History Fridge / Kirby

* In KirbyTripleDeluxe, [[spoiler: you might wonder what the [[KirbyandtheAmazingMirror the Amazing Mirror]] is doing in final boss's room. It occurred to me later that, Kirby and Meta Knight had to fly up into the sky to get to the mirror, which certainly put the mirror into Sectonia's domain and reach and because Queen Sectonia is so vain, she has probably been using it as a personal looking glass. The mirror may not be why she's so evil, but it could be one explanation for how she became so monstrously vain.]]

* In ''Kirby's Dreamland 2'', Dark Matter comes to Pop Star and makes mischief in Dream Land. Kirby gets a special weapon and defeats it, problem solved? ''Kirby's Dreamland 3'' sees Dark Matter come back and engulf the entire planet of Pop Star. Kirby manages to defeat it with another special weapon, though, and even destroys its supposed controller, Zero. Yet in ''Kirby 64'', Dark Matter successfully conquers another planet and would have been in position to take over many more had Kirby not gotten involved by coincidence. Turns out the controller, Zero, had somehow revived, but Kirby finding another weapon to put back down solved everything, right? No, Dark Matter engulfing two planets as well as [[ThatsNoMoon forming another one out of its own mass]] is just a drop in the bucket. At the time of this typing, roughly 80% of the matter in the ''universe'' is estimated to be Dark Matter, and with the exception of [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Gooey]], the entire bulk of it seems to be hostile or commanded by a hostile intelligence which has come back from the dead once already in the Kirby series. The worst is yet to come, assuming Dark Matter is not already causing misery far beyond Kirby's area of operation. The fact Dark Nebula from ''Squeak Squad'' was later revealed to be part of Dark Matter shows this plot point has not been forgotten either.

** Of course, in the end, Kirby's black-and-white views prevail as the harmful, untrustworthy, or otherwise grey methods to delay the return of the villain fail (With or Without Kirby's help.) and only the unambiguously good actions of Kirby defeating the monster save the day in the end

* In ''Kirby's Dreamland 2'', Dark Matter comes to Pop Star and makes mischief in Dream Land. Kirby gets a special weapon and defeats it, problem solved? ''Kirby's Dreamland 3'' sees Dark Matter come back and engulf the entire planet of Pop Star. Kirby manages to defeat it with another special weapon though and even destroys its supposed controller, Zero. Yet in ''Kirby's 64'', Dark Matter successfully conquers another planet and would have been in position to take over many more had Kirby not gotten involved by coincidence. Turns out the controller, Zero, had somehow revived but Kirby finding another weapon to put back down solved everything right? No, Dark Matter engulfing two planets as well as [[ThatsNoMoon forming another one out of its own mass]] is just a drop in the bucket. At the time of this typing, roughly 80% of the matter in the ''universe'' estimated to be Dark Matter and with the exception of [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Gooey]] the entire bulk of it seems to be hostile or commanded by a hostile intelligence which has come back from the dead once already in the Kirby series. The worst is yet to come, assuming Dark Matter is not already causing misery far beyond Kirby's area of operation. The fact Dark Nebula from ''Squeak Squad'' was later revealed to be part of Dark Matter shows this plot point has not been forgotten either.

* The plot of ''Kirby's Adventure'' involves a Nightmare trying to come through the fountain of dreams to hurt the people of dream land, [[GenericDoomsdayVillain for some reason]]. King Dedede removes and destroys the fountain's power source, which keeps the nightmare on the other side but prevents anyone in Dream Land from dreaming. Kirby fixes the star rod, defeats the nightmare and restores the ability to dream (In case you did not know already) so all is good? Not so, in ''Kirby Super Star'' it is shown that there are several planets like Pop Star that contain structures similar to the fountain of dreams. Another Nightmare could easily come through any of them and neither Kirby nor Dedede can be expected to police them all. Furthermore, the backlash from one Nightmare's defeat [[DefaceOfTheMoon was strong enough to nearly destroy Pop Star's moon]]. At any point, any given person's bad dream could creep out of any number of places in the cosmos and cause a disaster.
* In ''Kirby's Dreamland 2'', Dark Matter comes to Pop Star and makes mischief in Dream Land. Kirby gets a special weapon and defeats it, problem solved? ''Kirby's Dreamland 3'' sees Dark Matter come back and engulf the entire planet of Pop Star. Kirby manages to defeat it with another special weapon though and even destroys its supposed controller, Zero. Yet in ''Kirby's 64'', Dark Matter successfully conquers another planet and would have been in position to take over many more had Kirby not gotten involved by coincidence. Turns out the controller, Zero, had somehow revived and Kirby finding another weapon to put back down solved everything right? The truth is, Dark Matter engulfing two planets as well as [[ThatsNoMoon forming another one out of its own mass]] is just a drop in the bucket. At the time of this typing roughly 80% of the matter in the ''universe'' estimated to be Dark Matter and with the exception of [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Gooey]] the entire bulk of it seems to be hostile or commanded by a hostile intelligence which has come back from the dead once already in the Kirby series. The worst is yet to come, assuming Dark Matter is not already out and about, causing misery far beyond Kirby's area of operation. The fact Dark Nebula from ''Squeak Squad'' was later revealed to be part of Dark Matter shows this plot point has not been forgotten either.

