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* SequentialBoss: Not counting the changes in attacks, Star Dream has ''four separate phases'': Star Dream, Star Dream and Access Ark, Star Dream and Nova, and either [[QuickTimeEvent Drill Robobot vs Nova]] (story mode only) or the Galactic Nova Nucleus (The True Arena only). Even worse, in The Arena, you have to fight ''all of those forms in one go'' (while other last bosses in previous games treat their normal and OneWingedAngel forms as separate fights).

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* SequentialBoss: Not counting the changes in attacks, Star Dream has ''four separate phases'': Star Dream, Star Dream and Access Ark, Star Dream and Nova, and either [[QuickTimeEvent Drill Robobot vs Nova]] (story mode only) or the Galactic Nova Nucleus (The True Arena only). Even worse, in The Arena, you have to fight ''all ''[[MarathonBoss all of those forms in one go'' go]]'' (while other last bosses in previous games treat their normal and OneWingedAngel forms as separate fights).

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* AnimalMecha: Its third form takes the CatSmile aspect of Nova and runs with it by outright growling like a cat when its phase begins and when it's taken out. Its voice actually ''is'' a real cat's meow, taken from director Shinya Kumazaki's pet Tom.

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* AnimalMecha: Its third form takes the CatSmile cat smile aspect of Nova and runs with it by outright growling like a cat when its phase begins and when it's taken out. Its voice actually ''is'' a real cat's meow, taken from director Shinya Kumazaki's pet Tom.



* CatSmile: The third form possesses a cat smile identical to Nova.
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* TragicVillain: One of the saddest villains in the series. Haltmann used to be an HonestCorporateExecutive and a loving father to Susie until an accident involving the construction of Star Dream--a reality-warping supercomputer based on Galactic Nova wiped out his memories and led to his daughter disappearing. Deep down Haltmann remembered he'd lost ''something'', but the continued effect of Star Dream's interface had terrible consequences on both his soul and his mind, leading to his obsession with "prosperity" and twisting the once-noble Haltmann into a conscienceless CEO who can't ever remember having even had a daughter. The kicker comes at the end with Star Dream assimilates him, body and mind--an unbelievably ''agonising'' process [[AndIMustScream where he can do nothing but scream in pain and terror as Kirby destroys Star Dream from within]]. In this state, Haltmann ''finally'' remembers his daughter, and his final words are spent bemoaning what a fool he'd been to ever rely on Star Dream. [[KilledOffForReal Shortly after this, Star Dream erases his soul from the OS, killing him for good and erasing every trace of his existence]].

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* TragicVillain: One of the saddest villains in the series. Haltmann used to be an HonestCorporateExecutive and a loving father to Susie until an accident involving the construction of Star Dream--a Dream -- a reality-warping supercomputer based on Galactic Nova -- wiped out his memories and led to his daughter disappearing. Deep down down, Haltmann remembered he'd lost ''something'', but the continued effect of Star Dream's interface had terrible consequences on both his soul and his mind, leading to his obsession with "prosperity" and twisting the once-noble Haltmann into a conscienceless CEO who can't ever remember having even had a daughter. The kicker comes at the end with Star Dream assimilates him, body and mind--an mind -- an unbelievably ''agonising'' process [[AndIMustScream where he can do nothing but scream in pain and terror as Kirby destroys Star Dream from within]]. In this state, Haltmann ''finally'' remembers his daughter, and his final words are spent bemoaning what a fool he'd been to ever rely on Star Dream. [[KilledOffForReal Shortly after this, Star Dream erases his soul from the OS, killing him for good and erasing every trace of his existence]].



** How it fights is similar to [[Videogame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards 02]]. Not only that, it also has a single eye, a halo-like top, a spike at the bottom, and similarly-designed wings. Its early designs have an even closer resemblance.

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** How it fights is similar to [[Videogame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards [[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards 02]]. Not only that, it also has a single eye, a halo-like top, a spike at the bottom, and similarly-designed wings. Its early designs have an even closer resemblance.



* CatsAreMean: A surreal example of the trope: it doesn't get much meaner than a soul-destroying, omnicidal supercomputer that has the face--and the meow (provided by Shinya Kumazaki's real life cat)--of an adorable cat. This is a result of it having been developed as a reproduction of the Galactic Nova, which likewise was inexplicably cat-faced.

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* CatsAreMean: A surreal example of the trope: it doesn't get much meaner than a soul-destroying, omnicidal supercomputer that has the face--and face -- and the meow (provided by Shinya Kumazaki's real life cat)--of cat) -- of an adorable cat. This is a result of it having been developed as a reproduction of the Galactic Nova, which likewise was inexplicably cat-faced.



* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Queen Sectonia]]. While Queen Sectonia was corrupted into evil by Dark Meta Knight, Star Dream is TheCorruptor themself to President Haltmann. Queen Sectonia willingly fused herself with the dreamstalk to become a BotanicalAbomination hellbent on sucking the life out of Floralia and all of Popstar. Star Dream forces Haltmann into fusing his soul with them and becomes a MechanicalAbomination upon fusing with the Access Ark, with the goal of annihilating all organic life in the universe.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Queen Sectonia]]. While Queen Sectonia was corrupted into evil by Dark Meta Knight, Star Dream is TheCorruptor themself to President Haltmann. Queen Sectonia willingly fused herself with the dreamstalk Dreamstalk to become a BotanicalAbomination hellbent on sucking the life out of Floralia and all of Popstar. Star Dream forces Haltmann into fusing his soul with them and becomes a MechanicalAbomination upon fusing with the Access Ark, with the goal of annihilating all organic life in the universe.



* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Star Dream meets its end at the end of Story Mode by being drilled in by Kirby, causing it and the entire Access Ark to explode just like Galactic Nova once he's done. Star Dream Soul OS' core meets is inevitable end by exploding and splitting in two as one final, distorted scream from President Haltmann is heard.

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* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Star Dream meets its end at the end of Story Mode by being drilled in by Kirby, causing it and the entire Access Ark to explode just like Galactic Nova once he's done. Star Dream Soul OS' core meets is its inevitable end by exploding and splitting in two as one final, distorted scream from President Haltmann is heard.



* DisneyDeath: At the end of ''Meta Knightmare Returns,'' it gets slashed by Galacta Knight and is last seen slowly descending in the background. This wasn't fatal, though - it just activated its final program which it utilizes in the True Arena.

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* DisneyDeath: At the end of ''Meta Knightmare Returns,'' Returns'', it gets slashed by Galacta Knight and is last seen slowly descending in the background. This wasn't fatal, though - -- it just activated its final program which it utilizes in the True Arena.



** Turns out to be one to Nova, relatively speaking, while Nova was more neutral it had no real malicious goals of its own and merely assisted Marx due to the little guy making his wish to rule Popstar; whereas Star Dream becomes a sentient active threat to the whole universe out of its own programming going out of control.

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** Turns out to be one to Nova, relatively speaking, while speaking. Nova was more neutral -- it had no real malicious goals of its own and merely assisted Marx due to the little guy making his wish to rule Popstar; whereas Popstar. Star Dream Dream, on the other hand, becomes a sentient active threat to the whole universe out of its own programming going out of control.



* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Part of becoming Star Dream's admin requires proving your power to it. In the Japanese and Korean versions, all Meta Knight needed was to defeat the previous master of the machine, but in the other translations he has to go through a whole gauntlet of warriors before Star Dream recognizes him as its admin.

