Editing Parallel Nightmare

{{Infobox-Boss
|image=[[File:SKC Parallel Nightmare artwork.png|300px]]
|caption= Artwork of '''Parallel Nightmare''' from ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]''.
|game1=''[[Super Kirby Clash]]'' (2019)
|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' (2022, reference)
|similar=[[Nightmare]]
|voice=[[wikipedia:Banjō Ginga|Banjō Ginga]]
|theme music=[[File:Nightmare's Battle SKC.mp3]]
|theme title="[[Final Boss (theme from Kirby's Adventure)|Final Boss]]" (''Super Kirby Clash'' remix)
|description=Parallel Nightmare's initial battle theme from ''Super Kirby Clash''.
}}
{{Quote|Team Kirby's investigations turned up rumors of a strange, {{color|orange|caped man}}. Sensing mischief, the team followed his footprints and arrived at the {{color|orange|Ruins}} on a dark night...|Cutscene text from ''Super Kirby Clash''}}
'''Parallel Nightmare''' is the principal villain of ''[[Super Kirby Clash]]'', and the [[Another Dimension]] counterpart to [[Nightmare]] from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' and ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]''. Like his normal counterpart, Parallel Nightmare takes on the appearance of a giant robed wizard with spindly hands and a frightening face. On his head, he wears a pair of goggles and horns, and he wears an astral cloak with armored pauldrons and crescent moon-shaped medallion over his torso, which consists only of a gray tornado-like appendage.

Parallel Nightmare is voiced by [[wikipedia:Banjō Ginga|Banjō Ginga]], who also provided the Japanese voice of [[eNeMeE]] in ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''.

Parallel Nightmare is fought in six separate Quests. In three of these, he is faced in his alternate form known as '''Parallel Nightmare's Revenge'''. In the penultimate Story Quest, Parallel Nightmare's Revenge is fought prior to fighting the [[Galacta Knight|Aeon Hero]].

==Role in ''Super Kirby Clash''==
{{Quote|Team Kirby had cornered {{color|orange|Parallel Nightmare}}, but the villain used a dimensional rift to call the {{color|orange|ancient hero}} called "the most powerful in the galaxy."|Cutscene text from ''Super Kirby Clash''}}
Parallel Nightmare is primarily responsible for causing all manner of beasts to grow enraged and wreak havoc across the [[Dream Kingdom]]. He is encountered by Team Kirby relatively early, where it becomes clear that he is the guilty party. Team Kirby gives Parallel Nightmare a thrashing, but the wizard escapes beyond the Empyrean. Team Kirby pursues him, eventually finding him in the Decisive Battlefield. Parallel Nightmare summons [[King D-Mind]] to get in Team Kirby's way, though the miffed king bats Parallel Nightmare away with his hammer in the process.

After King D-Mind is defeated, peace is supposedly restored, but soon, Parallel Nightmare (now Parallel Nightmare's Revenge) begins stirring up trouble again solely to enact vengeance upon the Kirbies. Team Kirby chases him down and corners him at the Dreamscape, defeating him decisively. In a last resort, Parallel Nightmare's Revenge calls upon the strongest warrior in the galaxy, the [[Galacta Knight|Aeon Hero]], to trounce Super Team Kirby. However, the Aeon Hero first decides to slay Parallel Nightmare's Revenge before engaging the Kirbys in combat, thus ending the wizard's role in the story.

==Attacks==
[[File:SKC Parallel Nightmare.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Parallel Nightmare's in-game appearance.]]
{{Quote|A master of magic, a nightmare in flesh! If you can't defeat him now, his revenge will be beyond imagination!|Super Quest flavor text from ''Super Kirby Clash''}}
Parallel Nightmare takes many of his attacks from his [[Nightmare|main-series counterpart]], both from ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' and [[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land|its remake]] and ''[[Kirby Mass Attack]]'', though he also holds many unique attacks. Notably, unlike the original, Parallel Nightmare does not need to be hit only in his exposed torso in order to deal him damage, so fighting him is more straightforward. Parallel Nightmare is able to teleport at will, and also fly into the background whenever he pleases.

