Poppy Bros. Jr.

Poppy Bros. Jr. Artwork of Poppy Bros. Jr. from Kirby Star Allies. Details First game Kirby's Dream Land (1992) Latest game Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023) Other game(s) Kirby's Adventure Kirby's Pinball Land Kirby's Dream Course (reference) Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kirby's Block Ball Kirby Super Star Kirby's Dream Land 3 Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom) Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby: Canvas Curse (reference) Kirby Super Star Ultra Kirby's Return to Dream Land Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (New Challenge Stages) Kirby: Triple Deluxe Kirby: Planet Robobot Kirby Star Allies Kirby and the Forgotten Land Kirby's Dream Buffet (reference) Copy Ability None, Bomb, Cutter Enemy Info Card Similar entities Poppy Bros. Sr., Perot, Boomer, Balloon-Meister, Jungle Bomb

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“BOOM! I love that sound!” It’s the guy with the eternal grin! He’s off on an explosive adventure, but all he really wants to do is bring a little fun and fireworks into people’s lives.

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— Guest Star Poppy Bros. Jr. Bombs Away! Pause Screen description in Kirby Star Allies

Poppy Bros. Jr. is a commonly reoccurring enemy in the Kirby series, first appearing in Kirby's Dream Land. He is a small humanoid figure who wears a clown suit with a cap similar to that of Sword Kirby's, though Poppy Bros. Jr.'s outfit is usually a pale blue in color.

Poppy Bros. Jr.'s role has varied greatly throughout the Kirby series. In his oldest appearances, he provided no Copy Ability and was typically seen riding on Grizzos or balancing on apples and Maxim Tomatoes. Starting with Kirby Super Star (and perhaps following in the footsteps of his older relative, Poppy Bros. Sr.), Poppy Bros. Jr. could be seen tossing bombs, and providing the Bomb ability when swallowed. This game also had Poppy Bros. Jr. throw boomerangs, with this case resulting in Kirby gaining the Cutter ability from him instead. In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and every subsequent 3D Kirby game, Poppy Bros. Jr. consistently provides the Bomb ability, having become the mascot for said ability ever since.

Game appearances

Poppy Bros. Jr.'s video game appearances
Game	Role	Notes
Kirby series
Kirby's Dream Land	Enemy
Kirby's Adventure	Enemy	Does not provide a copy ability.
Kirby's Pinball Land	Enemy
Kirby's Dream Course	Reference	Appears as one of the five placeholder icons for the default rankings in the game.
Kirby's Dream Land 2	Enemy	Does not provide a copy ability.
Kirby's Block Ball	Enemy
Kirby Super Star	Enemy and playable character	Variants that give Bomb, Cutter, or no ability appear. Can be recruited as a Helper when Kirby has the Bomb ability.
Kirby's Dream Land 3	Enemy	Does not provide a copy ability.
Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)	Opponent
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards	Enemy	Gives the Bomb ability.
Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble	Enemy
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land	Enemy	As this is a remake of Kirby's Adventure, his role doesn't change.
Kirby: Canvas Curse	Reference	Appears as one of the drawings in Paint Panic.
Kirby Super Star Ultra	Enemy and playable character	As this is a remake of Kirby Super Star, his role doesn't change.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land	Enemy	Gives the Bomb ability.
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition	Enemy	Appears in New Challenge Stages. Poppy Bros. Jr. also appears in all six ported games included, where he has the exact same role.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe	Enemy	Gives the Bomb ability.
Kirby: Planet Robobot	Enemy	Gives the Bomb ability.
Kirby Star Allies	Enemy and playable character	Gives the Bomb ability. Poppy Bros. Jr. can be played as when recruited as a Friend.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land	Enemy	Gives the Bomb ability.
Kirby's Dream Buffet	Reference	Appears on two Character Treats.
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe	Enemy	Gives the Bomb ability.
Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U	Trophy
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Spirit

Kirby's Dream Land

Poppy Bros. Jr. first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land. He can mainly be seen riding on apples and Grizzos, though he can be seen on his own. He is worth 400 points when defeated via a Star Bullet.

