| “ | There was once a painting said to depict a pair of sisters separated at birth. It slept, unnoticed, in a painter's studio for countless years before it came to life and vowed revenge on the world.” |
| — VS Paintra • Kirby: Triple Deluxe |
Paintra is a colorful female wizard and the boss of Kirby: Triple Deluxe's second level, Lollipop Land. She was merely a painting before Taranza disturbed her, and she materialized from her frame and attacked Kirby.
Appearance
Main Mode
Paintra has the same basic appearance of Drawcia: they are both limbless, wizardous-looking creatures with large hats and colorful clothes. Paintra wears a red wizards' hat with a wide rim, a white-ish green cloth around it, and a long, pointed top. There are what seem to be yellow flowers on the hat, as well. She has curly pink hair, a dark brown face, and yellow eyes. Under her eyes is a tightly wrapped, blue piece of clothing, held there by a yellow button in the middle. Paintra has a red and orange lined coat with fluffy red brims, and she wears a purple vest, with two yellow buttons, under it. Paintra's "legs" resemble the tip of a paintbrush split in two. The tips of each half have red and yellow, and green and blue paint on them, respectively. For some attacks, Paintra will combine her legs to form an actual paintbrush tip under her body.
Dededetour
In Dededetour, Paintra DX looks exactly the same as her Main Mode counterpart, the only differences being her hat's shape and her color scheme. Unlike the red hat Paintra had in Main Mode, Paintra DX wears a crooked black hat which looks similar to a witch's hat. The cloth that is wrapped around the hat is red and is noticeably slanting towards the front. The yellow flowers that were on Paintra's hat have turned dark blue and are pointed at the ends. Paintra DX's hair is purple instead of pink, her dark brown face remains the same color, but her eyes are red instead of yellow. The cloth around her face and the button in the middle has swapped colors, whereas the regular Paintra has a blue cloth held by a yellow button, Paintra DX has a yellow cloth held by a blue button. The red brims around her coat remains red, but the coat itself is lined with dark purple and light purple stripes. The two small buttons on her blue vest are blue and her "legs" remain the same.
Attacks
Main Mode
Paintra can release three multicolored orbs, roughly the size of Kirby, after briefly charging up. They approach the ground diagonally, but each at a slightly different angle. She can float around the arena, sometimes into the background so Kirby cannot attack her. She can release balls of paint from the background that will fall of random spots on the foreground floor, and also cover the screen with splashes or streaks of paint for a short time, obscuring the player's view. She will also try to swipe at Kirby with her paintbrush-like bottom; this attack leaves an ability-less star each time she swipes. She can also rain down a barrage of paint blobs on top of Kirby; if he is hit with this attack, it renders him unable to move until the attack ends. This attack leaves two stars.
After half her health is depleted, Paintra will perform the same moves and attacks she did in the first half of the fight, except faster and likely in quick succession, but she also has new attacks.
Paintra will summon empty picture frames into the background and paint large wrecking balls onto them. The frames will then float above Kirby, two of the balls will fall like actual wrecking balls, while one floats slowly out of the third frame like paper. This fake wrecking ball can be destroyed. The two actual wrecking balls leave two stars once they hit the floor, but give no Copy Ability. She can also paint yellow spiked pillars onto the frames. Like the wrecking balls, two of the pillars are real, while one is fake. Two of the pillars will extend forward, while one just flutters harmlessly out of its frame. The two real pillars will then retreat back into their frames; each pillar leaving two stars when they do. She can even paint the four Landias. Three of them will breath fire around them, while one falls harmlessly out of its frame. Lastly, Paintra can paint three portraits of herself. After she is done, the four Paintras will float together in an attempt to confuse the player, before separating. The real Paintra will then set the fake three on fire, one by one, and they will each float around briefly before exploding.
Paintra can also summon a sheet of paper to fall over the background, separating her from Kirby. The player must the use her silhouette to determine where she is, and avoid her when she breaks through the sheet in an attempt to run Kirby through. Her silhouette will follow Kirby while she is behind the sheet, and when she breaks through, two stars appear. Paintra may perform this attack once to several times before the sheet is pulled back up. Paintra can also attempt to run Kirby through the same way she would when she is behind the sheet, only this time, the sheet is absent. This still leaves two stars, however.
Dededetour
Paintra DX's attacks are mostly the same as regular Paintra's, but some of them are improved. Before half of her health is depleted, she shoots seven multicolored orbs instead of three. She will also swipe with her paintbrush-like bottom for longer as well. Her last updated attack is her barrage of paint blobs that she attempts to rain down on towards Kirby; she now attempts to do the attack three times instead of two.
After half of her health is depleted, she adds a single streak of paint in the center of the screen, blocking the player's view. After that, she proceeds to paint a hazard behind the paint, whether it would be spiked wrecking balls or purple spikes that retreat quicker. This effectively blocks the player's view and keeping him from seeing if the hazard in question is real or not. When she bursts through the canvas, she repeats does this more times in a row and moves around more instead of just bursting out in a straight line. She also gains a new attack, where she rapidly spins using her aforementioned paintbrush-like bottom as a sweep of sorts, and moves around the screen attempting to swipe Kirby/King Dedede.
Trivia
- Paintra is a homage to Drawcia, the main antagonist of Kirby: Canvas Curse. Besides looking very similar, both are born out of a painting, both draw enemies and other hazards, and both are forced back into their painting upon defeat; they even have a similar high-pitched cackle. Their names in Japanese also both end in シア, shia.
- The pause description during the fight against Paintra implies that she is Drawcia's sister, and that the two were separated at birth.
- Paintra DX's pause description mentions that her painting was painted by a "mysterious brush." This is implied to be the Magical Paintbrush. The description also mentions an artist creating the painting, but no specific implications are made about him/her.
- Paintra is the third witch in the series, after with Grill and Drawcia.
Related Quotes
| “ | Born from a forgotten painting made by a mysterious brush, Paintra DX has come to take her revenge. One must wonder if the painter who created her regrets giving her form.” |
| — VS Paintra DX • Kirby: Triple Deluxe |