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Kine
Name (JP) カイン (Kine) - Meaning kai, Japanese for "sea"
Debut	Kirby's Dream Land 2 (1995)
Species	Sunfish
Affiliation	Animal Friends
Latest Appearance	Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011) (cameo)

Kine is a fish. He is the aquatic Animal Friend that helps Kirby get through water stages. His name is derived from kai, a Japanese word for the sea. Kine also makes a cameo in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards as a statue while using the Stone Friends combo ability, and in Kirby Super Star Ultra as a statue when Kirby uses the Stone ability. He recently appeared in Kirby's Return to Dream Land as a Stone form; a statue of the three original Animal Friends.

Contents 1 Appearance and Characteristics 2 Appearances 2.1 In the Games 2.1.1 Kirby's Dream Land 2 2.1.2 Kirby's Dream Land 3 2.1.3 Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards 2.2 Kirby: Canvas Curse 2.3 Kirby Mass Attack 2.4 Kirby's Return to Dream Land 2.5 In Kirby: Right Back at Ya! 3 Trivia 4 Music 5 Artwork 6 Gallery 7 Sprites

Appearance and CharacteristicsEdit

Kine is a large blue fish, resembling a stylized sunfish. His body is shaped like a semi-circle, with tall yellow dorsal and anal fins. He has clam-shaped pectoral fins, and a yellow clavus. His eyes stare vacantly outward at his front above his gaping, thick lipped mouth, generally held open.

Kine is laid back and relaxed, typically not showing any emotion outside a blank expression. However, he is very sensitive and can be easily brought to tears when something upsets him.

AppearancesEdit

In the GamesEdit

Kine first crossed paths with Kirby when Dark Matter originally attacked. Trapped by mid-bosses, he gladly returns the favor of being freed.

Kirby's Dream Land 2Edit

Kine specializes in underwater travel. He is a strong swimmer and can power through even strong currents to allow Kirby to reach places no one else can. Kine allows Kirby to inhale and spit out enemies even when submerged. While paired with Kine, Kirby will hold his place within water and will not drift to the floor. Outside of water, however, he handles like the proverbial fish and can be awkward. Kirby's Copy Abilities are changed into the following, which typically fare better than other powers underwater, Especially the Burning ability, which isn't affected by water as much at other burning-based abilities:

• Burning: Giant Fireball
• Cutter: Sonic Wave
• Ice: Freezing Over
• Needle: Spiny Fish
• Parasol: Parasol Shield
• Spark: Light Bulb
• Stone: Slippery Rock

Kirby's Dream Land 3Edit

Between games, Kine was improved in terms of mobility. In addition to his strong water mobility, his size allows him to crush smaller foes when jumped upon. Enemies can still be inhaled and spit out as normal when submerged as when out of the water. When carrying Gooey, his tongue attack is still used in place of suction. Kine's vertical leap reaches four blocks, one higher than Kirby manages on his own. Also, Kine's land speed was increased, making him as fast as any other character. Additionally, when Kirby or Gooey separated from the fish, he would rocket them out from his mouth. In this game, Kirby's Copy Abilities are changed into the following:

• Burning: Flame Rings
• Clean: Plunger
• Cutter: Sonic Wave
• Ice: Freezing Fish
• Needle: Spiny Fish (Virtually the same as regular Needle Kirby)
• Parasol: Parasol Topper
• Spark: Light Bulb (unthrowable)
• Stone: Rock Dive

There is a female fish, Mine, who is Kine's wife.

Kirby 64: The Crystal ShardsEdit

When the player mixes the Stone and Cutter abilities, Kirby gains the mix ability Stone Friends, which lets him turn into statues of any of his past animal friends, including Kine. However, the Kine statue is useless, as it can only turn around. It will not even move (besides turning around) in or under water. This is reminiscent of the Stone ability in many Kirby games.

Kirby: Canvas CurseEdit

Kine is drawn by Paint Roller in Paint Panic.

Kirby Mass AttackEdit

In the Kirby Brawlball sub-game, Kine rests at the bottom of the pinball machine. He saves Kirby from falling into the sink once before disappearing, and he comes back if Kirby activates all the switches along the top of the machine.

Kine also appears in the Kirby Quest sub-game along with the other two original Animal Friends if Kirby loses a battle.

Kirby's Return to Dream LandEdit

Sometimes, if Kirby uses Stone, he transforms into a statue of the original Animal Friends. Also, a remix of his theme from Kirby's Dream Land 2 plays in Stage 1 of Onion Ocean.

In Kirby: Right Back at Ya!Edit

Kine
Name (JP) カイン (Kine) - Meaning kai, Japanese for "sea"
Species	Sunfish
Affiliation	Tiff, Kirby
Japanese Voice	Nobuo Tobita

Kine has a few appearances in the anime Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. He has a crush on Tiff, mainly because she's near the shoreline a lot. His first appearance was in the 2nd episode, where he bumps into Kirby as Kirby is swimming towards the surface of the lake, causing him to cough up his Stone Ability. He was tricked by King Dedede into revealing the location of the Rainbow Coral Reef to to him in exchange to be able to move on land. Dedede kept his promise... somewhat, as Kine was put into a giant fishtank on wheels. When Kine told Tiff that Dedede put him up to this in exchange for the location of the Rainbow Coral Reef, he found out that Dedede was going to destroy the reef to build a new castle. He was played like a fool, and so helped out when Kirby went into the sea to stop him. He also stopped Tiff and Tuff from drowning when their submarine was destroyed (by a torpedo shot from King Dedede's submarine) by creating large air bubbles. In the end, Kine still pines for his next date with Tiff. A Fish Called Kine This would later turn into a running gag with the character. Kine is friends with Joe, who chase King Dedede and Escargoon away when their follies end up with them falling into the sea.

In other appearances, Kine helps Kirby in the water (or rather: out of it) normally when he was pushed or thrown into the sea. He always asks how Tiff is and when their next date will be. In the episode, The Kirby Derby - Part II, he said that he'd have preferred to be helping Tiff out instead of Kirby and Torkori.

TriviaEdit

• On the pause menu of Milky Way Wishes in Kirby Super Star, there is a fish that resembles Kine in the right side.

MusicEdit

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Theme - Kine

Silver Submarine - Remixed 1st theme in Kirby: Canvas Curse Unused track - 2nd theme in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards Kine and Chuchu - Different (2nd) theme in Kirby's Dream Land 3 Original theme in Kirby's Dream Land 2 Kine is one of Kirby's Animal Friends. He is the specialist when moving in water. He and Chuchu share the same musical theme in Kirby's Dream Land 3, but it is different to the one Kine debuted with in Kirby's Dream Land 2. The new theme is among the more prominent of the unused tracks in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, available in the Sound Test as track No. 2, but not used in-game. Kine's original theme, however, is remixed and re-used for Silver Submarine in Kirby: Canvas Curse.

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