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A group of ten young minuscule Kirbies who live a peaceful life under the guardianship of Adeleine, whose mutual bond is so big they treat her as their mother. Their sole objectives are to travel happily with their mom and make her smile.
- Badass Adorable: Just like Kirby, they're cute and badass.
- Badass Crew: They're a bunch of superpowered children who can kick ass.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: The Kirbies treats their mother with much love as she did and does for them.
- Big Eater: They sure eat a lot for their size like the original Kirby.
- Blush Sticker: Just like Kirby, all of the members have notorious cheeks, though with different colours.
- Colour-Coded Emotions: Each member symbolizes different emotions and personalities and are distinguishable from each other by their eyes and cheek lines.
- Color-Coded Eyes: One of their designated features besides their cheek lines.
- Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Each Kirby have different eye and cheek colors that define both their physical and personality traits. They even have their own hats matching their colours in Episode 3.
- Decomposite Character: Divide Kirby into 10 of his emotions and feelings, make them tinier, and you got this crew (or rather divide Void into 10 of Adeleine's emotions and feelings and incarnate them into fascimiles of Kirby in each one).
- Exotic Eye Designs: Almost all of the Kirbies have stars in the inferior part of their eyes (except for BleakOne and OldOne).
- Hammerspace: They somehow save their ability items even without pockets.
- Human Ladder: Or, well, Kirby Ladder. In the 4th comic
of Kirby Guardian, the group decides to do a "Battle Formation" called "Tower" just to play with her mother in a heroes-vs-beast type of game. Unfortunately for them... her mother just stands up just to ask if they wanna play with her, to their nervousness. The General asks her to play fair. - Iconic Item: Each Kirby carries different items even before their super forms, save for LostOne who appears to mimic one of the member's ability by looking at their attacks. The General has a red stick that can turn it into a staff for his Super Mode, GlumOne has a pair of purple scimitars, BleakOne has a black hammer, OddOne has cartoon bombs, ProudOne has a blue sword, CautiosOne has a green bow and arrow, CutesyOne has a parasol with white and pink stripes, OldOne has a mic and BitterOne has a lasso.
- Killer Rabbit: They might be cute and tiny, but they're just as deadly as the original Kirby.
- Language Barrier: In the comics, it's revealed that, due to the Starfish Language example below, the only thing the gang can hear from their mommy's mouth is "Blah, Blah, Blah" (with the General getting only some words said by her), so they require the use of gestures and signs for communication. By the 14th comic, though, Ado's now able to follow a basic conversation with her sons for a little bit, and the crew now know their mother's language and accent, though some of her words are still tough for them to understand.
- Leitmotif: Each member of the Company has one, as shown in this video.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: While each Kirby vary in personalities, some being less courageous than others, they always stick together and manifests their own powers when they need to fight, porting their own hats, weapons and abilities.
- Literal Split Personality: Episode 6 reveals that the Kirbies are multiple reincarnations of Void that were born through all of Adeleine's emotions.
- Massive Numbered Siblings: Technically speaking, all of the Kirbies are basically siblings, hence their same sizes and almost identical physical features minus their eyes, cheeks and powers.
- Mass "Oh, Crap!": They all get like this if they see her mother getting pissed off or even sometimes when they see her from certain angle, like in this comic (and yes, even LostOne reacts like this).
- Mouse World: They're the main characters besides Adeleine and are a group of young puffballs so tiny that make even the original Kirby look like a giant in comparison.
- Mythology Gag:
- The Company's abilities are all based on Kirby's Copy Abilities: the General's ability resembles Staff, GlumOne's is based on Cutter, BleakOne's is based on Hammer, OddOne's is based on Bomb, ProudOne's is based on Sword, CautiousOne's is based on Archer with a green shield, CutesyOne's is based on Parasol, OldOne's is based on Mike, BitterOne's is based on Yo-Yo, and LostOne's is based on the Copy... well, Copy Ability.
- The crew's frequent use of "Poyo" in their Starfish Language is more akin to the one Kirby's anime counterpart shares.
- The Company's abilities are all based on Kirby's Copy Abilities: the General's ability resembles Staff
- Persona Non Grata: Both them and Adeleine become this from Kawasaki's restaurant after pissing him off for winning the "Bottomless Pit" challenge.
- The Power of Love: Episode 7 reveals that due to the connection she and the Kirbies share, Adeleine can heal the Kirbies by showing them love, as demonstrated with the General.
- Sibling Team: They're a group of superpowered brothers who work together as a team.
- Squashed Flat: Besides the General and LostOne in Episode 1, all of the crew gets squashed by a painting falling through a rock in Episode 2. They got better, though.
