- —Kirby
Kirby is the main protagonist of the Kirby series. He appeared in the 40th episode of Death Battle, Kirby VS Majin Buu, where he fought against Majin Buu from the Dragon Ball series.
History
Kirby arrived in Dream Land one day, riding on the spring breeze, and he's been living happily ever since. He spends most of his days eating, napping, and playing with his many friends; in fact, almost everyone else in Dream Land shares a similar carefree lifestyle. This has attracted the unwanted attention of many malevolent forces, who either despise their happy nature or are envious of it. But although he may not look like it, Kirby has managed to fight off each and every one of them, while even making some new friends along the way. With noble allies by his side and his trademark Copy Ability, the pink puffball has proved himself a hero through and through, using his powers to protect Planet Popstar and save it, planets beyond, and even other worlds from the clutches of evil time and time again.
Death Battle Info
Background
- Age: Unknown, 200+ years pre-maturity
- Height: 8 in/20 cm
- Weight: Likely under 10 oz/283 g
- Species: Unknown
- Infant-like and cheerful demeanor
- A Star Warrior
- Citizen of Dream Land
Arsenal
- Inhale
- Copy Ability
- Warp Star
- Flight
- Air Bullet
- Slide Kick
- Can Summon Helpers
Copy Abilities
Strengths and Feats
- Cracked Planet Popstar in half
- Punched a hole through the Earth
- Threw Popon to the sun
- Obliterated Popstar in manga
- Destroyed Nova, who is planet-sized
- Defeated Nightmare and Dark Matter
- Redirected a meteor using simple cannonballs
Cameo Appearances
Kirby makes a cameo appearance in Amy Rose VS King Dedede, where King Dedede thinks of him at the start of the fight after mistaking Amy Rose for him. After the fight ends, he properly appears to inhale Amy's corpse and uses her Piko Piko Hammer to knock Dedede out of the arena.
Gallery
Appearance
(From Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land)
(From Kirby Super Star Ultra)
(From Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land)
(From Kirby Super Star Ultra)
(Edited from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land)
(Edited from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land)
(From Kirby Mass Attack)
(From Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land)
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Arsenal and Abilities
(via Miracle Fruit)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Hammer)
(via Hammer)
(via Hammer)
(via Hammer)
(via Hammer)
(via Hammer)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Fire)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Ice)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Wheel)
(via Wheel)
(via Wheel)
(via Wheel)
(via Wheel)
(via Wheel)
(via Wheel)
(via Wheel)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Mike)
(via Mike)
(via Mike)
(via Mike)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Copy Ability)
(via Copy Ability/Ability Star)
Trivia
- Kirby is the 15th Nintendo character to appear, after Samus Aran, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Yoshi, Mario, Princess Zelda, Princess Peach, Link, Pikachu, Fox McCloud, Luigi, Venusaur, Blastoise, and Charizard, and with the next 13 being Donkey Kong, Red, Bowser, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, Lucario, Pit, Wario, King Dedede, Captain Falcon, Machamp, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Ash Ketchum.
- He is the first Kirby character to appear, with the next one being King Dedede.
- He is the seventh Nintendo character to win, after Samus Aran, Yoshi, Princess Peach, Link, Fox McCloud, and Blastoise, and with the next 10 being Donkey Kong, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, Lucario, Mario, King Dedede, Captain Falcon, Machamp, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Bowser.
- Kirby is the fourth Video Game character to fight against an Anime/Manga character, after Shadow the Hedgehog, Blanka, and Ryu Hayabusa, and with the next eight being Nightmare, Dan Hibiki, Mega Man, Red, Charizard, Lucario, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Joker.
- He is the second Video Game character to win, after Blanka, and with the next four being Lucario, Shadow the Hedgehog, Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, and Joker.
- Before it was decided Kirby would fight Majin Buu, a few other matchups for him were considered.
- Ditto was originally planned to happen, but during the script writing process for it, Ben Singer found the Kirby: Right Back At Ya! episode "The Big Taste Test", where Kirby threw Popon to the Sun and back on a giant frying pan. This caused him to make a last-minute decision to scrap the episode, as he deemed Kirby was too powerful for Ditto after finding this feat.[1]
- An eating contest between Kirby, Son Goku, Snorlax, and Monkey D. Luffy, which Ben spent a whole week developing, was planned to replace Kirby VS Ditto. However, he thought that would be too difficult to make, and since the animator needed to begin working soon, Ben chose to scrap the eating contest and ultimately decided on Kirby VS Majin Buu instead.[1]
- Kirby's aforementioned feat of throwing Popon to the Sun and back on a giant frying pan was considered to be the "most ridiculous feat" seen on Death Battle at the time of his original episode's release, a statement that has long since become outdated as crazier feats were brought up in the show's later seasons.
Notes
- ↑ While Kirby made his proper debut in Kirby's Dream Land, which was released on April 27th, 1992, two copies of him can be seen in the opening cutscene of Arcana, which was released a month earlier on March 27th, 1992.
