Mumbies

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Artwork of a Mumbies from Kirby's Dream Land 3
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Debut Game Kirby's Dream Land
Latest Game Kirby's Blowout Blast
Other Game(s) Kirby's Dream Land 2, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Kirby's Return to Dream Land, Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby: Planet Robobot
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Similar Entities Skuller, Degout, Scarfy
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Mumbies is a recurring floating bandage-wrapped spherical enemy in the Kirby series, which made its first appearance in Kirby's Dream Land. It is a somewhat uncommon enemy, and is notable for its relatively high durability, along with its immunity to Kirby's inhale (In some games, their bandages will ruffle a bit when Kirby uses his inhale technique.). Mumbies are characterized by their nearly perfectly round physique and is almost completely wrapped in white or off-yellow bandages, leaving a slit in the front for their single eye, which is either red or yellow depending on the game.

Mumbies typically hold completely still when Kirby is facing in their direction, but will pursue him slowly when he looks away. This makes Mumbies similar to Boo from the Super Mario games in behavior. Although Mumbies is tough, it can still be defeated using any Copy Ability or item attack, Star Bullet, or even by a few Air Bullets if no better options are available.

Game appearances

Kirby's Dream Land

Mumbies first appears and is mainly seen in the Castle Lololo region, often appearing alongside other ghost-like foes like Booler. It does not exhibit much of its later characteristic behavior in this game, instead appearing suddenly and moving more quickly along with the other flying enemies, and also being just as weak as them.

In Extra Game, Mumbies is replaced by the somewhat more aggressive Skuller.

Kirby's Dream Land 2

Mumbies are a late-game enemy, not seen until Cloudy Park. In this title, they are capable of moving through walls and blocks in pursuit of Kirby.

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Once more, Mumbies are not encountered until Cloudy Park. They behave largely the same as they did in Dream Land 2.

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

In this title, Mumbies are seen primarily in Rock Star, with their bandaged appearance suiting the scenery. Here is where they began to exhibit their characteristic shyness, and where they lost the ability to move through walls.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land and subsequent titles

An 11 year gap lies between Mumbies last appearance and their return in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. Here is where they gained their modern look and characteristics, which can be seen as a joining of their previous depictions. Mumbies in these titles can exhibit varied behavior, either stopping when Kirby looks at them, pursuing him regardless of his facing, or holding still at all times.

The Degout enemy debuting in Kirby's Return to Dream Land can be seen as a tougher robotic version of Mumbies, as both behave in the same generalized way and have a similar physique. Mumbies and Degouts return in Kirby: Triple Deluxe and 'Kirby: Planet Robobot.

In the anime

Main article: Mumbies Madness

A Mumbies appears in Kirby: Right Back at Ya! acting as the main antagonist of the episode Mumbies Madness. It is a monster that NightMare Enterprises deployed on the planet Popstar.

The Mumbies was found in a jar, where he was dug up by Professor Curio, whom King Dedede tricked into digging up the jar that the mummified ball was trapped in. Upon his release from the jar, the Mumbies started terrorizing Cappy Town, Kirby included. This was his true mission: to hunt down and kill Star Warriors. Kirby eventually inhales a bomb thrown in his direction, transforming into Bomb Kirby in the process. Bomb Kirby then uses his explosive arsenal to dare the Mumbies into following him. The Mumbies then bites Bomb Kirby, but meets his fate when Kirby forces him into the sun. Unlike their in-game counterparts, these Mumbies are only nocturnal, possess sharp teeth, and have an allergy to the Sun, which Kirby uses to kill this Mumbies. The Mumbies tends to utter screaming sounds from his mouth.

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  • Kirby's Dream Land artwork

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    Kirby's Dream Land sprite

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    Kirby's Dream Land 3 sprite

