History FanFic / KirbyoftheStarsTheAfterStory

* DividedForPublication: Based on the length, some chapters have been split into two parts on Website/DeviantArt, such as Chapter 5.

* KnightOfCerebus: The appearance of [[spoiler:Dark Matter Swordsman]] in Chapter 5 definitely darkens the atmosphere, especially since his first order of business is [[spoiler:possessing King Dedede]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Fumu has this reaction after her RousingSpeech to the villagers [[GoneHorriblyRight backfires]].

* TheDoorSlamsYou: Kirby slams his house door on Tokkori at the end of Chapter 2 when running away from the mysterious creature in Whispy Wood's Forest.

* DayInTheLife: Most of the first chapter is this for Kirby.

* TheDoorSlamsYou: Kirby slams his house door on Tokkori at the end of Chapter 2 when running away from the mysterious creature in Whispy Wood's forest.

* DistantPrologue / PreviouslyOn: The story opens with a quick recap of the anime.

* AdaptationExpansion: Each story arc will be moderately altered or expanded upon to either include certain characters that didn't appear in the game's version, or give explanation for why certain things happen the way they do.

* PreviouslyOn: The story opens with a quick recap of the anime.

--> '''Kirby:''' (to Bun) ''tag.''

In September 2016, Leer Justice announced that she would rewrite the entire story from scratch to improve its readability. The first chapter of the rewrite was released on April 27th, 2017. The rewrite of The After Story can be found on Website/FanFictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12465305/1/Kirby-of-the-Stars-The-After-Story]])and on Website/DeviantArt ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/art/Kirby-of-the-Stars-The-After-Story-Chapter-1-625465210]]).

In September 2016, Leer Justice announced that she would rewrite the entire story from scratch to improve its readability. For more details, check out ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/After-Story-Update-Information-9-6-2016-632861707]]) and ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/Another-Announcement-635529524]]). The rewrite will be released on April 27th, 2017.

Once the first chapter of the rewrite is released, this page will be rewritten and updated as well:

* [[CaptainObvious New tropes will be added as the new chapters are released.]]
* The tropes will be organized in folders corresponding to different story arcs, and tropes that apply to the story in general will have their own folder.
* All of the tropes that applied to the original version will be transferred to an online document. From there, if a trope from the original version reappears in the story in some way, it can be added to the page; if the trope is made obsolete, then it will be deleted.
%%This way, if newcomers want to edit this page, they won't be subjected to a ton of spoilers in editing mode or anything like that.

* The story arc progress will be reset.
* A WMG page will be set up at the very least, and hopefully a character page as well.

In addition to this, a [[AudioAdaptation fully voice-acted reading]] of the rewrite of The After Story is in the works.

* ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2'' (Chapters 1-5)
* ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'' (Chapters 6-12)
* ''VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards'' (Chapters 13-20)
* ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'' (Chapters 21-39)
* ''Meta Knightmare Ultra'' (in progress) (Chapters 40-??)

