Kirby (franchise)

Video game fandom
Video game fandom
Name	Kirby
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date	27 April 1992
Platform(s)	Various
	Related articles on Fanlore.
	Contents 1 Canon; 2 Characters 2.1 Anime characters; ; 3 Fandom 3.1 Fanon; 3.2 Ships; 3.3 Common Tropes in Fanworks; ; 4 Example Fanworks 4.1 Fanart; 4.2 Fan animation; 4.3 Fan arrangements; 4.4 Fanfiction; 4.5 Zines; ; 5 Communtities & Blogs; 6 Archives & Fannish Links; 7 References;

Kirby is a video game series developed by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo. The majority of the games in the series are side-scrolling action-platformers. Kirby has the ability to consume enemies and objects thereby gaining a characteristic ability from them.

Canon

Kirby is a young, cheerful, and heroic pink creature living in the kingdom known as Dream Land taking place in the yellow star-shaped planet known as Planet Pop Star. He has the ability to swallow an enemy and take what’s in their abilities known as Copy Abilities.

Along the way, he face many enemies that dares to invade his homeland with many of his allies including King Dedede, a formerly greedy king who has since become his friend; Bandana Waddle Dee, Dedede’s loyal helper who wants to prove he's more than just a Waddle Dee; and Meta Knight, a mysterious, honorable knight who comes from the same species as Kirby.

Characters

Kirby (character)
King Dedede
Bandana Waddle Dee
Meta Knight
Magolor
Marx
Taranza
Susie
Adeleine
Elfilin

Anime characters

Fumu, English dub: Tiff
Bun, English dub: Tuff
Escargon, English dub: Escargoon
Customer Service, English dub: N.M.E. Sales Guy

Fandom

Fanon

One Japanese guidebook for Kirby's Dream Land 2 claimed Dark Matter suffered from loneliness and attacked Popstar because it was jealous of all the "happiness" there. Many fans accepts this as official canon.
- This information has been expanded to apply to the enitre species Dark Matter hails from, especially towards its leader Zero/Zero Two. Some even expand that headcanon so that Zero/Zero Two is unable to feel happiness.
Meta Knight being like a father-figure to Kirby. The Japanese fandom have their own term for the headcanon, パパナイト, which literally translates to "Papa Knight".
Ado and Adeleine are two different characters, with Ado being male. Unless you think that "Ado" is merely how Kirby pronounces Adeleine's name (as the latter's name is pronounced "Adorinu" in Japanese). The idea of Ado being male was eventually jossed in a 20th-anniversary booklet, which confirmed that Ado's a girl.
Bandana Waddle Dee appears in Kirby 64, minus the blue bandana.

Ships

Meta Knight/Dedede
Kirby/Prince Fluff
Kirby/Ribbon
Kirby/Bandana Waddle Dee
Taranza/Queen Sectonia
Magolor/Marx
Dark Meta Knight/Daroach
Chilly/Magolor
Meta Knight/Galacta Knight
Knuckle Joe/Fumu

Common Tropes in Fanworks

Crossover: often with other video game franchises, anime or cartoons
Alternative Universe: stories that take place within the mirror universe

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanfiction

Dreamland University Redux by RadiantSeraphina
Reconciliation by Lady_Arrowwood
Hey, Gorgeous, You Have Something of Mine by RadiantSeraphina (Lady_Arrowwood) - a crossover between the games and anime taking place after Planet Robobot and the ending of the anime respectively.
Guessing Games by phoelynfabulous - a chatfic taking place before Star Allies that explores how the eponymous Star Allies came to be.

Zines

Communtities & Blogs

Kirby-Lovers-Forever at DeviantArt

Archives & Fannish Links

References