Whispy Woods

Whispy Woods is a large tree who appears as a recurring boss in the Kirby franchise. Generally he appears as a boss, usually the first one in many Kirby games. Whispy is a large apple tree whose most common attack is dropping apples from his branches, which damage Kirby on impact.

In the side-scrolling Kirby games, the apples that fall from Whispy's branches (which usually cover the entire top of the area) can be sucked up and launched back by Kirby. The tree's weak point is his face, which must be hit for him to take damage. Whispy's secondary attacks, which can vary from game to game, include shooting puffs of air out of his mouth, shooting up pointed roots, and dropping spiked balls (known as Gordos in most Kirby games) out of his branches instead of apples. Neither of these attacks can be sucked up by Kirby. Because he is stationary in most games, Whispy is intended to be one of the easiest and first bosses to defeat.

Kirby's Dream Land
In Kirby's Dream Land, Whispy Woods, also named Larkspur Liar, is the first boss, and is fought at the end of the first stage, Green Greens. In the final stage, Mt. Dedede, Whispy Woods and the three following bosses—Lololo & Lalala, Kaboola, and Kracko—later fought near the end of the game, along with all the other three bosses before King Dedede.

Kirby's Adventure
In Kirby's Adventure and its remake, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Whispy Woods is the boss of the first world, Vegetable Valley, having the same attacks as before.

Kirby's Dream Land 2
In Kirby's Dream Land 2, Whispy Woods again appears as an early boss. In this game he starts using the attack where his roots can pop out from underground and hurt Kirby.

Kirby Super Star
In Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra, Whispy Woods returns as the first boss in the main game, Spring Breeze, which is a shortened remake of Kirby's Dream Land. Whispy Woods also appears as a boss in some of the other remakes. Twin Woods is a variation of the boss, and are basically two trees identical to Whispy that face each other, with Kirby having to battle both simultaneously.

Kirby's Dream Land 3
In Kirby's Dream Land 3, Whispy Woods has been possessed by Dark Matter. Whispy's moving roots will kick Kirby if he gets too close. After receiving enough damage, his face becomes menacing and he will start walking forward on his roots, becoming a scrolling boss; the fruit he drops takes on a rotten or bruised appearance.

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
In Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Whispy Woods appears as a boss in the first world of Planet Popstar. He is surrounded by a round dirt path which is where Kirby can walk on. Kirby can't attack Whispy yet; he is defended by smaller walking tree stumps (called 'Whispy Jr.'). Whispy spits apples which must be spit at the Whispy Jrs. After they are defeated, Whispy gets angry and alternates between spitting puffs of air, shaking countless apples out of his leaves, and sticking his roots out of the ground; the roots are his weak point.

Kirby: Squeak Squad
In Kirby: Squeak Squad, Whispy Woods makes a small cameo appearance on the title screen, although much of his face is obscured by the game logo. Whispy Woods' appearance and the area that he is in looks the same as in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

Kirby's Pinball Land
In Kirby's Pinball Land, Whispy Woods is one of the three bosses, and also an owner of one of the game's three pinball tables. To defeat Whispy, Kirby must launch himself into the tree's nose several times. Whispy will drop spiked balls that freeze the pinball flippers (making them unmovable) temporarily.

Kirby's Dream Course
Whispy Woods is in one of Kirby's Dream Course's courses, serving as an obstacle.

Kirby Air Ride
In Kirby Air Ride, Whispy Woods can be seen in the city in the mode City Trial; however he is mainly just scenery, sitting among the trees in the forest section of the city. Constantly hitting him will make him show his "defeated" (crying) look.

Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
In Kirby: Right Back at Ya, Whispy Woods is featured as the king of the forest in Dream Land. At first, he thought Kirby, Tiff, Tuff, and Tokkori were intruders. He attacked them when they built a campfire too close, dropping all his apples. It was actually a plot by King Dedede, who wants to destroy Whispy and his forest to build his own private golf course. He almost succeeds, but Kirby had saved one of Whispy's Apples of Life that allowed the tree to be reborn, as well as the rest of the forest. Dedede constantly schemes to build his golf course during the series, while Whispy becomes Kirby's ally.

Whispy is several hundred years old, and very wise, though he has a bit of a temper. He's very kind to his friends, but shows no mercy to those that threaten his kingdom.