Memes / Kirby

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Being the major series that it is, it's no surprise that the Kirby games are also the source of many memes.

The games

General/Miscellaneous

• INVINCIBLE CANDY!^ExplanationA running gag on Something Awful Let's Play of any Kirby game, second only to...
  • DELICIOUS!^ExplanationWhenever any food item is eaten, but especially Maxim Tomatoes.
• Mouth-to-mouth food transfer^ExplanationThe "food sharing" mechanic introduced in Super Star was widely joked by the fandom as it involves the characters seemingly kissing each other. Most of the playable characters are male, so... yeah. This also happens later in other games that involve more than 1 player character, such as Team Kirby Clash Deluxe.
• American Kirby Is Hardcore!^ExplanationThe Kirby series' marketing in North America is notorious for playing up the titular hero's power and fighting prowess due to the cultural differences between America and Japan, often by editing Angry Eyebrows onto his boxart. While other series have also used Darker and Edgier advertising to appeal to American audiences, the sheer silliness of this happening to Kirby has made it the most famous example (and the Trope Namer), with some people taking it to parodic extremes.
  • "KIRBY'S FUCKING PISSED"◊^ExplanationThe most famous parody of the above-mentioned American boxart, which has spawned several further mutations involving characters from other franchises.
• The "Kirby ASCII Dance"^Explanation(> ")> <(" <) (^ ")^ (v ")v. It was even used in Roblox as one of the quickchat messages.
• It feels like... pants.^ExplanationKirby's Epic Yarn brings us Kirby's arrival in Patch Land and his observation that the grass feels like... pants.
  • This upset Kirby immensely.^ExplanationAnother Kirby's Epic Yarn cutscene has Kirby expressing sadness when Meta Knight tells him that Yin-Yarn had taken over Dream Land when Kirby was absent. The image featuring the line from the British localization◊ became a meme.
    • BUT IT UPSET META KNIGHT EVEN MORE.^ExplanationAn edit of the memetic image above shows the closeup of Meta Knight with the line written above. Constantly used as a follow-up for the aforementioned "This upset Kirby immensely" meme.
• Kirb/Kirbe^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Refers to a hilariously derpy-looking plush of Kirby◊ which spawned many memes since the image was first posted, often featured alongside the "yawning axolotl" meme. The nickname can also refer to the unlockable Classic Kirby appearance in Star Allies, who is just as derpy.
  • Kirby with a knife^ExplanationPhotos of different Kirby plushies holding knives, said plushies often placed outside to make it look like they're coming for the poster.
    • Kirby with a gun^ExplanationFor a long while, there was a meme about Kirby having a gun, usually accompanied with him threatening someone (be it another Kirby character or someone else). Joker's addition to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate marked a variant on the meme, as his neutral special — and thus the power Kirby gains upon eating him — is a pistol. The January 2022 reveal of the Ranger ability in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which gives Kirby a (albeit star-shooting) gun, gave the meme another surge in popularity.
  • Kirbo^ExplanationThe version of Kirby from TerminalMontage's Something About... series has been subjected to several memes and reaction gifs, possibly surpassing the canon version of the pink puff in Memetic Badass status. The most common of these memes usually involve Christianity, due to his common final boss defeating tactic of using a crucifix against them.
• "Anon, GET OUT!"^ExplanationFrom a copypasta where the alleged "anon" was actually some kid who walked in on his parents having oral while playing Kirby's Pinball Land.
• This image was posted by Shenanigansen in response to backlash by people after he dared to try to call Kirby the worst Nintendo character, even after he apologized and retracted his statement.
• The Kirby of Disappointment™◊^ExplanationOriginating from Tumblr, this image requires you to stare at Kirby for a minute every time you sin. The meme has also grown into other websites since.
• Kirby is shaped like a friend.^ExplanationThis phrase originated from an online chat which was then made into an adorable piece of fanart. Became Hilarious in Hindsight thanks to Kirby Star Allies, where the allied characters are known as "friends".
• Kirby's feet^ExplanationIt has been proposed that Kirby's red feet are actually shoes and that he has human feet underneath. Horrifying fanart soon followed.
• Kirby does his taxes^ExplanationThe idea that whenever Nintendo doesn't know what to do with an idea, they just throw Kirby into it and it suddenly becomes fun and charming led to the creation of titles such as Kirby Does His Taxes/DELUXE◊ (there are ton of fake Kirby boxart memes like these), Yoshi Commits Tax Fraud (although that meme has its own origins), Luigi Goes To T-Mobile To Upgrade His Data Plan…
• "Have you ever met a knight?"^ExplanationAn obvious pun on Meta Knight's name.
  • (I am no) Borb^ExplanationThanks to this comic by KC Green, "Borb" has become Meta Knight's biggest Fan Nickname.
