Dedede
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King Dedede is an enemy/friend of Kirby in Nintendo and HAL Laboratory's Kirby series of videogames. Though not exactly evil, he is quite greedy and often causes problems for the inhabitants of Dreamland (such as by stealing all their food). He (along with the many other bosses) is also often possessed by the evil entity Dark Matter. Despite the fact his antics often put him in opposition to Kirby, he and Kirby have teamed up on a number of occasions to fight a greater foe, such as the Nightmare or Dark Matter. In many ways, Dedede serves as the Bowser to Kirby's Mario.
King Dedede is a large creature that resembles a penguin, dressed in royal finery. He carries a large hammer, and also has the ability to inhale and spit out objects like Kirby, although he can't absorb their powers. He appears in every Kirby game except the most recent one, Kirby and the Amazing Mirror.
Dedede was the final boss of the original Kirby's Dreamland, in which his plot to steal all of Dreamland's food for himself was foiled by Kirby.
In Kirby's Adventure, he is once again fought by Kirby near the end of the game, but it is revealed that by his "evil" doings he merely wanted to keep Nightmare from taking over the Fountain of Dreams (and even helps out by spitting Kirby into space so he can fight the Nightmare). This would begin a trend where Dedede would serve as a Kirby game's apparent final boss, but collecting all the pieces of a magical item would reveal the true final boss and allow Kirby to fight it (almost always, this true final boss would be some form of Dark Matter or other evil being).
In Kirby franchise games that are not part of the main Kirby series, such as the golf game Kirby's Dream Course or the Puyo Puyo clone puzzle game Kirby's Avalanche, Dedede usually serves as the final boss.
Dedede's trophy description in Super Smash Bros. Melee states,
- Dedede's the self-proclaimed king of Dream Land. While he says he's king, Dedede performs no administrative functions and the citizens of Dream Land continue to live as they always have. He's able to suck in air and fly like Kirby does, but only as a result of the vigorous training he undertook after being bested by Kirby.
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Anime Dedede
In the anime series Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, King Dedede, voiced by Richard Yearwood, rules Dream Land, despite the fact that his ancestors were not the first people there. He is often accompanied by his lackey, Escargoon (Ted Lewis), an intellectual snail. Often, Dedede orders monsters from Nightmare Enterprises (called Holy Nightmare in the Japanese version), an evil corporation run by the Nightmare from Kirby's Adventure (Dedede doesn't quite know they're evil, though). Dedede doesn't take kindly to Kirby's presence and is ordering these monsters so that eventually Kirby will lose against one and the people of Cappy Town will think less of him. (Many fans contend that the dub seems to make it like Dedede wants to kill Kirby, and have even editted some of the original plot of some episodes to make this seem true.) Usually, he will put up some phony exploits that will fool almost all the citizens, but he is always foiled by the end of the episode.ja:デデデ大王