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Planet Popstar (Pop Star in older games) is the yellow star-shaped iconic home world of Kirby and his closest friends in the Kirby series. It is known throughout the Kirby universe and even outside the series; its cartoon-like ringed appearance first popularized in Kirby Super Star. Its brightly-colored, surreal, and vibrant landscapes also make it a well-represented Nintendo locale, akin to Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda series and the Mushroom Kingdom in the Super Mario series.

Though not always explicitly mentioned through the series, nearly every Kirby game takes place on Planet Popstar's surface, whether that be in the oft-seen kingdom of Dream Land or somewhere else in the surrounding countryside, seas, or skies. When viewed from outer space, Popstar does not appear to have any landmarks (with an often rough and cratered yellow surface), but when looking closer toward the ground, it takes on Earth-like continents, islands, and oceans, though the landmasses are often star-shaped. Due to its natural beauty and energy, Popstar is frequently the target of villainous alien invaders, who Kirby and his friends must fight off time and again. The closest that Popstar ever came to full subjugation was in Kirby's Dream Land 3, when Dark Matter enveloped the world, and Kirby: Planet Robobot, when the world was briefly infested by the machinery of the Haltmann Works Company. In both instances, the planet was able to quickly restore itself after the respective villains were defeated.

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