History TearJerker / KirbyRightBackAtYa

** Apply a bit of [[Fridge Horror Fridge thinking]], in the form of [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Meta Knight]], and you come to the conclusion that, deep down, Meta Knight thinks [[IAmAMonster Joe and Sirica are right to blame him for their parents' deaths]]...

** Apply a bit of [[Fridge Horror Fridge thinking]], in the form of [[VudeoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Meta Knight]], and you come to the conclusion that, deep down, Meta Knight thinks [[IAmAMonster Joe and Sirica are right to blame him for their parents' deaths]]...

* The backstory that's gradually revealed to us in the series is quite sad from Meta Knight's perspective. [[spoiler:Nearly all of his friends are dead as a result of the previous war with Nightmare's monsters, he had to kill one of those friends '''himself''' when he was modified into a mindless monster and watch another sacrifice her life for him, and the only remnants of his old life as a warrior are an old general who's been stranded on an island for years away from the conflict (Kit Cosmos), two children that want to kill him as they believe him responsible for their parents' deaths (Knuckle Joe and Sirica), Sword and Blade, and a baby warrior that can barely speak, let alone fight without an Ability handy (Kirby)]]. '''Wow.'''.

* ''Kirby's Pet Peeve'': [[spoiler:Kirby's robotic dog -- whom he had bonded with over the course of the episode -- exploded]]. Even worse than that is when Kirby is sitting on the beach that night, looking almost as though he's unable to comprehend [[spoiler:its death. He sees it as a constellation, running away from him]].
* Meta Knight's stories of how Knuckle Joe's father and Sirica's mother Garlude [[spoiler:both died]]. Knuckle Joe's father [[spoiler:is stated to be one of Meta Knight's old friends from the Galaxy Soldier Army, whom he had to MercyKill after being turned into a monster by Nightmare]], whilst Garlude [[spoiler:was one of his closest allies in a mission to retrieve the legendary sword Galaxia from the great beast [[HeroKiller Kirisakin]]. The mission goes wrong when Kirisakin awakes and attacks the two, resulting in Garlude performing a HeroicSacrifice to save Meta Knight -- knowing that he was [[TheChosenOne the one worthy to wield Galaxia]] -- fighting off the great beast and throwing the legendary sword to him just before it kills her]].
** The fate of [[spoiler:Joe's dad]] is actually really sad. He died and was resurrected by [[spoiler:Nightmare and brainwashed VideoGame/Mother3-style into turning against his friends, shown by him coming home, eye sockets of his helmet gleaming red, his friends initially being overjoyed at seeing him, before he raises his sword and summonns a swarm of monsters.]] Then, Meta Knight [[spoiler:is forced to kill him, and we get a gut-wrenching shot of the amulet holding baby Joe's picture tumbling out of his dead hand. Meta Knight assumes that Joe's father loved Joe to the very end, even through his brainwashing.]]
* Kirby tearfully [[PleaseWakeUp trying in vain to wake]] [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo he had become a surrogate parent to]] in ''Hatch Me If You Can'' after [[TakingTheBullet taking a direct hit from a Galbo's powerful fire breath to protect him]]. It becomes even more so after [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo's apparent death]] causes [[AllLovingHero Kirby]] to [[RageBreakingPoint completely snap]], transform into [[PlayingWithFire Fire Kirby]], and defeat the adult Galbo in a CurbStompBattle that ends with him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness incinerating the giant dragon from the inside with its own fire breath]] to avenge [[spoiler:his child]]. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
** Sure, it turns out [[spoiler:[[DisneyDeath the Baby Galbo was OK in the end]] due to having a fireproof skin that it could molt off after some time]], but the fact that Kirby was essentially [[spoiler:its surrogate father]] made it one of the very few times in the whole series that he was [[PapaWolf utterly focussed on destroying a monster for what they did to it.]]

** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he refers to a monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]], with or without NME. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to rely on their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to. [[spoiler:Well, until the newspapers come to town]].