* The plot of ''Kirby's Adventure'' involves a Nightmare trying to come through the fountain of dreams to hurt the people of dream land, [[GenericDoomsdayVillain for some reason]]. King Dedede removes and destroys the fountain's power source, which keeps the nightmare on the other side but prevents anyone in Dream Land from dreaming. Kirby fixes the star rod, defeats the nightmare and restores the ability to dream (In case you did not know already) so all is good? Not so, in ''Kirby Super Star'' it is shown that there are several planets like Pop Star that contain structures similar to the fountain of dreams. Another Nightmare could easily come through any of them and neither Kirby nor Dedede can be expected to police them all. Furthermore, the backlash from one Nightmare's defeat [[DefaceOfTheMoon was strong enough to nearly destroy Pop Star's moon]]. At any point, any given person's bad dream could creep out of any number of places in the cosmos and cause a ridiculously widespread disaster.

* In ''Kirby's Dreamland 2'', Dark Matter comes to Pop Star and makes mischief in Dream Land. Kirby gets a special weapon and defeats it, problem solved? ''Kirby's Dreamland 3'' sees Dark Matter come back and engulf the entire planet of Pop Star. Kirby manages to defeat it with another special weapon though and even destroys its supposed controller, Zero. Yet in ''Kirby's 64'', Dark Matter successfully conquers another planet and would have been in position to take over many more had Kirby not gotten involved by coincidence. Turns out the controller, Zero, had somehow revived and Kirby finding another weapon to put back down solved everything right? The truth is, Dark Matter engulfing two planets as well as [[ThatsNoMoon forming another one out of its own mass]] is just a drop in the bucket. At the time of this typing roughly 80% of the matter in the ''universe'' estimated to be Dark Matter and with the exception of [[MySpeciesDoesProtestTooMuch Gooey]] the entire bulk of it seems to be hostile or commanded by a hostile intelligence which has come back from the dead once already in the Kirby series. The worst is yet to come, assuming Dark Matter is not already out and about, causing misery far beyond Kirby's area of operation.

* The creation of most beings in dreamland is through one's heroic heart which is aptly shaped like a star, so what happens when you spit them back out? You are spitting the heart of your enemies or objects.

* In ''Kirby 64'', the TrueFinalBoss, oddly, has a band aid on his head which you have to hit to expose his weak point. [[spoiler:It's the reincarnation of Zero from the previous game, so you'd first think that it's a simple call back... then you remember the whole thing where his iris ripped out of the main body...]]

* Throughout most of the Kirby games, Kirby ends up doing things that ultimately wind up freeing or unleashing the Final Bosses. Usually, I just figured that this is because Kirby is too selfish to realize just what his actions do, but after thinking about it, I realized that in most cases, the character he defeats (usually Dedede) takes a morally gray option to avoid the boss, while Kirby has an extreme case of Black and White Morality. In addition, when a player reaches that point for the first time, he only knows about as much as Kirby himself does, and since Kirby sees what Dedede does as a bad thing, so does the player. And since the situation changes at times, Kirby's trusting nature and Genre Blindness prevents him from knowing what evil is hidden just out of sight.

* In the intro to Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, you see Meta Knight fight his evil clone Dark Meta Knight in the Mirror Word. Meta Knight successfully defeats Dark Meta Knight and imprisons him in the Amazing Mirror that acts as a passage between Dream Land and the Mirror World. Cut to Kirby minding his own business, when suddenly Meta Knight appears out of ''nowhere'' and attacks Kirby, splitting him into four! That's a bit out of character for him, but you pay it no mind as you're soon thrust into the Mirror World, looking for the pieces of the Amazing Mirror so you can return to Dream Land. The way forward, however, is never what it seems to be, and to reach the Mirror Shards, you have to search every nook and cranny for secrets and hidden passages. So you face Meta Knight, who naturally doesn't want you to restore the Mirror since it would free Dark Meta Knight, and... Wait, what's this? He's not giving you a sword? That's ''definitely'' out of character. Something fishy is going on here... So you find the remaining pieces of the Mirror, and finally come face to face with Meta Knight inside... And then the ''real'' Meta Knight appears! The Meta Knight you've been fighting is actually Dark Meta Knight, and the Meta Knight that was imprisoned was the real one all along! After knocking the crap out of Dark Meta Knight, he reveals his true form: an evil sorcerer known as Dark Mind with an appearance similar to Nightmare. Look closely, however, and you'll see a fiery eyeball where his torso should be. Strange... After defeating Dark Mind a few times in a row, he then reveals his *actual* true form, the same fiery eyeball that he had for a torso, only much larger! Even after you finally reveal his true self, he ''still'' tries to throw you off with tricky tactics, such as reflecting his shots off of mirrors and even flipping the screen upside-down! So after you finally defeat Dark Mind, he explodes as the four Kirbies fly off back toward Dream Land. ...And then it's revealed that the Shadow Kirby enemy you've been beating up the whole game is *not* a bad guy like you probably assumed, but is actually the hero of the Mirror World! Every aspect of the game, from the story, to the presentation, to the Metroidvania gameplay, is representative of a central theme: '''Kirby and the Amazing Mirror is a game about exposing lies.'''

