History Franchise / Kirby

* WhipItGood: The Whip ability, obviously, makes Kirby wield one. Beam Kirby also mainly attacks with a wavy beam that acts like a whip, and UFO Kirby also has a similar move.

* ''LightNovel/{{Kirby|LightNovel}}'' (light novels)

* {{Precursors}}: According to Magolor in ''[[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Return to Dream Land]]'', the Ancients crafted many items of legendary power, including not only the Lor Starcutter and [[spoiler:the Master Crown]] but also "[[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure mysterious items that bring dreams to life]]"[[note]]the Star Rod[[/note]] and "[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar clockwork stars that soar the cosmos]]"[[note]]Nova [[spoiler:and [[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Star Dream]]]][[/note]]. It's also implied that these same Ancients [[spoiler:banished Hyness and his cult to the edge of the galaxy.]]

** [[spoiler:Magolor]] makes peace with Kirby in ''Dream Collection'', although he is implied to be possessed by the [[spoiler:Master Crown.]]

** ''[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Amazing Mirror]]'' is in a league of its own for its BlindIdiotTranslation.

* FunWithAcronyms: ''Kirby's Adventure'' has levels whose initials spell ''V-I-B-G-Y-O-R'', which is ROY G. BIV (The colors of the rainbow) backwards. ''Canvas Curse'' spells R-A-I-N-B-O-W, ''Return to Dream Land'' spells C-R-O-W-N-E-D, ''Triple Deluxe'' spells F-L-O-W-E-R, ''Planet Robobot'' spells P-R-O-G-R-A-M, the second area of ''Star Allies'' spells F-R-I-E-N-D-S, and ''Forgotten Land'' spells N-E-W-W-O-R-LD.

* [[/index]]''Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition'' (2012, Wii; a [[CompilationRerelease compilation]] in celebration of Kirby's 20th anniversary)[[index]]

** ''Dream Land 2'' introduces Dark Matter, who would slowly become a GreaterScopeVillain for the whole series, as many villains (such as Dark Nebula and the Master Crown) are implied to be connected to it.

* KudzuPlot: Has become somewhat infamous for this. The first four games have incredibly simple plots. Dedede steals all the food from dreamland and then scatters the pieces of the Star Rod to avoid Nightmare breaking loose, Dark Matter gets introduced and possesses Dedede and Kirby stops the sun and moon from fighting and [[spoiler:gets manipulated by Marx to summon a Galactic Nova so the former can use it to dominate the universe]]. Come Dreamland 3, Dark Matter returns and their leader, 0, is introduced. Then in Crystal Shards, Dark Matter returns again and 0 returns in a new form with 02. Then Amazing Mirror introduces the concept of parallel universes with the Mirror World. Then in Return to Dreamland we get introduced to the ancients, enigmatic beings who created multiple items like the Galactic Novas and the Star Rod. Triple Deluxe then reveals the Dimension Mirror was given to Sectonia as a gift, which resulted in her getting corrupted by it. And then Star Allies... [[WhamEpisode Hooooooo boy]]. Star Allies drops probably the biggest bombshell in the series by introducing Void, a destructive being which exists in all dimensions and caused the ancients to make the items found throughout the series, and then the DLC reveals that [[spoiler:Void is the source of EVERYTHING in the franchise, having so many likely relations to Dark Matter, with Kirby being a source of Void incarnated via positive energy. Even aside from that, it also reveals the Butterfly frequently landing upon Kirby is actually a being which brings judgement and can absorb people and other beings and grow more powerful by doing so]]. Then Forgotten Land reveals that [[spoiler:the previous inhabitants of the new world used Fecto Forgo to escape the planet, with it commonly being speculated that they would become the ancients. Then the next year, Return to Dreamland Deluxe would end up canonising [[VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe two free-to-play]] [[VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash spin-off games]] through the lore of the Master Crown, and thus end up finally properly canonising Galacta Knight.]] The lore has become so complex that it’s nigh impossible to understand it all. Luckily most of the lore is in the background so the series doesn't suffer from ContinuityLockOut with the basic plot being self-contained.

