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'''King Dedede''' is one of the principal characters and supporting villains of the anime series ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''. He is a large blue portly bird-like man who proclaims himself the king of [[Dream Land (anime)|Dream Land]] and resides with his court in [[Castle Dedede]]. He claims jurisdiction and authority over the people of [[Cappy Town]], but they often ignore him in this regard. This behavior prompts Dedede to try and force their attention by calling [[monster]]s into Dream Land using the [[Night Mare Enterprises]] monster delivery system, though placing him in perpetual debt to N.M.E. in the process while his monsters are bested by [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]]. | '''King Dedede''' is one of the principal characters and supporting villains of the anime series ''[[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!]]''. He is a large blue portly bird-like man who proclaims himself the king of [[Dream Land (anime)|Dream Land]] and resides with his court in [[Castle Dedede]]. He claims jurisdiction and authority over the people of [[Cappy Town]], but they often ignore him in this regard. This behavior prompts Dedede to try and force their attention by calling [[monster]]s into Dream Land using the [[Night Mare Enterprises]] monster delivery system, though placing him in perpetual debt to N.M.E. in the process while his monsters are bested by [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]]. | ||
King Dedede is voiced by Ted Lewis in the | King Dedede is voiced by Ted Lewis in the English dub of the show and by Kenichi Ogata in the original Japanese version. In the Japanese version, he often ends his sentences with "zoi", which does not actually mean anything. | ||
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King Dedede has a short temper, which causes him to regularly abuse his closest assistant [[Escargoon]]. Despite this abuse, Escargoon is the only character who is willing to stand close to him under normal circumstances. Dedede is also defined by his bad habits, particularly when it comes to overeating and dental hygiene, which comes to haunt him in [[A Dental Dilemma]]. Despite his royal status, he is not above screaming or bawling like a toddler when the situation encourages it. Despite all his bad qualities, King Dedede does have a softer side, which sometimes comes out when greater threats comes to Dream Land; a prime example being in [[Prediction Predicament - Part II]] where he decides to build Kirby and the Cappy kids a playground before the world ends. | King Dedede has a short temper, which causes him to regularly abuse his closest assistant [[Escargoon]]. Despite this abuse, Escargoon is the only character who is willing to stand close to him under normal circumstances. Dedede is also defined by his bad habits, particularly when it comes to overeating and dental hygiene, which comes to haunt him in [[A Dental Dilemma]]. Despite his royal status, he is not above screaming or bawling like a toddler when the situation encourages it. Despite all his bad qualities, King Dedede does have a softer side, which sometimes comes out when greater threats comes to Dream Land; a prime example being in [[Prediction Predicament - Part II]] where he decides to build Kirby and the Cappy kids a playground before the world ends. | ||
One of King Dedede's more notable personality traits is his extraordinary ignorance | One of King Dedede's more notable personality traits is his extraordinary ignorance. In several episodes — such as [[A Novel Approach]] — it is shown that King Dedede cannot read, which acts as a point of embarrassment for the King, though this is not always a consistent trait of his. He is also shown to be very bad at math, as in [[eNeMeE Elementary]], he cannot solve the equation "1 + 1" without assistance from Escargoon. An explanation for this lack of knowledge appears in the episode [[Teacher's Threat]], where [[Mr. Chip]] examines an X-ray image of King Dedede's head showing there to be no brain inside his skull. Furthermore, in the series' English dub, he speaks with a pronounced [[wikipedia:Drawl#Southern drawl|Southern drawl]] and has a habit of using [[wikipedia:malapropism|malapropisms]] (mistaking similar words) and [[wikipedia:neologism|neologisms]] (creating new words altogether), which is likely meant to serve as a sign of his inadequate vocabulary. | ||
==Relationships== | ==Relationships== | ||
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==Role in ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!''== | ==Role in ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!''== | ||
Although not serving as the main villain of the show (that role being held by [[ | Although not serving as the main villain of the show (that role being held by [[eNeMeE]]), King Dedede appears in every episode, and in the vast majority of these, serves as Kirby's most direct antagonist. He typically does this by calling in [[monster]]s from [[Night Mare Enterprises]] at great personal expense to try to get rid of Kirby in any way he can think of, which it is later learned he does mainly because he is intensely jealous of Kirby's popularity among the King's subjects. Due in part to Kirby's power (or sheer luck) and his friends, and in part to Dedede's incompetence, these attempts to get rid of Kirby always ultimately fail, and usually (often literally) blow up in the King's face. | ||