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%%* AdaptationExpansion: Each story arc has been moderately altered or expanded upon to either include certain characters that didn't appear in the game's version, or give explanation for why certain things happen the way they do.
%%* AllThereInTheManual: While you don't necessarily have to have seen the anime to enjoy this fanfiction, it is recommended by the author that you watch the anime first before reading, as there are plenty of characters and [[CallBack call backs]] to the anime that show up throughout the story.
%%* AudioAdaptation: A voice-acted reading of the rewrite is in the works.
%%* CharacterDevelopment: This is a large focus of the story. While Kirby seems to get the most of it, other characters have a fair amount of it as well, such as King Dedede or Fumu.
%%* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: One of the goals of After Story is to avert this trope for major characters that had this happen to them in the games.
%%* OriginalFlavour: This is one of the main goals of this fanfiction, especially in the case of the rewrite. Both the canon of the anime and the games are taken into consideration.
%%* PatchworkFic: The After Story sets the events from the Kirby games inside the anime's continuity, specifically after the anime's events, so plenty of anime and game elements are mixed together.
%%* PreviouslyOn: The story opens with a quick recap of the anime.
%%* SpoiledByTheManual: If you have played any game in the main Kirby series, you will likely know at least some of the plot twists in that game's story arc in advance, especially if you have fully beaten said game.
%%* TitleTheAdaptation
%%* VirtualSoundtrack: This story includes optional BackgroundMusic in the form of Website/YouTube links. As you might expect, a large part of the music comes from the Franchise/{{Kirby}} series; however, there are musical cameos from other video game franchises, anime, cartoons, indie games, and much more.
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* TheAce: Any "special" soldiers[[note]]Soldiers chosen for special training and top priority missions[[/note]] in the Galaxy Soldier Army (GSA for short) are generally treated as this.
* ActionGirl: The Sector S girls from Meta Knight's flashbacks. Garlude, too, as she was still alive then.
* AdaptationExpansion: Each story arc has been moderately altered or expanded upon to either include certain characters that didn't appear in the game's version, or give explanation for why certain things happen the way they do.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In VideoGame/KirbySuperStar and its remake, Marx is a cheerful jester [[spoiler:who also happens to be a ManipulativeBastard]]. In this fanfic, Marx is still a cheerful jester, but he has a much more complex and tragic personality, to the point where his appearances in the ''game itself'' are incredibly one-dimensional in comparison.
** King Dedede previously went from being mostly AntiVillain in the games to being a {{Jerkass}} in the anime. Here, he's portrayed as more of a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* AFatherToHisMen: Sir Arthur, who is still one to the present, even with the few surviving GSA members around.