- Starfish Language: Much like the original Kirby, the group has a language that apparently only they understand, mostly using the word or variations of "Poyo". This makes things a bit difficult for Adeleine to understand and viceversa, so both her and the gang use some sort of gestures or signs in order to "talk" to one another. Adeleine can now, as of the 14th issue, better understand her sons to an extent, and the same goes for the Company after they get the hang of her language and the accent that comes with it.
- Undying Loyalty: The same description of the video from the first episode says that the Kirbies only want to be with their mother and try to make her happy at all costs.
The General
- Actually Pretty Funny: While he follows his mother's orders no matter what, he laughs at the Big Fancy Wang drawing that OddOne made in Episode 3.
- Deer in the Headlights: When he sees Adeleine approach in Reincarnation, the first thing he does is panic in terror at the giantess right in front of him and closes his eyes in hopes she doesn't notice. Unfortunately for him, he's sending out a signal that is catching her attention, so she notices. Justified, as he just barely won a fight not long before, and is in no shape to run.
- "I Can't Look!" Gesture: When he faces with Adeleine in Episode 7, and despite his attempts to scare her off out of fear, he realizes he's no match. He covers his face and cries, expecting the worst.
- The Leader: He wouldn't be named "the General" if that wasn't the case.
- Leitmotif: "Born To Boss Around".
- Monkey King Lite: He ports the Staff ability from the series as his Super Mode, with the difference being that his headwear is more akin to Sun Wukong's Anime Hair instead of the original red cap with a salmon pattern and the dark blue gem with a gold rim.
- Not So Above It All: A downplayed example. While he's far from being no-fun or completely serious-minded, he's a responsible leader and the Only Sane Man on the Company besides CautiousOne. Yet even with all of this... he's still a child, and as such he's no stranger to like and laugh at childish things like OddOne drawing a Big Fancy Wang.
- Odd Name Out: He's the only one in the Company to not have a "One" in his name and also having a space in-between.
- Only Sane Man: He shares this trait with CautiousOne. He's the overall least eccentric and most analytical of the Kirbies.
- The Power of Love: The General gets healed from his wounds in Episode 7 thanks to the love shown by Adeleine.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: He was the one to stop BitterOne out of all his brothers in Episode 7.
- Red Is Heroic: He has red eyes and cheek lines, and shares his heroic colours with ProudOne.
- Squashed Flat: Besides what happens at the end of Episode 2, him and LostOne gets accidentally stepped by Adeleine in the first episode. It wasn't lethal, fortunately.
- Tears of Fear: In Episode 7, once the General tries to "scare" Adeleine with his stick, only to make her angry, and having no energy to run after his fight with BitterOne, he understandably cries in terror.
- Wingding Eyes: Him and ProudOne have their eyes replaced with four-pointed stars when they see the amount of delicious food in the "Bottomless Pit" challenge in Episode 4.
- Young and in Charge: He's a child and The Leader of the Company.
GlumOne
- Beware the Quiet Ones: While he's shy and one of the quietest among the Company, he's just as deadly as his brothers and has an ability similar to Cutter.
- Deadly Disc: His ability is based on the Cutter Copy Ability, albeit with blue colour instead of yellow with white stripes.
- The Eeyore: As his description in his outro card says, he's the most depressed and pessimistic of the Company, always looking sad and thinking about the worst case scenarios, only smilling when being petted or softly held by his mother.
- Gangbanger: He looks like this in his Super Mode, as he ports a purple hat that looks like a docker with a star at the end, and also two scars. He also may look like a pirate, though more on the "thuggish sailor" kind of style instead of the pirate captain style that ProudOne has.
- Leitmotif: "One-Trick Pony".
- Rugged Scar: He has two scars on his face during his Super Mode.
- Shrinking Violet: Literally. GlumOne is one of the quietest of the bunch because of his shyness and his designated color is violet.
BleakOne
- Black Eyes of Evil: He's one of the 2 members to not have a star readily visible in each eye, the second being OldOne where the key difference that the latter has more Black Bead Eyes and no stars whatsoever compared to the usual hollow dreaded eyes of this one from a distance (and a close-up shot in one episode shows that BleakOne indeed has somewhat visible stars in his eyes—inverted pentagrams, that is.
- Blood Knight: He appears to like violence and fighting, though not at the same level as BitterOne. He puts a Slasher Smile before fighting the Gaw Gaws and while fighting BitterOne, and also wanted to destroy OldOne's microphone because of its loudness in Episode 7. Similarly, he smiles when he sees BitterOne painting aggressively, though he's as shocked as everyone else when the latter destroys his masterpiece.