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* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Part of becoming Star Dream's admin requires proving your power to it. In the Japanese and Korean versions, all Meta Knight needed was to defeat the previous master of the machine, but in the other translations translations, he has to go through a whole gauntlet of warriors before Star Dream recognizes him as its admin.



* LogicBomb: It's heavily implied that Haltmann thought his beloved daughter Susanna was killed in an accident, after which he dedicated his life to his company, his one true wish being to bring her back to life. But Star Dream couldn't do this because she wasn't dead - she vanished into another dimension while working to reactivate it. This causes Star Dream to go ''completely bonkers'', [[EatTheSummoner assimilating Haltmann]] before going on an OmnicidalManiac rampage until Kirby shut it down for good.

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* LogicBomb: It's heavily implied that Haltmann thought his beloved daughter Susanna was killed in an accident, after which he dedicated his life to his company, his one true wish being to bring her back to life. But Star Dream couldn't do this because she wasn't dead - -- she vanished into another dimension while working to reactivate it. This causes Star Dream to go ''completely bonkers'', [[EatTheSummoner assimilating Haltmann]] before going on an OmnicidalManiac rampage until Kirby shut it down for good.



* MagicFromTechnology: Much like Nova, it can grant wishes and seemingly distort reality, but just how is never explained beyond it being a very powerful computer. Since it might've been a creation of the Ancients it's likely some {{magitech}} was involved.

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* MagicFromTechnology: Much like Nova, it can grant wishes and seemingly distort reality, but just how is never explained beyond it being a very powerful computer. Since it might've been a creation of the Ancients Ancients, it's likely some {{magitech}} was involved.
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* WalkingSpoiler: Dedede only appears in the opening and ending cutscenes so one of the bosses being a clone with no foreshadowing would come off as unexpectancy.

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* WalkingSpoiler: Dedede only appears in the opening and ending cutscenes cutscenes, so one of the bosses being a clone with no foreshadowing would come off as unexpectancy.unexpected.



* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler: Her betrayal of Haltmann to take control of Star Dream leads to it growing sentience, and its intent to eradicate all life on Pop Star and since it absorbs Haltmann's soul and being completely, she loses her father forever as a result; the opposite of what she wanted with it.]]

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* BackstabBackfire: [[spoiler: Her [[spoiler:Her betrayal of Haltmann to take control of Star Dream leads to it growing sentience, sentience and its developing the intent to eradicate all life on Pop Star and in the universe, and since it absorbs Haltmann's soul and being completely, she loses her father forever as a result; the opposite of what she wanted with it.]]



* BestServedCold: [[spoiler: While she could have tried to identify herself to her father at any point, she chose to bide her time and wait for a chance to swipe the program controller for Star Dream, which she evidently hoped would jog Haltmann's memory in addition to letting her have her revenge on the machine that had separated them to begin with.]]

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* BestServedCold: [[spoiler: While [[spoiler:While she could have tried to identify herself to her father at any point, she chose to bide her time and wait for a chance to swipe the program controller for Star Dream, which she evidently hoped would jog Haltmann's memory in addition to letting her have her revenge on the machine that had separated them to begin with.]]



* ComedicSociopathy: Dips into this in ''Star Allies'' on the start-up screen, where she'll wave to Meta Knight, who clearly remembers [[UnwillingRoboticization the last time they met,]] and begins chasing him, seemingly intent on bringing Mecha-Knight back. Then she sees Dark Meta Knight and decides to do the same to him, [[HorrifyingTheHorror and it's enough to scare him too.]]

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* ComedicSociopathy: Dips into this in ''Star Allies'' on the start-up screen, where she'll wave to Meta Knight, who clearly remembers [[UnwillingRoboticization the last time they met,]] met]], and begins chasing him, seemingly intent on bringing Mecha-Knight back. Then she sees Dark Meta Knight and decides to do the same to him, [[HorrifyingTheHorror and it's enough to scare him too.]]too]].



* DaddysGirl: [[spoiler: Was very close to Haltmann when she was a child, with him rebuilding Star Dream after she disappears in an attempt to bring her back. And it's implied that she thought that by stealing Star Dream, her father would finally remember her. This ends very tragically for the both of them as Star Dream assimilates Haltmann and deletes his soul, with Haltmann finally remembering his daughter in his final moments.]]

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* DaddysGirl: [[spoiler: Was [[spoiler:Was very close to Haltmann when she was a child, with him rebuilding Star Dream after she disappears in an attempt to bring her back. And it's implied that she thought that by stealing Star Dream, her father would finally remember her. This ends very tragically for the both of them as Star Dream assimilates Haltmann and deletes his soul, with Haltmann finally remembering his daughter in his final moments.]]



* EvilGenius: She apparently knows enough about using the Mother Computer to make it [[spoiler:clone King Dedede and mechanize Mecha Knight.]]

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* EvilGenius: She apparently knows enough about using the Mother Computer to make it [[spoiler:clone King Dedede and mechanize Mecha Knight.]]Knight]].



* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: In the Japanese version, she speaks with excessively polite mannerisms to reflect her being the head secretary of a massive corporation, which is contrasted by her saying things that would never be spoken in a polite context. For example, her CharacterCatchphrase「くじょ されて くださいませ!」 translates in its most basic form as "I will exterminate you!", but with the language used, figuratively translates to something like "Please allow me to exterminate you, if you may!" When she isn't in "business" mode, such as [[spoiler:after Star Dream goes haywire]], she uses more casual language.
* GivenNameReveal: Her full name, [[spoiler:Susanna Patrya Haltmann]], is only given during her 2.0 boss fight, [[spoiler:just like her father.]]

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* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: In the Japanese version, she speaks with excessively polite mannerisms to reflect her being the head secretary of a massive corporation, which is contrasted by her saying things that would never be spoken in a polite context. For example, her CharacterCatchphrase「くじょ されて くださいませ!」 translates くださいませ!」translates in its most basic form as "I will exterminate you!", but with the language used, figuratively translates to something like "Please allow me to exterminate you, if you may!" When she isn't in "business" mode, such as [[spoiler:after Star Dream goes haywire]], she uses more casual language.
* GivenNameReveal: Her full name, [[spoiler:Susanna Patrya Haltmann]], is only given during her 2.0 boss fight, [[spoiler:just like her father.]]father]].



* TheGreys: Her small stature, solid-colored oval eyes and company's penchant for abduction and experimentation seem to evoke this kind of alien. This undertone was originally going to be more prominent, as shown by the [[https://cdn.wikirby.com/0/0a/KPR_Susie_concept_render_1.png almond-shaped "alien" eyes]] in her concept art.

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* TheGreys: Her small stature, solid-colored oval eyes eyes, and company's penchant for abduction and experimentation seem to evoke this kind of alien. This undertone was originally going to be more prominent, as shown by the [[https://cdn.wikirby.com/0/0a/KPR_Susie_concept_render_1.png almond-shaped "alien" eyes]] in her concept art.



* HelicopterPack: Upon her defeat in Overload Ocean, she calls upon a helicopter drone and then hangs under it to make her escape. In ''Star Allies'' she also utilizes this, which gives her moves from Jet Kirby's moveset.

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* HelicopterPack: Upon her defeat in Overload Ocean, she calls upon a helicopter drone and then hangs under it to make her escape. In She also utilizes this in ''Star Allies'' she also utilizes this, which Allies'', where it gives her moves from Jet Kirby's moveset.



