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KPR Susie artwork This article is about the episode of Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. For other uses, see 3D (disambiguation).

Don't let him get away! I've been looking for some fresh lobster to make a ravioli. Doesn't get fresher than this!
— Chef Kawasaki • Kirby 3D

Kirby 3D is a 3D animated short based on Kirby: Right Back at Ya!. It is about eight minutes long, and features the never-before-seen monster named Lobzilla. Fire Kirby makes a special appearance, as does a new Copy Ability exclusive to the short called Kabuki. Seeing that Nightmare Enterprises is active and Dedede's transporter is operative, this episode may have taken place before episodes 96-100.

The short uses several traditional Japanese elements, especially Kirby's Kabuki ability.

Characters[]

Episode Summary[]

The episode opens up with the N.M.E. Sales Guy conversing with eNeMeE about Kirby's recent accomplishments (showing no regard for the fourth wall as they consider 'best-selling video games' and 'an animated series' accomplishments) as they plan how to ruin his latest media endeavor; a 3D presentation based on the anime, specifically what the audience is already watching. King Dedede then complains to the salesman about the company's failures in the past, and that he demands the strongest monster in the company's arsenal. The N.M.E. Sales Guy shows Dedede the cost of the monster (One billion D-bills "cut" down to two billion). Despite the price, Dedede orders the monster anyway, thinking it's a bargain. The monster turns out to be a small shrimp called Lobzilla. At first, Dedede is disappointed with his small size, but Lobzilla shows his power and freezes both him and Escargoon before running away. Next, he is backed up against the Cappy Town circle's center tree by Chef Kawasaki, only to blast and freeze him with his breath. He then shows up at the pond that TuffSpikeheadIro, and Honey are playing in and catching lobsters in and blasts them as well. Tiff, Tuff, and Kawasaki then borrow Mayor Len Blustergas' car and drive up to King Dedede's Castle and both Tuff and Kawasaki explain to her about the small shrimp monster that attacked them.

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Lobzilla.

King Dedede then shows Lobzilla that his next target is Kirby and Escargoon uses a Nintendo DS-like remote control to guide a remote-controlled wheeler with cake on it to lure Kirby to the monster. Afterwards, Lobzilla pushes Kirby around several times and his friends arrive just in time to witness it. The monster eventually carelessly rams himself right into a pillar and seemingly knocks himself out once buried in the rubble, much to Dedede's agitation. Just then, Lobzilla shows his true form, which is enlarged and much more monstrous in appearance. Knowing what to do, Tiff calls for the Warp Star, which Kabu sends to Kirby. After fleeing from Lobzilla, Kirby eventually becomes corned on a single slab of rock, and is nearly sliced by Lozilla's large pincers. Fortunately, the Warp Star comes just in time to save Kirby, but even then, Kirby still has to flee from the beast. As the soon becomes cornered again, and Lobzilla attacks with his breath, which releases miniature lobsters attack Kirby by tugging on him repeatedly. Soon, Tiff throws him a torch to suck up. Kirby does so, then jumps into the air while flipping backwards (knocking all of the miniature lobsters off of him in the process), and transforms into Fire Kirby. For a brief period, he is able to combat Lobzilla's breath with his own fire breath, but Fire Kirby is unable to overpower the monster and gets his ability knocked out of him. Tuff is about to toss him another torch when Meta Knight shows up and explains that if Kirby uses Lobzilla's attacks against him, he can triumph. 

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Meta Knight appears.

