Meta Knight

Meta Knight is a recurring character from the Kirby series. Without his mask, he resembles Kirby, and he leads an army known as the Meta-Knights and pilots the Battleship Halberd.

Biography
Meta Knight first appeared in Kirby's Adventure as the nameless boss of the second to last world, Orange Ocean. However he appears numerous times beforehand, whether to ally or hinder Kirby's process.

In Kirby Super Star, Meta Knight takes his starring role in the "Revenge of Meta Knight" campaign, piloting the Halberd to end Dream Land's lazy lifestyle. He attempts to defeat Kirby numerous times, even when the Halberd is about to sink, and only leaves at the last minute.

In Ultra's subgame, "Meta Knightmare's Revenge", Meta Knight goes through all 5 campaigns of the game, but instead of Marx, Meta Knight requests Galactic Nova to summon the strongest warrior in the galaxy, who he soon defeats.

In Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, Meta Knight was defeated by Dark Meta Knight and trapped in the Dimension Mirror. He gives Kirby his blade after he is finally defeated. In Kirby Squeak Squad, he takes the chest that presumably has Kirby's cake, and reactivates the Halberd. However, he only took it to prevent Dark Nebula's releases. In Kirby's Epic Yarn, he's sent into Patch Land by Yin Yarn and is the boss of Space Land. He then helps Kirby and Prince Fluff in the final battle.

In Kirby's Return to Dream Land, he allies Kirby, King Dedede, and Bandana Dee in their quest to repair the Lor Starcutter. He is then invited to Halcandra as thanks, and then is tricked over defeated Landia. He then assists the group in defeating the traitor Magolor. In Kirby Planet Robobot, he is captured by the Haltmann Works Company and turned into Mecha Knight, and later Mecha Knight+. In the "Meta Knightmare Returns" sub-game, he also fights clones of Dark Matter and Queen Sectonia, and then Galacta Knight oncemore.

In Kirby Star Allies, Meta Knight is the boss of "World of Miracles", possessed by the Jamba Heart. Optionally, Kirby can befriend him after the fight, or he can be summoned from a Dream Palace.

In Kirby Right Back At Ya!, he works for Dedede, but does not care for him. He is on Kirby's side, but doesn't help him often, wanting the young warrior to grow stronger himself. The entire time he has been building the Halberd, preparing for the final battle against Nightmare. He appears in almost every episode.

Meta Knight has appeared as a playable character in every game since Brawl. In the Subspace Emissary, he confronts Marth and joins forces with him and Ike to destroy the Subspace armies. Meta Knight soon goes up to his ship, the Halberd, which was taken control by Subspace's army. He seiged control and used it as a decoy against Ganondorf with the Subspace Cannon.

KPI Canon
See Meta Knight/KPI Canon.

RWBYGI Canon
See Weiss Schnee/RWBYGI Canon.

Other
Meta Knight would've appeared in The Undying Light in the "Another Dimension" area. He would've then appeared in Eternity of Spirits.

Personality
Meta Knight is often mysterious, but there are some notable common traits in his personality.

He follows a code of chivalry, often offering a sword, but he always aims to be stronger as seen in the Meta Knightmare modes and Kirby Battle Royale. In Revenge of Meta Knight, it's shown Meta Knight hates laziness and demands his forces to put in all their effort to conquer Dream Land. However, he still cares dearly for his forces, asking them to leave when their fate seems grim. Kirby and Meta Knight are on friendlier terms now, as of Return to Dream Land at least.

Interestingly, Meta Knight never likes his true face to be revealed, for some unknown reason.

In the anime, he's less mysterious, more calm, collected, and clearly allied with Kirby. He rarely interferes with any battles, instead observing from afar, or above from a hill or branch.

Trivia

 * Meta Knight also appears in the SiIvaGunner: Christmas Comeback Crisis as Smol Nozomi's main ally.