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A '''character''' can be broadly defined as any entity within a work of art (typically fictional) whose presence drives forward the narrative of that art piece. The ''Kirby'' franchise is replete with distinct and memorable characters, with [[Kirby]], his friends, and his enemies being the central driving mechanisms of the plots of the [[Kirby (series)|video game series]], [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|anime series]], [[Kirby (novel series)|novel series]], [[manga]] series, and more.

For the purposes of clarity, a major character in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' video game series]] is defined to have one or more of the following characteristics:

*Plays a significant role in the main story of a game

|{{Y}} (in some games)

|All games except for ''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]'' and ''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]'', and aside from minor appearances on the right

|Kirby's main rival (friendly or otherwise) and the original main villain of the franchise. King Dedede is a stout portly blue bird-like creature who wears a kingly robe and hat with a decorated belt and wields a big wooden mallet as his main weapon. King Dedede is also capable of inhaling and hovering just like Kirby, but cannot copy abilities. In modern games, he is often playable, making use of his hammer and girth to fight his foes.

|<small>''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Game Boy)]]'', ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'', ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'', ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'', ''[[Kirby Battle Royale]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''</small>

|All other games

|More distinguished Waddle Dee characters are listed down below in accordance to their first game appearances.

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|{{Y}} (in some games)

|<small>''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''</small>

|A relative of Waddle Dee who has a giant singular eye in place of a proper face, and two or three eyelashes on top. Waddle Doo has all of the same abilities as Waddle Dee, but can also fire a beam whip from his eye, and grants the [[Beam]] ability when swallowed. Waddle Doo is little more than a common enemy in most games, but he has a distinct role as a playable character in ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'', and is also a [[helper]] in ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', and ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''.

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|Secondary antagonist or secondary protagonist

|{{Y}} (in some games)

|A masked and winged round swordsman who wraps himself with an aura of mystery. Wielding the powerful blade [[Galaxia]], he often tries to challenge [[Kirby]] or others to sword duels, but against Kirby, he always ends up losing when his mask is cut off his face, forcing him to hide himself in his cape and flee to avoid others seeing his cute Kirby-like face. Meta Knight leads a [[Meta-Knights|band of warriors]] named after him, and also commands the futuristic space-faring battleship [[Halberd]].

|Main villain

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|A flying cloaked figure with a haunting face and hands who embodies bad dreams and who attempted to corrupt the [[Fountain of Dreams]]. Kirby and King Dedede work together (albeit with some measure of misunderstanding) to ward off this menace and keep Dream Land safe. Using the [[Star Rod]], Kirby deals the final blows and causes the wizard to dissipate.

|Not to be confused with [[Parallel Nightmare]].

|{{Y}} (usually indirectly)

|<small>''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'', ''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Game Boy)]]'', ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'', ''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''</small>

|A large white and orange-furred hamster with stubby limbs who serves as one of Kirby's [[Animal Friend]]s. His specialty is movement across the ground, as he has excellent traction on ice and can climb up any vertical wall, no matter how high. When paired up with Kirby, he can use a number of different combination attacks using Kirby's Copy Ability.

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|{{Y}} (usually indirectly)

|<small>''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'', ''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Game Boy)]]'', ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'', ''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''</small>

|A blue, yellow-finned ocean sunfish who serves as one of Kirby's Animal Friends. His specialty is traversing through the water, able to overpower strong currents and allow Kirby to use his inhale in the water as well. When paired up with Kirby, he can use a number of different combination attacks using Kirby's Copy Ability.

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|{{Y}} (usually indirectly)

|<small>''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'', ''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Game Boy)]]'', ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'', ''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''</small>

|A purple owl with black and white accents who serves as one of Kirby's Animal Friends. His specialty is flying quickly through the air, able to overpower strong winds and allow Kirby to use his inhale in flight as well. When paired up with Kirby, he can use a number of different combination attacks using Kirby's Copy Ability.

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|Supporting character

|{{Y}} (in some games)

|A blue blob with googly eyes and a long tongue who is made from the same stuff as [[Dark Matter]], but does not have the same malevolent tendencies. Gooey has many of the same abilities as Kirby, including the ability to copy enemy abilities or pair up with Animal Friends. He is often portrayed as confused, and even more naïve and childlike than Kirby. The two of them are good friends, particularly in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3''.

