| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' [[Characters/{{Kirby}} Main Character Index]]\ |
| 2 | [-'''Main Series:''' [[Characters/KirbyHeroesAndSupportingCharacters Heroes and Supporting Characters]] ([[Characters/KirbyKirby Kirby]] | [[Characters/KirbyKingDedede King Dedede]] | [[Characters/KirbyMetaKnight Meta Knight]] | [[Characters/KirbyMagolor Magolor]]) | [[Characters/KirbyEnemies Enemies]] ([[Characters/KirbyMajorRecurringEnemies Major Recurring Enemies]]) | [[Characters/KirbyRecurringBosses Recurring Bosses]] | [[Characters/KirbyVillainousFactions Villainous Factions]] ([[Characters/KirbyDarkMatter Dark Matter]] | [[Characters/KirbyAnotherDimension Another Dimension]] | [[Characters/KirbyHaltmannWorksCompany Haltmann Works Company]] | [[Characters/KirbyJambandranReligion Jambandran Religion]] | [[Characters/KirbyBeastPack Beast Pack]]) | '''Other Major Antagonists''' | [[Characters/KirbyOtherBosses Other Bosses]]\ |
| 3 | '''Other Continuities:''' ''Characters/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' | [[Characters/KirbyLightNovel Light Novel Characters]]-]]]]] |
| 4 | The various solo main antagonists of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games. |
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| 6 | '''''By the very nature of these characters being standalone villains, a large majority of them are full-blown {{Walking Spoiler}}s, so all spoilers will be completely unmarked, and caution is heavily advised.''''' |
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| 9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:General]] |
| 12 | * WalkingSpoiler: Just about every character on this page only reveal their true selves late into the story, some of them to the point even knowing they ''exist'' spoils the reveal behind their respective games' plots. The only exception is Necrodeus, since his status as ''Mass Attack'''s villain is shown right from the start. |
| 13 | ** As he's the final boss of ''Adventure'', Nightmare doesn't get even a ''mention'' of his existence until the finale reveals he was the reason King Dedede sealed the Fountain of Dreams, meaning talking about him spoils the entire reason behind the plot. |
| 14 | ** The only non-spoiler thing about Marx is him telling Kirby about Nova at the beginning of Milky Way Wishes. |
| 15 | ** Any serious talk about Landia will inevitably give away the fact he's actually a HeroAntagonist guarding the Master Crown from Magolor. |
| 16 | ** While there is some slight amount of spoilers relating to the Master Crown being the target for Magolor's secret villain scheme in the original game, come the ''Deluxe'' version it gains a ''massively'' boosted role in the Magolor Epilogue, recontextualizing just about everything behind Magolor's original scheme. |
| 17 | ** Dark Crafter's mere existence is ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse'''s big twist, especially since it reveals that Claycia was under his control the whole time. |
| 18 | [[/folder]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !!Mainline antagonists |
| 21 | [[folder:Nightmare]] |
| 22 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' |
| 23 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BanjoGinga (''Super Kirby Clash''), Creator/HisaoEgawa (''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'') |
| 24 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knidl_nightmare_wizard.png]] |
| 25 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Power Orb]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/knidl_power_orb_artwork.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
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| 27 | |
| 28 | The FinalBoss of ''Kirby's Adventure'' and its remake, ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''. A Nightmare that tried to enter Dream Land through the Fountain of Dreams to spread his nightmares onto Dream Land; to counteract this, King Dedede broke the Star Rod and gave the pieces to his strongest minions, at the cost of the people being unable to have restful sleep (because they can't dream). Kirby ends up releasing Nightmare after restoring the Star Rod and placing it back in the fountain but is able to use the Star Rod to defeat him once and for all. |
| 29 | ----- |
| 30 | * AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The fight against Nightmare's Wizard form takes place on the moon, which has a light blue floor with stars on it and a wide view of space off in the background. The remake redesigns the arena to have a dark purple and yellow floor with a very dark black and orange sky. |
| 31 | * AstralFinale: The first phase of his fight takes up high up in space as Kirby is slowly descending towards Popstar's atmosphere. The second phase takes place on the moon, with a scrolling floor and stars on it. |
| 32 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Nightmare's wizard form must be damaged by attacking his tornado-shaped core, which only appears when he opens his cape to attack. |
| 33 | * BadassCape: He wears a big dark cape that he sometimes drapes over his body. The cape will also protect his body from getting hit by the Star Rod's attacks, so Kirby can only attack him when he opens it. |
| 34 | * TheBusCameBack: He (or, well, Parallel Nightmare) returns as a major antagonist in ''Super Kirby Clash'' after being absent in the other modern-style games in the series. |
| 35 | * TheCameo: Appears in one of the paintings in ''Canvas Curse'', one of the unlockable pictures in ''Squeak Squad'', keychains and Circus Kirby's balloon move in ''Triple Deluxe'', a sticker in ''Planet Robobot'' and ''Super Kirby Clash'', a trophy in ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', a Spirit in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', on a Character Treat in ''Dream Buffet'', and as a Dress-Up Mask in ''Return to Dream Land Deluxe.'' |
| 36 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Unlike almost every other main-series ''Kirby'' villain, Nightmare has not been referenced in any of the games directed by Shinya Kumazaki outside of cameo appearances, and the only time he returned as a boss was for a sub-game in ''Kirby Mass Attack''. This also means that he hasn't been tied into any of the lore additions from the Kumazaki games (other than the Star Rod being a creation of the Ancients). He's much more prominent in media outside of the games, being the BigBad in the anime and an AssistCharacter and trophy/Spirit in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series. A boss resembling him appears in the spin-off title ''Super Kirby Clash'' as the BigBad, dubbed "Parallel Nightmare". |
| 37 | * CoolCrown: Wears a cool horned crown (that is if those horns aren't naturally his). |
| 38 | * CosmicMotifs: He has stars surrounding him in his Power Orb form, and he has stars on his cape in his true form. Accordingly, he has StarPower. |
| 39 | * CreepyLongFingers: Fitting for his skeletal appearance, Nightmare has some rather long, bone-like fingers. |
| 40 | * DarkIsEvil: He's an evil personification of nightmares that attempts to spread nightmares to everyone in Dream Land. His color scheme is also more sinister than the other characters, being largely black with shades of dark purple and dull blue. Additionally, his ability as an Assist Tropy in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has him [[InterfaceScrew cover the entire screen in darkness]]. |
| 41 | * DefaceOfTheMoon: His defeat has him explode, giving the moon a permanent crescent shape. |
| 42 | * EvilSorcerer: Looks like one in his true form, which is called "Nightmare Wizard". |
| 43 | * EvilCounterpart: To Kirby. Both of them attack with star projectiles (Kirby spits out stars when he inhales enemies at default and is able to shoot stars out of the Star Rod, while Nightmare is able to shoot stars freely), but while Kirby is heroic and wants to restore dreams to Dream Land, Nightmare is an evil personification of nightmares that tries to [[NightmareWeaver spread bad dreams]]. |
| 44 | * FinalBoss: In ''Kirby's Adventure'', its remakes, and ''Kirby Mass Attack'''s Strato Patrol EOS mode. |
| 45 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Nightmare only really exists in the games as a bigger threat that King Dedede had to keep sealed away, and receives very little characterization besides being evil, destructive, and nightmares personified. |
| 46 | * GreaterScopeVillain: The plot is caused by [[WellIntentionedExtremist King Dedede]] trying to keep him sealed. |
| 47 | * HighAltitudeBattle: In his initial Power Orb form, after Kirby is shot at him by King Dedede, the battle [[AstralFinale takes place in space]]. [[FreefallFight You have to complete the phase]] before [[ReentryScare Kirby hits the ground and dies]]. Then the second phase is this on the ground... on the moon! |
| 48 | * {{Jerkass}}: Showed up out of nowhere and tried to [[NightmareWeaver give the people of Dream Land nightmares]] for no clear reason besides ForTheEvulz. |
| 49 | * KilledOffForReal: Not stated outright, but he's one of the few ''Kirby'' main villains to never return in a ''Kirby'' installment, except in remakes, non-canon spin-offs, and minigames, which all but states that Kirby destroying him with the Star Rod ended him for good. |
| 50 | * KnightOfCerebus: He starts the tradition of ''Kirby'' villains serving as examples of VileVillainSaccharineShow, as compared to Dedede just being a greedy glutton, he's trying to spread his nightmares all over Dream Land. |
| 51 | * LeanAndMean: He doesn't have much of a body to speak of, but his arms are almost skeletal. |
| 52 | * LivingDream: The Fountain of Dreams is where people's dreams come from on Popstar. Nightmare himself is [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the embodiment of bad dreams]]. |
| 53 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name is "Nightmare" and he happens to be a villain. |
| 54 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: Kirby frees him by defeating King Dedede and re-forming the Star Rod. |
| 55 | * NightmareWeaver: According to the ''Hoshi no Kirby Character Daizukan'', Nightmare would have tried to spread, well, nightmares all across Dream Land if King Dedede hadn't stopped him in time. |
| 56 | * ObviouslyEvil: He's named "Nightmare", is a dark being with horns, and he wants to [[NightmareWeaver give Dream Land nightmares]]. |
| 57 | * PurpleIsPowerful: The bottom of his Power Orb form is purple, and his true form's cape and shades have dark shades of purple on them. He's also a powerful wizard [[AnthropomorphicPersonification embodied from nightmares]]. |
| 58 | * RetCanon: His appearance in ''Nightmare in Dream Land'' is closer to the anime, despite him still behaving the way he did in ''Kirby's Adventure'' rather than the way he did in the show. |
| 59 | * SealedEvilInACan: Thanks to King Dedede removing his method of entry into Dream Land, [[WellIntentionedExtremist at the price of there being no dreams at all in Dream Land]]. |
| 60 | * SequentialBoss: He's fought twice - once as his Power Orb form and then as his true form. |
| 61 | * SinisterSchnoz: He has a long and pointy nose, and is an evil wizard that corrupts the Fountain of Dreams to spread nightmares for everyone in Dream Land. |
| 62 | * SlasherSmile: His default expression, which shows a mouth of sharp teeth. |
| 63 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Literally, as ''Nightmare in Dream Land'' calls him "the Nightmares". |
| 64 | * StarPower: His Power Orb form is covered in stars, and he attacks by firing star-shaped projectiles at Kirby. |
| 65 | * SuddenlyVoiced: In ''Super Kirby Clash'', courtesy of his anime voice actor, Creator/BanjoGinga [[note]]While Nightmare isn't ''actually'' in ''Super Kirby Clash'', Ginga voiced Parallel Nightmare, and the regular Nightmare appears as a sticker. However, using this sticker will play one of Parallel Nightmare's laughs[[/note]]. |
| 66 | * SunglassesAtNight: In his Wizard form, he wears a pair of sunglasses despite the battle taking place at night. |
| 67 | * TeleportSpam: Starts a proud tradition among ''Kirby'' final bosses. |
| 68 | * TimeLimitBoss: In his first form, the player is fighting him in freefall, and they therefore have a limited amount of time to defeat him before he departs and Kirby will hit the ground and die. |
| 69 | * ThinChinOfSin: He's got a prolonged thin chin and happens to be a villain. |
| 70 | * ThroatLight: In ''Nightmare in Dream Land''. |
| 71 | * UnexpectedShmupLevel: Especially for the fight against his Power Orb form, where it flies around and shoots projectiles as Kirby shoots stars from the Star Rod. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Dyna Blade]] |
| 75 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' |
| 76 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dyna_blade_spirit.png]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | A huge bird that is responsible for stealing all of the crops in Dream Land in the event of the Dyna Blade scenario. |
| 79 | ----- |
| 80 | * AntiVillain: All the damage she does is unintentional, and she was just trying to feed her babies. |
| 81 | * AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: In ''Air Ride'', Dyna Blade is inexplicably the size of a skyscraper. |
| 82 | * BattleThemeMusic: In ''Air Ride'' and ''Super Star Ultra'', her theme is a remix of Castle Lololo's theme. She shares this theme with King Dedede in the former game, and Wham Bam Rock & Jewel in the latter game. |
| 83 | * BigBad: Of the titular [[AntagonistTitle Dyna Blade]] game. |
| 84 | * BreathWeapon: She fires air shots that [[PlayingWithFire light Kirby on fire]]. |
| 85 | * TheBusCameBack: She reappears in ''Kirby Fighters (Deluxe)'' in one of the stages, acting as a stage hazard; she flies, stomps the ground and occasionally fires flame shots. |
| 86 | * TheCameo: |
| 87 | ** She makes one in ''Mass Attack's'' sub-game, Kirby Quest, where the Kirbys can summon her as an attack that deals high damage to all enemies. |
| 88 | ** She's a keychain in ''Triple Deluxe'' and a sticker in ''Planet Robobot''. |
| 89 | ** In ''Videogame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'', she's available as a trophy. |
| 90 | ** She can occasionally be spotted flying behind Castle Dedede on the Dream Land map in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''. |
| 91 | * GiantFlyer: Kirby is roughly the size of her talon. She's larger in the anime. |
| 92 | * GoodAllAlong: At first it seems like she's stealing all the crops just to be evil, but after beating her, Kirby finds out she was just trying to feed her hungry chicks, and so [[PetTheDog he feeds them some apples]]. There also doesn't seem to be any hard feelings between the two, as she helps out Kirby in Revenge of Meta Knight later. |
| 93 | * HeelFaceTurn: At the end of Dyna Blade and in Revenge of Meta Knight. She [[GoodAllAlong wasn't really that evil to begin with]], though. |
| 94 | * MonsterIsAMommy: The food crisis she caused was to feed her baby birds. |
| 95 | * NobleBirdOfPrey: Though she is wrecking up crop fields. |
| 96 | * RazorWings: She can go right through a tree and two hills! |
| 97 | [[/folder]] |
| 98 | |
| 99 | [[folder:Marx]] |
| 100 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' |
| 101 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ksa_marx_1.png]] |
