History Characters / KirbyOtherBosses

A cloud-creating robotic version of Kracko piloted by Doc, which fights Kirby in Cushy Clouds.

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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also spelled Yadgaine.

* CutsceneBoss: While guarding a magic yarn would usually make something a boss in this game, Kirby defeats Lickeur with a ground pound during a cutscene.

* PurpleIsPowerful: It's mainly purple, and it's one of the guardians of a magic yarn. This is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]], however, as it dies in a cutscene by just one of Kirby's ground pounds.

* FlunkyBoss: He summons swarms of Lilbats. In second and third phase, he summons spiny Pricklebats as well.

* DubNameChange: Called Dokuro Daiou in Japanese, which literally means "Skull King".

* BossArenaIdiocy: Granted, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation it never comes up in gameplay]], but it wouldn't be terribly smart for [[{{Oculothorax}} King Doo]] to fight the player in a [[ShiftingSandLand sandy desert]], and the game lampshades this.

* EyeScream: He's fought on [[ShiftingSandLand the Dunes]] in his second battle in ''VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe''. Being around that area's sandstorms [[AHandfulForAnEye cannot be good]] for a creature whose body is 50 percent eye, especially if the game itself lampshades this.

A giant Sir Kibble as a miniboss, with a massive cutter and silver armor. Gives the Cutter ability.

* BossSubtitles: "Exotic Magician, Mr. Doubter" in the Japanese version of ''Deluxe''.
* BurningWithAnger: Mr. Dooter EX is visibly angry, and some of his attacks have [[IncendiaryExponent fire]] added to them. His Japanese pause description even name-drops the trope word for word.

* DubNameChange: Called "Mr. Doubter" in Japanese.
* EthnicMagician: Has a distinctly Arabian theme, and is even called an "exotic magician" in his Japanese BossSubtitles.

* FlunkyBoss: He can summon Dooter Snakes or Babuts to attack.

* MagiciansAreWizards: His new Pause Menu description in ''Deluxe'' indicates that he's a stage magician with actual magic powers.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His Dooter Snakes are a pastiche of the late Japanese comedian Shopan Igari, who dressed in a stereotypical Middle East-inspired outfit, complete with turban, and "summoned" brightly colored snakes as part of his comedy routine.

* RedIsViolent: He's colored bright red in EX mode, and he's both [[BurningWithAnger much angrier]] and more dangerous than before.
* RocketPunch: After he TurnsRed he has an attack where he launches [[ElementalPunch flaming fists]] at you, and in Extra Mode they can also cover the ground on fire.
* SizeShifter: After he TurnsRed he can grow bigger for certain attacks.

* BossSubtitles: "Glutton of the Sea, Fatty Buffer" in the Japanese version of ''Deluxe''.

* DubNameChange: Called "Fatty Buffer" in Japanese. The European localizations all have something different. In Spanish, it's "Gordiglobo"; in French, it's "Grodruche"; in Italian, it's "Pesce Pallone" (lit. "Balloon Fish"); and in German, it's "Dicklipp".

* WakeUpCallBoss: Fatty Puffer is the first instance of the game telling you "[[DefendCommand I hope you realize you can block!]]" Because if you don't, this battle will absolutely ''destroy you.'' [[UnblockableAttack And don't even try to block its Water Cannon.]]

-->-- '''Pause Description, ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'''''

* BossSubtitles: In the Japanese version of ''Deluxe'', "Snowy Mountain Hooligan, Goriath".

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Goriath EX's Japanese pause description in ''Deluxe'' explains that his Force Blizzards and stretchy punches were the result of his martial arts training, then lampshades that it should be impossible to make his arms [[RubberMan that much longer]] through training alone.
* ConfusionFu: On top of him tending to be out of reach of most of Kirby's attacks, his patterns are also unpredictable and have little tells. Especially in Extra Mode, where he moves faster.

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* UnstoppableRage: His new pause description in ''Deluxe'' says that he won't calm down when he gets angry.

-->-- '''Pause Description, ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'''''

* {{Determinator}}: The biggest among the ''Return to Dream Land'' bosses. In the Main Mode, Metal General was a regular boss who came in between the tense, climactic fights between the Grand Doomer and Landia. In Extra Mode (but not in The True Arena), not only does it take control of [[spoiler:HR-D3]], but Kirby and his friends cannot directly defeat it. It is only stopped when [[spoiler:HR-D3]] collapses and explodes, with Metal General EX still piloting it.

