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|image=[[File:King Dedede KRtDL artwork.jpg|250px]]<br>Artwork for ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''
|first_appearance=''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'' ([[1992]])
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|created_by=[[Masahiro Sakurai]]
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==History==
===''Kirby's Dream Land''===
===''Kirby's Adventure'' / ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land''===
In ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' and ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'', he has broken up the fabled [[Star Rod]] from the [[Fountain of Dreams]], causing the people of Dream Land to be unable to dream, and Kirby is dispatched with the task of recovering all the pieces. In a key plot revelation, defeating Dedede makes it apparent that he was actually trying to protect Dream Land from the sinister [[Nightmare]] whom he sealed in the fountain by breaking the Star Rod. King Dedede even goes so far as to spit out Kirby into outer space so Kirby can give chase and defeat Nightmare. This is one instance where he is seen as helping Kirby as opposed to hindering him. Nonetheless, this started a popular trend in the series where Dedede would serve as the apparent final boss, but collecting all the pieces of some key item would reveal the true instigator of Dream Land's problems.
=== ''Kirby's Dream Land 2'' ===
In ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]'', King Dedede is the fake final boss. He is fought on the roof of [[Dark Castle]]. The boss fight proceeds similarly to previous games, however King Dedede's behavior is incredibly strange, acting as if he's sleepwalking. After taking enough damage, he will occasionally go into a rage and perform more powerful, explosive versions of his normal attacks. If the player has failed to collect all of the Rainbow Drops, the game ends here and the player receives the bad ending.
If the player has collected all of the [[Rainbow Drop]]s, they gather together and form the [[Rainbow Sword]], expelling [[Dark Matter (Kirby)|Dark Matter]] from King Dedede's body.
===''Kirby Super Star'' / ''Kirby Super Star Ultra''===
In ''[[Kirby Super Star]]'', King Dedede is
In ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', King Dedede is fought again in [[Revenge of the King]], specifically [[Masked Dedede]], who is also fought in [[The True Arena]].
===''Kirby's Dream Land 3''===
In what is seen as one of the darker points of the series, a possessed King Dedede fights Kirby in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 3]]'', his stomach tearing open and revealing a set of teeth with which he attempts to devour Kirby. Defeating Dedede once all 30 Heart Stars have been found reveals Dark Matter as the true final boss of the game, and the source of King Dedede's surreal abilities.
===''Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards''===
In ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'',
===''Kirby: Squeak Squad''===
===''Kirby's Epic Yarn''===
In ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'', King Dedede is not the main antagonist, [[Yin-Yarn]] the sorcerer is. Dedede does not even enter [[Patch Land]] until very late in the game, when he is sucked into it by Yin-Yarn. He is fought soon after he enters this world, and therefore has a pretty minor part in the game. When he is fought, he is being puppet-controlled by Yin-Yarn and has no control over his actions. After being defeated, he is seen in a short cutscene with Kirby, Prince Fluff, and Meta Knight as they return to Dreamland to undo the damage that Yin-Yarn has caused. After that, Kirby never has to come across him again. Dedede is the boss of [[Snow Land]], the third-to-last boss of the game.
=== ''Kirby Triple Deluxe'' ===
In ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', King Dedede becomes a damsel in distress when one night, a giant beanstalk starts growling in [[Dream Land]] carrying his castle as well as Kirby's house into the sky. The next morning, a spider mage, named [[Taranza]], arrives at Castle Dedede and easily overpowers King Dedede and his [[Waddle Dee]] guards before kidnapping the self-proclaimed monarch. Kirby, who arrived at the castle just in time to see all this going on, gives chase up the beanstalk and into the floating country of [[Floralia]].
It is latter revealed that Taranza had kidnapped King Dedede by mistake on behalf of his boss [[Queen Sectonia]], the tyrannical ruler of Floralia. The [[People of the Sky|Floralians]] had used the last of their magic to create the [[Dreamstalk]], and sent it down to Dream Land in search of a chosen hero that could save their kingdom. When the Dreamstalk picked up King Dedede's castle, Taranza thought it meant King Dedede was the chosen hero and so kidnapped him in order to prevent the prophecy. Taranza uses his webbing to mind control King Dedede and sends him after Kirby. After the fight, Queen Sectonia takes control of the Dreamstalk and attempts to use it's vines to overrun Dream Land, but King Dedede is able to clear a path and launch Kirby past the vines to Sectonia's main body. He also gives Kirby a miracle fruit so that he can become Hypernova Kirby. At the end of the game, the possibility is left open that King Dedede was the chosen hero all along.
=== ''Kirby: Planet Robobot'' ===
In ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'', when the [[Haltmann Works Company]] attacks Dream Land with its mothership, [[Access Ark]], King Dedede attempts to use his castle's cannons against it only to be defeated and buried under the rubble of his castle.
It is later revealed that during the attack Haltmann Works was able to obtain genetic material from King Dedede and create a [[Dedede Clone|Clone]] to serve as one of the company's top generals.
=== ''Kirby Star Allies'' ===
In ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]'', King Dedede is one of the characters who gets possessed by a [[Jam Heart]] when they begin raining down in Dream Land. Afterwards, he has his Waddle Dees begin hording food and bringing it all to his castle, which Kirby notices and decides to investigate. When Kirby and his allies arrive at his castle and find the mountains of food he's taken, a battle commences. Partway through, Dedede will use the power of the Jamba Heart to make his arms very big and muscular, then pounds the ground to send Kirby and his allies to another area to continue to fight, From this point on, he can continue to pound the ground, as well as toss food from the pile at them and swing to around certain pillars to attack. However, after taking more hits, he will eventually be defeated, return to his normal size and be released of his possession. After this, you can select him later on as a Dream Friend whenever you reach a Dream Palace with the Dream Rod to assist you.
===Spinoffs===
Though he has been relegated to a position of relative inferiority in the main series, Dedede often is the main instigator and final boss in the side series of puzzle and handheld arcade games, such as ''[[Kirby's Dream Course]]'', where he operates a giant robot made in his own likeness at the end of the series, or ''[[Kirby's Block Ball]]'', where he has built a castle atop the Fountain of Dreams, essentially defacing a symbol of pride for the people of Dream Land. These actions often appear as more harmless as an inconvenience for Kirby and the other Dream Landers, often fueled by a rivalry with Kirby, but it demonstrates a capability to cause trouble outside of the influence of Dark Matter. In ''[[Kirby Battle Royale]]'', Dedede holds a tournament using a Kirby copy machine and lures the actual Kirby with a giant cake. He ends the game in a giant mech trying to smash Kirby after he won everything.
== ''Super Smash Bros.'' series ==
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==Playable appearances==
*In ''[[Kirby no Kirakira Kizzu]]'', he is playable in the VS mode of the game. Both Player 1 and Player 2 can select him at the character select screen.
*In ''Kirby 64'', in addition to being a playable ally in some levels of game, he is a playable character in the mini-games.
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