History YMMV / KidIcarus

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The ending of ''Of Myths and Monsters'' to those who've played ''Uprising''. Pit flying too close to a cartoony sun and having his wings fall off was both funny and [[ShownTheirWork a nod to the original Icarus legend]], until... [[spoiler:''Uprising'' has Pit's wings burn as a plot point, and it is not PlayedForLaughs this time.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Pit's ''Brawl'' incarnation was often portrayed in fanfiction as a pure, submissive, weak, kind, holy and innocent being (in other words, like one of the common stereotypes of angels.) To be fair, this was before ''Uprising'' was released and developed his personalty, this didn't turn out to be ''too'' off (it's way less off than how characters often get treated in ''Smash Bros.'' fan works), and ''Brawl'' gave few hints of his or any other of its characters personalities. All the fandom that payed attention knew of Pit at the time was the implication that he was overconfident or possibly even arrogant, and a hidden conversation Snake has with Otacon that says he's far stronger and [[Really700YearsOld older]] than he looks.

* ThatOneLevel: The Underworld in the original game is probably better known to most players than the ''rest of the game''! This is not without good reason either given Pit's small health bar and puny bow at the beginning of the game not to mention one wrong jump and its back to the beginning of the stage unless you use a password to continue! The Underworld is so notorious for its difficulty that Pit and Palutena joke about how brutal the difficulty was back then in ''Kid Icarus: Uprising'' when Pit goes to the Underworld to stop Medusa.

** She may be an elegant goddess, but Palutena has a lovable, {{troll}}ish GenkiGirl personality and behaves similarly to many geek girls in real life. Best demonstrated '''and''' taken UpToEleven in ''Palutena's Revolting Dinner'', where she's probably at her cutest!

* WidgetSeries: Probably the strangest rendition of Myth/ClassicalMythology ever conceived. Then Pit's ''Brawl'' appearance gave an illusion of ''Zelda''-like semi-normalcy to the uninitiated... only to be completely shattered in ''Uprising'' where the quirkiness levels were cranked UpToEleven.

* WidgetSeries: Probably the strangest rendition of Myth/GreekMythology ever conceived. Then Pit's ''Brawl'' appearance gave an illusion of ''Zelda''-like semi-normalcy to the uninitiated... only to be completely shattered in ''Uprising'' where the quirkiness levels were cranked UpToEleven.

* EvenBetterSequel: The only thing the NES game really has that its sequel doesn't is color. ''Of Myths and Monsters'' both removes a lot of the frustrating features of the original, in particular the cheap falling deaths, improves the things that were good about the original, and adds its own mechanics. It's notable in that it was one of the earliest Game Boy games that wasn't a "light" or "budget" versions of its corresponding NES game. It showed that the green-screened portable was capable of hosting games that not only matched, but exceeded the games on its bigger siblings. Sadly, it didn't get a follow-up on the SNES.

** Eggplant Wizards, they showed up in the UsefulNotes/GameBoy sequel, too. A single hit from them turns you into an eggplant, which disables your attacks. The ''only'' way to reverse this is to find a nurse, which might take a ton of backtracking.
** Plutons, Pluton Flies, as well as Sticky Talons in ''Myths and Monsters'', who steal your powerups and sell them to the black market, where you can buy them back for an exorbitant amount of hearts.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The ending of ''Of Myths and Monsters'' to those who've played ''Uprising''. Pit flying too close to a cartoony sun and having his wings fall off was both funny and [[ShownTheirWork a nod to the original Icarus legend]], until... [[spoiler:''Uprising'' has Pit's wings burn as a plot point, [[NightmareFuel and it]] [[TearJerker is not]] PlayedForLaughs [[GrossUpCloseUp this time]].]]
* GoddamnedBats: The Reapers, who take a dozen hits to kill and summon a swarm of Reapettes if alerted. And many flying enemies, including the Monoeyes.

* PowerupLetdown: The Centurions are pretty much completely useless against bosses thanks to their weak attacks, poor aim, dumb AI, and the fact that they die from a single hit. Given that helping you against bosses is their only purpose, there's no real point in freeing them in the dungeons, meaning that mallets (which are used only to free Centurions) are useless too.

* FanSpecificPlot: One idea that gets commonly toyed around with among the fandom is Pit succeeding Palutena as the God of Light.

-> '''Viridi''': Oh, look. There's Metroid.
-> '''Pit''': That's not a Metroid! That's Samus!
-> '''Palutena''': Just like Link isn't named Zelda.
-> '''Viridi''': And like Pit's name isn't Icarus!
-> '''Pit''': OK, this joke has officially run its course.

* FirstInstallmentWins: Played straight and [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Many people, when discussing the long amount of time since this series had a sequel, forget that there was already a sequel to the first game. However, Pit is more well-known from his ''Brawl'' appearance than in his home series, with ''Uprising'' also benefiting by following directly from ''Brawl'' and being more widely recognized/discussed than the original two games.

* SophomoreSlump: Subverted in that ''Of Myths and Monsters'' is generally regarded as a perfectly competent (if [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks derivative]]) follow-up to the original game among the few that played it, but played straight in that it is regularly forgotten and much more obscure compared to its predecessor and successor. This is most likely because ''Of Myths and Monsters'' was [[NoExportForYou not released in its native Japan]] until appearing on the 3DS UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole over two decades later. As a result, it's [[CanonDiscontinuity not acknowledged]] in ''Uprising''.