* AlmightyJanitor: Chris the Janitor, an orange Waddle Dee with headphones who works as a janitor in the castle. Not only does he really enjoy his job, but he also seems to have connections throughout the castle and Cappy Town. [[spoiler:He also used to be a thief before King Dedede caught him in the act.]]
* AmazonBrigade: Sector S, composed of four female puffballs named Gisela, Shenandoah, Candeloro, and Letty.
* AmazonChaser: [[spoiler:Nonsurat likes Gisela.]] Even Falspar is shocked.
* AndThatWouldBeWrong: Gooey's general reaction to himself [[TakingAdvantageofGenerosity taking advantage of Kirby's generosity]] in the Dreamland 2 arc.
* ArmlessBiped: Deconstructed with Marx, who in this story doesn't even have InvisibleAnatomy. Many of his scenes have shown him having significant difficulty living day-to-day with that condition, and being a victim of bullying for it.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Kirby delivers one to Meta Knight after [[spoiler:the older Star Warrior suggests to Kirby to forget Marx after his death to better cope with the loss]]. It's enough to make Meta Knight have a HeroicBSOD.
-->'''Kirby:''' [[spoiler:Did you just forget ''Jecra'' when he died?!]]
* AsleepForDays: Parodied in Chapter 33:
-->'''Sword:''' How long have I been unconscious?
-->'''Chris:''' About a week.
-->'''Sword:''' A week!
-->'''Chris:''' Hahaha! I'm just joking with you! It's only been a few hours.
* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Though not as lofty as actually attaining kingship, King Dedede bestows the blue bandana to Waddle Dee after the destruction of Dark Star, promoting him to his new assistant and giving him the title of Bandana Dee.
* BadDreams: Meta Knight starts to have them in the Meta Knightmare Ultra arc, and it takes a nasty toll on his wellbeing.
* BaldWomen: Shenandoah, though the reason for her baldness is currently unknown.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Discussed by Kirby and Marx in Chapter 32, and quoted word-for-word by Kirby in Chapter 38.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: It isn't easy to make Meta Knight viciously angry, but threaten Kirby enough, and you're in for a world of pain. [[spoiler:Yamikage, or rather his possessed self,]] learned this the hard way.
* BilingualBonus: An Italian line spoken by Meta Knight in Chapter 51: "È che la mia nave?!" ("Is that my ship?!")
** A couple of the chapter titles have this as well. Chapter 18's title, "Obscuro Corpus", is Latin for "dark body" and is likely an allusion to Dark Matter, while Chapter 38's title, "Buonanotte", is Italian for "Goodnight".
* BizarreSeasons: The planet Floria changes seasons at random, even more so than in the game.
* BlackSheep: Gooey was considered this by his family. [[spoiler: Considering his family consists of Dark Matter itself, one can hardly blame him for leaving.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Poor Yamikage.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: "It's like the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Nurse Joy]] [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals situation]]."
** Chris the Janitor is rather fond of doing this.
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Gisela]] seems to display signs of being one.
* ByTheHair: Falspar has this happen to him a number of times, usually with Dragato doing the pulling.
* TheCameo: Leer Justice goes out of her way to describe the cameos of certain Nintendo characters (even though said characters aren't referenced by name) as they appeared in certain Kirby games. Though [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus Aran]] from the Dreamland 3 arc is the only one of those characters so far that Kirby has had any direct interaction with, if briefly.
* CharacterDevelopment: While Kirby seems to get the most of it, some characters tend to a fair amount of it as well, such as King Dedede, or Gooey.
* ChekhovsGift: In the Kirby 64 arc, Fumu gives Kirby a cell phone before he leaves Pop Star so they can talk to each other. [[spoiler:After Dark Star has been created, Kirby uses the phone to call Fumu for the Warp Star so they can travel there.]]
* ChekhovsGun: After the Dreamland 2 arc, Meta Knight starts rebuilding the Halberd along with Blade Knight, Sword Knight, and Sailor Dee, who appears later in the story. After Story shows scenes of the repairs being made, though [[ChekhovsGag most were played for humor]], oddly enough. [[spoiler: ...And then Meta Knight started using it to try to invade Dreamland.]]
* CirclingMonologue: [[spoiler:Zero]] circles around Kirby before their battle while talking about [[HopeCrusher how useless positive emotions are.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gooey certainly is one in this story.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Falspar is quite prone to this.
* CoolMask: Practically everyone in the GSA has one of these, though Gisela's [[SkullForAHead skull mask]] deserves special mention.
* CrazyPrepared: When King Dedede steals all the food in Dream Land, Kirby quickly goes and explains the situation to Marx, since Marx had ordered in some cupcakes for an upcoming picnic. However, Marx is completely unconcerned:
-->'''Marx:''' Hee hee! I figured something like this would happen, so I bought a refrigerated safe for them with my order!
** Of course, this is immediately subverted when Marx unlocks the safe and discovers that the cupcakes are missing anyway.
* CueTheRain: After Meta Knight, Garlude and Jecra are attacked by a Demon Beast on Floria, this exchange happens:
-->'''Garlude:''' Our camp is a mess, though. We have nothing to eat, nowhere to sleep, and there's a dangerous creature nearby that's already angered. Our first mission is turning more eventful than I thought.
-->'''Jecra:''' Well, look at it this way, Garlude. [[TemptingFate At least it's not raini-]]
-->''[thunder clap]''
-->'''Garlude:''' Excuse me, what were you going to say?
-->'''Jecra:''' Nothing! Absolutely nothing!
* CrystalPrison: It is implied that [[spoiler:there is something or someone trapped inside the crystal in the Broken Village.]]
* CurseCutShort: Gisela will start saying one, only to be quickly cut off by anyone nearby.
* DarkerAndEdgier: As the story progresses, it takes darker turns and more mature themes.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Meta Knightmare Ultra arc has Meta Knight as the main character, much like in the game's counterpart, though Kirby still makes appearances and even helps Meta Knight in one of his adventures.
* DeathGlare: A few of the characters get their own at some points in the story. Kirby gets a few notable ones himself, usually towards people he is very upset with.
* DelinquentHair: Falspar sports a red mohawk, though he's more of a [[ThePrankster prankster]] than a delinquent.
* DestinationDefenestration: King Dedede throws Falspar out one of the (open) castle windows and into the fountain [[spoiler:after putting an end to Falspar's "interrogation" of Chris.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Sailor Dee, complete with a DeadHatShot.]]
** And before that, during the Kirby 64 arc, [[spoiler:Queen Mary]].
* DivingSave: In the Kirby 64 arc, Waddle Dee pushes King Dedede out of the way of a falling boulder and has it fall on him instead, [[spoiler:resulting in [[AgonyOfTheFeet the boulder falling on his left foot]].]]
* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:After Nightmare's defeat, his supporters formed a new organization called Nightwalker.]]
* DramaticUnmask: Kirby breaks Meta Knight's mask in a battle, and is stunned to find that Meta Knight [[spoiler:is a puffball just like him.]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Gisela, according to Candeloro.