| 102 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:True Form]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/true_marx.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 103 | [[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here for spoilers]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kssu_marx_soul_sprite.png Marx Soul[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | ->''"I got the sun and moon to fight. I got you to go into space... it was all according to my perfect little plan!"'' |
| 106 | |
| 107 | A mischievous, seemingly friendly WaddlingHead who wants Kirby to ask the wish-granting comet Nova to stop the sun and moon's fighting... except he's actually evil, is the one who caused said fight in the first place, and is [[UnwittingPawn just using Kirby as a pawn]] in order to wish for control of Popstar. He acts as the main true antagonist of the game mode Milky Way Wishes and of ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' and its remake overall. He's reappeared a few times in the franchise as either foe or ally. |
| 108 | ----- |
| 109 | * AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: His fight takes place on an unknown planet or moon with purple ground, some odd-colored mountains in the background, and a full view of space, almost like the one Kirby fought Nightmare on. Once you start depleting his health, the stars in the background will start changing color. The real example comes during the fight with Marx Soul, however: the fight takes place in a strange dimension with multicolored tiles and a mystifying, lava lamp-esque background. |
| 110 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: His pause description in ''Star Allies'' differs between regions. In English, it states that he'll remain your pal so long as he's well-fed, which would suggest that his actions in ''Super Star'' were DisproportionateRetribution in his eyes. The Japanese version, however, goes out of its way to tell us that Marx is still evil and is only in a [[EnemyMine temporary alliance]] with Kirby simply because the world he wanted to conquer was going to be destroyed, and [[ItsAllAboutMe he was only in it to save himself]]. That said, his true alignment after this game remains dubious at best. |
| 111 | * ArmlessBiped: Normally he's a WalkingHead without any hands/arms. But after getting his power-up from Nova, he gains two additional limbs ([[PowerGivesYouWings wings, in this case]]). |
| 112 | * ArtEvolution: It's not subtle, but ''Star Allies'' does tweak his appearance somewhat from his debut (he has a longer jester hat, larger eyes and slightly smaller pupils, bigger shoes, and his lavender skin leans towards more of a shade of purple). |
| 113 | * AstralFinale: The battle against him takes place in an odd battlefield in space. The place where you battle Marx Soul is more ominous and darker. |
| 114 | * AxCrazy: He was already this when alive, but when Marx Soul shows up... |
| 115 | * BackFromTheDead: |
| 116 | ** The ''Ultra''-exclusive Marx Soul might be this. It's unclear whether he was already dead or not before taking a bit of Nova's power into himself, but that act sure "restarts" him. |
| 117 | ** Also, somehow he's not dead in ''Star Allies'' despite being killed by Kirby at least once (twice if Marx Soul counts). |
| 118 | * BadassAdorable: |
| 119 | ** His combat form is not really adorable. He's standard Dream Land cute before his transformation, however. |
| 120 | ** ''Star Allies'' [[YourSizeMayVary downsizes]] his boss form to match his normal form and mixes elements of the two together, giving him a more cutesy appearance while transformed. |
| 121 | * BarelyChangedDubName: |
| 122 | ** His name in katakana is closer transcribed as "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Mark]]", although Japanese versions still write it in English as "Marx". This is likely because the spelling used was rather uncommon to begin with (''Maruku'' instead of ''Māku''). |
| 123 | ** The German and French localizations change his name to "Max", possibly to avoid associations with Creator/KarlMarx or Marxists. The Italian localization also uses "Mark" instead of "Marx", although as mentioned above, it's a more literal romanization of his Japanese name. |
| 124 | * BatOutOfHell: Invoked. Once he reveals his true form, giving him wings and fangs, he looks quite bat-like, with his two-pointed jester cap resembling the ears. He also swoops and flutters in a bat-like way. This shows that (aside from in ''Star Allies''), he's evil and a monster, as bats are usually stereotyped. It may also have to do with the term "batty," meaning unstable, which is fitting for how Marx gets drunk with power. Interestingly, ''Super Smash Bros Ultimate'', as well as the Japanese-exclusive ''Hoshi no Kirby Character Daizukan'', suggest that this "transformation" is actually his true form, and the cute ball was simply a form he took on to gain Kirby's trust. |
| 125 | -->'''Marx's profile:''' "A mischievous clown. In his first appearance, he used Kirby and tried to take over Popstar, where Kirby and his friends live, for himself. When he gets ready for battle, he starts to attack with his huge wings spread and his teeth bared." |
| 126 | * BattleBoomerang: He can throw out four boomerang cutters at different directions. Marx Soul throws two sets at a time. In ''Star Allies'' he can also do this if he uses the wind element into his ball. |
| 127 | * BigBad: Of Milky Way Wishes in ''Kirby Super Star'', and the closest thing to one for the game in general. |
| 128 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems like a helpful ordinary citizen of the country who's concerned that day and night have been thrown into chaos. He is actually the perpetrator. |
| 129 | * BreakoutVillain: He's by and large become one of Kirby's most well-known antagonists, netting him more appearances in the series as a recurring character, which led to him becoming playable in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', and becoming a boss character in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''. |
| 130 | * BreathWeapon: He has a fairly impressive beaming grin. The recoil is so great it blows him off-screen. He also fires the Team Attack beam (in ''Star Allies'') from his mouth, unlike the other Friends. |
| 131 | * BrightIsNotGood: His color scheme is oddly very vibrant for a ''Kirby'' BigBad, with his bright lavender body and large golden wings with multicolored, flashing hexagon membranes. |
| 132 | * TheBusCameBack: After several games of being in the background or having cameos, he's back in the flesh in ''Star Allies'' as one of the Dream Friends. |
| 133 | * CallBack: Marx Soul's defeat is strikingly reminiscent to Nightmare's fate in ''Adventure.'' Both scream and explode before the entire arena they were fighting Kirby on begins exploding. |
| 134 | * TheCameo: |
| 135 | ** He appears in one of the unlockable pictures in ''Squeak Squad''. |
| 136 | ** A statue of him is one of Stone's forms in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand''. He also shows up in the Kirby Master cutscene (both here and in ''Triple Deluxe''), and the friend that Magolor says told him about Kirby (''and'' the person on Halcandra whom Kirby has fought before) is widely speculated to be him. |
| 137 | ** You can also find a keychain of him in ''Triple Deluxe'', and as a sticker in ''Planet Robobot''. Also in both games, he's again one of the Stone forms, alongside Magolor this time. |
| 138 | ** In ''Kirby Fighters Deluxe'', his hat is an available alternate hat for Beam Kirby. |
| 139 | ** In ''Super Kirby Clash'', he appears as a sticker in his regular form and his Soul form. The Rarity 14 gear for Beam Mage is also based on him, which is reused in ''[[VideoGame/KirbyFightersDeluxe Kirby Fighters 2]].'' |
| 140 | ** In ''Return to Dream Land Deluxe'', he and his soul form appear as Dress-Up Masks. |
| 141 | * TheChessmaster: The plot of Milky Way Wishes is entirely his EvilPlan. Sure, a Kirby villain who works by themselves is no surprise. However, Marx had to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate a lot of events into happening]] before getting his power. |
| 142 | * ColorCodedElements: In ''Star Allies'', Marx's crystalline wings change color to match the element he's currently charged with. The balls on his hat also show elemental effects, such as swirling gust of wind or fireballs. |
| 143 | * CreepyHighPitchedVoice: Marx's giggles and laughs are all high pitched and very creepy. Marx Soul's voice is slightly deeper, but his disturbing cackling is distorted, which keeps up the creepiness. |
| 144 | * CuteAndPsycho: Marx's boss form is sort of cute with its big eyes and {{Heart Symbol}}s, but you can tell from his expression that something is wrong with him. |
| 145 | * CuteLittleFangs: His ''Star Allies'' appearance gives him noticeable fangs even in his regular form. Unlike his OneWingedAngel boss form, they're much shorter, which ends up making his already quite cute normal appearance even cuter. |
| 146 | * DashAttack: One of his attacks in ''Star Allies'' is him flying forward to tackle his enemies. |
| 147 | * DeathCryEcho: Marx Soul lets out a horrendously nightmarish scream as he dies after his defeat. |
| 148 | * DeathFromAbove: Aside from his boomerang cutters, he has a move where he drops a freezing bomb from above. Aside from said attack reappearing in ''Star Allies'', his Marx Flip Ultima is him slamming down from above and then becomes an invulnerable shadow on the ground; he can then rise upward as an attack, like in his boss fight. Marx Soul also borrows Drawcia Soul's rain of paint attack. |
| 149 | * DubPersonalityChange: In ''Star Allies,'' Marx's reason for siding with Kirby is different between versions. In English, it's suggested that his actions in ''Super Star'' were the result of [[VillainousGlutton hunger]], and he'll be your friend if you keep him fed. In all other versions, it reveals that Marx is only joining the heroes in an act of [[ItsAllAboutMe self-preservation]] because the Jambastion cult was planning to destroy the universe - Popstar included. He can't do mischief in a universe where everything and everyone is destroyed, so he pulls an EnemyMine to stop them. |
| 150 | * EnemyMine: Only agreed to help Kirby in ''Star Allies'' because a greater threat was looming and he knew Kirby was one of the strongest fighters alive. |
| 151 | * EvilAllAlong: He initially seems like a friendly denizen of Popstar who wants you to stop the sun and moon from fighting. In actuality, he's the reason they're fighting to begin with, and is just waiting to steal your wish from Nova. |
| 152 | * EvilCounterpart: Acts as one to Kirby. Both are small spherical Dream Land denizens who wield great power. But while Kirby is friendly and willing to help others in need, Marx is deceitful and would rather make playthings over playmates out of others. |
| 153 | * EvilPlan: He seeks to attain power so he can cause as much trouble as he pleases. |
| 154 | * EvilVersusOblivion: This is given as his reason for being a playable character in the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions of ''Star Allies''. Although he apparently has not turned over a new leaf since ''Super Star'', the actions of the bad guys make him concerned for his own safety, and afraid the world he wishes to rule might be in danger -- so he decides to [[EnemyMine form a temporary alliance with Kirby and friends to stop them]]. |
| 155 | * FangsAreEvil: He gets two prominently long upper fangs when he goes OneWingedAngel. He also has these by default in ''Star Allies'', possibly as a result of his prior transformation. |
| 156 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Aside from the unclear nature of the implied friendship he has with Magolor (who actually was AffablyEvil, and even [[HeelFaceTurn reformed and made amends with Kirby]] after being freed from the Master Crown's [[DemonicPossession control]]), Marx is a dead ringer for this trope. In ''Super Star'', he's cute, he's cheerful... and he gleefully knocks Kirby aside to fumble in the depths of space once he gets what he wants, topping it off with a peppy "See you later!" as he goes off to seize Popstar for shits and giggles. As for ''Star Allies'', Marx's FlavorText itself finds his sudden change of heart "unbelievable" at first, but also alleges that he won't try to do anything sinister anymore... so long as you don't leave him hungry, assuming ''that'' was [[DisproportionateRetribution why he did all those bad things in the first place]]. The Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions instead get to the point and make it clear that he's only hanging around Kirby and pals [[EvilVersusOblivion to save his own skin from the Jamba Heart threat]], pretty much indicating that yes, Marx is still not a good guy. |
| 157 | * FinalBoss: Of Milky Way Wishes and The Arena, thus making him the general Final Boss of ''Super Star''. He gets an upgrade in ''Ultra'''s The True Arena as Marx Soul. In ''Mass Attack'', he's also the Final Boss of ''Kirby Brawlball''. |
| 158 | * FishEyes: He sometimes gets wall-eyed in his transformed state, as a sign that he's unstable. |
| 159 | * FlunkyBoss: In ''Mass Attack'', Marx can summon miniature clones of his false form known as Minimarx which Kirby can defeat for two more balls. |
| 160 | * ForTheEvulz: He wants the power to cause all the mischief he wants. |
| 161 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: There was nothing to distinguish him from anyone else on Popstar prior to his wish to Nova. |
| 162 | * GameFace: For the first split-second when he turns into his true form, Marx flashes a decidedly maddened look. Marx Soul wears that expression constantly. |
| 163 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Marx has no real obvious goal other than wanting to control Popstar for himself, and it's unclear how he would accomplish that even if Kirby hadn't stopped him. His dialogue only indicates that he wants to [[ForTheEvulz make mischief]] above anything else. |
| 164 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: His true form has gold-colored wings, and he's the true BigBad of Milky Way Wishes. |
| 165 | * GigglingVillain: As a sign of his descending sanity, Marx laughs [[LaughingMad constantly]] during his boss fight. Marx Soul upgrades this to LaughingMad. |
| 166 | * GrappleMove: His Prank Kick move in ''Star Allies'' is him standing on a normal enemy (or a star) as if it's his jester ball, then kicking them away, potentially [[GrievousHarmWithABody hitting other enemies (including bosses) with it]]. The kicked enemy/star will also have the element that he himself currently has. |
| 167 | * GreenThumb: He has an attack where he flies out and drops seeds which quickly sprout thorny tendrils. He can replicate this move in ''Star Allies'' by infusing his ball with the water element. |
| 168 | * HadesShaded: Marx Soul, the more [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide insane]] and [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous monstrous]] form of Marx, has purple skin instead of the original's lavender. |
| 169 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His Black Hole attack allows him to [[DetachmentCombat bisect his own body]]. Marx Soul can also split in half to launch the two halves as projectiles or rain down paint. When defeated, Marx Soul falls into two pieces down the middle before exploding. |
