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Pierce
Artwork ofPierce fromKirby's Return to Dream Land
Details
First game	Kirby's Return to Dream Land (2011)
Latest game	Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
Other game(s)	Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (New Challenge Stages) Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Copy Ability	Spear

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Pierce^[1] is a flying enemy that debuted inKirby's Return to Dream Land. It grants theSpear ability when swallowed.

Pierce resembles a large bumblebee with a spear in hand and a very big head and purple earmuffs. When spotting Kirby or his friends, it will charge slowly toward them and attempt to strike them with its spear. It is generally not tough to deal with.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Return to Dream Land /Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe[edit]

Pierce makes its debut in this game and reappears inKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. It is first encountered in theOnion Ocean level.

InKirby's Return to Dream Land, Pierce can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pierce locations inKirby's Return to Dream Land andKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6
Cookie Country						N/A
Raisin Ruins						N/A
Onion Ocean						N/A
White Wafers
Nutty Noon
Egg Engines
Dangerous Dinner				N/A	N/A	N/A

InMagolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler, Pierce can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pierce locations in Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler
Stage	Appearance?	Stage	Appearance?
Opening Stage		4-3
1-1		4-4
1-2		4-EX
1-3		Sphere
1-BOSS		Levitation
2-1		Health
2-2		Surge
2-3		Bomb
2-4		Upward
2-BOSS		Needles
3-1		Barrier
3-2		Vanish
3-3		Cannon
3-4		Black Hole
3-BOSS		Trickery
4-1		Secret Stage
4-2		Final Boss

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition[edit]

Pierce reappears in theSmash Combat Chamber in theNew Challenge Stages mode inKirby's Dream Collection Special Edition with the same function as inKirby's Return to Dream Land.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

Pierce inKirby: Triple Deluxe.

Pierce appears briefly inKirby: Triple Deluxe, more or less unchanged, and still provides the Spear ability. It gains the ability to fly between the foreground and background in this game.

InKirby: Triple Deluxe, Pierce can be found in the following levels and stages:

Pierce locations inKirby: Triple Deluxe
Stage	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6 EX	Stage 7 EX	Stage 8 EX
Fine Fields					N/A		N/A	N/A
Lollipop Land					N/A		N/A	N/A
Old Odyssey						N/A		N/A
Wild World						N/A		N/A
Endless Explosions						N/A		N/A
Royal Road						N/A

Gallery[edit]

A Pierce inKirby's Return to Dream Land
Pierce's model fromKirby's Return to Dream Land
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Artwork for the "Kirby Picnic" merchandise series, featuring a Pierce carrying honey to its hive

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ピアス Piasu	Pierce; also from an anagram of "spear"
Chinese	穿刺蜂^[1] Chuāncì fēng	Stinging Bee
Dutch	Pierce^[1]	-
French	Lansecte^[1]	Portmanteau of "lance" (spear) and "insecte" (insect)
German	Brumms^[1]	German surname, derived from "Brummen" (to buzz)
Italian	Apungola^[1]	Portmanteau of "ape" (bee) and "pungo" (conjugated form of "pùngere"; to prick, to sting) and/or "pungolare" (to goad, to spur)
Korean	피어스^[1] Pieoseu	Pierce
Portuguese	Gespeto^[1]	From the name Gepeto and "espeto" (skewer) and/or the verb "espetar" (to piece, to prick)
Spanish	Guijón^[1]	Derived from "aguijón" (stinger)

References

↑^1.0^1.1^1.2^1.3^1.4^1.5^1.6^1.7^1.8Nintendo Today! Name that Copy Ability! #43

v • d • e Reoccurringenemies and hazardous objects

20 or more appearances

Blipper •Bronto Burt •Broom Hatter •Cappy •Chilly •Gordo •Kabu •Scarfy •Shotzo •Squishy •Waddle Dee •Waddle Doo

10 to 19 appearances

Apple •Blade Knight •Bomber •Boulder •Bouncy •Flamer •Glunk •Grizzo •Knuckle Joe •Hot Head •Mumbies •Noddy •Parasol Waddle Dee •Poppy Bros. Jr. •Rocky •Sir Kibble •Sparky •Starman •Twister •UFO •Wheelie

7 to 9 appearances

Big Kabu •Big Waddle Dee •Capiller •Coconut •Como •Foley •Nruff •Soarar •Twizzy •Walky