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|''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''

|An entity made of negative energy who can take the form of a cloaked swordsman or a giant orb with circular frills and a single eye. He has the power to possess and otherwise alter the minds of otherwise innocent creatures, and wants to smother Popstar in darkness. In ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'', Kirby battles and defeats this menace using the [[Rainbow Sword]], and battles him again in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3'' using the [[Love-Love Stick]].

|Not to be confused with [[Dark Matter (cloud)|Dark Matter cloud]], [[Zero]], [[0²]], or [[Dark Matter Clone]].

|Secondary protagonist or supporting character

|{{Y}} (in some games)

|A Waddle Dee who wears a blue bandana and typically wields a spear in combat. He is far braver than most other Waddle Dees, though he can still show nervousness when compared to Kirby. He is both good friends with Kirby and strongly loyal to King Dedede, forcing him to sometimes have to choose between the two in a conflict.

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|''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''

|A giant brilliantly-colored metal bird who has to be subdued by Kirby in her [[Dyna Blade (main game)|eponymous game]] in ''Kirby Super Star'' and ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''. After the fight, Kirby realizes that Dyna Blade was just trying to feed her chicks, and Kirby helps the chicks find a less disruptive food source and teaches them to fly, gaining the mother bird's friendship in the process. Later on, Dyna Blade helps Kirby board the [[Halberd]] in [[Revenge of Meta Knight]], taking a hit for him in the process.

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|{{N}}

|''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''

|A massive clockwork star with a cat-like face and various implements attached to it. This giant ancient relic is capable of granting wishes, and tries to grant [[Marx]]'s wish of world-domination, but Kirby immobilizes the Nova from within and then it is destroyed when Marx flies into it after his defeat.

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|Main villain or supporting character

|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|A small jester with big eyes, big shoes, and a bowtie who is commonly seen balancing on a ball. Innocent-seeming at first, Marx tricks Kirby into summoning the Galactic Nova and then steals Kirby's wish in order to gain immense power and try to take over Popstar. In his true form, Marx gains a pair of radiant wings and a scarier expression on his face, and can use all manner of horrifying magic, including splitting himself in half to reveal a black hole.

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|Supporting character

|{{N}}

|''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)]]''

|A sentient yellow star flanked with white spheres on his sides who can fly freely though outer space. In ''Kirby's Star Stacker'' for Super Famicom, King Dedede fires at Mr. Star as he is flying by and causes him to shatter into pieces. Kirby helps Mr. Star retrieve all his pieces from various Dream Landers to return him to his full self.

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|{{Y}} (only indirectly)

|''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''

|A large and chubby calico cat who serves as one of Kirby's Animal Friends. He is a jack of all trades with the ability to move quickly along the ground and perform a triple jump in the air. When paired up with Kirby, he can use a number of different combination attacks using Kirby's Copy Ability.

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|{{Y}} (only indirectly)

|''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''

|A pink land-bound octopus with a large bowtie who serves as one of Kirby's Animal Friends. She can perform a number of short jumps in the air to try and float, and can also cling to ceilings. When paired up with Kirby, she can use a number of different combination attacks using Kirby's Copy Ability.

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|{{Y}} (only indirectly)

|''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''

|A small green finch who serves as one of Kirby's Animal Friends. His small size makes him the only Animal Friend who Kirby carries, rather than the other way around: when Pitch tries to carry Kirby, he goes fairly slow, particularly in the air. When paired up with Kirby, he can use a number of different combination attacks using Kirby's Copy Ability, with his particular combinations focusing on strong ranged attacks.

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|Villain

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|Main villain

|{{N}}

|''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''

|A giant white ball with a single red eye that leads the Dark Matter cloud and can be found in the [[Hyper Zone]]. Zero attacks by throwing volleys of his own blood at Kirby and Gooey, and can also fire miniature versions of Dark Matter. Kirby battles Zero using the [[Love-Love Stick]]. When Zero is near defeat, his eye rips out of his body and tries desperately to collide with Kirby.

