A Blockbuster Battle Blocky attacksKirby,Tiff andTuff out in an open field. Details First aired October 13, 2001 September 14, 2002 Episode # 2 Copy Ability (Abilities) featured Stone Monster(s) featured Blocky Character(s) featured Kirby,Tiff,Tuff,King Dedede,Tokkori Screenwriter Sōji Yoshikawa Director Mitsuo Kusakabe

Episode order ←Kirby Comes to Cappy Town Kirby's Duel Role →

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A Blockbuster Battle is the second episode of theKirby: Right Back at Ya! series. In this episode, the people ofCappy Town buildKirby ahouse to stay in after failing to find a home for him with any of the other residents.King Dedede attempts to thwart this, ultimately calling in themonsterBlocky fromNight Mare Enterprises, but fails when Kirby defeats it using theStone ability. This episode featuresTokkori andHana's first speaking roles, and also introduces theStoneCopy Ability,Chef Kawasaki, theAnimal FriendsRick &Kine &Coo, and many more of theCappies.

Characters[edit]

The following characters appear in this episode:

Cast of "A Blockbuster Battle"
Character	Selected quote	Notes
Primary characters
Kirby	"Poyo!"
Tiff	"Do what you want to, but you're not gonna run Kirby out of Cappy Town!"
Tuff	"Kirby shouldn't be learning how to jump rope, he's a Star Warrior! He should be learning...Star Warrior stuff!"
King Dedede	"Well if I can't get rid of Kirby the sneaky way...I'll just have to do it the freaky way!"
Tokkori	"It's time for you to make like a tree and leave!"
Secondary characters
Buttercup	(no dialogue)
Chef Kawasaki	"Is that so? Well any enemy of the King is a friend of mine!"
Cappy villagers	(no dialogue)
Chief Bookem	"Yeah, it's out of town!"(in response to Mayor Len)
Coo	"Sorry, Tiff. Tokkori's a tough ol' bird. Maybe you should try to find another tree."
Doron	(no dialogue)	Appears only in the Japanese version.
Escargoon	*groans*"Don't have snails, they take too long."
Fololo & Falala	*singing*"One and one and one is three! We don't like King Dedede!"
Gus	"Did Kirby ever pump gas before?"
Hana	"Kirby live here!?" *chuckles*"You're such a kidder!"
Honey	"Yeah, but at least Kirby has a place to stay."
Iro	"King Dedede never eats out."
Kine	(no dialogue)
Mayor Len Blustergas	"This is the perfect place for Kirby."
Meta Knight	"Your opponent is made of a super-high-density matter. It is too heavy to be sucked up by Kirby."
N.M.E. Sales Guy	"King Dedede! We have a special monster we can send you today!"
Professor Curio	"I've got artifacts from ancient Dream Landian civilization 20,000 years old, so Kirby would have to be very care-FUUULLL!"(as Kirby is sabotaged)
Rick	"Hi, mate! You must be Kirby! My name's Rick. I believe you're heading this direction. G'day!"
Samo	"This store is for adults, you know? I don't like to employ someone so small."	Appears only in the Japanese version. Hence, his quote is translated from that version.
Spikehead	"Okay, it's your turn, Kirby!"

Locations[edit]

• Dream Land
  • Cappy Town
    • Gus's gas station
    • Kawasaki's
    • Police headquarters (JP only)
    • Professor Curio's collection
    • Samo's bar (JP only)
  • Castle Dedede
  • Kirby's House

Plot synopsis[edit]

The episode begins atCastle Dedede, whereKing Dedede is spying onKirby playing with the kids ofCappy Town. He plots to get rid of Kirby by calling in a new monster fromNight Mare Enterprises. After Kirby suffers a mishap with a jump rope,Tiff,Tuff, and the other children wonder if he should be playing around when a storm kicks up, prompting all to seek shelter. Kirby tries to flee into an opening in a nearby tree, but is pushed out byTokkori who is nesting there. Taking shelter atHana's house, the kids wonder if Kirby can stay with anyone. They ask Hana to let Kirby live in her house but, recalling the dinner scene from episode 1, she curtly refuses with a fake chuckle.

The kids set out to find Kirby a place to stay after the rain stops. They start withChef Kawasaki, who agrees to take Kirby on as a waiter athis restaurant. Kirby works well at first, but King Dedede andEscargoon drop by to trip Kirby up and make him look bad. The plan works, causing Kawasaki to fire Kirby, even though he knows it's not his fault. The King then colludes with Tokkori, who also wants Kirby gone. Tokkori flies off and finds Kirby inProfessor Curio's collection helping inspect relics, and sabotages Kirby's attempts to become Curio's assistant by making him break one of the pots. A similar sabotage prevents Kirby from pumping gasoline withGus, blowing up the gas station in the process.

