Debidebi Daiō

The title of this article is official, but it comes from a Japanese source.
If an acceptable English name is found, then the article should be moved to the new title.

Debidebi Daiō
Species	Demon Bat
First appearance	Super Mario Kodansha manga (Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 2) (1994)
Latest appearance	Super Mario Kodansha manga (Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land 3) (1995)
Member of	Debidebi-dan

Debidebi Daiō is an evil Demon Bat and the main antagonist of the after-story of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 in the Super Mario Kodansha manga. He is a normal Demon Bat wearing a guan with「大王」(daiō, "king") written on it. When he talks, he often ends his sentences by saying「デビデビ」(debidebi, his species name). Debidebi Daiō was an influential entity in the ancient history of Kitchen Island, but it is not exactly clear whether the present incarnation of this character is supposed to be the same character or is a normal Demon Bat controlled by the actual Debidebi Daiō through the guan: the Floater explains that her tribe's giant statue "kept Debidebi Daiō sealed", but when the statue is repaired only the guan is trapped back in the seal, seemingly freeing the Demon Bat from a curse.

Many years ago, Debidebi Daiō was the ruler of Stove Canyon, until the Floater tribe sealed him and his guan inside of a giant Floater statue that, in the present times, the Brown Sugar Pirates would use as an aircraft. When Mario and his friends use the giant Floater to reach Stove Canyon, the hot magma caused the aircraft to melt and was discarded. With the statue broken, the Debidebi Daiō was inadvertently freed.

Some time after defeating Captain Syrup, Debidebi Daiō returned to his full power, grouped an army of Konotako and used their toxic gas to create a plague to rot people (with pure hearted people being affected the faster) and take over the world. When one of the last Floater discovers of his return, she goes to inform Mario and Luigi who go back to Kitchen Island with Wario to stop him. On the island, they also meet up with Daisy and Syrup, who convinces herself that Mario is hiding the Genie's lamp in his pants and tries to pamper him to get near him, unaware that Debidebi Daiō has the lamp. With Wario and Luigi isolated, Debidebi Daiō uses his magic to convert them to evil and makes them his minions, forming the Debidebi-dan, along side a resurrected Minotaur, Bobo, and some anthropomorphed Face Blocks. Debidebi Daiō also falls for Daisy and, after stealing the treasures collected by Syrup, he uses them to pay the Genie to grant his wishes, the first being bringing Daisy to him (after beating Mario up).

While in his cove, Debidebi Daiō keeps trying flirting with Daisy and witnessing his minions dealing with Mario, but admits he does not want to use his mindcontrolling power on either of them, since he does not want Daisy to lose her cute personality, nor he wants Mario to be cooler than him (he later also explains that he can mindcontrol once per person). His mindcontrol, also, is able to be broken when the victim feels sorry for his evil deed, as shown when Luigi beats up Mario and then sees Daisy's tears, while Wario is freed just by losing his evil Viking helmet gained with the brainwashing. When Syrup enters his lair to steal the lamp, Debidebi Daiō spots her and mindcontrols her too, appointing her as the Genie summoner.

When Genie then discovers that his nemesis Dwarf has returned, he turns the lair into a flying SS Tea Cup, allowing Debidebi Daiō to easily spread the Konotako's gas around the world. Wario and Mario chase after them and when Mario tries to climb from a window with Daisy's help, Debidebi Daiō is forced to turn her evil, but she is immediately freed when Mario calls her "his (girl)", saddening Debidebi Daiō so much that he tries then to make Daisy jealous by claiming that Syrup is a better (and more curvy) love interest, only to be slapped by the princess. Debidebi Daiō then pays the Genie to get rid of Mario with all the treasures left, but Minotaur has a change of heart and helps the plumber survive his punches and kicks, long enough for the payment to expire. Meanwhile, Floater saves Luigi from rotting away and he manages to repair the giant Floater statue (which was uncovered when the lava level lowered). Doing so, Debidebi Daiō's guan burns and is sealed back into the statue, cancelling all the curses and freeing the Demon Bat from the king's evil influence.

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Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Note(s)	Ref.
Japanese	デビデビ 大王だいおう Debidebi Daiō	King Demon Bat