Giant Flotzo

	This article's title is derived from Japanese	(Edit | (Similar)
	...because it was never localized to English in official sources.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land model
Giant Flotzo
Name (JA)	巨大フロッツォ (Kyodai Furottsuo)
- Meaning	Giant Flotzo 巨大 = Giant/Gigantic, フロッツォ = Flotzo
In Games
Copy Ability	N/A
Category	Large enemy

Giant Flotzo is a large enemy in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Return to Dream Land. It cannot be inhaled.

Physical Appearance

Giant Flotzo is a giant pale octopus with eight stubby tentacles. It has two red eyes spaced far apart with a large pair of pink lips between them. A purplish spot and a flashing star can be seen above the creature's right eye. The octopus holds a sunken ship over its body. The ship is old, gray, and barnacle-encrusted; it has tattered sails, four portholes, an anchor, and a mast.

Games

Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Giant Flotzo appears exclusively in Stage 3 of Onion Ocean. It can be found at the end of the stage. When Kirby approaches it, the creature covers itself with a wrecked ship; it occasionally lifts the wreck for a second to peek out. Kirby takes damage if he touches it.

Giant Flotzo is immune to all but one ability: Monster Flame. Kirby cannot defeat the leviathan when it is covered by the ship, so he must let loose his attack when the octopus lifts it. When hit, the creature tosses the shipwreck up and bursts into blue flames. It then disintegrates into a lump of ash, and a dimensional rift appears in its place.

Trivia

• If Kirby tries to float past the shipwreck, he runs into an invisible wall. Kirby can travel inside the octopus, but he cannot float up to the ceiling; the only part of Giant Flotzo that has collision detection is the shipwreck.

• An early version of Giant Flotzo is depicted in concept artwork for Kirby GCN, the unreleased game that was reworked into Kirby's Return to Dream Land. This original version has a large red jagged beak, was colored a light orange, and had two long segmented tentacles.

Gallery

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Giant Flotzo shields itself.

Giant Flotzo is defeated.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe