Waddle Dee: Difference between revisions

*[[Waddle Doo]] - A creature with a similar body shape and behavior to Waddle Dees, but has a face consisting only of a large singular eye and a couple eyelashes. It fires a beam whip from its eye, and provides the [[Beam]] ability when swallowed. It can also be seen with a Parasol.

*[[N-Z]] - A dark grey creature made by [[Dark Matter]]. It looks and acts similarly to a Waddle Dee, though it has pointy ears and no arms.

*[[Cotta]] - A small clay creature created by [[Claycia]]. It can be found in a number of different roles and varieties.

Waddle Dee appears in the bonus game of [[Wispy-Woods Land]], as the first enemy patrolling the top of the block line. When collided into, it is defeated, and yields 5000 points.

A less common, very fast moving type of Waddle Dee can also be found in a few locations; this form appears behind Kirby once he reaches a certain point in a level, attempting to dash into him but stopping when he faces it. Furthermore, some Waddle Dees can be seen holding [[Floaty the Drifter]]s, ''Kirby's Dream Land 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s equivalent of [[Parasol (enemy)|Parasols]], enabling them to slowly glide down from above.

Waddle Dees reappear in ''[[Kirby Super Star|{{KSS KFP}}]]'' and its remake, ''[[Kirby Super Star Ultra]]''. While they retain their usual role of a common enemy, a Parasol Waddle Dee also serves as the [[Helper]] that can be created from the Parasol ability. The Helper is much more capable during battle than its enemy counterparts, being able to use the same moveset as Parasol Kirby. A [[Sailor Waddle Dee|Waddle Dee in a sailor garb]] also gets introduced as one of [[Meta Knight]]'s henchmen during his conquest to take over Dream Land. Yet another Waddle Dee appears in [[The Arena]] as a joke opponent; this Waddle Dee has more health than regular ones, but does not move, instead walking in place until defeated.

Aside from the introduction of spear-wielding Waddle Dees, another Waddle Dee character [[Bandana Waddle Dee|wearing a blue bandana]] appears in the [[Revenge of the King]] stage of ''Kirby Super Star Ultra'' mode. It first is fought as a [[Mid-Boss]], and later can be spotted alone in the audience during Kirby's fight with Masked Dedede. After Kirby wins the fight, it can be seen accompanying a miserable King Dedede on his walk into the sunset, along with dozens of other Waddle Dees.

Waddle Dee serves as the first opponent in the story mode series of games. Naturally, it is the easiest to defeat.

While ''[[Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards]]'' does not feature Waddle Dees as enemies like usual - [[N-Z]] assumes the role as the weakest type of enemy - a single Waddle Dee appears as a character in that game. After it gets possessed by [[Dark Matter]] (temporarily turning it into a [[Waddle Doo]]) and defeated and released by Kirby, it gladly joins Kirby's and [[Ribbon]]'s quest and becomes their ally. From that point on it sometimes appears in various levels and helps Kirby out, often by providing vehicles and opening paths. It can also be seen at the end of every level during the [[Picnic]].

In ''[[Kirby: Canvas Curse]]'', regular Waddle Dees, along with two new variants appear. The first, called [[Fluff Waddle Dee]], floats down on a fluff, similarly to Parasol Waddle Dee, with the difference being that the fluff version does not give a Copy Ability due to Parasol's absence in this game. The second variant, called [[Spear Waddle Dee]], holds a spear, which it can throw at Kirby. Spear Waddle Dees usually appear as a type of Mid Boss. Both variants, as well as the regular version, have the same appearance when stunned. A Waddle Dee [[Character Ball|Ball]] can be playable if the game is beaten once. It has the same stats as Kirby without Copy Abilities, except for health, like every other playable character besides Kirby.

Waddle Dees appear in a number of different roles in this game. There are two main enemy types; the first being a ground-based Waddle Dee who wears a hard hat and holds a cannon over its head, and another who takes the shape of a submarine (but is still just called 'Waddle Dee') and chases Kirby down in underwater areas. Three different shades of [[Bandana Waddle Dee]] also appear to help Kirby out.

*[[Walker Waddle Dee]]: The robotic walker must be destroyed first in order to get at the Waddle Dee itself.

In the [[smashwiki:Subspace Emissary|Subspace Emissary]], a lone Waddle Dee acting as King Dedede's bait can be seen in a cutscene with [[mariowiki:Luigi|Luigi]] who cowers in fear of it, and several Dedede's Waddle Dees ambush [[mariowiki:Wario|Wario]] in another cutscene.