King Dedede

King Dedede

Main Universe

King D-Mind

Kirby of the Stars

Mirror Universe

Parallel Dedede

Clone

Smash Bros.

“	Surely King Dedede would never steal all the food in the kingdom and hoard it for himself... Why would he do such a vile deed?! Such questions will have to wait, as the king is coming for his eternal rival with all the fury of a wild beast!	„
	~ VS King Dedede description in Kirby Star Allies

Background

King Dedede, also written as King DeDeDe, or King De De De (in certain older games), is Kirby's arch-rival in Nintendo and HAL Laboratory's long-running Kirby video game series. He (or something in his likeness) has appeared in every game in the series except Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. As such, he is the most recurring major character of the series besides Kirby and Waddle Dee. Due to his many roles as Kirby's main adversary, many consider King Dedede to be the series antagonist. Despite this, he has helped more than harmed since Kirby's Return to Dream Land, and Nintendo has even described Dedede as Kirby's "arch-frenemy."

He is the greedy self-proclaimed king of Dream Land, which is located on the quaint Planet Popstar. Due to an ambiguous description of the geography of Popstar, it is never made entirely clear how much of the planet King Dedede assumes leadership of, though he seems to have castles and fortresses all across the planet. Even so, he seems to perform no administrative functions, and for the most part, the planet seems to ignore any edicts that are issued by him.

King Dedede's trademark weapon is a large star-studded hammer which he can swing around with the greatest of ease. He is also able to inhale objects and spit them out in a manner similar to Kirby. According to Super Smash Bros. Melee, he underwent a series of rigorous training programs to learn and master the use of inhaled air to fly like Kirby at some point after the events of Kirby's Dream Land.

Powers and Stats

Tier: At least Low 5-B, potentially far higher | 3-A | Low 2-B

Name: King Dedede

Origin: Kirby

Sex: Male

Age: At least 1000 (King Dedede's age has never been confirmed by Japanese sources. In Japanese, Kirby is introduced as 「若者」 (wakamono), which means a young person. Data of Queen Sectonia notes that she contains data spanning elements of creatures of at least 1000 years. She began to discard her true form and possessing others after having her mind twisted by the Dimensional Mirror Taranza gifted her, which could only have it's corruption ability after the events of the Amazing Mirror, which would imply Amazing Mirror has a 1000 year timeskip)

Classification: King, Penguin, Royal Nemesis, Star Ally

Attack Potency: At least Small Planet level (Can harm Kirby who could defeat Nightmare, whose death destroyed a huge portion of the moon which was calculated at this), potentially far higher (Kirby at the end of Dream Course thwarted King Dedede who stole all the stars in the sky and proceeded to put them back himself, but due to the nature of the size of the stars in the game and this being conjoined as a lifting strength feat it's unknown how this applies to attack potency) | Universe level (In Planet Robobot, King Dedede is noted as one of the strongest lifeforms on Pop Star, his clone from Planet Robobot can harm Kirby who can defeat Marx Soul whose death caused the entire dimension to go unstable which contains stars and galaxies. Defeated Drawcia, who created a realm based off her wish for wanting a world all of paint, due to her jealously of the real world, with it being further established she transformed the world itself into a work of art. Defeated Magolor Soul, who has attacks that warp the entire fabric of Another Dimension, a parallel universe that serves as a space between other dimensions. Kirby defeated Dark Nebula, who with a small flash of light warped the entire area to have a galaxy and stars in the background. Can crack Pop Star in half) | Low Multiverse level (Aided Kirby in the defeat Void Termina who was hinted to be the creator of all possibilities and stated to be powerful enough to destroy everything and bring the end of all tomorrows numerous times. Additionally, they're considered the most dangerous foe that Kirby ever faced to date, easily putting him above the likes of Magolor and Queen Sectonia)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Travel Speed: Massively FTL+ (Stole all the stars in the sky before nighttime which was calculated at this) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Meta Knight who traveled from the Galaxy's End to Pop Star, which is at the edge of the universe, in 8 seconds, which was calculated at this. Can outrun a vacuum attack sucking in an entire universe which was calculated at this) | Massively FTL+

Combat Speed: Massively FTL+ (Can tag Kirby (who can simultaneously move and react on the warp star which can fly past 53 galaxies in a few seconds, which was calculated at this, and flies to another galaxy in under a second, which was calculated at this) | Massively FTL+ (Can tag Kirby (who can react to Dark Matter, who can cross several galaxies in a short time frame, which was calculated at this. Can react to Dark Nebula, who with a possessed Daroach, traveled to another galaxy in less then a second which was calculated at this. Can simultaneously move and react on the Starship, which traveled from the galaxy's end to Pop Star, which is at the edge of the universe which was calculated at this) | Massively FTL+

Reaction Speed: Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+ | Massively FTL+

Lifting Strength: Possibly Stellar (Stole all the stars in the sky over the course of a night. Though due to the inconsistent size of the stars, as both previous and later titles display them to be real stars, it's unknown if they can truly be considered for the stellar rating) | Possibly Stellar | Possibly Stellar

