Editing Keeby

{{Infobox-Character
|image=[[File:KeebyKDC.png|200px]]
|caption=Artwork of '''Keeby''' from ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''
|game1=''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]'' (1995)
|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' (2022, reference)
|game=''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' (cameo, as a [[Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)|Sticker]])
|similar=[[Kirby]]
}}

[[File:KDC Keeby sprite.png]] '''Keeby''' is the name of the yellow [[Kirby (species)|Kirby]] who serves as the second player character in ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''. He initially wasn't properly named as such, as "Keeby" was originally an internal nickname given by the developers of the game to an otherwise unnamed yellow Kirby.<ref>{{cite book|quote=The development team nicknamed this character "Keeby," a play on words from the Japanese word for "yellow."|book=[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition|Kirby's Dream Collection]] booklet|publisher=Nintendo|page=24}}</ref> Keeby was properly named in a game for the first time in ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]''.

Keeby is a bright yellow Kirby with dark yellow feet. In official artwork his feet are more orange, bearing a resemblance to the coloring Kirby gets with the [[Beam]] ability in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'' and ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. Like Kirby, he is also able to obtain [[Copy Ability|Copy Abilities]], and plays exactly the same in every respect to his pink counterpart.

==Game appearances==
Officially, Keeby only appears in ''Kirby's Dream Course'', but generic [[Color|yellow Kirbys]] have made appearances in multiple other games in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]]. It has been speculated that these yellow Kirbys are actually Keeby, but no official source has stated that to be the case. Keeby was initially only used internally as a nickname by the developers of ''Kirby's Dream Course''; it is a portmanteau of Kirby's name with the Japanese word for "yellow", ''ki''. Supplementary material, such as the instruction manual, simply refers to him as a yellow Kirby.

On the official website for ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' for the [[Nintendo 64]], [[Masahiro Sakurai]] referred to Kirby's yellow palette swap in said game as "Keeby", and mentioned that it comes from ''Kirby's Dream Course''.<ref name=ssb>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nalj/smash/Color.html ''Super Smash Bros. (64)'' official website (JP) - Secrets of fighters' alternative colors]</ref> This was the first time this nickname was made public. Later, the ''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]'' booklet mentioned Keeby again, marking the first usage of the nickname in English material.

Keeby appears, unnamed, as part of a [[Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)|Sticker]] in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. In ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'', Keeby appears on the "Kirby & Keeby" [[Character Treat]], and the name "Keeby Yellow" is used for the yellow [[color]] for Kirby. This marks the first time the name "Keeby" has actually been used in a game itself, and also is the first time Keeby's name has been translated into other languages besides English.

==Trivia==
*Keeby's color scheme may be a reference to how [[mariowiki:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]] and other [[HAL Laboratory]] employees initially thought Kirby was yellow before seeing his color design.

==Gallery==
===Artwork===
{{center|<gallery>
KDC Keeby walking artwork.png|Artwork of Keeby from ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''
KDC Keeby Ball artwork.png|Keeby in ball form
KDC Mad Keeby Ball artwork.png|Keeby looking mad
KDC Disappointed Keeby Ball artwork.png|Keeby looking disappointed
KDC Keeby Ball oohing artwork.png|Keeby looking surprised
KDC Keeby Ball Side artwork.png|Keeby from the side
KDC Kirby and Keeby crashing artwork 2.png|[[Kirby]] crashing into Keeby
KDC Parasol Keeby artwork.png|[[Parasol]] Keeby
KDC Fireball Keeby artwork.png|[[Burning|Fireball]] Keeby
KDC UFO Keeby artwork.png|[[UFO]] Keeby
KDC Purple Warp Panel artwork.png|Keeby using a [[Warp Panel]]
KDB Keeby Yellow Kirby artwork.png|Kirby with the Keeby Yellow [[color]] from ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]''
</gallery>}}

===Sprites===
{{center|<gallery style="image-rendering:pixelated;">
Keeby.png|Keeby's icon display sprite from ''Kirby's Dream Course''
Keeby Sprite.png|Keeby's sprite in the 2P Game menu
</gallery>}}

===Other===
{{center|<gallery>
KDC 2P Game draw.png|Having just finished the [[Kirby Dance]]
KDB Kirby and Keeby character treat.png|Kirby & Keeby [[Character Treat]] from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet''
KDB Keeby Yellow color render.png|Keeby Yellow [[color]] from ''Kirby's Dream Buffet''
Gourmet Festival Keeby Yellow plush.jpg|Plushie of Kirby with the Keeby Yellow color from the "Kirby's Gourmet Festival" merchandise line, by San-ei
Kirbys Dream Buffet Korotto Figures.jpg|''Kirby's Dream Buffet'' korotto figures, featuring Kirby with the Keeby Yellow color
</gallery>}}

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=キービィ<ref name=ssb/>
|jaR=Kībyi
|jaM=Combination of「{{furi|黄|き}}」(''ki'', yellow) and「カービィ」(''Kābyi'', [[Kirby]])
|zh=奇比
|zhR=Qí bǐ
|zhM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|ko=키비
|koR=Kibi
|koM=Transliteration of the Japanese name
|pt=Kiiby
|ptM=-
|de=Gelby
|deM=Combination of "Gelb" (yellow) and "Kirby"
|fr=Keeby
|frM=-
|it=Gialby
|itM=Combination of "giallo" (yellow) and "Kirby"
|es=Keeby
|esM=-
|nl=Keeby
|nlM=-
}}
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