The following are all of Parallel Nightmare's (and Parallel Nightmare's Revenge) attacks in ''Super Kirby Clash''. Note that attack names are conjectural unless otherwise stated:
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!colspan=5|Parallel Nightmare's attacks in ''Super Kirby Clash'' &nbsp;
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!Attack
!Description
!Variants
!Notes
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|Spreading Star Shot
|Parallel Nightmare opens his cape and shoots five star projectiles in an arc beneath him.
|In his later battles, he might do this attack twice in a row - each in different locations.
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|Sweep
|Parallel Nightmare moves close to the ground, and sweeps across the area.
|He may perform this move from the background.
|The attack can be crouched under.
|-
|Pointed Star Shot
|Parallel Nightmare points his finger at an angle toward the ground, and fires a volley of several star projectiles.
|The number of shots can vary, along with how they spread out. Parallel Nightmare's Revenge may teleport after using this move, and follow up with an Open Star Shot.
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|Open Star Shot
|Parallel Nightmare opens his hand, and fires a volley of several star projectiles from the palm which scatter slightly.
|Parallel Nightmare's Revenge may teleport after using this move, and follow up with a Pointed Star Shot.
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|-
|Star Shot Barrage
|Parallel Nightmare charges energy, then flies into the background, peppering the main arena with many star projectiles as he flies.
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|References the cutscene that plays before fighting Nightmare in ''Kirby's Adventure'' and ''Nightmare in Dream Land''.<br>This attack is always the first to come out when furious in all Quests except for the Tougher Story Quest and The Final Battle.
|-
|Twister Dive
|Parallel Nightmare opens his cloak and flies upward off-screen, then comes back down upside-down, quickly diving toward the ground as he spins his cloak before returning upward.
|Parallel Nightmare's Revenge may feint this attack by only coming down partway.
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|-
|Twister Dash
|Parallel Nightmare opens his cloak and begins twisting across the stage like a tornado, moving between planes in the process.
|Parallel Nightmare's Revenge may immediately transition into a Twister Dive afterward.
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|-
|Electric Orbs
|Parallel Nightmare conjures and throws out a series of four large but slow orbs of energy which fly slowly toward the ground.
|Parallel Nightmare's Revenge conjures five orbs instead of three. In his Super+ battle, he'll form a spinning ring with these five orbs, then throw them all at once towards a certain Kirby's position.
|This attack only starts getting used beginning with the Tougher Story Quest.
|-
|Lightning Blast
|Parallel Nightmare charges energy in his hand, then unleashes it as a cone of lightning to strike the ground beneath him, before repeating three or four times. The final strike is always a double-handed attack.
|Parallel Nightmare requires a charge before each instance of the attack when fought at the Empyrean. Parallel Nightmare's Revenge only needs to charge the double-handed finisher and will immediately unleash the prior strikes.
|This attack only starts getting used beginning with the Tougher Story Quest.
|-
|スターダスト・サイクロン<ref>https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/51cbe407-c546-11e9-b641-063b7ac45a6d</ref><br>''Stardust Cyclone''
|Parallel Nightmare conjures energy close to the ground, then unleashes a massive storm, drawing Kirbys toward the middle. Any Kirby caught in the storm is tossed around violently and can take a lot of damage.
|Parallel Nightmare's Revenge travels across the stage from left-to-right or right-to-left while using this attack.
|This attack only starts getting used beginning with the Tougher Story Quest.<br>This attack is always the first to come out when furious during his Tougher Story Quest.<br>This attack opens the battle during his Toughest Party Quest.
|-
|Distant Star Shot
|Parallel Nightmare's Revenge teleports into the background, then proceeds to fire clumps of stars into the arena, teleporting between each shot.
|He may immediately transition into a Sweep from the background afterward.
|This attack only starts getting used beginning with The Final Battle Story Quest.
|}

== Other appearances ==
In ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'', Parallel Nightmare appears on a [[Character Treat]], using his artwork from ''Super Kirby Clash''.

