Broom Hatter is an enemy in the Kirby series, debuting in Kirby's Dream Land. This enemy moves back and forth across the level sweeping up clouds of dust. Broom Hatter does not target Kirby, but it does cause damage if Kirby gets in the way.
Broom Hatter has changed very little between games, aside from their hats becoming a dark blue color instead of the original black.
It typically does not yield a Copy Ability when inhaled, except in games where the Cleaning ability is present, in which it yields that ability.
In HAL Rooms, a single Broom Hatter is seen cleaning the L.
Broom Hatter is a yellow, oval-shaped enemy with red feet and small, blunt arms. It carries either a stereotypical besom broom or a sweeping broom, depending on the game. As an enemy it wears a black or blue witch's hat with a pale blue band. When it becomes a Helper in Kirby Star Allies, its hat changes to a bandana that is the same for when Kirby is granted the Cleaining Copy Ability. It has no visible face.
This is Broom Hatter's first appearance. It appears all throughout the game and will peacefully sweep the level clean. As well as moving haphazardly from side-to-side, Broom Hatter may occasionally leap into the air. Unlike most enemies in the Extra Game, Broom Hatter is not replaced. Instead, it may now dive off a high ledge in an attempt to crush Kirby.
This section contains information that does not coincide with the main series canon.
Broom Hatter being fought
In Kirby's Avalanche, Broom Hatter serves as the seventh competitor Kirby must face, coming after Kabu and before Squishy. Its dialogue with Kirby is below.
Broom Hatter: "Oh, what a mess! Must I clean up this entire forest?"
Kirby: "I'd worry more about cleaning up your Avalanche skills first!"
Broom Hatter: "Dust, dust, sweep...Huh?!??"
Broom Hatter will always fast drop blobs to fill up its leftmost and rightmost columns if they're not filled as an attempt to potentially have these blobs fall for potential combos. Despite that, Broom Hatter's AI is rather weak and rarely fast drop blobs, despite being somewhat capable of pulling combos.
Broom Hatter appears as an enemy in Stages 1 and 5. It remains in one place, constantly sweeping. It drops food when defeated. Broom Hatter also appears in the "border line cleared" animation. It walks directly behind Waddle Dee, sweeping the floor.
Its design and tactics remain the same from earlier games, and it will simply sweep around the level once more. Unlike other games, however, if Kirby inhales it, he will get the rare Cleanability. With a broom in hand, Kirby can aid it in its endless quest to clean the level, as well as sweep dust at his enemies. Alongside Keke, Broom Hatter is the only enemy that bestows the Clean ability in this game. Not counting the unreleased Kirby GCN, this was the only game in which Broom Hatter yields any ability prior to Kirby Star Allies.
Like Cappy, Broom Hatter does not hurt Kirby when the two come in contact. This enemy rarely moves and instead sweeps one area of the ground. The only way Kirby can take damage from it is if he gets caught between two Broom Hatters or a Broom Hatter and a wall.
Broom Hatter is off to the races, but still does not serve as a major threat to Kirby. Broom Hatter rides around on its broom rather than cleaning, and zooms through the courses.
Broom Hatter appears as a friend for the first time in this game, sporting a white and green kerchief. It also gives the Cleaning ability for the first time since Kirby's Dream Land 3.
Broom Hatter is an apprentice witch with the hat to match. She uses her trademark broom to fly through the—Wait. No, she just sweeps the floor with it. Maybe she's just a bit of a clean freak. Or maybe she hasn't learned to fly yet. After all, she's only an apprentice. Except...in Kirby Air Ride, she DOES fly, so there goes that theory...”
Broom Hatter didn't see the strange light in the sky because of that big hat—and didn't even notice going from unfrozen to frozen and back again to unfrozen. Maybe it's better that way.”
A clean freak who flies through the sky on a broom and sweeps away enemies with a gust of wind. Classic Kirby characters from previous adventures will even pitch in to help!”
In Kirby's Avalanche, its AI is used by Harpy in Puyo Puyo. However, their blobs doesn't produce music notes when bursted, unlike Harpy. The music notes are instead used for Lololo & Lalala, who uses Panotty's AI.
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