Sir Gallant

Sir Gallant (Quixano in Japan) is an apparently senile old man who arrives in Dreamland one day when his spaceship crashes on Pop Star. He is sure that he is a divine and powerful hero of a comic book. He is totally committed to his fight for justice and thinks that Tiff, Tuff and Kirby are Demon Beasts when he first arrives. After everything is sorted out, Tuff tricks him into thinking Dedede is a demon beast. Dedede drives off after being attacked by the old man. He even mistakes Mabel for a princess. Because of this, Mabel has to play along with Sir Gallant as not to hurt his feelings nor to cause any trouble. When searching his spaceship, Tuff stumbles upon a comic book about the legendary knight himself. Escargoon also finds the comics and persuades Dedede to order Windwhipper, the villain who bested Sir Gallant so long ago. Windwhipper almost destroys Sir Gallant, leaving Mabel mortified. Luckily, Kirby comes and destroys the monster and saves Sir Gallant.

After the battle, Sir Gallant (who is now mortally wounded) realizes that he was living a lie, and that he was no hero (and not so gallant), but instead just and old man who looked at too many comics and videos. Sir Gallant seemingly dies, but just then Mabel comes up to him and slaps him back to his senses. Pretending she is the princess from his stories, Mabel tells him that there are still many stars for him to go to and fight for justice on and to believe in his courage. Sir Gallant flies off still believing that he is a knight.

Sir Gallant's real name is never given. He is merely called Sir Gallant (the knight who he has been trying to be for his whole life) throughout the entire episode.

Origins

 * Sir Gallant's life, name, mannerisms, and appearance are heavily based off of Michael Cervantes' satire, Don Quixote. Like Sir Gallant, Don Quixote was a knight fighting for justice, but he was extremely misguided. Just like Sir Gallant, Don Quixote travelled with a suit of armor and had a large mustache. Windwhipper is pulled directly from this novel as well. At one point in the book, Don Quixote sees windmills as giants and therefore enemies, and charges at them in a very similar fashion as the way Sir Gallant attacks Windwhipper.