Decided to also include Brawl. 0:00 - Kirby's Adventure (Meta Knight) (NES) 0:20 - Kirby's Adventure (King Dedede) (NES) 1:57 - Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (King Dedede) (N64) 2:17 - Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (King Dedede) (GBA) 3:56 - Kirby and the Amazing Mirror (Meta Knight) (GBA) 4:15 - Honorable Mention - Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Meta Knight) (Wii) 6:15 - Honorable Mention - Super Smash Bros. Brawl (King Dedede) (Wii) 8:52 - Kirby's Epic Yarn / Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn (Meta Knight) (Wii / 3DS) 9:24 - Kirby Triple Deluxe (King Dedede) (3DS) 10:08 - Kirby Planet Robobot (Meta Knight) (3DS) 11:30 - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (King Dedede) (Switch)

I love how in SSBB, Dedede never really trusted the other baddies and made up a contingency plan to reanimate the statued brawlers if things went south. King Dedede might not be the nicest character, but he isn’t really a villain.

I love how Dedede was just like “i will dededefend” in Kirby and the forgotten land

9:41 I absolutely love how Kirby sounds like he says “King” like he is trying to say dedede’s name

The fact that Kirby in the forgotten land is like "WAIT NO DEDEDE" breaks my little heart. And also that little hug in smash

The way he gently picks up waddle dee ;-; that’s a true king

- Elfilin tells us that Meta Knight protects Waddle Dee Town while Kirby is out. - At the start of Amazing Mirror, it's told that Meta Knight flew to the Mirror World to protect it. - The entirety of Kirby's Return to Dream Land. - Dededetour and Meta Knightmare Returns. - Heroes in Another Dimension. (And Star Allies in general if you bring them along) - Ending of Robobot you can see the shadow of Meta Knight flying away, implying he safely returned Kirby to Popstar.

I like how dedede and meta knight have been a huge part of the Kirby series for a very long time and are vital to the series, and Bandana Dee is just there, and is just as important

Let's face it, Subspace would've been hell had it not been for the Kirby Krew

I swear, Wario was such a comedic character in Subspace Emissary while also being a villain. It's wholesome to see King Dedede tackle hug Kirby at first sight, the penguin was so overjoyed to see the pink puffball again.

Dedede is badass in Triple Deluxe and Forgotten Land. In Triple Deluxe, he saves Kirby from getting squeezed to death by Sectonia's vines by -clobbering- smashing him out of the vines, then throws Kirby at the Miracle Seed Taranza throws at him. In Forgotten Land, right before the Forgo Dedede fight, he's even seen trying to fight the evil force controlling him, showing that he's had enough of being easily possessed all the time. After the fight, when one Waddle trips, Dedede saves him from the Beast Pack by throwing in him the elevator (even though he had literally enough time to just grab him and rush to the elevator), then does a last stand against them.

These two will never be villains to me. I’ll always see them as misunderstood heroes.

7:54 this will never stop being adorable

Brawl Dedede revived: *immediately starts saving everyone* Ganon revived: *sets aside timeless fight for the triforce to stop the bigger threat* Bowser revived: *attack everything in sight* Bowser revived again: *attack everything in sight*

To me Forgotten Land is best. Not only for the cinematic setup, but one also thinks DeDeDe might not survive because of the full atmosphere of the game (granted its brief at best when you remember literally everything Kirby has put this man through)

I love how DDD just led Kirby away like a parent holding their kids hand

Glad you included Meta Knight tossing Kirby the Invincibility candy, it's a small moment that says a lot. Shows that he (and Dedede as well) were fully fleshed from the very beginning.

10:16 I love how Meta Knight helps by lending his halberd... only for it to break in a dramatic scene. I mean, look at him, you can even see the face of "don't worry, by the 8th time the blow won't affect you"

Dedede lowkey has dad energy sometimes

In Forgotten Land, Meta Knight was also trying to protect Waddle Dee Town according to Elfin.

7:07, I love how DeDeDe just flicks his Bowser's nose like "shut up you pathetic wannabe"

I always knew that Meta Knight gave Kirby a lollipop in Kirby's Adventure, but now I'm realizing just how awesome that is from a game design standpoint. You have this character who you (at this point) have no clue about, and he introduces a brand new mechanic by throwing the candy at you and just LEAVING. And later in the game, you FIGHT HIM! So mysterious.

King dedede in anime: I nEeD a MoNsTeR tO cLoBbAh ThAt KiRbEy King dedede in game: me and Kirby put a side to our rivalry Meta knight in both versions: tbh, we were never evil but Kirby's mentors

7:05 Say what you will, Dedede was just gangsta here.