* ''Kirby Takes the Cake''. Sure, the ending's upbeat, but Kirby still [[spoiler:runs away from Cappy Town after he's led to believe nobody likes him by [[JerkAss Tokkori]], and then cries -- yes, ''cries'', tears and all, as seen in the page image -- after remembering the good times he spent with his friends, whom he thinks have abandoned him]].
* The death of [[spoiler:Chilly the Snowman]] in ''Dedede's Snow Job''. It was implied that [[spoiler:Chilly would eventually return, but you still couldn't help but shed a tear at his apparent demise -- [[DeadHatShot particularly when we see his hat and bell sinking to the bottom of the sea after he melts completely]]]].

* Watching [[spoiler:the whole town and Castle Dedede]] being absolutely '''totaled''' by [[MechanicalAbomination the Destroya]] in ''Cappy Town Down.'' Especially sad is seeing [[spoiler:the tree at the centre of Cappy Town -- which had always been untouched by Dedede's schemes and the monster attacks -- reduced to a smouldering wreck. And then the entire town briefly turns on Kirby because they blame him for being the Destroya's target.]]
** It gets even worse if you've seen all the episodes leading up to this. [[spoiler:Seeing all of these supporting characters that the audience had more than likely grown attached to, after all the hardships they've been through, turn on their hero after losing their homes is a pretty tough pill to swallow. But it's not entirely unjustified, either. From their point of view, when they needed Kirby the most, he was too late to prevent tragedy from striking. They forgave everything in the past because it all turned out alright in the end, because Kirby was around to save them. [[MyGreatestFailure But this time, he wasn't able to in time.]] [[ForWantOfANail And now, Cappy Town is a smoldering wreck.]]]]
* Watching the show end can bring a sad mood as well. Even though the adventures are never truly over in their world, they ''are'' over on TV. It's a bittersweet feeling, knowing that [[spoiler:Nightmare is finally dealt with and Dream Land is safe at last]], but being fully aware that the most we'll see of this anime are mere cameos and references in future games is pretty sad to think about.

--> '''Escargon:''' There's no point in living if ''no one'' knows who I am.

-->'''Escargoon:''' You did it! You loveable lug, you finally listened to your heart for once!

-->'''Dedede:''' (''Quietly singing'') Swing away, swing away, save your cares for another day. Save 'em for another... day.

** The whole episode conveys Dedede as a JerkassWoobie, when he realizes his mean attitude means no one wants to celebrate him, not even his minions. He gets a gift out of pity, but Kirby botches it, leaving Dedede in a massive tantrum. After the "funeral" he tries to appease for his mistakes and even gets some approval at last, but after NME's MonsterOfTheWeek attacks and directs all the attention back onto Kirby, Dedede is left sobbing in frustration.

* Kirby tearfully [[PleaseWakeUp trying in vain to wake]] [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo he had become a surrogate parent to]] in ''Hatch Me If You Can'' after [[TakingTheBullet taking a direct hit from a Galbo's powerful fire breath to protect him]]. It becomes even more so after [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo's apparent death]] causes [[AllLovingHero Kirby]] to [[RageBreakingPoint completely snap]], transform into [[PlayingWithFire Fire Kirby]], and defeat the adult Galbo in a CurbStompBattle that ends with him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness incinerating the giant dragon from the inside with its own fire breath]] to avenge [[spoiler:his child]]. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
** Sure, it turns out [[spoiler:[[DisneyDeath the Baby Galbo was OK in the end]] due to having a fireproof skin that it could molt off after some time]], but the fact that Kirby was essentially [[spoiler:its surrogate father]] made it one of the very few times in the whole series that he was [[PapaWolf utterly focussed on destroying a monster for what they did to it.]]
** Heck, the dream Kirby has while trying to keep the egg dry can count. Kirby dreams he's floating in space when suddenly his mouth turns into a beak and his arms become wings. A bright light beckons him and he happily flies towards it. The empty space suddenly changes into bright lights as Kirby flaps his wings. Then he sees the egg sitting on a island stump under the leaf. He flies over to it and rests on top of it, like a real mother bird. He smiles and sighs before he rests peacefully, with his would-be child... He's so innocent. He doesn't even know if he really laid the egg or not and yet he's fully prepared to be a parent and do his best to raise his kid... The Japanese version adds to the scene with a beautiful, slow instrumental version of the "Kirby of the Stars" theme that really helps turn on the waterworks.
* Episode 37 (''Watermelon Felon''). Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Cappy Town. Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him. Things ''really'' got bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Tiff sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute quietly crying]].
** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Night Mare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he refers to a monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]], with or without NME. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to rely on their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to. [[spoiler:Well, until the newspapers come to town]].

