Editing Qbby

{{Infobox-Character
|image=[[File:KPR Qbby Sticker.png]]
|caption=[[Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)|Sticker]] depicting '''Qbby''' from ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''.
|game1=''[[nwiki:BoxBoy! (game)|BOXBOY!]]'' (2015)
|lastgame=''[[nwiki:BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!|BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!]]'' (2019)
|game=<small>''[[nwiki:BoxBoxBoy!|BOXBOXBOY!]]''<br>''[[nwiki:Bye-Bye BoxBoy!|BYE-BYE BOXBOY!]]''</small>
|cameo=<small>''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''<br>''[[Kirby Battle Royale]]''<br>''[[nwiki:Part Time UFO|Part Time UFO]]''<br>''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''<br>''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''<br>''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''</small>
}}
'''Qbby''' is a small box-shaped entity who serves as the main protagonist of the [[nwiki:BoxBoy! series|''BOXBOY!'' series]]. His defining power is the ability to generate boxes from his body, which can be carried or laid down around him in different patterns to solve puzzles. These boxes can also come with powers of their own, further adding to Qbby's arsenal.

==Description==
Qbby is extremely simple in look, being little more than a white box with two black dots for eyes and two small lines for legs. He appears to be flat due to the visual style of his games, but is actually a cube, hence his name. Besides his ability to generate boxes from his body, Qbby is capable only of walking, swimming, and jumping short distances.

Qbby's special ability to generate boxes from his body can take on many forms and functions. He has to concentrate in order to do so, preventing him from doing anything else until he is finished, and he can usually create up to five at a time, which emerge one-out-the-other. From there, Qbby can either carry them or toss them in order to surmount various obstacles. The boxes on their own can be used as stepping stones, to weigh down switches, or to act as a shield. Qbby can also slide up cliffs by re-merging with boxes that he is carrying. All of these abilities were introduced in Qbby's first game, ''[[nwiki:BoxBoy!|BoxBoy!]]'', but he would gain further box-related abilities in its sequels: he can generate two sets of boxes at once in ''[[nwiki:BoxBoxBoy!|BoxBoxBoy!]]'', and can make boxes with special properties of their own (including bearing rockets or teleportation devices, and the ability to move autonomously) in ''[[nwiki:Bye-Bye BoxBoy!|Bye-Bye BoxBoy!]]''.

Qbby has a significant other known as '''Qucy''', who looks just like him besides a large bow and eyelashes. Qbby also has a rectangular friend known as '''Qudy''', who is twice his height. Qbby also coexists with several children, referred to as '''Qbabies'''. They are also white cubes, but are slightly smaller and have more distinguishing characteristics, like cheek blush and a colored upper corner. They can help Qbby solve puzzles by being secondary actors.

==Relation to the ''Kirby'' series==
While both Qbby and [[Kirby]] were created by [[HAL Laboratory]], they are not of the same franchise or universe. However, there has been some amount of cross-over in terms of reference materials. The official ''BoxBoy!'' twitter account, [https://twitter.com/Hakoboy_HAL Hakoboy_HAL], frequently posts photos of a plush Qbby and an equally cuboid Kirby engaging in activities in the real world, such as playing other HAL games.

===Kirby in the ''BOXBOY!'' series===
Using ''[[Kirby (series)|Kirby]]'' series [[amiibo]] in ''[[nwiki:Bye-Bye BoxBoy!|BYE-BYE BOXBOY!]]'' will give Qbby a makeover to resemble the character portrayed by the amiibo in question (which includes Kirby, [[King Dedede]], [[Meta Knight]] or [[Waddle Dee]]). Using any of these costumes will also cause the boxes he generates to resemble [[Star Block]]s.

During promotion for [[Kirby Anniversary#Kirby 25th Anniversary|Kirby's 25th anniversary]] in 2017, Qbby was said to be celebrating his 2.5th. A sketch of a [[Gem Apple]] costume was released on Twitter as part of a collaboration with ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]''.

