Whispy Woods

Whispy Woods, also titled as Guardian of the Forest in Kirby Star Allies, is a recurring boss in the Kirby series. The forest king first appeared in Kirby's Dream Land and is a giant apple tree with a face and a branch-like nose. He attacks by making apples fall on Kirby, blowing air puffs, and occasionally shooting his roots out in some games. The only ways to counterattack without a Copy Ability is to inhale apples and shoot them back at him. Besides apples, Whispy can also attack with his breath. In early games this was seen as him shooting puffs of air similar to the ones Kirby produces, but now he is able to breathe out mini-cyclones.

Whispy is commonly regarded as being one of the easiest bosses in the series alongside King Golem and others. This is because he (in most cases) cannot move and has a shallow range of attacks. As a result, Whispy is usually the first boss to be fought in most of the games he appears in, and is the most recurring boss to be fought in the series, even moreso than King Dedede and Kracko. This has also made him one of the most iconic and recognizable characters in the series.

Whispy evidently isn't the only tree of his kind, a fact explored in in several games following his debut, most heavily in Kirby Mass Attackwhere similarly-named sentient trees such as Tower Woods, Wobbly Woods, and Floaty Woods appear. In other games, similar trees like Whispy Woods Jr., Twiggy Woods, and Twin Woods make appearances, and in the anime Whispy is shown to be old friends with another talking tree named Acore. Some of the most recent games have also featured other tree bosses alongside or in place of Whispy Woods, namely Flowery Woods from Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Clanky Woods from Kirby: Planet Robobot and Yggy Woods and Parallel Woods both from Kirby Star Allies.

Whispy Woods is also capable of some movement (albeit limited), which is revealed in Kirby's Dream Land 3. This may explain how Whispy constantly relocates to different forests from game to game.

Brutal Mario
Whispy Woods is a boss that appears in Dedede's Sky Castle. It is the 24th boss fought in the game. His battle is much similar to his original counterpart. He drops apples towards Mario, and blows gusts of wind. He is very easy. All you have to do is stand next to him, and let the apples drop and roll toward him. Three hits and he's defeated.

Mushroom Kingdom Fusion
Whispy Woods is the boss of the Kirby-based Green Greens and fight much like he did in the original games. The player can pick up and throw back the apples at Whispy Woods to deal damage to him. He is fought twice in the level, appearing solo during the first fight and being joined by Twin Woods during the second fight.