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{{Infobox-Enemy
{{Infobox-Enemy
|image=[[File:Searches.jpg|75px]]
|image=[[File:KRtDLD Searches screenshot.png|120px]]
|caption='''Searches''', encountered in the [[Onion Ocean]] level.
|caption=Screenshot of '''Searches''' from ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]''.
|game1=''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]''
|game1=''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'' (2011)
|lastgame=''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''
|lastgame=''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'' (2023)
|game=<small>''[[New Challenge Stages]]''</small>
|game=<small>''[[Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition]]'' ([[New Challenge Stages]])<br>''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]''</small>
|copy ability=[[Crash]]
|copy ability=[[Crash]]
|similar=[[Flamer]]
|similar=[[Flamer]], [[Captain Stitch]]
}}
}}
'''Searches'''{{ForeignTitle}} is a hovering enemy introduced in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', which grants the [[Crash]] ability when swallowed. Their appearance is similar to a [[Flamer]].


'''Searches'''{{DataTitle}} is a hovering enemy introduced in ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]'', which grants the [[Crash]] ability when swallowed. Their appearance is similar to a [[Flamer]],
Searches is a disc-shaped black bomb with a yellow face consisting of only a pair of angry eyes, and four red bumpy extrusions, one on each side. It hovers in place and waits for an intruder to enter its proximity. Then it lights its fuse, turning red and, if not stopped, detonates in a large explosion that can harm at great range.


Searches is a disc-shaped black bomb with a yellow face consisting of only a pair of angry eyes, and four red bumpy extrusions, one on each side. It hovers in place and waits for an intruder to enter its proximity. Then it lights its fuse, turning red and, if not stopped, detonates in a large explosion that can harm at great range.
Their name comes from "search", referring to the enemy's constant habit of checking to see if someone is nearby.
 
[[File:KRtDL Searches primed screenshot.png|thumb|right|250px|Kirby stands next to a Searches that is about to explode. Not an optimal strategy.]]
 
==Game appearances==
===''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' / ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''===
Searches debuts here, providing another dangerous way to obtain the [[Crash]] ability.
 
In ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' Searches can be found in the following levels and stages:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=9|Searches locations in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land'' &nbsp;
|-
!Stage
!Stage 1
!Stage 2
!Stage 3
!Stage 4
!Stage 5
|-
![[Cookie Country]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Raisin Ruins]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Onion Ocean]]
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|-
![[White Wafers]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Nutty Noon]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Egg Engines]]
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|-
![[Dangerous Dinner]]
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|N/A
|}
 
===''Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition''===
In the [[New Challenge Stages]] [[Sub-Game]], Searches is one of the enemies that can appear in courses. It is identical in look and behavior to its appearance in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''.


===''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''===
Searches returns in ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', retaining its look and function from the previous encounter. Unlike in ''Return to Dream Land'', however, Searches is usually only found in hidden areas, specifically to provide the Crash ability for use on Mid-Bosses and other obstacles.
Searches returns in ''[[Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]'', retaining its look and function from the previous encounter. Unlike in ''Return to Dream Land'', however, Searches is usually only found in hidden areas, specifically to provide the Crash ability for use on Mid-Bosses and other obstacles.


[[File:Search Primed.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Kirby runs under a Searches that is about to explode. Not an optimal strategy.]]
In ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'' Searches can be found in the following levels and stages:
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border=1 cellpadding=2
!colspan=9|Searches locations in ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe'' &nbsp;
|-
!Stage
!Stage 1
!Stage 2
!Stage 3
!Stage 4
!Stage 5
!Stage 6 EX
!Stage 7 EX
!Stage 8 EX
|-
![[Fine Fields]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|{{N}}
|N/A
|N/A
|-
![[Lollipop Land]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|{{N}}
|N/A
|N/A
|-
![[Old Odyssey]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|{{Y}}
|N/A
|-
![[Wild World]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|{{Y}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|{{Y}}
|N/A
|-
![[Endless Explosions]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|N/A
|{{N}}
|N/A
|-
![[Royal Road]]
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|{{Y}}
|N/A
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|}
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
KRTDL Searches model.png|Model from ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''
KRtDL Searches.jpg|Searches in the [[Onion Ocean]] level of ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land''
KTD Searches.png|Searches in ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''
KTD Searches model.png|Model from ''Kirby: Triple Deluxe''
KRtDLD Searches primed screenshot.png|A primed Searches in ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe''
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{Names
|ja=サーチス
|jaR=Sāchisu
|jaM=Searches
}}