• "Who created Kirby"^ExplanationFor a while, Google search would place an image of an overweight black man◊ instead of Masahiro Sakurai when "who created Kirby" is typed in the search queue. As of June 2018, this is no longer the case, and Google doesn't display any image.
• Cake genocide^ExplanationKirby: Squeak Squad's plot begins thanks to Kirby's cake being stolen, which results in him going on the adventure in question. Thanks to the other games not being nearly as ridiculous in terms of its exposition, the fact that Kirby once went on a rampage that culminated in a battle with the ruler of the underworld over a piece of cake became memetic in sure time.
• Kirby lore is on the same/higher level as Dark Souls.^ExplanationThe later games in the franchise have a surprisingly intricate and complicated lore...which is mostly given in pause screen Flavor Text, character designs and a few other details. Comparisons to the Souls franchise, which is famous for doing something very similar, were inevitable.
• Sans Nightmare^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Parallel Nightmare's Revenge in Super Kirby Clash has his sunglasses cracked, revealing a lightning eye on one side, which uncannily resembled a common trend in Undertale fanart where Sans' glowing eye that he reveals when getting dangerous is depicted as a Fireball Eyeball.
• Kirby the Fire Emblem Lord^ExplanationWhen Fire Emblem fans grew desperate during a long period of no announcements of new games, people started posting Kirby memes in the subreddit for Fire Emblem on April Fools. This persisted even after the release of Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
• Modern Kirby is about tearing down political groups / In the next game, Kirby will take on ____.^ExplanationRather than (or sometimes, in addition to) the series' usual cosmic horror monsters, many modern Kirby games have used comparatively down-to-earth villains (a tyrannical queen in Triple Deluxe, the president of a corporation in Planet Robobot, a cult leader in Star Allies). Because of this, many fans have jokingly summarized the modern Kirby plots as "Kirby takes down the monarchy/capitalism/religious extremism", as well as speculating on how the next Kirby game will continue the pattern (e.g., the Beast Pack in The Forgotten Land being the military).
• Baseball player Kirby Yates signs a plush Kirby toy^ExplanationIn 2019, a Toronto Blue Jays fan had all-star relief pitcher Kirby Yates, then of the San Diego Padres, sign the fan's plush Kirby toy, and Yates himself approves of the jokes made between him and the pink puff sharing the same name; in 2021, Yates himself became a member of the Blue Jays.
• THE SKELETON APPEARS^ExplanationA sort of "joint" meme with Skyrim, where an otherwise unrelated scene is abruptly cut short by a Skull (an item from Skyrim) suddenly appearing from a wall of flames, complete with the Skull Gang's theme song from Kirby Mass Attack blasting in the background.
• complete destruction◊^ExplanationAn image of Kirby with this caption has seen some use on the Internet, usually as a reaction image.
• Waddle Wednesday^ExplanationKirby fans on Tumblr often like to post images of Waddle Dees on Wednesdays, in order to celebrate "Waddle Wednesday". This actually ended up coinciding with Waddle Dee Day in 2022.
• Frequent humorous observations of the inherent Lovecraft Lite nature of the series, in which a cute, huggable, cheerful and childlike pink puffball does battle with unfathomable godlike beings and walks away victorious. The joke even goes a step further by saying Kirby’s power and abilities make HIM an Eldritch Abomination as well!
• Kirby Fans Have Trust Issues^ExplanationA plot point featured twice in the franchise (with Marx and Magolor) is seemingly nice characters turning out to be evil. Because of this, many Kirby fans have jokingly claimed that the games have given them trust issues. Distrust for cute characters in other games has sometimes been blamed on the Kirby franchise, with Prince Florian from Super Mario Bros. Wonder being an example.
• "Hello, I am [INSERT DESCRIPTION HERE]" "oh wow" "I kill you" "oh no"^Explanation A Running Gag in Sam The Tuna's "Kirby In A Nutshell" videos, occurring whenever Kirby faces a boss: the boss describes itself in a few words, and then threatens to kill Kirby. Kirby says "oh wow" and "oh no" in a rather monotone way, though given how commonly he faces Eldritch Abominations, this may be a case of Seen It All.
• Kirby level design.^ExplanationIn the more dedicated sections of the fandom, it's common to joke about the recurring goofy stage setpieces that the series seems to love - like placing rope platforms in ways that will trap players if they cut ropes mindlessly while searching for secrets, conveyor belts that will carry Kirby backwards if he touches the Sleep Copy Essence, and the almost-omnipresent "two bomb blocks/stakes that open the path to an item but one bomb block/stake will seal the item off permanently".
• "Kirby has found your sin unforgivable" ^ExplanationAn image of a plush Kirby holding a large sword◊ captioned with this (which is in turn an edit of this picture◊) is used to humorously indicate Disproportionate Retribution.

