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*In early games in the ''Kirby'' series, the actual entity of Whispy Woods was little more than his face. The tree was just a background element. Kirby also gets hurt when touching Whispy's face/nose in some of these games. | *In early games in the ''Kirby'' series, the actual entity of Whispy Woods was little more than his face. The tree was just a background element. Kirby also gets hurt when touching Whispy's face/nose in some of these games. | ||
*Whispy Woods (not counting his relatives) has appeared in a total of 23 ''Kirby'' games, 18 of which were as a Boss or Mid-Boss. This ranks Whispy Woods as the second most prevalent boss character after [[Kracko]] (not counting [[King Dedede]], who makes appearances as a playable character just as often as a Boss). | *Whispy Woods (not counting his relatives) has appeared in a total of 23 ''Kirby'' games, 18 of which were as a Boss or Mid-Boss. This ranks Whispy Woods as the second most prevalent boss character after [[Kracko]] (not counting [[King Dedede]], who makes appearances as a playable character just as often as a Boss). | ||
*Whispy Woods is typically portrayed as being roughly 9 [[Kirby]]s tall, before any other transformations or changes in size are taken into account. Given Kirby's height of | *Whispy Woods is typically portrayed as being roughly 9 [[Kirby]]s tall, before any other transformations or changes in size are taken into account. Given Kirby's height of 20 cm (8 inches), this would make the tree 1.8 meters (or 6 feet) tall. | ||
*In most games, Whispy Woods is referred to as either neuter or male, but in the Brazilian Portuguese version of ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'', he is referred to as female. This is likely because Portuguese has grammatical gender, and the Portuguese words for "tree", ''árvore'', and "wood", ''madeira'', are both grammatically female. This is further evidenced by [[Grand Doomer]] also being referred to as female, likely due to its Portuguese name ("Spectrosfera Mor") being derived from the Portuguese word for "sphere", ''esfera'', which is also female. | *In most games, Whispy Woods is referred to as either neuter or male, but in the Brazilian Portuguese version of ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'', he is referred to as female. This is likely because Portuguese has grammatical gender, and the Portuguese words for "tree", ''árvore'', and "wood", ''madeira'', are both grammatically female. This is further evidenced by [[Grand Doomer]] also being referred to as female, likely due to its Portuguese name ("Spectrosfera Mor") being derived from the Portuguese word for "sphere", ''esfera'', which is also female. | ||
*Concept art for the ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' features what appears to be a Whispy Woods figure in the Mario family's house kitchen.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EBvHU9d4Mmc2yeKy9R3kueDVTkY0VpYT]</ref> | *Concept art for the ''The Super Mario Bros. Movie'' features what appears to be a Whispy Woods figure in the Mario family's house kitchen.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EBvHU9d4Mmc2yeKy9R3kueDVTkY0VpYT]</ref> | ||