History Anime / KirbyRightBackAtYA

In 2011, Creator/{{Nintendo}} released the Kirby TV Channel in Europe, a free downloadable UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} channel allowing Wii owners to watch a constantly rotating set of episodes from the entire anime. In 2012, a 3D version of a special episode was released on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. And in 2022, during the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival, it was announced the series was getting an official HD Blu-Ray release in Japan, which was released on March 14, 2023.

** The show switched to an AllCGICartoon with the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS short, though considering that 2D doesn't translate well to 3D, it works.

** In the dentist episode, Tuff gets a cavity, and his mother tells him that if he goes to the dentist, she'll buy him a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube [=CubeGame=]]][[note]]In the dub, it was changed to have his father buy him any toy he wants.[[/note]].

%%* {{Kimodameshi}}: In a two-episode story arc. %%Does not explain the trope or how it is used in the work

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* LandfillBeyondTheStars: The NME Sales Guy makes Dedede's kingdom one when he forgets to pay his debts.

** Twelve episodes later came the even DarkerAndEdgier five-part series finale, which featured the ''truly competent'' Destroyas. These things were the main reason why Cappy Town was getting burned to a crisp and suffering from a SugarApocalypse. In fact, a blast fired from one of the Destroyas even knocked off a piece of... you guessed it... ''Kirby's WARP STAR!'' Yikes!

[[caption-width-right:324: [[CatchPhrase Poyo!]]]]

* TeleportersAndTransporters: The monster delivery system.

* TrainingFromHell: In episode 3, Meta Knight speed-trains Kirby to wield a sword... by [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beating the crap out of him]] and pointing out all his mistakes. He often also leaves Kirby to be beaten up by monsters with little interference, only giving out the occasional tip, unless the situation is so dangerous that he has to help out, especially if others beside Kirby are also in danger.

** King Dedede wasn't a super genius in the games, but he as still fairly intelligent - albeit a bit childish - and usually takes action whenever something threatens Popstar. But here, he's a complete moron who fails to see the chaos and destruction the monsters he summons from Nightmare Enterprises cause. For comparison, King Dedede from the games is quick to find out about Nightmare's plans to take control of the Fountain of Dreams, while it took this Dedede until "Combat Kirby", the '''''penultimate episode of the show''''', to finally see how dangerous Nightmare truly is. Even more, he ''still'' tries to order monsters even ''after'' Nightmare and his empire is destroyed at the end of the series.

** In the games King Dedede is a powerhouse whose strength rivals that of Kirby, whereas in the anime he is a complete pushover who needs outside help to take anyone on.

* DubInducedPlotHole: Various times, the dub will mention children having homework, despite there being no school until the episodes where Dedede establishes schools. Then the schools blow up and are [[JustForPun dismissed]], yet homework still gets brought up. Though in episode 6 it's lampshaded with this exchange.

* PieInTheFace: Pretty much everyone gets one of these from the monster [[LethalChef Belly Buster]] in the episode "A Half-Baked Battle" even ''Meta Knight''. It also marks pretty much the only time that Kirby actually refuses to eat something because [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth the pies are just that terrible.]] The only person happy about this is Kawasaki since he knows there's a chef out there who's even worse than him.

%%* ThreeAmigos: Kirby, Tiff, and Tuff.

* AlwaysALiveTransmission: In the episode "Cartoon Buffoon", Dedede gets a bunch of the residents of Cappy Town to work for him to make a cartoon. On the day the cartoon premiers, he and the crew have the animation broadcast and the voice work done and recorded live on television. This also applies to the cartoon that Dedede has his own soldiers make for him at the end of the episode after the first cartoon bombs, since his minions are actually drawing and inking in RealTime while feeding the projector.

** Water Kirby is an official Copy Ability in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' , ''VideoGame/KirbyFighters2'' and ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', though with a different look (Kirby retains his pink skin and has a crown with a little geyser on it) and way of getting the ability (Kirby has to inhale an enemy or beaten mid-boss that gives the ability and can't just inhale regular water) and a ''vastly'' expanded moveset. Kabuki Kirby is also made official in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''.

* MookLieutenant: Waddle Doo's main role is to command the Waddle Dee armies, and be their "voice."

** Then in one episode he ''does.'' [[spoiler:So he thinks.]]

* PieInTheFace: Pretty much everyone gets one of these from the monster [[LethalChef Belly Buster]] in the episode "A Half-Baked Battle" even ''Meta Knight.'' It also marks pretty much the only time that Kirby actually refuses to eat something because [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth the pies are just that terrible.]] The only person happy about this is Kawasaki since he knows there's a chef out there who's even worse than him.

