Ansem

**Ansem** is a major antagonist in *Kirby: Right Back At Ya! DX* and the main antagonist of the Dark Matter Trilogy arc.

## Appearance

Ansem is a tall humanoid being, as he towers over everyone on Ripple Star. His skin color is dark tan. He has long white hair, with three spikes on the top and sides of his head.

He wears silver-white gloves on his hands, each with a grey band on the wrist, while the rest of the glove, which has three black buttons lining one side, bells outwards. There is a black pauldron on both of his shoulders, each attached to his coat by two straps. He also wears black pants and black, silver-lined, knee-high boots.

Ansem's black leather coat is red on the inside and lined with yellow, and also has a large grey section that covers the lower half and shoulders of the coat. Upon closer inspection, this grey section seems to be attached by several small pins or buttons around the hip and neck sections of the coat, as well as by a belt that wraps around the Heartless's back and attaches to the rim of the coat. This coat is high-collared and completely unzipped, showing the second, shorter jacket he wears underneath. Ansem's second jacket is white and high-collared much like the outer coat. It is mostly unbuttoned and exposes Ansem's chest before being closed up by three buttons and two belts near his waist, only to flare outward again, leaving three buttons undone. On his chest is an emblem featuring a black heart, crossed with a red, spiky X, but it seems to be just a decoration as it appears attached to the long coat.

## Personality

Ansem is cold, calculating, and utterly ruthless. He treats people, worlds and their hearts as either tools to be manipulated and disposed of, or as cattle for his dark legions. He reveres power and knowledge above all things, and he despises ignorance.

## Biography

For an unknown period of time, Ansem has been using his dark legions to destroy multiple worlds. However, his plans came to a halt when he reached Ripple Star, as Ribbon flew away with the Master Crystal, which acts as Ripple Star's Keyhole, a Keyhole being the part of a world used to send the worlds between the planes of reality.

## Trivia

* Despite looking like one, Ansem is not a human, since he's made of pure darkness. Not even his minions are made of pure darkness.
* Ansem is a non-standard character, coming from *Kingdom Hearts* instead of *Kirby*.
	+ As a teaser for Ansem's debut, Merger posted a snowclone of a *Gravity Falls* meme. In the meme, Merger was about to introduce Dededeman7, a *Kirby* fan and the creator of *Kirby: Behind the Scenes*, to *Kingdom Hearts*. Dededeman says he's a fan of a penguin who is a friend of a puffball "who kills gods and abominations every other week", and that he's certain he'll understand, only to say there's nothing about *Kingdom Hearts* he understands once he's introduced to it.
	+ Aside from being from another franchise, Ansem fits well in the *Kirby* world, especially if associated with dark abominations. Even him towering over the Kirby cast makes sense: he resembles an adult human, and Adeleine is as tall as King Dedede, and is just a kid, so she herself would tower over the rest of the Kirby cast as an adult.
	+ Being a *Kingdom Hearts* character, no one expected him to appear.
	+ According to The Merger Magikoopa, Ansem has an enemy named "Sora", who is a Keybearer. (Which is true in *Kingdom Hearts* canon.) However, despite having a common enemy, Sora and Kirby would be enemies themselves, since Star Warriors hate Keybearers.
		- Ansem himself wears a Keyblade; his has a black hilt and a dark-red guard.