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of [[KillerRobot Masher]], one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe, who had been appointed as Monster Manager at the time, joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, [[TheWorfEffect Meta Knight has taken heavy damage from one of Masher's attacks]], with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering in disbelief how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, [[CryCute with tears in her eyes]], desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop, pleading for Joe not to murder poor Kirby. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack and turn into Fighter Kirby, and revealing that he was actually a Monster Hunter after Masher, he would've crossed the MoralEventHorizon this time, [[DespairEventHorizon all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good,]] [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note THAT EARLY]].
* Episode 95 (''Frog Wild'') is the infamous one where Kirby turns evil because of a demon frog possessing him. He spends the first part of the episode tormenting the villagers and destroying their belongings, to the extend that some of them cry. To see the poor cappies being vandalized by someone to whom they were mostly kind to is indeed sad.

* ''Kirby Takes the Cake''. Sure, the ending's upbeat, but Kirby still [[spoiler:runs away from Cappy Town after he's led to believe nobody likes him by [[JerkAss Tokkori]], and then cries -- yes, ''cries'', tears and all, as seen in the page image -- after remembering the good times he spent with his friends, whom he thinks have abandoned him]].
* The death of [[spoiler:Chilly the Snowman]] in ''Dedede's Snow Job''. It was implied that [[spoiler: Chilly would eventually return, but you still couldn't help but shed a tear at his apparent demise -- [[DeadHatShot particularly when we see his hat and bell sinking to the bottom of the sea after he melts completely]]]].
* Meta Knight's stories of how Knuckle Joe's father and Sirica's mother Garlude [[spoiler: both died]]. Knuckle Joe's father [[spoiler: is stated to be one of Meta Knight's old friends from the Galaxy Soldier Army, whom he had to MercyKill after being turned into a monster by Nightmare]], whilst Garlude [[spoiler: was one of his closest allies in a mission to retrieve the legendary sword Galaxia from the great beast [[HeroKiller Kirisakin]]. The mission goes wrong when Kirisakin awakes and attacks the two, resulting in Garlude performing a HeroicSacrifice to save Meta Knight -- knowing that he was [[TheChosenOne the one worthy to wield Galaxia]] -- fighting off the great beast and throwing the legendary sword to him just before it kills her]].
** The fate of [[spoiler: Joe's dad]] is actually really sad. He died and was resurrected by [[spoiler:Nightmare and brainwashed VideoGame/Mother3-style into turning against his friends, shown by him coming home, eye sockets of his helmet gleaming red, his friends initially being overjoyed at seeing him, before he raises his sword and summonns a swarm of monsters.]] Then, Meta Knight [[spoiler: is forced to kill him, and we get a gut-wrenching shot of the amulet holding baby Joe's picture tumbling out of his dead hand. Meta Knight assumes that Joe's father loved Joe to the very end, even through his brainwashing.]]
* The entire funeral scene in ''D'Preciation Day''. The original Japanese version was even sadder because of the music and the somewhat realistic crying.
** The whole episode conveys Dedede as a JerkassWoobie, when he realizes his mean attitude means no one wants to celebrate him, not even his minions. He gets a gift out of pity, but Kirby botches it, leaving Dedede in a massive tantrum. After the "funeral" he tries to appease for his mistakes and even gets some approval at last, but after NME's MonsterOfTheWeek attacks and directs all the attention back onto Kirby, Dedede is left sobbing in frustration.
-->'''Dedede''': (''[[BerserkerTears sobbing angry tears]]'') ''They'' only appreciate [[MealTicket my money!]]
* The backstory that's gradually revealed to us in the series is quite sad from Meta Knight's perspective. [[spoiler:Nearly all of his friends are dead as a result of the previous war with Nightmare's monsters, had to kill one of those friends '''himself''' when he was modified into a mindless monster and watch another sacrifice her life for him, and the only remnants of his old life as a warrior are an old general who's been stranded on an island for years away from the conflict (Kit Cosmos), two children that want to kill him as they believe him responsible for their parents' deaths (Knuckle Joe and Sirica), Sword and Blade, and a baby warrior that can barely speak, let alone fight without an Ability handy (Kirby)]]. '''Wow.'''.

