Meta Knight | What is Kirby Canon?

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[Meteorz]

I've "actually" wanted to redo this video for SOOOO long! And here we are!
Like I said before, there aren't TOO many new bombshells here, but I just wanted a video more suitable for new viewers, with better script/narration, I hope you enjoy!
(Btw, I know World of Light isn't canon, I just thought it was funny =P)

[DaNintendude]

I actually have a theory about Meta Knight and his intentions in Revenge of Meta Knight.
It seems to be a common theory that Meta Knight was testing Kirby in Revenge of Meta Knight, but I believe that it's not like that at all. He still tested Kirby throughout, but there was something else he was testing as well.

He was actually testing Dreamland.
As we know, he wants to end Dreamland's lazy lifestyle. He wants to take over dreamland, NOT because he wants to rule, but because he wants to see if Dreamland will rise up to stop him.
Ever since Kirby appeared, evil forces have been attacking Dreamland. Meta Knight is worried that if Kirby wasn't around, Dreamland wouldn't be able to stand up and fight against those evils. This also works with the Japanese translations. A "Fallen" or "corrupted" Dreamland, could refer to the dark evils that have been trying to wreak havoc since Kirby appeared.
He would definitely rule Dreamland and try to get them into shape, if his test failed, but luckily, it didn't.


Even though Kirby interfered, Meta Knight's test was a still a success. Even if he didn't realize it until he reflected on what happened.
The answer was in the credits.


Revenge of Meta Knight is one of 2 subgames that don't have staff credits. The Great Cave Offensive shows the treasures you collected, which makes sense. But what does Revenge of Meta Knight show?----The Helpers.

Kirby didn't fight Meta Knight alone. He fought alongside helpers. The theme of Revenge of Meta Knight is using teamwork to take down a threat to your home. Even the scene with Dyna Blade pushes this theme forward. it showed that Dyna Blade was willing to sacrifice herself to help Kirby save Dreamland.
Meta Knight may have been ticked off at Kirby the entire time, but in the end, he ultimately realized that Kirby would always be there to fight for what is right. Even after getting shot down twice.
But more importantly, even if Kirby were to fall, there are residents of Dreamland that WILL stand up and fight as well. Whether it be helping Kirby, or being on their own.
Dreamland may be lazy for the most part, but there will always be "helpers" to rise up if they are needed.


This is what gave Meta Knight the confidence to relax a little more. He trusts Kirby and the rest of Dreamland to protect themselves. He'll still help when he finds it necessary, such as with a threat as large as the Haltmann Works Co., or when other dimensions get involved. But for the most part, he leaves it up to Kirby and his friends to come through.

[reformedorthodoxmunmanquara]

If Meta Knight continues to get more skilled then, he is gonna be so insanely hard to fight and it’ll be great

[healmore]

I have a friend that literally know nothing about Kirby lore and he said that metaknight is Kirby’s father and Galactica Knight is Kirby’s Grandfather...

[hunterotte]

If I had to guess a reason why, Galeems beams are slower, reason they seem to get Sonic is because you see him reach for Pikachu. Pit and Dark Pit lose their ability to fly. And most others were trying to fight it like dips. Not to mention, Galeem had like 80 different targets he needed to land, Meta Knight had 1 and different guns firing at that same target.


... Either this or the possible powers of plot, I mean screw it, if Kirby can defeat the embodiment of Fate itself (that butterfly). I think he should just inherently have plot armor as an ability. XD

[jlczped]

Actually in Planet Robobot Meta Knight didn't expect for Kirby to scan the Halberd. He just tried to invite him on.

[justjames]

The only thing Kirby did wrong in Kirby Squeak Squad was attack King Dedede, everything else that canonically happened would not have gone any worse.

[nekopuppet]

despite the twists and turns in kirbys, my favorite part is that meta knight always looks like kirby under his mask.

