History Characters / SuperSmashBros6409To12

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'''Individual Characters''': [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosGanondorf Ganondorf]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosBayonetta Bayonetta]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosJoker Joker]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosHero Hero]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosSteve Steve]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosSephiroth Sephiroth]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosPyraMythra Pyra / Mythra]]\\

* ElementalPunch: His Fire Jump Punch becomes one ''if'' it connects to his opponent at close-range, which results in Luigi sending his aggressor sailing high into the air with a powered-up incendiary attack from his fist.

* {{Flanderization}}: In the ''Luigi's Mansion'' games, Luigi tries to face his fears to defeat ghostly enemies, especially King Boo, and save his friends trapped inside haunted mansions. Due to all of the scary ghosts, his fear is understandable; but in his introductory cutscene in the Subspace Emissary, Luigi acts nervously and cowardly in the presence of the adorable and harmless Waddle Dees.

->See Characters/EarthboundTheChosenFour for more information on the character in his origin series.

->See Characters/FZero for more information on the character in his origin series.

->See Characters/PokemonGenerationIBulbasaurToParasect for more information on the character in their origin series.

* PrimaryColorChampion: Dons a tightened blue racing suit along with a red colored CoolHelmet, while also sporting a pair of white-ish yellow gloves, and lastly, a yellow ScarfOfAsskicking.

* RapidFireFisticuffs: Kicks, his down tilt can be rapidly spammed.

-->'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/MarioBros'' [UsefulNotes/{{Arcade|Game}}], 1983

-->'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' [[[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]], 1994

-->'''Debut:''' ''F-Zero'' [[[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]], 1990

-->'''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' [UsefulNotes/GameBoy], 1996

* ContinuityNod: His nickname in the Boxing Ring stage is the same as his unlock message from ''64''.
* CowardlyLion: Luigi may be scared out of his wits most of the time (well, at least here in Smash from ''Melee'' onwards), but that won't stop him from kicking some ass.

* DanceBattler: Whatever Negative Zone is, Luigi starts it by dancing and it compels opponents to taunt more frequently.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Luigi started out as a straight MovesetClone of Mario with the former's only unique move being his dash attack, but in later games, the green machine gained a significant amount of changes. Among other changes, in ''Melee'', Luigi's jab ends with a butt thrust instead of a kick, his side smash is a knifehand jab while Mario's is a burst of fire from his hand, his forward air became a quick karate chop while Mario kept his heavy fist swing, and his down air kept the same twirling kick base as Mario's, but changed to a single hit attack while Mario's remained a multi-hit move. Luigi also received a side special, Green Missile, which resembles Pikachu's Skull Bash and has no similarities to Mario's Cape. ''Brawl'' made a few animation changes for Luigi, such as his down smash changing to him lying down and sweeping his body around while Mario retains the "breakdance", and with Mario's down special changing from the Mario Tornado to F.L.U.D.D., only 2 of Luigi's specials and a few of his normal moves were similar to his brother's. ''For 3DS/Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'' decloned Luigi even further, with several animation changes on things that still resembled Mario's animations (such as him doing the [[SignatureMove Scuttle]] during his jump, his run looking more like it does in ''Luigi's Mansion'', and his backward jumps doing less flips) and a new tether grab using the Poltergust G-00, making it debatable if he can even be considered a semi-clone by this point.

* TookALevelInBadass: From the fourth game onwards, Luigi’s cowardice was slightly downplayed. In the [=AKB48=] commercial, he's seen fighting the Miis alongside the likes of Mario, Samus, Mega Man and Bowser. He isn’t even afraid or reluctant to do so, he sports a DeathGlare! In ''Ultimate'', he confronts his fears of the supernatural by fighting Dracula, and has a surprisingly aggressive expression when charging his Green Missile attack.
* UseYourHead: His Up Smash, grab attack, and his Side Special [[FastballSpecial Green]] [[DynamicEntry Missile]]!

** ''64'': Due to a lack of stages from his series, Dream Land.

* MovesetClone: Ness is the most subtle case in ''64'': while his regular moves were original, his special attacks, while having unique effects, can be seen as most complex versions of other characters' attacks:
** His PK Thunder is a more skilled based version of Yoshi's egg throw, as both attacks are up specials which don't serve as a triple jump. The main difference is that Ness still has control over the lightning until it reaches a target;
** His Absorbing Vortex can be compared to Fox's Reflector, except it only protects from projectiles but gives him a free healing.
** His PK Fire can be seen as a more brutal version of Mario's fireballs.

