History VideoGame / KirbyTripleDeluxe

* NonIndicativeName: Both "Hypernova" and "Big Bang" (the Japanese name) imply a massive explosion. The actual ability is a super-powered inhale, i.e an ''implosion''.[[note]]Although, stars that go hypernova will likely leave a black hole behind, so it fits in a roundabout way.[[/note]]

* OurFairiesAreDifferent: The People of the Sky are fairy-like beings with colorful flower-themed hairs. They also possess some magical powers.

* BarelyChangedDubName: The level names are all in Engish in the Japanese version, but some were tweaked slightly for the localization: Fine Field was changed to Fine Fields, Ever Explosion was changed to Endless Explosions, and Eternal [=DreamLand=] was tweaked to Eternal Dreamland.

* WickedWasps: The BigBad is revealed partway through to be [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia, an enormous wasp InsectQueen. She was not always the gigantic insect she is now, but was transformed into a giant wasp after tampering with magic, and went mad in the process.]]

* FlunkyBoss: Kracko still summons some Waddle Doo mooks here. [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia]] occasionally summons her Antler troops as flunkies. she might also [[BadBoss hit them with attacks]] while trying to hit Kirby.

* FunWithAcronyms: Like in ''Return to Dream Land'' and ''Dream Collection'', if you take the first letter of each level's name, it spells out [[spoiler:FLOWER]]. One of the unlocked videos references this with the title of a video being [[spoiler:"FLOWERED", with the "E" and "D" coming from the name of the final level, "Eternal Dreamland".[[note]]And yes, the lack of a space between "Dream" and "Land" is on purpose, as it refers to Kirby giving Queen Sectonia an "eternal beauty sleep", rather than the name of the land that Kirby inhabits.[[/note]]]]

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia]], who was said to have ruled the skies before her vanity turned her towards evil. [[spoiler:Taranza]] wanted to get rid of her for a good reason after [[spoiler:she betrayed him.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Taranza]] turns good after [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia betrays him and tries to kill him.]]

* InvincibleMinorMinion: Tough Waddle Dee, a metallic greyish Waddle Dee, found in the Copy Ability Test Room. Its purpose is to act as a training dummy with it being able to shrug off everything you can do to it. Yes, even a fully charged Crash or Mike Kirby can only make it fly all over the confined room it is in.

** The music for the final phase of the final boss is just as long as the songs for the other phases, but the battle only lasts at most a minute or two and is mostly drowned out by [[spoiler:Sectonia's roars and Hypernova Kirby inhaling. Subverted ultimately because it's heard for Soul of Sectonia as well.]]

* MacrossMissileMassacre: In the Story Mode-only fight against [[spoiler:Flower Sectonia]] with Hypernova, [[spoiler:Sectonia's flower drones]] attack with swarms of missiles. Kirby has to inhale them and keep them on his mouth, because [[spoiler:Sectonia herself]] will then fire an absolutely GIGANTIC missile at Kirby that he has to deflect with the previous smaller missiles.
* MagmaMan: Pyribbit is fine swimming in lava and is able to manipulate fire and lava in his attacks.

* MistakenIdentity: [[spoiler:Taranza]] apparently thought that [[spoiler:''King Dedede'']] was the hero of Dream Land on the sole basis that [[spoiler:[[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking he was its ruler]]]], and regards Kirby as little more than a stubborn pest. Needless to say, he is [[ThisCannotBe very confused]] when Kirby chases him all the way up the Dreamstalk and [[spoiler:beats a brainwashed Dedede.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By Taranza kidnapping Dedede right in front of Kirby's eyes, it leads Kirby to chasing him all around Floralia to his place. The fixing is twofold: The first is obvious, Kirby [[spoiler:the true hero that the People of the Sky expected]] would be helping the People of the Sky along the way and go to stop the whole mess, but the second is [[spoiler:that bringing the "false hero" King Dedede turns out to be helping as well - with him firing Kirby with a cannon to get to Sectonia's second form and then freeing Kirby from her when she grabbed him, something that the final narration notes as the Dreamstalk working InMysteriousWays.]]