References

Reoccurring enemies and hazardous objects in the Kirby series
10 or more appearances
Apple  • Blipper  • Bomber  • Bouncy  • Bronto Burt  • Broom Hatter  • Cappy  • Chilly  • Flamer  • Glunk  • Gordo  • Kabu  • Noddy  • Parasol Waddle Dee  • Poppy Bros. Jr.  • Rocky  • Scarfy  • Shotzo  • Sir Kibble  • Sparky  • Squishy  • Waddle Dee  • Waddle Doo  • Wheelie
7 to 9 appearances
Blade Knight  • Coconut  • Grizzo  • Hot Head  • Mumbies  • Parasol  • Soarar  • Twizzy  • UFO  • Walky
5 or 6 appearances
Axe Knight  • Bio Spark  • Boulder  • Caterpillar  • Chip  • Como  • Coner  • Dekabu  • Foley  • Galbo  • Javelin Knight  • Laser Ball  • Mace Knight  • Nruff  • Pacto  • Propeller  • Sir Slippy  • Starman  • Sword Knight  • Tick  • Trident Knight  • Twister  • Wonkey
3 or 4 appearances
Babut  • Barbar  • Big Waddle Dee  • Birdon  • Bobo  • Booler  • Burning Leo  • Chuckie  • Craby  • Degout  • Gabon  • Gator  • Gigatzo  • Gim  • Gold Waddle Dee  • Icicle  • Leafan  • Lovely  • Magoo  • Mamanti  • Moonja  • Mopoo  • Needlous  • Pengy  • Plasma Wisp  • Rope Waddle Dee  • Rope Waddle Doo  • Sheld  • Simirror  • Spear Waddle Dee  • Tac  • Togezo  • Tookey  • Whippy
Kirby's Dream Land
Characters Kirby • King Dedede
Levels Green Greens • Castle Lololo • Float Islands • Bubbly Clouds • Mt. Dedede
Mini-Bosses Poppy Bros. Sr. • Lololo • Kracko Jr.
Bosses Whispy Woods • Lololo & Lalala • Kaboola • Kracko • King Dedede
Items 1 Up • Bag of Magic Food • Bomb • Candy • Microphone • Mint Leaf • Pep Brew • Sparkling Stars • Spicy Food • Warp Star
Enemies Benny • Blatzy • Blipper • Blopper • Booler • Boomer • Bront Burt • Broom Hatter • Cappy • Cawcun • Chuckie • Coner • Dizzy • Flapper • Flotzo • Gaspar • Glunk • Gordo • Grizzo • Grumples • Hurly • Kabu • Kookler • Koozer • Mr. P. Umpkin • Mumbies • Peezer • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Puffy • Scarfy • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Skuller • Squishy • Tookey • Twizzy • Two Face • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo • Whiskers • Wizzer
Kirby's Dream Land 2
Characters Coo • Gooey • Kine • Kirby • Rick
Levels Grass Land • Big Forest • Ripple Field • Iceberg • Red Canyon • Cloudy Park • Dark Castle
Mid-Bosses Blocky • Captain Stitch • Efreeti • Jumpershoot • Master Green • Mr. Frosty • Waiu
Bosses Dark Matter • Ice Dragon • King Dedede • Kracko • Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright • Nruff and Nelly • Sweet Stuff • Whispy Woods
Copy Abilities Burning • Cutter • Ice • Needle • Parasol • Spark • Stone
Enemies Blade • Blipper • Bouncy Ty • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Butch • Cappy • Coconut • Crack-Tweet • Elieel • Flamer • Floaty the Drifter • Glunk • Gordo • Icicle • Kabu • Load Kibble • Masher • Master Pengy • Mumbies • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Propeller Bomb • Rocky • Scarfy • Shotzo • Sir Slippy • Sparky • Spikey • Squishy • Waddle Dee
Kirby's Dream Land 3
Characters ChuChu • Coo • Gooey • Kine • Kirby • Nago • Pitch • Rick
Levels Grass Land • Ripple Field • Sand Canyon • Cloudy Park • Iceberg
Mid-Bosses Blocky • Boboo • Captain Stitch • Haboki • Jumper Shoot • Yuki
Bosses Ado • Acro • Dark Matter • King Dedede • Pon Con • Whispy Woods • Zero
Copy Abilities Burning • Clean • Cutter • Ice • Needle • Parasol • Spark • Stone
Enemies Apolo • Babut • Batamon • Blipper • Bobin • Bobo • Boten • Boulder • Bouncy • Bronto Burt • Broom Hatter • Bukiset • Cappy • Chilly • Coconut • Como • Corori • Dekabu • Dogon • Doka • Gabon • Galbo • Gansan • Glunk • Gordo • Icicle • Joe • Kabu • Kany • Kapar • Keke • Klinko • Loud • Madoo • Magoo • Mariel • Mopoo • Mumbies • Mony • Nidoo • Nruff • Oro • Pacto • Pasara • Peloo • Peran • Polof • Popon • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Propeller • Pteran • Raft Waddle Dee • Rocky • Sasuke • Scarfy • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Sparky • Squishy • Tick • Togezo • Waddle Dee • Wapod • Wappa • Yaban • Zebon
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Characters Adeleine • Fairy Queen • King Dedede • Kirby • Ribbon • Waddle Dee
Levels Pop Star • Rock Star • Aqua Star • Neo Star • Shiver Star • Ripple Star • Dark Star
