08. Curio's Ancient Pupupu Civilization

Ancient Dedede artifacts start appearing in a dig site, confirming King Dedede's right to the throne. However, Dr, Curio is caught planting these artifacts, so he confesses that he faked the artifacts to validate Dedede's royalty because Dedede bribed the archeologist to do so as his business was failing. Dedede then calls upon the Dedede stone, which transforms into a giant rock monster at the king's control, but it is no match for Stone Kirby, who destroys it.