Whispy Woods: Difference between revisions

|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'' (2023)

|game=<small>''[[Kirby's Adventure]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Pinball Land]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Avalanche]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Block Ball]]''<br>''[[Kirby Super Star]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]''<br>''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]''<br>''[[Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble]]''<br>''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]''<br>''[[Kirby Air Ride]]''<br>''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]'' (title screen cameo)<br>''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''<br>''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]''<br>''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'' (cameo as a [[keychain]])<br>''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]''<br>''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''<br>''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]''<br>''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''<br>''[[Super Kirby Clash]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]''<br>[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]]</small>

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{{About|Whispy Woods as a character|other uses|[[Whispy Woods (disambiguation)]]}}

*[[Tower Woods]] - A totem-pole like variant of Whispy Woods with several faces that rotate. Found in ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]''.

*[[Floaty Woods]] - These guys appear in ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]'' and can be knocked over to serve as a raft over water.

*[[Clanky Woods]] - A mechanized version of Whispy Woods that walks around on drill-tipped legs and fires missiles. Easily the most mobile of all the Whispy relatives. Appears in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''.

*[[Mini Whispy Woods]] - A smaller version of Whispy who drops apples for the [[Apple Scramble]] game in ''[[Kirby Battle Royale]]''. Always appears in pairs.

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

|''[[Kirby Air Ride]]''

|Cameo

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|''[[Kirby: Squeak Squad]]''

|Cameo

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

|''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]''

|Boss

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

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

|Boss

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|''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]''

|''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]''

|Hazard

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|''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''

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!colspan=3|''Super Smash Bros.'' series

===''Kirby's Dream Land''===

[[File:KDL Whispy Woods screenshot.png|thumb|160px|Whispy Woods makes his first appearance in ''Kirby's Dream Land'']]

In the [[Extra Game]], Whispy will also drop [[Gordo]]s from his canopy.

====Whispy's Revenge====

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KSSU Purple Plants screenshot Whispy Revenge.png|Whispy's Revenge

===''Kirby's Dream Land 3''===

[[File:KDL3 Grass Land Stage 7 screenshot 02.png|thumb|right|150px|Whispy breaks convention and chases Kirby down while spitting out vegetables in ''Kirby's Dream Land 3''.]]

===''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards''===

[[File:K64 Whispy Woods Battle.png|150px|left|thumb|Whispy Woods and his children face off against Kirby in a circular ring.]]

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[[File:KEY Whispy's Forest Tankbot screenshot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tankbot Kirby battles Whispy Woods.]]

{{quote|This forest king has lived in Dream Land for ages. He's always in Kirby's way.|Whispy Woods' [[Patch Plaza]] description in ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]''}}

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The Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions of ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' heavily imply that Whispy Woods is under a thrall created by the oars, explaining his more aggressive behavior than usual.<ref>{{quote|森の番人 {{color|red|ウィスピーウッズ。}}<br>きらきら光る {{color|red|船のパーツ}}を 見つけて<br>フシギな みりょくに なんだか ウットリ。<br>コレは だれにも {{color|red|わたさない！}} とでも 言わん<br>ばかりに、カービィたちの前に たちふさがる！<br>Guardian of the Forest: {{color|red|Whispy Woods.}} After he found a sparkling and shiny {{color|red|ship part,}} he's become a bit entranced by its mysterious charms. He stands in the way of Kirby and company as if to say, "I {{color|red|won't hand this over}} to anyone!"|'''VS Whispy Woods''' Special Page in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'' (Japanese)}}</ref> This is somewhat implied in the other foreign translations, but not as heavily.

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!colspan=2|'''Attacks - Story Mode ''' &nbsp;

|Whispy spits two to four [[Air Bullet]]s that travel a short distance then rise up or down.<br>Can be dodged by going right next to Whispy.<br>In the second phase, this attack can create up to six Air Bullets that spread out in clusters of two.

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|Whispy preps himself and then starts inhaling for an extended period. He always begins the second phase with this attack. <br>If Kirby is captured, Whispy will chew until the player shakes the Wii Remote (or spins the Control Stick in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'') enough to let him escape.

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|Several different enemies form within Whispy's canopy, then drop to attack Kirby.<br>These can include [[Bronto Burt]], [[Gordo]], [[Waddle Dee]] and [[Como]].

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|Whispy spits out up to four Air Bullets of purple gas that move in erratic patterns.<br>In the second phase, Whispy will release a cluster of three Air Bullets, then follow with a Giant Tornado Bullet.