* {{Narcissist}}: Though not as vain as her boss [[spoiler:and father]], Susie still fits this as seeing herself as more intellectual than the natives of Popstar. One of the credits pictures from ''Star Allies'''s Heroes in Another Dimension even shows her admiring three statues of herself.

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* {{Narcissist}}: Though not as vain as her boss [[spoiler:and father]], Susie still fits this as this, seeing herself as more intellectual than the natives of Popstar. One of the credits pictures from ''Star Allies'''s Heroes in Another Dimension even shows her admiring three statues of herself.



* OpportunisticBastard: [[spoiler:She turns out to have been waiting an unspecified time to betray Haltmann and steal Star Dream out from under him, but couldn't find the chance to nab the system's program controller. That is until Kirby enrages Haltmann enough that he decides to try and use it.]]

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* OpportunisticBastard: [[spoiler:She turns out to have been waiting an unspecified time to betray Haltmann and steal Star Dream out from under him, but couldn't find the chance to nab the system's program controller. That is is, until Kirby enrages Haltmann enough that he decides to try and use it.]]



* ReformedButNotTamed: Susie might be reformed, but she's not '''that''' reformed. In ''Planet Robobot'', she starts off as a villain and then in the ending, she decides to stand up to Star Dream and teamed up with Kirby afterwards. In ''Star Allies'', it's quite likely that she still retains her traits from the previous game but she's still well-meaning and polite; and while the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions mention that she now aims to spread happiness with the power of science, she uses this goal as an excuse to "exterminate the savages" that dare to get in her way (though that might be referring to the enemies she faces in her adventures).

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* ReformedButNotTamed: Susie might be reformed, but she's not '''that''' reformed. In ''Planet Robobot'', she starts off as a villain and then in the ending, she decides to stand up to Star Dream and teamed up with Kirby afterwards. In ''Star Allies'', it's quite likely that she still retains her traits from the previous game game, but she's still well-meaning and polite; and while the Japanese, Chinese and Korean versions mention that she now aims to spread happiness with the power of science, she uses this goal as an excuse to "exterminate the savages" that dare to get in her way (though that might be referring to the enemies she faces in her adventures).



* {{Slapstick}}: At the end of her boss fight in ''Planet Robobot'', her mecha explodes and sends her flying, but seems to suffer no lasting harm from it. As a Dream Friend in ''Star Allies'', she can be subject to the same AmusingInjuries as Kirby and the other Dream Friends, such as HarmlessFreezing and being SquashedFlat.

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* {{Slapstick}}: At the end of her boss fight in ''Planet Robobot'', her mecha explodes and sends her flying, but she seems to suffer no lasting harm from it. As a Dream Friend in ''Star Allies'', she can be subject to the same AmusingInjuries as Kirby and the other Dream Friends, such as HarmlessFreezing and being SquashedFlat.



* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:She betrays Haltmann to take control of Star Dream and sell the machine to a competitor as means of getting her father to finally remember and notice her, although Star Dream has other plans and frees himself of her clutches.]]

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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:She betrays Haltmann to take control of Star Dream and sell the machine to a competitor as means of getting her father to finally remember and notice her, although Star Dream has other plans and frees himself of itself from her clutches.]]



* TraumaButton: If the main menu animations from ''Star Allies'' are anything to go by, Meta Knight is ''terrified'' of her due to the events of ''Planet Robobot''. Her actions even manage to unnerve Dark Meta Knight who presumably figured out what she did.

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* TraumaButton: If the main menu animations from ''Star Allies'' are anything to go by, Meta Knight is ''terrified'' of her due to the events of ''Planet Robobot''. Her actions even manage to unnerve Dark Meta Knight Knight, who presumably figured out what she did.



* VillainRespect: When [[spoiler:Star Dream is activated and prepares to destroy ''everything'']], Susie believes that if anyone can defeat it, it's Kirby. She's also quite impressed by Meta Knight when he tried to stop the invasion solo, [[spoiler:which is why he was considered the perfect candidate to be roboticised as Mecha Knight, with plans to make him into a production line.]]

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* VillainRespect: When [[spoiler:Star Dream is activated and prepares to destroy ''everything'']], Susie believes that if anyone can defeat it, it's Kirby. She's also quite impressed by Meta Knight when he tried to stop the invasion solo, [[spoiler:which is why he was considered the perfect candidate to be roboticised as Mecha Knight, with plans to make him into a production line.]]line]].



* AdaptationalVillainy: Of a sort. In the novel, he never realizes that Susie is his daughter and [[HopeSpot just when it looks like he's about to]], he remembers his villainous persona instead. He's last seen leading Director Kane and Susie off to [[HereWeGoAgain mechanize more planets]] although Meta Knight feels that they won't do anything too bad without Star Dream.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Of a sort. In the novel, he never realizes that Susie is his daughter and [[HopeSpot just when it looks like he's about to]], he remembers his villainous persona instead. He's last seen leading Director Kane and Susie off to [[HereWeGoAgain mechanize more planets]] planets]], although Meta Knight feels that they won't do anything too bad without Star Dream.



* BrilliantButLazy: He makes all of these destructive machines, yet he never gets out of his CoolChair. He's also far from a slouch in combat, if Star Dream's [[IFightForTheStrongestSide administrator requirements]] are any indication (at least [[{{Woolseyism}} in the english versions]]) -- though he's still far from a match for Kirby.

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* BrilliantButLazy: He makes all of these destructive machines, yet he never gets out of his CoolChair. He's also far from a slouch in combat, if Star Dream's [[IFightForTheStrongestSide administrator requirements]] are any indication (at least [[{{Woolseyism}} in the english English versions]]) -- though he's still far from a match for Kirby.



* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Because getting your soul slowly deleted in the most painful way possible is [[SarcasmMode certainly]] the most pleasant and kid friendly way to go in media.

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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Because getting your soul slowly deleted in the most painful way possible is [[SarcasmMode certainly]] the most pleasant and kid friendly kid-friendly way to go in media.



* TheGreys: Like Susie, his oval, solid-color eyes and his company's rampant abduction and experimentation of foreign entities is evocative of this kind of alien. He takes it a step further by asserting that all lifeforms other than him and his employees are "wild savages."

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* TheGreys: Like Susie, his oval, solid-color eyes and his company's rampant abduction and experimentation of foreign entities is evocative of this kind of alien. He takes it a step further by asserting that all lifeforms other than him and his employees are "wild savages."savages".



** As we learn in ''Meta Knightmare Returns'', to become Star Dream's admin, you must supply your credentials to the strongest warriors of Dream Land. These warriors are Dark Matter, Queen Sectonia, and Galacta Knight. We know that Haltmann forbade Star Dream from summoning Galacta Knight, since he's clearly unstable enough to ''destroy a planet or two'', but no such mention is made of the other two warriors. This could mean that he has faced Galacta Knight before and survived. It's implied that this test is uniquely tailored to Meta Knight and his abilities (with the testing program called "Sword_Master.EXE"), but that would still mean Haltmann possibly faced a similar trial that tested ''his'' abilities. Note however that this only applies to the English versions, due to those versions [[{{Woolseyism}} rewriting]] Star Dream's reason for summoning those bosses as in the original version the machine instead immediately accepts Meta Knight as its master and summons the swordfighters so it can please its master with powerful opponents.

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** As we learn in ''Meta Knightmare Returns'', to become Star Dream's admin, you must supply your credentials to the strongest warriors of Dream Land. These warriors are Dark Matter, Queen Sectonia, and Galacta Knight. We know that Haltmann forbade Star Dream from summoning Galacta Knight, since he's clearly unstable enough to ''destroy a planet or two'', but no such mention is made of the other two warriors. This could mean that he has faced Galacta Knight before and survived. It's implied that this test is uniquely tailored to Meta Knight and his abilities (with the testing program called "Sword_Master.EXE"), but that would still mean Haltmann possibly faced a similar trial that tested ''his'' abilities. Note however Note, however, that this only applies to the English versions, due to those versions [[{{Woolseyism}} rewriting]] Star Dream's reason for summoning those bosses bosses, as in the original version version, the machine instead immediately accepts Meta Knight as its master and summons the swordfighters so it can please its master with powerful opponents.



* HumiliationConga: Put simply, the minute he meets Kirby is the minute everything goes to hell for him. First, Kirby royally hands him his butt. Then, just as he's about to activate Star Dream, Susie yanks the control helmet from him and declares her intent to steal Star Dream for profit. What Susie did causes a malfunction with the control helmet, causing Star Dream to gain sentience and assimilate him, intending to wipe out all organic life. Finally, in The True Arena, Haltmann's soul is permanently deleted. HowTheMightyHaveFallen indeed. Factor in his backstory and it becomes a TraumaCongaLine.

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* HumiliationConga: Put simply, the minute he meets Kirby is the minute everything goes on a one-way trip to hell for him. First, Kirby royally hands him his butt. Then, just as he's about to activate Star Dream, Susie yanks the control helmet from him and declares her intent to steal Star Dream for profit. What Susie did causes a malfunction with the control helmet, causing Star Dream to gain sentience and assimilate him, intending to wipe out all organic life. Finally, in The True Arena, Haltmann's soul is permanently deleted. HowTheMightyHaveFallen indeed. Factor in his backstory and it becomes a TraumaCongaLine.



* KilledOffForReal: Many other ''Kirby'' villains are shown to have survived their seemingly ([[DefeatEqualsExplosion and often explosive]]) defeats after their debut, like Magolor, Marx, and Dark Meta Knight. Not Haltmann: his body is taken over by Star Dream, and his soul is subsequently [[CessationOfExistence deleted from the supercomputer's databanks]], shortly before Star Dream itself is destroyed. Years after ''Planet Robobot'', Haltmann hasn't reappeared in any living form in the series.

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* KilledOffForReal: Many other ''Kirby'' villains are shown to have survived their seemingly seemingly-fatal ([[DefeatEqualsExplosion and often explosive]]) defeats after their debut, like Magolor, Marx, and Dark Meta Knight. Not Haltmann: his body is taken over by Star Dream, and his soul is subsequently [[CessationOfExistence deleted from the supercomputer's databanks]], shortly before Star Dream itself is destroyed. Years after ''Planet Robobot'', Haltmann hasn't reappeared in any living form in the series.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Star Dream Soul OS's pause description has Haltmann expressing regret towards reactivating Star Dream and revealing why he did it in the first place: [[AlasPoorVillain he wanted to see his daughter again.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Star Dream Soul OS's pause description has Haltmann expressing regret towards reactivating Star Dream and revealing why he did it in the first place: [[AlasPoorVillain he wanted to see his daughter again.]]again]].



* OmnicidalManiac: Vows to "eradicate" all the "filthy natives" of Popstar when he is beaten, and attempts to use Star Dream to carry the threat out. It's possible that this is the command that causes Star Dream to go omnicidal when it [[AIIsACrapshoot becomes self-aware]].

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* OmnicidalManiac: Vows to "eradicate" all the "filthy natives" of Popstar when he is beaten, and attempts to use Star Dream to carry the threat out. It's possible that [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor this is the command command]] that causes Star Dream to go omnicidal [[OmnicidalManiac omnicidal]] when it [[AIIsACrapshoot becomes self-aware]].



* PurpleIsPowerful: Haltmann has purple hair and a purple moustache, and is the tyrannical CEO of his own company and the BigBad of ''Planet Robobot.''

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* PurpleIsPowerful: Haltmann has purple hair and a purple moustache, and is the tyrannical CEO of his own company and the BigBad of ''Planet Robobot.'' Robobot''.



* RememberedTooLate: The entire climax of the game happens due to his inability to recognize that Susie is his long-lost daughter. This is finally remedied during the fight with Star Dream Soul OS...which is after his consciousness has been absorbed by the Mother Computer and just minutes before his death.

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* RememberedTooLate: The entire climax of the game happens due to his inability to recognize that Susie is his long-lost daughter. This is finally remedied during the fight with Star Dream Soul OS... which is after his consciousness has been absorbed by the Mother Computer and just minutes before his death.
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A giant cybernetic [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sleepy turtle]] that stands on Kirby's way and tries to chew on him when he approaches it.

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A giant cybernetic [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sleepy turtle]] that stands on in Kirby's way and tries to chew on him when he approaches it.



The most common grunts of Haltmann Works Company. They are commonly seen piloting Invader Armors, but many appear as enemies in Access Ark, where they wield ray guns with which they shoot at Kirby. These grant Spark ability if inhaled.

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The most common grunts of Haltmann Works Company. They are commonly seen piloting Invader Armors, but many appear as enemies in Access Ark, where they wield ray guns with which they shoot at Kirby. These grant the Spark ability if inhaled.



* ShockAndAwe: Their ray guns fire electric shots, and they give Spark ability if inhaled.

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* ShockAndAwe: Their ray guns fire electric shots, and they give the Spark ability if inhaled.



* CallBack: To the Metal General from ''Return to Dream Land,'' being a DegradedBoss variant of the aforementioned character. Its 2.0 form makes the connection more clear by giving it Metal General's blue and black colors. In ''Deluxe,'' Metal General is revealed to work as security for Egg Engines, serving as a CallForward to Security Force itself.

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* CallBack: To the Metal General from ''Return to Dream Land,'' being a DegradedBoss variant of the aforementioned character. Its 2.0 form makes the connection more clear by giving it Metal General's blue and black colors. In ''Deluxe,'' ''Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe'', Metal General is revealed to work as security for Egg Engines, serving as a CallForward to Security Force itself.



* ShowsDamage: Like Metal General, numbers will fly out of it when it gets hit, and when its health goes below half it'll release sparks.

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* ShowsDamage: Like Metal General, numbers will fly out of it when it gets hit, and when its health goes below half half, it'll release sparks.



* DishingOutDirt: His drill-like roots can dig rocks from the ground. They can be inhaled for Stone ability.

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* DishingOutDirt: His drill-like roots can dig rocks from the ground. They can be inhaled for the Stone ability.



A mechanical replica of Acro that appears as an obstacle on Kirby's way.

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* {{Determinator}}: No matter how many times Kirby manages to destroy it, it keeps coming back to fight even if it gets weaker each time. Even when the clones become too weak to fight individually, they quickly jump onto the D3 Cannon Susie created for them to continue the battle.
* ElevatorActionSequence: The clones are fought in an ascending elevator. By the time you defeat them, the elevator stops at the top, revealing the D3 cannon for the clones to use [[TrickBoss for the second phase of the battle]].