5 or 6 appearances

Axe Knight •Bio Spark •Chip •Coner •Gabon •Gigatzo •Galbo •Icicle •Javelin Knight •Key Dee •Laser Ball •Mace Knight •Needlous •Pacto •Parasol •Propeller •Slippy •Spear Waddle Dee •Swinging Waddle Doo •Sword Knight •Tick •Trident Knight

3 or 4 appearances

Babut •Barbar •Beetley •Birdon •Bobo •Booler •Bounder •Bowby •Burning Leo •Chuckie •Clown Acrobot •Craby •Degout •Flotzo •Halcandle Dee •Gim •Gold Waddle Dee •Lanzer •Leafan •Lovely •Mamatee •Moonja •Mopoo •Mr. Sandbag •Pengy •Pierce •Plasma Wisp •Puppet Waddle Dee •Searches •Shelt •Simirror •Sodory •Swinging Waddle Dee •Tac •Tookey •Walf •Whippy

v • d • e Kirby's Return to Dream Land andKirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Characters	Kirby •Bandana Waddle Dee •King Dedede •Meta Knight •Magolor •Landia

Places	Both Another Dimension •Halcandra •Lor Starcutter •Planet Popstar Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Merry Magoland

Levels and Stages	Level 1:Cookie Country Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 Level 2:Raisin Ruins Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 Level 3:Onion Ocean Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 Level 4:White Wafers Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 Level 5:Nutty Noon Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 Level 6:Egg Engines Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 Level 7:Dangerous Dinner Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 Level 8:Another Dimension Challenge Stages Sword Challenge •Sand Challenge(KRtDLD only) •Whip Challenge •Hi-Jump Challenge •Bomb Challenge •Mecha Challenge(KRtDLD only) •Water Challenge •Wing Challenge •Item Challenge

Magolor Epilogue Areas & Stages	Opening Stage Aerogree Dimension 1-1 •1-2 •1-3 •1-BOSS Magic Sphere •Levitation •Health Pyred Dimension 2-1 •2-2 •2-3 •2-4 •2-BOSS Magolor Surge •Magic Bomb •Upward Magic Sphere •Secret Stage Poseiblu Dimension 3-1 •3-2 •3-3 •3-4 •3-BOSS Deadly Needles •Magic Barrier •Dimensional Vanish Locandra Dimension 4-1 •4-2 •4-3 •4-4 •4-BOSS Magolor Cannon •Black Hole •Trickery •Extra Stage Ethereal Altar

Copy Abilities	Both Beam •Bomb •Crash •Cutter •Fighter •Fire •Hammer •Hi-Jump •Ice •Leaf •Mike •Needle •Ninja •Parasol •Sleep •Spark •Spear •Stone •Sword •Tornado •Water •Wing •Whip Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Festival •Mecha •Sand

Super Abilities	Flare Beam •Grand Hammer •Monster Flame •Snow Bowl •Ultra Sword

Regular enemies	Both Armor Waddle Dee •Babut •Barbar •Barracu •Blade Knight •Blipper •Big Waddle Dee •Bouncy •Bouncy Sis •Bowby •Bronto Burt •Broom Hatter •Bulby •Cappy •Cerulean •Clayn •Chilly •Coconut •Coldtzo •Como •Craby •Darpa •Degout •Deppa •Dippa •Dupa •Elec •Flamer •Foley •Galbo •Gemra •Gigatzo •Glunk •Gordo •Halcandle Dee •Hot Head •Iron Barbar •Jackle •Kabu •Key Dee •Knuckle Joe •Lanzer •Leafan •Moonja •Mopoo •Mumbies •Needlous •Noddy •Nruff •Owgulf •Pacloud •Pacto •Parasol Waddle Dee •Parasol Waddle Doo •Pierce •Pluid •Poison apple •Poppy Bros. Jr. •Puppet Waddle Dee •Rocky •Scarfy •Searches •Shelt •Shotzo •Sir Kibble •Snowl •Sodory •Sparky •Squishy •Starman •Super Blade Knight •Super Chilly •Super Hot Head •Super Waddle Doo •Swinging Waddle Dee •Swinging Waddle Doo •Tick •Totenga •Twister •Volttzo •Waddle Dee •Waddle Doo •Walf •Walky •Wapod •Water Galbo •Whippy Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Mechamech •Sandran •Tootlebam