* JustAMachine: Both of its pause descriptions in ''Deluxe'' emphasize that it is a heartless, soulless robot that isn't good for anything but battle and bloodshed. [[SubvertedTrope However]], it can be seen playing in Merry Magoland after it's defeated.

* RocketRide: When it TurnsRed, it starts to use "Destruction Missile", where it rides on an enormous rocket and tries to ram into Kirby from the background. Then it crashes the rocket.

* ShockAndAwe: A good number of its attacks are this. It can perform an electrified Shuttle Loop, summon the aforementioned bits, fire small spark darts, or (Extra Mode only) deploy spark mines.

-->-- '''Pause Description, ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'''''

* {{Superboss}}: Exclusive to the Extra Mode and The True Arena.

* WarmupBoss: The first quest in ''Super Kirby Clash'' is a battle with Hornhead.

* WarmupBoss: The first quest in ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'' is a battle with Colossal Waddle Dee.

* PunnyName: Its name in Japanese is romanized as '''''robobo'''nkāsu'', as a reference to ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'' (known as ''Hoshi no Kirby: Robobo Planet'' in Japan).
* RobotMe: A HumongousMecha version of Bonkers.

* DubNameChange: Called "Dede Dededen Z" in Japanese, a reference to the Japanese title of ''Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe''. The Korean version uses a similar pun.

* PunnyName: In Japanese, its name is a pun on ''Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe'' (''Dedede Daiou no Dedede de Den Z''). English misses this pun but adds its own, a {{portmanteau}} of "Dedede" and "destroyer".

* ImprovisedArmor: Once it TurnsRed, it pulls out chain-link fences to guard against projectiles and knock a close-up Kirby away. [[spoiler:Its Phantom version upgrades this to creating whole mini-mazes of chain-link fences, giving Kirby much less room to move around.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Tropic Woods's Japanese Gotcha Capsule says that "it mercilessly attacks those who come into its territory" to [[DisproportionateRetribution stop people from trying to eat its coconuts]]. Of course, the coconuts are tasty enough that Tropic Woods faces no shortage of challengers.
* LoneWolfBoss: While the series isn't always in the habit of clarifying which bosses are affiliated with the BigBad, Tropic Woods stands out as someone who is certainly ''not'' a part of the Beast Pack, on account of being a force of nature, not an animal. This is made clear by its absence from [[BossRush Gathering of the Beast Council]], and its figure descriptions also don't mention any relation to the Beast Pack. [[spoiler:It's implied that Fecto Forgo at least tried to put it under their control, as evidenced by its Phantom counterpart; however, Meta Knight also got a Phantom copy despite being able to resist Forgo's influence, so it's unclear whether they succeeded.]] The June 2022 issue of ''Nintendo Dream'' clarifies that Tropic Woods has actually had "quarrels" with the Beast Pack in the past; presumably this is how [[spoiler:Fecto Forgo]] came to learn of it [[spoiler:and create Phantom Tropic Woods]].
* TheMaze: [[spoiler:When it TurnsRed, Phantom Tropic Woods can create elaborate mazes using chain-link fence. In the Japanese guidebook, this attack is even called "Fence Maze Challenge" in GratuitousEnglish.]]

* RecursiveAmmo: [[spoiler:The "Bursting Air Bullets" that Phantom Tropic Woods spits will explode into a burst of smaller air puffs after a little while.]]

* HiddenDepths: A rare, non-positive example combined with a {{Pun}} - according to ''Kirby's Avalanche'', Heavy Mole is a powerful Underworld figure who's known for underhanded tactics.

* NonIndicativeName: Master '''Green''' is colored yellow. Averted with its appearances in unaired "Kirby of the Stars" pilot and Kirby 25th Anniversary Twitter artwork, where it is depicted as actually being green.

* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Of sorts. One of Heavy Lobster's attacks involves using a paint blob. However, if you have the paint ability (which can be gained by swallowing said blob), you can attack Heavy Lobster itself with paint.

* AdaptationNameChange: This happened twice - once in the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] dub of the anime (where it was bizarrely called the "Gravity Disruptor") and again in ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' (where it was called "Main Cannon #2"). The latter is considered a simple misinterpretation of the Japanese rendition (2連主砲), in which 「2連」 means double or twin and 「主砲」 means main or big gun; effectively Combo Cannon.

* EvilIsDeathlyCold: A snowman who gives Ice ability and is a boss.

* SequentialBoss: The fight in ''Kirby 64'' is fought in two phases--phase 1 plays similarly to the second half of his battle in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'', while phase 2 is an automatic upward scrolling segment as Acro chases Kirby to the surface.