Kirby's Dream Land-Kirby 64

• Rated E for exploding eyeballs^ExplanationA common joke about Dream Land 3's infamous final boss, and how other final bosses are often eye-shaped and give the game a much darker tone.
• Rick's Stone ability in Dream Land 2 and Dream Land 3 has been dubbed the "Rickroll".
• The Cooler Zero Two.^ExplanationQuite a few Kirby fans have tried looking up fanart of 02 (the final boss of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards), only to find fanart of Zero Two (the character from DARLING in the FRANXX). Many Kirby fans are unfamiliar with DARLING in the FRANXX (mainly because it came long after Kirby 64), which leads to a lot of confusion over why they found pictures of an anime girl instead of a bleeding angel eyeball.
• Kirby's Calling the Police^ExplanationAn image of Kirby with a cellphone (originating from a cutscene from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards) with this caption is used to respond to legally questionable acts.
• Rated T for blood and violence.^ExplanationWhen Kirby 64 was added to the Nintendo Switch Online services, its trailer was proceeded with a T (Teen) rating from ESRB rather than the original E (Everyone) rating along with notes about blood and violence. Of course, the reality is that it was the rating for the Nintendo Switch Online package as a whole but the trailer didn't make it especially clear. Most fans simply assumed this rating was for the game itself and was bumped up due to the imagery surrounding its final boss Zero Two, giving Kirby 64 the highest ESRB rating in the franchise. Many found the juxtaposition between the T rating with the blood and violence notes and the cute, carefree, and colorful gameplay segments of the trailer hilarious. Others found it funny that 64 allegedly got bumped up to a T rating while Kirby's Dream Land 3, which arguably has even more graphic visuals, was only bumped up from its original K-A ("Kids to Adults" the original rating for E rated games) to an E-10.
• Kirby listening to music◊ ^ExplanationA GIF of a headphones-wearing Kirby grooving to some music, taken from Kirby 64's Sound Check. It's a popular GIF to use in memes related to music.

Kirby Air Ride

• The Item Bounce comment section^ExplanationThe song "City Trial: Item Bounce" is inspired by Klezmer music, which originated from the Ashkenazi Jewish community in central and eastern Europe. Consequently pretty much every upload of the song, whether it be the original or a cover, became a hotspot for Nazis in a similar vein to Hava Nagila, spouting antisemitic phrases and jokes with the subjects replaced with terminology from the Kirby universe, including references to (and denials of) The Holocaust, quotes from The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or conspiracies. The discovery of this made the song and its title a popular subject for jokes among the Kirby fanbase mocking the kinds of comments it attracted.

Kirby Super Star (Ultra)

• Gourmet Race remixes^ExplanationGourmet Race has become one of the most remixed songs on YouTube. "Stage Comical" from Dream Land 3 and "Candy Mountain" from Super Star are hot on its tail. Voice Clip Songs of Lucky Star voice clips to the tune of various Kirby Super Star tracks are also quite popular.
  • One rather famous remix is a mashup between Gourmet Race and Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot", after the creator found that the two sync up perfectly.
  • "1, 2, Oatmeal"^ExplanationAn awesomely bad version of Gourmet Race theme With Lyrics directly translated from German. The song became particularly popular within the community of YouTuber and streamer SimpleFlips, with his viewers creating many remixes of it.
  • And then of course there's the famous "Falcon PUNCH" remix as well as "THIS VIDEO CONTAINS WIN", which originated with PINGAS.
  • While not necessarily a "remix", this video of the infamous "Annoying Trumpet Boy" while Gourmet Race is playing in the background is perhaps one of the most famous of the variants of the meme, leading to many edits or animations of various characters outside the Kirby fandom doing similarly to the video mentioned before.
• There was a YouTube fad involving Dedede screaming random things after getting beaten at the end of Spring Breeze.
• Suicidal Poppy Bros Jr.^ExplanationRefers to a gif◊ of the first stage of Spring Breeze from Kirby Super Star (Ultra), showing a Poppy Bro Jr. walking up to a wall and throwing a bomb at it, killing itself (which is a surprisingly common occurrence on the average playthrough of the game). It's commonly used as a reaction image, similar to "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" from Futurama.
• Nova's death^ExplanationEditing the ending of "Milky Way Wishes" from Kirby Super Star (Ultra) so that various random people or objects fly into Nova and cause it to explode. This resurfaces in Star Allies with the Fastball Special friend abilities available, allowing you to throw your friends around; video parodies make it so that Kirby would throw them towards Nova — Marx himself included.
• Marx is a communist.^ExplanationThe fact that his Name is the same as Karl Marx was an obvious lead-in to communist jokes.
  • Calling Marx a grape.^ExplanationIn reference to his round shape and lavender color, not unlike a grape.
  • Marx Soul's death scream.^ExplanationWhen Marx Soul is defeated in Super Star Ultra's True Arena, he lets out a horrific scream. Its haunting nature in contrast to the rest of the game inevitably led to it being used as a recurring joke in the fandom.
  • Marx was just hungry!^ExplanationStar Allies' features Marx as a Dream Friend, with his English Flavor Text saying that "he'll be your buddy if you keep him well-fed." Cue the jokes about how Marx was just hungry rather than evil.
  • Crossovers with Marx, Dimentio, and Jevil are common, due to being antagonistic jesters. Marx and Flandre Scarlet are also frequent too due to the similarity of their wings.
• Grammy award winning artist Meta Knight^ExplanationAn arrangement of "Meta Knight's Revenge" by the 8-Bit Big Band won Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella at the 2022 Grammy Awards. No, seriously.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Deluxe)