** Eggplant Wizards, they showed up in the UsefulNotes/GameBoy sequel, too. Pluton and Pluton Fly are also pretty horrible.
*** Similar to Plutons and Pluton Flies, Sticky Talons in ''Myths and Monsters'' steal your powerups and sell them to the black market, where you can buy them back for an exorbitant amount of hearts.

* PowerupLetdown: The Centurions are pretty much completely useless against bosses thanks to their weak attacks, poor aim, dumb AI, and the fact that they die from a single hit. Given that helping you against bosses is their only purpose, there's no real point in freeing them in the dungeons, meaning that mallets (which are used only to free Ceenturions) are useless too.

* FandomRivalry: With its own sister series ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', oddly enough. First for ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'' and [[Videogame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus its sequel]] overshadowing ''Kid Icarus'' and its own sequel. Then for accusations of Sakurai heavily favoring ''Kid Icarus'' content over ''Metroid'' content in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', making former non-combatant Palutena playable and giving Dark Pit (a PaletteSwap) his own character slot, while not adding any ''Metroid'' newcomers such as fan-favorite villains [[TheDragon Ridley]] or [[EvilDoppelganger Dark Samus]].[[note]]herself more different from her template than Dark Pit[[/note]] This is reversed in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', with Ridley and Dark Samus arriving as newcomers with no new ''Kid Icarus'' rep to be found.

* EarWorm: The Reaper's theme. In fact, due to the better sound effects on the original Famicom version he originally let out [[NightmareFuel hideous screeches]].

* IAmNotShazam

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The ending of ''Of Myths and Monsters'' to those who've played Uprising. Pit flying too close to a cartoony sun and having his wings fall off was both funny and [[ShownTheirWork a nod to the original Icarus legend]], until... [[spoiler: Uprising has Pit's wings burn as a plot point, [[NightmareFuel and it]] [[TearJerker is not]] PlayedForLaughs [[GrossUpCloseUp this time]].]]

* FandomRivalry: With its own sister series ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', oddly enough. First for ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'' and [[Videogame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus its sequel]] overshadowing ''Kid Icarus'' and its own sequel. Then for accusations of Sakurai heavily favoring ''Kid Icarus'' content over ''Metroid'' content in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'', making former non-combatant Palutena playable and giving Dark Pit (a PaletteSwap) his own character slot, while not adding any ''Metroid'' newcomers such as fan-favorite villains [[TheDragon Ridley]] or [[EvilDoppelganger Dark Samus]].[[note]]herself more different from her template than Dark Pit[[/note]] Ridley and Dark Samus end up appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' with no new ''Kid Icarus'' rep to be found.

* FandomRivalry: With its own sister series ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', oddly enough. First for ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'' and [[Videogame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus its sequel]] overshadowing ''Kid Icarus'' and its own sequel. Then for accusations of Sakurai heavily favoring ''Kid Icarus'' content over ''Metroid'' content in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosFor3DSAndWiiU'', making former non-combatant Palutena playable and giving Dark Pit (a PaletteSwap) his own character slot, while not adding any ''Metroid'' newcomers such as fan-favorite villains [[TheDragon Ridley]] or [[EvilDoppelganger Dark Samus]].[[note]]herself more different from her template than Dark Pit[[/note]] Ridley and Dark Samus end up appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' with no new ''Kid Icarus'' rep to be found.

* FandomRivalry: With its own sister series ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', oddly enough. First for ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'' and [[Videogame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus its sequel]] overshadowing ''Kid Icarus'' and its own sequel. Then for accusations of Sakurai heavily favoring ''Kid Icarus'' content over ''Metroid'' content in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForWiiUAnd3DS'', making former non-combatant Palutena playable and giving Dark Pit (a PaletteSwap) his own character slot, while not adding any ''Metroid'' newcomers such as fan-favorite villains [[TheDragon Ridley]] or [[EvilDoppelganger Dark Samus]].[[note]]herself more different from her template than Dark Pit[[/note]] Ridley and Dark Samus end up appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' with no new ''Kid Icarus'' rep to be found.

* FandomRivalry: With its own sister series ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'', oddly enough. First for ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'' and [[Videogame/MetroidIIReturnOfSamus its sequel]] overshadowing ''Kid Icarus'' and its own sequel. Then for accusations of Sakurai heavily favoring ''Kid Icarus'' content over ''Metroid'' content in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', making former non-combatant Palutena playable and giving Dark Pit (a PaletteSwap) his own character slot, while not adding any ''Metroid'' newcomers such as fan-favorite villains [[TheDragon Ridley]] or [[EvilDoppelganger Dark Samus]].[[note]]herself more different from her template than Dark Pit[[/note]] Ridley and Dark Samus end up appearing in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' with no new ''Kid Icarus'' rep to be found.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Pit's ''Brawl'' incarnation was often portrayed in fanfiction as a pure, submissive, weak, kind, holy and innocent being (in other words, like one of the common stereotypes of angels.) To be fair, this was before ''Uprising'' was released and developed his personalty, this didn't turn out to be ''too'' off (it's way less off than how characters often get treated in Smash Bros fan works), and ''Brawl'' gave few hints of his or any other of its characters personalities. All the fandom that payed attention knew of Pit at the time was the implication that he was overconfident or possibly even arrogant, and a hidden conversation Snake has with Otacon that says he's far stronger and [[Really700YearsOld older]] than he looks.