- Carry a Big Stick: His Super Mode is the Hammer ability, but has a spike in each side and appears to be made out of a black metal, compared to the original wood hammer with a star drawn on each side. He also carries that same metal hammer in his normal form, but without the spikes.
- Creepy Child: He's certainly the creepiest out of the Company.
- Emoticon: To show his goofy side in spite of his creepy nature, some of his faces are the ":x" and ".3." emoticons.
- Leitmotif: "Stillbirth".
- Nightmare Fetishist: As expected by his personality, he points to a cloud that he believes to look like a chainsaw, and he images Adeleine coming toward the group with one.
- Slasher Smile: BleakOne rarely smiles, but when he does, he has one closer to Void Termina's than to Kirby's.
- Spikes of Doom: Besides his hammer in his Super Mode, he also wears a black helmet with a golden spike.
- Token Evil Teammate: While not exactly evil, BleakOne is easily the most unsettling of the bunch, having more in common with Void Termina than with Kirby.
OddOne
- Beware the Silly Ones: He may be the silliest of the bunch, but keep in mind that he also turns himself into a Mad Bomber when needed.
- Cartoon Bomb: What he brings out in his normal and Super Mode.
- Cloudcuckoolander: He's the craziest and... well, odd one of the group, to the point that Adeleine's always worried he's gonna hurt himself in the weirdest way possible. Also, his favorite activity is headbutting any part of Ado's body that is available... Maybe he takes Headbutt of Love way too seriously, if he even takes anything seriously, really.
- Exotic Eye Designs: He has these much like his brothers, but his stars are four-pointed instead of five-pointed, marking them being similar to diamonds and making him stand out a little more (diamond shapes are sometimes associated with card games like solitaire which has the joker card in it, for instance).
- The Funny Guy: He's basically the group's clown, never taking anything seriously compared to the rest, and acting in silly ways.
- Happy Harlequin Hat: He wears one both in Episode 3 and in his Super Mode.
- Laughing Mad: He sure loves to laugh maniacally, even when there's nothing to laugh at.
- Leitmotif: "Saltimbanque".
- Mad Bomber: His Super Mode is the Bomb ability, but his headwear is a Happy Harlequin Hat more akin to Marx than to the birthday-like cone hat from the Poppy Bro Jr. enemy... and he acts just like the former.
- Oh, Crap!: In Episode 3, when OddOne realizes too late that an annoyed Adeleine has noticed his vulgar drawing instead of what she asked, he quickly grabs a bucket of white paint, drops the paint to the canvas and tries to restart the painting.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In the thumbnail of Episode 7, he's seen just as serious as the others, indicating their situation of looking for a safe place to stay as a Serious Business.
- Right Behind Me: In Episode 3, he paints a Big Fancy Wang in his canvas instead of what Adeleine asked just for the laughs and shows it to The General. Both are laughing so much that draws Ado's attention, who was patrolling. She first shows disgust and then annoyance. Luckily, the General was quick to notice her. OddOne? Not so much.
- Vibrant Orange: He's by far the most energetic, extrovert and comical of the Company, and his designated colour is orange.
- Vulgar Humor: In Episode 3, when Adeleine asks the group to paint her favourite mug in canvases, OddOne paints... something else, to the General's amusement and Adeleine's annoyance.
ProudOne
- Blue Is Heroic: He has blue eyes and cheek lines, and shares his heroic colours with the General.
- Damage Over Time: He's the DPS to CautiousOne's tank.
- Dressed to Plunder: His Super Mode makes him look like a pirate captain, wearing a blue tricorner hat with a light blue four-pointed star and a yellow line on top, and also a red bandana.
- Heroes Prefer Swords: Both in his normal and super form, he carries a sword, which is based on the Sword Copy Ability, albeit with a pirate captain hat and bandana.
- Inferiority Superiority Complex: According to Adeleine's description in his outro card, despite showing confidence and independence, ProudOne loves when she plays with him, and the more they play, the more his childish side shows. When he realizes this, he quickly shifts his attitude and acts mysteriously again. She finds this cute.
- Leitmotif: "Cœur Solitaire".
- Pride: As if his name doesn't give a clue. Though in his case, despite his confident and independent demeanor, he's actually pretty childish and insecure deep down, not so different from someone prideful.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: An interesting case with CautiousOne. He's more determined to go ahead, while CautiousOne is more of keeping distance, and the former is more about DPS and close-range attacks, while the latter is more of defense and large-range attacks.
- Wingding Eyes: Him and the General have their eyes replaced with four-pointed stars when they see the amount of delicious food in the "Bottomless Pit" challenge in Episode 4.