For all the people who are confused as to why dedede is considered a villain, in the old spin off games (even if they might not be canon) in dream course dedede steals all the stars out of the sky, and in super star stacker dedede shoots Mr star out of the sky for a "prank", even in more recent spin offs like battle royale dedede continually cheats at his own rigged competition even to go as far as taking kirby back stage to heat him with a giant robot. Over all dedede has had a reception arc and it even says in his guest star description that he wants to clean up his image, but dedede was always intended to be a greedy lazy selfish king, but dedede has been doing self improvement ever since adventure.

Low key started crying at the last one when I first played Forgotten Land, It's such a good moment for his character, I know it's a Kirby game so he would survive, but I low key was sad that he might have been gone

King Dedede and Meta Knight are not villains, not anymore. King Dedede was genuinely evil in Dream Land and Revenge of the King, but after his defeat in Revenge of the King, he realized he was never going to beat Kirby. He became an Anti-Hero starting with Kirby 64 and is now a friend to Kirby, although the two still have a friendly rivalry. And outside of trying to take over Dream Land in Meta Knight's Revenge, Meta Knight has firmly been an Anti-Hero, who only fights Kirby to train him and always gives him a fair chance by giving him a sword. The one time he didn't give Kirby a sword in Squeak Squad was because he had to make sure Kirby didn't open the chest that contained Dark Nebula. While they were evil in some early games, King Dedede and Meta Knight have been Anti-Heroes (Sometimes with less of an emphasis on the Anti part) and friends of Kirby who are firmly on the side ever since Kirby 64 and Amazing Mirror respectively.

Meta knight and King Dedede being “good” guys was so nice. Dedede did steal Luigi and the others, but hey he redeemed himself by punting Bowser in the nose (always loved that cutscene), and it was cool seeing Meta Knight be very honorable.

I know Brawl's showcase was the big moments near the end of the game but let's not forget the time Meta Knight saved Lucas and Red from falling into the space bomb.

King triple dee risks his life to save a random waddle dee Chad moment

Incase you didnt know, theres a whole subplot of subspace emissary where dedede was aware of the plans of ganondorf, wario, bowser & masterhand, and he plotted against them by capturing heroes, planting his medals on them so they can revive inside subspace to save the others If dedede hadnt done this, EVERYONE would have been turned into trophies & tabuu wouldve won

At this point, it’s genuinely stupid to call these guys villains when you see their actions. Which is extra sad, because Sakurai still considers them as such

We all know that Dedede and Kirby had the most important roles in Subspace Emissary

I knew it; Dedede DOES care about the waddle Dees and I absolutely love that. And ofc all the times Meta Knight helps you out in some games

I had forgotten how fun the Subspace Emissary scenes were. World of Light literally pales in comparison to the raw awesomeness of Brawl's story mode.

Honestly the story of subspace emissary was soo biased for the Kirby characters with them pretty much hard carrying everyone else it might as well be a Kirby game and I love it.

The king isn't the hero we deserved. He's the hero we neeeded

No matter what happens in Subspace Emissary, *Kirby will be there to protec*

honestly, King Dedede trophizing the fighters was pretty much just like him breaking up the Star rod The first time you’d think it was his villian antics where he beats up and claims the others like trophies (like what wario did once) and puts a thing on them to auto ressurect themselves, who know what triggers them.

I always knew they were not villain maybe just small frenemies (for meta knight a friendly rival but this knight would do anything to help kirby and dreamland in need) But the dedede scene in Forgoted Land makes me always cry why? Cause even if sometimes this king think for himself or mess with food sometimes he always take care of all the waddle dees like his own children...

Dedede has now became a true super star warriah and a hero to us all.

10:24 UNLEASH THE KIRBY

idk how people can even say dedede and meta knight are even anti heroes at this point dedede stole the food but that was one time meta knight aimed to take over dreamland but that was also one time they do sometimes take the role as antagonists in spinoffs but antagonist=/=villain

Imma be honest. When dedede chose to hold off the beast pack when saving that waddle dee I thought he freaking died

At this point we can affirm that sometimes they are the heros of the story.

Kinda underrated but my favorite is planet robobot and meta knights moment. He gave up his own ship and when shit goes south he pulls the lever to launch kirby at the boss showing he has full faith in kirby. And then he goes 1 step further and makes sure kirby gets home safe. Perfection

Meta Knight: Take this shit, you'll need it. Dedede: Get out of the way, I gotta do this shit.

Fun Fact: The Meta Knight's dropping loliloop invencible candy animation, is only present on the original NES version. It was removed from the GBA remake. Go to 0:03, for the prove.

Bowser really had a bone to pick with Ganondorf after he shot him in the back with the dark gun.

12:03 that's a real king

After seeing all this, no wonder they become best friends in Kirby fighters 2!