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* {{Determinator}}: No matter how many times Kirby manages to destroy it, it keeps coming back to fight fight, even if it gets weaker each time. Even when the clones become too weak to fight individually, they quickly jump onto the D3 Cannon Susie created for them to continue the battle.
* ElevatorActionSequence: The clones are fought in an ascending elevator. By the time you defeat them, the elevator stops at the top, revealing the D3 cannon Cannon for the clones to use [[TrickBoss for the second phase of the battle]].
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* NonIndicativeName: API stands for UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface, which are building blocks for creating software, not actual working systems. This could be a MeaningfulName if you take it to mean that the holographic clones it creates are the actual "software", though.

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* NonIndicativeName: API stands for UsefulNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface, MediaNotes/ApplicationProgrammingInterface, which are building blocks for creating software, not actual working systems. This could be a MeaningfulName if you take it to mean that the holographic clones it creates are the actual "software", though.



** Star Dream's third form, a more advanced version of Nova, is a rather impressive one all the way back to ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. Many of Nova's mechanical parts seen in his character image are utilized as attacks by Star Dream, its computer-like countdown is weaponized throughout the fight, and its death animation is near-identical to Nova's explosion at the end of ''Milky Way Wishes''. The True Arena version takes it up another notch by changing Star Dream's color scheme to match Nova's, and even adds a fourth phase to the battle that is an on-foot version of the Galactic Nova Nucleus battle from ''Super Star''.

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** Star Dream's third form, a more advanced version of Nova, is a rather impressive one all the way back to ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]. Many of Nova's mechanical parts seen in his character image are utilized as attacks by Star Dream, its computer-like countdown is weaponized throughout the fight, and its death animation is near-identical to Nova's explosion at the end of ''Milky Way Wishes''. The True Arena version takes it up another notch by changing Star Dream's color scheme to match Nova's, and even adds a fourth phase to the battle that is an on-foot version of the Galactic Nova Nucleus battle from ''Super Star''.
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* DropTheHammer: Like the real Dedede, it wields a hammer.
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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the Japanese FlavorText, Susie's Business Suit (and President Haltmann's Executive Suit) are [[KingMook upgraded versions]] of the Invader Armor that were built for executives of the company.

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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the Japanese FlavorText, Susie's Business Suit (and President Haltmann's Executive Suit) are [[KingMook upgraded versions]] of the Invader Armor that were built for executives of the company. The Japanese-exclusive ''Hoshi no Kirby: Character Daizukan'' goes a step further and says Susie's is built [[AceCustom specifically for her]], with Haltmann presumably getting the same.


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* VillainSong: She gets caught singing lyrics of "The Noble Haltmann", the company's anthem, when encountered at the end of Gigabyte Grounds and Rhythm Route. [[spoiler:Your reward for OneHundredPercentCompletion is an exclusive performance video where Susie sings the entire thing.]] Without in-game voice acting besides VoiceGrunting, Susie's singing voice isn't heard. Her voice actress Creator/MakikoOhmoto ''did'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WkFitJfxyo perform it in character]] at the 25th anniversary orchestra concert, though.
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* CharacterCatcphrase: "Exterminate" (''kujo'' in Japanese) is the word most closely associated with her. It's less prominent in the non-Japanese localizations of ''Planet Robobot'', but has stuck around since ''Star Allies''.

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* CharacterCatcphrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "Exterminate" (''kujo'' in Japanese) is the word most closely associated with her. It's less prominent in the non-Japanese localizations of ''Planet Robobot'', but has stuck around since ''Star Allies''.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: "Exterminate" (''kujo'' in Japanese) is the word most closely associated with her. It's less prominent in the non-Japanese localizations of ''Planet Robobot'', but has stuck around since ''Star Allies''.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatcphrase: "Exterminate" (''kujo'' in Japanese) is the word most closely associated with her. It's less prominent in the non-Japanese localizations of ''Planet Robobot'', but has stuck around since ''Star Allies''.



* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: In the Japanese version, she speaks with excessively polite mannerisms to reflect her being the head secretary of a massive corporation, which is contrasted by her saying things that would never be spoken in a polite context. For example, her {{catchphrase}}「くじょ されて くださいませ!」 translates in its most basic form as "I will exterminate you!", but with the language used, figuratively translates to something like "Please allow me to exterminate you, if you may!" When she isn't in "business" mode, such as [[spoiler:after Star Dream goes haywire]], she uses more casual language.

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* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: In the Japanese version, she speaks with excessively polite mannerisms to reflect her being the head secretary of a massive corporation, which is contrasted by her saying things that would never be spoken in a polite context. For example, her {{catchphrase}}「くじょ CharacterCatchphrase「くじょ されて くださいませ!」 translates in its most basic form as "I will exterminate you!", but with the language used, figuratively translates to something like "Please allow me to exterminate you, if you may!" When she isn't in "business" mode, such as [[spoiler:after Star Dream goes haywire]], she uses more casual language.
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->''"The company he built...I will bring it back!"''

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->''"You know, it's wonderful to work in a perfectly controlled environment. But that's something you'd never understand."''



->''"The goal of the company has always been prosperity. Unfortunately, you imperfect, fragile life-forms were a liability. So you are invited to witness the end of history. A new age shall begin — an age of infinite prosperity. Enjoy your destruction."''

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* TheGreys: Her small stature, solid-colored oval eyes and company's penchant for abduction and experimentation seem to evoke this kind of alien.

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* TheGreys: Her small stature, solid-colored oval eyes and company's penchant for abduction and experimentation seem to evoke this kind of alien. This undertone was originally going to be more prominent, as shown by the [[https://cdn.wikirby.com/0/0a/KPR_Susie_concept_render_1.png almond-shaped "alien" eyes]] in her concept art.



* PsychoPink: She has raspberry pink hair, her Business Suit is the same shade of pink, and she happens to be the main antagonist of ''Planet Robobot'' until Haltmann steps in. {{Averted|Trope}} in ''Star Allies'', though, where she's at least nominally on Kirby's side against the Jambandra cult.



* CoolChair: He has a gold flying chair which even docks into his executive suit.

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* CoolChair: He has a gold flying chair which even docks into his executive suit. Other iterations shown in Haltmann's concept art resembled a throne, and at least one had it shaped like the stylized letter H of the company itself.

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* AllThereInTheManual: According to the Japanese FlavorText, Susie's Business Suit (and President Haltmann's Executive Suit) are [[KingMook upgraded versions]] of the Invader Armor that were built for executives of the company.



* UnexpectedGameplayChange: It is fought in a shoot-em-up style battle both times it's encountered, due to the Robobot Armor's Jet Mode.

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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: UnexpectedShmupLevel: It is fought in a shoot-em-up style battle both times it's encountered, due to the Robobot Armor's Jet Mode.



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A clone of the king made by the Haltmann Works Company. It has most of the abilities of the king, along with the ability to split into smaller clones and (with three clones) take control of a giant tridimensional cannon known as the D3. It is the boss of Rhythm Route.

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A clone of the king made by the Haltmann Works Company.Company after Susie took a sample of his cells. It has most of the abilities of the king, along with the ability to split into smaller clones and (with three clones) take control of a giant tridimensional cannon known as the D3. It is the boss of Rhythm Route.



* BarelyChangedDubName: Called "Clone Dedede" in Japanese and Korean.