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|{{N}}

|''[[Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)]]''

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|{{Y}} (paired with Adeleine in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''

|A [[fairy]] girl from [[Ripple Star]] who tries to escape with the planet's giant crystal when Dark Matter invades, but ends up losing most of it when it is shattered by the pursuing cloud. She happens upon Kirby and he agrees to help her get the shards back. Ribbon is shown to be fairly timid under most circumstances, but will pair up with Kirby or Adeleine in order to help them battle enemies.

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|{{Y}} (in multiplayer modes)

|''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''

|A Waddle Dee who agrees to help Kirby find the [[Crystal Shard]]s after being freed from possession by the Dark Matter cloud. His contributions include operating [[device]]s, breaking holes in the floors and ceilings to make a passageway, or driving various vehicles. He is playable in the [[Sub-Game|mini-games]].

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|{{Y}} (in some games)

|''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''

|A young painter girl from another world who is always seen wearing a green smock and a red beret, and regularly carrying a magical paintbrush and easel. Her paintings can come to life, which becomes an issue when she is possessed by Dark Matter and forced to fight Kirby. Without her paintings, Adeleine is fairly frail, and not great at fighting. In ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards'', she joins Kirby after being freed from Dark Matter and helps the team by painting helpful items for them, or painting clues to puzzles. She is playable in the mini-games in ''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards'', and is also playable in ''Kirby Star Allies'', being paired up with Ribbon.

|Adeleine is notably similar in appearance and demeanor to [[Ado]], who appears in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3''. It is [[Ado#Relation to Adeleine|unclear]] whether they are intended to be the same character or not.

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|Supporting characters or opponents

|{{Y}} (in some games)

|Various clones of Kirby who share his abilities and differ only by body color. Their roles vary based on which games they appear in.

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|Supporting character or antagonist

|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Fighters Deluxe'')

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|Secondary villain or supporting character

|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|A malevolent mirror image of [[Meta Knight]] who was born from the [[Dimension Mirror]] and who serves Dark Mind. In ''Kirby and the Amazing Mirror'', he traps Meta Knight in the Dimension Mirror and shatters it into eight pieces, keeping one for himself and scattering the rest across the Mirror World. Kirby fights and defeats Dark Meta Knight several times, the second time shattering him into glass. In ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'', Dark Meta Knight serves as the surprise final boss of [[Dededetour!]]. In ''Kirby Star Allies'', Dark Meta Knight is one of Kirby's companions, having apparently mended his ways.

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|''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]''

|The malevolent entity responsible for corrupting the Dimension Mirror and menacing the Mirror World. Dark Mind has aspects of both Nightmare and Dark Matter, and has two different forms, the latter resembling a giant red eye. Kirby and his clones fight Dark Mind in the mirror after defeating Dark Meta Knight, and with the help of the [[Master]] sword and Shadow Kirby, they are successful in destroying him and bringing peace back to the Mirror World.

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|''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]''

|A heavily-robed sorceress who can conjure worlds and creatures made of paint and can cast a hex on Kirby to strip him of his limbs. With the help of the [[Magical Paintbrush]], Kirby fights and defeats both of Drawcia's forms despite having no limbs and returns his world and himself to normal.

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|Secondary villain or supporting character

|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|A wily mouse thief who wears a red cloak and top hat, cut to fit his giant ears. Daroach can use a variety of weapons and skills in battle, including teleporting, tossing bombs, casting an ice beam with a magic wand, and using the [[Triple Star]] cane to throw star projectiles. In ''Kirby: Squeak Squad'', Daroach is the main source of trouble in Dream Land, stealing many valuable things, including a treasure chest containing an ancient evil and Kirby's [[Strawberry Shortcake]]. When he opens the chest containing Dark Nebula, he is consumed and possessed by it, and Kirby has to battle Daroach a second time to free him from the evil influence. Grateful to Kirby for saving him, Daroach returns Kirby's cake and becomes an ally to him going forward.

|Main villain

|{{N}}

|A black star-shaped entity similar to Dark Matter who was sealed in a treasure chest and who can possess other creatures. On his own, he can transform between three elemental forms - fire, ice, and spark - and attack using star-shaped projectiles. Dark Nebula serves as the main villain and final boss of ''Kirby: Squeak Squad''.

