Done In

Done In Kirby’s Dream LandKirby’s AdventureKirby’s Pinball LandKirby’s Dream CourseKirby’s Dream Land 2Kirby’s Block BallKirby Super StarKirby’s Dream Land 3Kirby 64: The Crystal ShardsKirby Tilt ’n’ TumbleKirby: Nightmare in Dream LandKirby: Canvas CurseKirby: Squeak SquadKirby Super Star UltraKirby Mass AttackKirby’s Return to Dream LandSuper Smash Bros. for Wii UKirby and the Rainbow CurseKirby Star AlliesKirby and the Forgotten Land Done In: Game Over: Various arrangements of "Done In". Details Debut appearance Kirby's Dream Land (1992) Last appearance Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023) Other appearance(s) various Composer(s) Jun Ishikawa

Done In (also known as That's That, Whoops! and Defeat) is a short jingle that usually plays when Kirby or another playable character is defeated, typically as they fall off of the screen. It, like the 1-Up jingle, is one of the most common themes in the Kirby series, known for giving the feeling of a casual error rather than a catastrophic failure. In most games, the music stops abruptly for about a second before the jingle plays, but this method of focus is abandoned in multiplayer games such as the Kirby Fighters series games.

Composition

Kirby, hit and KO'd.

"Done In" is a short musical period in 3/8 featuring a chromatically descending passage from a C with a jump to E-flat, ending in a somewhat goofy rising G octave. The movement of the melody reflects how Kirby's defeat animation plays out.

Game appearances

Since the jingle has appeared in almost every game in one form or another, this list only discusses the most important evolutions of the theme.

Kirby's Dream Land

Kirby's Dream Land was the debut of this jingle, and is unsurprisingly the most simple version. This version laid the foundation for defeat as a whole in the Kirby series. It plays when Kirby runs out of health and loses a life. It is track 07 on the game's Sound Test.

Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Kirby's Adventure uses a very similar arrangement to the previous entry, though it is not identical due to the NES's different sound hardware. Once again, it plays when Kirby runs out of health and loses a life. It is track 27 (in hexadecimal, 39 in decimal) in the Sound Test.

In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, the theme reappears, naturally now arranged for the GBA. It plays under the same circumstances, and also when Meta Knight is KO'd in Meta Knightmare. Moreover, in multiplayer, the jingle also plays when a Kirby is defeated, but the music does not stop, even if the Kirby controlled by the player is the one who is defeated. It is Music 26 in the game's Sound Test.

Kirby's Pinball Land

Kirby's Pinball Land features a slightly different version of the theme. It plays when a life is lost and there are lives remaining; if there are no lives remaining, the jingle doesn't play.

Kirby's Dream Course

In Kirby's Dream Course, "Done In" plays in 1P Game when Kirby loses a life.

Kirby's Dream Land 2

Similar to the Kirby's Dream Land version but slightly different.

Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra

As a SNES game, Kirby Super Star received important hardware freedoms compared to previous games, and upgraded the theme because of it. The jingle gets different instruments.

Kirby's Dream Land 3

The normal "Done In" jingle is used in this game only if Gooey loses a life. It is very quick, does not pause the music, and is primarily played on a pair of bell-like instruments (with a "wobbling" sound in the background). A jingle unique to this game is used if Kirby loses a life, which is similar to the melody of "Green Greens".

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards uses an uncommonly dramatic version of the theme, using very different instruments and a slower tempo as Kirby flops over. The jingle closer to its original interaction is used at the beginning of the game's Game Over theme as well.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, and Kirby: Planet Robobot all use the same audio clip for their version of "Done In". It features high-quality instruments, but otherwise is only notable for being one of the first versions to be a pre-made audio file instead of being sequenced.

This game also features the first use of the current multiplayer variant of the jingle, which is simply the eight main notes played very quickly on a single bell-like instrument (similar to the Kirby's Dream Land 3 variant). This is used to avoid interrupting the music if a player other than player 1 loses a life.

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

The Kirby's Return to Dream Land version plays when running out of health or time in a Challenge Stage of New Challenge Stages;

Kirby Fighters

This spin-off series, as mentioned above, puts very little emphasis on the jingle, specifically using the Kirby's Return to Dream Land multiplayer variant.

Kirby Star Allies

This game's version of "Done In" is largely the same as the Kirby's Return to Dream Land version, but is remastered with new instruments and extra reverb. It was again arranged by Jun Ishikawa, and can be found as track 69 in the Jukebox (as of version 4.0.0) and track 37 of disc 2 on Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack. The multiplayer variant also returns, playing in a similar manner as Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

Furthermore, the original Kirby's Dream Land version plays exclusively if P1 is KO'd in the Soul Melter or Soul Melter EX difficulties of The Ultimate Choice. This can be found as track 222 in the Jukebox (as of version 4.0.0) and track 11 of disc 5 on Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack.

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Kirby and the Forgotten Land features a re-orchestration of the theme if Kirby runs out of health, now named Defeat in English for the first time. The multiplayer variant also got a re-arrangement, used if Bandana Waddle Dee runs out of health in 2-player co-op. This specific variant is also re-used for the Booming Blasters sub-game attraction in Merry Magoland when any player gets knocked out.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ヤラレ yarare まけ make ミス misu みんなやられた min'na yarareta ミスった… misu-tta...	Done In ヤラレ derives from やられた, which is the passive past tense form of 遣る (to do something). Thus, it can be translated as "to be done in". Colloquially, it is used in this sense as well as the sense of "to be defeated". Loss Miss All Done In Missed...
Traditional Chinese	戰敗 zhàn bài	Lost Battle
Simplified Chinese	战败 zhàn bài
Dutch	Verslagen	Defeated
Canadian French	Ça y est Oups! Défaite	That's it Oops! Defeat
European French	Fait en Ainsi va la vie Aïe ! Défaite	Done in So goes life Ouch! Defeat
German	Finito Das hätten wir Hoppla! Niederlage	Finished That's done Oops! Defeat
Italian	Disfatta Perbacco! Sconfitta	Defeat Good heavens! Defeat
Korean	실패 silpae 모조리 당하고 말았어 mojoli danghago mal-ass-eo	Failure All Done In
Portuguese	Derrota	Defeat
Spanish	Eso es todo ¡Ay, ay, ay! Derrota	That's all - Defeat