CautiousOne
- Facepalm: He does this near the end of Episode 3, when he sees BitterOne destroying his own painting just because the latter think it's not good enough.
- Hammerspace: Besides his Iconic Item he saves somewhere (in this case, his green shield) like the rest of his brothers with their respective items, he also pulls out a green magnifying glass to see the fine-print about the rules of the "Bottomless Pit" in Episode 4.
- Leitmotif: "Social Emergency Exit".
- Only Sane Man: He shares this trait with the General. He's the most level-headed of the Kirbies.
- Perpetual Frowner: He shares this trait with BitterOne. In his case, he always has his signature triangle mouth that symbolizes a danger sign.
- Shields Are Useful: His main philosophy. As the cautious of the group, he thinks that protection is very important, and thus he makes a shield appear in his Super Mode, and even remarks this to ProudOne on Episode 2, when he sees a cloud in the shape of a shield and says that his mother needs one just as she needs a sword.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: He has two yangs, actually: ProudOne and CutesyOne. In terms of trust, CutesyOne always wants to be with his mother, while CautiousOne took the longest to trust her and even runs away if she even moves a finger around him. He's also more nervous and has a Perpetual Frowner, compared to the more cheerful CutesyOne. Meanwhile, in terms of attacking, ProudOne is more about DPS and close-range attacks, while CautiousOne is more of defense and large-range attacks. Not only that, but the former isn't afraid of taking things straight ahead, while the latter is more about being more careful and keeping distance.
CutesyOne
- Character Tic: He always winks, reflecting his "cute" behaviour.
- Cheerful Child: Probably the most cheerful of the bunch.
- Cheery Pink: He's represented with the color pink and is as optimistic and cheerful as the original Kirby, if not more.
- The Cutie: He wouldn't be named "CutesyOne" if that wasn't the case, would he?
- Deliberately Cute Child: Not only is he cute (like most of the crew members, anyway), but he also wants to be that way. It's in his personality, after all.
- Keet: He's a cutesy and joyful fellow.
- Leitmotif: "Frolicking".
- Parasol of Pain: He has Kirby's Parasol ability as his Super Mode, but his parasol is pink with a pink heart symbol on top and a pink handle compared to the original red and white parasol with a blue handle and bright yellow star on top. He also wears a straw hat with a pink band.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: As his outro card says, he's one of the opposites of CautiousOne besides ProudOne. He always wants to be with Adeleine and starts freaking out when she's not nearby, in contrast with CautiousOne taking the longest to trust her and running away if she even gets close to him and just moves a finger. He's also much more cheerful compared to CautiousOne having a Perpetual Frowner and being more nervous.
OldOne
- Acting Your Intellectual Age: Despite being a child, he likes things considered "old-timey" and is probably the most mature one out of the group.
- Black Bead Eyes: He's one of the 2 members to not have a star in each eye, the second being BleakOne, though he has more cartoony black eyes similar to the Kirby from the classic era. Besides the big white circles that shares with the rest (save for BleakOne), he also has a white dot in the inferior part of each eye.
- Boom, Headshot!: He gets killed by one of the incoming splinters from the canvas' easel that BitterOne was smashing in Episode 3.
- Cute, but Cacophonic / Dreadful Musician: Much like the original Kirby, Adeleine's description says that he loves singing, but he does it awfully. This is demonstrated in Episode 7, where he sings to CutesyOne and LostOne with his mic. The former doesn't mind it because of his cheery behaviour, the latter doesn't even pays attention, and BleakOne, who was hiding with the General, wants to destroy his mic with his hammer.
- Early Installment Character-Design Difference: His design is based on the Kirby from the classic era, mainly a mix between the Kirby's Dream Land design and the Kirby's Adventure design.
- The Klutz: According to Ado's description in his outro's image, she says that he "trips and falls on his face a lot".
- Leitmotif: "Old-School Cabaret".
- Musical Assassin: He has Mike as his Super Mode, and also carries his mic around. His microphone remains almost the same as the original, but his earphones has orange ear covers instead of red, has multipointed white stars in each cover intead of golden five-pointed stars, and its headband is white instead of black. He also has a white bow tie.
- Mythology Gag: His poses in his outro card (image above) and in Episode 7 resemble Kirby's dance poses from the classic era. He also emits one of the 8 bit sound effects from said era.
- Squashed Flat: Besides what happens in Episode 2 with him and the rest of the Company, he gets accidentally stepped by Adeleine in Episode 8 (like with the General and LostOne in the very first episode), making this his second individual time he gets hurt/dies and his third time counting Episode 2. But like in his previous instances, he got better.
