Driblee

Driblee Artwork of a Friend Driblee from Kirby Star Allies. Details First game Kirby Star Allies (2018) Copy Ability Water Similar entities Water Galbo, Colossal Driblee

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"I'm Driblee! I ❤ clean water!" Driblee can't stand the destruction of the environment and wishes for only the purest of waters for the world! With that, Driblee sets off on a journey!

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— Guest Star Driblee Rinse and Repeat Pause Screen description in Kirby Star Allies

Driblee is a common enemy that debuted in Kirby Star Allies. It resembles a blue eel fish, but with fins for arms, a small frill on its head and a large, leafy tail. It provides the Water ability when swallowed by Kirby. Its name is possibly a play on "dribble" and the reverse spelling of "eel".

As an enemy, Driblee tends to hang in one spot, and occasionally spits out globs of water. Driblee can also very rarely be found sticking to ceilings.

Driblee can also be made into a Friend, whereby it dons a water crown similar to Kirby's. As an ally, Driblee can use the full moveset of the Water ability, along with the Friend Abilities related to it. Like many allies, Driblee has lower health than Kirby, but benefits from an Infinity Jump.

Like other allies, Driblee gets a unique playthrough in the extra game, called Guest Star Driblee Rinse and Repeat.

There is a larger variant of Driblee called Colossal Driblee that appears in Super Kirby Clash as part of Team Colossal Quad.

Locations

Driblee can be found in the following stages:

Trivia

• In the Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! pause flavor text, Driblee is described as female in Japanese, French, Italian and Spanish; neutral (or not mentioned) in English, Dutch, Korean and Simplified Chinese; male in German and Traditional Chinese.
• According to its Chinese name, Driblee is an eel fish creature.
• If the enemy Driblee falls into the waters, it will survive but the water ball it shoots will vanish immediately. This is possibly because the waters are considered to be an obstacle to Driblee's projectiles.

Gallery

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  Driblee in the animated opening of Kirby Star Allies

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  Artwork as a Friend from Kirby Star Allies

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  Driblee as an enemy

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  Title screen for Guest Star Driblee: Rinse and Repeat in Kirby Star Allies

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  Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! credits picture of a pair of Driblee defeating Flamberge

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  Concept art of Driblee

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  Concept art of Driblee

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  Illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring Driblee

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  Illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring an allied Driblee

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  New Year's Day 2021 illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring Driblee

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	プルアンナ Puruanna	"Pluanna" in internal filename Combination of「プルプル」(puru-puru, jiggling) + possibly a pun on「海鰻アナゴ」(anago, conger eel) and English female name "Anna" May also be an anagram of "Annapurna"
Traditional Chinese	噗嚕鰻 pū lū màn	Plu Eel
Simplified Chinese	噗噜鳗 pū lū màn
Dutch	Driblee	-
French	Jaido	Modified orthograph of "jet d'eau" (lit. "jet of water")
German	Tröpfli	From "tröpfeln" (to drip) and the suffix for clippings "-i"
Italian	Sgocciolo	Masculine form of "sgocciolare" (to drip)
Korean	탱장어 Taengjang'eo	Bouncy Eel Combination of "탱탱" (taengtaeng, sound symbolism for describing tightness or bounciness) and "장어" (jang'eo, eel), possibly specifically "뱀장어" (baemjang'eo, Japanese eel) or "붕장어" (bungjang'eo, conger eel as in the Japanese name)
Spanish	Chapotila	Portmanteau of "chapotear" (to dabble/splatter) and "anguila" (eel)