** Of course, if you have a cruel enough mind, it's possible that Kirby really had forgotten Escargoon, and is just being nice because that's [[RousseauWasRight just in his nature to be]] [[IncorruptiblePurePureness kind to whoever he sees]] -- but [[PokemonSpeak still speaking the way he always does]]. Not helping are the implications that this whole ordeal is making Escargoon feel ''suicidal.''
--> '''Escargoon:''' There's no point in living if ''no one'' knows who I am.

* Kirby tearfully [[PleaseWakeUp trying in vain to wake]] [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo he had become a surrogate parent to]] in ''Hatch Me If You Can'' after [[TakingTheBullet taking a direct hit from a Galbo's powerful fire breath to protect him]]. It becomes even more so after [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo's apparent death]] causes [[AllLovingHero Kirby]] to [[RageBreakingPoint completely snap]], transform into [[PlayingWithFire Fire Kirby]], and defeat the adult Galbo in a CurbStompBattle that ends with him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness incinerating the giant dragon from the inside with its own fire breath]] to avenge [[spoiler:his child]]. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
** Sure, it turns out [[spoiler: [[DisneyDeath the Baby Galbo was OK in the end]] due to having a fireproof skin that it could molt off after some time]], but the fact that Kirby was essentially [[spoiler:its surrogate father]] made it one of the very few times in the whole series that he was [[PapaWolf utterly focussed on destroying a monster for what they did to it.]]

* Watching [[spoiler: the whole town and Castle Dedede]] being absolutely '''totaled''' by [[MechanicalAbomination the Destroya]] in ''Cappy Town Down.'' Especially sad is seeing [[spoiler:the tree at the centre of Cappy Town -- which had always been untouched by Dedede's schemes and the monster attacks -- reduced to a smouldering wreck. And then the entire town briefly turns on Kirby because they blame him for being the Destroya's target.]]

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' had a few that come to mind, the first being ''Kirby's Pet Peeve'' when [[spoiler: Kirby's robotic dog -- whom he had bonded with over the course of the episode -- exploded]]. Even worse than that is when Kirby is sitting on the beach that night, looking almost as though he's unable to comprehend [[spoiler: its death. He sees it as a constellation, running away from him]].
* The death of [[spoiler:Chilly the Snowman]] in ''Dedede's Snow Job''. It was implied that [[spoiler: Chilly would eventually return, but you still couldn't help but shed a tear at his apparent demise -- [[DeadHatShot particularly when we see his hat and bell sinking to the bottom of the sea after he melts completely]]]].
* ''Kirby Takes The Cake''. Sure, the ending's upbeat, but Kirby still [[spoiler:runs away from Cappy Town after he's led to believe nobody likes him by [[JerkAss Tokkori]], and then cries -- yes, ''cries'', tears and all, as seen in the page image -- after remembering the good times he spent with his friends, whom he thinks have abandoned him]].

** The music used in the original Japanese version? A somber version of ''My Friend and the Sunset'' -- [=AKA=] the ending theme from ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Revenge of Meta Knight]]''.

** Of course, if you have a cruel enough mind, it's possible that Kirby really had forgotten Escargoon, and is just being nice because that's just how he is -- but [[PokemonSpeak still speaking the way he always does]]. Not helping are the implications that this whole ordeal is making Escargoon feel ''suicidal.''

** The fate of [[spoiler: Joe's dad]] is actually really sad. He died and was resurrected by [[spoiler: eNeMeE and brainwashed VideoGame/Mother3-style into turning against his friends, shown by him coming home, eye sockets of his helmet gleaming red, his friends initially being overjoyed at seeing him, before he raises his sword and summonns a swarm of monsters.]] Then, Meta Knight [[spoiler: is forced to kill him, and we get a gut-wrenching shot of the amulet holding baby Joe's picture tumbling out of his dead hand. Meta Knight assumes that Joe's father loved Joe to the very end, even through his brainwashing.]]