* DualBoss: The lone two-enemy boss fight in ''Dream Land 3''; despite having the same health bar, they each have their own health that must be depleted. ''Star Allies'' keeps this - if you focus on one, you can knock him out of the fight early.

The FinalBoss of the SNES version of ''Kirby's Star Stacker'', who roams the outer space looking for the planets' best Star Stacker to challenge them - and whose attention turns towards Popstar and Kirby.

* SpiritedCompetitor: Gryll is looking for a challenge across multiple planets and is notably the only final boss to not be a bad person. This is reflected in the "Bad Boss Brothers" celebration picture in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', which depicts all the series' final bosses up to that point; Gryll is the closest to Popstar next to [[TheAtoner King Dedede]].

* PuzzleBoss: Downplayed - during the battle, there'll be some "atomic structures" with different colors that Kirby can inhale; for instance, if Kirby shoots the red atoms to Pix's red crystal, it'll go down in two strikes, otherwise four.

* AnimateInanimateObject: a living gift box.
* DashAttack: One of her attacks is to quickly dash at Kirby with mouth wide open. If she hits the wall, she'll get stunned for a few moments.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In one of the few games Whispy Woods does not appear in, King Golem fights very similarly and is ostensibly Whispy's Mirror world counterpart.

* DegradedBoss: In ''Mass Attack,'' he goes from a main boss to a mid-boss who only appears in Green Gardens - Stage 6.

* BossArenaIdiocy: Mega Titan is fought in an extremely cramped room with walls covered in electricity. While this means you can't touch the walls without getting hurt, it's also the only way to damage the boss.

* PuzzleBoss: It can only be defeated with electricity, which means you have to either 1) use Beam, UFO or Spark against it, or 2) [[BossArenaIdiocy knock it to the electrified wall]].

* SequentialBoss: Two phases--first as itself and second as Titan Head.

* CarFu: He can summon miniature cars at Kirby that can be inhaled for Wheel ability.
* {{Cumulonemesis}}: Can summon small clouds that can electrify Kirby. They can be inhaled for Spark ability.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Wiz has many similar patterns to Paint Roller, and is ostensibly Paint Roller's Mirror counterpart.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: He can summon bombs out of his hat. They can be inhaled for Bomb ability.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Inverted, they use the mirrors of the same sprite sheet and share all attacks unlike in ''Smash''.

A miniboss in form of a big, living chunk of metal. Gives the Metal ability when inhaled.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also called Big Metalum (likewise for Metalum mooks).

* DeadlyDisc: Can throw out Heavy Mole's buzzsaws, which can be inhaled for Cutter ability.
* DeathFromAbove: She has a move (that Moley doesn't have) where she appears in the background, then jumps up high, then a ShadowOfImpendingDoom appears and follows Kirby; he has to run away it as the last second to dodge the falling Mrs. Moley. If she hits the hard ground, not only she'll be stunned for a few seconds, she'll actually suffer from FallDamage, which [[TacticalSuicideBoss can potentially kill her]].

* FlunkyBoss: Can summon Waddle Dees, Starmen and Waddle Doos to attack Kirby.

* ShowsDamage: As you damage it, it'll lose one of its claws, then the other, and then the laser cannon before it's finally destroyed.

* BullfightBoss: One of his most common attacks is to dive at Kirby in an attempt to grap him with his talons. You can use this to your advantage by making him fly into the ground (which will stun him and cause rocks and enemies to fall, which can be spat at him) or the lava pool (which will do minor damage to him).
* CollapsingCeilingBoss: If he collides with the ground while swooping at you, it'll cause the screen to shake and rocks and enemies to fall. Of course, you can inhale these and spit them at him if you lack an ability.

* GrappleMove: Has a move where he tries to dive towards Kirby. If he hits, he'll lift Kirby and then throw him to the lava part of the arena.
* MeaningfulName: A pun on ''Bubo,'' a genus of owl, and ''Bo,'' the Japanese Onomatopoeia for blowing fire.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: Also {{Downplayed}}; there's a lava pool in the middle of his arena, which will damage him slightly if you can make him charge into it.

* {{Cumulonemesis}}: Just like his terrestrial relative, he's an evil thundercloud...[[RecycledInSpace but from space]].

* PurpleIsPowerful: It's mainly purple, and it's one of the guardians of a magic yarn. This is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] however, as it dies in a cutscene by just one of Kirby's ground pounds.

* BackFromTheDead: Yin-Yarn revives it at beginning of his boss fight.
* DegradedBoss: When Yin-Yarn recreates it in his boss fight, it's much weaker than when you face it at the first time, and can be killed by one tongue pull.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: It's closer to classic depictions of Western dragons, but it has OverlyLongTongue and is made of yarn.

