Kirby's Duel Role: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:E3 Scene 18.png|300px]]

|caption=Kirby faces off against [[Bugzzy]] in [[Kabu Canyon]].

|episode=3

|ability=[[Sword]]

|monster=[[Bugzzy]]

|character=[[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]], [[Meta Knight (anime character)|Meta Knight]], [[Tiff]], [[Tuff]], [[King Dedede (anime character)|King Dedede]]

|nextepisode=[[A Dark & Stormy Knight]]

|{{center|[[File:E3 Nightmare.png|100px]]<br>'''[[eNeMeE]]'''}}

|{{center|[[File:E3 Fololo & Falala.png|100px]]<br>'''[[Fololo & Falala]]'''}}

At the canyon, Tiff explains to Kirby what they saw in King Dedede's throne room. They consider hiding Kirby, but Meta Knight shows up at that moment. After disregarding the kids, Meta Knight formally challenges Kirby to fight and the battle begins. After Kirby gets beaten around a bit, Tiff instructs him to try and inhale Meta Knight, but this fails. Meanwhile, Dedede and Escargoon are watching the fight at a distance from their [[Armored Vehicle]]. Tiff insists the fight is not fair, so Meta Knight instructs Sword Knight to toss Kirby his sword. Kirby picks it up, but he lacks finesse, and Meta Knight defeats him again, meanwhile giving Kirby advice on swordplay. Seeing this, Dedede and Escargoon drive off with a plan to bring in a monster to finish the job, revealing they were only finding out Kirby's "weakness" the entire time.

With Dedede gone, Meta Knight instructs Kirby to fight once more. The two continue sparring, as Kirby becomes gradually more adept with the sword. Meta Knight then shows Kirby a technique called Sword Beam and challenges him to perform it. However, Kirby grows tired and falls asleep right there. Meta Knight sees this as an attempt to gather energy and resumes the fight. Before he can strike, however, Tiff and Tuff interrupt the fight by dropping a huge boulder, which Meta Knight pushes Kirby out of the way of, then he searches for Kirby, wondering where he is. Under the cover of the dust that kicked up from this, the kids grab Kirby and flee the scene.

Meanwhile, King Dedede boots up his [[Monster Delivery System|monster delivery system]] and requests a monster that is good with a sword. N.M.E. sends a beetle monster called [[Bugzzy]] who wields a studded club and a scimitar. Back in the canyon, Tiff and Tuff start to realize Meta Knight's true intentions. They go and ask Kabu for confirmation, who explains to them the backstory regarding [[Night Mare Enterprises]], and how [[eNeMeE]] accidentally created a powerful monster who would not obey his orders. The kids conclude that Kirby must have been that monster. Kabu then reveals that Meta Knight taught him this story.

The kids try to bring Kirby back to his house on a stretcher, but King Dedede and Escargoon find them in the canyon. Kirby is thrown to the ground in the chase, and then attacked by Bugzzy. After dodging the monster's initial strikes, Kirby tries to inhale Bugzzy, but fails. After Meta Knight rejoins the kids, Tiff then instructs Kirby to inhale Bugzzy's sword instead. Meta Knight throws [[Galaxia|his sword]] to knock Bugzzy's blade loose, allowing Kirby to inhale it and transform into [[Sword]] Kirby. Bugzzy then conjures two new giant scimitars, and Kirby lengthens his own sword in response. After a brief flurry, Kirby falls asleep again. Bugzzy takes this chance to close in, but Kirby wakes back up right away and uses the Sword Beam technique, cleaving Bugzzy in two. It is then revealed that many of the Cappies were watching the fight, and cheer Kirby's victory. Annoyed, Dedede and Escargoon try to run Kirby down with their vehicle, but Meta Knight stops them, kicking the tank away. As the episode ends, Tiff remarks that some day, she and Tuff will learn Meta Knight's secrets.

*A relatively minor scene where Escargoon gets left behind by the [[Armored Vehicle]] is cut in the international versions.

*Buttercup has her first line in the series in this episode, but only in the Japanese version.

*Kirby thinks and shouts the words "Sword Beam" several times in the Japanese version, but this is cut from international dubs.

*In the Japanese version, King Dedede says he'll pay his bills all at once, to which the N.M.E. Sales Guy replies that he won't get a discount this time. In the dub, the sales guy tells him they always give credit where credit is due.

|ja=え！メタナイト卿と対決？