Striking Strength: At least Small Planet Class, potentially far higher | Universe Class | Low Multiverse Class

Durability: At least Small Planet level, potentially far higher | Universe level (Can take hits from Magolor's Soul, surviving various of his universe warping attacks. Comparable in durability to characters like Bandana Dee who can tank Magolor's universe warp. Survived the collapse of Drawcia's realm, who created a realm based off her wish for wanting a world all of paint, due to her jealously of the real world with it being further established she transformed the world itself into a work of art. Survived the collapse and destruction of Marx Soul's dimension), High Multiverse level+ with Forcefields from The Player (Gets assistance from The Player who can make forcefields) | Low Multiverse level (Can take hits from Void Termina)

Stamina: Peak Human (Fought Queen Sectonia through the night), Limitless as Ghost Dedede (Can still do actions even at 0 health)

Range: Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with Hammer, higher with Inhale, Several Meters with Super Inhale (Reaches this far), Interstellar with Summoning (Can summon allies from deep in space where it is considered so far that Pop Star is a mere shimmering glow in the distance), High Multiversal+ with Transportations (Can transport objects to The Player)

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (King Dedede is a master wielder of his hammer, and of an axe), Vehicular Mastery (Can ride around in his warp star like it's a vehicle and attack in it nigh-effortlessly), Longevity (Data of Queen Sectonia notes that she contains data spanning elements of creatures of at least 1000 years. She began to discard her true form and possessing others after having her mind twisted by the Dimensional Mirror Taranza gifted her, which could only have it's corruption ability after the events of the Amazing Mirror, which would imply Amazing Mirror has a 1000 year timeskip), Accelerated Development (Battle; Physical Stats. Has been shown to keep up with Kirby who has shown various cases of getting stronger throughout multiple battles, in Epic Yarn he goes from taking 3 hits to defeat a boss to defeating said bosses in one blow. Kirby has gone from a single Dark Matter causing him to faint after battle, to being able to fight a Dark Matter along with fighting their leader Zero. Can defeat a clone of himself with the exact same copy ability along with hoards of his clones. It is noted by a Waddle Dee soldier that Kirby is good at every battle. Even with Dedede trying to increase the difficulty of the clones, with the machine making stronger Kirby's, he could keep beating the Kirby clones. Meta Knight notes that the Kirby clones are pathetic compared to Kirby. With Kirby then defeating Meta Knight in battle. Afterwards he beat King Dedede's strongest team by himself. Could fight and defeat Kirby clones while also fighting Dededestroyer Z. Kirby has infinite power giving him no limit allowing him to always increase his strengths without an end. His copy ability martial artist gives him infinite fighting capabilities), Immortality (Types 3 & 7. Like others, can regenerate from being crushed. Can die, turn into a ghost, and like Kirby drain the life force from others to resurrect himself), Regeneration (Mid. Like Kirby can regenerate from being crushed. Low-Godly as a soul. Can die, turn into a ghost, and as a soul, King Dedede can interact with the life force of another allowing him to regenerate back a physical form), Teleportation (Can turn into a star and warp to an ally's location with space jump), Life Manipulation (As a ghost King Dedede can drain the lifeforce of one to regenerate back a physical form), Incorporeality & Intangibility as a ghost (Immaterial & Phasing. Naturally as a ghost, can go through objects and lacks a physical form), Undead Physiology as a ghost (Carries the undead properties of a ghost), Shockwave Creation (Can generate shockwaves from his powerful hammer swings, his mere jumps can generate shockwaves upon landing), Vibration Manipulation (His mere attacks vibrates the entire screen), Flight (Can puff himself up to fly infinitely), Air Manipulation (Can remove said puff to make a small blast of air pellets that harms enemies), Afterimage Creation (Can spin so fast he creates afterimages), Explosion Manipulation (Is equipped with missiles inside of his hammer that explode upon contact), Energy Manipulation & Heat Manipulation (His hammer is equipped with an energy beam that leaves behind a heat trail. Can shoot out charged energy orbs from his weapons), Electricity Manipulation (Can shoot out a blast of electricity, can charge his hammer with electricity and let out electrical attacks), Homing Attack (His electrical attacks follow the target), Power Absorption (Dedede can borrow powers from power sources to gain new abilities duplicating multiple copies of himself), Telekinesis (Can control the arc of his hammer), Fire Manipulation (His hammer has a built in flamethrower, can ignite his weapon to do a powerful slam on the ground that causes a mini shockwave explosion), Attack Reflection (Can reflect back attacks sent at him), Preparation (With preparation Dedede could make a machine that could spit out clones of Kirby. laid traps along the way to halt Kirby in Kirby’s Adventure), Power Mimicry (Made a machine that could spit out clones of Kirby each with one of his copy abilities), BFR, Consumption, Vacuum Manipulation & Transmutation (Can create a large vacuum of air that pulls in all objects and once he spits them out they turn into stars. Can consume spiky enemies such as Gordos into his stomach), Resistance to Extreme Colds (Can travel in cold climates just fine), Extreme Heats (Can travel in hot climates just fine), Gravity Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, & Physics Manipulation (Can travel within a black hole just fine), Existence Erasure (Unaffected by Drawcia's wave that deletes everything in it's path), Reality Warping (Resisted Drawcia's warping of the world), Transmutation (King Dedede and his friends remain unaffected by the cook ability), Corruption, Mind Manipulation, Morality Manipulation, & Madness Manipulation (Adeleine can move in dark star which is Dark Matter's massive corruption cloud)

