History Characters / KirbyDarkMatter

* TheCameo: Appears in ''Triple Deluxe'' (along with Drawcia) and ''Star Allies'' as one of Stone's forms. In a later update of the latter game, the [[PromotedToPlayable playable]] Daroach can pull out a chest that contains a dummy version of Dark Nebula on a spring.

* IHaveNoSon: Considering it also attacks him during the battle, Zero has no qualms killing Gooey for turning his back the Dark Matter HiveMind despite having most likely created him in the first place.

* IHaveNoSon: Considering it also attacks him during the battle, Zero has no qualms killing Gooey for turning his back the Dark Matter HiveMind despite probably creating him in the first place.

** Officially, the original Dark Matter character is often referred to as "Dark Matter" in both of its forms; however, its individual forms both have obscure official names, with "Dark Matter Blade" as its first form and "Real Dark Matter" as its second. [[spoiler:The True Arena in ''Planet Robobot'' calls the clone "Dark Matter Clone", but the American version also calls it "Dark Matter Blade", and a closer look at the Japanese version shows it was meant to be "Dark Matter Blade Clone" in full.]]

* NoNameGiven: Dark Matter Blade was unnamed outside of Japanese guides for the longest time -- its name was only indirectly revealed in ''Planet Robobot'', where [[spoiler:the clone is erroneously referred to as "Dark Matter Blade" rather than "Dark Matter Clone" in the True Arena]].

** Given its Japanese name, "Dark Zero", it stands to reason that it could have a connection to Zero and/or 0[[superscript:2]]. The ''20th Anniversary Hoshi no Kirby Pupupu Taizen'' simply states that their relation is unclear.

* DubNameChange: Named "Dark Zero" in Japanese. Presumably the name change was to avoid confusion with the existing Zero. This is thought to be a rogue Dark Matter-related being, not the original Zero.

* GreaterScopeVillain: It's the final villain of ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'' but only makes an appearance during the final world. Prior to that point, Daroach was the main villain, attempting to steal the chest it was sealed in without knowing what was inside.

** Its Japanese name depends on [[AmbiguouslyRelated whether or not one believes it to be connected to the "Zeroes"]].

* PhysicalGod: The English ending of Squeak Squad makes a passing remark that Dark Nebula was the 'Ruler of the Underworld', which presumably means that Dark Nebula is some sort of physical god. The Japanese version averts it, as its nickname there is "Lord of the Dark" with no mention of "the Underworld".

* RedBaron: It is described as the "Ruler of the Underworld" during the ending. In the Japanese version, it is instead called the "Lord of the Dark".

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It is described as a cloud of smoke when it initially appears and is shown possessing people much like Dark Matter. Additionally it is shown to have elemental powers like a (''very'' toned down) Miracle Matter and its Japanese name is Dark ''Zero''.

* WalkingSpoiler: Due to the [[PlotTwist twist]] occuring at the end of World 7 and being the FinalBoss, it's definitely a {{spoiler}} character.

The dark god worshipped by Hyness and the FinalBoss of the game. A mindless[[ItCanThink (?)]] destroyer of worlds who only knows ruination. He is summoned by the "masters of a matter most dark" ("the worshippers of the darkest matter" in the Japanese version) and his true core very heavily resembles Dark Matter, but his true relationship to the species is unknown. Furthermore, it's implied that he's related to a more surprising subject...

* NoPronunciationGuide: "Zero Two" (ゼロツー) is the official pronunciation of 0[[superscript:2]]'s name, although that hasn't stopped people from pronouncing it as "Zero-Squared", "Oh-Two", "Oh-Squared", or even ''Oxygen'' (which is literally O[[subscript:2]]). Though with later games like ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU Super Smash Bros. 4]]/[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'', as well as [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx a certain other Zero Two]], this confusion may have died down at least a little bit.

* BigBad: It's the instigator of the conflict of ''Dream Land 3'', albeit a [[TrueFinalBoss hidden]] one. It is also debateably this for the entire franchise, too, seeing how its other incarnations and its creations appear as reoccuring foes in the series.

* BigBad: It's the instigator of the conflict of ''Dream Land 3'', albeit a [[TrueFinalBoss hidden]] one.

A 20-sided die with a red eye on each side. Miracle Matter appears in ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' as the FinalBoss, being the second-in-command to 0[[superscript:2]].

* BackFromTheDead: Implied to be Zero reborn, but in the sense of a reincarnation rather than an outright revival, to the point that the ''20th Anniversary Hoshi no Kirby Pupupu Taizen'' and a RoguesGalleryShowcase in ''Star Allies'' list them as separate characters.

* SpiritualSuccessor: It's this to Miracle Matter, being a Dark Matter-esque being who uses multiple elements.

[[caption-width-right:147:[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII What I am is darkness.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:189:[[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls When gravity falls and earth becomes sky, fear the beast with just one eye.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[VideoGame/SpookysJumpscareMansion Tiny, shining holes in the sky. Delicate, perfect emptiness. Black, growing absences of light. Cold, swarming death. And we shall become them.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:200:[[Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie You might know everything I'm going to do, but that's not going to help you, since I know everything you're going to do!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:250:[[Creator/ManOnTheInternet Endless darkness, endless night, a world anathema to light.]]]]
The new(?) leader of the Dark Matter species, and TrueFinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Kirby 64]]''. It's an angelic-looking being, with wings, a halo, and a green cactus-like tail.

!!!'''Debut:''' ''[[VideoGame/KirbySqueakSquad Kirby: Squeak Squad]]''

[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory And you, too, will sleep eternally in the dark power's embrace!]]]]

[[caption-width-right:300:[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die. And when they are gone... darkness will return.]]]]

* EvilIsVisceral: A rather infamous example. It's villain from a [[VileVillainSaccharineShow cutesy children's game]] that attacks by shooting its own ''blood'' at the player, then ''rips its own bleeding eye out of the socket'' just before it's destroyed.

* CameraAbuse: Sometimes Zero's shots splatter on the screen.

* KingMook: It is a much stronger version of Dark Matter, [[UpToEleven an already final-boss-tier enemy]].

* SurpriseCreepy: Dark Matter sort of was already, so Zero had to take it UpToEleven.

* BigBad: It's instigator of the conflict of ''Dream Land 3'', albeit a [[TrueFinalBoss hidden]] one.

* ArcVillain: For ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' and ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards''.

* BigBad: [[TrueFinalBoss Hidden]] in ''Dream Land 3''.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' (where it doesn't appear) due to being [[TheManBehindTheMan Dark Matter's leader]].

* TheManBehindTheMan: Is this to Dark Matter.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Its most distinguishing feature.

* WalkingSpoiler: Its existence is a {{spoiler}} itself.

* KingMook: It is a much stronger version of Dark Matter, [[UpToEleven an already near-final-boss-tier enemy]].

** ''Officially'' speaking, it's its own character with no relation to Zero, but in context it's painfully obvious that they're related, with the real question being whether it's the ''exact'' same character. The fact that 0[[superscript:2]] wears two plasters underneath its halo, roughly corresponding to the location of where the eye ([[BizarreAlienBiology or was it an iris?]]) burst out of the original Zero seems to lend credence to the idea that it is the original, only reincarnated somehow, but it's still left vague. A picture in ''Star Allies'' that shows all of the series' final bosses, except for new forms of the same character that appeared later, has both Zero and 0[[superscript:2]], suggesting they're not the same entity.