The Kirby Quiz (New Year Kirby Quiz Show in Japan) is the 64th episode from Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Plot
Spoiler alert: Plot-specific details are within this box
King Dedede wakes up Escargoon up to watch the sunrise on New Year's day, and just when Dedede saw the sunrise, he accidentally hit Escargoon with his hammer. Then he claps his hands and claims he'll have an ultimate surprise for Dream Land out of celebration. Then he uses colors and wakes up Lady Like,Sir Ebrum, Tiff, Tuff, Tokkori and Kirby. They all watch Channel DDD, where Escargoon talks about The Kirby Quiz. Everyone in Cappy Town watches. Tuff wanted to enter because of the brice, but Tiff finds it suspicious. Meanwhile, Tokkori and Kirby sign up for the quiz. When the quiz had began, there were five teams: Mabel and Honey as the Flower team, Samo and Chef Kawasaki as the Lightning team, the Star team is Tiff and Kirby, Tokkori and Tuff are in the Moon team, and the Treasure team were King Dedede and Escargoon. The Treasure team Audience cheer for Dedede. The Customer Service is the host of the quiz. Tiff says, "Who's bright idea was it to let that guy host the show?" Her parents say to let all her troubles away cause it's the new year. Then he laughs evilly. Then the first Question came up. The question is Which of the following did Kirby first transform into? Was it Ice, Stone, Fire or Needle Kirby. The Flower team said Stone Kirby the Lighting team said Needle, The moon and star team says Fire Kirby and the Treasure team was about to say Fire Kirby but Dedede said Stone Kirby, being the dummy he is. After the video the Star, Moon then Escargoon quickly chose Fire Kirby and then the customer service said Treasure team also got 20 points for answering correctly. The second question was Which monster did Kirby battle when he first turned into Cook Kirby. The Flower and Treasure said Bugzzy The lighting and Star team says Popon.The moon team says Blocky. Star and Lighting had gotten that one. Later on, the Star Team was in the lead with 140 points while the others had 80, 50, 60, and 20. After the Treasure Team had not tried to answer a question, resulting in a loss of 10 points, had then later set up a trap for Kirby to follow, then Tiff had to chase after him. Shortly after, the final question was about to be asked. The grand prize was a trip to a faraway resort. Everyone else's answer to this question was changed to the wrong answers, except the Treasure Team's. After a Waddle Dee with some sort of control was tripped, the problem was revealed, resulting the Treasure Team's disqualification. They then received a "consolation" prize, "A trip to the world of the stars" which ended up as being blown up by fireworks. After the end of the episode, Tiff and Kirby were sent off. (this was not seen in the anime or the dub)
End of spoilers
Trivia
In the original, the lightning team was called the snow team.
The scene when Meta Knight, Sword and Blade were watching the quiz was removed from the dub due to time constraints.
There are 3 cases of breaking the fourth wall in the original:
When King Dedede sees the New Year sunrise, Escargoon states that New Year's was 4 days ago, referring to the episode's original airdate, January 4, 2003.
Just as Customer Service is about to continue the quiz, he says it is time for a commercial, immediately going to a fade-to-black.
After the treasure team reports they're in last place, Customer Service says "Now, now, if you woke up early every week to watch this show, maybe you'd know more." This refers to the anime's early Japanese time slot, 7:30 AM.
In some scenes, Dedede stupidly answers wrongly to some questions, like when Customer Service showed clips of Knuckle Joe, Dedede says that that was him.
Answers in the quiz
Which ability did Kirby turn into 1st? Answer: Fire Kirby.
Which monster did Kirby defeated when he turned into Cook Kirby? Answer: Popon.