This gives Tiff an idea, and she jumps on the edge of the rampart she and Tuff were watching from, only to slip and almost fall to her doom. (Though Tuff catches her with his hand at the last second.) She tells Kirby to suck up Lobzilla's babies. Kirby then gets the idea, and he gets back on his Warp Star, just as Lobzilla fires his breath again. This time, Kirby inhales it. Tuff questions if this will work, to which Tiff replies that Kirby will know what to do. After Kirby finishes sucking up the mini lobsters, he transforms into Kabuki Kirby, much to Dedede's and Escargoon's horror (and confusion). The two then circle around each other and they both charge each other. Kabuki Kirby overpowers Lobzilla's breath with a laser from his forehead, which causes the monster to expand, and then smacks him with his rod, causing him to explode. His explosion rains down many shrimps for Kirby, Kawasaki, and even Dedede and Escargoon to enjoy, while both Tiff and Tuff cheer for Kirby's victory. To celebrate Kirby's new ability, the episode then ends with Kabuki Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, and Meta Knight doing their Kabuki poses and the curtain is then closed on them.

Release[]

Kirby 3D was not broadcast like a traditional Kirby: Right Back at Ya! episode. It was released several times across multiple platforms due to events that surrounded its distribution.

  • On August 9, 2009, Kirby of the Stars Special Episode: Take it Down! The Crustacean Monster Ebizou was released on the Wii no Ma, a Japan-exclusive video-on-demand service accessible through Wii. This channel was discontinued on April 30, 2012.
  • Three years later, the episode was dubbed as Kirby 3D and released on the Nintendo Video program for Nintendo 3DS systems in all regions. The episode was divided into two volumes; these debuted on January 14, 2012 and January 24, 2012, respectively. Kirby 3D was broadcast once a year--January 14 for Volume 1 and January 24 for Volume 2--until the service's discontinuation. On June 16, 2014, Nintendo Video held a "Watch+Win" sweepstakes, issuing a download of the two volumes as the prize.[1] The Nintendo Video service shut down on June 29, 2015.
  • On June 30, 2015 after the shutdown of Nintendo Video, both volumes of Kirby 3D were made viewable with or without stereoscopic 3D on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.[2] The episode remained available through this service until the eShop's shutdown on March 27, 2023.
  • On August 1, 2017, Kirby 3D was re-released on the My Nintendo rewards program in North America. Both volumes could be purchased together for 100 Platinum Coins and subsequently downloaded, replicating the downloads that were given out as "Watch+Win" prizes. This was one of the Kirby-themed rewards distributed in celebration of Kirby's 25th Anniversary, being released exactly 25 years after Kirby's Dream Land was released in North America.

Related Quotes[]

Kirby's ready for action in part one of this special, two-part 3D episode of Kirby: Right Back At Ya!
— Kirby 3D Part 1 Nintendo Video Description
Lobzilla has Kirby on the ropes in part two of this special 3D episode of Kirby: Right Back At Ya! Who can Kirby turn to for help? The answer may surprise you!
— Kirby 3D Part 2 Nintendo Video Description

Trivia[]

  • Fololo and Falala make a cameo in the intro.
  • Fire Kirby has a more red appearance than other episodes in the anime. The transformation for the ability was slightly sped up.
  • Lobzilla, when first attacking Kirby, pulls him apart and weaves him into a string design reminiscent of Kirby's Epic Yarn.
  • Because Kirby 3D was dubbed after the death of Maddie Blaustein, Ted Lewis voices Kawasaki in this short.
    • As with Kawasaki, both Iro and Kabu (who are both voiced by Jim Napolitano) also sound different in this short.
    • Nightmare also sounds different in this short, due to being voiced by an uncredited Michael Sinterniklaas, since his original voice actor, Andrew Rannells, was busy with his Broadway career, portraying Elder Price in The Book of Mormon.
  • In this episode, Tiff knows how to drive.
  • This is the only episode where the Holy Nightmare Co. background behind the N.M.E. Sales Guy isn't airbrushed over just like in the other English dubbed episodes.
  • There were no changes made to the music in the English dub of this episode, apart from the theme song.
  • Unlike any other episode in the anime or other media, Meta Knight's eyes flash whenever he is speaking.
  • It is not explained as to how Kirby obtains the Kabuki ability from Lobzilla.

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