Gabon

Gabon is an enemy with a yellow cap underneath a skull mask with no arms (although it can apparently toss bones at Kirby). Gabon appears in Kirby's Dream Land 3 and Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards. It chucks bones at Kirby while the mask is still present. But once the mask is inhaled off by Kirby, it scurries off in the opposite direction in a attempt to make a quick getaway. Gabon doesn't give Kirby any copy ability. They appear primarily in caves and other dark places.

Physical Appearance
Gabon has a purple body, orange feet, a white skull mask, and a yellow head with small, black eyes.

In the anime
Gabon also appears in the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! episode "Scare Tactics - Part II". Here, he still chucks bones and still doesn't give Kirby any copy ability. After N.M.E.'s latest trap to lure Kirby into fails, the NME Salesman sends Gabon to do the dirty work. While Tiff was witnessing Kirby being beaten, she told Kirby to the inhale one of Gabon's bones. But (unsurprisingly) nothing happened, and Kirby was back to being beaten. Eventually, a torch thrown by Meta Knight allows Kirby to become Fire Kirby and destroy Gabon, burning him to crisp and burning down the haunted house in the process.

The main difference between the game version and the anime version is that the anime version has arms unlike the game version, and the anime version also holds two bones, which can return to him any time whenever he tosses them. Another difference is that the skull is his head, but in the game it was used as a mask.

Trivia

 * There is an enemy in the Mario series who is named the same name, although they bear little resemblance.
 * In the anime, Gabon is known to be clumsy. As seen when King Dedede fell from the torturing device onto Escargoon and accidentally knocking Gabon off the table.

Kirby games

 * Kirby's Dream Land 3 (debut)
 * Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Kirby: Right Back at Ya!

 * "Scare Tactics - Part II" (latest appearance)