You forgot to put Dedede and Meta Knight's moments in Squeak Squad, being that Dedede after getting beaten up by Kirby for "stealing his cake" he throws Kirby at the Squeak Squads so he chases them and stop them from opening Dark Nebula's chest and later on, when Meta Knight appears and stops Kirby from opening the chest after defeating Daroach

6:50 dedede just kicks bowsers ass and goes now let’s try this again

meta knight was never really a villain even in revenge of meta knight he started war to make people healthy

It’s got to the point that Dedede is more hero than villain

Man Meta Knight cannot catch a break with the Halberd getting shot down so much.

Honestly I don't really consider Dedede a villain. He's almost always on Kirby's side and nowadays he really only fights Kirby if he's possessed by something. He's just kind of a dick at worst.

I find Dedede to be more of a rival, not a villian. From what he does, he doesn't seem to actually mean harm to Kirby, hell, he even attempts to help at times.

11:29 the perfect transition doesn't exi-

How dedede was like "shut the f*ck up i'm more stronger than u" to Bowser 😂

This is why I think Dark Matter should be in Smash, Dedede and Meta knight aren't villains anymore, we need a true representation of evil of the Kirby franchise in Smash, and honestly O think Dark Matter would make the most sense

7:04 I can not laugh or atleast smile everytime i see this cutscene xd

7:54 MADE ME AWWWWD AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

8:01 so freaking cute 😭

Triple D Dededeserves to get a golden medal for protecting his Waddle Dee children :3

7:55 Me and my brother in a nutshell

Nightmare in Dreamland was my CHILDHOOD! Loved that game, I didn't realize it was basically a remake of Kirby's Adventure!

[KATFL Spoilers] I think Forgotten Land is where Dedede was at his most heroic. He didn't hesitate to stay behind to throw a Waddle Dee into the elevator while Kirby tried to hold the door open, and fight off the Beast Pack as best as he can. This is one of many moments that make me proud to say that, while he was selfish and whatnot, Dedede was never a "villain", and he really does care about his subject as well as Planet Popstar and even Kirby! Long story short, he truly deserves his title of King. I also think Amazing Mirror was where Meta Knight was at his most heroic too.

King Dedede is such a father figure to Kirby and you can't lie about it.

3:30 How cute, Kirby looking towards looks like a cracker jack 🥰🫓

7:07 Dedede said 👌✋

God I love it. King dedede is the only guy to free Bowser, kick his ass, free him again and bitch slap him when he acts up to put him in his place. Mario could only dream of doing that

poor king dedede, he sacrificed himself to save waddle dee and on top of that he stayed to fight

7:08 dam what a savage king dedee is

I mean the only times dedede was evil was either he was possessed or it was because of his jealousy for Kirby

Dedede in 1992: Hehehehe steal food fuck you Kirbeh Dedede in 1993: My people may no longer dream, but I had to choose between that and the lives of billions.

What about squeak squad, meta knight tried to stop kirby from releasing the dark star

This just reminded me that Subspace Emissary was awesome, and I don't care if you didn't like Brawl.

8:21-8:25 Is nobody going to comment on Ganondorf's "Fine, I'll help, but only because I was tricked!" attitude?!

in your face the fans believing that dedede and meta knight was always mean to kirby,and other KRBAY anime fan said still think dedede wants to kill kirby and buy monsters from nighmare!

Kinda wish you could play as Dedede in forgotten land to beat back the animal horde

i like how dedede was like a mafia boss in the first games, just being a villain, but in the newer games, kirby just breaks into his castle and beats him to disappearance (death)

bro that last one almost made me die of sadness😭😭💀💀

Finally, the greatest compilation of all time.

I think Shadow and Meta Knight kinda fall in the same category. Anti Heroes. Sure they'll go against the good guys, but if there's a greater evil than they'll switch sides to make sure things don't really go south Or put simply: Villains, with Standards

I love how gently dedede picks up the waddle de

I know so little about Kirby and the lore of smash that this all looks like a fucking fever dream

He's a King, not a villain.

The penguin king's last stand

This is why i love both meta knight and dedede. they are Kirby's true friends. Also when they fight i feel like they are not fighting, but training.

I feel like Nintendo made up their mind who is the better villain between Bowser and Ganondorf

"I thought that you were my greatest enemy, when all along, you were my best friend."

ah. good ole Nightmare in Dreamland. that was my first ever Kirby Game. good times

meta knight is and always will be my favorite character

Were right behind you majesty your a hero to us all

What a good penguin, it may deserve a fish. - Any player who is a nature carer.

Meta Knight is more of a rival than a villain and Dedede is more like an anti-hero

King Dedede is not purely evil by himself, he's evil because he's mischievous and Meta Knight is purely hate laziness and oppose tardiness, but willing to fight because of challenges.

Aw you didn't include the part where Meta Knight rushed into helping Marth

Thanks for making a video about a true hero