Rick

Rick is a character in the Kirby series, debuting as one of Kirby’s Animal Friends in Kirby's Dream Land 2 . He is a giant hamster that is best suited for land.

Physical Appearance[ ]

Rick is a round hamster. He has white fur with small patches of light brown (sometimes orange in some artworks) on him; the brown patches are most noticeable on his head and on his back. He has pink feet (colored red in the 3DS games), white hands, and a small tail that is colored brown in earlier games, but white in more recent games. He has a pink, triangle-shaped nose, four whiskers on his face with two on each side, and round, beady, blue eyes (originally completely black).

Games[ ]

Kirby's Dream Land 2 [ ]

Kirby earns Rick's trust and friendship when he saves him from a horde of Mid-bosses. Rick is able to withstand treacherous terrain and doesn't skid on slippery platforms such as ice. Like the rest of Kirby's friends in this game, Rick can merge abilities with Kirby to make stronger ones:

Kirby's Dream Land 3 [ ]

Rick has gained several new abilities, such as jumping from wall to wall. He is the only Animal Friend not slowed down by normal sand surfaces in this game, although he'll still be affected by moving sand surfaces. His inhaling technique however, was replaced by the power to stomp enemies flat. Instead of inhaling enemies, Rick charges forward with his gaping mouth wide open. This game also introduces Rick's love interest - Pick. For transportation Kirby sits on Rick's back for a ride. Rick can once again combine his abilities with Kirby:

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards [ ]

The Stone Cutter Power Combo allows Kirby to turn into a stone Rick. He acts like he normally does, but without an ability to use. He can, however, climb up walls if a player holds [画像:Directional Pad] against the wall and presses jump in rhythmic succession.

Kirby: Canvas Curse [ ]

Rick appears in Paint Panic as one of the paintings Paint Roller draws.

Kirby Mass Attack [ ]

Rick makes a cameo appearance alongside Kine and Coo in Kirby Quest if Kirby is defeated.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition [ ]

Stone Kirby can transform into a statue of Rick, Coo, and Kine. In Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition, Smash Kirby can transform into this statue by using the Stone attack.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe , Kirby Fighters Deluxe , and Kirby Fighters 2 [ ]

Though he is not a playable character, Rick appears in the Kirby Fighters sub-game as well as in the downloadable Kirby Fighters Deluxe and Kirby Fighters 2. In the stage Coo's Forest, he occasionally steps through doors and attacks the Kirbys by using his Burning attack: flame breath. He then proceeds to reenter the door he came from.

Kirby: Planet Robobot [ ]

Rick, Kine, and Coo appear together as a stone statue produced by either Kirby's Stone or Smash Bros. ability. He also appears a collectible sticker.

Team Kirby Clash Deluxe [ ]

Rick will appear as a villager of the city after completing the Tough: Taranza ordeal quest, sitting at the bench behind the Shrine of Passwords.

Kirby Battle Royale [ ]

Rick appears in Slam Hockey, He can be seen on the left side of the crowd in Normal Arena.

Kirby Star Allies [ ]

Rick appears in Kirby Star Allies as a Dream Friend added in Version 2.0.0. He works alongside Kine and Coo as a three-in-one Dream Friend, with each character using different abilities. In Rick's case, he uses the Sizzle element, as well as the Stone ability. Although it is not mentioned in his control list, Rick retains his ability from previous games to not slip on ice, hop on enemies and projectiles, as well as the ability to climb up walls.

Techniques[ ]

Super Kirby Clash [ ]

Rick appears as a resident of the Port Village after completing the Parallel Nightmare ordeal quest. He can be seen sitting on the rightmost bench. He, alongside Coo and Kine, also appears as a sticker, which can be purchased from the Shoppe for 20 Gem Apples.

Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe [ ]

Rick makes an appearance in the ending of Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler where he is among the first to see Magolor's new Shoppe in the alternate universe of Dream Kingdom. The player also receives a Dress-Up Mask of Rick in Merry Magoland for visiting for the first time. Clearing 10 missions unlocks the golden Rick, Coo and Kine Statue. The three also appear as a Stone transformation.

In Kirby: Right Back at Ya! [ ]

Rick isn't quite an acquaintance of Kirby, nor do the two really interact all that much. Rick lives in Whispy Woods Forest inside the roots of the great tree Acore. Rick shows no change in personality though. He also speaks with an Australian accent in the English dub. Despite his lack of appearances in the episodes, Rick has still appeared more than any of the other animals, let alone the animal helpers, in the anime. His first appearance in the anime was in A Blockbuster Battle, when he helped to build a treehouse for Kirby (which was wrecked later in the episode by King Dedede and Escargoon). Rick's feet were changed to a light purple color and the color of his fur is a more yellowish color in the anime.

In the Super Smash Bros. series [ ]

Rick appears as a collectible trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee .

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , Rick appears as a spirit.

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Etymology[ ]

Rick's name is derived from the onyomi pronunciation for the Japanese word for land, 陸 (riku), referencing his skills at traversing land.

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Trivia[ ]

• Of the three Animal Friends who appear in the anime, Rick is the only one that has any kind of conflict with Kirby. This instance was only in the episode, War of the Woods.
• When Ado draws Rick in the Boss Butch credits of Kirby's Dream Land 3, she gives him more realistic features on his hands and feet.
• Rick is the only Animal Friend that consumes enemies himself. All others allow Kirby to inhale the foes or, in ChuChu's case, drag the foes into Kirby's mouth.
• Rick makes a cameo appearance in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse , along with Coo and Kine, when Kirby is transforming into Kirby Tank. This might be a reference to the early idea for Kirby's Dream Land 2, where Kirby was planned to get on a tank.
• Rick, along with Coo and Kine, make an appearance in Team Kirby Clash Deluxe after certain Ordeals are cleared.
• Rick, alongside Coo and Kine, in the American TV commercial for Kirby's Dream Land 2, was depicted out of character: In particular, aside from being given angry eyes and a menacing grin, Rick was shown to lift up a biker upon entering a bar and throw him right at a sofa with other bikers sitting on it and knock them over in a similar manner to bowling pins.
• In Kirby's Toy Box - Cannonball, the player plays as a mechanical recreation of Rick, with the purpose of firing spherical Kirbys over a hill to defeat their opponent - another Robo-Rick.
• In Kirby Star Allies , Rick has the longest idle animation out of anyone in the game lasting over a minute.
• In Kirby Star Allies, fighting Morpho Knight in Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! with Rick & Kine & Coo replaces the normal theme with a remixed version of Dark Matter's theme for his second form, referencing the Animal Friends' original appearance in Kirby's Dream Land 2.
• In the 68th issue of Nintendo Power, Rick is incorrectly referred to as a squirrel, instead of a hamster.^[4]

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