• Magolor is a Heavy.^ExplanationA (now deleted) video that added voice clips from the Heavy Weapons Guy to Magolor's boss fight has inspired quite a few similar videos.
  • Any variant of calling Magolor an egg.^ExplanationMagolor's egg-shaped body has resulted in this Fan Nickname often being used. Became an Ascended Meme in Star Allies, where cooking Magolor results in him popping out with eggs. Also, Zan Partizanne nicknamed him "deceptive egg" in the official Twitter posts.
  • Microtransagolor/Magolor is a capitalist.^ExplanationTeam Kirby Clash Deluxe features Magolor in a green costume running a Shoppe that sells Gem Apples... for real money. He has gained the Fan Nickname Microtransagolor as a result, and due to being an Expy of Marx, who is joked to be a communist, Magolor is joked to be a capitalist to serve as a Foil to Marx's supposed ideology.
    • "Or as I like to call it, Magolor Day."^ExplanationA comment by Magolor on Sundays in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe when he gives out bonus Gem Apples to the player whenever they buy some. The line itself has been used by the community either for Sundays in general or to portray Magolor as an egomaniac. Bonus points if a holiday takes place on a Sunday. Easter in particular gets more bonus points, due to the above-mentioned meme of calling Magolor an egg... an Easter Egg if you will.
    • Nazi Kirby villain when?^ExplanationA follow-up to the "Marx is a communist and Magolor is a capitalist" joke is asking for a Nazi Kirby villain, which Kirby could only beat if he'd team up with Marx and Magolor. Some fans claim instead that either the Master Crown or Fecto Forgo are Nazis.
  • MAGAlor^ExplanationA typo on the title of Magolor's official reveal for Kirby Star Allies (which they never bothered to correct). Fans jokingly portray Magolor as an alt-right figure due to the typo matching the abbreviation of the "Make America Great Again" slogan.
  • "Squid Egg"^ExplanationSimilar to "Dark Meth Night" below, numerous Twitter translations resulted in this nickname for Magolor.
  • MagOwOr^ExplanationIt originated with a mod for Kirby Star Allies, replacing Magolor's face with the furry emoticon OwO (shown here). Quite a few people were fascinated and/or horrified by it and a fair deal of fanart ensued, along with people trying to mod the face into Magolor's other appearances.
  • Yellow (the color of betrayal in Christianity)^ExplanationShortly before the release of Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, it became known that the yellow parts of Magolor's outfit were meant to foreshadow his betrayal near the end of the game. This piece of information quickly spread across the internet due to its obscurity and the strangeness of a Kirby game having Christian symbolism. Some fans jokingly suggest that other yellow characters (such as Keeby) will turn out to be traitors as well, while others started stretching to find more Christian symbolism in the series (sometimes crossing over with TerminalMontage's Christian Kirbo).
  • TESTICULAR TORSION^ExplanationAn image of Magolor's boss battle with TESTICULAR TORSION displayed with the Impact font, with the combination of the caption and his pose implying that he's using his powers to painfully twist the viewer's testicle(s). Became a popular reaction image on subreddits such as r/whenthe.
• Whispy's Revenge^{Explanation (spoilers!)}The final boss of Magolor Epilogue is the Master Crown, which takes on the form of a Gem Apple tree from the Team Kirby Clash games. Jokes have arisen about this being Whispy Woods getting revenge for the constant beat downs he’s received every game.
  • If I had a nickel for every time a Kirby villain fused with a plant, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Again, with the final boss being the Master Crown taking the form of a Gem Apple tree after fusing with a gem apple, fans were quick to recall Sectonia fusing with the Dreamstalk.
  • HAL really made an Anthropomorphic Personification of microtransactions for us to beat up.^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Once more, the final boss is the Master Crown taking the form of a Gem Apple tree after fusing with a gem apple, which happens to be the Premium Currency of the mobile games Team Kirby Clash Deluxe and Super Kirby Clash.
  • Biblically Accurate Tree^{Explanation (spoilers?)}Considering the odd amount of Christian mythology references in Magolor Epilogue (such as the "Ethereal Altar" being known as the "Room of Eden" in Japanese, the "Room of Favour" in Chinese and the "Room of Grace" in Korean, and the abovementioned yellow themes in Magolor's colours), coupled with the angelic themes and music cues of the Master Crown's tree form, fans have come to jokingly refer to the form as a "biblically accurate tree", in reference to the joke of "biblically accurate" angels being more...abstract than how they're usually portrayed
    • Magolor died for your sins!^{Explanation (spoilers?!)} Again because of the Christian references. Because of: 1) the Magolor Epilogue is apparently Magolor going through purgatory, 2) Magolor is the only antagonist with a Soul form that clearly survived being defeated while in this form by Kirby, and 3) the Fruit of Knowledge is commonly mistaken for an apple, many fans see Magolor's final battle with the Master Crown as him fighting the original sin. He does face his own sins by facing the Master Crown, but it's ambiguous whether he's also facing everyone else's sins; likely he's also facing the sins of the Master Crown's previous owners.
  • Unfair Magolor Soul (is canon)^Explanation A Kirby mod created by SoX that makes Magolor Soul much more difficult to fight, complete with a memeified remix of C-R-O-W-N-E-D which later got a cover from Juno Sings. Some fans love to jokingly comment that the True Arena version of Magolor Soul in Deluxe was inspired by the mod and Kirby: Revenge of Dream Land's final boss having a different colour background.
  • Unfair [ boss name ] ^ExplanationUnfair Magolor Soul inspired the Kirby modding community to start making unfair versions of various boss fights in Kirby's Return to Dream Land such as Magolor EX and Brutal Whispy Woods, or Forgotten Land mods such as Unfair Meta Knight or Unfair Drip Dedede.
• Live [X] Reaction. ^Explanation Originated from an animation by Painter Seap, in which Taranza reacts to an "Old Friend" mask and is visibly brokenhearted. The trend involves taking another Kirby character and having them react to said reaction, which in turn has yet another character react to the previous reaction to the reaction, etc.
• "That one dinky ass song"^Explanation"Slippery Steps", the theme for White Wafers's puzzle rooms, gained notoriety for being rather silly-sounding after the release of Deluxe. Often paired with images of Waddle Doo due to this meme predating Deluxe's release, and later received the title of "that one dinky ass song" thanks to this video iterating on the idea.