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears in Green Greens and the "Green Greens" portion of Mt. Dedede. He also appears in the Extra Game.

Kirby's Adventure/Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Kirby spotting a Poppy Bros. Jr. balancing on a Maxim Tomato in Kirby's Adventure.

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears in Kirby's Adventure and its remake; Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, and can be seen balancing on Maxim Tomatoes as well as apples. In order to obtain the tomato, Kirby must inhale Poppy Bros. Jr. to get him off of it. Attempting to attack him with any other method will destroy the tomato. He provides no ability if swallowed.

Locations

In Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Poppy Bros. Jr. locations in Kirby's Adventure & Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Stage	Vegetable Valley	Ice Cream Island	Butter Building	Grape Garden	Yogurt Yard	Orange Ocean	Rainbow Resort
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5	N/A
Stage 6	N/A	N/A

Kirby's Pinball Land

In Kirby's Pinball Land, Poppy Bros. Jr. (known here as Junior Poppy Brothers) makes several appearances on the Poppy Brothers' Land series of boards. In the middle board, two of them can be found hiding in holes, and leaving bombs behind. They are worth 250 points when hit here, and their bombs are worth 360 points. On the uppermost floor, three of them can be found emerging from doorways and heading toward unhatched Chicks. If they get to the eggs, they will kick them causing them to reset, but Kirby can knock them away for 500 points.

Kirby's Dream Course

In Kirby's Dream Course, Poppy Bros. Jr. appears as one of the five placeholder icons on the scoreboards for each course.

Kirby's Dream Land 2

Kirby and Coo flying over a Poppy Bros. Jr. to reach a stage exit in Kirby's Dream Land 2.

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears again in Kirby's Dream Land 2, acting the same as he did in Kirby's Adventure.

Locations

In Kirby's Dream Land 2, Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Poppy Bros. Jr. locations in Kirby's Dream Land 2
Stage	Grass Land	Big Forest	Ripple Field	Iceberg	Red Canyon	Cloudy Park	Dark Castle
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stage 5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stage 6	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Stage 7	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Kirby's Block Ball

In Kirby's Block Ball, Poppy Bros. Jr. appears as the pre-boss enemy in Stage 4 and is worth 5000 points on defeat.

Kirby Super Star / Kirby Super Star Ultra

Kirby scanning a Poppy Bros. Jr. in Kirby Super Star.

Kirby Super Star was the first game in the series to give Poppy Bros. Jr. weapons to use against Kirby. He can be seen with either a bomb or a boomerang, providing the Bomb ability in the former case and the Cutter ability in the latter. Despite these weapons, Poppy Bros. Jr. can also be found in more traditional roles, with no weapon or balancing on an apple. Poppy Bros. Jr. can also come in many different tunic colors. Poppy Bros. Jr. can be called as a helper, gaining the moveset of Bomb Kirby and an Infinity Jump. In the Kirby Super Star Ultra-exclusive mode Revenge of the King, Poppy Bros. Jr. is replaced by a similar enemy called Perot.

In Kirby Super Star Ultra, Poppy Bros. Jr. is known as Poppy Bro Jr. and appears as one of the selectable characters in Helper to Hero. He also appears on a card in Kirby Card Swipe.

Locations

Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following places in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra:

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears in Kirby's Dream Land 3, though he behaves like he did in Kirby's Dream Land 2 and still provides no ability when swallowed.

Locations

In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Poppy Bros. Jr. locations in Kirby's Dream Land 3
Stage	Grass Land	Ripple Field	Sand Canyon	Cloudy Park	Iceberg
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6

Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)

In Kirby's Star Stacker on Super Famicom, Poppy Bros. Jr. appears as the second opponent Kirby has to defeat in the story mode in order to get back Mr. Star's lost pieces. Poppy Bros. Jr. has a difficulty of Normal on both difficulty settings.