| 170 | * HellGate: His most powerful attack is one of these, revealed when he ''splits in half''. As Marx Soul, he even ''starts'' the battle with it. It comes back in ''Star Allies'' as a ChargedAttack; [[UnrealisticBlackHole sucking up objects and projectiles with it]] increases its power. |
| 171 | * AnIcePerson: One of his attacks is to spit an ice bomb out of his mouth that breaks open into two shockwaves when it gets to where Kirby is. The shockwaves will effectively freeze if he doesn't guard, inhale them, or jump out of the way. |
| 172 | * InsaneEqualsViolent: He's an insane jester who steals Kirby's wish by kicking him out of his way and leaving him for dead in the void of space so he can take over Popstar to do whatever he wants. He gets even more insane as Marx Soul. |
| 173 | * TheIrredeemableException: He's the only FinalBoss that's actually ''evil'' in ''Super Star''. Dedede is merely TheRival, Dyna Blade is just trying to feed her chicks, Wham Bam Rock and Jewel are just bosses standing in the player's way with no characterization, Meta Knight is a WellIntentionedExtremist who cares deeply for his henchmen, and even Galacta Knight, as aggressive as he is, is only AmbiguouslyEvil [[spoiler:and used to be the legendary [[FallenHero Aeon Hero]]]]. |
| 174 | * ItsAllAboutMe: If you aren't Marx, chances are he doesn't care about you. Even him joining Kirby's team in ''Star Allies'' is purely out of self-preservation rather than any kindness or concern about anything else. |
| 175 | * KnightOfCerebus: Most of ''Kirby Super Star'' is fairly lighthearted, ''Revenge of Meta Knight'' notwithstanding. Once Marx makes his wish, the story of ''Milky Way Wishes'' has genuine stakes, and once he becomes Marx Soul, things get much scarier. |
| 176 | * LackOfEmpathy: All he wants is power. If he needs to cause distress first to get that power, he will do it. And what he wants with that power is [[ItsAllAboutMe the freedom to cause any sort of mischief]]. |
| 177 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: His ''Star Allies'' description casually mentions that he was the FinalBoss of ''Super Star'' despite it being supposed to be a {{spoiler}}. The gear based on him in ''Super Kirby Clash'' also alludes to this. |
| 178 | * LaughingMad: In his boss fight, Marx is always laughing. On the SNES, it's a small giggle before or after certain attacks, but in ''Ultra'', it's a constant stream of chuckling for every other offensive action he takes. Marx Soul amplifies this with a guttural, distorted cackling. |
| 179 | * LegacyBossBattle: While he is a playable Dream Friend in ''Star Allies'', he also gets a boss fight in the credits of ''Heroes in Another Dimension'' (which is the ''only'' place where you can fight him--he isn't even in ''The Ultimate Choice''). While he uses the same model as his playable appearance, he's twice the size to make him more similar to his original fight, and all of his attacks act exactly as they do in ''Super Star''. Strangely enough, while his playable appearance uses his giggles from ''Super Star'', his boss appearance uses his giggles from ''Super Star Ultra''. |
| 180 | * LovecraftianSuperpower: His aforementioned HellGate attack which involves him [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe ripping himself in half]]. Further emphasized in ''Star Allies'' with what could be interpreted as large globs of cyan AlienBlood. Marx's battles in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'' also have him do things like cry tears of SymbolicBlood and using his veins as CombatTentacles. |
| 181 | * MagicalClown: He becomes one after gaining his wish from Nova. He becomes even more powerful as Marx Soul. |
| 182 | * ManiacTongue: During his boss fight, Marx Soul has his tongue tucked out constantly, as a sign of his VillainousBreakdown. |
| 183 | * ManipulativeBastard: Kirby, the Sun, and the Moon were all doing his bidding unwittingly. |
| 184 | * MeaningfulName: He is most likely named after the ''Creator/MarxBrothers'', as they were famous comedians and he's a jester type person. [[Creator/KarlMarx He doesn't seem to have any connections to communism]]. |
| 185 | * MorphicResonance: In ''Star Allies'', even his smaller original form still has the fangs of his larger boss mode. |
| 186 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Marx hadn't wished on Nova to help him take over Popstar, then maybe the sun and moon wouldn't have stopped fighting and tried to slow the clockwork star down. |
| 187 | * NominalHero: He's a Dream Friend in ''Star Allies'', but that's only because he's using Kirby's limitless power to save his own skin from the Jambastion cult's universe-threatening actions. |
| 188 | * OneWingedAngel: |
| 189 | ** After having his wish granted by Nova, he shows off his true form. He grows much larger and reveals a pair of golden claw-wings with the membranes made up of flashing, hologram-like hexagon patterns, and a pair of [[FangsAreEvil prominent fangs]]. It gives him an all-over vampiric or demonic appearance. After his defeat, his smaller form is still used as a SleepModeSize. |
| 190 | ** ''Ultra's'' True Arena shows that, after his defeat, Marx absorbs the remains of the destroyed Nova and transforms into Marx Soul, a more powerful and insane form of Marx with purple skin, red wings, pointier shoes, a spikier jester hat with inverted colors, and a golden necklace which is supposedly made from the remains of Nova. |
| 191 | * PowerGivesYouWings: Gains arms that act as wings after being powered up by Nova. |
| 192 | * ThePrankster: He's simply described as a "mischievous clown", and he wants to take over Popstar so he can cause as much trouble as he pleases. An AprilFoolsDay post from the official Kirby JP Twitter account features him and Magolor playing a prank on Kirby and the Channel PPP crew that one of the poles in Dream Land will turn into chocolate if they walk around it 25 times. His GrappleMove in ''Star Allies'' is also named Prank Kick. |
| 193 | * PromotedToPlayable: In ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''. |
| 194 | * PsychoPink: Later versions of his powered-up form have pink hexagons, and he's an unstable villain. Also, Marx Soul has pink wings and he's even more unstable. |
| 195 | * PurpleIsPowerful: He has lavender skin (which is a light shade of purple), purple eyes, his icon in ''Star Allies' is a dark purple, and he's an especially dangerous and unstable villain. |
| 196 | * RainOfArrows: More like a stream of arrows, but still, this is one of his moves. He can use it in ''Star Allies'' if he's infused with electric power. |
| 197 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: One of his new attacks as Marx Soul is taken directly from [[VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse Drawcia Soul, where he splits into two spheres of energy that fly across the screen to ram into Kirby.]] |
| 198 | * RedemptionDemotion: Well, "redemption" [[ReformedButNotTamed may be a stretch]]. He has many of the same abilities in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' that he did in ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'', but most of them are now locked to friends' ElementalPowers, keeping him from being able to use all of them at once. |
| 199 | * ReformedButNotTamed: Though his teaming up with Kirby and co. in ''Star Allies'' was explicitly an act of self preservation on his part rather than any real change of heart, his true alignment after that remains [[WildCard dubious at best]]. Further muddying these waters is his seeming friendship with Magolor who ''did'' have a change of heart but mostly acts as a mischievous prankster to Kirby and his friends. |
| 200 | * SatanicArchetype: A bit more {{downplayed|Trope}} than most examples, especially compared to [[EldritchAbomination other Kirby villains]], but Marx still fits the bill as a deceitful manipulator with a monstrous, demonic true form who constantly sows chaos for his own amusement. |
| 201 | * TheScream: When Marx Soul is defeated, he lets out a particularly hellish one as he [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe splits down the middle]]. |
| 202 | * ShadowArchetype: Marx's sadism and lust for power is a clear representation of what would happen if Kirby's playful, fun-loving personality or incredible power had no love or compassion behind it. Hammering the point home is his similar design to Kirby as a resident of Dream Land (round and cute, and a brightly-colored lavender compared to Kirby's signature pink), his jester hat being a PaletteSwap of the one from Kirby's Mirror power-up (having the same blue and red colors but with their positions reversed) prior to its redesign from ''Planet Robobot'' onwards, and even ''mirroring'' the look of its Mirror Body attack when he splits in half to create a black hole. ''Star Allies'' also assumes that he won't cause any problems "if you keep him well-fed", which only hammers this in even further, given how something similar could be described of [[BigEater Kirby himself]]. In essence, he is the [[VideoGame/{{Wario}} Wario]] to Kirby's [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. |
| 203 | * SlasherSmile: Marx has a wide, maddened smile in his true form to signify his descending sanity. Marx Soul's smile is even more crazed and it even has a ManiacTongue to go with it. |
| 204 | * SignatureHeadgear: A two-branched jester hat. It gets more menacing as Marx Soul. |
| 205 | * SignificantAnagram: His name in Japanese can be rearranged into ''makuru'', meaning either "to come true" (as in, having a wish granted) or "to become greater or more intense" (as in, turning into a vampire clown demon). Or, if you add a space, ''ma kuru'', "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the devil comes]]". |
| 206 | * TheSociopath: Manipulated the sun and moon into fighting, stole Kirby's wish so he can cause all the mischief he wants, abandoned Kirby to die in space, and nearly left all on Popstar to die by having Nova ram onto its surface, all with a big smile. Reappears in ''Star Allies'' as a helper solely because his own life is in danger if he doesn't. |
| 207 | * SuperEmpowering: It's implied that [[DeusEstMachina Nova's wish]] is responsible for the powers he gains in his bat-like true form. His fighting style in that form is very similar to that of [[spoiler:Star Dream Soul OS, the heart of another Nova]]. |
| 208 | * SuperSpit: He can spit freeze bombs. He can also do this in ''Star Allies'', and the balls he spits can be modified by elements. |
| 209 | * TeethClenchedTeamwork: According to his bio in ''Star Allies'', he's only working with Kirby because he sensed something supremely dark was about to threaten Popstar. Since his wish had been to ''rule'' Popstar, letting it get obliterated doesn't really line up with his goals. |
| 210 | * TeleportSpam: Frequently moves around by teleporting. |
| 211 | * ThroughHisStomach: His ''Star Allies'' description (outside of Guest Star) states that "he'll be your buddy as long as you keep him well-fed." |
| 212 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Of the Wave 1 Dream Friends in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''. Even though he's playable, the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions hint that he has not actually turned over a new leaf and that he is only pulling an EnemyMine for his own personal gain. |
| 213 | * TookALevelInBadass: |
| 214 | ** Gets a big one when he makes his wish, growing a pair of golden wings and gaining a bunch of strong moves such as shooting [[BattleBoomerang Battle Boomerangs]], dropping [[GreenThumb seeds that turn into thorny vines]], and [[BreathWeapon shooting a powerful laser from his mouth]]. |
| 215 | ** In ''Ultra's'' True Arena, Marx absorbs parts of Nova's destroyed body, transforming into the even stronger Marx Soul, where he uses attacks from Drawcia Soul and his attacks do more damage. |
| 216 | ** In ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate,'' while he loses his arrow attack, he gains three new twisted attacks where he can enlarge his eyes to shoot multiple lasers out of them, turn his eyes black and have them bounce around, and '''''spread out his veins across the arena.''''' |
| 217 | * TomTheDarkLord: Named "Mark" in Japanese, Chinese, Italian and Korean, also called "Max" in French and German. |
| 218 | * TreacherousQuestGiver: He tasks Kirby with going around the galaxy to gather all of the star power to summon Galactic Nova so the sun and moon will stop fighting. In reality, he's just using Kirby's pure and helpful nature to summon Nova for him so he can wish for power to take over Popstar and cause all sorts of mischief. |
| 219 | * TrueFinalBoss: Marx Soul is this in ''Ultra''. |
| 220 | * UnexplainedRecovery: In ''Super Star'', he was last seen falling into Nova with enough force to blow it up, and, if you count ''Ultra'''s The True Arena, ''having his soul split in half and explode as he screams in agony''. Aside from his various cameos, in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', not only is he seemingly none the worse for wear, but he still has at least some, if not all, of his powers that he gained from Nova. Note that the True Arena and Guest Star are supposed to be "separate" from the main stories. |
| 221 | * TheUnfettered: It's clear Marx doesn't care about [[TheChessmaster what he has to do]] to get power. |
| 222 | * UnrealisticBlackHole: One of his attacks in his super form involves him splitting into 2 parts, and a black circle appearing in the center of the screen, which tries to suck in Kirby and does severe damage if it does. It's also usable when he's playable in ''Star Allies''. |
| 223 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: He's a cute little lavender jester who hops around on a ball and acts as Kirby's friend... who also turns out to be a ManipulativeBastard that is only using him for his personal gain. He's also quite disturbing -- his fighting style involves splitting himself in half to create a black hole, and he becomes visibly AxCrazy as Marx Soul. |
| 224 | * VillainousBreakdown: He experiences this in the True Arena. After Kirby first defeats him, Marx then transforms into Marx Soul and he becomes [[AxCrazy even more unstable than beforehand]], complete with a ManiacTongue, SlasherSmile, and a distorted cackle. Also, during his death animation, he ''[[DeathCryEcho screams his lungs out]]''. |
| 225 | * VillainousFriendship: Some text in ''Return to Dream Land's'' Extra Mode and future material suggests that Marx is friends with fellow traitor Magolor. If he really is the friend who told Magolor about Kirby, it would explain why his scheme was so similar to Marx's. |
| 226 | * VillainousGlutton: His pause description in ''Star Allies'' suggests that he's grown quite an aggressive appetite, and says he'll won't cause any more trouble [[ThroughHisStomach so long as he's well-fed]]. |
| 227 | * VillainousHarlequin: Even in his superpowered form, he wears a stereotypical jester's cap. |
| 228 | * WaddlingHead: His small form is just his head and two stubby feet, minus the waddling part since he is usually seen on his ball in this form. |
| 229 | * WeaponizedBall: His playable appearance in ''Star Allies'' has him using his beach ball more extensively for his unwinged moves, whether it be kicking it into enemies or rolling around atop it. The ball normally explodes like the Bomb ability, but they'll [[PinballProjectile bounce off surfaces]] and will only go boom if it hits an enemy, a switch or something (normally) destructible. He even uses it to [[ElementalWeapon channel]] ElementalPowers with the help of certain allies. |