Kirby Triple Deluxe

• Anything related to Taranza's Dark and Troubled Past.^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Taranza in Triple Deluxe was once friends with the game's Big Bad, Sectonia, until he gave her the Dimension Mirror, which corrupted the queen. As a result, whenever Taranza is brought up, his sad backstory is likely to be referenced, especially when he's seen with Sectonia in any fashion.
  • FUCK DARK META KNIGHT^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Since a lot of fans assume that the Dimension Mirror corrupted Sectonia through Dark Meta Knight's hatred, it's common for Taranza x Sectonia shippers to hate Dark Meta Knight for corrupting, and indirectly killing Sectonia, as seen here.
  • Joronia^{Explanation (spoilers!)}A CPU name in Kirby's Dream Buffet is called "Q. Joronia". Since it likely references Sectonia and it's confirmed she was the same species as Taranza once, many fans ended up believing Joronia is Sectonia's real name, especially because there is an actual spider native to Japan known as the Joro spider. On top of that is the existence of the Jorogumo from Japanese folklore, a spider who can change her appearance into that of a beautiful woman.
• Pyribbit and the background.^ExplanationPyribbit is widely agreed to be the most annoying boss in the game, since he spends most of his time hiding safely in the background. Thus, memes about Pyribbit and his supposed obsession with jumping into the background started popping up, often characterizing him as a Memetic Troll.

