Kabu

Kabu
Artwork from Kirby: Canvas Curse
Details
First game	Kirby's Dream Land
Latest game	Kirby Star Allies
Other game(s)	Kirby's Adventure Kirby's Pinball Land Kirby's Dream Course Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kirby's Avalanche Kirby's Block Ball Kirby Super Star Kirby's Dream Land 3 Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby: Canvas Curse Kirby Super Star Ultra Kirby Mass Attack Kirby's Return to Dream Land Kirby's Dream Collection Kirby: Triple Deluxe Kirby: Planet Robobot Kirby's Blowout Blast
Copy Ability	None
Similar entities	Dekabu, Grumples, Colossal Kabu

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Kabu is a recurring enemy in the Kirby series. It has appeared in many games, beginning with Kirby's Dream Land. It appears to be a head-like being, made mostly of stone; usually crimson or silver in color. Its face consists of two holes in place of eyes, a sculpted nose, and a perpetually open mouth. In some games, however, Kabu is cubical.

Depending on the game, Kabu may attack in a large amount of ways, including jumping, sliding, flying, and even teleporting. Dekabu, a larger counterpart of Kabu, can also spit out Kabus. Kirby can inhale and swallow Kabus, but in turn, does not receive a Copy Ability.

Game appearances[edit]

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Kirby's Dream Land[edit]

Kabu debuted along with Kirby in Kirby's Dream Land. Here, it can be found in the Float Islands level, in the caves. It can be found patrolling the walkways as well as nestled inside holes in the walls. It attacks by sliding into Kirby, and dropping down on him from above. It can also fade away, and reappear in different areas. In the Extra Game, it is replaced by Grumples.

Kirby's Adventure/Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]

In Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Kabu appears as an enemy again, with a similar attack pattern. It still has the ability to phase in and out of sight, though it does this less often than in its previous appearance.

Locations[edit]

Kabu can be found in the following levels and stages:

Kabu 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
Appears only in Kirby's Adventure*.

Kirby's Pinball Land[edit]

In Kirby's Pinball Land, Kabu (known here as Kaboo^[1]) appears in the lowermost board of Wispy-Woods Land. Six of them are arranged around the board, with a Big Kaboo in the middle. The side Kaboos are worth 360 points each time they are bumped. When the side Kaboos are bumped, they retreat into the walls of the board, leaving a small nub that is worth 180 points when bumped. Once all six Kaboos have been bumped, the Big Kaboo disappears, leaving a Warp Star behind.

Kirby's Dream Course[edit]

Kabu appears as one of the four basic enemy types in Kirby's Dream Course, with the others being Broomhatter, Waddle Dee and Squishy. Kabu continuously spins, but do not move at all. When hit, it does not grant any special abilities.

Locations[edit]

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1player mode courses

Kabu locations in Kirby's Dream Course (1 Player Game)
Course	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	Course 5	Course 6	Course 7	Course 8
Hole 1
Hole 2
Hole 3
Hole 4
Hole 5
Hole 6
Hole 7
Hole 8

Kabu locations in Kirby's Dream Course (2 Player Game)
Course	Whispy Woods Course	Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright Course	Kracko Course	Gordo Course
Hole 1
Hole 2
Hole 3
Hole 4
Hole 5
Hole 6
Hole 7
Hole 8

Kirby's Dream Land 2[edit]

Kabu makes an appearance in this title, behaving in much the same way as it did in Kirby's Dream Land.

Locations[edit]

Kabu can be found in the following levels and stages:

Kabu 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[edit]

Kabu appears as a pre-boss enemy in Stage 3 and is worth 5000 points when defeated. It then appears alongside a big Kabu in the boss room of the same stage.

Kirby Super Star (Ultra)[edit]

Kabu makes an appearance in Kirby Super Star and its remake; Kirby Super Star Ultra. In this game, Kabus may be seen warping in and out of visibility, and they may also occasionally launch like a rocket, leaving the area. Despite this odd behavior, they are as easy to defeat as any other common enemy, and do not have a lot of stamina. In Revenge of the King, Kabu is replaced by a similar enemy called Grumples.

