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English Name:	eNeMeE
Japanese Name:	ナイトメア Naitomea Nightmare
English Voice:	Andrew Rannels (?)
Japanese Voice:	Ginga Banjou
Episode(s):	001, 009, 036, 040, 041, 099, 100
Species:	N/A
Gender:	Male
Category:	Villain

This page is about Nightmare in the anime. For the game version, see Nightmare (Games).

The main villain in Kirby's anime series. Nightmare is responsible for the creation of Holy NightMare Co. and dominates much of the universe. He creates the legions of demon beasts that Kirby and the Star Warriors fought.

Appearance

Nightmare appears as a towering figure shrouded in a purple cape covered with pale star shapes. His face is rather demonic, with gray skin, a long pointed nose and chin, and a mouth full of jagged teeth. (In earlier designs he had more human-like teeth.) In place of his eyes is a pointed visor that shows only what look like stars. Two large, rounded pauldrons are on each of his ‘shoulders’, and he wears a dark blue helmet of sorts topped by two curving golden horns, with three flame-shaped golden emblems on the front with red gems at the center. He also wears a golden necklace with another red gem. His skeletal arms float detached near him, but otherwise he has no body. When he opens his cape it reveals only a black expanse of stars.

Background and Personality

Nightmare’s origins are unclear. He has existed anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of years- or possibly for as long as the universe itself has. As he himself puts it, true to his name he is only a dream- so presumably he’s been around as long as there have been people to dream him.

Though he is a being of pure evil, who desires nothing more than to dominate the entire universe and inflict suffering on its inhabitants, Nightmare is an oddly laid back sort of tyrant. He shows a great deal of apathy towards matters, and also a lot of overconfidence, both of which can probably be attributed to his lengthy existence and current status as ruler of most of the galaxy.

When it comes to his company and dealing with those who oppose him, he tends to just sit back and watch what happens, having Customer Service make many of the decisions, sending demon beasts to do the work, or just making vague threats that he never follows through.

Nightmare spends much of his time in his lair hidden deep within his fortress. It contains only a huge chess board, covered with various strange figures, which is suspended in space. All around it is nothing but a green-red mist. Nightmare makes most of his creations here, presumably.

In addition to being able to create all manner of odd creatures, Nightmare also has the power to control people's minds. However, it seems to be something he can only do under special circumstances. His powers are limited in other ways as well- for example, he can't create things that are automatically obedient, for example, and they must first be trained.

Nightmare is also impossible to hurt under normal circumstances, and will absorb even the most powerful attacks by opening his cloak. He can only be harmed in dreams, and by the legendary weapon the Star Rod.

Relationships

Nightmare rarely interacts with anyone, except occasionally speaking to Customer Service. Otherwise he remains in the background for most of the series. It’s only in the final episodes that he shows himself to anyone else.

He does show some mild interest in Kirby’s progress, which would make sense if Kirby is indeed his failed creation.

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Kirby Anime Characters:

Main Characters: Kirby - Fumu (Tiff) - Bun (Tuff) - Meta Knight King Dedede - Escargon (Escargoon)

Villains: Nightmare - Customer Service - Demon beasts

Minor Characters - Guest characters