* The backstory that's gradually revealed to us in the series is quite sad from Meta Knight's perspective. [[spoiler:Nearly all of his friends are dead as a result of the previous war with eNeMeE's monsters, had to kill one of those friends '''himself''' and watch another sacrifice her life for him, and the only remnants of his old life as a warrior are an old man who's been stranded on an island for years (Kit Cosmos), two children that want to kill him as they blame him for their parents' deaths (Knuckle Joe and Sirica), Sword and Blade, and a baby warrior that can barely speak, let alone fight without an Ability handy (Kirby)]]. '''Wow.'''

* The death of [[spoiler:Chilly the Snowman]] in ''Dedede's Snow Job'' (''[[spoiler: Goodbye, Snowman Chilly!]]'' in Japanese). It was implied that [[spoiler: Chilly would eventually return, but you still couldn't help but shed a tear at his apparent demise -- [[DeadHatShot particularly when we see his hat and bell sinking to the bottom of the sea after he melts completely]]]].

* Meta Knight's stories of how Knuckle Joe's Father and Sirica's mother Garlude [[spoiler: both died]]. Knuckle Joe's Father [[spoiler: is stated to be one of Meta Knight's old friends from the Galaxy Soldier Army, whom he had to MercyKill after being turned into a monster by Nightmare]], whilst Garlude [[spoiler: was one of his closest allies in a mission to retrieve the legendary sword Galaxia from the great beast [[HeroKiller Kirisakin]]. The mission goes wrong when Kirisakin awakes and attacks the two, resulting in Garlude performing a HeroicSacrifice to save Meta Knight -- knowing that he was [[TheChosenOne the one worthy to wield Galaxia]] -- fighting off the great beast and throwing the legendary sword to him just before it kills her]].
** The fate of [[spoiler: Joe's dad]] is actually really sad. He died and was resurrected by [[spoiler: Nightmare and brainwashed VideoGame/Mother3-style into turning against his friends, shown by him coming home, eye sockets of his helmet gleaming red, his friends initially being overjoyed at seeing him, before he raises his sword and summonns a swarm of monsters.]] Then, Meta Knight [[spoiler: is forced to kill him, and we get a gut-wrenching shot of the amulet holding baby Joe's picture tumbling out of his dead hand. Meta Knight assumes that Joe's father loved Joe to the very end, even through his brainwashing.]]

* The backstory that's gradually revealed to us in the series is quite sad from Meta Knight's perspective. [[spoiler:Nearly all of his friends are dead as a result of the previous war with Nightmare's monsters, had to kill one of those friends '''himself''' and watch another sacrifice her life for him, and the only remnants of his old life as a warrior are an old man who's been stranded on an island for years (Kit Cosmos), two children that want to kill him as they blame him for their parents' deaths (Knuckle Joe and Sirica), Sword and Blade, and a baby warrior that can barely speak, let alone fight without an Ability handy (Kirby)]]. '''Wow.'''
* The entirety of ''Escar-Gone'' (''Forgotten Escargon'' in Japanese). Escargoon has been possessed by a monster known as Erasem/Boukyakou. Whoever it possesses will be forgotten by everyone they know. Poor Escargoon has been looked upon as a stranger by everyone he knew, from King Dedede to the Waddle Dees to all the citizens of Cappy Town to even Meta Knight. The clincher is when he bumps into Kirby -- who isn't the most fluent communicator in the world, to say the least -- but his replies of "poyo" allow Escargoon (who was getting desperate by this point) to finally seek some comfort when it looked like Kirby knows who he is. By the time they bond at the beach, Escargoon sees Kirby as his kindred spirit.

** The Japanese version makes it even sadder; with Kirby playing while [[SimpleScoreOfSadness a tear-jerkingly beautiful music-box melody]] plays, and a poignant classic film shout-out, courtesy of King Dedede, as he goes over to join him.

