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Pengy
KSqS Pengy artwork.jpg
Artwork of Pengy from Kirby: Squeak Squad.
Details
First game Kirby's Adventure (1993)
Latest game Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006)
Other game(s) Kirby's Dream Land 2
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Copy Ability Ice
Similar entities Emp, Hot Head, Corori
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Pengy (plural: Pengis[1]) is a fairly uncommon enemy in the Kirby series. Its appearance is that of a primarily blue crested penguin, with a large beak and white eyebrows (though some appearances depict Pengy without the eyebrows). It also has white streaks throughout its body. Pengy is roughly the size of Kirby, much like most other enemies. Interestingly, despite being based on penguins, Pengis cannot survive in water.

Pengis attack by using their frigid breath to encase Kirby in a block of ice. When Kirby inhales and swallows it, he receives the Ice Copy Ability.

Game appearances[edit]

Pengy's video game appearances  
Game Role Notes
Kirby's Adventure Enemy
Kirby's Dream Land 2 Enemy Has a different look in this game, and is called Master Pengy.
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Enemy This is a remake of Kirby's Adventure, where Pengy has the exact same role.
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror Enemy
Kirby: Squeak Squad Enemy
Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Enemy Kirby's Adventure and Kirby's Dream Land 2 are ported here, where Pengy has the exact same role.

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

Kirby contending with two ice-breathing Pengys in Kirby's Adventure.

KA Pengi sprite.png Pengy makes its debut appearance in Kirby's Adventure and also appears in the remake. It serves a similar function to Hot Head, breathing ice in place of fire, but it is also capable of moving in bursts by sliding along its belly. Before sliding, it will try to aim in Kirby's direction.

Locations[edit]

Pengy can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pengy 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 No No No No Yes No No
Stage 2 No No Yes No No No No
Stage 3 No No Yes No No No No
Stage 4 No No No No No No No
Stage 5 N/A No No No No Yes No
Stage 6 N/A N/A Yes No No Yes No

Kirby's Dream Land 2[edit]

KDL2 Master Pengy sprite.png Pengy bears a different look in Kirby's Dream Land 2 and is named Master Pengy, but otherwise serves the same purpose.

Locations[edit]

Master Pengy can be found in the following levels and stages:

Master Pengy locations in Kirby's Dream Land 2  
Stage Grass Land Big Forest Ripple Field Iceberg Red Canyon Cloudy Park Dark Castle
Stage 1 No No No Yes No No No
Stage 2 No No No Yes No Yes Yes
Stage 3 No No No Yes No No No
Stage 4 N/A N/A N/A Yes No No No
Stage 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes No Yes
Stage 6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A No No
Stage 7 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror & Kirby: Squeak Squad[edit]

Kirby sliding into a Pengy in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror.

KNiDL Pengi sprite.png Pengy appears in both of these games, retaining its appearance and behavior from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

When possessed by Ghost Kirby, Pengy can be made to walk, jump, and breathe ice. It cannot be made to perform its sliding move.

Locations[edit]

In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, Pengy can be found in Mustard Mountain, Olive Ocean, Peppermint Palace, and Radish Ruins.

Pengy locations in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror  
Rainbow Route Moonlight Mansion Cabbage Cavern Mustard Mountain Carrot Castle Olive Ocean Peppermint Palace Radish Ruins Candy Constellation The Mirror
No
No
No
No
No
No

In Kirby: Squeak Squad, Pengy can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pengy locations in Kirby: Squeak Squad  
Stage Prism Plains Nature Notch Cushy Cloud Jam Jungle Vocal Volcano Ice Island Secret Sea Gamble Galaxy
Stage 1 No No No No No Yes No No
Stage 2 No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes
Stage 3 No No No No Yes Yes No No
Stage 4 Yes No No No Yes No No N/A
Stage 5 No No No No N/A No No N/A
Stage EX No Yes No Yes No Yes No N/A

In Kirby: Right Back at Ya![edit]

Pengy
E66 Pengy.png
Pengy as he appears in The Chill Factor.
Details
First episode The Chill Factor
Main role Guest star
Voice actor(s) Mike Pollock (English) [citation needed]
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More ice! How thoughtful of you, Kirby!
— Pengy, in The Chill Factor

In episode 66 of Kirby: Right Back at Ya! titled The Chill Factor, Dream Land is visited by a massive iceberg controlled by the Pengy tribe led by Pengy, who is capable of speech. Of these tribe members, only Pengy resembles the Pengis from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, with his pronounced eyebrows and the ability to breathe ice. The other Pengy penguins lack eyebrows and many carry spears instead.

As the Pengy tribe moves in, Dream Land experiences a massive shift in climate, becoming notably colder as a result of their influence. Once Tiff discovers this fact and reveals it to the Cappies, Pengy and his tribe shift from friendly visitors to hostile invaders, and they proceed to take over Dream Land and subjugate its population. To try and drive them out, Kirby attempts to defeat their leader by obtaining the Ice ability, but this is ineffective. King Dedede calls upon the N.M.E. Sales Guy to send anything that can help, and is sent a super hot sauce. Instead of drinking the sauce, Kirby takes it to the Booma-Dooma Volcano and pours the sauce into the caldera, causing the volcano to erupt and counterbalance the climate, forcing the Pengy tribe to leave and find a colder place to live.

Trivia[edit]

Gallery[edit]

*Despite being absent in Kirby's Block Ball, Pengy still has artwork for this game.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ペンギー
Pengī
Pengy
French Pengy -
German Pengy -
Italian Pengy -
Spanish Pengy -

References

  1. "Drop Wheel — you won’t need it for the rest of the stage — and suck up one of the Pengis to gain Ice and shoot it at one of the Bomb Blocks while moving toward it." - Playing With Power: Nintendo NES Classics, page 295.
  2. TCRF. Kirby's Block Ball. The Cutting Room Floor. Retrieved July 4, 2010.
  3. Kirby's Block Ball Instruction Booklet (American release), Page 17