Kirby Planet Robobot

• Kirby has infinite power^ExplanationKirby's regular description in Planet Robobot, which describes him as possessing "infinite power", has caused more than a few people to start referring to him as a god.
• Soos^Explanationr/Kirby often uses this as a nickname for Susie.
  • "But that's something you'd never understand."^ExplanationA line said by Susie, which was easily turned into a series of reaction images by r/Kirby.
• Hello Darkness, My Old Friend^{Explanation (spoilers!)}A lot of fans were excited to see the return of Dark Matter in Planet Robobot — in his swordsman form from Dream Land 2, no less! — even if it was just a clone.
• "He may end up destroying a nearby planet or two, but such is life."^{Explanation (spoilers!)}At the end of the Meta Knightmare Returns, Star Dream builds up the Final Boss by saying this exact line. This casual dismissal of Galacta Knight's power is generally considered to be the funniest and most quotable line in the game, as well as one of the best lines in the franchise.
• "BEAM ATTACK! …Ooh, um, g- I missed, I'll get him next time! BEAM ATTACK! …Ha ha, maybe this one'll hit him! BEAM ATT- WHOAUGH!" *angelic choir*^ExplanationFailboat made a video about Kirby: Planet Robobot, entitled "The Most Terrifying Kirby Game Ever", in which he goes through the early parts of the game while taking the piss out of everything in typical Failboat style. In one sequence early on, the camera focuses on a Waddle Doo firing its eye-beam-whip at apparent empty space, rambling about attacking someone, failing at it twice, but being sure that his next attempt will succeed each time, as the camera pans out to reveal Kirby in the Robobot Armor in Spark Mode, standing just out of the Waddle Doo's reach. After observing the Waddle Doo's second attack, Kirby starts charging the Robobot Armor's Super Cannon Blast (which is one of the most damaging single attacks in the entire game), firing it as the Waddle Doo (who is still optimistically rambling) attacks for a third time — interrupting and obliterating the poor, foolish creature (with the scene suddenly cutting to an image of the Waddle Doo materializing at the Pearly Gates, complete with angelic choir, to drive the point home). The whole sequence only lasts for about twelve seconds, and yet it has spawned an insane amount of fan-made animations, to the point where Failboat has actually acknowledged the phenomenon in later videos. In fact, the meme is continuing to evolve.
• Kirby: Planet Robobot is the best modern Star Fox game.^{Explanation (spoilers!)}The final boss of Kirby: Planet Robobot is fought in a Rail Shooter segment similar to the classic gameplay of the Star Fox series. Since pretty much every Star Fox game is a Contested Sequel and the reception to Star Fox Zero (the latest Star Fox game by the time of Planet Robobot's release) was notoriously lackluster, the fight against Star Dream is considered a Spiritual Adaptation to the series much better than these games themselves.

Kirby Star Allies

• Buff Dedede^ExplanationDedede's second form in Kirby Star Allies, which took off within MINUTES of its reveal in the September 13 Nintendo Direct. He has been frequently compared with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Because he still has the same stubby feet, jokes about him "skipping leg day" (much like the Sonic Boom version of Knuckles) have also popped up. Club Nintendo released a set of 6 Valentines cards themed after Kirby Star Allies, one of them being buff King Dedede with text saying "You swole my heart" above him.
  • Bald Dedede^ExplanationReserved Kirby on Twitter discovered that Dedede's Star Allies model has rendering underneath his hat, which is completely devoid of hair. Several edits and parodies followed.
  • Dedede puns in general are common.^ExamplesDededepression, Dededestroy, Dededelightful
• Oh fugg, thank you, Plugg^ExplanationPlugg, a formerly forgotten enemy, replaced Plasma Wisp and has been getting tons of memes based off him. Including some humorous art!◊
• A minor meme about Spider Kirby is that people say that he can "do whatever a spider can".
• Thunder Thot^ExplanationA nickname given to Zan Partizanne due to her implied feelings for Hyness.
  • Zan Parmesan^ExplanationThe Japanese fandom tends to call Zan this, as a play on her name. It helps that Magolor often calls her "Parmesan Cheese" in official Twitter posts, usually in response to Zan calling Magolor an egg.
  • Getting Zan Partizanne's name wrong^ExplanationSimilarly to Benedict Cumberbatch, fans have taken to intentionally misspelling Zan Partizanne's name both because of how Hyness is said not to remember her name and because it's just really long.
  • The Traffic Light Trio^ExplanationMagolor's nickname for the Three Mage Sisters, seen on Kirby's Japanese Twitter account (green traffic lights are blue in Japan).
• Hyness, the Big Bad of Star Allies, goes well with many kind of jokes, but especially after his hood goes off. Helps that he's quite nuts himself.
  • Anything Squidward-related.^ExplanationHyness has a huge nose, which is revealed when he is unmasked... and it looks just like Squidward's. As soon as fans found out, the connection was made.
    • Sometimes, Mung Daal is referenced instead due to his nose being very similar.
    • Zant also gets brought up quite a bit due to the characters' similar natures.
  • "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARK LORD, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Hyness gives a super-speedy Motive Rant concerning why he tried reviving the evil force of Void Termina. The text, while lore-heavy, is almost unreadably fast apart from this last line which amusingly contrasts against the rest of the speech.
  • In Japanese, Hyness likes chili shrimp.^ExplanationHis Angrish in Japanese goes like "VUNGYAMAEVITIRIGOPPOGOPOOOO—!!"; the bolded sounds similar to "ebichili" (エビチリ), i.e shrimp cooked with chili paste. Thus he's commonly depicted with chili shrimp as his Trademark Favorite Food.
  • The Japanese internet likes slapping his face onto random things.
  • George^ExplanationBefore release, Hyness was often called "George" due to lack of information.
• "What the hell!? It's still black!"^ExplanationThis result of Twitter's translation tool translating this tweet that depicts a very vague silhouette of the 2nd Dream Friend for Wave 2. Many fans have made jokes about it.
  • "Dark Meth Night"^ExplanationAnother result of Twitter translation on one of DMK's videos.
• First you draw a circle, then you dot the eyes, add a great big smile, and presto! It's...^{Explanation (spoilers!)}After seeing Void die with a smile, and/or fans started joking about the Kirby's Adventure opening with Kirby being replaced with Void, especially after this video drew a direct comparison. The quote itself is often finished with an image of Void, or phrases like "V O I D", "...It's horrifying", or other stuff.
• Okay, so there's this butterfly...^{Explanation (spoilers!)}This phrase or a variant of thereof is commonly used to describe the process of describing the surprisingly intricate lore of Kirby games to newcomers. The butterfly in question refers to Morpho Knight, and how its orange butterfly form has appeared in the cinematic cutscenes of nearly every mainline Kirby game since Kirby's Return to Dream Land.
  • Kirby got me scared of a butterfly^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Due to Morpho Knight casting judgement on Galacta Knight and Soul Forgo, a lot of fans turned Morpho Knight into Paranoia Fuel.
    • Comparing the Kirby fanbase with Bikini Bottom^ExplanationMorpho Knight is commonly compared with Butterfly!Wormy from Spongebob Squarepants, who scared everyone in Bikini Bottom over nothing (everyone thought the butterfly was a monster who ate Wormy, which was wrong); consequently, the Kirby fandom is Bikini Bottom, and Kirby artist Koku Draws, well known for her Kirby's Knightmare comic, would be Sandy (Sandy is the only one who knew that Wormy turning into a butterfly was normal, and Koku portrays Morpho Knight as the Big Good in her comic). Examples of such comparisons can be found here and here.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

