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King Dedede
KingDedede RTDLDX
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe artwork
Quote "I'll be the one to keep the peace!"
Gender Male
First appearance Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
Latest appearance Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)

King Dedede, often just called Dedede, and more uncommonly De De De or DDD, is the self-proclaimed king of Dream Land. He is known for his rivalry with Kirby and his signature hammer, as well as his intense personality, gluttonous greed, and his ultimately kind heart.

In earlier games, specifically ones released during the 1990s, King Dedede generally serves as a notable prominent main antagonist. However, he has slowly began to soften over time, with his antagonistic roles becoming fewer and farther between. Dedede still occasionally serves as an antagonist, with the most notable example being Super Star Ultra's Revenge of the King subgame, and Kirby: Battle Royale's story mode. In other adaptions of the series, most notably Kirby: Right Back at Ya! and Kirby: Manga Mania, his more antagonistic traits are generally played up, often to serve as a comic foil to Kirby.

Physical Appearance[]

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Personality[]

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In canon[]

King Dedede, or someone in his likeness, appears in nearly every Kirby game, save for Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. While usually Kirby's opponent, he has also been known to be an ally to him, more notably in Kirby's Return To Dream Land, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby Star Allies, and other titles.

In fanon[]

Kirby's Dream Land (TV series) (1993-94)[]

King Dedede serves as the deuteragonist of the series, voiced by John Stocker. Like in the games, he has a tendency to be greedy and often squabbles with his rival Kirby, but deep down is not entirely bad and even admits the latter is a good friend. He has even helped Kirby on a few occasions.

Kirby's Avalanche 2 (December 13, 1996)[]

Dedede serves as the final boss of the game, like in its predecessor. He still has the same AI as Satan/Dark Prince.

Kirby's Summer Avalanche (November 28, 1998)[]

This heat... gaah... it's so sweltering... so harsh... and it makes me want to kick your butt!
King Dedede, before his fight, Kirby's Summer Avalanche (Game Boy Color version)


Vulturewing's fanon (December 4, 2011)[]

King Dedede is the gluttonous king of Dream Land, just as he was in canon. He has kidnapped Jane multiple times, but every time that happens, she's saved by Kirby without a scratch. Dedede has also killed Sarex. However, King Dedede personally has a soft-side for Kirby, and deep down he admires him.

Kirby and the Time Tassle (December 14, 2011‎)[]

In Kirby and the Time Tassle, King Dedede steals Kirby's lunch and Kirby chases him. He makes a very minor role in the game, however, he does appear in the mini-game Food Wars.

Kirby middle madness[]

Kirby Ultra Dodgeball (February 4, 2012‎)[]

Kirby: Right Back At Ya Comic (March 1, 2012‎)[]

Kirby's 3D World (March 28, 2012‎)[]

King Dedede appears as one of the starter characters. He can use his hammer to attack but is slow. He has 7 health bars and 4 air puffs.

Kirby: Legend of the Stars (March 28, 2012‎)[]

Kirby Adventure Wii (May 26, 2012‎)[]

Kirby Universe (June 28, 2012‎)[]

Kirby: Return of the Squeak Squad (December 21, 2012‎)[]

Kirby Alternate Universe (January 19, 2013)[]

Kirby 74: Star Blazing Night[]

King Dedede appears as a surprise final boss in Meta Knightmare G. His first phase is a battle against HR-D3, but defeating it leads to a more standard Dedede battle.

He is also the penultimate boss of Boss Endurance, fought before Dark Matter, and as part of the Fatal 3. He reprises his role in 74+. There, he is also fought in The True Arena, as Boss Endurance was cut in this version of the game.

Airride Modoki (January 15, 2017‎)[]

Dededetour Deluxe (2018)[]

In this expanded version of Dededetour, Dedede is the main hero.

Kirby: Returning Legends (October 21, 2019‎)[]

In the sequel of Kirby: Right Back At Ya, King Dedede is now a kind (yet still gluttony) king in the Cappy Town. His design in the series is made to resemble his appearance in Kirby Star Allies.

Kirby: Tear in the Dimensions/Kirby: Tear in the Code (January 4, 2020)[]

In this sequel of Kirby: Right Back At Ya, Dedede has completely given up on defeating Kirby, who is now his friend. The only problem is he trusts the Trio of Titans a fair bit, which can leave some problems.

Kirby x Tamagotchi (January 5, 2020‎)[]

Kirby: Adopted Jambastion (October 2020)[]

King Dedede found Susie in her teenage years and decided to raise her.

