Taranza
An arachnid-like being who serves Queen Sectonia and mistakenly kidnaps King Dedede.
Taranza is an arachnid-like being who appears in Kirby: Triple Deluxe. He is first seen entering Castle Dedede, effortlessly taking out the Waddle Dee guards and kidnapping a surprised King Dedede, carrying him up the Dreamstalk. Taranza later attacks Kirby using a hypnotized King Dedede. After Kirby defeats the king and frees him, Taranza reveals that he has been working for Floralia's self-proclaimed Queen, the vespid-being Queen Sectonia. He explains that the Floralians planted the Dreamstalk hoping to summon Dream Land's hero, and that he mistakenly believed King Dedede to be that hero, kidnapping him on Queen Sectonia's orders.
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- Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Reader's Guide
Taranza appears in Kirby: Triple Deluxe as an antagonist who serves Queen Sectonia. He is an arachnid-like being who kidnaps King Dedede, mistakenly believing him to be the hero the Floralians sought. He attacks Kirby using a hypnotized King Dedede. After his failure, Queen Sectonia blasts him away with her staff. Later, Taranza has a change of heart and helps Kirby by freeing him from Queen Sectonia's vines and giving him a Miracle Fruit. In the Dededetour! extra mode, King Dedede encounters Shadow Dedede and Dark Meta Knight, who are King Dedede's and Meta Knight's evil clones from the Mirror World, though Taranza does not appear in this mode.
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