* TacticalSuicideBoss: If it never shot its tongue at you, it would never tire itself and you'd never be able to grab it by tongue.

* PlayingWithFire: She's the flaming bird.

* CartoonBomb: One of his attacks is to wrap Kirby to a giant one. Also, he can throw them out of his red rag.

* MagiciansAreWizards: He's the magician that can use literally magic tricks.

* ShellGame: Hides himself in one of three identical top hats in one attack. [[spoiler: the one the Waddle Dees are looking at is the one he's hiding in.]]

* DegradedBoss: It reappears during Yin-Yarn's boss fight, but it can be defeated with getting hurled only once.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Despite the fact that it got destroyed after its defeat in the Water Land, it reappears unharmed during the battle with Yin-Yarn when he fills the arena with water. Though it's possible that Yin-Yarn recreated it offscreen similarly to how he recreated Fangora at the beginning of his boss fight.

A large Birdee and a head of Birdee family. Initially she's hostile to Kirbys because they accidentally hit her from the cannon and made her drop fruits, but after Kirbys save her children, she turns friendly and her family assists Kirbys in various ways.

* {{Expy}}: Of Dyna Blade. Both are bird characters who start out antagonistic to Kirby, both turn out to be mothers, and both pull HeelFaceTurn after Kirby helps their children.
* FeatheredFiend: She's an antagonistic bird that throws spiked fruits at Kirbys. Subverted after her HeelFaceTurn.

* HeelFaceTurn: After Kirbys rescue her children, she stops antagonizing them and becomes their ally. Her family does the same.

* BackFromTheDead: Reappears as one of undead bosses that are refought in Stage 9 of Volcano Valley.

A big-bellied turtle who attacks Kirbys after they disturb its nap.

* ElectricJellyfish: Summons these to act as obstacles when Kirbys swim against its currents.

* {{Sleepyhead}}: Commonly found sleeping. And Kirbys disturb it. Twice.

* AllDesertsHaveCacti: It's the cactus mid-boss fought in the desert ruins.

* SpikesOfDoom: Its body is covered in spikes, and it can cover the head as well. However, it retracts its spikes back after attack.

An ancient guardian of the ruins. At first he appears in an inactive state, but when Kirbys roll him to mechanism which reenergizes him, he comes active and attacks them.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Kirbys needs to attack his internal gears in his forehead. But first they need to destroy the glass that protects his gears.
* BackFromTheDead: Reappears as one of undead bosses that are refought in Stage 9 of Volcano Valley.

* PuzzleBoss: The player needs to make sure the Great Gear would turn upside down and reveal his weak point. To do so, the player needs to destroy Gear Pawns that hang on chains and balance his position, so he would end up turning upside down.
* QuicksandSucks: In the rematch, he spits a sand from mouth and turns the ground into a quicksand.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: At the end of the battle, after Kirbys pull its head hard enough and launch it into its own mouth, it ends up chewing its own head to pieces.

* BackFromTheDead: Reappears as one of undead bosses that are refought in Stage 9 of Volcano Valley.
* TheJuggernaut: It will destroy anything that stands on its way.

* SlipperyAsAnEel: A giant eel-like creature with metallic body.
* SpikesOfVillainy: Under its body plating, it has spikes underneath.

* UnderwaterBossBattle: It's fought underwater. Its undead version is fought in toxic water, where OxygenMeter is depleted twice as fast.

* HomingProjectile: It can fire homing torpedoes at Kirbys.

* VacuumMouth: It will occasionally pop its head up and start inhaling. Any Kirby inhaled will be trapped inside the one of its segments, unharmed but trapped. Destroying the segment with Kirby frees him.

* CollapsingCeilingBoss: Its main attack is pounding the ground which results in the trapdoor on the ceiling opening up and releasing all the Star Blocks that were stored there.
* FlunkyBoss: At second and third phases, it can drop down Bluckos instead of Star Blocks.
* ImprovisedArmor: Wears a Star Block as an armor.

* OhCrap: Destroy its armor and it starts panicking and running around. Hey, it's Waddle Dees, they are always panicky.

A giant icy dinosaur that chases Kirbys across the entire stage.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: It chases Kirbys across the entire stage.
* BreathWeapon: Occasionally, it can breathe ice and freeze Kirbys.

* GravityIsAHarshMistress: After Kirbys open up a trapdoor beneath its feet, it takes a while for Freezy Rex to realize it's standing on the air. When it notices, it promptly falls into the chasm.