[runeanonymous]

I remember encountering a theory that Meta Knight is able to naturally and innately do the duplication thing, and that it wasn’t the Jamba Heart. The supporting evidence was that Kirby was born from Void, which can duplicate, and it also birthed the Dark Matter, which can do that as well, and Meta Knight looks like Kirby- this theory also claims that the little dance Kirby does with copies of his sprite actually happens, and he just only summons them for that, for some reason.
… I don’t know if it was proposed in earnest, but it’s a cute headcanon, that Kirby’s too childish and innocent to think of other uses, and that Meta Knight is too honorable to abuse that power.

[discorobots]

This came out just days after I submitted my school research paper about Dedede and Meta Knight. This would have helped, but I still think I did ok.

[memerio]

I remember when people used to make joke theories about Meta Knight being Kirby’s dad. Now, it’s highly possible that Kirby has no parents and is actually a god of destruction made up of positive energy. I can’t tell which of the two theories I prefer more.

[smbmario]

Here is an overall synopsis of Meta Knight. Meta Knight, making his appearance in Kirby's Adventure is aware of the Star Rod pieces broken apart. Possibly knowing that something villainous was the cause of Dedede hastily breaking it. Meta Knight protecting it at all costs however realizes that the pink child that he has heard battled against Dedede is stronger than he looks. So he decides to improvise and test Kirby, seeing if he's really up to the challenge to collect all the pieces. First, aiding him with few items and then sending out his armed specialists to engage combat with him. Meta Knight is then astounded by how he took out his guards. But that doesn't mean he earns his prize so easily, he has to get through Meta Knight, the master himself first. It may be risky, but if the hero can get past him then he's worthy of taking on whatever crisis is next. If anything, Dedede will be there to aid him as well. That is if Dedede doesn't defeat Kirby beforehand.

Meta Knight recognizes how strong the pink hero after the defeat of Nightmare. Even Dedede's courage is recognized. However, things start happening. Time after time. Dark, and powerful beings such as Dark Matter terrorize Dreamland. Meta Knight then realizes something. Kirby and Dedede may be worthy enough to take menaces down but that doesn't mean that it'll stop Dreamland and even Popstar from being attacked. He realizes that this place and it's lifestyle is too naive, unsuspecting, and soft. It's *lifestyle is too lazy.* Meta Knight comes to the conclusion that Dream Land is too vulnerable which is why he decides to go through radical actions to reform Dream Land. His plans of militarizing the world is about to come up foot. That is until that pink child named Kirby arrives and comes to sabotage the plan. After blasting Kirby's Warp Star which seems to be his strongest source it seems to be over. His plan of upgrading Dream Land into further prosperity will be uninterrupted. That is until.. Kirby somehow arrives with the help of someone else he has befriended. Someone else who is also resident of Dream Land, *Dynablade.* From what seems to be impossible, Kirby somehow takes apart most of the Halberd. Meta Knight is there with his crew stuck in panic as they're in a life or death situation. Meta Knight decides for them to retreat because now it's his burden and he doesn't want people to sarcrifice themselves because of what he wanted. But his men are too loyal not to retreat and stay by Meta Knight's side. Besides, they've fought Kirby before. They know how he is. Unfortunately, they do not make it against the pink menace. Meta Knight then waits for him to arrive, somewhat enraged but still respectful of his courage. Respectful in fact that he offers him a sword, just as before. After a difficult but honorable battle, Kirby manages to take Meta Knight down but the swordsman isn't defeat just yet. Now Meta Knight is enraged for Kirby had humilated his men, and his own honor. Enraged enough that he'll chase him even if it results into their own deaths. *Prepare to die, Kirby!* However, Kirby escapes the falling Halberd as it falls into the orange bright sea. Meta Knight, left in shame.