** ''3D Classics: Kirby's Adventure'' (2011, Nintendo 3DS, a [[UpdatedRerelease 3D re-release]])[[index]]

* KudzuPlot: Has become somewhat infamous for this. The first four games have incredibly simple plots. Dedede steals all the food from dreamland and then scatters the pieces of the Star Rod to avoid Nightmare breaking loose, Dark Matter gets introduced and possesses Dedede and Kirby stops the sun and moon from fighting and [[spoiler:gets manipulated by Marx to summon a Galactic Nova so the former can use it to dominate the universe]]. Come Dreamland 3, Dark Matter returns and their leader, 0, is introduced. Then in Crystal Shards, Dark Matter returns again and 0 returns in a new form with 02. Then Amazing Mirror introduces the concept of parallel universes with the Mirror World. Then in Return to Dreamland we get introduced to the ancients, enigmatic beings who created multiple items like the Galactic Novas and the Star Rod. Triple Deluxe then reveals the Dimension Mirror was given to Sectonia as a gift, which resulted in her getting corrupted by it. And then Star Allies... [[WhamEpisode Hooooooo boy]]. Star Allies drops probably the biggest bombshell in the series by introducing Void, a destructive being which exists in all dimensions and caused the ancients to make the items found throughout the series, and then the DLC reveals that [[spoiler:Void is the source of EVERYTHING in the franchise, having so many likely relations to Dark Matter, with Kirby being a source of Void incarnated via positive energy. Even aside from that, it also reveals the Butterfly frequently landing upon Kirby is actually a being which brings judgement and can absorb people and other beings and grow more powerful by doing so]]. Then Forgotten Land reveals that [[spoiler:the previous inhabitants of the new world used Fecto Forgo to escape the planet, with it commonly being speculated that they would become the ancients.]] The lore has become so complex that it’s nigh impossible to understand it all. Luckily most of the lore is in the background so the series doesn't suffer from ContinuityLockOut with the basic plot being self-contained.

** While Kirby's Sword ability was pretty standard in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', it was ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' that gave him [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link'z familiar green cap]] and the ability to fire sword beams at full health. WordOfGod has said this was done to return the favor for Kirby's cameo in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''. In later games, the sword that comes with the ability even looks similar to the Master Sword. In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', both Kirby and Meta Knight can perform the [[SpinAttack Spin Slash]] Link uses from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' onwards, and ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' adds the "Sky Energy Sword" to the repertoire, which is similar to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Strike]]. [[invoked]]

** HAL's GoroawaseNumber, 86, also commonly appears throughout the series. The most notable example is the codename ID-F86 from ''Forgotten Land'', with other examples including HAL Rooms that require waiting for 86 seconds to enter and high scores that incorporate 86 in some way.

** While Kirby's Sword ability was pretty standard in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'', it was ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' that gave him [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda a familiar green cap]] and the ability to fire sword beams at full health. WordOfGod has said this was done to return the favor for Kirby's cameo in '"VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening''. In later games, the sword that comes with the ability even looks similar to the Master Sword. In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', both Kirby and Meta Knight can perform the [[SpinAttack Spin Slash]] Link uses from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' onwards, and ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' adds the "Sky Energy Sword" to the repertoire, which is similar to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Strike]]. [[invoked]]

** In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' and every later main ''Kirby'' title, another possible Stone transformation is HAL Laboratory's Yamanashi R&D Center (with Mt. Fuji in the background). After Kirby repairs the Lor Starcutter, Magolor takes them to his home planet '''Hal'''candra, which is named after HAL.

* CompanyCrossReferences: The series has a bunch of these for other Creator/{{HALLaboratory}} and Creator/{{Nintendo}} works:

** Kirby's Sword ability has him donning Link's cap, with a puffball on the tip. And he can shoot beams with it at full health, in a further ShoutOut to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. In some games, the sword that comes with it looks similar to the Master Sword. In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', both Kirby and Meta Knight can perform the [[SpinAttack Spin Slash]] Link uses from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' onwards, and ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' adds the "Sky Energy Sword" to the repertoire, which is similar to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Strike]].

** From the release of ''Dream Land'' to some time during the SNES era, Kirby was treated as a MascotWithAttitude. Commercials often featured him acting tough and mean, and occasionally even ruthless. The last vestige of this was ''Kirby's Avalanche'', one of the few games to give him his own dialog, where he's extremely sarcastic and even meanspirited. The last holdover of this seems to have been the commercial for ''Kirby 64'', where he is portrayed as both [[CuteAndPsycho cute and violent]], firing a missile at the animals he was competing against.

** The final boss of ''Kirby's Dream Land'' was King Dedede, an unintimidating, fat [[AmbiguousSpecies penguin… bird… animal… thing]], ''Kirby's Adventure'' was the first game to introduce the signature SurpriseCreepy final bosses the series is known for.

* SurpriseCreepy: In a series where almost everything is cutesy, the final bosses will catch you off guard. Even Scarfies can become this if you make them mad.

** Kirby's Sword ability has him donning Link's cap, with a puffball on the tip. And he can shoot beams with it at full health, in a further ShoutOut to ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. In some games, the sword that comes with it looks similar to the Master Sword. In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', both Kirby and Meta Knight can perform the [[SpinAttack Spin Slash]] Link uses from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'' onwards, and ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' adds the "Sky Energy Sword" to the repertoire, which is similar to the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Strike]].

