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On the day of judgment, this fluttery fiend will fly into action. Brought into existence by ”the greatest warrior in the galaxy“ and reborn as a knight of doom through years of adversity—now begins an epic battle with a pure being twisted by a dark past.
— VS Morpho Knight • Kirby Star Allies

Morpho Knight is a boss appearing in Kirby Star Allies. He is the final boss of the Guest Star ???? Star Allies Go! mode. He is implied to be the merged form of Galacta Knight and the recurring butterfly.

Physical Appearance

Morpho Knight is a spherical creature with black skin, white glowing eyes and no mouth. He has yellow shoes and gloves. His armor is red with black ornamentations and white sholder pads with a red swirl on both of them. His mask has horns which seem to be antennae. He has red butterfly wings on his back that sparkle. He wields a sword that looks similar to Galaxia, but it has a red and gold coloration with a butterfly pattern on its handle, with blue spots both on the handle and the tip of the sword.

Battle

Morpho Knight acts just like Meta Knight and Galacta Knight in that he uses sword attacks, but Morpho Knight's sword is imbued with fire. If a friend has a Sword ability, they can deflect his sword attacks by attacking him, making their swords clash and causing him to flinch. However, one unique move Morpho Knight has is his ability to teleport. Additionally, in his second phase, he creates a second sword, teleports to one side of the screen, and enlarges one of them. He then swings it forward, damaging anyone behind him or in front of him. He then repeats this on the other side. After that, he teleports to the center, enlarges both swords, and swings them down on each side. Morpho Knight can also teleport around the arena and release sound waves from his wings that turn the leading player’s friends against them, similar to what the core of Void Termina does; a Friend Heart must be thrown at the confused friends to return them to the leading player’s side. Another attack that Morpho Knight has in his second phase is flying to both sides of the screen, charging his sword, and emitting two giant ghostly faces. Additionally, he can create up to five tornadoes that head into the background and then charge into the foreground one at a time, similarly to Meta Knight's Mach Tornado.

Related Quotes

On the day of judgment, this fluttery fiend will fly into action. Brought into existence by "the greatest warrior in the galaxy" and reborn as a knight of doom through years of adversity—now begins an epic battle with a pure being twisted by a dark past.
— VS Morpho Knight • Kirby: Star Allies

Etymology

Morpho Knight's name has a double meaning. Morpho is a genus of tropical butterflies, and the word morph means to transform, which may allude to the fact he transforms from a butterfly. In addition, the name of Morpho Knight can be combined with the name of Meta Knight to form most of the word "Metamorphosis".

Trivia

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Meta Knight's beta design

  • His design is taken from Meta Knight's beta design, though his sword differs.
  • His butterfly form is identical to the orange butterflies that are seen in several of the newer Kirby opening and ending cutscenes.
    • Whether he is one in particular is unknown.
  • While real morpho butterflies are usually blue, Morpho Knight is mostly red.
  • His battle theme is similar to Meta Knight's battle theme from Kirby Super Star.
  • When playing as one of the new Dream Friends added in the 2.0.0 update, different music plays while fighting Morpho Knight along with the arena receiving a great revamp in design.

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