• Joking comparisons to post-apocalyptic games, especially NieR: Automata and The Last of Us, ran rampant when Kirby and the Forgotten Land was announced, due to the announcement trailer initially showing Kirby as exploring an abandoned city.
  • The scene where Kirby washes up on a beach in front of a narrow, wooded path has also drawn joking comparisons to the beginning of Crash Bandicoot (1996) and its remake, where Crash washes up on N. Sanity Beach, the first level of the game.
• Carby^ExplanationKirby and the Forgotten Land's "Mouthful Mode" mechanic (which lets Kirby use new abilities by inhaling objects) was introduced by a trailer where Kirby inhales a car and his entire body becomes stretched over the top half, which immediately became a meme due to how strange it looks.
  • The reveal of Mouthful Mode had people photoshopping or drawing images of Kirby using the ability on something, resulting in Kirby taking the form of pretty much anything.
• Roar of Dedede got me like^ExplanationIn the eyes of many, Roar of Dedede is the best version of Dedede's theme.
• Elfilin is a dubious little creature^ExplanationThe Kirby franchise has a recurring trend of adorable but absolutely evil villains, two of which posed as Kirby's friend for their own ends. After Elfilin's reveal, fans immediately guessed he'd turn out to be the next Marx or Magolor, often placed side-by-side with this video.
  • He can talk which means he can lie!^ExplanationA variation that popped up when Elfilin was revealed to have dialogue in a trailer.
  • People whose names start with "MA" are liars, but people whose names start with "E" are honest^{Explanation (spoilers!)}Turns out that not only Elfilin doesn't betray Kirby, but the Eldritch Abomination of the Week, Fecto Elfilis (of which Elfilin is a missing piece) is incredibly vile, and at least admits it. So people started to joke that only people whose names start with "MA" would lie to Kirby, while people whose names start with "E" are unrepentantly honest about who they are. Hilarious in Hindsight since it's not the first instance of this occurring: Elline doesn't even try to hide that Claycia is her Evil Former Friend.
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land is an Isekai^{Explanation (spoilers!)}An Isekai is a genre of anime where the main character is brought to a fantasy world. There are several spins on this meme. First, there’s the fact that Kirby is brought to a new world. Second, Kirby is brought from the fantastical Dream Land to the familiarly Earth-like New World, making some argue that KatFL is a REVERSE Isekai. Third, jokes about Kirby causing an Isekai on other people, since audiences found that Kirby forcing Fecto Elfilis’ consciousness to retreat to another dimension by hitting it with a truck was suspiciously similar to a popular Isekai trope (namely, the protagonist getting killed by a speeding truck and being reincarnated in another world).
• And here we are!^{Explanation (spoilers!)}A common phrase used as a general indicator of the endgame of Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Refers specifically to the automated tour guide's line right before you encounter Leongar in the main story as well as the Madness Mantra heard before finding Leon in the postgame and when Chaos Elfillis' orb form first appears.
• Kirby saying "Hi!" to everyone he meets.^ExplanationA lot of videos of Kirby and the Forgotten Land show Kirby going around through Waddle Dee Town and saying "Hi!" to everyone just because of how adorable it is.
• Dedede's Heroic Sacrifice^{Explanation (spoilers!)}After being freed from Fecto Forgo's control, Dedede stays behind and singlehandedly fights a huge horde of Beast Pack members... all because one Waddle Dee tripped. A lot of fans started to paint Dedede as a Papa Wolf towards the Waddle Dees for this reason.
• This is a Kirby song name / Is this track title from Kirby or Touhou?^ExplanationFans have noticed that Kirby songs seem to have no real standard for what they can be titled, meaning we get stuff like "Green Greens" and "Song of Supplication". Fans have also noted that the Touhou series has a similar penchant for both silly and serious titles, like "An Everyday Life with Balls" and "Interdimensional Voyage of a Ghostly Passenger Ship". As such, one fan of both made a timed quiz where people guess what titles are from which game series based on their current knowledge. The fact takers of the quiz have only gotten an average of 52% right based on all quizzes taken (as of this current edit) makes it pretty clear how easy it is to confuse their song names.
  • Fecto Elfilis also sounds like the name of a Touhou final boss.