- Younger Than They Look: He might look a bit like an elderly guy, mainly because of his dimples, his grey cheeks and his "old timey" personality, but he's just as young as the rest of the Kirbies.
BitterOne
- Anti-Hero: Even more so than BleakOne. He joins the rest of the Company only when the General beats the shit out of him and is still prone to violence and loves fights (coming from him or others) even while being on the side of good.
- Anti-Villain: At least during Episode 7. He's not really what you would call "evil", but has constant anger issues and violent tendencies because of the emotion he gained since birth rather than something he really chose to have, making his moral agency rather questionable. This ultimately leads him to fight against and brutally beat his brothers.
- Blood Knight: Boy, he just loves fights. And even appears to like when others fight in a blind rage, like Adeleine in Episode 5.
- Defeat Means Friendship: He joins the group in Episode 7, when The General defeats him in an intense fight. He's still quite the cantankerous fellow, though.
- Epic Flail: His Super Mode has his whip turned into a spiky ball-and-chain flail just like Mace Knight's weapon.
- Guyliner: He has a lot of eyeshadow in his Super Mode.
- Heroic Comedic Sociopath: He's a Blood Knight who just gets fascinated by any kind of violence and his actions are Played for Laughs (except in Episode 7), but he's nonetheless in the side of good.
- Leitmotif: "Crush! Kill! Destroy! Hi!".
- Mundane Made Awesome: In Episode 3, he draws and paints Adeleine's mug and the background with passion. He also throws food to OldOne, CautiousOne and ProudOne like it was volleyball or dodgeball so they can catch it to eat it in Episode 4.
- One-Man Army: He took down almost all of his 9 brothers except for one (granted, he was also tired by that time).
- Perpetual Frowner: He shares this trait with CautiousOne. In his case, he always has an angry scowl, fitting for his emotion.
- Purple Is Powerful: He beats the crap out of 8 among his 9 brothers. His designated colour is purple.
- Sibling Rivalry: He fought with all of his brothers in Episode 7. Now he's more indifferent to them in most cases, though he doesn't get along badly with them per se, at least for now.
- Spikes of Doom: Besides his spiky flail, he also bares a pointy hat in his Super Mode.
- Tsundere: His description made by Adeleine in the outro cards says that, despite his violent nature and grumpy attitude, he wants just as much love as the others, even if he doesn't want to admit it and crosses his arms, meaning that he does have a soft spot that hides it within his rough exterior, after all.
- Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: While the rest of his brothers also have these on some occasions, this is more predominant with him because of how angry he constantly is. His Super Mode even has purple bloodshot eyes by default, along with black eyeshadow.
LostOne
- Blue Is Calm: He's certainly the calmest of the group because of his inattentiveness, and he also has light blue features.
- Elective Mute: He talks, but due to his inattention, he doesn't feel like doing it.
- Frozen Face: He rarely emotes, as most of the time he has that dot-like mouth and indifferent eyes because of his lack of attention, though the eyes do change in more occasions than his mouth.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: He has light-blue eyes along with his cheeks and it's by far the most innocent of the crew because of his inattentiveness.
- Leitmotif: "Adaptive".
- Oh, Crap!: Believe it or not, yes, he does pay attention and gets surprised if something goes nasty enough for him to do so. And if LostOne, of all people, gets scared, you know it's Serious Business.
- Squashed Flat: Besides what happens at the end of Episode 2, him and the General gets accidentally stepped by Adeleine in the first episode. It wasn't lethal, fortunately.
- Variant Power Copying: He seems to not have a Super Mode per se like his brothers, but instead he does a Power Copying by watching at least one of his brothers, resembling Kirby's Copy Ability named... well, Copy, though he invokes a bright blue light-based weapon more akin to one of the weapons made by a Lantern. Interestingly enough, this makes him more closer to Kirby in terms of his Power Copying ability.
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Adeleine
Click here to see her in the Reincarnation arc (spoilers)
A young artist from the Popopo Islands who lives off her artistic skills. She takes care of the Company after she found them on a rainy day. Since then, they treat her as her mother and, in return, she feeds them, loves them and shows them the world. The only thing that Ado wants for her new children is to grow up healthy.
- Adaptational Nationality: It's implied that Adeleine in this series is French, or at least came from a French family before being adopted by Dedede. In the 15th comic, she says "Et merde..." when she slipped and fell to the ground while carrying an ice cream cone, and the description in the 14th comic says that "it has become easier [for the Company] to understand their mother's language and accent". This might be because of her being an artist with an Artsy Beret, which is usually applied to "true" French artists in fiction, and because of the series' creator being from France.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Downplayed. She was very foul-mouthed and made aggressive "Kick Me" Pranks on Dedede, but other than that, they had a weird friendship.
