Clanky Woods Clanky Woods, as it appears during the second phase of its boss battle. Details First game Kirby: Planet Robobot (2016) Copy Abilities Bomb (missiles and drill missiles) Stone (rocks) Relative(s) Whispy Woods (origin)

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Clanky Woods is a mechanized version ofWhispy Woods that appears inKirby: Planet Robobot, appearing primarily as the boss ofPatched Plains; the first level of the game. Among other things, theHaltmann Works Company outfitted Clanky Woods with spider-like legs with drills for tips, which greatly increases its mobility and attack power, along with parts that allow it to shoot missiles and modify the environment using a giant screw.Kirby first encounters this mechanical monstrosity inStage 1 of the level, where he has to outrun it, but later fights the boss in proper fashion in a circular arena. Much later on, Clanky Woods appears again inStage 8 EX of theAccess Ark, where Kirby dispatches it much more quickly using theRobobot Armor. InMeta Knightmare Returns andThe True Arena, Clanky Woods is upgraded into an "environmentally-friendly" version namedClanky Woods 2.0.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

In its debut appearance, Clanky Woods is encountered three times during the story. Its first appearance is toward the end ofStage 1 ofPatched Plains. After Kirby enters the area, a bunch of fleeingWaddle Dees pass him by. From there, Clanky enters the scene using its four drill legs, roars upon noticing Kirby, and starts to chase him down. Its only attacks here are to shoot missiles at Kirby or to use Skewer Drill by hovering above him for a short time before drilling down into the ground. During this phase, Clanky can be attacked and defeated, but it is only necessary to escape it by continuing to the left. Defeating Clanky here, however, will reward Kirby with the stage's raresticker as it retreats. If Kirby does not defeat Clanky Woods before entering the tube at the end of the room, Clanky will attempt to drill through it to attack Kirby, despite being incapable of reaching him. It eventually gives up after a couple tries and leaves.

Boss battle[edit]

The second time it is encountered is in the boss stage itself. The first time Kirby enters the boss area, it will slowly appear from below, its green bulbs visible first, then the rest of it as it jumps up onto the semi-circle platform Kirby is situated on, roaring at the camera. Subsequent times, it simply appears on the platform, roars at Kirby, and initiates the boss battle.

The following lists all of Clanky Woods' attacks inKirby: Planet Robobot during the proper boss fight against it. Attack names are taken from official Japanese strategy guides.

Clanky Woods attacks in a fixed order on loop in Story Mode and The Arena as follows:

When Clanky is knocked down to approximately half of its health, it staggers and explodes as it falls off the stage, seemingly defeated. However, it then rises back up on a giant screw platform in the center of the stage, bringing up the other half of the semi-circle platform with him, completing the ring. Clanky then jumps on the back-side of the ring and roars again, continuing the fight. Kirby and Clanky now battle around the ring, as opposed to the flat area earlier.

In this phase, Clanky Woods will always start with the Circle Tackle and Rock moves. After that, its attacks are random and primarily based on Kirby's positioning.

When Clanky's health is nearly depleted, it roars again, and jumps back onto the screw platform in the middle. Then, it begins twisting the screw, causing all the sections of the ring that Kirby is not standing on to rise up, forming walls and trapping Kirby in a narrow space, roaring once more. Clanky then occupies the central area, where it cannot be directly hit, much likeHR-D3's first phase inKirby's Return to Dream Land. It can still be hit when performing certain attacks, however.

In Story Mode and The Arena, Clanky Woods attacks in a fixed order on loop as follows:

1. Drill Missile
2. Fruity Tank
3. Skewer Drill
4. Missile
5. Fruity Tank
6. Skewer Drill
7. Drill Missile
8. Missile
9. Skewer Drill

Once Clanky is defeated, it is ruptured by small internal explosions, and rendered inoperable. Unable to move, it sits in the middle of the arena and cries tears of oil as Kirby does his dance and finishes the level.

After this boss fight, Clanky is encountered one more time inStage 8 EX of theAccess Ark. Here, Kirby can use theRobobot Armor to defeat it during another chase-down sequence. Its attacks during this chase are identical to the ones used in Stage 1 of Patched Plains. If Kirby defeats it in time, Clanky falls off-screen and explodes, leaving behind atreasure chest that contains aCode Cube.

Clanky Woods 2.0[edit]

Like most other main bosses in the game, Clanky Woods has an upgraded variant,Clanky Woods 2.0, which is fought in bothMeta Knightmare Returns andThe True Arena. It bears a black canopy, a single wide eye, and is, in general, darker compared to its normal form.

In Meta Knightmare Returns, Clanky Woods 2.0 has non-boss battle encounters much like its counterpart in Story Mode. In those encounters, its behavior is similar to its normal counterpart, though it instead attacks with two rounds of two missiles and two Skewer Drills in a row. Defeating it awards sevenMeta Points, as well as anEnergy Drink in the first encounter, and aMaxim Tomato in the second.

The following lists all of Clanky Woods 2.0's attacks inMeta Knightmare Returns andThe True Arena. Attacks that are used in multiple of the fight's phases are summed up.

In phase 1 in Meta Knightmare Returns and The True Arena, Clanky Woods 2.0 always starts with a Missile attack before attacking in a fixed order on loop as follows:

1. Fruity Tank
2. Rock
3. Stomping Attack
4. Missile
5. Fruity Tank
6. Missile
7. Stomping Attack
8. Rock

In phase 2 in Meta Knightmare Returns and The True Arena, Clanky Woods always starts with Circle Tackle. After that, the rest of its attacks in this phase are randomly chosen.

In phase 3 in Meta Knightmare Returns and The True Arena, Clanky Woods 2.0 attacks in a fixed order on loop as follows:

1. Stomping Attack
2. Drill Missile
3. Missile
4. Skewer Drill
5. Drill Missile
6. Fruity Tank
7. Skewer Drill
8. Drill Missile

Trivia[edit]

• Despite being described as a mechanized form of Whispy Woods, Clanky Woods is consistently referred to with the gender-neutral term "it", where Whispy is typically referred to with the male "he". It is unclear whether or not this discrepancy was intentional.

Gallery[edit]

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  Model of Clanky Woods
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  Model of Clanky Woods 2.0
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  Clanky Woods inPatched Plains - Stage 1
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  Clanky Woods inAccess Ark - Stage 8 EX
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  Credits picture ofSwordKirby battling Clanky Woods
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  Meta Knightmare Returns credits picture ofMeta Knight battling Clanky Woods 2.0

Names in other languages[edit]

Clanky Woods[edit]

Clanky Woods 2.0[edit]

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