* In the intro to Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, you see Meta Knight fight his evil clone Dark Meta Knight in the Mirror Word. Meta Knight successfully defeats Dark Meta Knight and imprisons him in the Amazing Mirror that acts as a passage between Dream Land and the Mirror World. Cut to Kirby minding his own business, when suddenly Meta Knight appears out of ''nowhere'' and attacks Kirby, splitting him into four! That's a bit our of character for him, but you pay it no mind as you're soon thrust into the Mirror World, looking for the pieces of the Amazing Mirror so you can return to Dream Land. The way forward, however, is never what it seems to be, and to reach the Mirror Shards you have to search every nook and cranny for secrets and hidden passages. So you face Meta Knight, who naturally doesn't want you to restore the Mirror since it would free Dark Meta Knight, and... Wait, what's this? He's not giving you a sword? That's ''definitely'' out of character. Something fishy is going on here... So you find the remaining pieces of the Mirror, and finally come face to face with Meta Knight inside... And then the ''real'' Meta Knight appears! The Meta Knight you've been fighting is actually Dark Meta Knight , and the Meta Knight that was imprisoned was the real one all along! After knocking the crap out of Dark Meta Knight, he reveals his true form: an evil sorcerer known as Dark Mind with an appearance similar to Nightmare. Look closely, however, and you'll see a fiery eyeball where his torso should be. Strange... After defeating Dark Mind a few times in a row, he then reveals his *actual* true form, the same fiery eyeball that he had for a torso, only much larger! Even after you finally reveal his true self, he ''still'' tries to throw you off with tricky tactics, such as reflecting his shots off of mirrors and even flipping the screen upside-down! So after you finally defeat Dark Mind, he explodes as the four Kirbies fly off back toward Dream Land. ...And then it's revealed that the Shadow Kirby enemy you've been beating up the whole game is *not* a bad guy like you probably assumed, but is actually the hero of the Mirror World! Every aspect of the game, from the story, to the presentation, to the metroidvania gameplay, is representative of a central theme: '''Kirby and the Amazing Mirror is a game about exposing lies.'''

* In ''Kirby 64'', the TrueFinalBoss, oddly, has a band aid on his head which you have to hit to expose his weak point. [[spoiler: It's the reincarnation of Zero from the previous game, so you'd first think that it's a simple call back...then you remember the whole thing where his iris ripped out of the main body...]]

* You know, if Kirby hadn't been around in Episode 39 where Boukyakku made everyone forget who Escargon is, Escargon might have headed to the ocean [[DrivenToSuicide for a different reason...]]

** {{Kirby}} [[CannibalismSuperpower eats enemies to gain their powers]]. Ritual cannibalism is carried out for the same purpose.

* You remember the Sphere Doomers at the end of some levels in KirbysReturnToDreamland and that they were made from energy spheres. Well why do you think they were made, answer because [[spoiler: Magolor and the Lor are evil]]. It makes even more sens when the last piece of the Lor turns into Grand Doomer.
** Another one from Return to Dreamland: [[spoiler: The first letter of the level names [[labelnote:*]] Cookie Country, Raisin Ruins, Onion Ocean, White Wafers, Nutty Noon, Egg Engines, Dangerous Dinner[[/labelnote]] spell out the [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] 'CROWNED', referencing how Magolor gets the Master Crown]].