* UngratefulTownsfolk: Kirby can beat monsters like there's no tomorrow and will do what he can to help, but quite often, the villagers will rail on him if a monster has done more damage than usual and Kirby can't stop it in time. Despite Kirby's heroics, Dedede can also still trick [[TooDumbToLive the whole of Cappy Town]] into thinking that Kirby's done something bad and not always with using some kind of monster. Taken to the extreme in Episode 98 Cappy Down Town where the whole of Cappy Town is leveled by Destroyas and though Kirby could have done nothing to prevent it, everyone rails on him and, when reminded about how many times Kirby's saved them before, they say he didn't save them this time and he should go. Keep in mind Kirby's a ''baby.''

** Water Kirby is an official Copy Ability in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' , [[VideoGame/KirbyFighters Kirby Fighters 2]] and ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', though with a different look (Kirby retains his pink skin and has a crown with a little geyser on it) and way of getting the ability (Kirby has to inhale an enemy or beaten mid-boss that gives the ability and can't just inhale regular water) and a ''vastly'' expanded moveset. Kabuki Kirby is also made official in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''.

* BlazingHellfireInfernoSauce:

* ConsumateProfessional: Hardy the dentist monster is noted to not use any kind of anesthetic when working on people's teeth despite [[ThisIsADrill using a massive drill in the process]], since he's so good at his job that he can drill Tuff's bad tooth and put a filling in within less than 5 seconds, which amazes him since he didn't feel a thing.

* ArtisticLicenseFilmProduction: In ''Tooned Out'', the three animators that are hired by Dedede appear to be in control of everything about his upcoming cartoon series. Animators usually just animate what they have been given to work with according to the script. If they were in charge of other things such as voice acting and writing, they would probably be known as producers instead.

* ChekhovsGun:
** The pendant that Knuckle Joe inherits from his father.
** The WallOfWeapons in Meta Knight's room.

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Happens quite a bit.

%%* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: King Dedede's debts to NME.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: By the time of the episode "Waddle While You Work", King Dedede's total balance to Nightmare Enterprises is one quintillion, one hundred seventy quadrillion, four hundred eleven trillion, two hundred forty-six billion, four hundred thirteen million, seven hundred eight thousand, six hundred eighty-six dollars ($1170411246413708686.00) and this was only '''''an estimate'''''.
** But then again, Dedede never intended to pay back that debt, anyhow, as mentioned in the episode "Something to Sneeze At". In that episode, his debt was ''far less'' than what we've seen in "Waddle While You Work", which was nine hundred ninety trillion ($990000000000000.00). [[spoiler:Guess what? After Nightmare Enterprises' destruction, [[PlayedStraight those words come true]]]].

* SoBadItsGood: InUniverse. In the dub, this is what Tiff calls Dedede's self-made cartoon (''Dedede: Comin' at Ya'' or ''Dedede of the Stars'' in the original). Fans have theorized this might also be a bit of SelfDeprecation on [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4KiDS's]] part.

* SpiceUpTheSubtitles: The fansubs done by ''Kirby' s Rainbow Resort''. Case in point, they made the robot Escargoon drop a PrecisionFStrike.

** [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] in "Cartoon Buffoon". King Dedede's anime, "Dedede: Comin' At Ya!", mostly looks [[StylisticSuck hilariously sucky]], being mostly drawn by random townsfolk--except for one scene, which is drawn in an ultra-detailed, Anime/JojosBizarreAdventure-like style. Apparently there was only one competent artist on the team...

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While all of the signs that appear in the anime are written originally in proper English, some [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-miss]] frames aren't as good.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[spoiler:If there are bad dreams, then Nightmare will continue to exist.]]

** Water Kirby is an official Copy Ability in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''. Kabuki Kirby is also made official in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''.

* WhipItGood: Meta Knight uses a whip once, to save Kirby and his friends from falling. It is never shown or mentioned again.

* ShoutOut: Lots. Some are [[WholePlotReference whole episode references]] to movies like ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', ''[[{{Kaiju}} Mothra]]'', ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/TheBirds'', and ''Film/{{Frankenstein|1931}}''. Furthermore, in episode 71, most of the main cast go on a boat trip and get [[Literature/TheBible swallowed by a whale]]. There's even an episode ("Mabel Turns The Tables") where Mabel gathers a cult following and ''[[Literature/BookOfExodus parts the sea.]]''

In 2011, Creator/{{Nintendo}} released the Kirby TV Channel in Europe, a free downloadable UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} channel allowing Wii owners to watch a constantly rotating set of episodes from the entire anime. In 2012, a 3D version of a special episode was released on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS. And in 2022, during the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival, it was announced the series was getting an official HD Blu-Ray release in Japan. It will be released in Winter 2022.

* LuckyTranslation: In one episode of the original, Tokkori says "sono tokkori da", a pun on the phrase ''"sono toori da"'' (that's right). The fansubbers were lucky enough to make this "Exact-tokko-ly".