Heat Phanphan
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Heat Phanphan is a common enemy that appears only in Kirby Air Ride. Heat Phanphan resembles a small elephant. It has a pale red body and two fire red feet. Its ears are mostly the same colTemplate:Or as its body but their tips being fire red. There are also fire patterns on its ears. It is capable of breathing fire and flying.
Heat Phanphan bears some resemblance to Phan Phan, due to their name and their elephant-like appearance. However, it has not been confirmed that they are the same or a different species.
Game appearances
Kirby Air Ride
In Kirby Air Ride, Heat Phanphans appear on various courses. At first they sit down on the floor, but when they see Kirby, they get up and chase him by flying with its ears and attack by breathing fire. When inhaled, they give Kirby the Fire ability.
Locations
In Kirby Air Ride, Heat Phanphan can be found in the following places:
| Heat Phanphan locations in Kirby Air Ride | |||
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| Location | Appearance? | Location | Appearance? |
| Fantasy Meadows | 
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Beanstalk Park |
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| Celestial Valley | 
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Machine Passage |
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| Sky Sands |
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Checker Knights |
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| Frozen Hillside |
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Kirby Melee 1 |
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| Magma Flows |
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Kirby Melee 2 |
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Other appearances
Heat Phanphan was planned to appear in the Kirby for Nintendo GameCube game as an enemy and a Helper, but this game ended up being canceTemplate:Led. It has not appeared in any games since then.
Heat Phanphan appears as part of this Piggyback stack artwork made for Kirby for Nintendo GameCube.
Gallery
A Heat Phanphan on Fantasy Meadows
A Heat Phanphan sitting down in Kirby Melee
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ヒートファンファン Hīto Fanfan |
Heat Phanphan |