| 230 | * WhamLine: Just as Kirby is about to make his wish on Nova... |
| 231 | -->'''Marx:''' [[EvilAllAlong Well, I want to control Pop Star]]! |
| 232 | * WickedHeartSymbol: Once he gains power from Nova, he gains hearts on many parts of his body, especially his glistening [[PowerGivesYouWings wings]]. Did we mention that he's a psychotic, [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon deceptively cute]] monster who manipulated Kirby into helping him gain said power? |
| 233 | [[/folder]] |
| 234 | |
| 235 | [[folder:Landia]] |
| 236 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' |
| 237 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/skc_landia_art.png]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | An ancient, powerful, four-headed dragon perched in Haldera Volcano, the tallest peak of Halcandra. With a crown on his top-most head, he has been hailed as a guardian angel since ancient times, but recently has become enraged and seems to bear animosity toward Magolor in particular. |
| 240 | ---- |
| 241 | * AdaptationalVillainy: His appearance in the ''Team Kirby Clash'' games is more antagonistic than in ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', likely done as an effort to keep TheReveal a surprise for newer players. |
| 242 | * AlternateSelf: ''VideoGame/TeamKirbyClashDeluxe'' and ''VideoGame/SuperKirbyClash'' feature Parallel Landia, his counterpart from AnotherDimension. Unlike the noble Landia of Halcandra, Parallel Landia has been corrupted by the power of the Master Crown just like Magolor. The pause description for Landia EX in ''Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' states this is no accident, since he's not entirely immune to the Crown's influence and has to stay on Halcandra in case he loses to it. |
| 243 | * ArtEvolution: Landia EX gains a unique and more elaborate Master Crown in Team Kirby Clash, which closer resembles how it appears when Magolor EX wears it. Later, Landia received a new model in ''Super Kirby Clash'' with fully-modeled teeth (they were previously flat textures on the inside of his mouths), that would later make its way into the remake of his debut game. |
| 244 | * AsteroidsMonster: When he TurnsRed, he splits into four one-headed dragons. |
| 245 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Once he splits apart, the dragon wearing the Master Crown takes more damage than the other three. |
| 246 | * BigBad: He's set up as the biggest villain of ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''. [[SubvertedTrope As it turns out]], that's exactly what Magolor ''wanted'' you to believe. |
| 247 | * BigDamnHeroes: After Magolor's defeat, Landia returns to airlift Kirby and his friends out of the unstable interdimensional space. |
| 248 | * CallBack: To Red/Great Dragon, one of Computer Virus' monsters of ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar (Ultra)''. Regular Landia is red like Red Dragon, while Landia EX is purple colored just like Great Dragon in ''Helper to Hero''. Both can also breathe fire and "flap gigantic wings". |
| 249 | * TheCameo: |
| 250 | ** Paintra summons copies of Landia through her magic painting in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe''. |
| 251 | ** He appears as a Spirit in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''. |
| 252 | * ChargedAttack: When you ride on him, you can charge his star shots to fire stronger stars in a SpreadShot. |
| 253 | * CoolCrown: He wears the Master Crown, an artifact created long ago that grants its wearer incredible power. |
| 254 | * CraftedFromAnimals: In ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'', Sword Hero can gain a sword and helmet based on Landia as a high-grade equipment. It returns in ''Super Kirby Clash''. |
| 255 | * DashAttack: He has an attack where he simply swoops down and then away from the screen before coming back. Each of his split bodies can also do this. When you ride on him, you can also perform a similar ramming attack where [[InvulnerableAttack you briefly become invincible]]. |
| 256 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Landia EX's bio in the Japanese and Korean versions of Team Kirby Clash ask the player to "create a legend together with your friends" by beating him, which means standing up to [[PhysicalGod Landia at his full strength]] and ''winning'' is the stuff of myth in-universe. |
| 257 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: |
| 258 | ** In ''Return to Dream Land'' he definitely had a final boss aura around him, being a giant dragon that was behind Magolor's exile. But then [[EvilAllAlong Magolor]] reveals his true intentions after Landia's defeat, forcing Kirby and co to chase after him with Landia. |
| 259 | ** Similarly, in ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'', you get to the "Decisive Battlefield" and fight Landia EX, and the credits roll afterwards... but then even more powerful enemies appear, including yet another Landia. |
| 260 | * DragonsAreDemonic: In ''Return to Dream Land'', Landia rules over the [[{{Mordor}} hellish]] planet Halcandra, and he's malevolent enough to shoot down the Lor Starcutter the minute it enters Halcandra's atmosphere. The "demonic" part is {{subverted|Trope}}, however, when he helps Kirby and friends stop [[BigBad Magolor]] from falling victim to the [[CrownOfPower Master Crown]] (which he was [[MacGuffinGuardian guarding all along]]) and its destructive influence. |
| 261 | * DragonsAreDivine: In the ''Clash'' titles, Landia is hailed as a four-headed guardian god, and he's even fought at the summit of [[DiscOneFinalDungeon the Empyrean]] as one might expect from a deity. His boss battle music even refers to him as a "Guardian Angel." |
| 262 | * FinalBoss: In ''[[VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot Team Kirby Clash]]'', Landia EX serves as the final boss. |
| 263 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Unlike most EX bosses, Landia is shown visibly transforming into Landia EX in every appearance. Accordingly, he's described as "[[SuperMode unleashing his true power]]" when he does so in the ''Clash'' titles. |
| 264 | * GoKartingWithBowser: Even though Magolor tried to steal the Master Crown and take over the universe, Landia has no problem with visiting his theme park after completing the game. |
| 265 | * GoodAllAlong: Landia is the guardian of the Master Crown and his "rampage" was in response to Magolor attempting to seize it. Magolor falsely claimed that it was a destructive beast to manipulate Kirby and friends into dealing with the dragon for him. |
| 266 | * GreenAndMean: All of his eyes are green and he's a villain. Subverted as he's GoodAllAlong. |
| 267 | * HeroAntagonist: He only seeks to keep the power of the Master Crown out of the wrong (i.e. Magolor's) hands. |
| 268 | * HeroicWillpower: Even though Landia tries to keep the Master Crown out of the wrong hands, he's still not immune to its effects--in ''Return to Dream Land Deluxe'', Landia EX's description reveals that he struggles to maintain control while wearing the crown. This is likely why he lives in solitude on the deserted Halcandra where there's nothing to destroy but ruins, just in case he loses out to the crown. |
| 269 | * HiveMind: In the ''Hoshi no Kirby Character Daizukan'', Landia's profile implies that it's actually a hive-mind of four dragons that usually stay combined into one larger hydra. |
| 270 | -->'''Landia's profile:''' ''A dragon with 4 bodies who lives in the far reaches of Halcandra, and the last boss of Halcandra. Normally takes the shape of a huge dragon with 4 heads. Struck down Magolor's ship, the Lor. Has considerable flying abilities, and soars through the sky while breathing fire during battle.'' |
| 271 | * HornsOfVillainy: Landia has horns on each of his heads (two for the top and bottom heads and three for the left and right heads), but the "Villainy" part is ultimately {{subverted|trope}} after the reveal that he's GoodAllAlong. |
| 272 | * InnocentBlueEyes: His eyes turn blue when he becomes an ally. |
| 273 | * ItCanThink: At first glance he seems like just a very territorial beast with a grudge against Magolor, but not only is he guarding the Master Crown because he has full comprehension of its immense power that would be dangerous in the wrong hands (such as Magolor's), his GoodAllAlong reveal comes with him {{easily forgiv|en}}ing Kirby and co. for beating him up before immediately helping them chase after the Lor Starcutter, implicitly inferring that he fully understands how the quartet were only {{Unwitting Pawn}}s to Magolor. |
| 274 | * KaleidoscopeEyes: Landia starts out with green eyes. Then when he TurnsRed, he gets {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}. Finally, after his defeat, he's depicted with blue eyes for the remainder of the game. Landia EX has violet eyes, and Parallel Landia has yellow eyes. |
| 275 | * MacGuffinGuardian: He has protected the land and legendary treasures since the ancient times, most notably the Master Crown, and a good thing too considering [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower how dangerous]] these relics are in the wrong hands. |
| 276 | * MesACrowd: He does just this by splitting from one four-headed dragon into four one-headed dragons. |
| 277 | * MultipleHeadCase: In his normal state, Landia has four heads. |
| 278 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a hydra-like beast at first, before he splits into four. |
| 279 | * PlayingWithFire: Being a dragon, it's not surprising. He can either breathe fireballs, moving streams of fire, or, after splitting into four, throwing and passing around a fireball between themselves. |
| 280 | * PhysicalGod: He's referred to as a Guardian Angel. The Japanese term, ''mamorigami'', can also be translated as "guardian deity" or "guardian god". He's an immensely powerful dragon, even without the limitless power of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Master Crown]]. |
| 281 | * PowerupMount: What's the only thing cooler than defeating a dragon? [[DragonRider Riding on his back]] in the next level! Another Dimension immediately becomes an UnexpectedShmupLevel where you fly around and shoot things with the mini-Landias (akin to the Starship from ''Kirby Super Star''), including the battle against Lor Starcutter. |
| 282 | * PurpleIsPowerful: In his EX form, he turns purple and is much stronger since it appears that his EX form is what Landia becomes when he fights at full strength. |
| 283 | * RedBaron: In Japanese, he's consistently referred to as the Four-Headed Guardian Angel (4つ首の守り神). This is translated consistently as just Guardian Angel in the ''Clash'' games and ''Deluxe'', but is also seen in variants like "four-headed dragon" and "4-headed guardian". |
| 284 | * RedHerring: Magolor claims that the dragon was the one who wrecked his ship in the first place, and tells Kirby and his group to defeat Landia. Not only is Landia not the final boss, but he isn't villainous at all. He was merely trying to stop Magolor from taking the Master Crown. |
| 285 | * SadBattleMusic: Standing in stark contrast with the fast and upbeat main boss theme of the game, Landia's boss theme is notably slow and melancholic, which not only gives off the vibe of this feeling like a final battle, but also demonstrates how Landia isn't evil, but is just an AntiVillain who is only fighting back because he doesn't want the universe to crumble in the hands of the Master Crown. |
| 286 | * ShockAndAwe: After he TurnsRed and splits into four, the split bodies can generate electric lines between themselves in distinct patterns. |
| 287 | * TheSpeechless: Despite being both [[ItCanThink sapient]] and [[GoodAllAlong benevolent]], Landia never has any dialogue, and is presumably incapable of speech outside of roaring. |
| 288 | * SuperMode: Landia EX is apparently what happens when Landia fights at full strength. |
| 289 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 290 | ** His playable appearance in the final level is very similar to the Starship from ''Super Star'', given that the first part of the final level is a call-back to the Galactic Nova Nucleus level from the same game. |
| 291 | ** A large red creature who's also an AntiVillain who fights Kirby over a major misunderstanding who later sides with Kirby to stop the BigBad from trying to conquer Dream Land before being shot down by said BigBad? He's clearly a dragon version of Dyna Blade. |
| 292 | * TailSlap: One of his attacks is slapping Kirby with his tail thrice. |
| 293 | * VillainsOutShopping: He shows up in Merry Magoland after you defeat him, flying around the castle and passively watching the festivities. Granted, he [[HeroAntagonist isn't truly villainous]]. |
| 294 | * WindFromBeneathMyWings: Landia can flap his wings to push Kirby back and fire {{Razor Wind}}s, not unlike the Great Dragon from ''Super Star''. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:The Master Crown]] |
| 298 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'' |
| 299 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krtdld_magolor_holding_master_crown_screenshot.png]] |
| 300 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see the Tree Crown Without a Ruler.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krtdld_master_crown_boss_screenshot.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 301 | |
| 302 | A mysterious ancient crown guarded by Landia. It is said that wearing this crown will grant the wearer unlimited power. Magolor intends to get his hands on this crown so he can take over the universe. ''Deluxe'' reveals it had plans of its own, and at the end of the Magolor Epilogue it decides to take matters into its own hands due to Magolor's HeelFaceTurn. |
| 303 | ---- |
| 304 | * AlternateCharacterReading: Its leaves are referred to as "双葉" (normally read as ''futaba'', or, "cotyledons") in the Japanese version, but with the furigana "moroha", which means "double-edged sword". It's fitting because it can use those leaves to tear its enemies apart, but it also fits because the Master Crown itself is a "double-edged sword" that grants power [[DealWithTheDevil in exchange for its wearer's soul]]. |
| 305 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: It has a prominent eye symbol in all of its forms and has the ability to [[DemonicPossession possess its wearer]], with Magolor Soul (who is an EmptyShell controlled by the crown) having an [[EyesDoNotBelongThere eye inside his mouth]]. All of this suggests that it may be connected to Dark Matter, which is backed up by the fact that both are heavily referenced in Void Termina's fight. In the finale of the Magolor Epilogue, it unleashes a BeamSpam that's nearly identical to Void Termina's crown attack once it TurnsRed. |
| 306 | * AmplifierArtifact: Its pause descriptions explain that the crown exerts control over the person wearing it by magnifying the darkness hidden inside their heart -- as ''Deluxe'' puts it, "Those who wear the Master Crown will gain power, but so will the darkness in their hearts." |
| 307 | * AncientArtifact: It's a magical crown from the time of the Ancients that grants its wearers nigh-omnipotence. |
| 308 | * AngelicAbomination: The form it takes during the finale of ''Magolor Epilogue'' is a massive tree with angelic wings and a large, spiked halo above its head. |
