In Disch's original novella The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, Kirby stayed behind with Lampy while the other appliances went on with the mission.Kirby is the final voice role for Thurl Ravenscroft.

It is also revealed that he likes to dance but gets embarrassed when others are watching him.It is revealed in The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue that if Kirby sucks up kitty litter, he will get nauseous and end up vomiting, which he does off-screen.Kirby appears to have aquaphobia, as during the waterfall scene in the first movie, he has a seizure and tries to suck up his own cord before Toaster has to (temporarily) deactivate him.On nearly every VHS and DVD cover for all three movies, Kirby's head is incorrectly colored pink.His character seems to be based on a Kirby Dual Sanitronic 80 vacuum cleaner from the ' 60s.Disch, he is named after William Henry 'Boss' Hoover, the founder of the brand ' Hoover'. Kirby is named after Jim Kirby, the founder of the brand ' Kirby', but in the novella by Thomas M.The Disney Wiki has a collection of images and media related to Kirby.

Blankie from the brave little toaster