Locations[edit]

Kabu can be found in the following places in Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra:

Kabu locations in Kirby Super Star & Kirby Super Star Ultra
Stage	Appearance?	Stage	Appearance?
Green Greens		RoMK Chapter 4
Float Islands		RoMK Chapter 5
Bubbly Clouds		RoMK Chapter 6
Mt. Dedede		RoMK Chapter 7
Peanut Plains		Floria
Mallow Castle		Aquarius
Cocoa Cave		Skyhigh
Candy Mountain		Hotbeat
Trial Room 1		Cavius
Trial Room 2		Mekkai
Sub-Tree		Halfmoon
Crystal		????
Old Tower		Purple Plants
Garden		Illusion Islands
RoMK Chapter 1		Crash Clouds
RoMK Chapter 2		The Revenge
RoMK Chapter 3

Kirby's Avalanche[edit]

In Kirby's Avalanche, Kabu is the sixth challenger Kirby must face. Despite its disadvantages, it acts cocky before the match begins.^[2]

Kirby's Dream Land 3[edit]

Kabu returns as a standard enemy in these games. Its abilities have been greatly toned down for this appearance, save for its tendency to spin around. Kabu is often seen being spat out by Dekabu.

Locations[edit]

In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kabu can be found in the following levels and stages:

Kabu 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: Canvas Curse[edit]

Kirby Mass Attack[edit]

Kabu appears in the Sub-Game Strato Patrol EOS as one of the opponents which the Kirbys can gun down. Four of them are split from a Dekabu when it is defeated.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land[edit]

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kabu returns as a common enemy with attack patterns similar to previous games. They most often appear in ruins areas.

Kirby's Dream Collection[edit]

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

Kirby's Blowout Blast[edit]

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

Anime[edit]

Kabu's appearance in Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.

Main article: Kabu/anime

In Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, Kabu is a deity to the public. The citizens often ask it for guidance. It shelters the Warp Star, and the Star Warriors.

Gallery[edit]

Kirby's Dream Land 3 artwork
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land artwork
Face sprite from Kirby's Avalanche

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カブー Kabū	Kabu
Chinese	石头怪 Shítou Guài	Stone Monster

References

↑ Name taken from Kirby's Pinball Land Instruction Booklet (American release), Page 9
↑ "Your road to glory ends here." - Kabu

[1] Name taken from Kirby's Pinball Land Instruction Booklet (American release), Page 9

[2] "Your road to glory ends here." - Kabu

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Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Playable Characters	Kirby ・Meta Knight ・Bandana Waddle Dee ・King Dedede
Levels	Planet Popstar	Cookie Country ・Raisin Ruins ・Onion Ocean ・White Wafers ・Nutty Noon
	Halcandra	Egg Engines ・Dangerous Dinner
	Another Dimension
Bosses	Whispy Woods ・Mr. Dooter ・Fatty Puffer ・Goriath ・Grand Doomer ・Metal General ・HR-D3 (Extra Mode only) ・Landia ・Lor Starcutter ・Magolor ・Magolor Soul
Bosses	True Arena only	Galacta Knight
Mid-Bosses	Sphere Doomer ・Gigant Edge ・Bonkers ・Water Galboros ・King Doo ・Kibble Blade ・Moundo ・Super Bonkers ・Dubior
Copy Abilities	Standard	Beam ・Bomb ・Cutter ・Fighter ・Fire ・Hammer ・Hi-Jump ・Ice ・Leaf ・Needle ・Ninja ・Parasol ・Spark ・Spear ・Stone ・Sword ・Tornado ・Water ・Wing ・Whip
	Limited Use	Crash ・Mike ・Sleep
	Super	Flare Beam ・Grand Hammer ・Monster Flame ・Snow Bowl ・Ultra Sword
Enemies	Standard	Armor Dee ・Babut ・Barbar ・Barracu ・Blade Knight ・Blipper ・Bouncy ・Bouncy Sis ・Bowby ・Bronto Burt ・Broom Hatter ・Bulby ・Cappy ・Cerulean ・ Clayn ・Chilly ・ Coconut ・Coldtzo ・Como ・Craby ・Degout ・Doomer ・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 ・Poppy Bros. Jr. ・Puppet Waddle Dee ・Rocky ・Rope Waddle Dee ・Rope Waddle Doo ・Scarfy ・Searches ・Sheld ・Shotzo ・Sir Kibble ・ Snowl ・Sodory ・Sparky ・Squishy ・Starman ・Super Blade Knight ・Super Chilly ・Super Hot Head ・Super Waddle Doo ・Tick ・Togekuki ・Twister ・Volttzo ・Waddle Dee ・Waddle Doo ・Walf ・Wapod ・Water Galbo ・Whippy
Enemies	Super Ability-Specific	Bomb Machine ・Burner Box ・Drill Machine ・Giant Flotzo ・Merman Statue ・Moai Block ・Strike Box
Sub-Games	Ninja Dojo ・Scope Shot ・The Arena ・The True Arena

Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Playable Characters	Kirby ・King Dedede
Levels	Fine Fields ・Lollipop Land ・Old Odyssey ・Wild World ・Endless Explosions ・Royal Road ・Eternal Dreamland
Bosses	All Gamemodes	Flowery Woods ・Paintra ・Kracko ・Coily Rattler ・Pyribbit ・Queen Sectonia
	Story Mode specific	Masked Dedede ・Queen Sectonia
	Dededetour! specific	Shadow Dedede ・Dark Meta Knight
	True Arena only	Soul of Sectonia
Mid-Bosses	Regular Mid-Bosses	Mr. Frosty ・Gigant Edge ・Bonkers ・Flame Galboros ・Blocky ・Grand Wheelie ・Hornhead
Mid-Bosses	Hypernova Mid-Bosses	Waddle Dee Steel Fortress ・Winged Eggers ・Gigant Chicks ・Mowlee Bros. ・King Fuwa Rover
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 ・ Birdon ・ Blade Knight ・ Blipper ・ Bronto Burt ・Broom Hatter ・ Burner Guardian ・ Cappy ・ Chilly ・ Chip ・ Clown Acrobot ・ Como ・ Craby ・ Degout ・ Dekabu ・ Flamer ・ Foley ・ Fuwa Rover ・ Ghost Book ・ Ghost Dish ・ Ghost Gordo ・ Gigatzo ・ Glunk ・ Gordo ・ Grandy ・ Grizzo ・ Horror Tramp ・ Hot Head ・ Kabu ・Key Dee ・ Knuckle Joe ・ Lanzer ・ Leafan ・ Mamanti ・ Moonja ・ Mumbies ・ Nidoo ・ Noddy ・ Pacflower ・ Pacto ・ Parasol Waddle Dee ・ Parasol Waddle Doo ・ Pierce ・ Poppy Bros. Jr. ・ Ringle ・ Rocky ・ Rope Waddle Dee ・ Rope Waddle Doo ・ Scarfy ・ Searches ・ Sheld ・ Shotzo ・ Sir Kibble ・ Soarar ・ Sparky ・ Springy Hand ・ Spynum ・Squishy ・ Tick ・ Waddle Dee ・ Waddle Doo ・ Wheelie ・ Whippy ・ Woodcutter Waddle Dee
	Hypernova	Ace Fuwa Rover ・ Big Missile ・ Cannon Tower ・ Land Barbar ・ Lollipop Tank ・ Pipe Worm ・ Waddle Dee Train
	Sub-games only	Bomber ・ Bouncy ・ Sodory ・ Starman
Sub-Games	Kirby Fighters ・ Dedede's Drum Dash ・ Dededetour! ・ The Arena ・ The True Arena