Empathic Manipulation, Morality Manipulation, Purification (Friend Heart allows Kirby to make friends, and serves as one of the main mechanics of the game. Before Kirby learns of his new ability, Hyness performs a ritual to resurrect Void Termina who is sealed in the Jamba Heart, but fails to perform it correctly, causing it and the Heart Spears containing it to shatter, sending their shards across the galaxy)

Invincibility (Upon touching a candy she will become briefly invincible. Can make himself invulnerable with a star piece), Magic (The candy is stated to have magical properties that protects Adeleine), Healing (With bag of magic food and pep brew, will completely restore her vitality or some of it), Restoration (With maximum tomato, energy drink, and hamburger, restores power and abilities to the warp star and other machines), Statistics Amplification (With Power-Up Heart, can raise strength, health and speed), Summoning (The Dream Rod can summon allies), Explosion Manipulation (Can sometimes come equipped with bombs), Water Manipulation (Tosses out bombs in bubbles that after a while explode)

Size Manipulation (A sparkling star made Kirby become a giant balloon capable of lifting Dedede’s castle. A sparkling star made Dedede a colossal giant), Duplication (Can duplicate himself), Fusionism & Flight (The Sparkling Stars fusing together created the Starship)

Portal Creation (The Crystal Shards can open portals to other planets), Purification (The Crystal Shards can find a being corrupted/possessed and purify them with a beam)

King Dedede transports the Rainbow Brush to The Player, giving them: Paralysis Inducement (Can touch an enemy to make them stunned and immobilized), Statistics Amplification (Can touch Dedede to give him a powerful dash ability), Glyph Creation (Can draw a rainbow line to help Dedede in his path. They also act as a forcefield, protecting Dedede), Attack Reflection (Can reflect attacks back with the rainbow lines. Can touch attacks and send them back at the sender), Power Nullification (Can toss abilities out from Dedede), Can remove obstructions and obstacles in Dedede's path

Large Size, Self-Destruction (It’s destruction completely eradicated the floating island), can create helpers to come and attack the enemy

Energy Manipulation (Can shoot out a charged beam of energy), Explosion Manipulation (Can cause several missiles to shoot out and explode around him), Can spit out clones of Kirby

Standard Equipment: His hammer

Optional Equipment:

• Maxim Tomatoes: Heals all of Kirby's health when eaten. He can keep several of them without being used in his stomach.
• Bombs: He uses these to throw out explosives at Kirby.

• Bubble Bombs: He throws a bubble that contains a bomb with in, the bomb will explode in a certain time frame.

• Axe: During the battle in Triple Deluxe he throws away his trusty hammer in return for an axe. He can charge the axe to put it on fire, cause small explosive waves, and shoot out energy projectiles.

• Various Food Items: Heals varying amount of health.

• Action Star:When this item is attacked, one of the following effects occurs at random:

• Everyone's speed increases.
• Causes everyone to explode, dropping Health to one point.
• Decreases the speed and jump of all the other opponents, that will also have a maroon aura around them.
• Puts all opponents to sleep.
• Drops a bomb on all the opponents.
• Drops a random Food item. One may occasionally be a Maxim Tomato.
• Drops three Timed Dynamites

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  Dropping Health to one point

• Dream Rod: When picked up and used Kirby summons one of the following Dream Friends to assist him:
• Bandana Waddle Dee
• King Dedede
• Meta Knight
• Rick, Kine, and Coo
• Marx
• Gooey
• Dark Meta Knight
• Daroach
• Magolor
• Taranza
• Susie
• The Three Mage-Sisters

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Despite how incompetent Dedede may look, he is incredibly intelligent. Created a machine that could make clones of Kirby with his copy abilities, laid traps along the way to halt Kirby in Kirby’s Adventure. Was aware of Nightmare’s existence in Kirby’s Adventure and sealed the Star Rod to stop him)

Standard Tactics: Before confronting an opponent face to face, King Dedede will usually set up traps and his minions on them. He also will steal from a power source in order to gain new powers in preparation for the opponent. When up close King Dedede’s usually fighting style centers around closing the distance between him and the opponent and using hammer attacks, along with attempting to attack them through flight and slamming himself onto them. He will also fire attacks out of his hammer shut as a flamethrower or missiles.

Weaknesses: King Dedede is incredibly prideful to a fault to the point that he will believe his own strength greater than those who surpass him. He also gets extremely depressed upon losing.

Key: Pre-Super Star | Post-Superstar | Post-Star Allies

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