Editing Dark Matter Clone

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{{Infobox-Boss
|image=[[File:KPR Dark Matter Clone model.png|200px]]
|caption=In-game model of '''Dark Matter Clone''' from ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''.
|game1=''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]'' (2016)
|relative=[[Dark Matter]]
|theme music=[[File:KPR Vs Dark Matter Clone Sample.oga]]
|theme title=[[Vs. Dark Matter (theme from Kirby's Dream Land 2)|Reproduction of Darkness]]
|description=First 30 seconds of Dark Matter Clone's Theme from ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''
}}
{{quote|Creating this '''dark swordsman''' pushed '''[[Star Dream]]''' to the limits of its abilities. The cloning process was a success, but only a '''partial''' data analysis was possible, and its '''true form''' has not yet emerged.|[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]] Pause Screen description}}
'''Dark Matter Clone''' is a surprise [[Boss]] encountered near the end of ''[[Meta Knightmare Returns]]'' in ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. It is not the real [[Dark Matter]], but fights much like its incarnation in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''.

==Game Appearances==
===''Kirby: Planet Robobot''===
[[File:Dark Matter Clone.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Screenshot of Dark Matter Clone from ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''.]]
{{quote|As a new admin, you must supply your credentials... to the strongest warriors of this planet. Executing '''Sword_Master.EXE'''.|[[Star Dream]] - addressing [[Meta Knight]] in ''Meta Knightmare Returns''}}

After defeating [[President Haltmann]] 2.0, [[Meta Knight]], presuming his work finished, makes a triumphant pose. Then, the supercomputer [[Star Dream]] activates behind him. The computer proclaims Meta Knight to be the new admin, and as such, vets him through a special credential process dubbed "Sword_Master.EXE", where he must prove his worth as a swordfighter. The first challenge Star Dream sends is the clone of Dark Matter in his Swordsman form.

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====Boss Fight====
The following lists all of Dark Matter Clone's attacks in ''Kirby: Planet Robobot''.

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!colspan=2|'''Attacks - Phase 1'''
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! '''Attack'''
! '''Description'''
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| '''Dark Sword Beam'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone fires a series of blasts from its sword straight forward. It may also charge up and perform a more rapid-fire version.}}
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| '''Rainbow Dive'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone's sword glows with a rainbow aura, and it dives toward Meta Knight or Kirby, leaving stars as it passes.}}
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| '''Dark Orb Shot'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone fires several dark orbs that bounce around the screen. These can be hit to knock them back at the clone.}}
|-
| '''Rapid Sword Beam'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone charges up and then fires five sword blasts rapid-fire at Kirby's current position.}}
|}

For phase 1, the Dark Matter Clone starts with these two attacks:
*Dark Sword Beam
*Rainbow Dive

After that, it attacks in this order on loop as follows:
*Dark Orb Shot
*Rapid Sword Beam
*Rainbow Dive
*Dark Sword Beam
*Dark Orb Shot
*Rapid Sword Beam

When Dark Matter Clone is reduced to half health, it pauses for a brief moment, regains composure, and a single large eye appears on its torso, resembling Dark Matter's characteristic eye.

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2" width="50%"
!colspan=2|'''Attacks - Phase 2'''
|-
! '''Attack'''
! '''Description'''
|-
| '''Dark Beam Wave'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone fires multiple dark beams from its eye that make a spiral across the stage, leaving four stars on the ground.}}
|-
| '''Orbitars'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone creates four orbiting spheres of energy around itself, then fires them, leaving a brief danger zone on the ground where they hit. They can be preemptively knocked away, and provide Meta Knight with energy if done so. Kirby can also swallow these to gain the [[Fire]] ability.}}
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| '''Rainbow Fury'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone's sword glows with a rainbow aura, then the clone starts thrashing it about as it dives several times across the stage.}}
|-
| '''Dark Lightning'''
| {{center|Dark Matter Clone, after a brief charge-up period, fires two dark lightning bolts from its eye. Each one leaves a star on impact. It will always fire two sets of these, and may change positioning to fire two more sets of lightning bolts.}}
|}

For phase 2, the clone starts with these attacks:
*Dark Beam Wave
*Orbitars
*Rainbow Fury
*Dark Lightning
*Orbitars
*Dark Lightning x2

Afterwards, the Dark Matter Clone attacks in this order on loop:
*Rainbow Fury
*Dark Beam Wave
*Orbitars
*Dark Lightning
*Dark Beam Wave
*Orbitars
*Rainbow Fury
*Dark Lightning x2
*Orbitars
*Dark Beam Wave
*Dark Lightning
*Rainbow Fury

Once Dark Matter Clone is defeated, it dissolves back into the purple goo from whence it was formed, collapsing tumultuously in on itself before exploding.

====Other Appearances====
Dark Matter Clone is also fought, just before [[Sectonia Clone]], in [[The True Arena]].

==Music==
{{main|Vs. Dark Matter (theme from Kirby's Dream Land 2)}}
Dark Matter Clone's theme is titled '''Reproduction of Darkness''' ('''暗黒の復刻''' in Japanese). It's an arrangement utilizing Dark Matter's themes of both forms from ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''.

==Trivia==
*The rainbow aura that sometimes appears around Dark Matter Clone's sword is a reference to the [[Rainbow Sword]] that [[Kirby]] used to defeat Dark Matter in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land 2]]''.
** During the "Kirby: Planet Robobot Drawing and Screenshot Challenge" on Miiverse, it was explained that this rainbow aura was the result of Dark Matter's lingering memories of the Rainbow Sword when fighting Kirby, which got transferred into the clone.
*When defeated, the clone dissolves into the purple goo it once formed from. Just before it explodes, it briefly takes the shape of Real Dark Matter, its true form.
*Interestingly, the text that appears before fighting it in [[The True Arena]] in the American English version calls it '''Dark Matter Blade''' rather than "Dark Matter Clone". Given that its Japanese name is '''クローン剣士ダークマター''' (''Clone Swordsman Dark Matter''), it can be assumed that the full name is '''Dark Matter Blade Clone''' and it was simply abbreviated due to character limits. In the British English version, it is referred to as "Dark Matter Clone" instead of "Dark Matter Blade" in both The True Arena Rest Area and during the battle itself.

==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=クローン剣士ダークマター
|jaR=Kurōn Kenshi Dāku Matā
|jaM=Clone Swordsman Dark Matter
|fr=Clone de Matière Noire 
|frM=Dark Matter Clone
|de=Dark-Matter-Klon
|deM=Dark Matter Clone
}}

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