The anime

• The Tiff Show from episode 89, "Tooned Out," shows up a lot in videos.
• King Dedede and Escargoon's "anime" Off-Model selves from the Dedede: Comin’ At Ya! Show Within a Show. This gets a lot of fanart, especially the realistic Art Shift version.
  • The episode it comes from, "Cartoon Buffoon", is pretty popular in general, due to being a gold mine of Funny Moments. At one point, a bunch of people gathered together and reanimated it scene by scene, with hilarious results.
  • DEDEDE! DAT'S DA NAME YOU SHOULD KNOW! DEDEDE! HE'S DA KING OF DA SHOW! YOU'LL HOLLER AND HOOT! HE'LL GIVE KIRBY DA BOOT! DEDEDE IS DA ONE! ^Explanation The Lyrics of Dedede: Comin' At Ya is also very memeworthy to the point where some fans have even try to splice other clips of Dedede's voice to make a full version of the theme song.
• Pretty much every line out of dub Dedede's mouth is this, thanks to his ridiculously thick southern accent. Not only can people not unhear it, but there are many people who honestly would have loved if it made it into the games because of how hilarious it makes all his lines sound.
  • "I NEED A MONSTAH TO CLOBBAH DAT DERE KIRBY!"
    • "I NEED A KIRBY TO CLOBBAH DAT DERE MONSTAH!"^ExplanationSince Dedede is friendlier towards Kirby in the games, he expects him to rid Popstar from the invading Eldritch Abomination Of The Week.
    • "I NEED A KIRBY TO CLOBBAH DAT DERE KIRBY!"^{Explanation (spoilers!)}This is widely believed to have been Dedede's reaction to Void Termina, who has an uncanny resemblance to Kirby.
  • "HE DON'T SCARE ME NONE!"^ExplanationThe line spoken by Dedede in the realistic Art Shift moment of his Show Within a Show.
  • "HEHEHE! I AM A SUPAHSTAH WARRIAH!" (Someone even made an entire YouTube channel based around this line.)
  • "AW, COME NOW! LITTLE OL' ME A HERO? SURELY YOU JESTIN'!"
  • "HAND ME ANOTHER BAG O' DEM CHIPS!"
  • "I'LL KICK DAT KIRBY TO DA CURB!"
• Meta Knight's Spanish accent (complete with accompaniment by acoustic guitar) is equally as iconic. This even carried over to the Smash Bros series.
• "How can I help you, King Dedede?" "I need a monster to clobber dat dere Kirby!"^ExplanationThe spoken interlude in the English theme song for Right Back At Ya! has become quite popular among Kirby & anime fans, particularly the aforementioned King Dedede's "I NEED A MONSTAH TO CLOBBAH DAT DERE KIRBY!", if only for the sheer absurdity/hilarity of the line and its delivery.
  • “YOU BETTER GET IT WITH THE MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!”^ExplanationEscargoon's line in the song, synced up to animation from the very first episode.
• "Outta my way, Meta Knight!" *Meta Knight kicks Dedede's tank*^ExplanationThanks to this YouTube Poop, it's common to combine a Moment of Awesome of Meta Knight's in which he kicks Dedede's tank with the above-mentioned "HAND ME ANOTHER BAG O' DEM CHIPS!".
• Thanks to KroboProductions: "Suck up this torch!"
  • Pyromaniac Meta Knight in general.
• Kirby falling and screaming^ExplanationA short clip of Kirby falling originally taken from this scene in "Kirby Comes to Cappy Town". It's popular to replace Kirby's scream with something else, as shown here.
• Kirby explains^ExplanationAn exploitable image where Kirby is pointing at something at a board to explain it to the viewer, similar in nature to other "[X] explains" memes.

The mangas

• Drawing Kirby with muscular humanoid legs, which originates from◊ a Dream Land 3 4koma where he grew them to confuse a Tick.
• "Huh? Does it look like I care, dumbass?" ^ExplanationTaken from a panel◊ in Manmaru Nikki V2 on Chapter 27. The absurdity of seeing a Kirby character swear combined with an instance in Kirby Battle Royale implying that Meta Knight swears quite a bit◊ caused the panel to see some use as a reaction image.

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