Ribbon

Ribbon
Ribbon's artwork for Kirby Star Allies.
Series	Kirby
First Appearance	Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
Species	Fairy
Year Created	2000
Created by	HAL Laboratory

Ribbon is a recurring character in the Kirby series, making her debut as the deuteragonist of Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. She is a fairy from the heart-shaped planet Ripple Star and friends with the Fairy Queen. When the planet comes under attack from Dark Matter, who seeks to steal the sacred Crystal which is the source of the fairy's magic, she volunteers to take the Crystal and flee into space. However, Dark Matter notices her and sends three drones to pursue her, attacking and shattering the Crystal and sending pieces across the galaxy. Ribbon crash lands on Planet Pop Star, landing directly on Kirby, who decides to help her in retrieving the pieces of her Crystal and eventually the two are joined by Waddle Dee, Adeleine and King Dedede.

Since then, she has made various appearances in the Kirby series, generally as cameos, but recently as a playable character alongside Adeleine in Kirby Star Allies, released as part of the second wave of Dream Friends DLC.

Personality

Ribbon is portrayed as a character with many sides to her personality. Her first impression is a carefree person, as seen when she is frolicking before Dark Matter takes Ripple Star over and she chases a butterfly before she and Kirby encounter a Waddle Dee. She is seen to be very friendly when Kirby first meets her and they become friends immediately, but she is actually much more complex. She can be sensitive, as shown when Dark Matter robs her of her home planet and later when she and Kirby say goodbye near the end. She is also brave, going to protect the Ripple Star Queen before making a getaway with the crystal when the latter tells her to do so, and then joining Kirby before she meets Zero in his resurrected form, Zero Two.

She is also shown to be artistic as seen when she and Adeleine are introduced as Artful Adventurers in their splash screen and at the end of their Guest Star itinerary in Kirby Star Allies.

Appearance

Ribbon is rather short as befits her species. She has messy pink hair, a red ribbon through her hair (hence her name), and rather large eyes for a fairy. She wears a red dress, white shorts, and brown shoes with yellow soles. Her legs are short like Kirby's are compared to those of the other fairies, though her upper body has humanoid proportions.

Kirby series

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Ribbon is the game's deuteragonist. When Dark Matter invades her home on the heart-shaped planet Ripple Star, she is tasked by the Queen Fairy to flee into space with the fairy's sacred Crystal to protect it against Dark Matter. However, she is followed by three Dark Matters who manage to break the crystal, spreading pieces thru ought the solar system. Injured but alive, she drifts through space until she enters the atmosphere of Planet Pop Star, where she lands on Kirby who is admiring the sudden appearance of a meteor shower. Explaining to him that the meteor shower is actually the pieces of her Crystal and that she needs to find a way to retrieve the pieces, Kirby volunteers to help her and the two set off to track down the Crystal Shards and save Ripple Star.

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Ribbon makes a cameo appearance as a sticker that can be collected randomly by Kirby and can be applied to his Robobot Armor.

Kirby Star Allies

Ribbon appears alongside Adeleine as a Dream Friend, with the two collectively being described as Artful Adventurers in their splash screen. The two characters act as a duo and were released as part of the second wave of Dream Friends alongside Dark Meta Knight and Daroach.

Super Kirby Clash

In Super Kirby Clash, Ribbon appears as a resident of the Castle Village after Parallel Nightmare's Revenge and Aeon Hero have been defeated. She can be seen hovering in the air to the left, watching Adeleine paint. She and Adeleine also appear as a singular sticker, which can be purchased from the Shoppe for 20 Gem Apples. The sticker displays the "Sorry for the wait!" message when used online.

Names In Other Languages

Ribbon earned her English name from the ribbon she wears in her hair.

• Latin: Rībōs, -nis (Base comes from her Japanese name)
• Spanish: Ribona (First declension)
• Portuguese: Ribonha (First delcension)
• Italian: Ribogna (First declension)
• French: Ribone
• Korean: 리복 (Ribon) (Transliteration of her Japanese name)

Gallery

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.