User:Waddlez3121/Dark Matter Clan
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The Dark Matter Clan[derived from Japanese] is a group of entities with the shared goal of plunging the universe (usually starting with or involving Popstar) into darkness. This page refers to confirmed members, suspected affiliates, and even those who reference the Dark Matter Clan.
Confirmed Members of the Dark Matter Clan[edit]
These individuals, in English, have occasionally been referred to collectively as "Dark Matter." While most of the members of the Dark Matter Clan are harmful, there stands a lone exception in Gooey, who is related to the other members but does not share their goals or methods.
- Gooey: A friendly localization of Dark Matter who holds no hostilities toward Kirby and friends and shows no interest in the activities of other Dark Matter Clan members.
- Dark Matter (character): A particular unique entity within the Clan acting as a higher-ranking elite. This localization acted as the primary antagonist in Kirby's Dream Land 2 and made a second appearance in Kirby's Dream Land 3. Will be referred to as "Dark Matter Blade" to avoid confusion in later text.
- Dark Matter Clone: While not a member of the Dark Matter Clan, the events of Meta Knightmare Returns show that the Haltmann Works Company had obtained samples of Dark Matter and produced a clone of Dark Matter Blade, which is inherently related to Dark Matter as a whole due to its origins. This clone showed very limited capabilities to make use of talents related to Dark Matter Blade's true form.
- Dark Matter (cloud): A large swarm of entities similar to Dark Matter Blade's true form, coalesced into a large mass that travels between planets. The eye seen in the center of it is implied to be Zero's. It responds to the orders of both Dark Matter Blade and Zero. In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Level 6, Hyper Zone, takes place exclusively within this cloud. Similarly, Dark Star from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards is simply a mass gathering of the cloud members.
- Dark Rimura, Dark Rimuru, and Dark Rimuro: three smaller members of the Dark Matter cloud, each of whom possess one of Kirby's friends in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. They are not officially counted as part of the Clan, so it is unclear if they are meant to be the same species as Dark Matter Blade, but by being related to the dark cloud, they are implicitly part of the species' ranks.
- Zero: A large eye-like creature. Zero is the leader of all Dark Matter forces prior to its defeat in Kirby's Dream Land 3.
Within the Dark Matter Clan, the order of command appeared to be that the Dark Matter cloud, either collectively or as individuals, took orders from Dark Matter Blade as well as Zero. Dark Matter Blade acted like a second-in-command relative to Zero, judging by the authority it had over the cloud. No indication has been given about Dark Rimura, Dark Rimuro, and Dark Rimuru as far as leadership goes. Finally, Gooey has completely abandoned the Dark Matter Clan, therefore not answering to any other member.
Kirby: Squeak Squad has unique artwork of Dark Matter Blade brandishing its sword in spite of the boss never formally appearing.
Kirby: Triple Deluxe's keychain of a Dark Matter found lurking within Hyper Zone.
Zero and its children performing anti-Kirby maneuvers to little success.
One of the Dark Rimur-s, triplet spawn of the Dark Matter cloud.
Suspected Members or Affiliates of the Dark Matter Clan[edit]
There are a handful of entities who are implied to be related to the Dark Matter Clan as an organization, but are left ambiguous by lack of information. These entities are not confirmed to be related in any way to Dark Matter.
- 0²: An implied successor to Zero in regards to the leadership of the Dark Matter Clan.
- Miracle Matter: a 20-sided shapeshifter featuring an eye-like design on each face of its standard form.
- N-Z: One common enemy from Kirby 64: the Crystal Shards that seems to crop up everywhere Dark Matter visited.
- Dark Mind: The Mirror World's evil mastermind that somewhat mimics Zero during his fight.
- Dark Nebula: A star-shaped monster hailing from the depths of Kirby Squeak Squad.
- Master Crown: A headdress said by Magolor to contain "limitless power," but also mutates those that wear it into forms resembling Dark Matter Clan members.
- Void Termina: The destroyer of worlds attempting to bring an end to reality, also suspected to be the origin of Dark Matter as a species.
0² would appear to be the successor to Zero, but that is never concretely given.
Miracle Matter rolls around the top of the Ripple Star castle.
A few brave N-Z try to stop Kirby where Miracle Matter failed before.
Dark Mind's second form, another creature with the motif of an eye.
Dark Nebula.
Magolor dons the Master Crown.
Void Termina uses the Master Crown in its battle...
...and Void is stated to be made of "heart, soul, and dream matter", as well as dark matter (lowercase).
This Celebration Picture features some relatives of Dark Matter, some suspects, and many unrelated foes.
Trivia[edit]
- Although Zero demonstrated the ability to create localizations of Dark Matter (called ミニダークマター Mini Dark Matter in the Kirby Character Encyclopedia) that bear a striking resemblance to Dark Matter Blade's true form, no further evidence has been put forth to indicate that these individuals are part of a species.
- In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, there are three specimens of Dark Matter given Japanese names of Dark Rimuro, Dark Rimuru, and Dark Rimura. Although they are practically identical in every other way, they differ from Dark Matter Blade in having no fins opposite their eye. This is presumably a decision made to make their shared model more simple, as it only appeared for a few moments and would have been much harder to correctly animate on the Nintendo 64's hardware.