* DyingRace: The puffball species has been reduced to six males in the present, thanks to Nightmare's puffball genocide during (and likely after) the war.
* EldritchAbomination: Whatever that... ''thing'' was that appeared in Meta Knight's nightmare when he was inside the underground cavern.
** The moldy chili plant from Chapter 33.
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:Possessed!Yamikage again.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Beta of the GSA was implied to have done this, although the reasons why he has are yet to be found out.]]
* FeedItABomb: [[spoiler:The Demon Beast that Sector H and Sector S fight on Aquarius]] is eventually dispatched with this method.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: From Chapter 29:
-->'''Sailor Dee:''' Does anyone smell gas and smoke? [[TemptingFate Gee, I sure hope those two don't-]] *BOOOM!!!*
* ForbiddenZone: The Broken Village, which drives anyone to go mad from setting foot in it for too long. This is why Chris the Janitor advises Meta Knight to avoid investigating it. Marx seems oddly immune, and it is implied [[spoiler:the crystal he speaks to is the very reason why the Broken Village drives people mad in the first place.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: The fate of many of the GSA soldiers in Meta Knight's flashbacks, as the anime already established the GSA lost the war against Nightmare.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: [[spoiler:Marx]] has this happen in the form of [[HearingVoices internal voices]] just before [[spoiler:he makes the wish to control Pop Star]].
* {{Hammerspace}}: Meta Knight's cape. While it's usually used to carry supplies such as food and water, Meta Knight has pulled a towel and a mattress from his cape at different points in the story.
* HatesBeingTouched: Marx, presumably because of being bullied when he was younger. He eventually comes to tolerate Kirby as the story progresses.
* HellIsThatNoise: [[spoiler:When the crystal speaks, it makes a horrendous screeching noise, represented by garbled Zalgo word font. Marx doesn't seem to mind it, for some reason.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: [[spoiler:After Meta Knight attempted to invade Dreamland using the Halberd, almost everyone in Dreamland (even Fumu) saw him as a criminal that got off easy and, for the most part refused to trust him. Most even thought King Dedede demoting him to a mere castle servant instead of executing or exiling him was ''too'' merciful a punishment. Though throughout the Meta Knightmare Ultra arc, he's been gradually earning trust from at least some Dreamlanders.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Poor Marx... Both his wish, and his laser beam reflected by Kirby's sword were what did him in.]]
* HopeCrusher: [[spoiler:Considering he can't feel positive emotions, envies those who can, and wants to take over Pop Star/Ripple Star because of that, Zero (Zero Two in the Kirby 64 arc) definitely counts as this.]]
* HornedHumanoid: Gisela and Alazam.
* HumbleHero: Meta Knight, especially in his GSA flashbacks.
* HurtingHero: Meta Knight, and any surviving GSA member.
** Kirby is becoming subject to this, too.
* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Kirby with [[spoiler: Marx, after the latter steals the wish from NOVA to rule Pop Star.]] It doesn't end well.
* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Meta Knight's initial attitude when he joins the GSA.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: The multiple Whispy Woodses, lampshaded in-story as being similar to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} "the Nurse Joy situation"]]. This is both [[JustifiedTrope justified]] and PlayedForLaughs in order to differentiate the anime version of Whispy Woods from the game versions. So far, there are four Whispies: Whispy (anime), Not Whispy (Dreamland 2 & Dreamland 3 arcs), Other Whispy (Kirby 64 arc), and Green Whispy (Super Star Ultra arc). Out of these four, the anime Whispy has yet to make an appearance.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Falspar has his moments.
** Gooey is also subject to this because of his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} nature, but it is not as frequent.
* InsaneTrollLogic: At one point, Falspar claims that Chris the Janitor is a robot because he likes to listen to techno music.
* InsultMisfire: From Chapter 47:
-->'''Falspar:''' [[KaleidoscopeEyes And blue is whenever [Meta Knight]'s happy]], haven't seen that color from him in a while.
-->'''Dragato:''' [[SarcasmMode One can only wonder why.]] It couldn't be because he has to deal with a moron who happens to be green, could it?
-->'''Falspar:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint How dare you talk about Sir Arthur like that!]]
* KaleidoscopeEyes: True to the anime, Meta Knight's eyes change color according to his moods.
* LargeAndInCharge: Gisela is not only the tallest puffball in her sector, but is taller than most other soldiers, earning her the nickname "The Iron Fortress". She is also the leader of her respective sector.
* LeakingCanOfEvil: [[spoiler:The crystal in the grove is able to show Marx visions of its imprisoners. Though defeated, it is still able to drive people mad once setting foot in the Broken Village.]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The ''narration'' does this after Gooey's latest house-sitting disaster in the Dreamland 2 arc.
-->It was almost as if a being was writing out his misfortunes as a form of comedy.
* MakeAWish: The entire point of the Milky Way Wishes part of the Super Star Ultra arc. In addition, the title of Chapter 37 is "Make a Wish".
* MeaningfulName: Beta, since his appearance was based on an [[http://66.media.tumblr.com/75693ac65d6db30e285ad6393e0b88b4/tumblr_mmejbsvKGD1rw70wfo1_500.png unused Meta Knight design]].
* MusicalChores: When Chris the Janitor is seen working, this is usually in effect. Interestingly, the songs he's sung so far are real songs ("Money" by Music/MysterySkulls and "Digital Love" by Music/DaftPunk).
* MyBelovedSmother: After the Kirby 64 arc, Fumu more or less started acting this way toward Kirby, though she shortly corrected herself and apologized when she realized she was only overwhelming him.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Meta Knight, after [[spoiler:thinking Sailor Dee was killed in the Halberd's crash.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:Nightwalker.]]
* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Gisela lives by this belief, and tries to convince Letty of this, too.
* OhCrap: Kirby gets one when he [[spoiler:accidentally delivers the killing blow to Marx that sends the jester straight into NOVA.]]
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The sword Galaxia, as in the anime.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Kirby's increasingly solemn behavior after [[spoiler:Marx's death]] begins to worry Meta Knight and others that he might never be the happy-go-lucky hero he always was again.
** [[spoiler: Meta Knight went into this after Kirby defeated and [[DramaticUnmask unmasked him]] during their fight on the Halberd. The fear that Kirby might tell everyone what he really looks like turned to anger as he fell into an UnstoppableRage while trying to stop Kirby from escaping the crashing ship.]]
* OriginalFlavour: This is one of the main goals of this fanfiction, especially in the case of the rewrite. Even when the fanfiction starts moving into more original content, both the canon of the anime and the games are taken into consideration.