Super Ability-defeatable enemies	Bomb Machine •Burner Box •Drill Machine •Giant Flotzo •Merman Statue •Moai Block •Strike Box

Mid-bosses	Sphere Doomer •Gigant Edge •Bonkers •Water Galboros •King Doo •Kibble Blade •Moundo •Super Bonkers •Dubior

Standard bosses	Whispy Woods •Mr. Dooter •Fatty Puffer •Goriath •Grand Doomer •Metal General •Landia •Lor & Magolor •Magolor •Magolor (second form)

Extra bosses	HR-D3 •Magolor Soul •Galacta Knight

Magolor Epilogue bosses	Electricky Dooter •Fiery Puffer •Hydriath •Rampaging Doomers •Crowned Doomer •Master Crown

Items and objects	Both 1-Up •Balloon Bomb •Beam Lamp •Blocks •Boulder •Candle •Cannon •Copy Essence •Crackler •Energy Sphere •Food •Fuse •Giant bowling pin •Invincible Candy •Key •Maxim Tomato •Maxim Tomato box •Point Star •Pop Flower •Prism Shield •Rope •Score Coin •Stomper Boot •Switch •Transparency Crystal •Warp Star Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Energy Drink •Fruit Fragment •Magic Point •Random Copy Essence •Stamp Ticket

Sub-games and extra modes	Both Extra Mode •Challenge Stages •Ninja Dojo •The Arena •The True Arena Kirby's Return to Dream Land Scope Shot Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Bomb Rally •Booming Blasters •Checkerboard Chase •Crackity Hack •Egg Catcher •Kirby on the Draw •Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler •Magolor's Tome Trackers •Samurai Kirby •Samurai Kirby 100 •Smash Ride

Extra	100% completion •Bomber •Bubbles •Butterfly •Chef Kawasaki •Dimensional rift •Dress-Up Masks • Gallery (Kirby's Return to Dream Land /Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe) • Glitches (Kirby's Return to Dream Land /Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe) •Goal Game •Kirby Master •Kirby Wii Music Selection •Magolor's Magical Skills •Master Crown •Missions •Mr. Sandbag •Ordeal Door •Squeaks(Squeaker,Spinni,Storo, &Doc) •Sound Test •Souvenir Shop Waddle Dee •Stamp Rally • Theater

v • d • e Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

Characters	Kirby •Magolor

Modes	Kirby's History •New Challenge Stages

Classic Titles	Kirby's Dream Land •Kirby's Adventure •Kirby's Dream Land 2 •Kirby Super Star •Kirby's Dream Land 3 •Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Anime episodes	Kirby Comes to Cappy Town •Crusade for the Blade •Waddle While You Work

Manga samples (Japanese version only)	Kirby of the Stars •Kirby of the Stars: The Story of Dedede Who Lives in Pupupu •Kirby of the Stars! Moretsu Pupupu Hour!

Copy Abilities (New Challenge Stages)	Fighter •Normal •Parasol •Smash •Spark •Sword •Whip •Wing

Stages (New Challenge Stages)	Happiness Hall Sword Challenge •Parasol Challenge •Spark Challenge •Magolor Race 1 Apricot Atrium Whip Challenge •Fighter Combat Chamber •Wing Challenge •Magolor Race 2 Last Land Smash Combat Chamber •Normal Challenge •Magolor Race 3 •Smash Combat Chamber EX •Magolor Race EX

Enemies (New Challenge Stages)	Armor Waddle Dee •Blade Knight •Blipper •Bouncy •Bouncy Sis •Bowby •Bronto Burt •Cappy •Cerulean •Chilly •Coldtzo •Como •Degout •Elec •Flamer •Foley •Gemra •Gigatzo •Gold Waddle Dee •Gordo •Halcandle Dee •Hot Head •Jackle •Kabu •Knuckle Joe •Lanzer •Leafan •Magolor •Moonja •Mumbies •Needlous •Noddy •Nruff •Owgulf •Parasol Waddle Dee •Parasol Waddle Doo •Pierce •Poppy Bros. Jr. •Puppet Waddle Dee •Rocky •Scarfy •Searches •Shelt •Sir Kibble •Snowl •Sodory •Sparky •Volttzo •Waddle Dee •Waddle Doo •Water Galbo •Whippy

Mid-Bosses and Bosses (New Challenge Stages)	Bonkers •Dubior •King Doo •Gigant Edge •Kibble Blade •Moundo •Water Galboros •Whispy Woods