==Trivia==
{{Navbox-CommonEnemies}}
*Searches earned their name from "search", referring to the enemy's constant habit of checking to see if someone is nearby.
{{Navbox-KRtDL/KRtDLD}}
{{Navbox-KDCSE}}
{{Navbox-KTD}}


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[[Category:Creatures that yield Crash when swallowed]]
{{Navbox-RtDL}}
{{Navbox-TD}}
[[Category:Enemies]]
[[Category:Crash-yielding Creatures]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land]]
[[Category:Enemies in New Challenge Stages]]
[[Category:Enemies in New Challenge Stages]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby: Triple Deluxe]]
[[Category:Enemies in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]

Latest revision as of 00:51, 25 May 2023

Searches
KRtDLD Searches screenshot.png
Screenshot of Searches from Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe.
Details
First game Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
Latest game Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
Other game(s) Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (New Challenge Stages)
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Copy Ability Crash
Similar entities Flamer, Captain Stitch
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Searches[Japanese title] is a hovering enemy introduced in Kirby's Return to Dream Land, which grants the Crash ability when swallowed. Their appearance is similar to a Flamer.

Searches is a disc-shaped black bomb with a yellow face consisting of only a pair of angry eyes, and four red bumpy extrusions, one on each side. It hovers in place and waits for an intruder to enter its proximity. Then it lights its fuse, turning red and, if not stopped, detonates in a large explosion that can harm at great range.

Their name comes from "search", referring to the enemy's constant habit of checking to see if someone is nearby.

Kirby stands next to a Searches that is about to explode. Not an optimal strategy.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

Searches debuts here, providing another dangerous way to obtain the Crash ability.

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land Searches can be found in the following levels and stages:

Searches locations in Kirby's Return to Dream Land  
Stage Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
Cookie Country No No No No No
Raisin Ruins No No No No No
Onion Ocean No Yes No No N/A
White Wafers No No No No No
Nutty Noon No No No No No
Egg Engines No Yes Yes No No
Dangerous Dinner No Yes No N/A N/A

Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition[edit]

In the New Challenge Stages Sub-Game, Searches is one of the enemies that can appear in courses. It is identical in look and behavior to its appearance in Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

Searches returns in Kirby: Triple Deluxe, retaining its look and function from the previous encounter. Unlike in Return to Dream Land, however, Searches is usually only found in hidden areas, specifically to provide the Crash ability for use on Mid-Bosses and other obstacles.

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

Searches 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 No No No No N/A No N/A N/A
Lollipop Land No No Yes No N/A No N/A N/A
Old Odyssey No No No No No N/A Yes N/A
Wild World No No Yes Yes No N/A Yes N/A
Endless Explosions No No No No No N/A No N/A
Royal Road No No No No Yes N/A No No

Gallery[edit]

  • Model from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

    Model from Kirby's Return to Dream Land

  • Searches in the Onion Ocean level of Kirby's Return to Dream Land

    Searches in the Onion Ocean level of Kirby's Return to Dream Land

  • Searches in Kirby: Triple Deluxe

    Searches in Kirby: Triple Deluxe

  • Model from Kirby: Triple Deluxe

    Model from Kirby: Triple Deluxe

  • A primed Searches in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

    A primed Searches in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese サーチス
Sāchisu 		Searches


v • d • e
Reoccurring enemies and hazardous objects
20 or more appearances
10 to 19 appearances
7 to 9 appearances
5 or 6 appearances
3 or 4 appearances
v • d • e
Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Characters
Places
Both

Another Dimension • Halcandra • Lor Starcutter • Planet Popstar
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Merry Magoland
Levels and Stages
Level 1: Cookie Country

Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • Stage 4 • Stage 5

Level 2: Raisin Ruins
Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • Stage 4 • Stage 5

Level 3: Onion Ocean
Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • Stage 4 • Stage 5

Level 4: White Wafers
Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • Stage 4 • Stage 5 • Stage 6

Level 5: Nutty Noon
Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • Stage 4 • Stage 5 • Stage 6

Level 6: Egg Engines
Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • Stage 4 • Stage 5 • Stage 6

