And now he canonically helped Kirby save hundreds of Waddle Dees and two planets while defeating the Ultimate Life-Form, is the only playable character aside from Kirby himself, and has actual dialogue and a fleshed-out personality in Forgotten Land

I love this little guy. My favorite detail is how he has a yellow ribbon on his spear in Kirby Fighters 2. Yellow ribbons are apparently medals of honor given to public role models in Japan. Such a sweet detail if it's intentional.

He's not just a goomba with a hat He's THE goomba with a hat, and I will forever love my little bandana boy

Official Player 2 material, look at em, a Waddle Dee standing up there with a King, A warrior knight, and a friend shaped godslayer. Everyone loves an everyman hero

My favorite thing about BandDee is that while super loyal to the king, he's stll somehow Kirby's best friend.

Imagine at the start of a character arc you see this guy, weak and easily beatable But then later on, you see him helping the series’ “big 3” and absolutely killing it so much so that now its the “big 4”

I think it's worth noting that one of Bandana Dees idle animations from Star Allies has him hold his spear up and stare at the tip with starry eyes, similar to how the Waddle Dee holds up the crystal shard and stares at it in Kirby 64. I also think it's a little bit unfair to describe him as a blank slate. Sure, he doesn't really show his personality outside of Battle Royale, but he DOES have an entire theme song about training to be stronger and popular.

I’d like to think that Bandana Dee is the same as the Waddle Dee in Kirby 64. During Kirby 64, he probably didn’t wear his bandana outside of strength competitions. However, due to his great help with saving the world, King Dedede probably gave him the honor of being in command of the Waddle Dees. He might’ve also given him his spear, too. To differentiate himself from the other Waddle Dees, Bandana Dee wears his bandana. That’s just my headcanon, however.

Y'know, with how little Kirby has actual mainstays to the series, it was interesting to see Bandana Dee rise to prominence and share similar roles to the main 3. It kinda feels like a quart now with how much this plucky little guys appeared alongside them. I've always had a soft spot for. Sure he's mostly a blank slate but he's also a go getter, a brave warrior, a hero and the strongest of his species (not saying much but it's a pretty big gap). He's special cause he rose up to help, sometimes that's all you need to capture someone's heart.

You forgot something . In the album Kirby Memorial Arrangement , There is a song called "The Apple Juice Song" which referring to Bandana Dee wanting to be strong like the other three ( Kirby , Dedede and Meta Knight ) by drinking apple juice . Sadly its Jappanese but there is some translation in the internet. Hope you see this , you got a new sub !

Bandana Waddle Dee having more of the spotlight than META KNIGHT in Forgotten Land is a big step for him!

When Bandana waddle dee gets into smash bros im going to cry because Sakurai cares for this smol boi

Finally someone giving *Bandana Waddle Dee* some love

I always just assumed Bandana Dee was the Waddle dee from 64, it makes sense. they both fill the position of “right hand man” to the king, and they’re both the only instances of a waddle dee being Kirby’s friend. I mean, going on an interstellar adventure with the king is certainly enough to move you up in the ranks.

I've always preferred the Waddle Dees to Kirby, cuteness-wise. Their general helplessness, pudgier shape, and puffy lil' cheeks make them downright adorable.

I don't think it was very important for this video specifically, but I thought I should mention for later that all of the dream friends in star allies have multiple different pause descriptions, some having some interesting information. If you ever plan on doing a video for any of those characters, you should check them out!

A loyal friend, man i'm glad you did him.

How tough is Bandanna W. Dee? He survived being swallowed by Kirby. In Kirby games. Multiple times.

5:30 honestly I’m just going to refer to him as bandee now because it’s just easier to say/type

Here’s who I think B.W Dee is. A lovable fighting waddle dee, who became friends with Kirby, and still supports King DDD, and secondary players in some games! He’s amazing, and he’s a fisher! (As shown in Rainbow Curse) And he likes relaxing with his friends! (As shown after the town expands in Forgotten Land.) He’s literally just a main character waddle dee with a bandana, which makes him loved. I love him.

5:30 Wow. I cannot tell if I love that name or hate it. Badana Waddle Dee may not seem like much (cause he kinda isn't) but he is still something special. He's a prime representitive of an underdog. He is a part of a species of the most basic of enemies of all and still get's to be player 4 and have the same "multiple in game appearance" title as the veteran's. That says something. To me it says "doesn't matter what group you're a part of or where you come from. You can do something special". To me, he deserves to be "everyone's idol". He's someone everyone can relate to and I think that's why the community holds him in such high regard. He may not be the greatest or most fleshed out but he tries and that's what matters. Also, too bad he didn't get into Samarai Kirby. I liked that gag.

