Kirby Musical Bytes - Morpho Knight

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Okay now the moth jokes make more sense

Kirby by Nintendo and HAL Laboratories
Music by Yuuta Ogasawara

Lyrics by Alex Beckham

[INFINITE]

I like how morpho knight wasn’t portrayed as outright malicious, but just someone who wants to test Kirby’s strength. They’re a bringer of death, but death comes for everyone.

[RRW.]

Does anyone remember how they felt when back in Star Allie’s we found out that the orange butterfly that showed up a lot was actually Kirby’s version of the grim reaper?

Seriously that was nuts

[CyanicCore]

The first Morpho encounter worked so well because nobody knew what was going on. This reprise worked because everyone did.

[Mr.EintheMorning]

Emily's using her Kyogre voice again. I will forever be impressed by her sheer range and power she puts into each performance. Well done.

[CeHee]

When most imagine death, we picture a tall dark tall figure, shrouded with a cloak, surrounded by cold with a scythe. Morpho Knight is the opposite.

A tiny unsuspecting insect

Adorned with bright scarlet colours

And fire that burns like the sun.

The opposite of every grim reaper trope, and yet still equally terrifying. He was there from beginning, and he'll be the one to it see through to the end.

[silenteclipse]

Here lies Galacta Knight, his one dream, to be in a Man on the Internet song, does not happen today.

[tanook]

I like to think one of Morpho Knight’s inspirations is Itzpapalotl, the Aztec goddess of death. She is literally described as an obsidian butterfly, take a look at Morpho Knight EX.

[TheBloccobill]

Galacta knight: i am the strongest Warrior in the galaxy ever! Prepare to die kirb-

A goddamn orange Butterfly: hello

[nathangeise]

"The butterfly was a lurking God, God help us all!"

[reddo]

Fecto forgo maybe terrifying, but this creature? It’s a whole new meaning of terrifying

[olusegundunn]

Fun fact: On 0:43, Morpho Knight says "dark wings of disaster, " referencing Morpho Knight's Ex title in Kirby Star Allies; "Dark winged disaster".

[BagelsNSyrup]

Wasn’t expecting a female Morpho Knight but I all for it. Emily absolutely killed it!

[mewtwoinchernobyl]

IT"S FINALLY HERE edchdcidhxwcuid

THis cover shows a different aspect of Morpho Knight, not like most portray it as "coming for Kirby as he has defied death over and over, " but rather testing Kirby and bringing out his true power within.

[deathpie]

Who knew that it would take over 30 years to go from beating up a guy who stole food to fighting the judgment of life

[TheRealSuperKirby]

Literally just commented this on a different female morhpo knight cover but

Morpho is a character with a very complex and erratic voice (that is if you even consider it's scream attack it's voice) so every voice, male, female, low, high, it all works for morpho knight!

[ITzaMii_]

Kirby is one of the few kids franchises where a lyric as raw as "Fólkvangr awaits!" isn't at all out of place.
Also (I doubt it'll happen) but I'd LOVE for the full package vid to have a Galacta Knight fake out before this one plays.

[sorrel_leaf_vespers]

I am genuinely speechless. I loved the Norse mythology references and the continuity of “Your dreaming is done” to fit with the rest of the Kirby songs. Emily absolutely killed this delivery, selling the vibe perfectly. This was phenomenal.

Quick edit: Oh my god. That's not a screencap from the game. Someone made that. The ART is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

[MrFlame-zkcy]

Oh man, I wasn't expecting a female vocalist for this, but Emily singing in her lower register was great. Also I love when people pick Folvangr over Valhalla for their Norse afterlife reference.

[zoobatzjr]

Folkvangr: A war field in the afterlife ruled by Freyja, where half of all warriors whi die in combat go, the other half going to Valhalla.

Morpho Knight also refers to themself as a Valkyrie, the warrior women who would take the worthy to Valhalla, or in this case Folkvangr. It would make sense for Morpho to see themself this way, as they are believed to be the god of death. Likely Morpho appears in the Shattered Dreams to claim Leon's soul, as he should be dead, but once defeated by Kirby, their absorption ability backfires on them and Fecto Forgo takes control, leading to Chaos Efillis, until Kirby beats them too, likely making Morpho decide to just leave, as they have more important things to do.

[aidanmoore]

Morpho knight being female was NOT was i was expecting...but it actually sounds pretty good!