Fire Lion Artwork ofFire Lion fromKirby Super Star Ultra Details Debut game Kirby's Adventure (1993) Latest game Kirby's Dream Buffet (2022, reference) Other game(s) Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby Super Star Ultra Kirby: Triple Deluxe (keychain) Kirby: Planet Robobot (sticker) Copy Ability Burning,Fire Similar to Leongar,Efreeti,Leo

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This article is about the mid-boss who resembles a flaming lion, and should not be confused withBurning Leo orLeo.

Fire Lion is amid-boss inKirby's Adventure,Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land andKirby Super Star Ultra. It resembles a large, usually dark brown lion with angry, glowing eyes, long fangs and a mane entirely composed of flames, as well as a fiery tuft at the end of its tail.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Adventure /Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]

Fire Lion debuts inKirby's Adventure as amid-boss, where it looks very different than in future appearances; it is depicted as a purple lion with a white mane, lacking both the glowing eyes and ardent characteristics. The game's remake,Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, however, depicts it with its modern design.

In battle, Fire Lion possesses three main attacks: It either launches itself atKirby in the form of a large fireball, slashes at him with its claws, or leaps into the air and attempts to fall down on him, creating a star when it hits the ground, which can beinhaled and fired back at it by Kirby. Additionally, like most other mid-bosses in the game, it is able to jump up and down between attacks, making it harder to hit.

Fire Lion is one of the rarest mid-bosses inKirby's Adventure andKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, being fought only twice (excludingArena battles), once in behind the fifth door inYogurt Yard and another time during the rematch with all of the game's mid-bosses behind door 2 inRainbow Resort. Apart from these encounters, it serves as the opponent ofOrange Ocean's Arena.

Kirby Super Star Ultra[edit]

InKirby Super Star Ultra, Fire Lion reappears, despite not being present in the originalKirby Super Star. Here, the mid-boss appears similarly as inKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land and acts the same—the only notable difference being that it now yields theFireCopy Ability due toBurning being absent from the game. It is initially encountered inRevenge of the King, first in theIllusion Islands stage and then later inThe Revenge where it is teamed up with another Fire Lion, occurring right afterPhan Phan is defeated. Fire Lion also has to be bested inThe True Arena, as part of the True Mid-Boss All Stars round.

There is an unused second alternate palette of Fire Lion from the game. With GameShark codes, the player can make the lion with that palette appear in a stage.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

Despite Fire Lion not appearing physically inKirby: Triple Deluxe, two of the regularKeychains that can be randomly obtained depicts Fire Lion. One of them shows Fire Lion in itsKirby's Adventure sprite, while the other depicts the "Twin Fire Lions" sprites fromKirby Super Star Ultra.

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

Despite Fire Lion not appearing physically inKirby: Planet Robobot, there is asticker based on the lion that can be randomly obtained. The sticker depicts Fire Lion from itsKirby Super Star Ultra artwork, but is cropped to only show its head.

Kirby's Dream Buffet[edit]

InKirby's Dream Buffet, Fire Lion appears on aCharacter Treat, depicted using its artwork fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

InKirby: Right Back at Ya![edit]

Fire Lion Artwork ofFire Lion fromKirby: Right Back at Ya! Details Debut episode Junk Jam Ability granted Fire Similar entities WolfWrath

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In the animeKirby: Right Back at Ya!, Fire Lion only makes a single appearance, being featured in the episodeJunk Jam as amonster. Unlike its design in the games, it appears to consist entirely of fire, and it also possesses the ability to hover in the air and shoot fireballs from its mouth. After being brushed off byNight Mare Enterprises for not paying his bills,King Dedede hacks into the monster delivery system to obtain Fire Lion in order to have it incinerate all the trash that has accumulated in and aroundCappy Town, but it gets out of control. Kirby eventually defeats the beast by turning intoFire Kirby and fighting fire with fire, inflating Fire Lion with his fire breath and tossing it into the sea, where it is destroyed by the water.

Fire Lion looks slightly different in the show than its official artwork implies, as it consists of the same fiery texture and color throughout and is constantly burning.

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  Screenshot of Fire Lion
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  Fire Lion appearing from theMonster Delivery System
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  Fire Lion attackingKing Dedede
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  Fire Lion preparing to pounce onKirby

In theKirby novel series[edit]

Fire Lion appears as a cameo in the second volume of theKirby novel series,Kirby and the Big Panic in Gloomy Woods!. Its physical appearance is largely identical to its most recent game design inKirby Super Star Ultra.

Fire Lion appears as one of many beasts roaming around in the frightfulGloomy Woods area ofDream Land. It encountersKing Dedede in the middle of the night there, alongside his companion theWoodkeeper, immediately preparing to attack, only for its natural built-in flames to be abruptly put out by Dedede's excessively loud yelling. It returns to the darkness of the woods then after. Later on, Fire Lion reappears with its flames yet again, this time encounteringKirby andMeta Knight alongside Dedede. Fire Lion is quicklyinhaled by Kirby without a chance to make its attack, providing the puffball with theFireCopy Ability. Fire Lion is lastly spat back out by Kirby later, allowing it to retreat back into the woods.

Fire Lion notably does not follow the usualmid-boss guideline in this appearance—normally, it has to be taken down first before being vulnerable to a regular inhale. Here, Kirby can inhale it right away just like any regular foe.

Fire Lion is also briefly mentioned inKirby: Big Race in Pupupu Land!. It is one of the "cool" pets thatKizario's friends owned, which made them tease him aboutPeperon.

Trivia[edit]

• Since lions and dragons both appear commonly in mythology, Fire Lion may be the opposite ofIce Dragon.

Gallery[edit]

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  Sprite fromKirby's Adventure
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  Alternate palette fromKirby's Adventure
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  Artwork fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
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  Sprite fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
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  Alternate palette fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
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  Alternate palette fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
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  Unused palette fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
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  Kirby battling Fire Lion inKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
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  Sprite fromKirby Super Star Ultra
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  Alternate palette fromKirby Super Star Ultra
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  True Mid-Boss All Stars icon fromKirby Super Star Ultra
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  Keychain fromKirby: Triple Deluxe
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  Twin Fire Lions Keychain fromKirby: Triple Deluxe
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  Fire Lionsticker fromKirby: Planet Robobot
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  Character Treat fromKirby's Dream Buffet
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  Illustration from theKirby JP Twitter featuring Fire Lion
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  Promotional artwork fromKirby: Right Back at Ya! featuring Fire Lion

Names in other languages[edit]

Fire Lion[edit]

Twin Fire Lions[edit]

• Monsters
• Creatures that yield Burning when swallowed
• Creatures that yield Fire when swallowed
• Mid-bosses in Kirby's Adventure
• Mid-bosses in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
• Mid-bosses in Kirby Super Star Ultra
• Novel characters

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