* PerpSweating: PlayedForLaughs in the Meta Knightmare Ultra arc, when Chris the Janitor is being interrogated for information on the Broken Village. The interrogator is none other than [[spoiler:Falspar]].
* PostKissCatatonia: Kirby gets one from Ribbon at the end of the Kirby 64 arc, true to the games.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Yet again, Possessed!Yamikage.]]
** Subverted with Gisela since she's part of the GSA, but definitely played straight if you get on her bad side.
* RunningGag: "That's not Whispy Woods. This is Whispy Woods."
* SamusIsAGirl: Gisela. Before her name is given, she's only referred to as "The Iron Fortress", and it's only after her [[BigEntrance first]] [[OpenSaysMe proper]] [[EstablishingCharacterMoment appearance]] that it's revealed that she's female.
* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:Implied that something in the crystal may be this, if it is not the crystal itself.]]
* ShamingTheMob: After [[spoiler:Marx's death]], an angry mob blames Kirby for everything leading up to that event, to the point where [[BreakTheCutie Kirby runs away crying]]. [[spoiler:''Gooey'']], of all people, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome delivers a speech to shut them up]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: Meta Knight. While he seemed to be fairly unaffected by the events that occurred in his backstory during the anime, he starts having nightmares and displays symptoms of PTSD and possibly schizophrenia during the Meta Knightmare Ultra arc. [[spoiler:It's also implied that this has happened before during his time in the GSA, but we're not given any other details.]]
* ShipTease: Quite a bit in regards to a few characters in the story.
** Kirby and Ribbon.
** Dragato and Candeloro.
** Meta Knight and Letty.
* ShrinkingViolet: Sir Nonsurat is displayed as one, though it was more prominent in the GSA's prime.
* SkewedPriorities: When a Demon Beast is about to escape a battle on Aquarius, Gisela is more concerned about not getting to eat it for dinner than having it escape and cause more havoc on the planet.
-->'''Gisela:''' We can't let it get away! That's my dinner for the week!
-->'''Candeloro:''' Get your priorities straight, Gisela!
* SkywardScream: Falspar has one when Sector H is on Aquarius. It's so loud, it can be heard from the ''GSA headquarters''.
-->'''Falspar:''' [[SayMyName BETAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!]]
* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: Downplayed with Dragato, who is a strategist in the GSA and has a "slight English" accent.
* SpoiledByTheManual: If you have played any game in the main Kirby series, you will know at least some of the plot twists in that game's story arc in advance.
* StepfordSmiler: Meta Knight notices Kirby is becoming one after [[spoiler:Marx's demise.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: Marx does this after Gooey jumps after Kirby into the Great Cave Offensive with him in tow.
-->'''Marx:''' Gooey... I am going to ask this with [[BlatantLies great control and quiet restraint]]. ...'''WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!'''
* SuddenlyVoiced: Compared to the anime storyline that takes place before this fanfic, Kirby has finally learned how to speak in full dialogue, though he still says "poyo" as a VerbalTic.
* SweetTooth: Meta Knight. Sir Arthur [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this when he orders him that he take a rest and a meal.
-->'''Sir Arthur:''' Sir Meta Knight, I mean ''real'' food. Not chocolate cake. Real food, cake later.
* TheExitIsThatWay: A variant is used when Meta Knight is about to head into the Great Cave Offensive.
-->'''Meta Knight:''' I am in acceptable condition to go. With all due respect, nothing you can say will persuade me otherwise.
-->'''Sir Arthur:''' Sir Meta Knight... that's the door to the closet.
-->'''Meta Knight:''' ...I was aware of that.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Possessed!Yamikage]] delivers one to Meta Knight, saying it is all his fault for failing to save his comrades in the war and his ImpliedLoveInterest Letty. It gets Meta Knight ''pissed'', though he believes it to be all true.
* TheUnintelligible: [[spoiler:The crystal when it speaks. Even Marx, who is the only one who keeps conversation with it, doesn't know what it says.]]