** Similarities: Both GlassCannon Glass Cannon characters are [[MovesetClone Moveset Clones]] of Mario and Fox, both who were part of the original eight starting roster fighters from [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64 Super Smash Bros (64)]]. Both characters have since been subjected to DivergentCharacterEvolution since their debut games.

** Similarities: Both [[GlassCannon]] characters are [[MovesetClone Moveset Clones]] of Mario and Fox, both who were part of the original eight starting roster fighters from [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64 Super Smash Bros (64)]]. Both characters have since been subjected to DivergentCharacterEvolution since their debut games.

* CatchPhrase: "Okay!"

* CatchPhrase: His most prominent one is "Show me your moves!"

* BonusBoss: One of the 3 for ''The Subspace Emissary''.

* RatedMForManly: He's a very muscular LightningBruiser BountyHunter and futuristic racecar driver who [[CallingYourAttacks yells the names of his attacks]] in a HotBlooded manner.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Because Creator/RyoHorikawa is a fluent English speaker, Falcon's English is better than the other "Engrish"-speaking characters in ''64'' and ''Melee'' (such as Fox and Ness), if still awkward, silly and weirdly-accented. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''Brawl'' and ''3DS/Wii U'', which use more actual American and British dub voices for many characters.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the games, it's a mid-stage Pokémon whose notable trait is that it can sing to lull opponents to sleep. It's more of an [[StoneWall annoying supportive Pokémon]] in terms of use, though it does gain some power as Wigglytuff. (However, in the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries anime]], it did memorably instigate a bitchslap fight with Clefairy.) In ''Smash Bros.'', it's a LethalJokeCharacter with an amazing air game.
** In a move-specific example, Rest in the ''Pokémon'' games is a non-damaging move where the user heals itself at the cost of falling asleep for two turns. While ''Smash'' removes the healing component, Rest, when positioned ''just right'', is now an ''incredibly powerful'' damaging move... somehow, since all Jigglypuff does is fall asleep, and the opponent is launched into the air.

* SecretCharacter: One of the original four in the first game, and is usually grouped together with Luigi, Captain Falcon, and Ness for this reason. In fact, it's the only one of the four of them that remained consistently unlockable throughout most of the series, the ''Wii U'' version of the fourth game notwithstanding.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The bow on the back of its palette swaps in all games, the flower by its ear starting from ''Melee'', and [[DistaffCounterpart Leaf's hat]] in ''Brawl'', Serena's hat and [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Nurse Joy's]] in ''3DS/Wii U''. Also, in ''Melee'', another of its alternates was a crown that looked a lot like [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros Peach]]'s. It's implicitly female, but unlike Pikachu, it never got any SecondarySexualCharacteristics so its gender is not completely confirmed.

* BadassFingerSnap: He flicks out his [[TechnicolorFire green-colored]] {{Fireball}} by pulling off a finger snapping motion by aiming the projectile's gravity-defying trajectory.

* BadassAdorable: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], though not as much as Mario. Luigi's still a capable twentysomething man, but his cute, cartoony design and quirky ManChild mannerisms make him a very lovable character.

* PaletteSwap: Like Pikachu's, they come with hats. The bow on the back of its palette swaps in all games, the flower by its ear starting from ''Melee'', [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Sleep Kirby's hat]] and [[DistaffCounterpart Leaf's hat]] in ''Brawl,'' [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Serena's]] hat and [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Nurse Joy's]] in ''3DS/Wii U''. Also, in ''Melee'', another of its alternates was a crown that looked a lot like Peach's, and it had one where it had its Shiny palette in ''Brawl''.

%%* MeteorMove: Down air, and a strong one at that, until ''[=SSB4=]''.

* MovesetClone: An interesting example in Jigglypuff's case in ''64'':
While it doesn't share any special moves in common, its regular moves, as well as its jumps, are very similar to Kirby's. They even share a taunt! This has [[DivergentCharacterEvolution become less pronounced]] as the series progressed however.

->'''Playable in:''' 64, ''Melee'', ''Brawl'' (Unlockable), ''3DS/Wii U'' (Base), ''Ultimate'' (Unlockable)\\