The dialogue that occurs in The Revenge can be considered a parody of Revenge of Meta Knight, being the only other occurrence of dialogue during gameplay. In the Japanese script, various lines are directly pulled from Revenge of Meta Knight or references to them; this is not very prevalent in the English translation, likely translating it in a vacuum without noting their nature as references to Revenge of Meta Knight.
Bandana Waddle Dee's "Kabula has been defeated!" (カブーラーが撃墜されました！) parallel's Axe Knight's "Dyna Blade has been shot down!" (ダイナブレイドを撃墜しました！)
Bandana Waddle Dee's "What should we do!?" (いかがいたしましょう！？) and "W-what do we do?!" (い、いかがいたしましょう！？) parallels Captain Vul's "what is your command?" (いかがいたしましょう？)
King Dedede's "Here's what we do! Kirby will be OURS!" parallels Captain Vul's "Listen, you lubbers! I want you all after that Kirby!" (ものどもであえぃ！カービィをけちらすのだっ)
King Dedede's "First, test him..." parallels Meta Knight's "But first a little test." (まずはこてしらべだ)
Bandana Waddle Dee's "Kirby's approaching here, Your Majesty!" (カービィは、われわれのいる階に近づきつつあります！) parallels Axe Knight's "Kirby is now approaching Main Cannon #2." (カービィは現在、2連主砲に近づきつつあります。)
King Dedede's "Cursed pink lump! I can't believe it!" (おのれおのれ、ピンクだまめ！くっ、く〜やしいぃぃ〜〜っ！) parallels Captain Vul's "Rassa frassa blassa! Arrrgh!" (おのれおのれおのれおのれおのれぃ！くやしぃ～！)
King Dedede's "Third one's the charm!" (こうなれば3どめのしょうじき！) parallels Captain Vul's "This time we will succeed!" (2どめのしょうじき！)
King Dedede's "Enough, Kirby!" (そこまでだカービィ！) parallels Meta Knight's "That's far enough, Kirby!" (そこまでだ！カービィ！)
Bandana Waddle Dee's "Oh no! He beat everyone we have!" (たいへん！たいへん！みんなやられちゃった！) parallel Sailor Waddle Dee's "Oh no! Oh no! What do we do?!" (たいへん！たいへん！どうしよぉ！)
King Dedede's "(...We're done for...Only one option...)" parallel's Meta Knight's "(We've failed...but there's nothing we can do.)"（不覚…だがやむをえまい）
King Dedede's "...O-Ok then. I guess it's your turn." (……さ、さあ、つぎはおまえたちの番だ。) parallel's Meta Knight's "So... Now it's time for the rest of you to escape as well." (さあ、次はおまえたちが逃げる番だ。)
In the Japanese script, both King Dedede and Meta Knight use おまえたち (omae-tachi), which is a plural form of "you"; while this makes sense for Meta Knight to say, referring to Axe Knight and Mace Knight (and potentially Sailor Waddle Dee), King Dedede seems to only be referring to Bandana Waddle Dee, making its pluralization grammatically incorrect.
King Dedede's "...Fine, you can go. You've been spared." parallels Meta Knight's "...You are all about to perish. Do as you please." (…しにぞこないどもめ。かってにするがよい。)
King Dedede's "(...I'm sorry.)" （…………すまない） parallels Meta Knight's "(...I'm sorry.)" （…すまない）
King Dedede's "(It's time for my secret weapon...)" （…機は熟した。いまこそ、わが新兵器の力を見せる時…） parallels "The time has come. The time to show our power!" (機は熟した。いまこそ、我らが力を見せるとき!)