| 309 | * ArcWords: |
| 310 | ** The Master Crown is strongly associated with the phrase "hatred and obsession". These emotions are mentioned in Magolor Soul's pause description, and they were inside Hyness's heart when he awoke Void Termina, who summons copies of the Crown as an attack (which is referred to as "巨悪と執念の冠", "Crown of Great Evil and Obsession"). After it becomes a tree monster, the phrase comes full circle when it uses a laser attack similar to Void Termina's attacks called "憎悪と執念のミストルティン" ("Mistilteinn of Hatred and Obsession"). |
| 311 | ** "Dominate" (支配 ''shihai'') is another big one in the Japanese version. Several pause screens call it the "Diadem of Domination" (支配の冠 ''shihai no kanmuri''), its influence on Landia EX is referred to as the "power of domination" (支配のパワー ''shihai no pawaa''), and Magolor Soul is said to be fully "dominated" (支配された ''shihai sareta'') by the Crown's limitless power. In most languages (except German and Portuguese), one boss controlled by the Master Crown has BattleThemeMusic called "[[GratuitousEnglish Another Domination]]". [[RewatchBonus Retroactively]], when Magolor says the word for the first time after putting the Crown on, it's an immediate OutOfCharacterAlert. |
| 312 | * ArtifactDomination: It's revealed in Extra Mode and the Magolor Epilogue that the crown has influence over its wearer, as evidenced by the crown wriggling back and forth on Magolor's head during his first phase. By the time he becomes Magolor Soul, the crown has completely taken control of Magolor's body away from him. Notably, [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/394b1373edbde2805b5ae7e78fa4a449/tumblr_p3hy9a2iU51w3nqy6o5_1280.jpg one of the conceptual designs]] for Magolor's second form resembles his first form turned upside-down, as if [[RussianReversal the crown is wearing Magolor]]. Its Japanese, Chinese and Korean Special Pages outright call it a "diadem of domination", and all versions mention that it steals any sense of the wearer's self until they simply become a puppet for the crown's [[OmnicidalManiac desire to destroy]]. |
| 313 | * ArtifactOfDoom: The Crown may grant incredible power to the user, but it's also sentient and will attempt to [[DemonicPossession control its wearer]], as well as attempt to kill those trying to seek redemption. |
| 314 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: The mind-controlling Master Crown takes a form reminiscent of mistletoe (a parasitic plant) while possessing a Gem Apple Tree. |
| 315 | * AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Its form as the final boss of the Magolor Epilogue is a gigantic Gem Apple tree. This is best exemplified when it tries to crush Magolor near the end of the battle--it's so large that it has to sink halfway into the ground just for its eye to be visible. |
| 316 | * BackgroundBoss: When fought at the end of the Magolor Epilogue, the Master Crown stays in the background for most of the battle, except for one attack near the end where it tries to crush Magolor. The only way to damage it is to attack its roots when it uses them to attack. |
| 317 | * TheBadGuyWins: Despite being DemotedToExtra in the ''Kirby Clash'' games, its counterpart in Another Dimension succeeds in winning against Landia's Another Dimension self, creating Parallel Landia, one of the bosses in the game. |
| 318 | * BarehandedBladeBlock: The crown's [[WhenTreesAttack Gem Apple tree form]] tries to block Magolor's Ultra Sword in this way. It doesn't seem to have learned much from Magolor's boss fight, when it tried this on Kirby [[PressXToNotDie to similar results]]. |
| 319 | * BeamSpam: In ''Star Allies'', Void Termina is capable of summoning the Master Crown to fire a barrage of lasers. In Soul Melter EX, he can even summon [[BulletHell multiple Crowns at once]]. The Crown itself can even do the same beams when fighting Magolor. |
| 320 | * BeastOfTheApocalypse: If its FlavorText is to be believed, it was responsible for the destruction of at least several civilizations, and would have done the same to Dream Land if it weren't for Kirby. |
| 321 | * BiblicalMotifs: In the Magolor Epilogue, it takes the form of a parasitic, golden mistletoe attached to a Gem Apple tree, mirroring the Apple that Eve ate in the Garden of Eden. For bonus points, the Ethereal Altar where it is fought is called the "Room of Eden" in Japanese. |
| 322 | * BigBad: Becomes this from GreaterScopeVillain in the Magolor Epilogue, where it takes more direct action by having the Crowned Doomer gather the pieces of the Gem Apple, before possessing it itself to gain its own form. |
| 323 | * BodySurf: Over the course of the game, it hops from host to host and exerts some degree of control over all of them. Not even [[DragonsAreDivine Landia]] is ''entirely'' immune to the crown's influence. |
| 324 | * BotanicalAbomination: After merging with the giant Gem Apple at the end of the Magolor Epilogue, the Master Crown becomes an enormous, twisted, tree-like monster. Its pause menu descriptions compare it to various plants -- in its tree form, it's compared to mistletoe, and in Magolor Soul's True Arena battle, it is called a "one-eyed [laurel] wreath". |
| 325 | * CivilizationDestroyer: In the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions, it is revealed during the Master Crown's boss fight that it has appeared in countless civilizations [[PlanetDestroyer on countless worlds]], and through its power has [[OmnicidalManiac annihilated]] every [[BeastOfTheApocalypse one of them]]. Emphasized by its boss arena, a BattleAmongstTheFlames in a ruined city besieged by meteors. |
| 326 | * CompositeCharacter: |
| 327 | ** With Whispy Woods, strangely enough. Whispy Woods doesn't have a fight in the Magolor Epilogue, being replaced with the Rampaging Doomers after Hydriath. The Master Crown's final form, however, is a massive tree monster, dropping explosive Gem Apples, throwing itself onto the foreground and using its roots to attack, all moves used by Whispy or his kin at one point or another, thus effectively representing the tree even if he or his relatives don't properly appear. |
| 328 | ** The Master Crown also takes attacks from final bosses from before; It can launch seeds that sprout into damaging vines, much like Marx, and at half health it fires lasers identical like Void Termina's Crown of Evil and Obsession attack (which, [[AmbiguouslyRelated seemingly]], was a copy of the Crown). In addition, it's a BackgroundBoss whose primary form of attack is trying to stab you with vines in a manner reminiscent of Queen Sectonia's final form, albeit with much larger vines. |
| 329 | * CoolCrown: Of course. It gets even cooler-looking with each new form it takes, with its last form being a monstrous version of the Dream Tree. |
| 330 | * TheCorrupter: It's a sentient ArtifactOfDoom that strengthens "darkness" inside its victims' hearts until they become nothing but an EmptyShell channeling the crown's desire to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the world]]. |
| 331 | * CrownOfPower: Formerly provided the page image. Wearing the crown grants its user incredible power (with only the [[SarcasmMode minor]] side effects of DemonicPossession), which is why Magolor wants to find it. |
| 332 | * {{Cyclops}}: Invoked. While it doesn't have an actual eye, its green jewel resembles the pupil and the spikes resemble eyelashes. It then plays this trope straight in its Gem Apple form, having a single golden eye in the center of the tree. |
| 333 | * DanceBattler: Sort of. While the Crown itself does not dance, its leaf attacks are compared to a dance in the Japanese guidebook, with names like "Dance of Blade Leaves", "Blade Leaf Wild Dance", and "Blade Leaf Waltz". |
| 334 | * DarkIsEvil: In contrast to [[LightIsNotGood how it normally is]], the Master Crown takes on a dull silver color scheme when worn by Magolor Soul (who himself is a shadowy, decaying monster). This is no accident -- the Master Crown's Special Page at the end of the Magolor Epilogue reveals that it works by amplifying the darkness lurking inside the heart of whoever wears it. |
| 335 | * DeathOfPersonality: What it eventually induces in its victims -- "it devours, stealing any sense of self" as it eats their souls. |
| 336 | * DemonicPossession: The crown normally does this to its wearer, slowly corrupting them with hate until they become an EmptyShell for the Master Crown to manifest its powers and desires through. We see this in action with Magolor Soul, who has been completely possessed by the crown and is [[AndIMustScream helpless to stop himself from destroying everything]]. |
| 337 | * DemotedToExtra: Landia still wears the Master Crown in the ''Team Kirby Clash'' games, but it's just for decoration and has no effect on the plot (aside from Parallel Landia being stated to have abused the power of his version of the crown as Magolor did). You could say it's a literal example of TheArtifact. |
| 338 | * TheDogWasTheMastermind: Who expected the small gold crown on one of Landia's heads to be the ultimate villain of the game? |
| 339 | * EvilCounterpart: To Kirby. They both look innocent but possess god-like powers, gain and copy powers from those they absorb, and are implied to be related to Dark Matter and [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Void Termina]]. However, Kirby is a pure good being who uses his immeasurable strength to protect the galaxy from danger and copies powers by inhaling enemies, while the evil Master Crown uses its power to destroy countless worlds and devours the soul of those it comes across until its wearer is nothing but a lifeless puppet for the crown to channel its power through and continue its reign of destruction. |
| 340 | * EyeMotifs: In all of the Master Crown's forms, it has the appearance of an eye, with a gem in the center resembling the iris and the points of the crown often representing eyelashes. Magolor's second form (and Magolor Soul) has [[EyesDoNotBelongThere an extra eye inside his mouth]], and the Master Crown's boss form in the Magolor Epilogue has an actual eyeball. |
| 341 | * FlunkyBoss: Summons Doomers to its aid in its final battle against Magolor. |
| 342 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 343 | ** Notice how when Magolor "thanks" Kirby and his friends for helping him defeat Landia, the Crown immediately levitates to his head without him actually putting it on when he picks it up and it wiggles while worn by him. Not only is it [[DemonicPossession possessing Magolor's body]], but it's also ''sentient.'' |
| 344 | ** Look closer at the Master Crown's final form and you'll notice stars on its bark. And what does Magolor use to finally destroy the very object he once sought to claim? An Ultra Sword. |
| 345 | * FromASingleCell: Played with. It shatters to pieces when Kirby and friends defeat Magolor, but the shards have enough life in them to wander through Another Dimension, revive the Grand Doomer into its Crowned form, and swiftly regrow the crown into a form bigger than it ever was on Magolor -- an enormous [[WhenTreesAttack Gem Apple tree]], with the crown wrapped around it like a mistletoe. [[SubvertedTrope However]], it's implied that it is only able to accomplish this because of the "powerful life energy" flowing through the Gem Apple, since the Crown needs to actively possess it (or something that has eaten it) to grow any larger. |
| 346 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: While it's certainly one of the most [[OmnicidalManiac destructive]] ''Kirby'' villains to date, it has little in the way of proper characterization, and is more of an allegory for the corrupting influence of power. |
| 347 | * GoldColoredSuperiority: It's a gold-colored ArtifactOfDoom, and is also the GreaterScopeVillain and true BigBad of ''Return to Dream Land''. It's averted in Extra Mode, where it goes for a grey color to accommodate for Magolor Soul's darker colors. |
| 348 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Magolor's ultimate goal was to obtain this crown so he could [[GalacticConquerer take over the universe]]. New information in ''Deluxe'' reveals it to have a mind of its own, as it soon possesses Magolor and later becomes the BigBad of the Magolor Epilogue. |
| 349 | * GreenAndMean: It has a green jewel in the center of the crown and it is a powerful ArtifactOfDoom who tried to destroy the universe by subjecting Magolor to DemonicPossession. |
| 350 | * GreenThumb: In its final, tree-like form, the Master Crown has many plant-like attacks; it mainly uses its roots to stab Magolor, but it can also fire [[PetalPower razor-sharp leaves]] and drop Gem Apple bombs that grant Kirby the Leaf and Bomb Copy Abilities during the True Arena fight, as well as Marx's seed attack. |
| 351 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: How it meets its end at the end of the Epilogue--Magolor grabs a sword, transforms it into an Ultra Sword, and vertically bisects the crown (as well as the tree it's using as a vessel). |
| 352 | * InvoluntaryShapeshifting: The crown takes on various different forms depending on who wears it. When worn by Landia, it's small and has spikes extending from the base. In Magolor's first form, it's much larger, has a much more noticeable [[EyeMotifs eye symbol]], and has claws that clamp down on Magolor's head. In Magolor's second form, it gains flaming wings and has tentacles that coil around Magolor's body. Magolor Soul has a much more sinister silver-colored version of the aforementioned form lined with SpikesOfDoom and HornsOfVillainy. When merged with the Gem Apple, the crown has bat-like wings sprouting from its base, and its tentacles become branch-like tendrils that wrap around the entire tree. It also gains a golden eyeball wreathed in red, crystalline mistletoe. |
| 353 | * ItCanThink: ''Don't'' let its simple appearance fool you. It may just look like some shiny artifact that grants its wearer unlimited power to travel across dimensions, but it's actually a sentient and omnicidal LivingHat whose sole purpose is to devour the soul of its wearer, control their lifeless bodies, and destroy countless civilizations. And Magolor didn't even know about this until it was all too late. |
| 354 | * KarmicDeath: Once the object of Magolor's desire, the Master Crown's vile existence is brought to an end when Magolor decides to redeem himself and slay the wicked artifact that would've eventually taken over his body and used him to lay waste to Dream Land just as it previously did to other civilizations. |
| 355 | * LightIsNotGood: It may be shiny and golden, and it may transform Magolor into a [[BrightIsNotGood bright-red-and-blue creature]], but this all-powerful crown is anything ''but'' benevolent. It's [[AvertedTrope averted]] in Extra Mode, however, where it goes for a DarkIsEvil approach instead. |
| 356 | * LiterallyShatteredLives: When Magolor is defeated at the end of the main game, the Master Crown shatters to pieces and its shards are warped to the depths of Another Dimension with him. |
| 357 | * LivingMacGuffin: It's first shown from the way it wiggles around while Magolor is wearing it and the fact that it possesses him as Magolor Soul that the crown is sentient, which ''Return to Dream Land Deluxe'''s Magolor Epilogue outright confirms. |
| 358 | * MoreThanMindControl: Updated FlavorText in ''Deluxe'' reveals that it amplifies the inner darkness of whoever wears it before it outright eats their soul to fully take over. Very late-game FlavorText reveals that Magolor did plan to take over the universe with it before undergoing a HeelFaceTurn in the Epilogue, but the Master Crown twisted that desire into wanting to destroy the universe outright. |
| 359 | * NotQuiteDead: Kirby shatters the crown into pieces at the end of Story Mode, but the Magolor Epilogue shows that the shards are still capable of possessing and empowering beings. |
| 360 | * OmnicidalManiac: The Master Crown has only one desire: to destroy. By the end of the Epilogue, it's described as "a destroyer called the tree crown without a ruler," no longer needing a wearer to channel this desire. |
| 361 | * OpportunisticBastard: In ''Deluxe'', Magolor Soul's Special Pages heavily imply that the crown took advantage of Magolor EX's injuries from the Ultra Sword to speed up the DemonicPossession, imprisoning Magolor within his own body so that he's {{forced to watch}} as the crown continues to attack Kirby and friends. |
| 362 | * PlayingCardMotifs: The leaves it shoots when it transforms into a Gem Apple tree-like monster are shaped like the {{ace of spades}}, fitting for a crown that has [[CivilizationDestroyer engineered the end of many countries]] and even [[OmnicidalManiac entire worlds]]. |
| 363 | * ThePowerOfHate: It taints the heart of its wearer with powerful hatred, with the intention of corrupting them into an OmnicidalManiac. |
| 364 | * PuppeteerParasite: In addition to its own power, the crown gains access to the powers of whoever's wearing it. Case in point, when it possesses the Gem Apple at the end of the Magolor Epilogue, it transforms into an [[WhenTreesAttack apple tree]] that attacks by sending its roots through portals, throwing leaves at Magolor, and using its Gem Apples like bombs. |
| 365 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: When one dons the crown[[note]]Who cannot contain its influence, as Landia seems to be able to do[[/note]] the eye-looking gem that adorns it takes on a malicious red hue, as the crown adopts a more sinister form. In ''Deluxe'', the second phase of the revamped Magolor Soul fight sees the crown's eye glow a cerulean hue -- but this is even worse in this instance, as all other present context[[note]]Magolor's eyes closing, the crown now having access to its full strength in its attack patterns[[/note]] indicates this to mean the crown [[SoulEating has finished its meal]]. |
| 366 | * SatanicArchetype: If Magolor was modeled on Lucifer, the Master Crown is the full package of the Devil himself. It tempts people like Magolor into wearing it for limitless power, but takes control of their bodies so it can consume their souls, has evil spikes that resemble demonic goat horns, commands an army of flying demon monsters (In this case, the Doomers, including the Sphere Doomers and Grand Doomer, [[TheDragon its right hand lackey]]), is associated with the destruction of various civilizations and planets, and when possessing the first Gem Apple of the series, it becomes a giant tree monster that has the same wings it had when possessing Magolor, only bigger, in addition to looking like a demonic angel with a HolyPipeOrgan theme and a battlefield in flames, mirroring "[[Literature/ParadiseLost Paradise Lost]]". |
| 367 | * SoulEating: It feeds on the soul of its wearer, eventually [[DeathOfPersonality cutting them off from their sense of self]] and leaving nothing but darkness and hate in its place. Interestingly, the word used to describe this process in Japanese, "susuru", is also used for [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Morpho Knight]]... |
| 368 | * SpikesOfDoom: All versions of the crown feature spikes, but how prominent they are depends on what form it's taking. Landia's version simply has short spikes extending from the base, but all of Magolor's versions feature large claws that clamp down on his head, symbolizing its control over him. Magolor Soul's version of the crown takes the cake, as it's covered in thorns and has [[HornsOfVillainy two giant sets of horns jutting out from the sides]]. |
| 369 | * SuperEmpowering: It grants "limitless power" to whoever puts it on, including Magolor, the Grand Doomer, and a Gem Apple. |
| 370 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: |
| 371 | ** Like Dark Matter, the Master Crown is a one-eyed EldritchAbomination that [[DemonicPossession possesses its victims]], alters the apparent BigBad's body to suit its own purposes, and has strong ties to [[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Void Termina]]. |
| 372 | ** It's also similar to [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Fecto Elfilis]]. Both of these [[BodySurf body-hopping]], [[ThinkingUpPortals portal-generating]] villains aren't seen until the end of the game, where they capture Kirby's newest friend (Magolor/Elfilin) and use them to transform into the FinalBoss. They each return in the postgame despite seemingly being destroyed beyond repair, appearing only once the protagonist has assembled the main reward (Leon's soul/a Gem Apple) to take said reward as a host body. The similarities are brought home in ''Return to Dream Land Deluxe'''s True Arena, where the waiting room immediately before fighting Magolor Soul has an extremely disturbing rearrangement of Magolor's theme in the style of "Eternal Echo of the Thrilling Tour-our-our", which is strongly associated with Fecto Elfilis. Additionally, the overarching lore indicates that both of them were once [[VillainOfAnotherStory dire threats to another planet]]. |
| 373 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: The Master Crown's tree form would be completely invincible if it didn't try to kill Magolor by attacking him with its roots, which can be damaged. |
| 374 | * ThinkingUpPortals: Every enemy controlled by the Master Crown gains the ability to create interdimensional portals, from Magolor to a humble Gem Apple. |
| 375 | * TransformationTrinket: As soon as Magolor puts on the crown, he transforms into a giant, fiery sorcerer. Once he's defeated for the first time, [[OneWingedAngel the crown revives him]] into a winged, horned creature. In the Magolor Epilogue, its fragments turn the Grand Doomer into the [[UpgradedBoss Crowned Doomer]], and a Gem Apple into a towering apple tree. |
| 376 | * TrueFinalBoss: It's the final boss of the Magolor Epilogue, and arguably ''the entire game'' (the harder version of Magolor Soul from the True Arena notwithstanding). |
| 377 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: Unlike Magolor, who only became this trope through his terrifying OneWingedAngel form, the Master Crown plays this trope front and center. Even if it is a creation of the Ancients, it's a '''[[ArtifactOfDoom very]]''' [[ArtifactOfDoom dangerous tool]] if used in the wrong hands, leading to the destruction of countless civilizations. Not only that, but it even [[SoulEating devours the souls]] of those who wear it, turning them into lifeless husks for the crown to use. It's up there with the likes of Hyness, Star Dream, and Fecto Elfilis as one of the darkest villains in the series' history. |
| 378 | * VillainousBreakdown: It goes through this in the Magolor Soul fight in ''Deluxe's'' True Arena; after he is defeated the first time, the Master Crown asserts full control over his body and finally destroys his soul, indicated by his GlowingEyesOfDoom disappearing completely and leaving the [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] eye [[EyesDoNotBelongThere in his mouth]] remaining, leaving Magolor to [[AndIMustScream watch helplessly as the crown tries to destroy Kirby]]. It then surges with power and starts flashing a cerulean hue, indicating that it's ''done'' messing around. |
| 379 | * WhenTreesAttack: Its final form in the ''Magolor Epilogue'' mode has it possess a Gem Apple, transforming it into a giant, angelic gem apple tree that attacks with its roots and leaves, not unlike Whispy Woods and his relatives. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | !!Spin-off antagonists |
| 383 | [[folder:Drawcia]] |
| 384 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'' |
| 385 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drawcia.png]] |
| 386 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Drawcia Soul]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kcc_drawcia_soul.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | The BigBad and FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/KirbyCanvasCurse'', she's a WickedWitch who wanted a land of paint and carried out her wish by turning Dream Land into a painting. Her true form is that of an unknown painting that she was created from. |
| 389 | ----- |
| 390 | * AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The place where you battle her (The World of Drawcia) has its background distorting constantly, and becomes even crazier as Drawcia Soul. |
| 391 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: |
| 392 | ** Later games feature Paintra and Vividria, who are heavily implied to be Drawcia's sisters -- the former's flavor text mentions that she originates from "a painting said to depict a pair of sisters separated at birth," and the latter mentions her sisters in her Guest Star quote. |
| 393 | ** Many later games have characters which reuse the attacks of Drawcia Soul, even turning into a blob of paint to do so. This includes Marx Soul, Grand Doomer EX, Soul of Sectonia, Void, and Chaos Elfilis. |
| 394 | * ArtInitiatesLife: |
| 395 | ** She creates clones of Paint Roller, Kracko, and King Dedede to serve her as part of boss mini-games at the end of the seven levels before her. |
| 396 | ** One of her attacks in her first boss form is to draw paintings of enemies that you're forced to defeat. |
| 397 | * BadassAdorable: A villainous example, She's a cute witch, she attacks Kirby, and she has a ability to paint things that comes to life. Her evil laugh in high pitch also helps her being cute. |
| 398 | * BattleBoomerang: Drawcia Soul opens up to shoot out several boomerangs of paint which then return inside her, much like Marx. |
| 399 | * BigBad: She's the overall antagonist of ''Canvas Curse''. |
| 400 | * BodyHorror: After she's defeated, She disturbingly transforms into her soul form. She has 5 five eyes, she stretches her mouth wider and she's melts a little. After she's defeated in her soul form, she disturbingly twists, returning to the canvas and finally broke into pieces. |
| 401 | * BouncingBattler: Drawcia Soul has an attack where she jumps into the background, then slowly jumps closer to the foreground before appearing from above to smash Kirby. |
| 402 | * TheCameo: |
| 403 | ** In ''Super Star Ultra'', she's one of the cards in the Card Swipe minigame. |
| 404 | ** In ''Triple Deluxe'', she's one of the Stone forms, alongside Dark Nebula. |
| 405 | ** She appears as a secret figurine in ''Rainbow Curse'' and a sticker in ''Planet Robobot''. |
| 406 | ** In ''Team Kirby Clash Deluxe'', she appears as a high-grade gear for the Beam Mage, with the Magical Paintbrush for his staff. |
| 407 | * CompositeCharacter: Her appearance and fighting style in both her normal and soul forms can be seen as a hybrid between Adeleine and Dark Matter/Zero. Like Adeleine, she can create life with her magic paintbrush, but she has similar malice and corruptive power to that of Zero, especially in her soul form. |
| 408 | * DarkActionGirl: She's one of the first villainesses in the series, and the only boss to defeat [[BadassAdorable Kirby]]. |
| 409 | * DeathFromAbove: One of Drawcia Soul's attacks has her summoning a rain of paint from above. This can be blocked with your paint lines. |
| 410 | * DeflectorShields: She's constantly protected by a mirror-like shield that prevents her from being tackled by Kirby or tapped by the stylus. To break it, you have to [[TennisBoss deflect her shots back at her]] by drawing a rainbow line. After a few strikes from Kirby, she'll regenerate the shield. |
| 411 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Drawcia Soul is fought in the story mode, while later Soul bosses would be fought in higher difficulty modes such as Extra Mode or True Arena. |
| 412 | * EldritchAbomination: Played with. While she's powerful enough to turn Planet Popstar into a painting and her [[EldritchLocation home turf]] is essentially a [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica witch labyrinth]], she's said to be [[ArtInitiatesLife a painting that came to life]], which is not too strange in this setting. The fact that it isn't may actually be worse. Ultimately played straight when she becomes Drawcia Soul, transforming into a monstrous, [[ScreamingWarrior screeching]] ball of paint in the vein of the "eyeball monsters" of previous games. |
| 413 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Surprisingly. ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' has a boss named Paintra, whose pause screen description implies her to be Drawcia's sister. The mini-boss Vividria from ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' is implied to be another sister of Drawcia. |
| 414 | * EvilLaugh: A high-pitched cackle fitting for such a colorfully designed witch. |
| 415 | * ForcedTransformation: In the opening, she turns Kirby into [[BeTheBall a helpless ball]]. |
| 416 | * FountainOfExpies: |
| 417 | ** Almost every final boss in a mainline ''Kirby'' game following ''Canvas Curse'' shares two features that she has; a super powerful final form called a Soul form[[note]]though ironically, this form is almost exclusively accessed in the BossRush mode for each game following ''Canvas Curse'', as opposed to Drawcia Soul, where it's just a second form for Drawcia[[/note]] and a powerful attack where the Soul transforms into a ball and tries to either ram, slam or crush Kirby. Downplayed somewhat with another two features Drawcia has: both Drawcia Soul and [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Soul of Sectonia]] can summon Para Matters ([[VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies Void Soul]] summons similar creatures for its black hole attack), while Drawcia Soul, [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Marx Soul]], Soul of Sectonia, and [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Chaos Elfilis]] employ an attack named Firestorm that causes a concentrated storm of painful goo to rapidly shoot at Kirby. |
| 418 | ** Drawcia herself has a couple expies in later games, Claycia, Paintra, Vividria, the latter two are implied to be her sisters. Paintra especially takes after Drawcia, EvilLaugh and all. |
| 419 | * FreakyElectronicMusic: Drawcia Soul's battle theme is a dissonant electronic tune, in stark contrast to [[OminousPipeOrgan Drawcia Sorceress]]. |
| 420 | * FlunkyBoss: In addition to the ones she paints to life, Drawcia can also spawn Para Sorceresses (which freeze Kirby on contact). Drawcia Soul can spawn Para Matters, which will also try to freeze Kirby on contract, catch him in a fiery explosion, or sweep the screen with lasers. |
| 421 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Again, she wants to take over Popstar, but doesn't have much character beyond that. [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Later games imply she has a bit more than that]]. |