Kirby: Planet Robobot
Playable Characters	Kirby ・Meta Knight
Levels	Patched Plains ・Resolution Road ・Overload Ocean ・Gigabyte Grounds ・Rhythm Route ・Access Ark ・Mind in the Program
Bosses	Regular	Gigavolt ・ Clanky Woods ・ C.O.G.S. ・ Holo Defense API ・Susie ・Core Kabula ・Mecha Knight ・Dedede Clone ・Dedede Clones & D3 ・ Gigavolt II ・ Mecha Knight+ ・President Haltmann ・Star Dream
	Meta Knightmare Returns	Stock Mecha Knight ・Dark Matter Clone ・Sectonia Clone ・Galacta Knight Returns
	The True Arena	Star Dream Soul OS
	Team Kirby Clash	Gigant Edge ・Mr. Frosty ・Whispy Woods ・Pyribbit ・Landia ・Landia EX
Mid-Bosses	Blocky ・Bonkers ・Dubior ・Kibble Blade ・King Doo ・Invader Armor ・Masher ・Miasmoros ・Security Force ・Telepathos
Copy Abilities	Standard	Archer ・Beam ・Bomb ・Circus ・Cutter ・Doctor ・ESP ・Fighter ・Fire ・Hammer ・Ice ・Jet ・Leaf ・Mirror ・Ninja ・Parasol ・Poison ・Smash ・Spark ・Stone ・Sword ・U.F.O. ・Wheel ・Whip
	Limited Use	Crash ・Mike ・Sleep
	Robobot Armor Modes	Beam ・Bomb ・Cutter ・ESP ・Fire ・Ice ・Jet ・Mike ・Parasol ・Spark ・Stone ・Sword ・Wheel ・Halberd
	Team Kirby Clash	Beam Mage ・Doctor Healmore ・Hammer Lord ・Sword Hero
Enemies	Bar Waddle Dees ・Barbar ・Big Chip ・Big Propeller ・Blade Knight ・Blipper ・Bomber ・Bouncy (Kirby 3D Rumble) ・Bronto Burt ・Broom Hatter ・Cappy ・Capsule J3 ・Chilly ・Chip ・ Clown Acrobot ・ Como ・ Covered Looker ・ Craby ・ Degout ・ Dekabu ・ Dice ・ Driver Waddle Dee ・ Elec ・ Esper ・ Flamer ・Foley ・Gabon ・Galbo ・ Gigatzo ・Glunk・Grandy・Grizzo ・ Haltworker ・ Hot Head ・ Iron Ball ・ Iron Hammer ・ Kabu ・ Key Dee ・ Knuckle Joe ・ Labotory ・ Leafan ・ Mamanti ・ Mech Acro ・ Mech Flotzo ・ Moonja ・ Mumbies ・ Noddy ・ Pacto ・ Parasol Waddle Dee ・ Chemitory ・ Poppy Bros. Jr. ・ Prism Ball ・ Propeller ・ Rocky ・Scarfy ・ Security Laser ・ Sheld ・Shotzo ・Simirror ・ Sir Kibble ・ Soarar ・ Sparky ・ Spear Waddle Dee (Kirby 3D Rumble) ・ Spring Note ・ Spynum ・ Squishy ・ Turtle Noddy ・ UFO ・ Venog ・ Vol ・Waddle Dee ・Waddle Doo ・Walf ・Walker Waddle Dee ・ Walky ・ Wester ・Wheelie ・Whippy ・Yesman
Sub-Games	Team Kirby Clash ・Kirby 3D Rumble ・Meta Knightmare Returns ・The Arena ・The True Arena

Kirby Star Allies
Characters	Kirby • Bandana Waddle Dee • King Dedede • Meta Knight • Francisca • Flamberge • Zan Partizanne • Hyness
Levels	World of Peace - Dream Land • World of Miracles - Planet Popstar • Fortress of Shadows - Jambastion • Far-Flung Starlight Heroes • Kirby Star Allies
Stages	Green Gardens • Donut Dome • Honey Hill • Fruity Forest • Clash at Castle Dedede • Extra Eclair • Friendly Field • Reef Resort • Echo's Edge • Nature's Navel • Sacred Square • Inside Islands • Duplex Dream • Gatehouse Road • Eastern Wall • Longview Corridor • Western Outer Wall • Inner Sanctum • Heavenly Hall • Sector A • Sector B • Sector C • Planet Earthfall • Falluna Moon • Planet Misteen • Mareen Moon • Planet Caverna • Grott Moon • Planet Frostak • Blizzno Moon • Planet Towara • Gabbel Moon • Star Lavadom • Sizzlai Moon • Jambandra Base • The Divine Terminus • Extra Planet α • Extra Planet β • Extra Planet γ • Extra Planet δ • Ability Planet • Dimension I • Dimension II • Dimension III • Dimension IV • Final Dimension
Mid Bosses	Big Bouncy • Bonkers • Bugzzy • Chef Kawasaki • Mr. Frosty • Vividria
Bosses	Story Mode	Whispy Woods • King Dedede • Meta Knight • Pon & Con • Francisca • Flamberge • Zan Partizanne • Yggy Woods • Goldon & Silvox • Grand Mam • Kracko • Twin Kracko • Hyness • Void Termina
	Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go!	Galacta Knight • Morpho Knight • Morpho Knight EX
	Heroes in Another Dimension	Parallel Woods • Parallel Twin Kracko • Parallel Big Kracko • Parallel Meta Knight • Parallel Dedede • Corrupt Hyness • The Three Mage-Sisters
	The Ultimate Choice	Void Soul • Void Termina - True Destroyer of Worlds • Void
Copy Abilities	Artist • Beam • Beetle • Bomb • Cleaning • Cook • Crash • Cutter • ESP • Festival • Fighter • Fire • Hammer • Ice • Mike • Ninja • Parasol • Plasma • Sleep • Spider • Staff • Stone • Suplex • Sword • Water • Whip • Wing • Yo-Yo
Friend Abilities	Power Effects	Blizzard • Bluster • Sizzle • Splash • Zap
	Ability Combos	Chumbrella • Cook Potluck (& Supper Party) • Crash Rush • Curling • Fatal Chorus • Festival Dance • Friend Bounce • Friend Super-Vac • Friend Throw • Geokinesis • Icicle Lance • Rising Sizzler • Rock Painter • Sister Circle • Still Life • Summon Lor • Thundersplash • Zap Splasher
	Friend Actions	Friend Bridge • Friend Circle • Friend Star • Friend Train • Star Allies Sparkler
Enemies	Anger Masker • Beetley • Bio Spark • Birdon • Blade Knight • Blado • Blipper • Bomber • Bouncy • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Burning Leo • Cappy • Chilly • Chip • Como • Coner • Dekabu • Don Puffle • Driblee • Electro Saw • Floaty the Cellcore • Gabon • Gim • Glunk • Gordo • Grizzo • Jamaharu Believer • Jammerjab • Kabu • Key Dee • Knuckle Joe • Mamanti • NESP • Noddy • Parasol Waddle Dee • Plugg • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Propeller • Puppet Dee • Rocky • Rolling Waddle Dee • Scarfy • Shield Enemy • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Squishy • Two Face • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Walky • Wester
Friends	Standard Friends	Beetley • Bio Spark • Birdon • Blade Knight • Bonkers • Broom Hatter • Bugzzy • Burning Leo • Chef Kawasaki • Chilly • Como • Driblee • Gim • Jammerjab • Knuckle Joe • NESP • Parasol Waddle Dee • Plugg • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Rocky • Sir Kibble • Vividria • Waddle Doo • Wester
Friends	Dream Friends	Adeleine & Ribbon • Bandana Waddle Dee • Dark Meta Knight • Daroach • Gooey • King Dedede • Magolor • Marx • Meta Knight • Rick & Kine & Coo • Susie • Taranza • The Three Mage-Sisters
Sub-Games	Chop Champs • Star Slam Heroes • Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! • Heroes in Another Dimension • The Ultimate Choice

Kabu

Contents

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Dream Land[edit]

Kirby's Adventure/Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]

Locations[edit]

Kirby's Pinball Land[edit]

Kirby's Dream Course[edit]

Locations[edit]

Kirby's Dream Land 2[edit]

Locations[edit]

Kirby's Block Ball[edit]

Kirby Super Star (Ultra)[edit]

Locations[edit]

Kirby's Avalanche[edit]

Kirby's Dream Land 3[edit]

Locations[edit]

Kirby: Canvas Curse[edit]

Kirby Mass Attack[edit]

Kirby's Return to Dream Land[edit]

Kirby's Dream Collection[edit]

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

Kirby's Blowout Blast[edit]

Kirby Star Allies[edit]

Anime[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

References

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