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|Extra Mode antagonist

|{{N}}

|Dubbed "The Greatest Warrior in the Galaxy", Galacta Knight is an ancient hero who was sealed away long ago for fear his power was too great. He is repeatedly called into Kirby's universe from [[Another Dimension]] on several occasions, and usually punishes whoever summoned him for doing so. It is typically up to Kirby or Meta Knight to fight this angelic swordsman and seal him back away.

|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'')

|''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''

|A blue yarn boy who is prince of [[Patch Land]]. He is somewhat brash and cocky, but can back up his words when he needs to. He and Kirby venture through Patch Land and then Dream Land to save both kingdoms from [[Yin-Yarn]]. In ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'', he has all of the same abilities as Kirby and serves as the Player 2 character. In ''Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn'', he is instead relegated to a support role, finding items for Kirby in stages.

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|Main villain

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|''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''

|A sorcerer made of yarn who uses his knitting needles and the [[Magic Yarn]] torn from Patch Land to bend both Patch Land and Dream Land to his will, coating the latter in yarn. His reasons for trying to dominate these worlds is unknown, even to him. Kirby and Prince Fluff undo Yin-Yarn's work and then do battle with him in Dream Land, finishing his second Mega form off using the [[Tankbot]] [[Metamortex]] transformation.

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|Main villain and/or supporting protagonist

|{{Y}} (in some games)

|A small egg-shaped alien magician and technician who hails from [[Another Dimension]], particularly [[Halcandra]]. In ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'', Magolor crashes his ship - the [[Lor Starcutter]] - in Dream Land, and gets the help of Kirby and his friends to get his ship repaired. Later on, Magolor takes them to Halcandra and gets their help defeating a hostile dragon named [[Landia]]. It is then revealed that Magolor orchestrated all of this so he could steal Landia's [[Master Crown]] and use it to gain untold magical power and conquer the universe. With Landia's help, Kirby and friends follow Magolor into the rift he made and defeat him, freeing him from the crown's influence.

|Secondary villain and/or supporting protagonist

|{{Y}} (indirectly)

|<small>''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', ''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]''</small>

|A red four-headed dragon who resides on [[Halcandra]] and guards the Master Crown from any who may try to steal it. In battle, Landia can breathe fire, conjure electricity, and cast gale winds. Landia can also split into four separate smaller dragons. In ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'', Kirby and company are tricked by Magolor into defeating Landia for him so he can take the crown. After the treachery is revealed, Landia helps Kirby and his team go after Magolor and put a stop to his plans. Landia also appears in the [[Team Kirby Clash (series)|''Team Kirby Clash'' games]] as a recurring boss, and often the last one faced before the main credits.

|Secondary villain and/or supporting protagonist

|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|An arachnid mage with six hands who can catch his victims in a magic web and use strings to control them like puppets, or use magic to summon powerful entities to get in the way of his foes. In ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'', Taranza kidnaps King Dedede on orders from [[Queen Sectonia]] in order to neutralize "the hero of Dream Land", but failed to realize that Kirby was the true hero before it was too late. Taranza tries to call on Queen Sectonia to help him against Kirby, but the queen turns on him for his failures. Taranza later has a change of heart and helps King Dedede and Kirby defeat Queen Sectonia.

|{{N}}

|''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''

|A vain wasp-like monarch who is obsessed with beauty and power. It is said that she once resembled Taranza, but was corrupted by the Dimension Mirror and eventually took control of a new body to enhance her beauty. She wields two staves and two swords into battle, and has access to a large array of magical abilities.  

|{{Key|Elline}}{{center|[[File:Elline KatRC artwork.png|125px]]<br>'''[[Elline]]'''}}

|Supporting character

|''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]''

|An anthropomorphic paintbrush fairy who has the power to draw [[Rainbow Line|rainbow ropes]] and paint colorless objects to bring them to life. She can also change Kirby's shape to three different forms to help him tackle various obstacles. In ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse'', Elline runs into Kirby and Waddle Dee after [[Claycia]] stole all the color and life from Popstar, and repaints Kirby and Waddle Dee so they can help her stop Claycia and get the color back.

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|''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]''

|A sorceress who specializes in creating things from clay, which her friend Elline can then paint to bring to life. One day, she mysteriously turns evil and uses a new power to steal color from other places, including Popstar, to build a new world without Elline's help. It is later revealed that she was being possessed by an evil entity named [[Dark Crafter]], who Kirby and Elline chase off, allowing Claycia to return to normal.