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards was the first game in the series to have Poppy Bros. Jr. consistently give Kirby the Bomb ability when swallowed. Instead of hopping around as he did in previous games, Poppy Bros. Jr. bounces in place and tosses his bombs at a consistent arc towards Kirby.

Exclusive to this game, Poppy Bros. Jr. has a smaller, pointier hat as well as flat, round shoes, making him most closely resemble his artwork from Kirby's Dream Land.

Poppy Bros. Jr. also appears on Enemy Info Card #24.

Locations

In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Poppy Bros. Jr. locations in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Stage	Pop Star	Rock Star	Aqua Star	Neo Star	Shiver Star	Ripple Star	Dark Star
Stage 1
Stage 2							N/A
Stage 3							N/A
Stage 4	N/A					N/A	N/A

Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears in Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble, though not in his usual role. He rides along a bouncy ball in half-pipe areas moving back and forth, and will bounce Kirby if they collide, not able to harm Kirby directly. There are two varieties, with blue Poppys traveling in a smaller arc, and red ones covering the whole width of the half-pipe.

Locations

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears as an enemy only in Lvl 6-2. In addition, two Poppy Bros. Jr.s appear alongside Kirby in the end-game cutscene that informs the player that they can now play the Extra Stage.

Kirby: Canvas Curse

Although not appearing as an enemy in Kirby: Canvas Curse, Poppy Bros. Jr. does cameo as one of the possible drawings in the sub-game Paint Panic.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Bomb Kirby squaring off against Poppy Bros. Jr. in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, with his updated design from Kirby Star Allies in the latter, acting much like he did in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, including once again providing the Bomb ability consistently. He comes in various sizes, and tosses his bomb in a consistent arc at Kirby and his friends.

Locations

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Poppy Bros. Jr. locations in Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5
Cookie Country
Raisin Ruins
Onion Ocean					N/A
White Wafers
Nutty Noon
Egg Engines
Dangerous Dinner				N/A	N/A

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

Poppy Bros. Jr. makes an appearance in Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition, both as an enemy in New Challenge Stages and in all of the Classic Titles.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe & Kirby: Planet Robobot

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby: Planet Robobot, Poppy Bros. Jr. acts much as in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, though now, he gains the ability to toss bombs between foreground and background.

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found as a keychain, depicting his sprite from Kirby's Dream Land 3.

Locations

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Poppy Bros. Jr. 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

In Kirby: Planet Robobot Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Poppy Bros. Jr. 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

Poppy Bros. Jr.'s pause screen artwork as an ally

Poppy Bros. Jr. gains his biggest role in Kirby Star Allies, as well as a redesign. He acts as the tutorial for befriending foes, appearing in the cutscene as the first enemy Kirby is forced to charm using the Friend Heart. As an ally, Poppy Bros. Jr. has all of the same moves as Bomb Kirby, an Infinity Jump, and the ability to receive a Power Effect. When taking advantage of glitches, Poppy Bros. Jr. is among the most formidable characters to use for speedruns of The Ultimate Choice.

Poppy Bros. Jr. also has a slot in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!, with his adventure given the name 'Guest Star Poppy Bros. Jr. Bombs Away!'.

Locations

In Kirby Star Allies, Poppy Bros. Jr. can be found in the following levels and stages:

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Poppy Bros. Jr. prepping a bomb in Kirby and the Forgotten Land.

Poppy Bros. Jr. returns as an enemy in Kirby and the Forgotten Land. Unlike past games, his bombs take on a different appearance, now black with red symbols (the symbols match the boss icon used in Super Kirby Clash and Kirby Fighters 2). The bombs can also roll down slopes. He once again provides the Bomb ability and has his own figure (though it lacks a description).

