Kirby

"As Kirby flew home, he looked out across the cosmos. The stars were so beautiful. Darkness had its place just as much as light, he thought. For the stars sparkled twice as bright in the dark depths of space! As Kirby soared onward, he saw Popstar in all its glory! Popstar had never looked so wonderful. It shone like a brilliant beacon of hope."

- 'Kirby Mass Attack's ending

Kirby (カービィ, Kābī in Japan) is the main character and namesake of the Kirby series. He is a small pink creature who resides on and often goes on journeys to protect Dream Land or even all of Planet Popstar.

Why He's The Star of The Show

 * 1) Kirby's design, whilst somewhat simplistic, is well-made and it does a great job at making him look adorable.
 * 2) *His face is also very expressive when it needs to be despite its basicness.
 * 3) Just like fellow titular protagonists Super Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog and Crash Bandicoot, he is a static character, and as such, his personality doesn't go through any major changes. But since he's supposed to be an uncorruptible and pure figure, it's a really clever move.
 * 4) Kirby has many innovative and creative abilities, like the power of flight and his trademark ability to inhale and spit out enemies with great force, or swallow them to copy their abilities. He would also gain new power as the series went by, like the Super Abilities from Return to Dream Land, the Hypernova inhale from Triple Deluxe and the brand-new Mouthful Mode from Forgotten Land.
 * 5) * In some games, Kirby can even combine two different copy abilities to create a new ability, like in Kirby 64.
 * 6) He is one of Nintendo's classic icons next to the likes of Mario, Pikachu and Link.
 * 7) * To this day, he remains one of Nintendo's most famous and familiar mascots, with his games garnering millions of sales worldwide, and thanks in part to his perfect attendance as a fighter in the Super Smash Bros. franchise.
 * 8) He's been featured in his own anime series, many manga publications in several countries, several merchandise lines (although many of them are only released in Japan), and even his own line of cafés with absolutely adorable food themed after himself and his friends (also exclusive to Japan only, unfortunately).
 * 9) As stated by Indigo's Findings, Kirby has a lot in common with Goku, with both characters being almighty beings with the capability of slaying deities (or creatures as powerful as a deity).
 * 10) Makiko Ohmoto's performance is the perfect voice for Kirby, and does a great job at making him sound as adorable as possible.
 * 11) He always manages to stay determined and confident, regardless of how little chance he may have of triumphing.
 * 12) Similar to other Nintendo characters, he has a tendency of being an easter egg in other games, most notably in The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.
 * 13) Like real-life children, he's pretty playful, cheerful, full of energy and innocent.
 * 14) Over the years, he developed a great friendship with King Dedede: in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, he embarks on an adventure to rescue him after he was kidnapped by Taranza, with no knowledge of Queen Sectonia's existence or the People of the Sky's plight.

The Only Bad Qualities

 * 1) Kirby has been out-of-character at least twice in his games:
 * 2) *He was very badly portrayed in Kirby's Avalanche/Kirby's Ghost Trap, becoming a rude, overly sassy and wise-cracking jerk, and in the first game where Kirby is portrayed in a negative light. Although that was a reskin of Puyo Puyo, so chances that it isn't canon are really high.
 * 3) *His portrayal in Kirby Squeak Squad is bad too, where he was totally clueless about the threat and only cared about his strawberry shortcake. Thankfully, it was only temporary and he reverted back to his normal personality in the later games.
 * 4) Due to how he thinks and acts like a kid, he is sometimes really dense.

Trivia

 * Kirby was first called Popopo, his original name, and his model was created as a blob placeholder sprite during the development of what would be the first Kirby game.
 * In some supplementary material, he has shown the ability to speak, but this is uncommon and not generally considered canon. Despite this, he is very vocal, using lots of grunts, shouts, and monosyllables — most famously, his cheery elongated "Hi!"
 * Prior to Makiko Ohmoto's debut as the character, the role was passed between various actors and actresses for one-off appearances (one of them being Taeko Kawata, Amy's current seiyū).

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