Pop Flower

Pop Flower
Kirby opening some Pop Flowers in Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Details
Type	Device
Function	Reveals an item when touched
Found	Frequently in stages
Game(s)	Kirby's Return to Dream Land Kirby: Triple Deluxe Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Kirby: Planet Robobot Kirby Star Allies Kirby and the Forgotten Land Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

“Touch Pop Flowers to get items. Run for these flowers if you're in a pinch!”

— In-game tip from Kirby Star Allies

A Pop Flower is a common object, appearing in Kirby's Return to Dream Land and onward in the main series, up to Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe. It is a small flower which can be found on the ground in many stages' open areas. The flower is initially closed, but moving over it will cause the flower to 'pop' open with a distinctive sound, releasing an item of some kind (usually Point Stars or Food). Depending on the area, Pop Flowers can have many different looks, from standard white poppies, to ice crystal flowers, to mechanical light bulbs, with some even being multi-flowered, though this doesn't change the purpose of them.

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, Pop Flowers can be destroyed with Super Abilities, which still makes them yield Food or Point Stars. In this game they also change color depending on the character that activates them.

In Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Pop Flowers can appear on walls and ceilings in addition to on the ground. Opening them up rewards Point Stars, but can also cause other things to happen, including making food or other items appear, or causing hidden doorways to appear. As such (particularly since Point Stars are how Medals are obtained in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse), opening Pop Flowers in this game is much more important than in the main series.

Color

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land and its remake, an opened Pop Flower's color depends on the character who activated it. These colors correspond to characters as follows:

• Kirby - Pink
• Bandana Waddle Dee - Orange
• King Dedede - Red
• Meta Knight - Indigo
• Yellow Kirby - Yellow
• Blue Kirby - Blue
• Green Kirby - Green

In Kirby Star Allies, an opened Pop Flower's color depends on which character slot activates it instead. These colors correspond to characters as follows:

• First player - Pink
• Second character slot - Yellow
• Third character slot - Blue
• Fourth character slot - Green

Trivia

• In the artwork used for the North American box art of Kirby's Return to Dream Land, there is a cyan-colored Pop Flower that appears in the artwork, a color that is not used in the final game. This Pop Flower color was originally King Dedede's in the E3 Demo, but it was changed to red in the final release.

Gallery

Kirby's Return to Dream Land / Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

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  A small pink opened Pop Flower from Cookie Country in Kirby's Return to Dream Land
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  A pink opened Pop Flower popped by Kirby
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  An orange opened Pop Flower popped by Bandana Waddle Dee
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  A red opened Pop Flower popped by King Dedede
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  An indigo opened Pop Flower popped by Meta Knight
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  A yellow opened Pop Flower popped by Yellow Kirby
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  A blue opened Pop Flower popped by Blue Kirby
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  A green opened Pop Flower popped by Green Kirby
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  Two different types of closed Pop Flowers from Cookie Country. Despite their slightly different appearance, they yield the same rewards

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  A closed Pop Flower from Raisin Ruins
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  An opened Pop Flower from Raisin Ruins
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  A closed Pop Flower from Onion Ocean
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  An opened Pop Flower from Onion Ocean
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  A closed Pop Flower from White Wafers
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  An opened Pop Flower from White Wafers
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  A closed Pop Flower from Nutty Noon
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  An opened Pop Flower from Nutty Noon
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  A closed Pop Flower from Egg Engines
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  An opened Pop Flower from Egg Engines
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  A closed Pop Flower from Dangerous Dinner
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  An opened Pop Flower from Dangerous Dinner

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

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  A closed Pop Flower from Fine Fields in Kirby: Triple Deluxe
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  An open Pop Flower from Fine Fields
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  Pop Flowers from Lollipop Land
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  From Old Odyssey
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  From Wild World
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  From Endless Explosions
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  From Royal Road

Other

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  A room brimming with Pop Flowers in Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
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  A metallic Pop Flower from Kirby: Planet Robobot
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  Tip image of Kirby standing next to a Pop Flower in Kirby Star Allies
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  Tip image Kirby opening a Pop Flower in Kirby Star Allies
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  Figure of a Pop Flower from Kirby and the Forgotten Land
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  Figure of a tulip from Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which acts as a Pop Flower variant
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  Book pattern from Magolor's Tome Trackers in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, depicting a tulip
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  A Pop Flower in It's Kirby Time: The Gift of a Star
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  A White Wafers Pop Flower in It's Kirby Time: The Gift of a Star
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  Cookie Country Pop Flowers in Find Kirby!! Full of Kirby
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  A metallic Pop Flower from Find Kirby!! Big Gathering at the Party! (Space World)
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  A tulip in Find Kirby!! Big Gathering at the Party! (Ruins in a Grassland)
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  Kirby's 31st Anniversary illustration from the Kirby JP Twitter, featuring a flower bouquet made of Cookie Country's Pop Flowers

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ポップフラワー Poppu Furawā	Pop Flower
Chinese	波普之花 Bō pǔ zhī huā	Pop Flower
Dutch	Pop-bloem	Pop flower
French	Fleur bonus	Bonus flower
German	Bonus-Blume	Bonus Flower
Italian	Fiore Pop	Pop Flower
Korean	팝 플라워 Pap Peullawo	Pop Flower
Portuguese	Flor Pop	Pop Flower
Spanish	Flor Pop	Pop Flower