Locations

In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Poppy Bros. Jr. appears in the following stages:

Kirby's Dream Buffet

Poppy Bros. Jr. does not appear directly in Kirby's Dream Buffet, but his likeness can be seen on two Character Treats: the first has him depicted alongside Kirby and a Chick for the "Kirby's Pinball Land (1)" treat, and the other depicts his artwork as a friend with the Bluster Bomb ability from Kirby Star Allies.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Poppy Bros. Jr. has his own trophy:

Name	Image	Appears In/Related Games	Description
Poppy Bros. Jr.		Game Boy Kirby's Dream Land (08/1992) NES Kirby's Adventure (05/1993)	"Sometimes riding on Grizzos, other times balancing on apples or Maxim Tomatoes, this little clown clearly has some skills. Unfortunately, his job isn't to make people laugh—it's to get in Kirby's way. As you might expect from the "Jr." in his name, there's also a Poppy Bros. Sr., and he's a slightly bigger nuisance."

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Poppy Bros. Jr. appears as a primary spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The spirit can be obtained by battling it through World of Light, the Spirit Board, or by purchasing it from the Shop. It has level 1 stats of 544 attack and 362 defense, with level 99 stats of 2,721 attack and 1,814 defense. It is ★, attack-type, and possesses one spirit slot. Poppy Bros. Jr.'s spirit battle pits the player against two Young Links on the Yoshi's Island stage who favor using their down special moves in the air and have increased power with that move. Bob-ombs are the only items that can appear during this battle.

In Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

Poppy Bros. Jr. in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.

Poppy Bros. Jr. makes a tiny cameo appearance as a monster in the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! episode Cowardly Creature. He is shown briefly training as part of the "Young Monsters of the Future" program run by monster clowns, using a pair of roller skates.

In the Kirby novel series

Poppy Bros. Jr., as he appears in Kirby: Big Race in Pupupu Land!

In the Kirby novel series, Poppy Bros. Jr. appears in Kirby: Big Race in Pupupu Land! as one of the race's many contestants. He is always grouped with the other racers, and never stands out. The only time he is mentioned by the text is when the contestants encounter Peperon in the forest. Poppy Bros. Jr. turns pale and asks why such a monstrous creature is in Dream Land.

Trivia

Poppy Bros. Jr. in Helper to Hero.

• Poppy Bros. Jr.'s alternative coloration in Kirby Super Star Ultra's Helper to Hero game is a pink suit and hat; this may be a nod to his classic design as used in non-game artwork for Kirby's Dream Land, atop Grizzo.
• Poppy Bros. Jr. initially had different eyes, which resembled black dots with wedges in the middle like a more classic cartoon. In newer titles, his eyes look more like Kirby's, though they are slightly wider.
• While Poppy Bros. Jr. serves as the tutorial to use Friend Hearts and create Friends in Kirby Star Allies, he is not actually the first Friend Kirby can make in the game. If Kirby obtains the Sword Copy Ability by swallowing the Blade Knight present in the room before the tutorial, and an input is made on a second controller, Kirby will create a befriended Blade Knight before being given the option to throw Friend Hearts.

Gallery

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  Artwork from Kirby's Dream Land

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  Artwork from Kirby Super Star

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  Defeat cutscene from Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)

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  Model from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

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  Artwork from Kirby Super Star Ultra

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  Poppy Bros. Jr. in Kirby's Return to Dream Land

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  Artwork from Kirby Star Allies

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  Artwork from Kirby no Copy-toru!

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  Poppy Bros. Jr. plushie, manufactured by San-ei

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  Nintendo Switch Online profile icon, depicting a Poppy Bros. Jr. from Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ポピーブロスJr. Popī Burosu Junia	Poppy Bros. Jr.
Chinese	小波比兄弟 xiǎo bō bǐ xiōng dì	Poppy Bros. Jr.
Dutch	Poppy Bros. Jr.	Poppy Bros. Jr.
French	Bébépoppy	From "bébé" (baby) and "poppy".
German	Pippo Peng	Pippo Peng
Italian	Bomby Bros. Jr.	-
Korean	포피브라더스 Jr Popibeusadeoseu Junieo	Poppy Brothers Jr
Brazilian Portuguese	Bomby Bros. Jr.	Pun on the word bomba (bomb)
European Portuguese	Poppy Bros. Jr.	-
Spanish	Bomby Bros. Jr.	Pun on the word bomba (bomb)