* TranquilFury: The rare times Kirby gets angry involves him using this trope, so much so that even Meta Knight gets intimidated.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The Meta Knightmare Ultra arc moves back and forth between present day and [[FlashBack Meta Knight's past experiences in the GSA.]]
* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler: Nightwalker is trying to start up another war after Nightmare's defeat.]]

* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Even after making his wish on NOVA, Marx offers this to Kirby, as he still considered Kirby a friend. Kirby refuses.]]
* WhamLine: Quite a few in the story.
** Chapter 19:
--->'''[[spoiler:Dark Matter Swordsman]]:''' [[spoiler:We do have free will, you know. All of us exist separate from each other. We don't share the same brain.]]
** Chapter 37:
--->'''Marx:''' [[spoiler:I want to control Pop Star!]]
** Chapter 53:
--->'''Mercy:''' My lord, Sir Arthur... [[spoiler:''there wasn't anything left to bury...'']]
** Chapter 56:
--->'''[[spoiler:Yamikage]]:''' [[spoiler:They're starting another war...]]
* WhoWritesThisCrap: Chris the Janitor's reaction to Falspar's previously mentioned InsaneTrollLogic.
-->'''Chris:''' ''Who wrote this junk?''
* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:During his fight with Zero in the Dreamland 3 arc, Kirby thought that since the Love-Love Stick is powered by positive emotions, he could use it [[CareBearStare to turn Zero from evil to good]]. Poor Kirby was horrified when he found out too late that the Love-Love Stick actually kills Zero ''very painfully''.]]
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Marx in this fanfic is portrayed to actually be younger than even Kirby, yet Fumu has witnessed him reading material far exceeding that of his age group.
* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:Dark Matter]] plays some impressive speed chess in the Kirby 64 arc:
** Initially, the plan was to take over Ripple Star and obtain the Crystal of Joy, but [[spoiler:they]] didn't expect that the crystal would be shattered. [[BatmanGambit Knowing that Kirby would be helping Ribbon to find the shards]], [[spoiler:they used the extra time to construct Dark Star while possessing Queen Mary]].
** Moreover, once Kirby and his friends arrived on Ripple Star, [[spoiler:Dark Matter then launched a XanatosGambit by giving one of the shards to Miracle Matter. If Kirby lost to Miracle Matter, then Dark Matter would have the completed crystal, since Kirby found all of the other shards beforehand. If Kirby won, then Kirby and his friends would be forced to travel to Dark Star afterwards, effectively delivering the crystal to Dark Matter. Even if they hadn't recovered all the shards, Dark Matter would have found any that were missing. You have to admit, Dark Matter's become a lot smarter in their planning after the first two arcs.]]