* NonchalantDodge: New to this game is the "dodge" mechanic that Kirby can do while guarding, just like in ''Smash Bros.'' series. [[spoiler:Dedede can do so as well, but he moves less far when he dodges.]]
* NonIndicativeName: Both "Hypernova" and "Big Bang" (the Japanese name) imply massive explosion. The actual ability is a super-powered inhale, i.e an ''implosion''.[[note]]Although, stars that go hypernova will likely leave a black hole behind, so it fits in a roundabout way.[[/note]]

** In the final stage, Kirby gets to [[spoiler:use Hypernova to suck up the first boss, sucking up the HP bar along with it]]. [[spoiler:The HP Bar]] gets sucked up yet again when Hypernova Kirby inhales a giant laser the final boss shoots at him.

* PlotCoupon: The Sun Stones are required to advance forward and for 100% completion. To be specific, the PowerOfTheSun in the stones open up the clouds that block the boss stage, and beating the bosses grants Kirby the bigger Sun Stone that opens up the clouds blocking the way to the next continent. While Taranza's magic lets him fly freely (even while maintaining his magic bonds on Dedede), Kirby has to clamber along the Dreamstalk to keep up instead of slowly floating and losing the trail. [[spoiler:Just like the previous game, the main villain takes advantage of Kirby collecting the coupons - after her first defeat, Sectonia fuses with the sky-high Dreamstalk to take advantage of its power]]).

** Kirby's trademark ability to gain Copy Abilities from foes he eats has, unsurprisingly, returned. The majority of abilities are from ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' (with the removal of Hi-Jump, Water and Tornado and the inclusion of Wheel), and four new abilities are included (Archer, Beetle, Bell, and Circus).
** [[spoiler:In-game, Soul of Sectonia]] is implied to be so lost in her mind after absorbing so many hosts that in her second form, her copies almost all of her attacks from past Soul-form bosses instead of inventing her own.

** Surprisingly, Meta Knight is nowhere to be found, aside from one of Circus Kirby's balloons, some keychains, [[spoiler:and the FinalBoss of Dededetour being Dark Meta Knight, who isn't actually the real Meta Knight]]. However, one of the {{Palette Swap}}s for Kirby in Kirby Fighters also is based off of him without his mask, and [[spoiler:he briefly appears within the video unlocked by completing the game 100%.]]

** Kibble Blade, King Doo and Dubior from ''Return to Dream Land'' don't reappear here (and then return in ''Planet Robobot''), while Water Galboros and Moundo are replaced by Flame Galboros and Blocky respectively.
* RedHerring: The beginning of the extra mode implies that Meta Knight will appear as a boss. [[spoiler:Actually, Dark Meta Knight]] is the final boss. What makes this red herring particularly ridiculous is [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight's]] design on his beginning picture. The more purple shading is innocent enough, but if you look ''very'' closely, [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight]] doesn't have [[spoiler:the giant slash on his mask.]]

* NintendoHard:
** As usual, The True Arena, made worse by the fact that DX bosses can only be fought in the extra mode, preventing you from effectively practicing against them without spending some time playing that mode, as well as the fact that unlike ''Return to Dream Land''[='s=] True Arena (but like ''Super Star Ultra''[='s=] True Arena), the final battle isn't against a harder version of the normal final boss (though that battle is present), but against an entirely new variation of it that uses totally different attacks.
** The Extra Stage of Dedede's Drum Dash, which has a very fast rhythm and an extremely small area for error.

* RobotClown: One enemy called Clown Acrobot is implied to be a robot, not just because of his name, but also because he's an emotionless PerpetualSmiler clown with a metallic-looking face.

* BadassInDistress: The hammer-wielding King Dedede ends up being outmatched by Taranza in the opening cutscene and whisked away high above to the floating islands of Floralia, prompting Kirby to go after them. [[spoiler:Later, Kirby himself was caught in Queen Sectonia's vines after his [[VictoryFakeout supposed victory]] over her, but was [[BigDamnHeroes eventually rescued by King Dedede and Taranza]].]]

