Paint Roller

Paint Roller Artwork of Paint Roller from Kirby: Canvas Curse. Details First game Kirby's Adventure (1993) Latest game Kirby's Dream Buffet (2022, reference) Other game(s) Kirby's Avalanche Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land Kirby: Canvas Curse Kirby Super Star Ultra (reference) Kirby: Triple Deluxe (keychain) Kirby: Planet Robobot (sticker) Copy Abilities Ball, Crash, Mike, Parasol, Spark, Wheel (paintings)

Theme music Sample of Paint Roller’s boss theme in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

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Paint Roller is a main boss in Kirby's Adventure, its remake Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, and Kirby's Avalanche. He is an artist on roller skates whose creations can come to life. Apart from his major appearances, Paint Roller is featured in the Kirby: Canvas Curse sub-game, Paint Panic, and an episode of the anime, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.

Physical appearance[edit]

Paint Roller appears as an orange, spherical creature with long, thin arms and legs. He wears red roller skates (hence his name), a baseball cap, and a pair of gloves on his hands. Paint Roller has five fingers on each hand, and his face only consists of big, round eyes and pink cheeks. He wields an oil pastel as his primary artistic utensil.

Game appearances[edit]

Kirby's Adventure / Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land[edit]

Paint Roller painting an object to attack Kirby with in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

In Kirby's Adventure, and its remake, Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, Paint Roller is the boss of Ice Cream Island.

Paint Roller is battled in a two-floored room. The upper floor is divided into two platforms, and has a gap that Paint Roller and Kirby can go through. There are four canvases, each located at one of the room's corners. In Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land, the room is slightly larger and the scenery was altered, now sporting a rainbow.

During the battle, Paint Roller sprints to a canvas and paints an image that comes to life. The object begins to chase Kirby. Paint Roller moves on to the next canvas. Paint Roller randomly decides on a canvas and painting every time.

To defeat Paint Roller, Kirby can inhale the object, obtain its Copy Ability, and attack Paint Roller with it. Alternatively, Kirby can spit the object back out at Paint Roller. Without the assistance of a Copy Ability, Kirby must hit Paint Roller six times to defeat him. After Paint Roller is defeated, Kirby can obtain the second Star Rod piece.

Paint Roller may paint one of eight images:

Paint Roller's paintings in Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Painting	Ability	Description
Baseball	Ball	Flies directly at Kirby once it is painted.
Bomb	Crash	Drops in place and explodes after a moment.
Car	Wheel	Drives at a high speed, trying to crash into Kirby.
Cloud	Spark	Floats around the stage, and shoots lightning downward.
Kirby	None	A duplicate of Kirby that simply walks around and attacks by collision.
Mike	Mike	A microphone that walks around and attacks by collision.
Parasol	Parasol	Follows Kirby, and then explodes.
Waddle Dee	None	Runs in Kirby's direction and attacks by collision.

Kirby's Avalanche[edit]

Paint Roller makes his next appearance in Kirby's Avalanche, where he is the 11th opponent faced in Competition mode. Before his battle, Paint Roller offers to paint Kirby "a lovely portrait... of [him] losing" and then laughs. It is revealed that Paint Roller is an art student, indicated by Kirby's dialogue with him. His name appears as "PAIN" while facing Kirby. His equivalent in the Puyo Puyo series is Witch.

Dialogue[edit]

• Paint Roller: "Let me paint you a lovely portrait..."
• Kirby: "Oh, how sweet of yo-"
• Paint Roller: "...of you losing to me, HA HA HA!"
• Kirby: "Paint Roller, you are the meanest art student I've ever met."
• Paint Roller: "Student? Ha! I am the MASTER!!"

Kirby: Canvas Curse[edit]

Screenshot from the Paint Panic Boss Game, where Paint Roller makes his appearance.

Appearing in Kirby: Canvas Curse, Paint Roller is a boss during the mini-game Paint Panic. He paints outlines of objects, which Kirby must redraw in a connect-the-dots fashion. If Kirby is too slow, however, the Bombers that follow him catch up with him and explode. If Kirby reaches the end, he must activate a self-destruct code, defeating Paint Roller.

Kirby Super Star Ultra[edit]

Paint Roller's card in Kirby Card Swipe.

Paint Roller makes a cameo in Kirby Super Star Ultra, as one of the cards in the Kirby Card Swipe sub-game.

Kirby: Triple Deluxe[edit]

In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Paint Roller appears a collectible keychain, using his sprite from Kirby: Canvas Curse.

Kirby: Planet Robobot[edit]

In Kirby: Planet Robobot, Paint Roller appears as one of the game's collectible stickers, using his artwork from Kirby's Adventure.

Kirby's Dream Buffet[edit]

In Kirby's Dream Buffet, Paint Roller is depicted on a Character Treat, using his artwork from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

In Kirby: Right Back at Ya![edit]

Paint Roller Artwork of Paint Roller from Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Details Debut episode Dedede's Monsterpiece Ability granted Paint

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Paint Roller appears as one of Night Mare Enterprises' monsters in the Kirby: Right Back at Ya! episode Dedede's Monsterpiece, having a mostly similar appearance to his game design, but has a paintbrush and a bucket over an oil pastel, and his hat has a red brim over a white one. In this episode, he vandalizes various famous paintings displayed in the Royal Acadddemy of Arts on King Dedede's orders to make them "more his style". After remembering that the paintings were supposed to be returned intact, King Dedede stops Paint Roller and has him paint a portrait of Dedede instead. However, this portrait ends up coming to life and antagonizing King Dedede and the other museum guests before Meta Knight shows up to destroy it with a burning torch.

As this is happening, Paint Roller starts painting a giant bomb threatening to blow everyone up. Kirby is sent to stop him, and ends up inhaling Paint Roller's paintbrush to gain the Paint Copy Ability. Using this ability, Kirby tries to chase Paint Roller down and avoids more of his attacks using painted objects. Eventually, Kirby paints a rocket and points it at Paint Roller, blowing the monster up along with the museum.

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  Screenshot of Paint Roller

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  Paint Roller emerges from the Monster Delivery System.

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  Paint Roller vandalizes paintings in the museum.

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  Paint Roller tries painting a giant bomb.

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  Paint Roller is chased by Paint Kirby.

Trivia[edit]

Paint Roller appearing alongside various artists in the series in a Kirby JP Twitter illustration.

• Paint Roller's name is a pun on the artistic utensil, the paint roller.
• Paint Roller can be seen as the first in a line of various artistic characters whose creations come to life: Ado, Adeleine, Drawcia, Paintra, Elline, and Claycia. Fittingly, he appears in Kirby: Canvas Curse alongside Drawcia herself.

Gallery[edit]

Artwork[edit]

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  Kirby's Adventure

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  Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

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  Illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter featuring Paint Roller

Sprites[edit]

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  Kirby's Adventure

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  Kirby's Avalanche

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  Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

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  Kirby: Canvas Curse

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  Boss icon from Kirby: Canvas Curse

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  Painting from Kirby: Canvas Curse

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  Keychain from Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Other[edit]

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  The battle against Paint Roller in Kirby's Adventure

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  Character Treat from Kirby's Dream Buffet

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  Paint Roller in the manga Kirby of the Stars! Moretsu Pupupu Hour! Volume 1

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  Dedede Directory about Paint Roller

Names in other languages[edit]