!! This article assumes you have knowledge of Anime/KirbyOfTheStars and contains unmarked spoilers from that anime.

** [[spoiler: Meta Knight went into this after Kirby defeated and [[DramaticUnmasking unmasked him]] during their fight on the Halberd. The fear that Kirby might tell everyone what he really looks like turned to anger as he fell into an UnstoppableRage while trying to stop Kirby from escaping the crashing ship.]]

The After Story can be found on Website/FanFictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10468133/1/Kirby-of-the-Stars-The-After-Story]]) and on Website/DeviantArt ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/gallery/51239773/Kirby-of-the-Stars-The-After-Story]]).

The first edition of The After Story was started on May 24th, 2014, and ran for roughly two years and 57 chapters. In September 2016, Leer Justice announced that she would rewrite the entire story from scratch to improve its readability. For more details, check out ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/After-Story-Update-Information-9-6-2016-632861707]]) and ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/Another-Announcement-635529524]]). The rewrite will be released on April 27th, 2017.

%%Spoilers are not tagged in this file, so please use the file ONLY if you've read the original version of After Story before.

* VirtualSoundtrack: This story includes optional BackgroundMusic in the form of Website/YouTube links. As you might expect, a large part of the music comes from the Franchise/{{Kirby}} series, but there are also songs from completely unrelated game series (such as Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda, VideoGame/AnimalCrossing, and VideoGame/PaperMario), as well as songs from cartoons and anime, ranging from Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica and Anime/ElfenLied to WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants and WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse.

* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: During his fight with Zero in the Dreamland 3 Arc, Kirby thought that since the Love-Love Stick is powered by positive emotions, he could use it [[CareBearStare to turn Zero from evil to good]], Poor Kirby was horrified when he found out too late that the Love-Love Stick actually kills Zero ''very painfully''.]]

The first edition of The After Story was started on May 24th, 2014, and ran for roughly two years and 57 chapters. In September 2016, Leer Justice announced that she would rewrite the entire story from scratch to improve its readability. For more details, check out ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/After-Story-Update-Information-9-6-2016-632861707]]) and ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/Another-Announcement-635529524]]). The rewrite should hopefully be released sometime in February 2017.

In addition to this, a [[AudioAdaptation fully voice-acted reading]] of the rewrite of The After Story is in the works. See [[http://berg8793.deviantart.com/art/Kirby-of-the-Stars-The-After-Story-Voiced-Reading-650469529 here]] for more details.

Leer Justice recently announced that she will rewrite the entire story, starting from the beginning. For more details, check out ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/After-Story-Update-Information-9-6-2016-632861707]]) and ([[http://leerjustice.deviantart.com/journal/Another-Announcement-635529524]]).

* ForegoneConclusion: In the Kirby Super Star Ultra arc, if you played the games, then you knew that [[spoiler:Marx would eventually steal the wish on NOVA to control Pop Star.]]
** The fate of the many GSA soldiers in Meta Knight's flashbacks, as the anime already established the GSA lost the war against Nightmare.
** Heck, if you've played ''any'' of the Kirby games, then you'll know about some of the plot twists in their respective arcs in advance.

* All of the tropes that applied to the original version will be transferred to an online document. From there, if a trope from the original version reappears in the story in some way, it can be added to the page; if the trope is made obsolete, then it will be deleted.% This way, if newcomers want to edit this page, they won't be subjected to a ton of spoilers in editing mode or anything like that.%

* All of the tropes that applied to the original version will be put in '''hidden text''' until either the trope reappears in the story in some way and can be kept, or the trope is made obsolete, in which case it will be deleted. The same will apply to the story arc progress as the new chapters are released.