* Episode 37 (''Watermelon Felon''). Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Cappy Town/Pupu Village. Tiff/Fumu [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him. Things ''really'' got bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Tiff/Fumu sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute quietly crying]].
** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Night Mare Enterprises/Holy Nightmare Co. Almost every episode, he refers to a monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Tiff/Fumu. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]], with or without NME/Holy Nightmare. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to rely on their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to. [[spoiler:Well, until the newspapers come to town]].
* Watching [[spoiler: the whole town and Castle Dedede]] being absolutely '''totaled''' by [[MechanicalAbomination the Destroyer]] in ''Cappy Town Down.'' Especially sad is seeing [[spoiler:the tree at the centre of Cappy Town -- which had always been untouched by Dedede's schemes and the monster attacks -- reduced to a smouldering wreck. And then the entire town briefly turns on Kirby because they blame him for being Destroyer's target.]]

** The complete absence of Tiff/Fumu and Tuff/Bun in the games. Escargoon, the NME Salesguy, Chef Shiitake, Max Flexer, and eventually Octacon got a few brief appearances in later games. But the two siblings who were like the family Kirby never had? Haven't been properly seen since "Kirby 3D". ''Back in 2009'' (2012 if you count the English dub, but still). It's pretty sad to see that two of the most prominent faces in the show never got so much as a one-second cameo.

* Episode 95 (''Frog Wild'') is the infamous one where Kirby turns evil because of a demon frog possessing him. He spends the first part of the episode tormenting the villagers and destroying their belongings, to the extend that some of them cry. To see the poor cappies vandalized by someone to whom they were mostly kind to is indeed sad.

** The fate of [[spoiler: Joe's dad]] is actually really sad. He died and was resurrected by [[spoiler: Nightmare and brainwashed VideoGame/Mother3-style into turning against his friends, shown by him coming home, eye sockets of his helmet gleaming red, his friends being overjoyed at seeing him, before raising his sword and summoning a swarm of monsters.]] Then, Meta Knight [[spoiler: kills him, and we get a gut-wrenching shot of the amulet holding baby Joe's picture tumbling out of his dead hand. Meta Knight assumes that Joe's father loved Joe to the very end, even through his brainwashing.]]

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of [[KillerRobot Masher]], one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe, who had been appointed as Monster Manager at the time, joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, [[TheWorfEffect Meta Knight has taken heavy damage from one of Masher's attacks]], with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering in disbelief how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, [[CryCute with tears in her eyes]], desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop, pleading for Joe not to murder poor Kirby. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack and turn into Fighter Kirby, and revealing that he was actually a Monster Hunter after Masher, he would've crossed the MoralEventHorizon this time, [[DespairEventHorizon all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good,]] [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note]].

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of [[KillerRobot Masher]], one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe, who had been appointed as Monster Manager at the time, joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, Meta Knight has taken heavy damage from one of Masher's attacks, with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering in disbelief how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, [[CryCute with tears in her eyes]], desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop, pleading for Joe not to murder poor Kirby. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack and turn into Fighter Kirby, and revealing that he was actually a Monster Hunter after Masher, he would've crossed the MoralEventHorizon this time, [[DespairEventHorizon all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good,]] [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note]].

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of [[KillerRobot Masher]], one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe, who had been appointed as Monster Manager at the time, joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, Meta Knight has taken heavy damage from one of Masher's attacks, with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering in disbelief how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, [[CryCute with tears in her eyes]], desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop, pleading for Joe not to murder poor Kirby. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack, turn into Fighter Kirby, and revealing that he was actually after Masher, he would've crossed the MoralEventHorizon this time, [[DespairEventHorizon all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good,]] [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note]].

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of Masher, one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, Meta Knight has taken heavy damage from one of Masher's attacks, with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering in disbelief how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, [[CryCute with tears in her eyes]], desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop, pleading for Joe not to murder poor Kirby. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack, turn into Fighter Kirby, and revealing that he was actually after Masher, he would've crossed the MoralEventHorizon this time, [[DespairEventHorizon all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good,]] [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note]].

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of Masher, one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, Meta Knight has taken heavy damage from one of Masher's attacks, with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering in disbelief how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, [[CryCute with tears in her eyes]], desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop, pleading for Joe not to murder poor Kirby. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack, turn into Fighter Kirby, and revealing that he was actually after Masher, he would've crossed the MoralEventHorizon for good this time, [[DespairEventHorizon all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good,]] [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note]].

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of Masher, one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, Meta Knight has taken heavy damage from one of Masher's attacks, with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering in disbelief how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, [[CryCute with tears in her eyes]], desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop, pleading for Joe not to murder poor Kirby. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack and turn into Fighter Kirby, [[DespairEventHorizon all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good,]] [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note]].