I love this little guy, he's literally a normal person walking around the best of the best, his friendship with Kirby is precious, and actually? I love the main 4 a LOT (i like to call the the "DreamL Team"), i just want so see them more as a group in the games, we've already had our crumbs of MK and DDD interactions in Fighters 2, since Bandee looks up to them, why not giving us some more interactions between them?

HE’S HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MY BOY IS HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I approve of this

Waddle Dees are debatably the best Kirby enemies. They're adorable with way more personality than most would expect, but still loyal to their king and willing to lay down their lives for the kingdom and ruler. They're only rivaled by the maraca enemies from 64 because of just how cute those guys are. Bandanna Waddle Dee is the epitome of all Waddle Dees without a doubt.

Bandana Dee is simply perfect. I hope he will get a little more importance to the overall Kirby lore during this new game that will come out. The little guy deserves every bit if atenttion he recieves.

Bandee is actually a pretty creative name for Bandana Waddle Dee, I honestly might start calling him that

And then, he came back.

Honestly, to me Bandanna Dee is a character that shows growth just as much as the other mainstays Dedede and Meta Knight. They start out weak and afraid, but loyal. Even in their earliest appearances, they can be seen trying to improve (such as in the Superstar minigames). Even though they never really play a major role in any game, each time they do they show growth, such as Befriending Kirby (who they were previously terrified of), going out of their way to help others, and even when they can't directly help, such as in Robobot or Triple Deluxe, they are shown to go out of their way to provide support. In Star Allies, they are the only one of the main three to not be corrupted by the Jamba Heart, and in the newest entry, while it is entirely optional, they go right alongside Kirby throughout Forgotten Land, being the first to help build waddle-dee town. Again, this is completely optional, but every single cutscene that is not pre-rendered has a variant with Bandanna Dee in it. Even the pre-rendered cutscenes that play and the beginning and end have them alongside Kirby. With the confirmation that the timeline isn't fully linear, I think Kirby Battle Royale might take place a bit after King's Revenge, but before Return to Dreamland, thus why they are using the parasol rather than their trusty spear. They may not be complex, but man I love the little details throughout the games.

YES BANDEE!!!

flash forward to March 25th when Bandana Dee is the ONLY playable character besides Kirby pretty big upgrade

Not bad mate, but you forgot the numerous violations of the Geneva Convention that I've committed.

For the Bandana Dee is the 64 Dee theory, I think it's Parasol Dee (he's not generic look at his parasol compared to the other parasol dees). The intro skit as you mentioned in the video has Parasol Dee as the 64 Dee. There's also another skit with him as the 64 Dee. Parasol Dee was seen as the Waddle Dee in Marx's trailer. There was also a Waddle Dee in K64. Why wouldn't they be the same? Not to mention since minigames aren't canon, Parasol Dee was the only Waddle Dee that helped Kirby that had the same colors as K64 Waddle Dee. So I consider Parasol Dee and K64 Waddle Dee the same. Maybe he just didn't bring his Parasol. It's not like he would've looked generic anyway since we've seen him in Kirby Super Star without his Parasol.

Waddle Dees have gone from the Goombas of the series to the Toads, making Bandana Waddle Dee equivalent to Captain Toad. Not a bad glow-up.

He got even more personality in Kirby and the forgotten land actually!

That’s the thing, pretty much every character in kirby is obnoxious and godly it’s nice seeing a character that is human like us

You know, the idea of a character going from being just another face in the crowd to one of the main characters of the Kirby series is an idea I really like, so it's only natural that Bandee would end up becoming one of my all time favorite characters in the franchise. In fact, he's actually second only to Kirby himself! Great video, man. I look forward to when you eventually tackle who is essentially my comfort character! And... by the way, I think I may be exempt from those who only watch your Kirby videos as I did watch your Luigi's Mansion video from a while ago. Just thought I'd put that out there.

YESSSS BANDANA DEEEEE

the Waddle Dee character is also the only Waddle Dee/Waddle Doo in all of Kirby 64.

Can’t wait for forgotten land update cause all 3 characters u talked about gets a bit more information mostly for dedede and banadana dee while meta knight gets more positive points as a chad

I think Kirby And The Forgotten Land will do quite a lot for Bandana Waddle Dee

Something I find interesting, and likely ultimately irrelevant in this context, is that as of Forgotten Land (which had not been released at the time this video was made) Bandanna Waddle Dee is the _only_ member of the main cast to have dialogue outside of spin-offs since Super Star Ultra, having dialogue when you speak to him in Waddle Dee Town in Single Player, though he doesn't speak in cutscenes. This is also not counting the little quote each Dream Friend has in their pause screen description during Guest Star mode.