* DubNameChange: Called "Clone Dedede" in Japanese and Korean.



* EnergyBall: Dedede Clone 2.0 can fire these from its hammer, similar to [[spoiler:Shadow Dedede]] (and King Dedede in ''VideoGame/KirbyFightersDeluxe'').
* EvilKnockoff: An evil King Dedede clone.

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* EnergyBall: Dedede Clone 2.0 can fire these from its hammer, similar to [[spoiler:Shadow Masked Dedede's Revenge [[spoiler:and Shadow Dedede]] (and in ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'' and King Dedede in ''VideoGame/KirbyFightersDeluxe'').
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* EvilKnockoff: An evil King Dedede clone. clone.
* FlawedPrototype: The FlavorText for Dedede Clone 2.0 says that prototypes of the Dedede Clones were either [[BigEater always hungry]] or [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes blindly afraid of "a certain insect"]]. In the Japanese version, these prototypes are what caused the Haltmann Works Company to "[give] up on cloning his heart", since they would have made terrible fighters.



* OurClonesAreDifferent: The Dedede Clone is made of some strange, purple goop, and splits into three weaker copies of itself after it TurnsRed. Needless to say, these are qualities the original King Dedede has never demonstrated.



* DubNameChange: Interestingly, her first and last name remain intact between English and Japanese, but her middle name was changed from "Familia" to "Patrya".

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* DubNameChange: Interestingly, her first and last name remain intact between English and Japanese, but her middle name was changed from "Familia" to "Patrya". Her MiniMecha, referred to as a "Business Suit" in English, was called a "Rireinver" (リレインバー ''rireinbaa'') in Japanese.



* TheHeavy: Despite being TheDragon to Haltmann, she is a more visible threat than him, as she's on the field duty of the company's project. [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream She even made plans to overthrow him]], albeit for less self-serving purposes than most other traitors.]]

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* TheHeavy: Despite being TheDragon to Haltmann, she is a more visible threat than him, as she's on the field duty of the company's project.project and is heavily implied to be behind the creation of the Dedede Clones and their D3 Cannon. [[spoiler:[[TheStarscream She even made plans to overthrow him]], albeit for less self-serving purposes than most other traitors.]]



* {{Narcissist}}: Though not as vain as her boss/[[spoiler:father]], Susie still fits this as seeing herself as more intellectual than the natives of Popstar. One of the credits pictures from ''Star Allies'''s Heroes in Another Dimension even shows her admiring three statues of herself.

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* {{Narcissist}}: Though not as vain as her boss/[[spoiler:father]], boss [[spoiler:and father]], Susie still fits this as seeing herself as more intellectual than the natives of Popstar. One of the credits pictures from ''Star Allies'''s Heroes in Another Dimension even shows her admiring three statues of herself.



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* DubNameChange: His [[MeaningfulName full name]] is Max Profitt Haltmann in English and Gains Income Haltmann in Japanese.

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* DubNameChange: His [[MeaningfulName full name]] is Max Profitt Haltmann in English and Gains Income Haltmann in Japanese. His MiniMecha is called the "Executive Suit" in English, but the "Presidenver" (プレジデンバー ''purejidenbaa'') in Japanese.



* UpgradedBoss: He's functionally this to Susie from earlier in the game, piloting a similar MiniMecha in an arena that switches from purely 2D to a more PivotalBoss style. He has some more advanced techniques, though, like [[FlunkyBoss calling in Yesmen]].



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[-'''Main Series:''' [[Characters/KirbyHeroesAndSupportingCharacters Heroes and Supporting Characters]] ([[Characters/KirbyKirby Kirby]] | [[Characters/KirbyKingDedede King Dedede]] | [[Characters/KirbyMetaKnight Meta Knight]] | [[Characters/KirbyMagolor Magolor]]) | [[Characters/KirbyEnemies Enemies]] ([[Characters/KirbyMajorRecurringEnemies Major Recurring Enemies]]) | [[Characters/KirbyRecurringBosses Recurring Bosses]] | [[Characters/KirbyVillainousFactions Villainous Factions]] ([[Characters/KirbyDarkMatter Dark Matter]] | [[Characters/KirbyAnotherDimension Another Dimension]] | '''Haltmann Works Company''' | [[Characters/KirbyBeastPack Beast Pack]]) | [[Characters/KirbyOtherMajorAntagonists Other Major Antagonists]] | [[Characters/KirbyOtherBosses Other Bosses]]\\

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Queen Sectonia. Both were originally kind-hearted leaders of their armies and were very close to a friend/loved one (Taranza and Susie) before they were corrupted by a greater evil (Dark Meta Knight and Star Dream) through unconventional means (Sectonia was unaware that Dark Meta Knight was still trapped in the Dimension Mirror, while Haltmann's attempts to bring back his daughter caused his memories to be stole by Star Dream), turning them into cruel and egotistical tyrants with a desire to harvest Popstar of its resources. After they are defeated in a lengthy battle, they merge with a major object in the story (the Dreamstalk and Star Dream) and meet their end while still attached to said object. However, whereas Sectonia was driven by a desire for eternal beauty and willingly merged with the Dreamstalk to achieve that goal while slowly losing her sanity in the process, Haltmann was driven by [[TragicDream a wish to see his daughter again]], accidentally merged with Star Dream because of Susie's interference with destroying Kirby, and has his soul deleted by the mother computer as it seeks to wipe out all life.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Queen Sectonia. Both were originally kind-hearted leaders of their armies and were very close to a friend/loved one (Taranza and Susie) before they were corrupted by a greater evil (Dark Meta Knight and Star Dream) through unconventional means (Sectonia was unaware that Dark Meta Knight was still trapped in the Dimension Mirror, while Haltmann's attempts to bring back his daughter caused gradually stole his memories to be stole by as his brain [[WetwareCPU interfaced with]] Star Dream), turning them into cruel and egotistical tyrants with a desire to harvest Popstar of its resources. After they are defeated in a lengthy battle, they merge with a major object in the story (the Dreamstalk and Star Dream) and meet their end while still attached to said object. However, whereas Sectonia was driven by a desire for eternal beauty and willingly merged with the Dreamstalk to achieve that goal while slowly losing her sanity in the process, Haltmann was driven by [[TragicDream a wish to see his daughter again]], accidentally merged with Star Dream because of Susie's interference with destroying Kirby, and has his soul deleted by the mother computer as it seeks to wipe out all life.



* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: In the most literal way possible. Haltmann is absorbed by Star Dream with only a sliver of his soul left to show for it. Even worse, by the time Kirby fights Star Dream Soul OS' final form, he's been deleted from it entirely. Though in Japanese and Korean it's the "memory" of him that is deleted instead, but his spirit and heart are still stated to have vanished respectively, their fate left unclear.

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** Haltmann's continued use of Star Dream destroyed his memory over time as more and more of it was uploaded into the Mother Computer's OS. By the time the story begins, he's gone from a brilliant inventor and caring father to a grandiose SmugSnake of a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] whose sole aim in life is to loot planets for money.
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In the story proper, this happens in the most literal way possible. Haltmann is absorbed by Star Dream with only a sliver of his soul left to show for it. Even worse, by the time Kirby fights Star Dream Soul OS' final form, he's been deleted from it entirely. Though in Japanese and Korean it's the "memory" of him that is deleted instead, but his spirit and heart are still stated to have vanished respectively, their fate left unclear.