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|''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]''

|A malevolent cloud-like entity with a single eye and pair of disembodied [[Grab Hand]]s who tried to steal as much color as he could for unknown reasons by possessing Claycia. After being chased out of Claycia, Kirby chases after Dark Crafter using [[Kirby Rocket]] and knocks the color out of him to defeat him.

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|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''

|The executive assistant of the [[Haltmann Works Company]] and adept at piloting giant mechs or tinkering with machinery. Susie has a cold and vengeful streak about her, even when she is trying to be professional. She is also deceitful, as shown when she tries to steal the company's computer [[Star Dream]] from [[President Haltmann]], who is later revealed to be her father. After Star Dream goes haywire, Susie regrets her actions and turns to Kirby for help destroying the computer, turning to his side. Susie later appears as one of Kirby's companions in ''Kirby Star Allies''.

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|''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''

|The head of [[Haltmann Works Company]] and Susie's father, though he does not recognize her as his daughter anymore due to his memories being stolen by Star Dream. President Haltmann is a sedentary egg-shaped man who wears a luxury suit, golden headpiece, and pilots a large robotic suit made of solid gold. When Kirby defeats him in the [[Access Ark]], Haltmann tries to use Star Dream to destroy Kirby, but Susie sabotages him to try and get the computer. This rash action causes the computer to haywire and meld Haltmann's mind into its system, taking control of him and eventually erasing his personality. Haltmann is destroyed upon Star Dream's defeat.

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|''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''

|An ancient computer which was repurposed by the [[Haltmann Works Company]] to power their operations. After Susie tries to hijack the computer from President Haltmann, Star Dream takes control of Haltmann's mind and then goes haywire, declaring its intention to end the universe. Kirby and Meta Knight have to team up using the [[Robobot Armor]] and the [[Halberd]] to defeat the computer in outer space, as it merges with the [[Access Ark (ship)|Access Ark]] to reveal itself as an entity similar to Galactic Nova. After a lengthy struggle, Kirby and Meta Knight eventually succeed in destroying Star Dream and undoing its damage to Popstar.

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|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''

|One of [[The Three Mage-Sisters]] and a general of magic for [[Jambandra]]. Francisca's powers revolve around ice, and she wields a frozen battle axe. Francisca is relatively soft-spoken, and has a close bond with her fellow mage-sisters, particularly [[Flamberge]]. In ''Kirby Star Allies'', Kirby and his team fight her on several occasions, and eventually have to free her from [[Void Termina]]'s innards, then later use a giant [[Friend Heart]] to befriend her and her mage-sisters in [[Heroes in Another Dimension]]. From there, she becomes playable alongside Flamberge and [[Zan Partizanne]].

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|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''

|One of [[The Three Mage-Sisters]] and a general of magic for Jambandra. Flamberge's powers revolve around fire, and she wields an enchanted fiery sword. Flamberge is loud and hot-headed, and has a close bond with her fellow mage-sisters, particularly Francisca. In ''Kirby Star Allies'', Kirby and his team fight her on several occasions, and eventually have to free her from Void Termina's innards, then later use a giant [[Friend Heart]] to befriend her and her mage-sisters in [[Heroes in Another Dimension]]. From there, she becomes playable alongside Francisca and Zan Partizanne.

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|{{Y}} (in ''Kirby Star Allies'')

|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''

|One of [[The Three Mage-Sisters]] and a general of magic for Jambandra. Zan Partizanne's powers revolve around thunder, and she wields an enchanted spear. Zan Partizanne is the most senior of the mage-sisters and in particular admires Lord [[Hyness]], though he rarely repays the compliment, often forgetting her name. In ''Kirby Star Allies'', Kirby and his team fight her on several occasions, and eventually have to free her from Void Termina's innards, then later use a giant [[Friend Heart]] to befriend her and her mage-sisters in [[Heroes in Another Dimension]]. From there, she becomes playable alongside Francisca and Flamberge.