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|Whispy preps himself and then starts inhaling for an extended period. If Kirby is captured, Whispy will chew until the player shakes the Wii Remote (or spins the Control Stick in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'') enough to let him escape.<br>Additionally, Whispy will drop apples or Gordos to attempt to trip up anyone trying to run away.  

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|Several different enemies form within Whispy's canopy, then drop to attack Kirby.<br>These can include [[Bronto Burt]], [[Gordo]], [[Waddle Dee]], [[Scarfy]] and [[Como]].

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===''Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition''===

!Variants

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|Whispy Woods drops [[Apple]]s from his canopy, which bounce along the ground and can be knocked away.

|Sometimes, these are dropped from the background as extra large apples.

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|Whispy Woods shoots out air bullets which travel in a slight arc. These can also be fired from the background.

|In the Tougher Quests, these can split into two which travel perpendicular to the original one's path.

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|Whispy Woods drops [[Capiller|Caterpillar]]s from his canopy, which fall quickly to the ground and can be knocked away.

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|Whispy Woods is able to uproot and leap into the background, or to a different part of the arena. Kirbys caught underneath the tree are flattened, and put out of commission until Whispy leaps again.

|Sometimes, Whispy grows bigger during leaps.

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|Whispy Woods drops [[Gordo]]s from his canopy, which bounce along the ground and cannot be knocked away.

|Sometimes, these are dropped from the background as extra large Gordos.

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|Whispy Woods sends apples with propeller leaves in from the background to fly at Team Kirby.

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!colspan=2|'''Whispy Woods' Attacks in ''Kirby Star Allies''''' &nbsp;

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| '''Air Bullet'''

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| '''Whispy Inhale'''

|Whispy shakes out a number of different enemies from his canopy, which include those that can be made into allies. In phase 1, Whispy will drop four enemies from his canopy. On [[Falluna Moon]] in phase 2, Whispy will drop six enemies from his canopy, three on each side. The enemies that fall in both phases will always consist of [[Waddle Dee]]s, [[Burning Leo]]s, [[Blade Knight]]s and [[Chilly]]s.

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|Whispy shakes violently, causing many apples to fall from his canopy. [[Chumbrella]] can protect any player beneath it.

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|Whispy jumps, letting anyone go to the other side. Not considered as an attack, but can crush anyone below Whispy. When he lands, any enemies still present on-screen on Falluna Moon will instantly be destroyed.

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===Filmography===

The following is a complete list of all of Whispy Woods' appearances in ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!'', along with other information regarding his role in each episode:

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!Episode

!Image

!Role

!Selected quote

!Notes

|{{center|[[File:E5 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Primary character

|''"I'll show you all! Behold the fruit of your folly!"''

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|{{center|[[File:E13 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Tertiary character

|(no dialogue)

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|{{center|[[File:E27 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Primary character

|''"You must try to understand! I will never battle Lovely! I'd rather perish!"''

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|{{center|[[File:E42 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Tertiary character

|(no dialogue)

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|{{center|[[File:E44 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Secondary character

|''"I can't be certain. [[Acore|He's]] been around for eight hundred years. There are many perils at such a great age."''

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|{{center|[[File:E69 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Secondary character

|''"I will protect you for as long as I am able."''

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|{{center|[[File:E96 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Tertiary character

|(no dialogue)

|Appears only in the Japanese version.

|{{center|[[File:E98 Whispy Woods.png|100px]]}}

|Tertiary character

|(no dialogue)

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==Profiles==

*In early games in the ''Kirby'' series, the actual entity of Whispy Woods was little more than his face. The tree was just a background element. Kirby also gets hurt when touching Whispy's face/nose in some of these games.

*Whispy Woods (not counting his relatives) has appeared in a total of 23 ''Kirby'' games, 18 of which were as a Boss or Mid-Boss. This ranks Whispy Woods as the second most prevalent boss character after [[Kracko]] (not counting [[King Dedede]], who makes appearances as a playable character just as often as a Boss).

*In most games, Whispy Woods is referred to as either neuter or male, but in the Brazilian Portuguese version of ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'', he is referred to as female. This is likely because Portuguese has grammatical gender, and the Portuguese words for "tree", ''árvore'', and "wood", ''madeira'', are both grammatically female. This is further evidenced by [[Grand Doomer]] also being referred to as female, likely due to its Portuguese name ("Spectrosfera Mor") being derived from the Portuguese word for "sphere", ''esfera'', which is also female.

*Concept art for the ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' features what appears to be a Whispy Woods figure in the Mario family's house kitchen.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EBvHU9d4Mmc2yeKy9R3kueDVTkY0VpYT]</ref>

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