Extra	Gallery •Kirby's 20th Anniversary Celebration Book •Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition Compilation Soundtrack

v • d • e Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Characters	Kirby •Bandana Waddle Dee •King Dedede •People of the Sky •Queen Sectonia •Taranza

Levels and stages	Level 1:Fine Fields Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 EX Level 2:Lollipop Land Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 EX Level 3:Old Odyssey Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 •Stage 7 EX Level 4:Wild World Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 •Stage 7 EX Level 5:Endless Explosions Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 •Stage 7 EX Level 6:Royal Road Stage 1 •Stage 2 •Stage 3 •Stage 4 •Stage 5 •Stage 6 •Stage 7 EX •Stage 8 EX Level 7:Eternal Dreamland

Bosses	Flowery Woods •Paintra •Kracko •Coily Rattler •Pyribbit •Masked Dedede •Queen Sectonia •Flowered Sectonia •Shadow Dedede •Dark Meta Knight's Revenge •Soul of Sectonia

Mid-bosses	Regular Mr. Frosty •Hornhead •Grand Wheelie •Gigant Edge •Bonkers •Flame Galboros •Blocky Hypernova Mowlee Bros. •Gigant Chicks •Waddle Dee Steel Fortress •King Phanta •Winged Eggers

Copy Abilities	Standard Archer •Beam •Beetle •Bell •Bomb •Circus •Cutter •Fighter •Fire •Hammer •Ice •Leaf •Needle •Ninja •Parasol •Spark •Spear •Stone •Sword •Wing •Wheel •Whip Limited use Crash •Mike •Sleep Special Hypernova

Enemies	Standard Antler •Barbar •Beetley •Big Kabu •Birdon •Blade Knight •Blipper •Bronto Burt •Broom Hatter •Burner Guardian •Cappy •Chilly •Chip •Clown Acrobot •Como •Craby •Degout •Flamer •Foley •Ghost Book •Ghost Dish •Ghost Gordo •Gigatzo •Glunk •Gordo •Grandy •Grizzo •Hot Head •Kabu •Key Dee •Knuckle Joe •Lanzer •Leafan •Lumberjack Waddle Dee •Mamatee •Moonja •Mumbies •Nidoo •Noddy •Pacflower •Pacto •Parasol Waddle Dee •Parasol Waddle Doo •Phanta •Pierce •Poppy Bros. Jr. •Ringle •Rocky •Scarfy •Searches •Sectra Dee •Shelt •Shotzo •Sir Kibble •Soarar •Sparky •Spookstep •Spynum •Squishy •Swinging Waddle Dee •Swinging Waddle Doo •Tick •Waddle Dee •Waddle Doo •Wheelie •Whippy Hypernova Ace Phanta •Big Missile •Cannon tower •Land Barbar •Lollipop Tank •Pipe Worm •Waddle Dee Train Sub-games only Bomber •Bouncy •Sodory

Sub-games and extra modes	Kirby Fighters •Dedede's Drum Dash •Dededetour •The Arena •The True Arena

Items and objects	Regular 1-Up •3D Helmet Cannon •3D Laser Bar •3D Scale Lift •3D Tilt Missile •3D Warp Star •3D Warp Step •Assist Star •Blocks •Cannon •Copy drop gate •Energy Drink •Food •Fuse •Invincible Candy •Key •Keychain •Maxim Tomato •Miracle Fruit •Point Star •Pop Flower •Rope •Springy Hand •Stake •Sun Stone •Switch •Tilt Gondola •Tilt Rope Weight •Tilt Water Pot •Timed Dynamite •Treasure Chest •Warp Hole •Warp Star Kirby Fighters Action Star •Bomber •Container •Crackler •Dash Shoes •Gordo Ball •Mike •Mint Leaf

Kirby Fighters Battle Stages	Another Dimension •Bubbly Clouds •Castle Lololo •Coo's Forest •Dedede Arena •Factory Tour •Flower Land

Dedede's Drum Dash stages	Green Greens •Gourmet Go Go •Dedede's Theme •Distant Traveler

Extra	100% completion •Butterfly •Dimension Mirror •Dreamstalk •Floralia •Gallery •Glitches •Goal Game •Kirby Master •Jukebox (Soundtrack) •Miiverse posts •Shadow Kirby •Theater •Trailer song