Mamatee

Mamatee Model of Mamatee from Kirby: Planet Robobot Details First game Kirby: Triple Deluxe (2014) Latest game Kirby Star Allies (2018) Other game(s) Kirby: Planet Robobot Copy Ability None Similar entities Blipper

Mamatee, also referred to as Mamanti, is a large aquatic enemy who first appears in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and serves as a bigger analogue to Blipper, but with the fins of a manta ray. It moves slowly and gracefully through the water, often seen performing lazy loops between the foreground and background. It will however often attempt to jump out of the water at Kirby, where it will then flop about helplessly on land, just like a Blipper would. Mamatee has a fairly high amount of health, and as such takes a few hits to take out. Essentially, it serves the same role in the water as Grandy does on land.

Game appearances

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Mamatee first appears in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.

Locations

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Mamatee can be found in the following levels and stages:

Mamatee 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

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Mamatee reappears in Kirby: Planet Robobot, unchanged from its debut in Kirby: Triple Deluxe.

Locations

In Kirby: Planet Robobot, Mamatee can be found in the following levels and stages:

Mamatee 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

Kirby Star Allies

In Kirby Star Allies, Mamatee returns in HD, but otherwise going unchanged yet again.

Locations

In Kirby Star Allies, Mamatee can be found in the following levels and stages:

Trivia

• In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, the internal filename for Mamatee is called "Briterri", suggesting a closer relation to Blipper. As of Kirby: Planet Robobot, the file is renamed "Mamatee", which matches the British English name given on Miiverse.
• On the official Kirby JP Twitter feed, an illustration was posted for Mother's Day which features Mamatee in the lower-left corner. This image may be taken to suggest that Mamatees are the mothers of Blippers, though it does not conclusively account for all Mamatees.
  • Additionally, going from the suggestion in this image, it could be speculated that the name "Mamatee" is a portmanteau of "mama" and "manatee".

Gallery

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  Screenshot from Kirby: Triple Deluxe

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  Screenshot from Kirby: Planet Robobot

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  Screenshot from Kirby Star Allies

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  Illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring Mamatee

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  Mother's Day illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring Mamatee

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  Mamatee in the book It's Kirby Time: Kirby's Tiny World

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  "Okinawa / Whale Shark" keychain from the "Kirby's Dream Land: Pukkuri Keychain" merchandise line.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ママンティ Mamanti	Portmanteau of「マンタ」(manta) and「マナティー」(manatī, manatee), also possibly involving ママ (mama)
Traditional Chinese	蛙鏡魟魚 wā jìng hóng yú	Frog-Goggles Manta Ray 「蛙镜/蛙鏡」(frog-goggles) is a common nickname for swimming goggles in Chinese
Simplified Chinese	蛙镜魟鱼 wā jìng hóng yú