- Age Lift: She's made into a young adult in the shorts and comics 11 to 13. Her young child self from the games as well as a teenager self are both shown during the prequel comics when she's living with Dedede.
- The Alcoholic: Prior to meeting the Kirbies, she drinks a lot of beers in the Reincarnation arc. Very worryingly, the soundtrack that plays in the beginning of the first part of Reincarnation is titled "Cirrhose" which is the French way of saying "Cirrhosis" (i.e. liver disease/liver function impairment that is most commonly caused by alcohol); whether or not Adeleine suffers from it in this series is not made clear, but given the severe alcoholism of hers that's been seen so far, it's best that she quickly kicks the addiction...
- Artsy Beret: Just like in her main appearance, she wears her iconic red beret.
- Beauty Equals Goodness: She became much more beautiful and nicer after the prequels.
- Berserk Button: Destroying her art, as an unfortunate family of Gaw Gaws learn the hard way in Episode 5.
- Berserker Tears: She sheds these while getting furious for her destroyed painting in Episode 5.
- Big Eater: While obviously subverted in Episode 4, where she orders the Mega Meal Challenge from Kawasaki's restaurant but it's actually to share with her children, the description of the video says that "[she] isn't normally a big eater", implying that she does indeed have her moments.
- Blinded by Rage: She furiously chases the Gaw Gaw family in Episode 5 while waving her paintbrush and closing her eyes, making her bump against a tree in her way.
- Blush Sticker: Just like her original counterpart, Adeleine has her blushes in her cheeks, similar the Kirbies.
- Cathartic Scream: She screams while being infuriated in Episode 5.
- Dash Attack: She attemps this while furiously chasing the Gaw Gaws, swiping her paintbrush around like when she does it in the original series.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: She progressively reverts back from the cynical loner in the prequels to the kind girl she originally was as a child starting with Episode 8, as she slowly warms up to the Company.
- Exotic Eye Designs: While she normally has Big Anime Eyes with purple pupils, she sometimes makes stars appear in them, like here.
- French Jerk: Played with and doubly subverted. Adeleine, implied here to be French, actually Used to Be a Sweet Kid, but became a bad-tempered loner after living with Dedede and suffering the misfortunes he carried with her. She looked ugly at others and became a lonely alcoholic woman who only lived from her works of art. Her life took a turn for the best, however, as she met the Company after accidentally creating them and Took a Level in Kindness in the process, becoming a gentle good parent and regaining the good nature she had as a child once more.
- Gentle Giant: She's the loving and responsible adoptive mother to her little children, though she can be a little teasing at times, as seen in the 14th comic, something that was probably kept from her previous grumpy self, but is always all in good fun and their kids know she would never hurt them, even if she can be scary to them, sometimes.
- Giant Woman: From her children's POV, at least.
- Good Parent: There's a reason why their children love her so much, as she also loves all of them equally and takes great care of them. The only thing she wants for them is to grow up healthy.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: She was shown to have this in episodes 6-7 and comics 7-12.
- High-Pressure Emotion: Once she gets furious by her destroyed painting in Episode 5, her ears blow smoke like a teakettle.
- Humans Are Cthulhu: She's obviously a Gentle Giant (from her children's perspective, anyway), but there's no denying that she may look... ominous to them sometimes, even if she doesn't mean to. Besides Episode 5, for example, the Company also has a cute view of her here (appropriately titled "How I see them — How they se- Holy fuck...!") and here.
- Inkblot Cartoon Style: How OldOne imagines her and King Dedede in his Imagine Spot in Episode 2.
- Insult of Endearment: Her and Dedede say goodbye to each other in their usual aggressive-loving way.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In the Reincarnation arc, Adeleine is seemingly reimagined as a rude drunk who actively stares daggers at a Waddle Dee for looking at her, and appears to be a bit of a loner. Despite herself and her attitude, Adeleine's gruff attitude melts away when The General cries, and she rubs The General's head to show some affection for the poor little thing. Furthermore, she shows a level of fear and concern when The General collapses out of hunger.
- Klatchian Coffee: The reason why Dedede regretted giving coffee to her at her younger days.
- Language Barrier: In the comics, it's revealed that, due to her children not sharing her language, not only she can't understand what they say (though she's learning slowly thanks to CutesyOne, as revealed in the 2nd comic), but the only thing the gang can hear from her mouth is "Blah, Blah, Blah" (with the General getting only some words said by her), so they require the use of gestures and signs for communication. By the 14th comic, though, Ado's now able to follow a basic conversation with her sons for a little bit, and the crew now know their mother's language and accent, though some of her words are still tough for them to understand.