When not trying to get rid of Kirby, King Dedede is often the cause of other problems in his kingdom, as he often hatches schemes that are self-serving in nature and cause problems for the kingdom and its subjects, whether that be attempting to bulldoze [[Whispy Woods Forest]] in order to build a country club, causing the kingdom to be buried in a sea of trash as a reprisal from N.M.E. for his failure to pay his debts, attempting to directly steal from his people or mind control them using [[Channel DDD]], or bullying various [[Cappy Town]] denizens by trying to undermine their roles, among many other things. | When not trying to get rid of Kirby, King Dedede is often the cause of other problems in his kingdom, as he often hatches schemes that are self-serving in nature and cause problems for the kingdom and its subjects, whether that be attempting to bulldoze [[Whispy Woods Forest]] in order to build a country club, causing the kingdom to be buried in a sea of trash as a reprisal from N.M.E. for his failure to pay his debts, attempting to directly steal from his people or mind control them using [[Channel DDD]], or bullying various [[Cappy Town]] denizens by trying to undermine their roles, among many other things. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In [[Curio's Curious Discovery]], Escargoon | *In the Japanese version of [[Curio's Curious Discovery]], Escargoon mentions that King Dedede "has been on the throne for 300 years and is the 17,052nd king of [[Dream Land (anime)|Dream Land]]", though this claim is very dubious. | ||
*King Dedede fancies himself a golfer, and can often be seen "practicing" using his hammer, though this usually just serves as an excuse to whack other characters instead. | **If this were true, it would mean that not only can Dedede's species live for hundreds of years, but the Kingdom of Dream Land itself would be around five million years old. | ||
*King Dedede fancies himself a golfer, and can often be seen "practicing" using his hammer, though this usually just serves as an excuse to whack other characters instead, notably Escargoon. | |||
*The [[N.M.E. Sales Guy]] has several pet names for King Dedede. These include, but are not limited to: "Triple D", "Three D", "D-Man", "D-Meister", or simply "D". | *The [[N.M.E. Sales Guy]] has several pet names for King Dedede. These include, but are not limited to: "Triple D", "Three D", "D-Man", "D-Meister", or simply "D". | ||
*King Dedede is one of the five recurring characters who appears in every episode of the main anime series. The other four are [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]], [[Tiff]], [[Tuff]], and [[Escargoon]]. | *King Dedede is one of the five recurring characters who appears in every episode of the main anime series. The other four are [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]], [[Tiff]], [[Tuff]], and [[Escargoon]]. | ||
*In the Japanese version of the anime, it is repeatedly mentioned that King Dedede uses his own currency, "deden" (a parody of yen, the Japanese standard currency), | *In the Japanese version of the anime, it is repeatedly mentioned that King Dedede uses his own currency, "deden" (a parody of yen, the Japanese standard currency), which is used for all of his transactions with Night Mare Enterprises. The currency is mentioned less often in the English dub, and its name is variably translated as "dede-dollars" or "D-bills". | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
=== Artwork === | ===Artwork=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
KRBaY King Dedede.svg|King Dedede standing with his hammer | KRBaY King Dedede.svg|King Dedede standing with his hammer | ||
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KRBaY King Dedede artwork 6.png|King Dedede angrily pointing | KRBaY King Dedede artwork 6.png|King Dedede angrily pointing | ||
KRBaY King Dedede artwork 7.png|King Dedede with a cane | KRBaY King Dedede artwork 7.png|King Dedede with a cane | ||
KRBaY Parasol Kirby and King Dedede artwork.png|King Dedede being balanced by [[Parasol]] [[Kirby (anime character)|Kirby]] | |||
KRBaY website Kihon wa Maru chalk Dedede artwork.png|A chalk outline of King Dedede's head from [[Kihon wa Maru]] | |||
KRBaY website Kihon wa Maru Dedede artwork.png|King Dedede's head, as seen in Kihon wa Maru | |||
Kirby's Dream Collection KRBAY Poster.jpg|Promotional poster showing the main cast of the anime | |||
KRBAY Stars Poster.png|Promotional poster showing various characters | |||
Anime Promo Poster.jpg|Promotional poster in Japan, featuring the main cast in Dream Land | |||
KRBaY Kirby group art fighter 1.jpg|Promotional artwork featuring King Dedede | |||
KRBaY Kirby group art water.jpg|Promotional artwork featuring King Dedede | |||
KRBaY Kirby group art wheel.jpg|Promotional artwork featuring King Dedede | |||
Kirby freezing Dedede KRBaY art.jpg|Promotional artwork featuring King Dedede | |||
KRBaY Kirby coloring page.jpg|Coloring page from promotional Fox Box CD-ROM | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Character sheets === | ===Character sheets=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
KRBaY King Dedede character sheet 1.png|Animator sheet showing front and side views | KRBaY King Dedede character sheet 1.png|Animator sheet showing front and side views | ||
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KRBaY King Dedede character sheet 7.png|Animator sheet showing Dedede with his hammer | KRBaY King Dedede character sheet 7.png|Animator sheet showing Dedede with his hammer | ||
KRBaY King Dedede character sheet 8.png|Animator sheet showing even more facial expressions | KRBaY King Dedede character sheet 8.png|Animator sheet showing even more facial expressions | ||
KRBaY Armored Vehicle character sheet 1.png|Animator sheet showing the [[Armored Vehicle]] (front, side, and angled views) | |||
KRBaY Armored Vehicle character sheet 2.png|Animator sheet showing the Armored Vehicle (top, bottom, and back views) | |||
KRBaY height character sheet 1.png|Height comparison of principal characters (Kirby alongside the court of [[Castle Dedede]]) | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== Screenshots === | ===Screenshots=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
King Dedede Feast.png|King Dedede having a typical dinner at his castle | King Dedede Feast.png|King Dedede having a typical dinner at his castle | ||
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