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Gip
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Gip is a regularenemy that first appeared inKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land. For reasons unknown, it replacesBounder from the original game,Kirby's Adventure, and is one of the few enemies to replace an enemy from the original (the others beingNeedlous andPhan Phan). It usually patrols the ground or clings to walls, shooting star-shaped projectiles at Kirby in order to hurt him. It also appears inKirby Super Star Ultra, where it again replaces Bounder's original appearance fromKirby Super Star; it is one of two replacement enemies in the remake, alongsideCapsule J2. Gip, like a handful of other enemies, does not give any ability upon being swallowed.
Gip is based on the idiom "when pigs fly," which is used to describe something that is impossibly unlikely.
Game appearances[edit]
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]
Gip makes its debut appearance in this game. It occupies all of the spots that were once held byBounder in equivalent areas ofKirby's Adventure, and acts much the same way.
Locations[edit]
Gip can be found in the following levels and stages:
| Gip locations inKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land | |||||||
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| Stage | Vegetable Valley | Ice Cream Island | Butter Building | Grape Garden | Yogurt Yard | Orange Ocean | Rainbow Resort |
| Stage 1 |  | | | | |  | |
| Stage 2 | | | | | | | |
| Stage 3 | | | | | | | |
| Stage 4 | | | | | | | |
| Stage 5 | N/A | | | | | | |
| Stage 6 | N/A | N/A | | | | | |
Kirby Super Star Ultra[edit]
Gip appears again in this game, having replaced Bounder from the original version in all areas except in the background ofMegaton Punch.
Gip also appears on a card inKirby Card Swipe.
Locations[edit]
Gip can be found in the following places inKirby Super Star Ultra:
Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]
A Gip appears on a collectiblekeychain, using its sprite fromKirby: Super Star Ultra.
Gallery[edit]
Alternate palette fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Alternate palette fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Alternate palette fromKirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Card fromKirby Card Swipe inKirby Super Star Ultra
Unused palette fromKirby Super Star Ultra
Unused palette fromKirby Super Star Ultra
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| Japanese | ギップ Gippu | Gip |
| English | Gip | "Pig" spelled backwards |
| French | Crop | "Porc" (pig) spelled backwards |
| German | Grunzi | A clipped form of "grunzen" (to grunt) |
| Italian | Gip | - |
| Korean | 기프 Gipeu | Gip |
| Spanish | Gip | - |
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