- Mental Health Recovery Arc: The Reincarnation arc, which shows Adeleine after the events of the comics prior to meeting the Kirbies. She Used to Be a Sweet Child, but her stay with Dedede made her a lonely and grumpy woman when she grew up and lived on her own in addition to becoming something of a scuzzy drunk slumming it in her house. Her accidental creation of the Kirbies and her meeting them softened her heart, treating them as her children and slowly recover her cheerful personality she had as a little girl.
- Ms. Fanservice: Adeleine is much older here than in the games and the shorts like to draw attention to her shapely hips and bust.
- Mythology Gag: When Adeleine chases in rage at the Gaw Gaws, she swipes her paintbrush around while closing her eyes, similar to her last attempt of attacking Kirby while possesed by Dark Rimura in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, her neutral attack, Brush Slash, in Kirby Star Allies, and the similar final attempt of a possesed Ado, who may or may not be the same character, in Kirby's Dream Land 3. Also, much like the former and the latter game, she is easily taken out with one good blow when she does this (courtesy of slamming into a tree in a blind rage in this case).
- Lady Swearsalot: She was a very foul-mouthed teenager that carried that trait into adulthood, at least before she met the Kirbies. Considering the one who took care of her was Dedede, she had an influence.
- Persona Non Grata: Both her and the Company become this from Kawasaki's restaurant after pissing him off for winning the "Bottomless Pit" challenge.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: More so after the prequel episodes. This is also because of the artstyle, as humans or humanoid figures have white skin in KimiOmega's Kirby videos.
- Screaming Warrior: She chases the Gaw Gaw family while screaming and swinging her paintbrush out of rage.
- Sliding Scale of Beauty: She wasn't that ugly in the Reincarnation arc, but she was more unkempt and there were more moments when she put more ugly faces. This image, however, really shows her at her ugliest.
- Symbolism: The fact that Adeleine has various references to stars (a pair of stars appearing in each of her eyes in some moments, her star necklace, a star tattoo on her belly button and a shirt she wears in Episode 3 that literally says "star") may reference the star the player controls that guides the Kirbies in Kirby Mass Attack (a game that the series is heavily inspired), making her the Kirbies' guardian.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Despite becoming the surrogate mother figure for the Kirbies, she is shown to still drink occasionally as seen here. Habits and addictions can be hard to kick even after finding new positivity in life, especially those picked up during depressive phases which is likely when Adeleine became an alcoholic.
- Team Mom / Parental Substitute: She takes care of the Kirbies as her own children, while the team treats them as their mother.
- Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: Especially compared to her canon design, who didn't have eyelashes at all. This Adeleine has visible eyelashes even as a kid.
- Took a Level in Kindness: In Episode 7, she comforts a crying and terrified General, who thought she was gonna hurt him, by petting him on the head and humming him a lullaby, curing his wounds while doing so. Then, when he collapses out of hunger, she takes him and the rest of the Kirbies to her home using her coat and protects them from the rain while also keeping an eye on them for their safety. Episode 8 shows the full transition process from the cynical loner she was at the start of Episode 7 to the kind girl she is in the rest of the series as she slowly warms up to the Company.
- Victoria's Secret Compartment: Some of the Kirbies will rest and sleep in Adeleine’s blouse.
- Wasted Beauty: She was, in a way, always pretty, but her becoming more messy and grumpier really downplayed this during her adulthood before meeting the Kirbies (though this is sadly justified, as she was broken after spending her life with Dedede and then becoming a loner as an adult). She restored her beauty after a while, though.
- Watch Out for That Tree!: In her blind rage, Adeleine ends up running headfirst into a tree while chasing the Gaw Gaw family in Episode 5. Thankfully, the Kirbies go to help her treat her wounds and comfort her.
- Wingding Eyes: Her pupils become for-pointed stars after being amazed at BitterOne's realistic painting in Episode 3.
Chef Kawasaki
- Adaptational Jerkass: Both in the games' canon and Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Kawasaki is genuinely friendly, and even as a boss and mid-boss in the games, he's more of a Friendly Enemy. Here, while he has that trait at first, he then becomes a greedy jerkass who expects Adeleine to lose in the "Bottomless Pit" challenge so he would gain a bunch of money to make himself rich. He's also a Sore Loser once he fails, and bans Adeleine and the Company from his restaurant just for winning and because the former remarks him about the rule of not paying if that same situation occurs, something that he himself should have known from the start and not get blinded by greed.