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|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''

|A deranged and abusive ancient robed wizard who leads the cult of [[Jambandra]] and commands The Three Mage-Sisters. In ''Kirby Star Allies'', he attempts to revive his dark god Void Termina from the [[Jamba Heart]] by breaking the seal on it, but accidentally shatters the heart in the process. By the time Kirby and his friends arrive at the altar, Hyness finds himself with an incomplete heart, and has to interrupt his ritual to try and fend off the Star Allies, but fails. In desperation, he sacrifices himself and the mage-sisters to the heart to revive Void Termina, and Kirby later retrieves them from Void Termina's innards. In Heroes in Another Dimension, after defeating Hyness in his Corrupt form, Kirby and friends are able to use a lingering remnant of their Friend Heart power to restore Hyness to normal and cause him to see the light.

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|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''

|Known as the Destroyer of Worlds, Void Termina is a being conjured from chaos who resembles a giant runic humanoid monster on the outside, and possesses a soul with a round shape and face similar to Kirby's, but also a shape similar to Dark Matter and Zero. In ''Kirby Star Allies'', Void Termina spends most of his time sealed inside the Jamba Heart, and his pieces are scattered as Dark Hearts which cause anyone they come into contact with to give in to their darker natures and be powered up. When Void Termina is eventually reassembled, Kirby and friends have to do battle with him using the [[Star Allies Sparkler]], eventually defeating his soul and restoring peace to the universe.

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|''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', ''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''

|A spectral sword-wielding warrior who emerges whenever the ethereal [[Butterfly]] absorbs an entity of great power. Morpho Knight seems to only be driven by an urge to fight and subsume other entities, and uses powerful fiery magic along with the ability to confuse its opponents with its cries. Much like [[Galacta Knight]], Morpho Knight typically appears as a surprise boss at the end of extra modes.

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|''[[Super Kirby Clash]]''

|A version of Nightmare from a different dimension who terrorizes the [[Dream Kingdom]] by summoning all manner of monsters that Team Kirby has to deal with. Team Kirby battles Parallel Nightmare numerous times, eventually cornering him in the Dreamscape. Here, Parallel Nightmare summons the Aeon Hero to try and stop Team Kirby, but Aeon Hero turns on Parallel Nightmare immediately and slays him.

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|''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''

|A flying blue rodent-like creature who accompanies Kirby on his quest to save the Waddle Dees after Kirby frees him from one of the [[Beast Pack]]'s cages. Elfilin gives Kirby advice during his journey, and is later captured once again, this time by [[King Dedede]]. Later on, it is revealed that Elfilin was the missing half of an [[Fecto Elfilis|invading alien life form]], and when Elfilin is re-absorbed, Kirby has to battle the creature to free Elfilin and then destroy it for good.

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|''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''

|A humanoid leopard who serves as part of the Executive Council for the [[Beast Pack]], and inspires the Pack with her grace and skill. She later turns into an ally when she saves Elfilin off-camera during the ending cutscene and then asks Kirby and Elfilin to help her save [[Leongar|Leon]] from [[Isolated Isles: Forgo Dreams|Forgo Dreams]]. She is also known as Carol.

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|''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''

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|''[[Kirby and the Forgotten Land]]''

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The anime series ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]'' features many characters, both familiar to the video game series and unique to the anime. The principal characters of the show are as follows:

===Main Protagonists===

|[[Kit Cosmos]]

|[[Island of the Lost Warrior]]

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|A Cappy Town resident who counsels the villagers in the guise of reading their fortune. She has a close relationship with Samo.

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|[[Tuggle]]

|A cranky Cappy who runs the grocery store.

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For information on monsters, see [[Monster|this page]]. For information on minor Star Warriors, see [[Star Warrior|this page]]. For information on other minor characters, see [[Minor characters#Minor_characters_in_Kirby:_Right_Back_at_Ya.21|this page]].

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There are a variety of characters featured in the [[Kirby (novel series)|''Kirby'' novel series]]. Most of said characters originate from the overall game series, fleshed-out appropriately within literature. There are several unique characters as well, exclusive to the novels. The key characters of the novels are as follows:

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|''[[Kirby Meets the Squeak Squad!]]''

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|A gourmet who moved to [[Dream Land]] and built a mansion heavily inspired by sweets. She is often selfish and extremely picky about what food she is served, prone to overreact when her expectations are not precisely met.

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Characters who deviate from these guidelines are considered minor characters, and are covered on [[Minor characters#Minor characters in the Kirby novel series|this page]].

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