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{{quote|Please don't tread on my roots, it would not be a wise decision.|'''Whispy Woods''', in ''[[Kirby's Avalanche]]''}} | {{quote|Please don't tread on my roots, it would not be a wise decision.|'''Whispy Woods''', in ''[[Kirby's Avalanche]]''}} | ||
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'''Whispy Woods''' (known in shorthand as '''Whispy''' | '''Whispy Woods''' (known in shorthand as '''Whispy''', and titled '''Guardian of the Forest''' in ''[[Kirby Star Allies]]''), is an anthropomorphic tree who is most well known as being an early (if not the first) [[boss]] that [[Kirby]] faces in many of his adventures. In his simplest incarnations, he is incapable of moving, and can only attack by dropping [[apple]]s and blowing [[Air Bullet]]s at Kirby, but his sheer number of appearances and variants give him a vide variety of additional attacks, and in some cases, allow him to hop around or even run after his opponents. | ||
Along with [[Kracko]], [[Lololo & Lalala]], and [[Kabula]], Whispy Woods is one of the most iconic boss characters in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]], having made dozens of appearances since his debut in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'', and also appearing in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series and in other media such as the [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|anime]] and [[Kirby (novel series)|novel series]]. Additionally, there are many other entities throughout the series that are either related to Whispy Woods, inspired by him, or both. Whispy Woods is almost consistently an enemy to Kirby, for reasons known only to himself, though he does very occasionally appear as a neutral character or even an ally. The most notable examples of Whispy Woods being an ally are in ''[[Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble]]'' and the anime series, ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!''. | Along with [[Kracko]], [[Lololo & Lalala]], and [[Kabula]], Whispy Woods is one of the most iconic boss characters in the [[Kirby (series)|''Kirby'' series]], having made dozens of appearances since his debut in ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'', and also appearing in the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series and in other media such as the [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|anime]] and [[Kirby (novel series)|novel series]]. Additionally, there are many other entities throughout the series that are either related to Whispy Woods, inspired by him, or both. Whispy Woods is almost consistently an enemy to Kirby, for reasons known only to himself, though he does very occasionally appear as a neutral character or even an ally. The most notable examples of Whispy Woods being an ally are in ''[[Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble]]'' and the anime series, ''Kirby: Right Back at Ya!''. | ||
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Whispy Woods is the first Boss of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'', fought at the end of [[Green Greens]]. His attack patterns are extremely simple, and will either shoot out a few [[Air Bullet]]s at [[Kirby]], or will drop [[Apple]]s from his canopy. Kirby can inhale the apples and spit them back out as [[Star Bullet]]s to deal Whispy damage. After six hits, he stops fighting, and yields one of the [[Sparkling Stars]] for Kirby to collect. | Whispy Woods is the first Boss of ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'', fought at the end of [[Green Greens]]. His attack patterns are extremely simple, and will either shoot out a few [[Air Bullet]]s at [[Kirby]], or will drop [[Apple]]s from his canopy. Kirby can inhale the apples and spit them back out as [[Star Bullet]]s to deal Whispy damage. After six hits, he stops fighting, and yields one of the [[Sparkling Stars]] for Kirby to collect. | ||
The [[Super Game Boy]] player's guide for the game suggests that "Wispy Woods" is the name of Green Greens' forest as a whole, and that the individual tree that Kirby faces is named Larkspur Liar, who spews oak chunks and chestnuts (rather than air bullets). It also states the apples dropped during the fight come from the other trees within the woods. This is likely not [[canon]], and simply a misinterpretation based on a lack of information about the game. | The [[Super Game Boy]] player's guide for the game suggests that "Wispy Woods" is the name of Green Greens' forest as a whole, and that the individual tree that Kirby faces is named the '''Larkspur Liar'''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/Nintendo_Players_Guide_Super_Game_Boy/page/n55/mode/2up?view=theater Super Game Boy Nintendo Player's Guide]</ref>, who spews oak chunks and chestnuts (rather than air bullets). It also states the apples dropped during the fight come from the other trees within the woods. This is likely not [[canon]], and simply a misinterpretation based on a lack of information about the game. | ||
In the [[Extra Game]], Whispy will also drop [[Gordo]]s from his canopy. | In the [[Extra Game]], Whispy will also drop [[Gordo]]s from his canopy. | ||
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*Whispy Woods is typically portrayed as being roughly 9 [[Kirby]]s tall, before any other transformations or changes in size are taken into account. Given Kirby's height of eight inches, this would make the tree roughly six feet (or 1.83 meters) tall. | *Whispy Woods is typically portrayed as being roughly 9 [[Kirby]]s tall, before any other transformations or changes in size are taken into account. Given Kirby's height of eight inches, this would make the tree roughly six feet (or 1.83 meters) tall. | ||
*Prior to ''Kirby Super Star'', and past that up to ''Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble'', Whispy Woods was depicted without any lower stubs or branches on his sides. From ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'' onward, Whispy fairly consistently has two stubs on his sides which resemble arms to an extent, but are completely useless to the tree. In some newer games, such as ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse'', he is depicted with only one; in others, such as ''Kirby Mass Attack'', he has none at all. | *Prior to ''Kirby Super Star'', and past that up to ''Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble'', Whispy Woods was depicted without any lower stubs or branches on his sides. From ''Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land'' onward, Whispy fairly consistently has two stubs on his sides which resemble arms to an extent, but are completely useless to the tree. In some newer games, such as ''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse'', he is depicted with only one; in others, such as ''Kirby Mass Attack'', he has none at all. | ||
*In most games, Whispy Woods is referred to as either neuter or male, but in the Brazilian Portuguese version of ''[[Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe]]'', he is referred to as female. This is likely because Portuguese has grammatical gender, and the Portuguese word for "tree", ''árvore'', is gramatically female. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