Level 7: Dangerous Dinner
Stage 1 • Stage 2 • Stage 3 • Stage 4

Level 8: Another Dimension

Challenge Stages

Sword Challenge • Sand Challenge (KRtDLD only) • Whip Challenge • Hi-Jump Challenge • Bomb Challenge • Mecha Challenge (KRtDLD only) • Water Challenge • Wing Challenge • Item Challenge
Magolor Epilogue Areas & Stages
Copy Abilities
Both

Beam • Bomb • Crash • Cutter • Fighter • Fire • Hammer • Hi-Jump • Ice • Leaf • Mike • Needle • Ninja • Parasol • Sleep • Spark • Spear • Stone • Sword • Tornado • Water • Wing • Whip
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Festival • Mecha • Sand
Super Abilities
Regular enemies
Both

Armor Waddle Dee • Babut • Barbar • Barracu • Blade Knight • Blipper • Big Waddle Dee • Bouncy • Bouncy Sis • Bowby • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Bulby • Cappy • Cerulean • Clayn • Chilly • Coconut • Coldtzo • Como • Craby • Darpa • Degout • Deppa • Dippa • Dupa • Elec • Flamer • Foley • Galbo • Gemra • Gigatzo • Glunk • Gordo • Halcandle Dee • Hot Head • Iron Barbar • Jackle • Kabu • Key Dee • Knuckle Joe • Lanzer • Leafan • Moonja • Mopoo • Mumbies • Needlous • Noddy • Nruff • Owgulf • Pacloud • Pacto • Parasol Waddle Dee • Parasol Waddle Doo • Pierce • Pluid • Poison apple • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Puppet Waddle Dee • Rocky • Scarfy • Searches • Shelt • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Snowl • Sodory • Sparky • Squishy • Starman • Super Blade Knight • Super Chilly • Super Hot Head • Super Waddle Doo • Swinging Waddle Dee • Swinging Waddle Doo • Tick • Totenga • Twister • Volttzo • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Walf • Walky • Wapod • Water Galbo • Whippy
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Armoroid • Don Puffle • Sandran
Super Ability-defeatable enemies
Mid-Bosses
Standard Bosses
Extra Bosses
Magolor Epilogue Bosses
Items and objects
Sub-Games and Extra Modes
Extra
v • d • e
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition
Characters
Modes
Classic Titles
Anime episodes
Manga samples (Japanese version only)
Copy Abilities (New Challenge Stages)
Fighter • Normal • Parasol • Smash • Spark • Sword • Whip • Wing
Stages (New Challenge Stages)
Enemies (New Challenge Stages)
Mid-Bosses (New Challenge Stages)
Extra
v • d • e
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Characters
Levels and stages
Bosses
Mid-Bosses
Copy Abilities

Standard
Archer • Beam • Beetle • Bell • Bomb • Circus • Cutter • Fighter • Fire • Hammer • Ice • Leaf • Needle • Ninja • Parasol • Spark • Spear • Stone • Sword • Wing • Wheel • Whip

Limited use
Crash • Mike • Sleep

Special

Hypernova
Enemies

Standard
Antler • Barbar • Beetley • Big Kabu • Birdon • Blade Knight • Blipper • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Burner Guardian • Cappy • Chilly • Chip • Clown Acrobot • Como • Craby • Degout • Flamer • Foley • Ghost Book • Ghost Dish • Ghost Gordo • Gigatzo • Glunk • Gordo • Grandy • Grizzo • Hot Head • Kabu • Key Dee • Knuckle Joe • Lanzer • Leafan • Lumberjack Waddle Dee • Mamatee • Moonja • Mumbies • Nidoo • Noddy • Pacflower • Pacto • Parasol Waddle Dee • Parasol Waddle Doo • Phanta • Pierce • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Ringle • Rocky • Scarfy • Searches • Sectra Dee • Shelt • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Soarar • Sparky • Spookstep • Springy Hand • Spynum • Squishy • Swinging Waddle Dee • Swinging Waddle Doo • Tick • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Wheelie • Whippy

Hypernova
Ace Phanta • Big Missile • Cannon tower • Land Barbar • Lollipop Tank • Pipe Worm • Waddle Dee Train

Sub-games only

Bomber • Bouncy • Sodory
Sub-games
Items and objects
Kirby Fighters Battle Stages
Dedede's Drum Dash stages
Extra
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