All these facts are true I would know I’m a waddle dee

I think if Kirby 64 got a remake I think the Waddle Dee will probably be Bandana Waddle Dee.

I think another good reason bandana dee could be using a parasol is because he is seen as the representative and role model for other waddle dee’s and wanted to represent them with their signature weapon instead of his spear.

My man went from level1 crook to 99boss

imagine having the gall to enter a fighting competition with nothing but a parasol and your best pal, and winning

Great vid as usual about my man bandana dee

Honestly I wish they did name him Bandee. Having his own unique name would make him stand out a lot more

Great video! Side note on the mini games' canonicity: they are not exaggerated at all, as not only do the characters all scale significantly higher than anything they do in any of the minigames (the craziest mini game is the star allies meteorite batting at around solar system level iirc, whereas the top tiers all scale to low multiversal through mainline story content), but I recall reading that someone on the dev team around the time of star allies stated that they are intended to show off how powerful kirby and co are directly without being constrained by plot, as there isn't really a reason to have the cast do what they do in minigames IN the main story.

I think he is the first Kirby's friend, like the childhood one

I only just discovered these videos, and they make me wonder how Dedede, Meta Knight, and BandDee will appear in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. As far as I know, they haven't been seen in the one trailer we have to work with, but they're downright integral to the franchise so surely one or more of them must be in there somewhere. EDIT: so as of this edit we got another trailer revealing BanDee as the P2 character, and Meta Knight as some type of boss fight. That just leaves Dedede as the only one absent. Granted he COULD be there and we haven't seen him, but he wasn't in Amazing Mirror at all either so...we'll see. EDIT 2 ELECTRIC KIRBALOO: so as of THIS edit we got yet another trailer, this time briefly showing Dedede, cloaked in shadow with new animal pelt robes. I can only assume he's been brainwashed and is fighting Kirby against his will...for like the 7th time now. Regardless that's all 4 characters accounted for: Kirb, 3D, Meta, and Dee! Now I'm left to wonder if the Dream Friends will appear in those collectible figures. That WOULD be a neat way to recycle those fancy new 3D models...

With a new game with the arrival of the 3D world to the series, new character development and lore! As these videos are a year old, I'm gonna talk about the new stuff with our three supporters in it, well two of them as bandana dee is just player 2. At the start of the game, both the masked warrior and his majesty are sucked into the new world before the puffball. Dedede (as if it's tradition at this point) gets kidnapped and mind controlled while MK manages to resist and act as the guardian of waddle dee town while Kirby is away. At the start of world 4, the arena opens up with the lone swordsman challenging the pink demon to a duel in the first arena's cup to hone both their skills. At the end of the 4th world, we fight the mind controlled penguin again who has aligned himselfwith the new big bads introduced. Beating him grants him an opening fo kidnap the new pal of the game Elfilin and now kirb has to chase him to world seven to get him back. Reaching the boss level, it's shown that the king has started to break free a bit from his puppeteers, but quickly put in his place with a wooden boar mask (idk man). Once finally free, the beast pack come at the pair and three newly saved dees. Trying to flee, triple D notices one waddle has fell and quickly rushes to his rescue, only to realize that the group won't make it if they aren't stalled. With a mighty throw, he hurls his subject through the elevator door and prepares for a brawl to give his subjects and best friend/rival time to confront the leader of the madness.

Waddle dee’s chargeable move is called waddle copter. Fun fact

He's a true star warrior

bandana dee doesnt need character he is baby

i love waddle dee :)

fast forward to forgotten land and he's the only one out of meta knight and dedede who's playable, has lines of dialogue, multiple at that, and actually had a lot of character to him

it was kinda confirmed that that was Bandana waddle in crystal shards In Bandana waddle's description (some where) they said the words "unlike other waddle dees, this waddle actually chooses to help Kirby" which if that wasn't the same person, that would mean that they are completely forgetting a whole character. in an official Kirby book, they call him waddle dee, and he doesn't have a bandana, and they say he's Kirby's best friend and helps him a lot on his adventure, which there is only 1 waddle dee that does that. and finally, in star allies, they show choose Bandana Dee to represent the Waddle dee during the friend skits (we see him next to Adeline&Ribbon, King DDD, and Kirby. Also, sometimes they choose Parasol dee, but that's because he doesn't have a hat) Also, on a completely different note, we can see from the endings IMPORTANT pictures that conically Kirby used Sword and had Bandana Dee as his buddy on fighter 2

For the "is Bandana Dee the same Waddle Dee as the one from 64?" theory, I've always mostly been against. Idk, I just never solid and there's really no evidence for it. It may have inspired what BWD would become but I don't think they're one in the same. Plus why would he go from wearing a bandana to not wearing a bandana to wearing one again. I just think it was some random resourceful Waddle Dee who had time to kill going on adventure. I like to call him Fred. I couldn't tell ya why I just like it.