After another rejection from Tokkori, the kids plan to build Kirby a treehouse to live in, and recruit manyCappies to help them with construction. Seeing this, King Dedede callsNight Mare Enterprises to order a monster to get rid of Kirby. The monster they send isBlocky, a "super high density" rock monster capable of changing sizes, who demonstrates its abilities by crashing through multiple floors of the castle. Later on, the townsfolk gather to celebrate the completion of Kirby's tree house, but King Dedede shows up in hisArmored Vehicle and destroys it with a blast from his cannon. They then dispatch Blocky to defeat Kirby in combat. The fight does not go well for Kirby at first, and he ends up being flattened into a tarp that Tiff and Tuff have to wrangle with to get Kirby back to his normal shape. Kirby then attempts to inhale Blocky, but to no avail, as the monster is simply too heavy. During the fight, Blocky topples Tokkori's tree, and when Tokkori flies over to the King to complain about this, he gets blasted away by the cannon on his vehicle, making the bird realize that Dedede was not on his side.

After getting away from Blocky, Tiff and Tuff try to prepare Kirby for a rematch. Using a tip from Meta Knight, they have Kirby try to inhale stones, but they find he cannot inhale the bigger ones. They do realize he could make them budge with the help of gravity, however, so they trick Blocky into standing on a cliff and use Kirby's inhale to make it fall, splitting it into four smaller Blockys that Kirby is able to inhale. Kirby eats one of the Blocky pieces and transforms intoStone Kirby. Kirby then battles the remaining Blocky pieces and manages to best them. In a last-ditch-effort, Blocky reforms into one monster, but Kirby tricks it by walking to an overhang cliff over the ocean and having Blocky pound through and sink into the water. Kirby reverts to normal and spits out the remaining Blocky piece in the water, as the monster sinks into the ocean depths, never to be heard from again. The assembled Cappy Town residents cheer at this victory, including Tokkori.

Some time later, anew house is built for Kirby on a hillside near a tree, which resembles the one from the video games. Kirby goes in to have a look and tries the bed, but he is thrown off by Tokkori who was sleeping in it. Tokkori says he is taking over the house, relegating Kirby to the nest in the tree. Despite initial complaints from Tiff, Kirby seems fine with the arrangement, as he immediately falls asleep in the nest. The assembled characters laugh as the episode ends.

Differences between versions[edit]

• A minor shot is cut in the international versions from the scene in Chef Kawasaki's restaurant where Kawasaki scolds Kirby after a sabotage from Dedede.
• Two entire scenes are cut from the international versions:
  • The first scene involves the kids trying to get Kirby hired at the police station as Chief Bookem's deputy. Tokkori sabotages Kirby by throwing a live machine gun in his hands, causing Kirby to panic and shoot the whole building to pieces.
  • The second cut scene comes right after, as the kids try to get Kirby a job at Samo's bar as a mixer, but is sabotaged there as well, causing the group to be doused in beer.
• A few visual differences are present between versions:
  • King Dedede'sArmored Vehicle is painted in toy-like colors in the international versions, but retains its jungle camouflage motif in the Japanese version.
  • During the gas station scene, the sticker Tokkori slaps on the button is different: in the Japanese version, it bears Kirby's likeness with ano symbol over it, but in the international versions, it is a blank green sticker.
• The scenes where theMonster Delivery System emerges and after Blocky appears from it are much slower-paced in the Japanese version, with additional shots.
• During the scene where King Dedede is lamenting the loss of Blocky, a shot where the King starts punching Escargoon is cut from the international versions.

Dialogue differences[edit]

• During the jump rope scene, Fololo & Falala are simply counting up in the Japanese version, rather than singing a song.
• The international versions cut out Kirby's line "Stone Kirby!" during the fight with Blocky.

Gallery[edit]

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  King Dedede spies on the kids and Kirby.
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  The N.M.E. Sales Guy promotes his new monsters.
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  Kirby is forced out of the tree by Tokkori.
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  The kids plead with Chef Kawasaki to take Kirby in.
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  Dedede and Escargoon step into Kawasaki's restaurant.
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  Dedede and Escargoon sabotage Kirby by moving the table.
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  Kirby trips in Curio's collection with a priceless artifact on his head.
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  Gus's gas station explodes.
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  The kids plan to build a tree house for Kirby.
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  Construction on the tree house begins.
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  Blocky is called through the teleporter.
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  Blocky shows off its weight.
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  A party is called to celebrate the completion of Kirby's tree house.
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  The ruins of the tree house after Dedede destroys it.
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  Dedede deposits Blocky to deal with Kirby.
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  Tiff and Tuff tend to a flattened Kirby.
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  Dedede shoots Tokkori away.
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  Kirby tries inhaling a boulder.
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  Blocky is inhaled down a cliff side.
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  Blocky tries to pound Stone Kirby on the edge of a precipice.
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  The kids welcome Kirby to his new home.
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  The final scene of the episode

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