* Episode 40 (''Monster Management'') has Kirby ending up on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown courtesy of Masher, one of Night Mare Enterprises' strongest monsters. Things only get even worse when Knuckle Joe joins in the fun and tag-teams his own attacks with it as the beatdown continues until Kirby isn't even able to stand up anymore, with both of them looming over him as he's backed into the wall of a cliffside with nowhere to run. To make things even worse, Meta Knight has taken heavy damage with Blade and Sword having to tend to his injuries and watch helplessly as Kirby suffers from the beatdown, Tuff is left wondering how the hell Kirby will be able to win a fight of two against one on his own, and his big sis, Tiff, with tears in her eyes, desperately tries to get the beatdown to stop. This truly was a DarkestHour at its finest, and had Joe actually finished Kirby off instead of telling him to suck up his attack and turn into Fighter Kirby, all hope for Popstar and the rest of the universe would've been lost for good, [[DownerEnding and the entire series itself would've ended on a really sad note]].

-->'''Dedede''': (''[[BerserkerTears sobbing angry tears]]'') And all ''they'' love me for [[MealTicket is my money!]]

-->'''Dedede''': (''tearfully'') All ''they'' love me for is my money!

** The whole episode conveys Dedede as a JerkassWoobie, when he realizes his mean attitude means no one wants to celebrate him, not even his minions. He gets a gift out of pity, but Kirby botches it, leaving Dedede in a massive tantrum. After the "funeral" he tries to appease for his mistakes and even gets some approval at last, but after NME's MonsterOfTheDay attacks and directs all the attention back onto Kirby, Dedede is left sobbing in frustration.

* The death of [[spoiler:Chilly the Snowman]] in ''Dedede's Snow Job'' (''[[spoiler: Goodbye, Snowman Chilly!]]'' in Japan). It was implied that [[spoiler: Chilly would eventually return, but you still couldn't help but shed a tear at his apparent demise -- [[DeadHatShot particularly when we see his hat and bell sinking to the bottom of the sea after he melts completely]]]].

* Meta Knight's stories of how Knuckle Joe's Father and Sirica's mother Garlude [[spoiler: both died]]. Knuckle Joe's Father [[spoiler: is stated to be one of Meta Knight's old friends from the Galaxy Soldier Army, whom he had to MercyKill after being turned into a Demon Beast by Nightmare]], whilst Garlude [[spoiler: was one of his closest allies in a mission to retrieve the legendary sword Galaxia from the great beast [[HeroKiller Kirisakin]]. The mission goes wrong when Kirisakin awakes and attacks the two, resulting in Garlude performing a HeroicSacrifice to save Meta Knight -- knowing that he was [[TheChosenOne the one worthy to wield Galaxia]] -- fighting off the great beast and throwing the legendary sword to him just before it kills her]].
** The fate of [[spoiler: Joe's dad]] is actually really sad. He died and was resurrected by [[spoiler: Nightmare and brainwashed VideoGame/Mother3-style into turning against his friends, shown by him coming home, eye sockets of his helmet gleaming red, his friends being overjoyed at seeing him, before raising his sword and summoning a swarm of demon beasts.]] Then, Meta Knight [[spoiler: kills him, and we get a gut-wrenching shot of the amulet holding baby Joe's picture tumbling out of his dead hand. Meta Knight assumes that Joe's father loved Joe to the very end, even through his brainwashing.]]

** The whole episode conveys Dedede as a JerkassWoobie, when he realises his mean attitude means no one wants to celebrate him, not even his minions. He gets a gift out of pity, but Kirby botches it, leaving Dedede in a massive tantrum. After the "funeral" he tries to appease for his mistakes and even gets some approval at last, but after NME's MonsterOfTheDay attacks and directs all the attention back onto Kirby, Dedede is left sobbing in frustration.