Remember, in a alternate Kirby timeline, Bandana Waddle Dee beat Magolor by HIMSELF.

its tha bandee!!!

"Who is Bandanna Waddle Dee?" Someone who should be a fighter in Smash 6, that's who

I remember that whenever I encountered him in Kirby Super Star Ultra, I for some reason constantly gave him ultimate disrespect by purposefully giving up my ability and just oneshoting him I didn't even try getting the ability back, I just got rid of it whenever I saw him and did this now I just see him as bestest boy and I regret giving him constant disrespect as a child

The reason i personally love bandana Dee so much is because he meshes so well with kirby like how meta does with DeDeDe. it creates such a nice group dynamic.

A character that should be in smash

6:27 it’s actually called the waddle copter in future games, which makes it even more adorable

tbh out of all the main 4 characters, bandana dee has the most added in forgotten land, being right beside kirby in all the levels if you choose, showing how much he cares about kirby

Hello! Amazing video as always!Congratulations for 1000 subs! I remember watching you with 600 subs.

Could you do a Magolor character analysis? I find that his character arc is very interesting, especially since it largely occurs within Dream Collection.

And he's still keeping up as THE Player 2 in the Forgotten Lands! and when he's not alongside Kirby ingame he is hanging out in Waddle Dee Town!

Honestly this blue bandana wearing waddle Dee is one of my favorite characters

Welp I guess I'm stuck calling him Bandee from now to the end of time. Yeah this is better. :)

Dammit, I wish they called him Bandee. A proper name instead of just a description makes him stand out so much more! EDIT: I also prefer Bandee with that parasol. In the world of Kirby, what is an umbrella but a spear with more options?

It feels like with every new Kirby game, HAL is saying "Just put him in smash already!"

I really loved the fact he was your co-op player in Kirby and the Forgotten Land, that’s was the time I really loved this goofball!

He's back again as a player too in Kirby and The forgotten, being loyal and worrying about King dedede.

Bandee wanted to defend his people, so he mastered the spear. Character Development at its finest.

I enjoy your Kirby character analyses, so thank you for making this.

If Kirby 64 ever gets remade, that Waddle Dee would _definitely_ be Bandana Dee, which also means we would see Bandana Doo.

I love that beta name tho! Bandee! That's so cute!

This is why I want him in smash

1:50 the minigames don’t exaggerate kirby abilities they are meant to represent what kirby could do and his true strength that’s why we have minigames like the baseball bat and planet destroying meteor

You gotta love how Bandana Dee rose to prominence in such a short amount of time. Ever since Return to Dream Land, he's had a better attendance record than both Dedede and Meta Knight, which Star Allies lampshades on his pause description.

i really loves this series, can you make one of the dark matters an all its forms?

Bandana waddle dee in Kirby forgtten Hope they add the side mode of him

Damn love these videos, hope you cover some of the main villains like dark matter or Necrodeus, keep up the great work :)

"War is H*ck" --Bandana Waddle Dee

Waddle Dee deserves more love!

Fan theory. K64 and the parasol Waddle in Star Allies are both Bandee. But in Star Allies he didn't get dressed yet. And 64 was how he earned the Bandana

As a person who likes Meta Knight, Kirby and Bandana Dee, I love Kirby content from you.

Well i guess bandana dee will be the only multiplayer character in forgoten land

Co-Op Character of the newest thing. There is some cute scenes he can have with Kirby as they work on the same goal of saving the waddle dees. But besides that, nothing that pushes his character, having a similar status as the mascot character, who can replace him in single player. Unless more can be found. Though his combat ability has improved defoently and made his spear copter a bit better, as the only form of the spear in the game if I recall.

I'll note that Bandana Dee due to being well a promoted mook Bandana Dee actually feels like... well the sort of every man hero given the enigmas and monsters that surround him both as allies and as enemies.

13:29 hopefully this ages well. congrats on 1k man!

I feel like forgotten lands just expands on the main four’s characters a lot.

Something I love with his appearance in star allies is that because spear is unique to him now they made move names more personal and renames the spear copter to and I quote the "Waddle Copter" which is the best thing I've seen in my life and I can die happily

I can answer the title right now, hes someone who should be in smash

Forgotten Land doesn't really add much to this video if you do not start talking with him for a lot, but he is a good character

Bandana Dee: proof that an accessory is all you need to turn a normal enemy into a beloved character