Later on, when Kirby and The Three Mage-Sisters came to Planet Popstar to collect all the Jamba Hearts for Hyness. King Dedede with his army and Meta Knight go into space onto the Halberd to collect the Jamba Hearts before Kirby and his sisters do, hoping to also break Kirby's "corruption" in the process.

Kirby: Nexus (2021)[]

In Kirby: Nexus, Dedede has announced that Elemental Nexus is releasing the chaos in Dream Land, and Meta Knight comes to fight Elemental Nexus.

Elemental Dedede[]

Elemental Dedede is the Elemental Dimension countepart of King Dedede and Masked Dedede. He is one of the members of the Elemental Powers. After Elemental Nexus draining powers from King Dedede, King Dedede becaming corrupted and changes the form to Gamma, and Shoots a huge laser against Kirby, but Kirby uses the hammer ability during battle.

After defeating him, Elemental Dedede was torn back to King Dedede.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe 2 (2021)[]

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe 2, King Dedede was kidnapped by Queen Sectonia, once again.

Retold Version[]

Dedede is still kidnapped in the retold version of Triple Deluxe 2, but instead of it being due to Sectonia targeting him specifically, it is because he pushed Taranza out of the way.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe 3 (2022)[]

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Kirby Fighters 2 Deluxe (2022)[]

In Kirby Fighters 2 Deluxe, King Dedede is once again the main antagonist alongside Meta Knight like Kirby Fighters 2. Once the Final Chapter is completed, King Dedede is unlocked as a Buddy.

Kirby Star Allies 3 (2023)[]

In Kirby Star Allies 3, King Dedede was possessed, once again, by Dark Matter. After he is defeated by Kirby and co., King Dedede becomes a Dream Friend. In EX and EXX Mode, King Dedede's boss fight is much harder than his normal mode boss fight. In Heroes in Another Dimension EXX, he is replaced by Parallel Dedede, and in Heroes in Mirror World, he is replaced by Shadow Dedede.

Kirby Dash (2023)[]

King Dedede is the first boss of the game. He plays the same role as he does in most other Kirby games.

Kirby Super Star EX[]

King Dedede appears as the main villain of the sub-game Extra Breeze, an expanded version of Spring Breeze, and a full remake of the original Kirby's Dream Land as a result. Dedede plays the same role as he does in the original game. He also appears in the sub-game, Go, Kirby Dash!. Here, he uses the Kirby Printer again to create clones for Kirby to race. He pilots HR-D3 for the mode's only boss fight.

Dedede also appears as the main protagonist of Dededetour EX, where he goes on a quest to prove himself the worthy king of Dream Land. This journey leads the self-proclaimed king to a battle with Cosma Knight. He also appears as the final boss in Revenge of the Dark Mages, where he is possessed by Dark Hyness' Ghost. He becomes Super V. Dedede. Here, he gains gold shoulder pads, an further upgraded version of his Masked Dedede hammer, silver gloves, and a different pattern on his stomach. The pause-screen description for Super V. Dedede implies that this is a powerful form Dedede can access if he made his negative feelings null and void, only to embrace them just as soon as they disappear. Shadow Dedede's battle is the hardest version of Dedede's fights.

In NZ9002's fanon as a whole[]

King Dedede's personality in the fanon is a combination of his personalities in the anime and the games. He acts more childish and has a more up front rivalry with Kirby, but he will take threats to Dream Land, and Popstar as a whole, very, very seriously. Escargoon is also depicted as his servant here, though he is most often shown as a cameo. His design is also that of how he appears in Kirby Star Allies, even in games that take place after the events of Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Dedede is generally associated with the arrangement of his theme found in Kirby's Dream Buffet.

Kirby: The Ultimate Cake Royale[]

After the events of Taranza's Revenge, in both its original and retold forms, Dedede decides to hold the Cake Royale once more, now as the Cake Royale DX. He and Escargoon are fought as the final team in the game, and as a result, the final boss.

Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Star Allies[]

In Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Star Allies, King Dedede appears as an antagonist. However, he only gets a major role in the second episode, Kirby's Battle Royale, where he hosts a battle tournament and creates a Kirby Printer which creates equally powerful versions of Kirby.

Kirby: Last Goodbye[]

In Kirby: Last Goodbye, King Dedede appears as the main antagonist of Kirby's Battle Royale EX. At first, he fights Kirby by himself, then he uses Ultra Dededestroyer.