* In the intro to Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, you see Meta Knight fight his evil clone Dark Meta Knight in the Mirror Word. Meta Knight successfully defeats Dark Meta Knight and imprisons him in the Amazing Mirror that acts as a passage between Dream Land and the Mirror World. Cut to Kirby minding his own business, when suddenly Meta Knight appears out of *nowhere* and attacks Kirby, splitting him into four! That's a bit our of character for him, but you pay it no mind as you're soon thrust into the Mirror World, looking for the pieces of the Amazing Mirror so you can return to Dream Land. The way forward, however, is never what it seems to be, and to reach the Mirror Shards you have to search every nook and cranny for secrets and hidden passages. So you face Meta Knight, who naturally doesn't want you to restore the Mirror since it would free Dark Meta Knight, and... Wait, what's this? He's not giving you a sword? That's ''definitely'' out of character. Something fishy is going on here... So you find the remaining pieces of the Mirror, and finally come face to face with Meta Knight inside... And then the *real* Meta Knight appears! The Meta Knight you've been fighting is actually Dark Meta Knight , and the Meta Knight that was imprisoned was the real one all along! After knocking the crap out of Dark Meta Knight, he reveals his true form: an evil sorcerer known as Dark Mind with an appearance similar to Nightmare. Look closely, however, and you'll see a fiery eyeball where his torso should be. Strange... After defeating Dark Mind a few times in a row, he then reveals his *actual* true form, the same fiery eyeball that he had for a torso, only much larger! Even after you finally reveal his true self, he *still* tries to throw you off with tricky tactics, such as reflecting his shots off of mirrors and even flipping the screen upside-down! So after you finally defeat Dark Mind, he explodes as the four Kirbies fly off back toward Dream Land. ...And then it's revealed that the Shadow Kirby enemy you've been beating up the whole game is *not* a bad guy like you probably assumed, but is actually the hero of the Mirror World! Every aspect of the game, from the story, to the presentation, to the metroidvania gameplay, is representative of a central theme: **Kirby and the Amazing Mirror is a game about exposing lies.**

** Another one from Return to Dreamland: [[spoiler: The first letter of the level names [[labelnote:*]] Cookie Country, Raisin Ruins, Onion Ocean, White Wafers, Nutty Noon, Egg Engines, Dangerous Dinner[[/labelnote]] spell out the [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] 'CROWNED'', referencing how Magolor gets the Master Crown]].

** Another one from Return to Dreamland, take a look at the first letter of the level names-Cookie, Raisin, Onion, White, Nutty, Egg, Dangerous, CROWNED, as in where [[spoiler: Magolor gets the Master Crown]].

* You remember the Sphere Doomers at the end of some levels in {{Kirbys Return to Dreamland}} and that they were made from energy spheres. Well why do you think they were made, answer because [[spoiler: Magolor and the Lor are evil]]. It makes even more sens when the last piece of the Lor turns into Grand Doomer.

* The ''{{Kirby}}'' series is probably the archetypal SugarBowl, a perpetually happy place filled with bright colours and cheerful characters where nothing bad ever happens, the stories merely {{Excuse Plot}}s for [[RuleOfFun purposes of fun]]. Except that no, it isn't. Pop Star is constantly assailed by [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil undefeatable]] {{Eldritch Abomination}}s that corrupt and kill and bring the world to the brink of destruction. The closest thing to an authority figure is a bumbling AuthorityInNameOnly that can barely succeed even in the few times he manages to be competent. The OnlySaneMan is a BloodKnight concerned only with combat. And Kirby himself, the protagonist and supposed hero, eats people. ''Hundreds upon hundreds of people''. He is a horrific scale BigEater on par with [[{{Warhammer 40000}} the Tyranids]], consuming indiscriminately all in his path, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop him.
** Keep in mind that most of these "enemies" are completely innocent. Most of them just sit there until Kirby either devours them or destroys their souls.

* Throughout the games, Kirby is known to live in a SugarBowl world, and the [[VileVillainSaccharineShow bosses]] he fights on a regular basis range from [[SealedEvilInACan Sealed Evil In Cans]] to [[EldritchAbomination EldritchAbominations]]. Why are Kirby bosses so [[NightmareFuel nightmare-ish]]? Because Kirby lives in Dream Land! It makes sense that the bad guys would be the stuff of nightmares.

* Throughout most of the Kirby games, Kirby ends up doing things that ultimately wind up freeing or unleashing the Final Bosses. Usually, I just figured that this is because Kirby is too selfish to realize just what his actions do, but after thinking about it, I realized that in most cases, the character he defeats (usually DeDeDe) takes a morally gray option to avoid the boss, while Kirby has an extreme case of Black and White Morality. In addition, when a player reaches that point for the first time, he only knows about as much as Kirby himself does, and since Kirby sees what DeDeDe does as a bad thing, so does the player. And since the situation changes at times, Kirby's trusting nature and Genre Blindness prevents him from knowing what evil is hidden just out of sight.

** Another one from Return to Dreamland, take a look at the first letter of the level names
Cookie,
Raisin,
Onion,
White,
Nutty,
Egg,
Dangerous,
CROWNED, as in where [[spoiler: Magolor gets the Master Crown]].

** {{Kirby}} [[CannibalismSuperpower eats enemies to gain their powers]]. Ritual cannibalism is carried out for the same purpose.
* The Final boss of Kirby's Dreamland 3... enough said.