| 422 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: She conjures up paintbrushes for most of her magic; said paintbrushes usually disappear once she is done with her spell. However, one of those brushes did not disappear and instead flew to the player so it could help direct Kirby against Drawcia. Even as early as the game's beginnings, Drawcia will leave a magic paintbrush that you'll use to guide Kirby across the levels. |
| 423 | * TheHyena: Cackles frequently in cutscenes and during the battles against her sorceress form and Soul form. |
| 424 | * KnightOfCerebus: Even the level building up to the fight with her is greatly creepy and dark. |
| 425 | * LaughingMad: After you defeat her Sorceress form she lets loose an extended series of manic cackling that continues as she shifts into her Soul form. Once she's done laughing she lets loose a blood-curdling screech to start off the next phase and spends the rest of the fight alternating between unstable laughter and more screaming. |
| 426 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Whenever she appears to draw up a boss, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AiiCA2eatk a sinister pipe organ tune plays]]. This song is remixed for her first battle theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHNj0AX5efI Drawcia Sorceress]]. The staticky electronic tones that play after the organ are later remixed for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GSxPpJr9pc Drawcia Soul's battle theme]]. |
| 427 | * LivingDrawing: It's revealed at the end that she is actually a painting herself, having escaped from her frame. At the end of the game, she is sucked back into her frame, sealing her away. |
| 428 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Chinese translation of her name (墮落錫安) uses characters that are homophones of her international name, but can be translated literally as ''"Fallen Zion"''. |
| 429 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: On paper, her plot is pretty milquetoast compared to what [[TheCorruption Dark Matter]] and Star Dream have or would attempt. She turns Dream Land into a painting, but everyone still seems capable of movement. She doesn't even try to kill Kirby, just curses him and [[KnowWhenToFoldEm runs]]. Then after chasing her across her domain, you beat her and [[MoodWhiplash get]] the series' signature SurprisinglyCreepyMoment... |
| 430 | * OminousPipeOrgan: Her {{leitmotif}}, as well as the first phase of her fight, has this. The second phase ditches it for [[FreakyElectronicMusic disturbing, glitchy synths]]. |
| 431 | * OneToMillionToOne: Drawcia Soul's "rain of paint". |
| 432 | * OneWingedAngel: After her initial defeat, she transforms into her soul, which is [[{{Oculothorax}} a giant multi-eyed screeching ball of paint]]. |
| 433 | * PowerNullifier: She may sometimes throw out "static fields" in the arena that prevents paint lines to be drawn inside the field. They wear off with time, or after you break her shield. |
| 434 | * RealityWarper: Much more powerful than Ado/Adeleine or Paint Roller from previous games. Not only does she start by turning Dream Land into a painting, but the game's penultimate stage implies her influence is starting to spread past the region, even beyond Popstar, as it takes place in outer space. |
| 435 | * ScreamingWarrior: When she isn't cackling wildly in her Soul form, she's probably letting forth a rather horrid screech. |
| 436 | * SpikesOfDoom: Will cause them to sprout from the ground after painting a single spike. |
| 437 | * StrongerSibling: Inverted. Drawcia was the first of her sisters to debut and is ''easily'' stronger than her more "recent" ones, being the outright BigBad of her game while Paintra and Vividria are a standard boss and mini-boss respectively. |
| 438 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: If she had just stuck to simple collision damage instead of paint magic and such your brush could interrupt, undo, or otherwise ruin, she would have been unbeatable. This is less true of Drawcia Soul, but by then it's too late. |
| 439 | * TeleportSpam: Drawcia Soul will attempt this, [[DefiedTrope though you can stop it cold with the brush]]. |
| 440 | * ThrowTheMookAtThem: Drawcia Soul's Para Matters can be sent flying at her by tapping their eyes at the right time. |
| 441 | * UncertainDoom: Kirby defeats her and she turns back into a painting, but then [[WhatCouldHaveBeen she was considered to be a Dream Friend]] in ''Star Allies'', which may imply there's a chance of her still being around. But this is scrapped content (likely because her moveset would be too similar to Adeleine), so it's far from concrete. Of course, if she and Paintra ''are'' Vividria's sisters, Vividria doesn't really clarify what became of them, if they're dead, or if she even ''knows'' where they are. But Marx suffered a death far worse than her, Dark Meta Knight suffered a similar death as her (both Dark Meta Knight and Drawcia's painting shattered), and they're just fine, so... |
| 442 | * VillainousBreakdown: After turning into her Soul form caused by Kirby defeating her first form, Drawcia loses it and enters constant shifts in [[LaughingMad insane, high-pitched cackling]] and unpleasantly terrifying screeching. |
| 443 | * VisualPun: Drawcia Soul looks vaguely like a painter's palette, fitting her artist theme. |
| 444 | * WickedWitch: Officially, Drawcia is an {{evil sorcer|er}}ess in her initial form, but her design and mannerisms seem more in line with this trope. Her high-pitched cackle is more than enough to creep you out. The game usually refers to Drawcia as a witch, ''except'' when you're fighting her. |
| 445 | * YellowEyesOfSneakiness: She has yellow eyes, one of which is always being hidden in her Sorceress form. In her Soul form, she gains ''five'' of them, with a yellow mouth to go with it. She's also the BigBad of ''Canvas Curse''. |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[folder:Yin-Yarn]] |
| 449 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' |
| 450 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yin_yarn.png]] |
| 451 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see Mega Yin-Yarn]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/megayinyarncast_6.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 452 | |
| 453 | The BigBad of ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'', Yin-Yarn appears in Dream Land one day out of nowhere and begins turning people into yarn before tossing Kirby into Patch Land and attempting to take over the world. |
| 454 | ----- |
| 455 | * AndThenWhat: Pulls this on himself at one point in the game (after successfully taking Dream Land and subduing the likes of King Dedede and Meta Knight). He really doesn't have a plan for what to do after conquering Dream Land, but he says he'll think of something. |
| 456 | * ArtInitiatesLife: Crocheting things to life. |
| 457 | * {{Bandito}}: His design seems to be vaguely inspired by the image of a Mexican bandito, with his red-and-green sombrero and poncho, as well as his needles that resemble maracas. |
| 458 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: Despite looking like a silly wizard with a sombrero and GagNose, and [[AndThenWhat not knowing what do afterwards]], he's able to ''successfully conquer Dream Land'' and subdue all of its strongest defenders, something that very few villains in the series have been able to do. That puts on him on the same level as the Haltmann Works Company! |
| 459 | * BigBadDuumvirate: "Yin-Yarn" is actually the two knitting needles. |
| 460 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Performs this by turning people into yarn. |
| 461 | * TheCameo: Is a keychain in ''Triple Deluxe''. What makes his notable is that he's one of only two 3-D characters who debuted before ''Triple Deluxe'' to get one, along with Magolor. As such, he was remade in 2-D. |
| 462 | * TheDividual: Yin-Yarn isn't the {{bandito}}-looking guy in the center, he's the pair of knitting needles. Although they are [[SiblingTeam brothers, they're functionally treated as one character.]] |
| 463 | * DubNameChange: Amiibo Amore in Japanese (not to be confused with Toys/{{amiibo}} figures; it comes from ''amibou'', the Japanese word for knitting needles). |
| 464 | * EvilOverlooker: He does this in the box art for the game. |
| 465 | * EvilSorcerer: An evil yarn-themed sorcerer who turned Dream Land and its denizens into yarn and aims to rule over them. |
| 466 | * FinalBoss: He's the final obstacle in ''Epic Yarn''. |
| 467 | * FlunkyBoss: He can re-create Fangora and Capamari (2 previous bosses) with yarn, although they're made easier to defeat. Then he sends out streams of the Soocher enemies. Later, he creates various mooks out of the yarn floor, which Kirby and Fluff can turn into yarn balls to be tossed at Yin-Yarn himself to make him expose [[AttackItsWeakPoint his weak point]]. |
| 468 | * GagNose: His nose is made of a big yellow button. |
| 469 | * GigglingVillain: In the Japanese version, he's constantly going "kukuku". |
| 470 | * GreenAndMean: Some of his yarn is green and he's a villain. |
| 471 | * HiddenDepths: Yin-Yarn's Japanese description says that he likes to sing and dance. Or, rather, the knitting needle brothers controlling his actions do. |
| 472 | * {{Jerkass}}: Assuming the rumors in the opening cutscene are true, he has turned multiple residents of Dream Land into yarn for no reason whatsoever. |
| 473 | * LighterAndSofter: He's one of the lighter main villains in the series; he's not a disturbing EldritchAbomination, and his goal is just turning people into yarn. Even when he goes OneWingedAngel, he simply gets knitted back to life as Mega Yin-Yarn without all of the disturbing imagery like the other antagonists. |
| 474 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: One of his attacks in mecha form. |
| 475 | * MartialArtsAndCrafts: Kung-fu wizard weaver. |
| 476 | * OffstageVillainy: He's the one who broke Patch Land's continents apart, although we never see him do it. |
| 477 | * OneWingedAngel: After his first defeat, the knitting needles rebuild him as a HumongousMecha tank. |
| 478 | * PeoplePuppets: Not only does he turn King Dedede and Meta Knight into yarn, he also manipulates them to fight Kirby and Fluff by attaching strings to their yarn bodies. |
| 479 | * SiblingTeam: In the Japanese version, it's explained that the two knitting needles who are actually Yin-Yarn also happen to be a pair of brothers. |
| 480 | * SinisterShades: If you squint enough, you can see that he wears a pair made of yarn. He's also a villain. |
| 481 | * SlasherSmile: His default expression is a very wide grin, combined with his SinisterShades. |
| 482 | * VerbalTic: In the Japanese version, he says "Amiibo" (or sometimes "Amore") at the end of his sentences. |
| 483 | [[/folder]] |
| 484 | |
| 485 | [[folder:Necrodeus]] |
| 486 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbyMassAttack'' |
| 487 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/necrodeus.png]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | The BigBad of ''Kirby Mass Attack''. He's the leader of the Skull Gang and he split Kirby into ten smaller versions of himself at the start of the game, setting off the story for the game. |
| 490 | ----- |
| 491 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: To Dark Matter. He has a giant purple and red eyeball in his mouth that serves as his weak spot, looking eerily similar to them. His initial arrival is even heralded by dark clouds (''kuroi kumo''), which show up when Dark Matter invades a planet. |
| 492 | * TheAntichrist: In TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon, there's a downright sacrilegious shrine to Necrodeus with a statue of him that resembles the Buddha. |
| 493 | * AstralFinale: The second part of the battle against him has him fly into space with the Kirbys chasing after him. |
| 494 | * AxCrazy: Tries to kill Kirby rather viciously due to the hero being a champion of light, and during the battle he does not hold back in trying to finish the job. |
| 495 | * BarelyChangedDubName: In Japanese, his name was ネクロディアス (''nekurodiasu''), or "Necro'''dias'''", rather than "Necro'''deus'''". |
| 496 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: It's implied that Necrodeus created the Sun Stones from ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' in one of his attempts to steal away light. |
| 497 | * BigBad: Of ''Mass Attack''. His main target is just Kirby, though, making it one of the few times Kirby becomes more personally invested in his adventures. |
| 498 | * BreathWeapon: He can fire [[WaveMotionGun huge lasers]] from his mouth during his second phase. |
| 499 | * CurbStompBattle: Delivers this to Kirby while he's still sleeping by zapping him and splitting him into 10 completely defenseless Kirbys and then proceeding to murder almost every Kirby except one that follows his heart. |
| 500 | * DarkIsEvil: He ''despises'' beings of light such as Kirby, and will not hesitate to ''kill them dead'' the instant an opportunity to do so presents itself. |
| 501 | * DemBones: Leads a Skull Gang of similar bony creatures. He seems to have no skin or anything similar, unless that seeming aura surrounding the bones is in fact something more sinewy or that nose is cartilage/flesh. |
| 502 | * EverybodyHatesHades: Aside from [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Morpho Knight,]] Necrodeus is the closest thing the ''Kirby'' franchise has to a death god and also one of the cruelest and [[NoNonsenseNemesis smartest]] foes Kirby has ever faced. |
| 503 | * EvilIsNotWellLit: Necrodeus and the rest of the Skull Gang thrive in darkness. The Skull Tower, their base of operations, is located under the shadow of [[{{Mordor}} Volcano Valley]]'s ash clouds. |
| 504 | * EvilLaugh: He has a deep and somewhat hoarse one. |
| 505 | * ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Non-verbal variant. His second phase opens with a short cutscene showing the target on his hands, which slowly contract before finally slamming together. Sure enough, if you get greedy and attack that target for too long, the Kirbys will get [[{{Pun}} clapped]] and die in one hit. |
| 506 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: In his second phase, it's revealed that he has an eye inside his mouth. It also serves as [[AttackItsWeakPoint his weak point.]] |
| 507 | * FinalBoss: Of ''Mass Attack''. To fight him, you have to collect the Rainbow Medal from every world, which will then reveal his hideout. |
| 508 | * FloatingLimbs: Has GiantHandsOfDoom that work despite the lack of accompanying arms. |
| 509 | * FlunkyBoss: In his third phase, he can summon the Skullion mooks, which will try to grab the Kirbys. If they manage to do so and aren't beaten quickly, they'll bring the Kirbys to Necrodeus, who'll proceed to [[EatingTheEnemy devour said Kirbys]]. |
| 510 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: He attacks Kirby because Kirby is a "champion of light", and Necrodeus wants a world covered in darkness. |
| 511 | * GiantHandsOfDoom: Fighting them is the first phase of his fight. Aside from smashing the Kirbys, they can also [[FingerGun fire beams from the fingers]]. |
| 512 | * GodOfEvil: Necrodeus is an extremely powerful and evil UndeadAbomination whose name literally means "death god". Supporting this theory is the apparent ''shrine'' to Necrodeus on Necro Nebula, which has a huge statue of him that is [[TheAntichrist posed like the Buddha]]. |
| 513 | * HealThyself: When the glass casings on his hands are damaged in the first phase of his boss fight, Skullions will appear to try and repair them. |