Kirby: Far-Away Home Planet[]

In Kirby: Far-Away Home Planet, he hosts a dinner for all the people invited, including Kirby and Gooey. Dedede is very reliant on the Waddle Dees, as shown during Invidia's attack at Castle Dedede in search for Kirby, King Dedede demands the Waddle Dees to make sure everyone evacuates safely.

Kirby: Nightmare of Legend[]

Dedede is the main protagonist of the game, as the result of Kirby being fused with Void to create Solar Termina. The game's extra mode, Pursuit Across The Universe, also confirms that Super V. Dedede is a state Dedede can achieve, and is also a state anyone capable of negative feelings can attain. He is shown in this state to be much more serious and oriented on his goals. This makes Dedede perhaps the only character with a Super V. State to have no negative personality shifts, outside of Hyness and perhaps Susie.

Kirby Fighters Special 3[]

Dedede returns as a playable character. Super V. Dedede also appears in this game, as part of Dedede's V-Special and Super V-Special attacks.

Kirby: Super Star Warrior[]

Are ya kiddin me, Marx?! All this stuff is completely unforgiveable! In fact... you've lost a valued customer!
King Dedede, The Wrath of Meta Knight


Dedede, alongside Marx, is the main antagonist of the sequel to the Kirby anime. While still more selfish and greedy than his game counterpart, his kind side is more prominent, and he reforms completely after Episode 89, realizing that his vitriol at Kirby is incredibly unhealthy, and promises to be the best king Dream Land can have.

Dedede's design is also slightly different from the original show. He very rarely uses CGI, and he looks like how he does in Kirby Super Star Ultra's cutscenes. He also regains his in-game theme, which is still present in the dub of the anime.

Kirby: Hero[]

Dedede is the tritagonist of the series. While he still has a rivalry with Kirby, it is much more friendly, and Dedede will always help the pink puffball out. His most prominent role is in the Hypernova Saga and A Deluxe Dededetour movie, where he is the main protagonist in the latter, defeating Dark Meta Knight.

Kirby and the Dark Rebellion[]

Dedede appears in KatDR as a playable character. Later in the story, he is brainwashed by Aranaktus to fight the Star Allies, eventually being beaten and put in a coma he might never wake up from.

Kirby: Fall of Allies[]

About time ya showed up. I was beginning to think ya'd never make it here, Kirby.
Dedede before his boss fight, Kirby: Fall of Allies


As a result of Lacuna’s rearranging, Dedede is an antagonist in this game. Notably, Dedede and Meta Knight's hatred of Kirby is the only reason Bandana Waddle Dee attacks Kirby, as he is shown to be distrustful of Lacuna, and eventually joins the pink puffball after being reminded of the original timeline. It is also shown that he is perhaps the least moral of the fallen allies, as he has successfully stolen all of Dream Land's food, and solely fights Kirby in order to be eternally glorified by Popstar. He is the final boss fought in Castle Dedede, and uses his electric powers from Pinball Land. However, Dedede is ultimately reminded of the original timeline by Staraxia, and assists Kirby from Dark Hyness's boss fight onwards.

Kirby Planet Robobot: REBOOTED[]

“You been handling this good, Kirby? Some weirdo hit me, then hit me with a weird serum to take a copy of my DNA, but I broke out of my prison capsule minutes afterward. Thankfully I’m free now! I’ll help ya quell that big, chroma orb in the sky and save Popstar!”
King Dedede - Kirby Planet Robobot: REBOOTED


King Dedede plays a slightly bigger role in the game compared to the original Planet Robobot. Here, Dedede joins Kirby once the Holo Defense API is defeated, and he is unlocked as a Dream Friend. His moveset is reused from Star Allies, but he has his additional moves from Dededetour as well.

Mario & Kirby: A New Dream Team[]

Did that...turtle monster take over my castle?!
Dedede, Mario & Kirby: A New Dream Team


Dedede appears as one of the starting 10 characters. He has the highest attack of any playable character, but has the lowest possible speed.

Kirby and the Remembered World[]

HOLY CRAP, DID YOU JUST DEFAULT DANCE?!
King Dedede, Kirby and the Remembered World


Dedede serves as the final boss.

Kirby Super Star EX2[]

Dedede serves as the main antagonist of Go, Go, Go! Kirby Dash 2, as well as its sole boss fight. He also appears as a supporting character in The Great Cave Defensive, as Castle Dedede serves as the sub-game's hub.

The Wacky Tales of King Dedede[]

Dedede serves as the main protagonist of the comic book series.

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