* The entirety of ''Forgotten Escargon'' (''Escar-Gone'' in the dub). Escargoon has been possessed by a demon beast known as Boukyakou/Erasem. Whoever it possesses will be forgotten by everyone they know. Poor Escargoon has been looked upon as a stranger by everyone he knew, from King Dedede to the Waddle Dees to all the citizens of Cappy Town to even Meta Knight. The clincher is when he bumps into Kirby -- who isn't the most fluent communicator in the world, to say the least -- but his replies of "poyo" allow Escargoon (who was getting desperate by this point) to finally seek some comfort when it looked like Kirby knows who he is. By the time they bond at the beach, Escargoon sees Kirby as his kindred spirit.

** The music used in the original Japanese version? A somber version of ''Friends and the Sunset'' -- [=AKA=] the ending theme from ''[[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Revenge of Meta Knight]]''.
* When Mabel predicts the planet's destruction via collision with a giant meteor in ''Prediction Predicament'' (Part Two). At the meteor gets closer and closer, everyone resigns to their fates, and decide to all come together at Dedede's castle. There, they begin confessing and apologising amongst one another for past grievances and for anything they did wrong to each other. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

* Episode 37 (''Watermelon Felon''). Using the power of ManipulativeEditing, King Dedede has framed Kirby for various crimes against all of Pupu Village/Cappy Town. Fumu/Tiff [[MamaBear tries her damndest to defend him on television and say that this is all the king's doing]], but no one will listen. [[TooDumbToLive Never mind that they have been lied to by the king countless times in the past, and this is the 37th episode of the show]]. Matters were worse when the king plays commercials over her case specifically to not give her a chance to defend him. Things ''really'' got bad when he makes Kirby a giant, delicious meal [[NotHelpingYourCase specifically to make Kirby's case look worse]]. But the clincher has to be the scene where Fumu/Tiff sulks at the castle's fountain. [[DarkestHour She felt truly and genuinely helpless and unable to protect Kirby]]. The dub takes this one step further, making it sound like she's [[CryCute quietly crying]].
** Something important to note about this is how far King Dedede's [[AdaptationalVillainy anime-specific maliciousness]] has gotten, even without the help of Holy Nightmare Co./Nightmare Enterprises. Almost every episode, he refers to a demon beast/monster from them to help his evil schemes, but this is one of the few episodes where his evil schemes don't rely on anything sent from the company, unless you count their sponsoring of the commercials used to censor Fumu/Tiff. Quite possibly, [[NearVillainVictory this might be the closest Dedede has come to defeating Kirby]], with or without Holy Nightmare/NME. Dedede likes to brag that [[JustFineWithoutYou he can handle just fine without having to rely on their services]], and we clearly see here that he may not have to. [[spoiler:Well, until the newspapers come to town]].

** The complete absence of Fumu/Tiff and Bun/Tuff in the games. Escargoon, the Salesguy, Chef Shiitake, Max Flexer, and eventually Octacon got a few brief appearances in later games. But the two siblings who were like the family Kirby never had? Haven't been properly seen since "Kirby 3D". ''Back in 2009'' (2012 if you count the English dub, but still). It's pretty sad to see that two of the most prominent faces in the show never got so much as a one-second cameo.

* When Mable predicts the planet's destruction via collision with a giant meteor in ''Prediction Predicament'' (Part Two). At the meteor gets closer and closer, everyone resigns to their fates, and decide to all come together at Dedede's castle. There, they begin confessing and apologising amongst one another for past grievances and for anything they did wrong to each other. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}.

* Kirby tearfully [[PleaseWakeUp trying in vain to wake]] [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo he had become a surrogate parent to]] in ''Hatch Me If You Can'' after taking a powerful fire blast from a Galbo [[HeroicSacrifice to protect him]]. It becomes even more so after [[spoiler:the Baby Galbo's apparent death]] causes [[AllLovingHero Kirby]] to [[RageBreakingPoint completely snap]], transform into [[PlayingWithFire Fire Kirby]], and defeat the adult Galbo in a CurbStompBattle that ends with him [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness incinerating the dragon from the inside with its own fire breath]] to avenge it. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
** Sure, it turns out [[spoiler: [[DisneyDeath the Baby Galbo was OK in the end]] due to having a fireproof skin that it could molt off after some time]], but the fact that Kirby was essentially [[spoiler:its surrogate father]] made it one of the very few times he was [[PapaWolf utterly focussed on destroying a monster for what they did to it]].