Clown Acrobot

Clown Acrobot Artwork of Clown Acrobot from Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot. Details First game Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014) Latest game Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016) Other game(s) Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe Copy Ability Circus

Clown Acrobot is an enemy that debuted in Kirby: Triple Deluxe. It yields the Circus ability when swallowed.

Clown Acrobot resembles a clown, except it has a spinning top-like bottom where its feet would be. It bounces along the ground with either a hula hoop or juggling balls, and apart from its surprising range, is not all that dangerous. Clown Acrobot is currently the only enemy to yield the Circus ability.

The “Acrobot” part of their name is a portmanteau of “acrobat” and “robot”.

Game appearances

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Clown Acrobot debuts in this game, granting the newly added Circus ability. It is first encountered in the Lollipop Land level.

Locations

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe Clown Acrobot can be found in the following levels and stages:

Clown Acrobot locations in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6 EX	Stage 7 EX	Stage 8 EX
Fine Fields					N/A		N/A	N/A
Lollipop Land					N/A		N/A	N/A
Old Odyssey						N/A		N/A
Wild World						N/A		N/A
Endless Explosions						N/A		N/A
Royal Road						N/A

Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe

Clown Acrobot appears as a course hazard in Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe, bouncing on some of the drums. King Dedede will need to avoid it while moving through the courses.

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Clown Acrobot reappears in Kirby: Planet Robobot where it serves the same purpose.

Locations

In Kirby: Planet Robobot Clown Acrobot can be found in the following levels and stages:

Clown Acrobot locations in Kirby: Planet Robobot
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6 EX	Stage 7 EX	Stage 8 EX
Patched Plains					N/A		N/A	N/A
Resolution Road					N/A		N/A	N/A
Overload Ocean						N/A		N/A
Gigabyte Grounds						N/A		N/A
Rhythm Route						N/A		N/A
Access Ark						N/A

In the Kirby novel series

Clown Acrobot, as seen in Kirby Meets the Squeak Squad!

In the Kirby novel series, Clown Acrobot appears in Kirby Meets the Squeak Squad!. He calls himself a "superb acrobat", and is a master of juggling, able to juggle balls faster than the eye can see. When attacking, Clown Acrobot can rapidly throw his juggling balls at incredibly high speeds. He can take out as many balls as he wants with no limit. At some point, he had carelessly fallen into a trap door at an ancient temple, and was stuck in its underground rooms for a long time. He is hostile towards anyone he meets in the underground, but it is later revealed that he is normally a nice guy.

In Kirby Meets the Squeak Squad!, when Kirby and co. are in the temple's underground, they meet Clown Acrobot. He introduces himself as an acrobat, and juggles balls incredibly fast. He initially appears friendly, but then turns hostile, and throws a ball at Kirby. Kirby is knocked back, and Clown Acrobot continues rapidly throwing balls at everyone. Kirby furiously runs up to Clown Acrobot while dodging the balls, and then inhales him, gaining the Circus ability. When the group eventually makes it out of the temple, Kirby drops his Circus ability, freeing Clown Acrobot. Clown Acrobot is elated to be back at the surface, and thanks Kirby for saving him. Kirby wishes Clown Acrobot told him he was lost when they first met, but Clown Acrobot says it wouldn't be cool for a "superb acrobat" to say that, and then leaves.

Gallery

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  Hula hoop Clown Acrobot in Kirby: Triple Deluxe

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  Juggling Clown Acrobot in Kirby: Triple Deluxe

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  Credits picture from Dededetour! in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, featuring King Dedede dancing magnificently next to a Clown Acrobot

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  Model from Kirby: Planet Robobot

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  Clown Acrobot in Kirby: Planet Robobot

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  Background art for Guest Star Taranza: To Meet That Flower in Kirby Star Allies

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  Kirby's 28th anniversary illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring Clown Acrobot

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  Black-and-white version of the Kirby's 28th anniversary illustration for coloring

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  Two Clown Acrobots appear on the "Marx Circus" Travel Sticker from the "Kirby Pupupu Train" 2018 events

Trivia

• The Japanese name of Clown Acrobot, ファニーロバッツ ("Funny Robats"), does not actually imply that it is a robot at all. Instead, it derives from "funny" and "acrobatics". It is possible that the localization team interpreted ロバッツ ("robats", as in "acrobats") as deriving from ロボッツ ("robots"), and that this was then localized as "Acrobot".

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ファニーロバッツ Fanī Robattsu	Funny Robats
French	Clownoïde	From clown and androïde (android).
German	Clownakrobot	Clown Acrobot
Italian	Clowny	-
Spanish	Clownbot	-