Meta Knight at this point has now reached an epiphany. He realizes that he caused all of men to fall. He realizes that this was all because of his pride for becoming stronger only to manipulate everyone else with it so they could be stronger. He is now the being terrorizing Dream Land, the very thing he wanted to protect Dream Land from. As he breathes after his plan being foiled he becomes aware of how strong Dream Land actually is. *Everyone is friends with eachother. Kirby and his bird friend(Dynablade)came together to stop me. Even then, it was actually him and Dedede that stopped Nightmare. They're the ones that are strong. Maybe...maybe I'm just the weak one.*

So after that Meta Knight decides to become stronger himself. Without his halberd, without his men, he faces his own burden alone so he could be like Kirby. He has heard rumors of collecting Star Pieces to summon a giant clockwork star that grants wishes. He now knows want to do to prove himself *worthy* Meta Knight, without his Halberd now travels with himself and the rest of Dream Land's nature that he was going to conquer earlier. He becomes overwhelmed with guilt and mourn since he now knows that he was going to be responsible for the obliteration of the peaceful life he didn't appreciate before. He took it for granted. Meta Knight travels through planets and gets a lifetime experience of all types of life out there. He finally summons the Nova he has heard about. It asks for a wish, and Meta Knight speaks.. *My wish is to become stronger... So I wish to fight... the greatest warrior in the galaxy!* Notice how he doesn't wish for strength, he wishes to gain strength on his own. The Nova says that this warrior was feared for that it's power was too great putting Meta Knight in a pumped state. Nova summons the warrior after a countdown. The warrior, named Galacta Knight, a cold bloodthirsty warrior that had an extraordinary amount of power that it put people into fear. Meta Knight sees that it looks much like himself and thinks that this warrior could've been him if he continued along with his dark path. So now he sees that he's basically fighting a former and more dangerous version of himself. The Meta Knight that continued with his mistakes and pure selfish ambition. The pink of Galacta Knight reminded him of Kirby and he thought, *Heh, it's like when Kirby fought me in the Halberd. I will now have the courage that Kirby had fighting against my evil self! And this evil Meta Knight will go down! Draw your sword, Galacta Knight!* After a crazed battle, with the evil Galacta Knight destroyed. Meta Knight returns to Popstar gracefully knowing that he has received the reformation that he himself needed instead of Dream Land. And the courage that Kirby and Dedede had.

[chezi]

I have theory on Meta Knight. At this point, it’s obvious that he’s another Kirby, just with a permanent Sword ability. However, he seems to not only have complete mastery over Sword, but also other Copy Abilities. Two of his known moves are Shuttle Loop and Mach Tornado. Shuttle Loop is a move obtainable from the Wing Ability and Mach Tornado, specifically the Smash version, is basically just Tornado Kirby. It stands to reason that Kirby would probably end up with multiple abilities when he gets older, especially since we see him get stronger with every game. It also makes the life cycle of a Kirby make more sense: No Abilities (Kirby’s Dream Land) -> Copy Abilities-> Multiple Abilities (Meta Knight) -> God (Void Termina)

[thperuvian]

The weirdest thing is that I was binge watching what is kirby canon episodes this morning.

[PyroGothNerd]

Wait, he wasn't sick of everyone being lazy in the Japanese version of the game?!

Also, Meta Knight is implied to have a temper in Kirby Fighters, when a Waddle Dee says, "I hope Meta Knight keeps t clean, I'm recording every word!"

[kikiiiithesillykitkat]

The fact that after Meta Knight kicks the sword away it's still shown in the splash screen.

[AleT]

Matpat: *KIRBY IS A GOD OF DESTRUCTION WHO SHOULDN'T BE TRUSTED WITH ANYTHING*
Meta Knight: ...

[Foulowe]

4:17 are you sure that meta knight really allowed, or expected kirby to scan his halberd ?

because i remember that in one miiverse post, (maybe it was a translate error ? because i have actually back then read all of them only in french)
It was said that meta knight din't expect or wanted kirby to scan and control his ship so do you have a proof ? Or maybe it's just me, and i am completely wrong...

[ChristopherMoom]

2:11 The Halberd is now confirmed to be more powerful than freaking Galeem himself

-Either that, or Kirby had the power of bias in World of Light-

[JakeSwish]

It'd be really interesting to see a mainline Kirby game where Meta Knight is the dedicated villain. This could potentially give way to a truck-load of lore.