* PsychopathicManchild: His VillainousBreakdown after [[SoreLoser losing to Kirby]] is frighteningly childish for such an old man, and amounts to him throwing a violent, chair-pounding tantrum. Likely {{justified|Trope}} by the loss of his memories, making him less mature than he otherwise would have been.



* SanitySlippage: Over the course of his battle with Kirby, he becomes more desperate and vicious — by the time you get to the last phase of the battle with him, he's snapped so completely that he summons drones to hunt you down and then obliterates them in his attempt to vaporize you with laser cannons. The loss of his daughter and both failed attempts to establish a PsychicLink with Star Dream should also be considered.

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* SanitySlippage: Over the course of his battle with Kirby, he becomes more desperate and vicious -- by the time you get to the last phase of the battle with him, he's snapped so completely that he summons drones to hunt you down and then obliterates them in his attempt to vaporize you with laser cannons. The loss of his daughter and both failed attempts to establish a PsychicLink with Star Dream should also be considered.



* TheSocialDarwinist: {{Implied|Trope}}. When Star Dream fuses with Haltmann's mind at the end of the main story and gains self-awareness, it decides that "imperfect" and "fragile" life forms must be destroyed. But it completely lacks this trait in ''Meta Knightmare Returns'' ([[DubPersonalityChange at least in Japanese]]), so the computer most likely got this from Haltmann himself.
* SoreLoser: When Kirby defeats Haltmann in the main story, he [[VillainousBreakdown throws a tantrum]] and goes on an angry rant about how the people of Popstar are "all wild savages". Then he tries to activate Star Dream so he can "[[DisproportionateRetribution eradicate]]" all of the "filthy natives".



** Possible example in the ''Meta Knightmare Returns'' version of the main story, Haltmann is last seen getting catapulted out of his suit into the distance after losing to Meta Knight and Star Dream declares the warrior as its new master/admin, with Galacta Knight destroying it instantly after being summoned. This could mean Haltmann survived as events diverge from how they happened when he was assimilated by Star Dream in the main story.

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** Possible example in the ''Meta Knightmare Returns'' version of the main story, Returns''. Haltmann is last seen getting catapulted out of his suit into the distance after losing to Meta Knight and Star Dream declares the warrior as its new master/admin, with Galacta Knight destroying it instantly after being summoned. This could mean Haltmann survived as events diverge from how they happened when he was assimilated by Star Dream in the main story.story... but, since these events proceed directly to Star Dream Soul OS in the True Arena, where his memories are completely wiped from Star Dream's data banks, [[UncertainDoom Haltmann's fate remains in doubt]].



* TragicVillain: Probably the saddest villain in the series. Haltmann used to be an HonestCorporateExecutive and a loving father to Susie until an accident involving the construction of Star Dream--a reality-warping supercomputer based on Galactic Nova wiped out his memories and led to his daughter disappearing. Deep down Haltmann remembered he'd lost ''something'', but the continued effect of Star Dream's interface had terrible consequences on both his soul and his mind, leading to his obsession with "prosperity" and twisting the once-noble Haltmann into a conscienceless CEO who can't ever remember having even had a daughter. The kicker comes at the end with Star Dream assimilates him, body and mind--an unbelievably ''agonising'' process [[AndIMustScream where he can do nothing but scream in pain and terror as Kirby destroys Star Dream from within]]. In this state, Haltmann ''finally'' remembers his daughter, and his final words are spent bemoaning what a fool he'd been to ever rely on Star Dream. [[KilledOffForReal Shortly after this, Star Dream erases his soul from the OS, killing him for good and erasing every trace of his existence]].

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* TragicVillain: Probably One of the saddest villain villains in the series. Haltmann used to be an HonestCorporateExecutive and a loving father to Susie until an accident involving the construction of Star Dream--a reality-warping supercomputer based on Galactic Nova wiped out his memories and led to his daughter disappearing. Deep down Haltmann remembered he'd lost ''something'', but the continued effect of Star Dream's interface had terrible consequences on both his soul and his mind, leading to his obsession with "prosperity" and twisting the once-noble Haltmann into a conscienceless CEO who can't ever remember having even had a daughter. The kicker comes at the end with Star Dream assimilates him, body and mind--an unbelievably ''agonising'' process [[AndIMustScream where he can do nothing but scream in pain and terror as Kirby destroys Star Dream from within]]. In this state, Haltmann ''finally'' remembers his daughter, and his final words are spent bemoaning what a fool he'd been to ever rely on Star Dream. [[KilledOffForReal Shortly after this, Star Dream erases his soul from the OS, killing him for good and erasing every trace of his existence]].


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* WetwareCPU: To harness Star Dream's power, Haltmann uses a program controller that interfaces with his brain. This had the side effect of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul gradually uploading his memories into the machine]]. Eventually it reached a point where he forgot why he reactivated Star Dream in the first place -- to find his daughter again -- and couldn't recognize said daughter even when she was right in front of him.

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* OmnicidalManiac: Vows to "eradicate" all the "filthy natives" of Popstar when he is beaten, and attempts to use Star Dream to carry the threat out. It's possible that this is the command that causes Star Dream to go omnicidal when it [[AIIsACrapshoot becomes self-aware]].



* ExorcistHead: In its Nova form, Star Dream will sometimes spin its face around in a circle when it prepares an attack, similar to what [[spoiler:Void Termina's final form]] can do in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies''.
* EyeBeams: In all three of its forms, Star Dream can fire a huge, flashy laser beam or two from its eye(s). Occasionally, the laser will slice some stray meteors in half, giving the Halberd a little more juice to charge up the Planet Buster.



* HPTo1: Star Dream Soul OS has a LastDitchMove that leaves Kirby with a tiny sliver of health if he's hit by it... [[SubvertedTrope unless he has already taken a bit of damage]], in which case it will [[OneHitKill outright kill him]].



* KnightOfCerebus: Star Dream starts a trend of ''Kirby'' villains who want to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy everything]], being followed by [[SinisterMinister Lord Hyness]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', [[spoiler:[[TheAssimilator Fecto Forgo]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'']], and [[spoiler:the [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Master Crown]] in the ''Deluxe'' remake]].

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* KnightOfCerebus: Star Dream starts a trend of ''Kirby'' villains who want to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy everything]], being followed by [[SinisterMinister Lord Hyness]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', [[spoiler:[[TheAssimilator Fecto Forgo]] in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand'']], and [[spoiler:the [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand [[spoiler:[[ArtifactOfDoom the Master Crown]] in the ''Deluxe'' remake]].''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLandDeluxe'']].



* OneBadMother: Despite being gender-neutral, it's called the "mother computer" by Susie, as it can create advanced machinery.

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* OneBadMother: Despite being gender-neutral, it's it is called the "mother computer" by Susie, "Mother Computer", as it can create advanced machinery.



* ShowsDamage: Throughout its second form, large parts of its front armor break apart when Kirby does enough damage to it, eventually revealing the face of NOVA.

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* ShowsDamage: Throughout its second form, large parts of its front armor break apart when Kirby does enough damage to it, eventually revealing the face of NOVA. Against Star Dream Soul OS, the Access Ark's legs will break off too, freely floating through the air as huge, difficult-to-dodge projectiles.


