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Ribbon
KSA Ribbon.png
Artwork of Ribbon for Kirby Star Allies.
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First appearance Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000)
Latest appearance Super Kirby Clash (2019, cameo)
Other appearance(s) Kirby: Planet Robobot (sticker)
Kirby Star Allies
Similar Elfilin
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A fairy from Ripple Star, Ribbon escapes the planet with the fairies' Crystal, only to fall victim to a Dark Matter ambush. When she loses control of the Crystal, she turns to Kirby for help.
— Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards instruction booklet (North America), page 22

Ribbon is a character who made her debut in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. She is a fairy from Ripple Star, serving under the planet's Queen, and watching over the Crystal - an object with the power to dispel Dark Matter. She forms one part of the Ribbon's Crystal ability, and is also paired up with Adeleine in Kirby Star Allies. The duo reappear in Super Kirby Clash, where the former watches as the latter paints as she usually does.

Personality

Ribbon is complex in terms of personality. She at first appears carefree, but is later seen to be easily depressed by Ripple Star's destruction. Ribbon also has a brave side to her, as seen when she goes to protect the Ripple Star Queen and then gets away with the crystal when the queen tells her to do so. Her wide range of emotions serve to convey her feelings and motives in absence of any proper dialogue, as the cut-scenes in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards do not feature any speech or text whatsoever.

Physical appearance

Ribbon is rather small, about Kirby's height but much thinner than him. She has messy pink hair with a red ribbon which gives her her name, a red dress, white pants, brown shoes, and rosy cheeks. Her eyes are blue, and she is almost always seen with her mouth open.

Game appearances

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Ribbon, as she appears in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

In the opening cut-scene, Ribbon is seen frolicking, but she is soon dismayed when Dark Matter invades the peaceful planet of Ripple Star. The Queen sends Ribbon off with the crystal, to avoid its capture by the invading force. A piece of Dark Matter pursues her well into space, where it succeeds in shattering the crystal into many pieces, the explosion sending an unconscious Ribbon tumbling down to Pop Star. There, she bumps into Kirby, who up until that point had been stargazing. After this fateful encounter, Kirby finds a piece of the crystal, and merges it with the small remnant that Ribbon still had left. From there, Kirby agrees to help Ribbon find the rest of them and save her home world.

Ribbon accompanies Kirby across the six worlds, combining all the shards of the crystal that they find in the process. Once they return to Ripple Star, the reassembled crystal banishes Dark Matter from the planet, causing it to coalesce in space into Dark Star. Ribbon then helps Kirby battle the core of Dark Matter - by carrying him about inside the void where the battle takes place.

Once Dark Matter is finally destroyed, Kirby is awarded a crystal medal by Ribbon. She also gives him a kiss on the cheek, which causes Kirby to blush and stumble, which results in him falling down the ceremony stairs.

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Ribbon's likeness appears as a sticker, which Kirby can place on the arms of his Robobot Armor. Apart from that, she makes no appearance.

Kirby Star Allies

Main article: Adeleine

Ribbon appears in two Celebration Pictures, namely 'A Delicious Picnic' and 'Chasing Our Dreams'. She's also present in one of Stone's gold transformations, along with Susie.

She appears in-person along with Adeleine as a Dream Friend, carrying Adeleine in the air so that she can hover and participating with Adeleine in some of her attacks.

Super Kirby Clash

Ribbon can be seen watching over her partner Adeleine, who is painting a picture in the Castle Village.

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Trivia

  • According to the Japanese book "20th Anniversary Kirby Pupupu Encyclopedia", Ribbon was originally named Kawashima, a Japanese name meaning "river island". She was conceived as a means of switching between the game's multiple playable characters. As this aspect was removed during development, her gameplay role became less prominent.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese リボン
Ribon
Ribbon
Traditional Chinese 莉寶
lì bǎo
Ribbon
Simplified Chinese 莉宝
lì bǎo
Dutch Ribbon -
French Ribbon -
German Ribbon -
Italian Ribbon -
Korean 리본
Ribon
Ribbon
Russian Риббон
Ribbon
Ribbon
Spanish Ribbon -