==Trivia==
*The medallion which Parallel Nightmare wears appears to be a reference to the [[moon]] in ''[[Kirby's Adventure]]'' and ''[[Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land]]'' which is blasted into a crescent shape after [[Nightmare]]'s defeat.
*The scene that plays when Parallel Nightmare is slain by Aeon Hero references Nightmare's defeat animation from ''Kirby's Adventure'' and ''Nightmare in Dream Land''; it more closely resembles the latter, as it includes the same light emerging from his eyes and mouth.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
SKC Parallel Nightmare Unknown Art.png|Obscured in-game artwork of Parallel Nightmare for the Tougher: King D-Mind Story Quest
SKC Parallel Nightmare Art.png|In-game artwork of Parallel Nightmare
SKC Parallel Nightmare's Revenge Art.png|In-game artwork of Parallel Nightmare's Revenge
SKC Parallel Nightmare + King D-Mind.png|In-game artwork of Parallel Nightmare and [[King D-Mind]]
SKC Final Battle Team.png|In-game artwork of Parallel Nightmare's Revenge and [[Galacta Knight|Aeon Hero]]
SKC King D-Mind X Parallel Nightmare screenshot.jpg|In-game scene where King D-Mind bats away Parallel Nightmare
SKC Parallel Nightmare's Revenge X Aeon Hero screenshot.jpg|In-game scene where Parallel Nightmare's Revenge is slain by Aeon Hero
SKC Twitter - Parallel Nightmare concept art.jpg|Concept art of Parallel Nightmare
SKC Twitter - Parallel Nightmare's Revenge concept art.jpg|Concept art of Parallel Nightmare's Revenge
KDB Parallel Nightmare character treat.png|[[Character Treat]] from ''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]''
Twitter commemorative - SKC release EN.jpg|[[Kirby JP Twitter]] illustration for the release of ''Super Kirby Clash'', featuring Parallel Nightmare
Twitter commemorative - Halloween 2019.jpg|Halloween 2019 Kirby JP Twitter illustration, featuring Parallel Nightmare dressed as a vampire
Twitter commemorative - SKC 1st anniversary EN.jpg|Parallel Nightmare with Kirby, Magolor and Bandana Waddle Dee on ''Super Kirby Clash''{{'}}s 1st anniversary art
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
===Parallel Nightmare===
{{Names
|ja=アナザーナイトメア
|jaR=Anazā Naitomea
|jaM=Another Nightmare
|fr=Cauchemar parallèle
|frM=Parallel Nightmare
|de=Ein anderer Albtraum
|deM=Another Nightmare
|zhTrad=異次元夢魘
|zhTradR=yì cì yuän mèngyǎn
|zhSimp=异次元梦魇
|zhSimpR=yì cì yuän mèngyǎn
|zhM=Another Dimension Nightmare
|es=Mago Pesadilla paralelo
|esM=Parallel Nightmare Wizard
|ko=어나더 나이트메어
|koR=eonadeo naiteumeeo
|koM=Another Nightmare
|it=Un altro Mago incubo
|itM=Another Nightmare Wizard
|nl=Parallelle Nightmare
|nlM=Parallel Nightmare
|pt=Pesadelo paralelo
|ptM=Parallel Nightmare
}}

===Parallel Nightmare's Revenge===
{{Names
|ja=アナザーナイトメア リベンジ
|jaR=Anazā Naitomea Ribenji
|jaM=Another Nightmare Revenge
|fr=Cauchemar parallèle Ultra
|frM=Parallel Nightmare Ultra
|de=Rache des anderen Albtraum
|deM=Revenge of Another Nightmare
|zhTrad=異次元夢魘 復仇
|zhTradR=yì cì yuän mèngyǎn fù chóu
|zhSimp=异次元梦魇 复仇
|zhSimpR=yì cì yuän mèngyǎn fù chóu
|zhM=Another Dimension Nightmare Revenge
|es=Mago Pesadilla paralelo vengador
|esM=Avenger Parallel Nightmare Wizard
|ko=어나더 나이트메어 리벤지
|koR=eonadeo naiteumeeo libeji
|koM=Another Nightmare Revenge
|it=La vendetta di Un altro Mago incubo
|itM=The revenge of Another Nightmare Wizard
|nl=Wraak van parallelle Nightmare
|nlM=Revenge of parallel Nightmare
}}

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