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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Queen Sectonia. Both were originally kind-hearted leaders of their armies and were very close to a friend/loved one (Taranza and Susie) before they were corrupted by a greater evil (Dark Meta Knight and Star Dream) through unconventional means (Sectonia was unaware that Dark Meta Knight was still trapped in the Dimension Mirror, while Haltmann's attempts to bring back his daughter caused his memories to be stole by Star Dream), turning them into cruel and egotistical tyrants with a desire to harvest Popstar of its resources. After they are defeated in a lengthy battle, they merge with a major object in the story (the Dreamstalk and Star Dream) and meet their end while still attached to said object. However, whereas Sectonia was driven by a desire for eternal beauty and willingly merged with the Dreamstalk to achieve that goal while slowly losing her sanity in the process, Haltmann was driven by [[TragicDream a wish to see his daughter again]], accidentally merged with Star Dream because of Susie's interference with destroying Kirby, and has his soul deleted by the mother computer as it seeks to wipe out all life.

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* FantasticRacism: Nowhere near as bad about this as President Haltmann, but before the Mecha Knight + boss battle, she remarks that the natives "need to be taught manners!", and in the Japanese version this is preceded by a line about Kirby's "dirty feet".



* MadnessMantra: After he's defeated the first time, he completely loses his cool and goes on a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist rant]] about the "savages" on Popstar.

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* ThinkingUpPortals: Most of Star Dream's attacks involve using portals, ranging from firing lasers, summoning Invader Armors and Gigavolt IIs to attack the Halberd, and even summoning pieces of Nova to attack in its final phase. Its Soul form's core can also summon two small portals that rapidly fire the enemies found in the Galactic Nova Nucleus level of ''Milky Way Wishes'' as an attack in the final phase.

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* ThinkingUpPortals: Most of Star Dream's attacks involve using portals, ranging from firing lasers, summoning Invader Armors and Gigavolt IIs [=IIs=] to attack the Halberd, and even summoning pieces of Nova to attack in its final phase. Its Soul form's core can also summon two small portals that rapidly fire the enemies found in the Galactic Nova Nucleus level of ''Milky Way Wishes'' as an attack in the final phase.
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* DegradedBoss: Star Dream in phase 2 of its battle can summon Gigavolts as flunkies. A few shots are all it takes to destroy them. Star Dream Soul OS can summon Gigavolt IIs as well.

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* DegradedBoss: Star Dream in phase 2 of its battle can summon Gigavolts as flunkies. A few shots are all it takes to destroy them. Star Dream Soul OS can summon Gigavolt IIs [=IIs=] as well.

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* EvilCounterpart: Turns out to be one to Nova, relatively speaking, while Nova was more neutral it had no real malicious goals of its own and merely assisted Marx due to the little guy making his wish to rule Popstar; whereas Star Dream becomes a sentient active threat to the whole universe out of its own programming going out of control.

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Turns out to be one to Nova, relatively speaking, while Nova was more neutral it had no real malicious goals of its own and merely assisted Marx due to the little guy making his wish to rule Popstar; whereas Star Dream becomes a sentient active threat to the whole universe out of its own programming going out of control.control.
** Somewhat one to Kirby himself. Kirby is an organic AllLovingHero who pilots the robotic Invader Armor, giving the Armor his ability to copy enemies; Star Dream is a robotic OmnicidalManiac who hijacks the organic body of President Haltmann, giving Star Dream itself some of Haltmann's [[TheSocialDarwinist worst personality traits]]. Most pronounced in the Japanese version, where Star Dream's name is 「星の夢」 (''Hoshi no Yume'', lit. "Dream of the Stars") to Kirby's 「星のカービィ」 (''Hoshi no Kaabii'', "Kirby of the Stars"). And, as the Soul OS version demonstrates, both Kirby and Star Dream have a powerful VacuumMouth, too.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://comick.app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world/oZ6KN-chapter-3-en Kirby of the Stars - Sparkling★Pupupu World]]. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://comick.app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world/oZ6KN-chapter-3-en Kirby of the Stars - Sparkling★Pupupu World]].World]] manga. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://comick.app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world Kirby of the Stars - Sparkling★Pupupu World]]. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://comick.app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world/oZ6KN-chapter-3-en Kirby of the Stars - Sparkling★Pupupu World]]. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://comick.app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world]]. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://comick.app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world]].app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world Kirby of the Stars - Sparkling★Pupupu World]]. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.
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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/535531 Kirby of the Stars - Sparkling★Pupupu World manga]]. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kirby in the [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/535531 Kirby of the Stars - Sparkling★Pupupu World manga]].[[https://comick.app/comic/hoshi-no-kirby-kira-kira-pupupu-world]]. She alternates between trying to kill Kirby and having lunch with him.

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* BondCreatures: Even before it assimilates Haltmann, it mentions having observed the world through Haltmann's eyes for a long time, suggesting some level of symbiosis between Star Dream and its administrator.

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* BondCreatures: Even before it assimilates Haltmann, it mentions having observed the world through Haltmann's eyes for a long time, suggesting some level of symbiosis between Star Dream and its administrator. The Japanese version instead says that Star Dream has been "communicating" with Haltmann's body, not quite seeing through him. Either way, the developers' Miiverse commentary suggests that Star Dream interfaces with its controller's brain.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: There's a couple strange word choices in the Japanese version that foreshadow Star Dream and the Access Ark being the "brain" and "body" of a Galactic Nova, respectively.
** Susie describes the President's Office, where Star Dream is first seen, as the company's "nucleus" (''chuusuu''). Galactic Nova's heart (in the English dub of ''Super Star Ultra'') is referred to as Galactic Nova ''Nucleus''.
** When it first activates, it refers to the company's prosperity as the "wish" that drives its actions. Galactic Nova's purpose, at least in ''Super Star'', is to grant wishes.


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* MakeAWish: It becomes the FinalBoss so that it can realize Haltmann's wish for eternal prosperity. Star Dream turns out to be a Galactic Nova, so this is expected.


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* PhraseCatcher: Especially in the Japanese version, Star Dream is frequently mentioned along with the word "perfect". For example, Susie is shocked that Mecha Knight wasn't "perfect" because Star Dream built his component parts, and President Haltmann mentiones that Star Dream presented him with a "perfect" management strategy. In Extra Mode, the Dedede Clones 2.0 are all "''im''perfect", and the battle with Star Dream Soul OS laments that it has gone from a "near-perfect" being to a heartless machine.


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* TheSocialDarwinist: Has shades of this when it awakens at the end of the story. However, this trait is gone in the Japanese version of ''Meta Knightmare Returns'', so it could be a leftover piece of Haltmann's mind.
-->'''Star Dream (JP):''' ''THE IMPERFECT, THE FRAIL... AND OTHER SUCH LIFE-FORMS... ARE UNNEEDED... THAT IS MY JUDGMENT...''
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* SmugSnake: What he has deteriorated into by the time of the game proper. Haltmann is as cocky and self-assured as his daughter Susie, but where she takes her defeats in stride each time, it takes just ''one'' for him to be reduced to throwing a temper tantrum in his fancy chair. For bonus points, the Japanese version has him speak in "de aru" form, which is normally used for formal writing and ''never'' speaking, to make him come off as more arrogant and grandiose than Susie, who [[FormalCharactersUseKeigo speaks mostly in keigo]].


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* VerbalTic: In the Japanese version, he sometimes [[PunctuatedForEmphasis breaks his words apart by the syllable]] for emphasis. For example, "Marvelous." would become "Mar. Ve. Lous."

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