** Also from ''Amazing Mirror'' is the [[CanonImmigrant "Smash Bros." ability]], gained from swallowing the mini-boss forms of Master Hand, which gives Kirby all of his special attacks from ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
** Yo-yo Kirby seems to be based off of [[VideoGame/EarthBound Ness.]] The background for this ability even has the same background as ''[=EarthBound=]''[='s=] first menu screen. The ESP ability introduced later is more directly based on ''[=EarthBound=]'', directly referencing it in its description and moveset; its enemy is even named NESP. In return, the Debug menu of ''[=EarthBound=]'' has an icon of Kirby as the cursor, since HAL Laboratory helped develop it.
** In one of the ghost stages in Level 4 of ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'', one of the pieces of background music played is very reminiscent of the Threed section in ''[=EarthBound=]''; the game's composer, Shogo Sakai, worked on ''VideoGame/MOTHER3''.
** In ''Revenge of the King'', Kabula fires missiles that just-so-happen to resemble Bullet Bills from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series at you during your boss fight with it. Kabula's redesign with its ferocious smile also heavily resembles the Banzai Bills from the same franchise.

** In ''The Great Cave Offensive'' game from ''Kirby Super Star'', some of the treasures Kirby collects are items from other Nintendo series. This is including (but not limited to): ''Franchise/DonkeyKong'', ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', and ''Franchise/FireEmblem''.
** Also from ''Super Star'' (and ''Ultra''), you can see ''Mario'' characters in the audience of King Dedede's arena in Spring Breeze as well as in Megaton Punch.
** Plus, occasionally when using the stone power, Kirby will turn into a gold statue of another Nintendo character, such as [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]], and [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Tom Nook]].
** A mission in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' has some Franchise/{{Metroid}}s show up. At the end of the stage, Samus Aran is there waiting for you, and will even remove her helmet for OneHundredPercentCompletion. Other stages involve collecting the pieces of R.O.B. for Professor Hector, reuniting Donbe and Hikari from ''Shin Onigashima'', and helping Goku and Chao from ''Yūyūki'', the latter two being adventure games for the Family Computer Disk System. Chao also appeared in the Japanese version of ''Dream Land 2''.

** "Kirby Quest" is a sub-game in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' featuring a logo and menu design similar to that of [[VideoGame/{{Arcana}} a certain RPG]] produced by HAL, featuring music from the ''Kirby'' series' two senior sound composers.

* KooshBomb: Almost all explosions are drawn this way.

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* BroadStrokes: [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/25/kirby-forgotten-land-features/ According to Kumazaki]], the franchise does not have a strict timeline of events, but story elements from previous installments are carried into later games if they are easy to follow up on (i.e. Kirby and Dedede already have met each other or [[spoiler:Magalor has redeemed himself]]). The only elements that aren't followed upon are elements that would constrain the developers on creating new challenges and optimal gameplay experience.

->''"First you draw a circle,\\
Then you dot the eyes,\\
Add a great big smile\\
And presto, it's Kirby!"''
-->-- '''Intro to''' '''''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'''''

* JokeWeapon: Sleep Kirby. The "ability" freezes you in place for four seconds with no way to defend yourself, and you lose the ability afterwards. The only reason to even consider getting it is to see Kirby's sleeping face, which is pretty darn adorable. Copy Essences containing Sleep are usually used as obstacles, rather than powerups. In ''Battle Royale'', however, the ability is improved so that it's actually battle-capable (while still allowing Kirby to sleep).

** The Dream Kingdom ("a faraway land from long, long ago") of ''Clash Deluxe'' is a high-fantasy riff on the classic Dream Land setting, but its relationship with any surrounding universes is unknown. It does feature certain enemies hopping dimensions into the kingdom's, however.

** Officially, it's ambigious wether Ado and Adeleine are the same person or not, but the 20th Anniversary guidebook ''Pupupu Taizen'' suggests that if they ''were'' the same, "Ado" would likely be a nickname of "Adeleine". In which case the former should be romanized as "Ad" or "Ade".

** In ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' [[spoiler: Queen Sectonia starts lossing herself as soon as she finds the Amazing Mirror growing in power but becoming more evil and obsessed with her own vanity. This only becomes worse when she fuses with the Dreamstalk, becomig a being that only cares about her vanity.]]
** In ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' [[spoiler:President Haltmann is slowly fuse to Star Dream as it slowly deletes all his memories and soul until nothing is left. This also messes with Star Dream's own mind turning it from a all-knowing computer to a mindless machine.]]
** In ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' [[spoiler:Void Termina [[ZigZaggingTrope ZigZags this trope]] on one hand it's stated to have grown a mind in its battle with Kirby but it still wants to destroy everything it just now takes pleasure in it making it arguable that it driven to its destructive mindset by the negative emotions around it, particularly Hyness's hate.]]

* GarnishingTheStory:
** EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: King Dedede seems to be a penguin of some sort, though it's difficult to tell.
** EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Rainbows occur often in the background scenery, starting with Rainbow Resort in ''Adventure''. In terms of gameplay, there's [[EleventhHourSuperpower Rainbow Sword]], and one of Water Kirby's attacks produces a rainbow.