resume. However, Anthony no longer recognized her as his sister due to losing his memories from the excessive use of an incomplete Star Dream in an attempt to bring her back to life after he thought she died in the incident. Nonetheless, he felt that she was somewhat familiar, and thus hired her as the secretary and executive assistant of his company, making her the only organic life form apart from Anthony himself to hold a position of power in the company. Susie would later become the overseer of the company's Mechanizing Occupation Project, leading to the events of *Kirby: Planet Robobot*.

## Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016)

Detecting a large amount of unused energy and uncivilized natives, the Haltmann Works Company made Planet Popstar the next target of its Mechanizing Occupation Project, easily destroying Castle Dedede and blasting down the Halberd in the process of the invasion, leaving Kirby to go on a quest to restore his home to normal.

Kirby would not encounter Susie herself until Overload Ocean, after defeating Paul. There, Susie formally introduces herself to Kirby. Remarking her surprise to see a native out there, she explains the cause for the invasion and berates the natives of Popstar for taking its resources for granted, before exclaiming that Kirby must be destroyed. She summons her Business Suit and hops in before doing battle with Kirby in an attempt to eradicate him. Kirby prevails, destroying her Business Suit. After dusting herself off, Susie then calls a Transporter, which lifts her away as she laughs wickedly.

Making his way through Archway Grounds, Kirby encounters Susie again, after defeating Durant, finding her singing the company's theme song, "The Noble Haltmann," out loud. She notices Kirby, introduces herself once more, and proceeds to tell him a story of when she met a powerful knight. It turns out that Susie had encountered Meta Knight, successfully captured him, and mechanized him into a cyborg security guard for the company, known as Mecha Knight. Susie calls down Mecha Knight, activates him, and uses her Transporter to fly away, leaving him to deal with Kirby.

At Rhythm Route, Kirby crosses paths with Susie yet again, after defeating Numerius. She emerges from the floor, singing "The Noble Haltmann" out loud again, before turning to Kirby's direction. She introduces herself another time, and congratulates Kirby on defeating Mecha Knight, stating that she was impressed. However, she pulls out a capsule containing an orb of a purple, gooey substance, explaining that it was a clone of royal proportions. The Haltmann Works Company had apparently somehow obtained King Dedede's DNA, and used it to create a clone of him. Susie tosses the capsule into the air, unleashing Dedede Clone. She commands the clone to destroy Kirby before flying off with her Transporter.

Kirby eventually destroys all legs of the Access Ark and heads inside, ending up at the company's head office. There, Susie scolds him for entering as if it was his own living room and not having manners. She then calls down an upgraded Mecha Knight, now called Mecha Knight+. Susie tells Kirby of his upgrades before leaving and bidding farewell, forcing Kirby to battle his rival once more.

After freeing Meta Knight from the control of the Haltmann Works Company, Susie returns to the room, completely astonished at the fact that Mecha Knight was defeated twice. Infuriated, Susie then decides to take matters into her own hands by summing her mech suit to battle Kirby, but before she could do so, President Haltmann interrupts. As he heads over to Kirby, she greets him, but he coldly dismisses her. Following her orders, she leaves Kirby to Haltmann.

After Kirby defeats Haltmann, and then Chris, he flies into a rage and accesses Star Dream to terminate him once and for all. He puts on Star Dream's control helmet, but before he could use it, Susie flies in from nowhere and snatches the helmet off his head, causing him to lose consciousness. Susie then reveals that she had secretly been planning to steal Star Dream and sell its entire database to a start-up company for a large sum of money. She then puts the helmet on, but in a surprise turn of events, the machine turns sentient and blasts Susie with a laser, knocking her unconscious. Star Dream then takes control of Haltmann's body, uses it to explain that all life forms in existence must be wiped out to achieve eternal prosperity, and sets off into space.

Susie recovers from the blast shortly afterwards and calls down an Invader Armor. Lamenting the unforeseen events, and refusing to be destroyed by the destructive computer, she tells Kirby to get in the armor and stop Star Dream. Kirby obliges and turns the Invader Armor into the Robobot Armor, before Meta Knight shows up with the Halberd. Kirby's Robobot Armor then absorbs the Halberd, transforming into the Halberd mode. It then sets off to stop Star Dream, with Susie pleading for Kirby to succeed.

After the battle with Star Dream, Kirby's home planet reverts back to normal, along with every other planet the Haltmann Works Company had invaded and mechanized. With things having been dealt with, Susie looks upon the restored world, and flies off into space in her Business Suit.

Susie serves as the boss of Overload Ocean in Story Mode and Meta Knightmare Returns, and is overall the seventh boss of the game, suceeding Paul and preceeding Sebastian. She pilots a tall battle suit with a screwdriver head at the bottom and two floating arms. Susie's Business Suit is purple and white, while Susie 2.0's is pink and peach with more detailed designs.

## Other Appearances

Susie made an appearance in Kirby Star Allies, being added as part of Wave 7, along with Iason and Anthony.