* TheJuggernaut: It's completely unstoppable, to the point that it can destroy even a [[NighInvulnerable Gordo]]. At the end, the only way for Kirbys to defeat it is to trap it in the chasm, because ''nothing else would've worked''.
* TRexpy: The basis of its design is based off a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.

A giant four-eyed tank with tons of cannons. Kirbys confront it in their own tank.

* DemBones: Much like other Skullys, he's the sentient skull.

* EvilLaugh: He often makes some chilling evil laughs over the course of battle.

A shadowy creature living in the mansion and chasing Kirbys down after materializing.

* AdvancingBossOfDoom: He chases Kirbys across the final section of the stage.

* DarknessEqualsDeath: When it's pitch dark, he will appear and try to kill Kirbys. The only option is to run.
* ImplacableMan: He cannot be stopped by normal means. He just breaks through any obstacles, and when the light flashes, he just reappears again once the light fades out. It's only after he's on the receiving end of the MegatonPunch from the giant Kirby statue when he's finally defeated.

The mothership operated by Space Oohroos. It is confronted in space, where it fights against Kirbys' own spaceship.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Kirbys need to shoot it in its laser cannons.
* AttackReflector: In the third phase it deploys umbrellas, from which lasers bounce off back at Kirbys' own spaceship.

A giant plant queen of Sandy Canyon that serves as a second boss of the game.

* DemonicPossession: Possibly. After her defeat, she spits out a flame similar to ones emerging from Whispy Woods and King Dedede, which might imply she was under control of Necrodeus and the Skull Gang.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Described as the queen of desert. And she's definitely not benevolent.

A greedy pig granted dark powers by Necrodeus and transformed into a monstrous boar inhabiting the volcano. He serves as a boss of Volcano Valley and penultimate boss of the game.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Kirbys need to attack [[CranialEruption the bump on his head]] caused by them falling on his head after firing themselves out of the cannon.

* CranialEruption: After Kirbys fire themselves out of the cannon and land on his head, it grows a bump. This is his [[AttackItsWeakPoint weak point]].
* TheDragon: To Necrodeus. While Necrodeus himself is the leader of the Skull Gang, Skullord is in charge of the Skullys invading the islands, and defeating him results in Skullys [[KeystoneArmy disappearing]], which lets Kirbys freely move between the islands without being reduced only to one Kirby.

* SpikesOfVillainy: The top of his head is covered in spikes. When Kirbys fire themselves from the chain of cannons, they need to be careful to not hit the spikes.

* EatingTheEnemy: Their EX version are able to eat the player character, forcing him to [[SmashingSurvival mash buttons to get out]] or the other playable characters (if any) to free him from the outside.

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Before the boss fight, he tries to make his intro by revealing his body...except it doesn't appear, after which he furiously punches his turban until his body appears.

* BigEater: According to his boss description, He was described as the "Glutton of the sea".

* AnIcePerson: He throws snowballs or spiky ice balls at the player, which can be inhaled for Ice ability. His [[KamehameHadoken Force Blizzards]] can also freeze the player character if they get hit.

* {{Expy}}: HR-D3 has a [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute striking similarity]] to the Dedede Robot that was first seen in the E3 2005 trailer for the unfinished ''Kirby'' game for the [=GameCube=] (which surprisingly showed up in ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack''[='=]s Kirby Quest minigame), but with a few design differences as it is Metal General EX's mecha instead of King Dedede's.

* CatSmile: Despite being a bat.

* CatSmile: It always wears this expression on its face.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It's one to Bugzzy, being the rhinoceros beetle to Bugzzy's stag beetle. ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' makes the connection more clear by depicting Bugzzy and Beetley as JapaneseBeetleBrothers

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: It's one to Bugzzy, being the rhinoceros beetle to Bugzzy's stag beetle. ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' makes the connection more clear by depicting Bugzzy and Beetley as JapaneseBeeleBrothers

* OddballDoppelganger: Metal General resembles a warped, robotic version of Meta Knight; he has a primarily navy and silver color scheme with glowing yellow eyes in shadow, and wields a sword (albeit a Beam Saber rather than a physical sword) to deliver rapid slashing attacks. Even their names are similar, with "Meta" and "Metal" being one character off, and "Knight" and "General" both being military titles. However, Metal General is not an EvilKnockoff and seemingly has no relation to Meta Knight at all; it has apparently existed in Egg Engines for ages, doing nothing but simply guarding its singular spot, in contrast to the proactive and often-mobile Meta Knight.