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Helpers are characters that appear in Kirby Super Star and its remake, Kirby Super Star Ultra. Appearing as regular enemies (and occasionally mid-bosses), they have altered color palettes and are summoned by Kirby to help him instead of hurt him. They are normally controlled by CPUs, but can also be controlled by another player. Each copy ability has a specific one, excluding the limited-use abilities Crash, Mike, Paint, Cook, and Sleep. If the player wants to change the Helper, he or she can throw the hat of the ability to it. Using the Normal Beam will call it back, transforming it back into the ability that Kirby once had.

Helpers are similar to Kirby in how they are capable of flying, despite the fact that they slowly float down over time (except for Capsule J/2, Plasma Wisp, and Birdon, who can fly without Kirby's help). Another quality that they have in common with Kirby is that they have limited health. If a Helper's health runs out, it will burst into flames and eventually explode.

In Kirby Super Star Ultra, they have a significant role in Helper to Hero, a sub-game where both the first and second players can play as the Helpers in the game.

GamesEdit

Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star UltraEdit

In Kirby Super Star and its remake, Helpers are the same from both games, except for Capsule J, who was replaced by Capsule J2 in the remake, and Sword Knight and Blade Knight can be used as helpers in Meta Knightmare Ultra. Also, in the sub-game Helper to Hero, all the helpers are playable, including Sword Knight. The only change is the color scheme, for example, a helper Waddle Doo is normally red, while the one in this particular sub-game is green (the one that's played by Player 1; Player 2 plays as a red Waddle Doo, if it is on two-player mode).

Enemy / Helper	Copy ability
Biospark	Ninja
Birdon	Wing
Blade Knight	Sword
Bonkers	Hammer
Bugzzy	Suplex
Burnin' Leo	Fire
Capsule J/2	Jet
Chilly	Ice
Gim	Yo-yo
Knuckle Joe	Fighter
Parasol Waddle Dee	Parasol
Plasma Wisp	Plasma
Poppy Bros. Jr.	Bomb
Rocky	Stone
Simirror	Mirror
Sir Kibble	Cutter
Starship (helper)	Starship
TAC	Copy
Waddle Doo	Beam
Wheelie	Wheel

Kirby GCNEdit

	This section is about an unreleased or cancelled game

Not much was known about Kirby GCN except for the fact it was going to use the Helper system again. There were also new Helpers which have not been named due to the game's cancellation.

Enemy	Copy Ability
Blade Knight	Sword
Broom Hatter	Clean
Bonkers	Hammer
Chilly	Ice
Flappy	Wing
Golem	Stone
Heat Phanphan	Fire
Knuckle Joe	Fighter
Parasol Waddle Dee	Parasol
Sir Kibble	Cutter
Waddle Doo	Beam
Wheelie Bike	Wheel
Plasma Wisp	Plasma
New Bomb enemy	Bomb
New Tornado enemy	Tornado
New Water/Bubble enemy	Water/Bubble
New Jet enemy	Jet

TriviaEdit

Although the Hi-Jump ability is not available in Kirby Super Star or its remake, if Kirby jumps on top of a helper and presses up on the D-pad, he will use the helper like a trampoline and jump up, similar to Hi-Jump in the sense that he is invincible until he starts falling.
Although Kirby GCN was revised as Kirby's Return to Dream Land, the latter removed the helper system, replacing them with King Dedede, Meta Knight, Waddle Dee, and other color Kirbys.

In Kirby Super Star and its remake, if a helper loses all health and catches fire, he/she has a chance to become the helper form of any enemy he/she touches. This will fully restore the helper's HP.