Bosses Whispy Woods • Pix • Acro • Magman • HR-H/HR-E • Miracle Matter • 0²
Basic Copy Abilities Burn • Needle • Cutter • Bomb • Spark • Stone • Ice
Power Combos Burn-Burn • Burn-Stone • Burn-Ice • Burn-Needle • Burn-Bomb • Burn-Spark • Burn-Cutter • Stone-Stone • Stone-Ice • Stone-Needle • Stone-Bomb • Stone-Spark • Stone-Cutter • Ice-Ice • Ice-Needle • Ice-Bomb • Ice-Spark • Ice-Cutter • Needle-Needle • Needle-Bomb • Needle-Spark • Needle-Cutter • Bomb-Bomb • Bomb-Spark • Bomb-Cutter • Spark-Spark • Spark-Cutter • Cutter-Cutter • Ribbon's Crystal
Enemies Bivolt • Blowfish • Bo • Bobo • Bonehead • Bouncy • Bronto Burt • Bumber • Burnis • Cairn • Chacha • Chilly • Drop • Emp • Fishbone • Flopper • Flora • Flutter • Frigis • Gabon • Galbo • Ghost Knight • Glom • Glunk • Gobblin • Gordo • Hack • I³ • Ignus • Kacti • Kany • Kapar • Keke • Magoo • Mahall • Mariel • Maw • Mite • Mopoo • Mumbies • N-Z • Noo • Nruff • Pedo • Plugg • Pompey • Poppy Bros. Jr. • Propeller • Pteran • Punc • Pupa • Putt • Rockn • Rocky • Sandman • Sawyer • Scarfy • Shotzo • Sir Kibble • Skud • Slushy • Snipper • Spark-i • Sparky • Splinter • Squibby • Tick • Turbite • Wall Shotzo • Whispy Woods Jr. • Yariko • Zebon • Zoos
Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Playable Characters Kirby ・Meta Knight ・Bandana Waddle Dee ・King Dedede
Levels Pop Star 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
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 ArmorDee ・Babut ・Barbar ・Barracu ・Blade Knight ・Blipper ・Bomb Machine ・Bouncy ・Bouncy Sis ・Bowby ・Bronto Burt ・Broom Hatter ・Bulby ・Cappy ・CarryDee ・Cerulean ・ Clayn ・Chilly ・ Coconut ・Coldtzo ・Como ・Craby ・Degout ・Doomer ・Elec ・Flamer ・Foley ・ Galbo ・Gemra ・Gigatzo ・Glunk ・Gordo ・Hot Head ・Iron Barbar ・Juckle ・Kabu ・Knuckle Joe ・Lanzer ・Leafan ・Moonja ・Mumbies ・Needlous ・Nruff ・Owgulf ・Pacloud ・Pacto ・Pierce ・Pluid ・Poppy Bros. Jr. ・PuppetDee ・Rocky ・Scarfy ・Searches ・Sheld ・Shotzo ・Sir Kibble ・ Snowl ・Sodory ・Sparky ・Squishy ・Starman ・Strike Box ・Tick ・Togekuki ・Twister ・Volttzo ・Waddle Dee ・Waddle Doo ・Walf ・Wapod ・Water Galbo ・Whippy
Super Super Blade Knight ・Super Chilly ・Super Hot Head ・Super Waddle Doo
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 ・Flowered 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
Hypernova Mid-Bosses Waddle Dee Steel Fortress ・Winged Eggers ・Gigant Chicks ・Mowlee Bros. ・Ace 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 ・Bomber ・Bouncy ・Bronto Burt ・Broom Hatter ・Cappy ・Chilly ・Chip ・Clown Acrobot ・Como ・Craby ・Degout ・Dekabu ・Flamer ・Foley ・Fuwa Rover ・Gigatzo ・Glunk ・Gordo ・Grandy・Grizzo ・Horror Tramp ・Hot Head ・Kabu ・Knuckle Joe ・Lanzer ・Leafan ・Mamanti ・Moonja ・Mumbies ・Nidoo ・Noddy ・Pacflower ・Pacto ・Pierce ・Poppy Bros. Jr. ・Ringle ・Rocky ・Scarfy ・Search ・Sheld ・Shotzo ・Sir Kibble ・Soarar ・Sodory ・Sparky ・Spynum ・Squishy ・Starman ・Tick ・Waddle Dee ・Waddle Doo ・Wheelie ・Whippy・Wonkey
Hypernova Pipe Worm ・Land Barbar ・Waddle Dee Train ・Cannon Tower ・Big Missile・3-D Tank
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 Clanky Woods ・Holo Defense API ・Susie ・Core Kabula ・Mecha Knight ・Dedede Clone ・Dedede Clones & D3 ・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 Regular Blocky ・Bonkers ・Dubior ・Kibble Blade ・King Doo ・Invader Armor ・Masher ・Miasmoros ・Security Force ・Telepathos
Robobot Armor C.O.G.S. ・Gigavolt ・Gigavolt II
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 Barbar ・Big Chip ・Big Propeller ・Blade Knight ・Blipper ・Bomber ・Bouncy ・Bronto Burt ・Broom Hatter ・Cappy ・Capsule J3 ・Chilly ・Chip ・ Clown Acrobot ・ Como ・ Covered Looker ・ Craby ・ Degout ・ Dekabu ・ Driver Waddle Dee ・ Elec ・ NESP ・Flamer ・Foley ・Gabon ・Galbo ・ Gigatzo ・Glunk・Grandy・Grizzo ・ Haltworker ・ Hot Head ・ Iron Ball ・ Kabu ・ Knuckle Joe ・ Labotory ・ Leafan ・ Mamanti ・ MechAcro ・ MechFlotzo ・ 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 ・ Spynum ・ Squishy ・ Steam Hammer ・ Turtle Noddy ・ UFO ・ Venog ・ Volte ・Waddle Dee ・Waddle Doo ・Walf ・Walker Waddle Dee ・ Walky ・ Wester ・Wheelie ・Whippy ・Wonkey
Sub-Games Team Kirby Clash ・Kirby 3D Rumble ・Meta Knightmare Returns ・The Arena ・The True Arena
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