- Ambiguous Situation: Kawasaki gets surprised at the fact that Ado orders the "Bottomless Pit", but then plans to take her a bunch of money if she loses and imagines himself as rich. Thing is, she's not the only one to order this Mega Meal Challenge, as the description of the video says that "Only a few people managed to complete the challenge and it let them with a terrible stomachache...". This might mean that he didn't raise the price back when other people lost the challenge and Ado was the first to try it when the cost was so big for him to gain an outstanding amount of money to make himself rich, but it's never been confirmed.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He's genuinely friendly at first until he thinks on a plan to take a big chunk of Adeleine's money should she fail to finish the "Bottomless Pit" and really expects her to do so. From here, he uses his friendly persona as a disguise.
- Did Not Read the Contract: Or the conditions in the "Bottomless Pit", in his case. Succeeding gives the customer (or customers, for that matter) the right to leave without paying, something he... doesn't take very well with Adeleine and the kids, to say the least.
- Didn't See That Coming: He really didn't expect the Kirbies sharing the meal with Adeleine and thus winning the Mega Meal Challenge, even though Adeleine asked for one seat for eleven people which he very clearly heard. The only possible excuse is that he must have thought that Adeleine ordered said challenge for herself and that the ten others she ordered the table for were running late and would order something else, and his surprise at the Kirbies could be chalked up to general surprise at seeing such tiny creatures (much like Adeleine's own surprise when she met The Company for the first time).
- Didn't Think This Through: Kawasaki's plan of getting a big chunk of money from Adeleine backfires once the latter makes him remember the same rule he added about the customer not paying should they win.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Everyone knows that banning anybody from your restaurant just for being a Sore Loser (without mentioning the fact of not remembering your own rules) and/or because someone points it at you and rightfully leaves as said rules say is more than unfair and exaggerated.
- Greed: He takes opportunity on the customers' money when given the chance, especially if said customers decide to order the "Bottomless Pit" and fail, which is mostly the case.
- Head Desk: Floor, in this case. After being defeated in his own game, Kawasaki repeatedly hits his head to the floor so hard he bleeds!
- Hoist by His Own Petard: His own rule about not getting paid should the customer wins explodes in his face once he plans to get money from Adeleine.
- Idiot Ball: He gets surprised by the fact that Adeleine carried her Kirbies with her to complete the "Bottomless Pit" challenge, yet he didn't notice something strange about her saying that she wanted one chair for eleven people. Kawasaki should've seen that coming.
- Persona Non Grata: The final shot after the cards shows an injured Kawasaki putting photos of Adeleine and the Company on the wall in the "Unwanted Clients" section.
- Sore Loser: He bangs his head on the floor and bans Adeleine and her children from his restaurant just because they won the Mega Meal Challenge fair and square.
Gaw Gaw Family
- Mass "Oh, Crap!": Their reaction once they pissed off Adeleine when one of them destroyed her painting.
- Similar Squad: Each of the cubs in the group are basically Gaw Gaw versions of each of the Kirbies and the mother even wears a beret like Adeleine.
King Dedede (SPOILERS)
- Early-Bird Cameo: He shows up in OldOne’s Imagine Spot in Episode 2 (as shown in the image) and again on the TV in Episode 6, before showing up again with a more pronounced role in comics 5-12 and at the end of the Reincarnation arc.
- Glowing Eyes: Looking at the artist's more recent works involving King Dedede, he seems to have this trait to a small extent even if it's broad daylight out, especially noticeable when no one else's eyes are glowing.
- Inkblot Cartoon Style: How OldOne imagines him and Adeleine in his Imagine Spot in Episode 2.
- Insult of Endearment: Him and Adeleine say goodbye to each other in their usual aggressive-loving way.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's a good person, and is nice to Adeleine, but was never given a chance for redemption because he got scapegoated by the media. He does try to make sure Adeleine grows up to be someone who is good and kind, and not someone like him, who is good but gruff and insensitive.
- "Kick Me" Prank: He gets this from Adeleine various times in comic 13.
- Mighty Roar: In this short, he does an incredible roar. Adeleine tries that, too, with hilarious results.
- The Piano Player: He's just there playing the piano with no dialogue in OldOne's Imagine Spot.
- The Scapegoat: He gets blamed for everything bad happening in Dream Land just because of his food-thievery he did some time ago.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Like with Adeleine, he softens his heart after seeing a photo of her with the Company and wants to give a hug to his Waddle Dees as a compensation for being a Bad Boss to them in the comics.
- Walking Spoiler: Aside from just a small cameo in OldOne's Imagine Spot in Episode 2, his more prominent appearances are on the prequel comics as well as in the Reincarnation arc, all of which come much later in the series.