Kirby also appears in several ''BOXBOY'' in-game comics:
*In ''[[nwiki:Bye-Bye BoxBoy!|BYE-BYE BOXBOY!]]'', the comic "So Close, Yet..." has Qbby mimicing [[Copy Ability|Copy Abilities]] like [[Fire]], [[Hammer]] and [[Sword]], but meeting Kirby with [[Ultra Sword]] in the end; another comic named "Suit Up!" has Qbby piloting a box-made robot to mimic the [[Robobot Armor]], but meeting Kirby in his real armor in the end.
*In ''[[nwiki:BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!|BOXBOY! + BOXGIRL!]]'', the comic "How to make friends!" has Qbby throwing boxes to mimic  throwing [[Friend Heart]]s, but accidentally hitting Kirby.

<gallery>
Bye-Bye BoxBoy Kirby Costume.png|The Kirby costume in Bye-Bye BoxBoy!
Bye-Bye BoxBoy Meta Knight Costume.png|The Meta Knight costume in Bye-Bye BoxBoy!
Bye-Bye BoxBoy King Dedede Costume.png|The King Dedede costume in Bye-Bye BoxBoy!
Bye-Bye BoxBoy Waddle Dee Costume.png|The Waddle Dee costume in Bye-Bye BoxBoy!
</gallery>

===Qbby in the ''Kirby'' series===
*A [[List of passwords in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe|password]] featuring Qbby was released for ''[[Team Kirby Clash Deluxe]]'' in celebration of Qbby's "2.5th anniversary". 
*Qbby's likeness appears as a [[Sticker (Kirby: Planet Robobot)|sticker]] in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. 
*A special costume for the [[Bomb]] ability representing Qbby can also be unlocked using Qbby's [[amiibo]] in ''[[Kirby Battle Royale]]''. 
*Qbby also appears as part of the [[Stone]] transformation representing HAL H.Q. in ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'' and ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''. 
*A [[List of passwords in Super Kirby Clash|password]] for ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]'' featuring Qbby was released alongside the Gem Apple costume art.

<gallery>
TKCD Qbby Password.png|"Qbby 2.5" password introduction
KBR Qbby Cap.png|The Qbby Hat for Bomb Kirby
KSA Stone Qbby.jpg|Qbby on the Stone transformation in ''Kirby Star Allies''
Gem Apple Qbby.jpg|Sketch of a Gem Apple costume
SKC Twitter - Qbby Password.jpg|"Gem Apple Qbby" password introduction
KRtDLD Stone Yamanashi.png|Qbby on the Stone transformation in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*Qbby's name is very similar to that of Kirby's. This is probably not a coincidence.
**As a further play on this similarity, the Nintendo 3DS theme named "BOXBOY! Qbby & Friends by Starlight" in English was called "ハコボーイ!　星空のキュービィたち"<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/3dsseries/theme/archive/201507.html Nintendo JP 3DS themes archival list]; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejz6dZyu_yQ footage of the theme on YouTube]</ref> (''Hakobōi! Hoshizora no Kyūbyi-tachi'', or "BOXBOY! Qbby & Friends of the Starry Sky") in Japanese, using a phrase very similar to the Japanese title of the ''Kirby'' series (星のカービィ, ''Hoshi no Kābyi'' or "Kirby of the Stars").
*Qbby appears as a [[smashwiki:Spirit|Support Spirit]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''. He is represented by a monochrome [[smashwiki:Kirby (SSBU)|Kirby]] in his spirit battle, and his spirit has the skill of equipping the fighter with an [[smashwiki:Ore Club|Ore Club]] which costs all three slots.
*On April 1, 2019, HAL did an {{wk|April Fools}} joke by swapping both Kirby's and Qbby's bodies, making Kirby [[Square Kirby|square]] and Qbby circular.
*To celebrate [[Kirby Anniversary#Minor Anniversaries|Kirby's 27th anniversary]], Qbby turned into yarn as a homage to ''[[Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn]]''.<ref>https://twitter.com/Hakoboy_HAL/status/1121979003093405697</ref>

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=キュービィ
|jaR=Kyūbyi
|jaM=Qbby
*Derived from ''cube'' and possibly [[Kirby]] (カービィ)
|fr=Qbby
|frM=-
|de=Qbby
|deM=-
}}

==External links==
*[https://www.hakoboy.com Qbby's house -  ''BOXBOY!'' series official website (JP)]
*[https://twitter.com/Hakoboy_HAL Qbby's house - ''BOXBOY!'' series official Twitter (JP)]
{{ref}}

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