* FairytaleMotifs: It's subtle, but the main story has a fairytale vibe to it. The plot begins when the [[BeanstalkParody Dreamstalk]] grows under Kirby's house, Kirby's mission is to rescue a [[DistressedDude kidnapped royal]] from an evil sorcerer (although it's Dedede and not a princess), the People of the Sky all resemble fairies, and the ultimate BigBad is an evil queen obsessed with beauty not unlike the queen in Literature/SnowWhite. [[spoiler:And, as revealed in Dededetour, the GreaterScopeVillain is a MagicMirror (or, more accurately, [[SealedEvilInACan what's]] ''[[SealedEvilInACan in]]'' [[SealedEvilInACan the mirror).]]

* LargeAndInCharge: [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia]] is much larger than her subjects. She also, predictably, [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking is the strongest of them.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia]]'s name is usually Romanized as [[spoiler:Queen Sectnia]] in Japan. The localized name is just a different but still valid Romanization of the original.

** As with ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', HAL rooms[[note]]rooms containing scenery shaped like the letters "HAL"[[/note]] can be found hidden in a few levels. Archer Kirby can also occasionally throws up the HAL logo as a camouflage.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Although it's no Star Rod, Master, or Landia, you still briefly use a cannon manned by Dedede and the Floralia citizens against [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia]]. But you ''do'' get to use Hypernova one more time to deliver the final blow to her.

** ''Triple Deluxe'' is also a reference to [[SuperTitle64Advance this being the first 3DS game of Kirby]], as well as how Dedede becomes a major presence in the story (triple D).

* MakeMeWannaShout: Aside from the usual Mike Kirby, there's also the Mike pick-up item in ''Kirby Fighters'' that any Kirby can use to shout and do heavy damage at other Kirbys nearby.

* CameraAbuse: Some hazards and enemy attacks are capable of slinging Kirby to the fourth wall, face first. Ow.

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Queen Sectonia]], since Taranza is just [[spoiler:her lackey]], and [[spoiler:Dark Meta Knight]], whose appearance is barely foreshadowed.

** Surprisingly, Meta Knight is nowhere to be found, aside from one of Circus Kirby's balloons, some keychains, [[spoiler:and the AnotherSideAnotherStory FinalBoss being Dark Meta Knight, who isn't actually the real Meta Knight]]. However, one of the {{Palette Swap}}s for Kirby in Kirby Fighters also is based off of him without his mask, and [[spoiler:he briefly appears within the video unlocked by completing the game 100%.]]

** Surprisingly, Meta Knight is nowhere to be found, aside from one of Circus Kirby's balloons, some keychains, [[spoiler:and a secret BonusBoss against Dark Meta Knight, who isn't actually the real Meta Knight]]. However, one of the {{Palette Swap}}s for Kirby in Kirby Fighters also is based off of him without his mask, and [[spoiler:he briefly appears within the video unlocked by completing the game 100%.]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Taranza uses extravagant magic to create or disturb most of the bosses Kirby faces. But for Pyribbit, the last main boss, he just chucks a boulder at him and [[PossessionPresumesGuilt blames Kirby for it]].

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:King Dedede]] briefly becomes brainwashed by Taranza, and changes into [[spoiler:Masked Dedede]].

* CoolMask: Masked Dedede from ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' makes a reappearance as the PreFinalBoss, controlled by Taranza. [[spoiler:This time, when defeated, part of the mask breaks and he is promptly revived by Taranza, turning into Masked Dedede's Revenge, who fights with a powerful poleaxe.

* WorldTree: In Japanese version, the beanstalk that Kirby uses to traverse Floralia is literally called the World Tree. It doesn't have most of the associated tropes other than, apparently, being sentient enough to help Kirby on his quest. In the English version, it's named the Dreamstalk.

* ZeroEffortBoss: In the last level, you go up against Flowery Woods for the third time. But this time, you have Hypernova, which is so overpowered that they are not hard at ''all''.

* WorldTree: In Japanese version, the beanstalk that Kirby uses to traverse Floralia is literally called the World Tree. It doesn't have most of associated tropes other than, apparently, being sentient enough to help Kirby on his quest. In the English version, it's named the Dreamstalk.

* WorldTree: In Japanese version, the beanstalk that Kirby uses to traverse Floralia is literally called the World Tree. It doesn't have most of associated tropes other than apparently, being sentient enough to help Kirby on his quest. In the English version, it's named Dreamstalk.