| 514 | * MeaningfulName: His name literally translates to "death god", which is quite fitting for a powerful, skull-themed FinalBoss [[NoNonsenseNemesis who tries to off Kirby the moment he appears on-screen]]. Not only that, his game marks the time (the) Kirby(s) "dies" a lot due to the obstacles of the game (although they may come back alive again). |
| 515 | * MightyRoar: Once his hands are destroyed in the second phase, Necrodeus lets out a roar that destroys the floor of the boss arena, leaving the Kirbys floating in space. |
| 516 | * MonsterClown: Very much {{downplayed|Trope}}, but Necrodeus is a [[UndeadAbomination horrifying skeletal monstrosity]] with a round purple nose like a clown's. |
| 517 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Necro" = from Greek ''nekros'', "corpse". "Deus" = Latin for "god". So his name essentially translates to "god of the dead". In Japanese, his name is [[BarelyChangedDubName Necrodias]] instead, but "dias" comes from a similar Latin word, "divus", meaning "divine", essentially making his name "[[UndeadAbomination divine corpse]]". |
| 518 | * TheNightThatNeverEnds: The darkness that Necrodeus wants to bring about is [[DarkIsEvil so absolute]] that Daroach claims he won't even be able to see his gold shine. |
| 519 | * NoNonsenseNemesis: Can possibly be seen as the smartest villain in the series. Upon arriving at the outset of the game, he knows how much of a threat Kirby is and ''immediately'' attacks Kirby. He would have killed him right then and there had one stray Kirby not followed his heart. When he realizes that Kirby is still alive, he has his Skull Gang patrol the areas in search of him, the gang capturing nine of the ten Kirbys every time they enter a new area. And when the Kirbys finally reach his hideout and find his staff, the only thing that can turn them back to normal? He [[SwallowTheKey swallows his staff]] to keep it out of their hands. |
| 520 | * ObviouslyEvil: The appearance of a PhysicalGod? Check. [[NothingButSkulls Skull motifs everywhere?]] Check. [[EvilSoundsDeep Deep]], [[EvilLaugh evil laughter]] whenever he appears on-screen? Check. [[CurbStompBattle Technically killing Kirby nine times before the game even starts?]] Check. |
| 521 | * OneHitKill: ''All of his attacks'' will immediately kill the Kirbys on contact, making it impossible to get a silver star on his boss stage. |
| 522 | * PhysicalGod: Necrodeus appears to be a [[GodOfEvil god of darkness and death]], and his magic is powerful enough to split Kirby into ten weaker copies of himself. In his boss fight proper, all of his attacks can OneHitKill the seemingly InvincibleHero (though, granted, Kirby is still split into those weaker copies at the time). When his hands are destroyed, he lets loose a MightyRoar that ''destroys the floor'' and leaves the Kirbys floating in space. |
| 523 | * PinballProjectile: In his second phase, he can shoot bouncing energy balls. His third phase can spit much larger ones that also bounce. |
| 524 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Or "[[GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath Glowing Red Eye Lights]], Take Warning", as he does not seem to have actual eyes. His skull necklace has them, too. |
| 525 | * SatanicArchetype: Plays this front and center. He's a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] monster of pure evil with a hatred for light, can corrupt people into doing evil, lives in his own world, and has a pair of scary, animalistic horns on each side of his head. |
| 526 | * ScarySkeleton: As befits an [[EveryoneHatesHades evil god of the dead]]. |
| 527 | * SequentialBoss: First, Necrodeus will try to pound the Kirbys with his fists, and they'll need to break the glass on the back of his hands. Then, he'll try to smash them with a deadly clap and [[FingerGun shoot energy balls from his fingers]], and they'll need to attack the target on his palms. Lastly, his hands will be destroyed, and the Kirbys will need to attack the eye in his mouth. |
| 528 | * SkullForAHead: His head is a giant skull with a pair of giant horns and a smaller horn on top; he also has a [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset necklace made of smaller skulls]]. |
| 529 | * TheSociopath: He is probably one of Kirby's most monstrous enemies, existing only to cause suffering. |
| 530 | * UndeadAbomination: A skeleton-themed PhysicalGod whose main body is made of darkness; his skull has three sharp horns, glowing red orbs for eyes, ''very'' sharp teeth, and [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking a clown-like nose]]. And he's one of the few bosses that have been known to try, and almost succeed at killing Kirby permanently. |
| 531 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: He's a skeletal PhysicalGod whose sole purpose is to obliterate any being of light he finds, and by far the only villain in the franchise who has actually gotten close to killing the main character in cold blood. Must we say more? |
| 532 | [[/folder]] |
| 533 | |
| 534 | [[folder:Claycia]] |
| 535 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'' |
| 536 | [[quoteright:323:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/claycia.PNG]] |
| 537 | |
| 538 | A sorceress/artist character who was formerly Elline's best friend, now she has sucked all color and life out of Dream Land. She can create various clay constructs to fight for her in battle. |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: She follows the same pattern of art medium naming as Drawcia, Paintra and Vividria, and is even grouped with them in a specific piece of concept artwork, but it's implied that while the others may be related (using familial honorifics), Claycia is not (using the generic -san). |
| 541 | * ArtAttacker: Like Drawcia, Paintra and Yin-Yarn before her, she attacks with artwork - this time, it's clay figures. |
| 542 | * ArtsyBeret: She is a clay artist who wears a purple beret. |
| 543 | * BigBad: She's set up as the main villain of ''Rainbow Curse.'' But just like with Landia, that's what they ''[[GoodAllAlong want]]'' you to believe. |
| 544 | * BeatTheCurseOutOfHer: Kirby essentially has to beat her up in order to free her from Dark Crafter's possession. |
| 545 | * BlushSticker: A pair of pink ones. |
| 546 | * BringIt: Will perform this gesture before you fight her proper. |
| 547 | * TheCameo: She's a sticker in ''Planet Robobot''. |
| 548 | * DeathFromAbove: She may create laser drones that fire lasers from above. They can be blocked by drawing a rainbow line across the lasers' lines. |
| 549 | * DemonicPossession: Those SinisterShades she was wearing? Those actually belonged to Dark Crafter, who was possessing her. |
| 550 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: The game assumes that she's the final battle, but then Dark Crafter shows up after that and Kirby has to beat him, too. |
| 551 | * EvilFormerFriend: To Elline, whom she betrayed because she was possessed by Dark Crafter. In the end, after she is beaten and freed from Dark Crafter's influence, she and Elline go back to being best friends again. |
| 552 | * ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: She will sometimes ''literally excuse herself from battle'' during her fight, reading a book in the background while clay construct cannons fire away at you. |
| 553 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: The two huge hands on her scarf have eyes in the palms, though it's tough to notice. This is due to being possessed by Dark Crafter, who had the same eye-hands. |
| 554 | * FaceHeelTurn: Seemingly stopped being Elline's friend at her own will, but once she's beaten, they reconcile without problems. The truth is that she was possessed by Dark Crafter, making her invoke the trope against her will. |
| 555 | * FloatingLimbs: Her hands don't appear to be attached to her body. |
| 556 | * GiantHandsOfDoom: One of her attacks is to create a pair of fists out of clay and use them to smash Kirby. |
| 557 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Elline's diary describes her as "totally selfish", [[InformedFlaw although it's not evident at all once she shows her true colors.]] |
| 558 | * LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: After she's beaten, Kirby and Elline (and Bandana Waddle Dee) do the usual VictoryDance coupled with the usual jingle. [[DontCelebrateJustYet But then the music slows down to a halt]]... as something comes out of Claycia's shades. Cue Dark Crafter. |
| 559 | * PowerNullifier: Like Drawcia before her, she can create "gray zones" where you can't draw lines in. |
| 560 | * PsychoPink: She's a boss with tons of pink (albeit of varying shades). |
| 561 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Most of her wardrobe is colored with various shades of [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple purple]]. She's also a powerful (magical) {{sculpt|ors}}ress. |
| 562 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Her scarf ends in a pair of hands that she can use to create "gray zones" and some of her clay figures. They look like the Grab Hands mooks. |
| 563 | * SinisterShades: Wears a pair of purple/black sunglasses. They actually belong to Dark Crafter, who possessed her through those glasses. |
| 564 | * StevenUlyssesPerhero: A magician named "Claycia" who has the ability to make and shape things out of clay. |
| 565 | * TennisBoss: In order to dispel her gray zones, you have to redirect her black clay balls towards her. This will make her dizzy and open to attacks. |
| 566 | * VillainTeleportation: Surprisingly, she doesn't utilize TeleportationSpam like other Kirby bosses, she mainly does it to start her background attacks. |
| 567 | * WhamShot: Right after she's beaten, a cutscene shows her "shades" falling off and Dark Crafter forming from it, revealing that Claycia's actions throughout the entire game were due to her being possessed. |
| 568 | * WickedWitch: In a similar vein to the other art-based witches, Drawcia and Paintra. The fact that she doesn't look like a witch is actually a tip-off: she's not so wicked, because she was possessed by Dark Crafter. |
| 569 | [[/folder]] |
| 570 | |
| 571 | [[folder:Dark Crafter]] |
| 572 | !!!'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'' |
| 573 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_crafter1.png]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | A huge, bulgy mound of Technicolor clay that wanted to steal color and life from everything. It's hard to tell if this is another Dark Matter spawn or something else entirely, but he is certainly very destructive. |
| 576 | ----- |
| 577 | * AmbiguouslyRelated: He's heavily suggested to be connected to the Dark Matter species, and it ticks off almost all of the boxes. He follows their trademark DarkIsEvil motif (even though he spent most of the game as a large, rainbow-colored cloud), has a prominent {{Eye Motif|s}}, is able to possess people, and of course, only emerges to fight Kirby once he defeats the PreFinalBoss. |
| 578 | * AstralFinale: The battle against him takes place in space. |
| 579 | * BigBad: He's the true villain of ''Rainbow Curse,'' being the one who possessed Claycia and drove her to try to suck the color out of Dream Land. |
| 580 | * BrightIsNotGood: He's a living, rainbow-colored clod of clay, and very destructive. [[SubvertedTrope Although he was black beforehand]]. |
| 581 | * DarkIsEvil: He used to be a big black clod of clay before absorbing all of the colors Claycia stole, causing him to become rainbow-colored. |
| 582 | * DemonicPossession: Does this to Claycia through his sunglasses. |
| 583 | * DirtyCoward: After giving his all to fight against Kirby while possessing Claycia, Dark Crafter responds to his first defeat by [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fleeing the Purple Fortress]]. Notably, the FinalBattle against him has Kirby chasing him down while he [[MacrossMissileMassacre spews bombs at him]] in an attempt to throw him off his trail. |
| 584 | * EldritchAbomination: A [[LovecraftLite lighter-looking example than most]] until you start thinking about what this thing actually ''is''. He's a gigantic sentient clod of clay with an eye in his mouth that sucks the color out of everything in sight, turning people and places into lifeless grey husks. Meanwhile, [[TheAssimilator he stores everything he's collected in his body as a swirling mix of life and colors]] for some unknown purpose. |
| 585 | * EyesDoNotBelongThere: His single eye is inside of his mouth, below the "shades". He also has eyes on his hands. |
| 586 | * FinalBoss: Of ''Rainbow Curse'', though he doesn't reveal himself until later after Kirby defeats Claycia, forcing the monster to separate himself from his host. |
| 587 | * FloatingLimbs: Like with most ''Kirby'' characters. They're the same Grab Hands that Claycia has. |
| 588 | * GagLips: His eyelids look like a pair of oversized lips. |
| 589 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: ''Why'' he wanted to drain the color and life from everything has not been made clear. |
| 590 | * GetBackHereBoss: Immediately flies off the planet he's on, and Kirby has to fly after him in rocket form. |
| 591 | * GigglingVillain: Whenever he hits Kirby, he makes a creepy, mocking giggle. |
| 592 | * MacrossMissileMassacre: His main attack is firing tons of mines as Kirby chases him down. |
| 593 | * TheManBehindTheWoman: He possessed Claycia through his SinisterShades so he can use her to drain all the color out of Popstar. |
| 594 | * NearVillainVictory: He almost made off with the colors he still had while everyone else was simply stunned at his manifestation. |
| 595 | * NonstandardCharacterDesign: He is by far the most smoothly animated character in the game -- which, given the choppy clay look, makes him look almost completely out of place, fitting for an EldritchAbomination. |
| 596 | * PaperThinDisguise: His figurine description suggests that his shades are a disguise. It's... not very effective. The Japanese version does specify that he disguised himself ''as'' the shades, which makes a lot more sense since nobody expected Claycia to be possessed by him while she wore them. |
| 597 | * PsychoPink: Has some pink, and is a villainous FinalBoss. |
| 598 | * PunnyName: His name appears to be a pun relating to his Dark Matter inspirations. |
| 599 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Dark Crafter's hands are one of his only features to be a single color, of course, being purple. |
| 600 | * {{Sadist}}: If him giggling whenever he hits Kirby says anything. |
| 601 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Or maybe it's KnowWhenToFoldEm, but immediately after being beaten out of his host, he runs off with the color he still has. |
| 602 | * ShowsDamage: Dark Crafter loses his colors as he takes damage. |
| 603 | * SinisterShades: Possibly as a ShoutOut to [[VideoGame/KirbysAdventure Nightmare]], his eyes act as this. He can also disguise himself as a seemingly harmless pair of sunglasses. Wearing them will let Dark Crafter [[DemonicPossession hijack your body]], as Claycia found out the hard way. |
| 604 | * TakeOverTheWorld: His stated aim, according to his Figurine description. |
| 605 | * TechnicolorDeath: Appropriately enough, he flashes between his various stages of damage, goes up in colorful flames, and explodes in a flashy light. |
| 606 | [[/folder]] |
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