History YMMV / SmashKing

** Creator/CassieEwulu, under her alias of Sapphire, had played Samus in some early Episodes of ''Smash King''. Sapphire was already a well-regarded voice actor and singer who did various comic dubs and music covers, which she does professionally to this day. Some of her most notable roles include Saphir from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'', Omitsu in ''Anime/DemonSlayer'', and more.

** Early on in the series, Ganondorf references his design shift from Melee to Brawl by commenting about getting a facelift. Come ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', and Ganondorf is reverted to his appearance from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]], effectively undoing his makeover.

** In the ''Smash King HD'' episode "Bowser's Butterflies", Bowser has an ImagineSpot that consists of him singing a joke cover of Happy Together by The Turtles for Lizardon. ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' would later use said song in its first official trailer, where Pikachu is nearly eaten by a Charizard. To put a cherry on top, Falco's original VA Sean Chiplock ended up providing a few voices for the movie, including the Train PA System welcoming the audience to Ryme City, and the Roundhouse Arena match result announcer.

** Before becoming famous in other projects, Creator/KiraBuckland was the voice of Zelda in this series, lasting almost to the end of Season 2 before moving on. She also voiced Peach in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ysiBrVRtSA video where she accidentally dubbed over Peach's lines]] instead of Zelda's.

** Some fans might recognize Corinne "[=Megami33=]" Sudberg during her ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'' days before she was Princess Peach in this series, where she has also gone on to become Creator/TeamFourStar's Bulma in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' and land professional roles with Funimation. Unlike some of the other actors who have gone on to being a full-time professional, Megami still plays Peach to this day.

** Creator/EdwardBosco, who was credited as [=Darkwolf=], was Wolf's original voice actor up until Episode 18. Bosco would go on to be a full-time professional voice actor as well, with roles like various characters in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', [[Characters/HazbinHotelAlastor Alastor]] from ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'', Chipp Zanuff from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', and the Marauder from ''VideoGame/DoomEternal''.

** Creator/EdwardBosco, who was credited as [=Darkwolf=], was Wolf's original voice actor up until Episode 18. Bosco would go on to be a full-time professional voice actor as well, with roles like various characters in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', [[Characters/HazbinHotelAlastor Alastor]] from ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', Chipp Zanuff from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'', and the Marauder from ''VideoGame/DoomEternal''.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The title theme since around episode 7 or so is the second opening theme of Anime/DigimonDataSquad, "Hirari." Some the more recent episodes either use part of the full verison of the song or even use a fan dub version. The closing themes are nothing to sneeze at either.

** Early on in the series, Ganondorf references his design shift from Melee to Brawl by commenting about getting a facelift. Come ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', and Ganondorf is reverted to his appearance from [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]], effectively undoing his makeover.
** Episode 19 centered heavily upon Ridley's upbringing as the "next generation" of villains known as the "Tetra Cardinals" and his newfound presence among the characters, including [[spoiler:the murder of Samus]]. Only a few weeks later, Ridley was revealed as a playable newcomer to the next generation of Smash Bros, ''Super Smash Bros Ultimate'', and similar to ''Smash King'', [[spoiler:his introduction began with the wanton murder of some of the characters]]. A few days after this reveal, a short video showed Ridley's reaction to his own ''Ultimate'' reveal trailer.

* HoYay: Bowser and Mewtwo are reaaaally close.

** Creator/KellenGoff, under his old alias of [=Speedjolt=], was the voice of Ness and also Lucario in Episode 17-18, before he left the project.

* CantUnHearIt: [=Tigura21=]'s Bowser voice has been lauded as being able to display the many different emotions and facets the Koopa King goes through the series, all with a deep and guttural tone that is also quite smooth. So much so that even to this very day, whether it be ''Brawl'' or ''Ultimate'' machinima, if it has Bowser involved; it will be likely that Tigura will be casted in the role. Tigura's multiple appearances as Bowser is a testament to many fans consider him the de-facto voice for Bowser.

** Episode 19 centered heavily upon Ridley's upbringing as the "next generation" of villains known as the "Tetra Cardinals" and his newfound presence among the characters, including [[spoiler:the murder of Samus]]. Only a few weeks later, Ridley was revealed as a playable newcomer to the next generation of Smash Bros, ''Super Smash Bros Ultimate'', and similar to ''Smash King'', [[spoiler:his introduction began with wanton murder of characters]].

** In the ''Smash King HD'' episode "Bowser's Butterflies", Bowser has an ImagineSpot that consists of him singing a joke cover of Happy Together by [[JustForPun The Turtles]] for Lizardon. ''Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu'' would later use said song in its first official trailer, where Pikachu is nearly eaten by a Charizard. To put a cherry on top, Falco's original VA Sean Chiplock ended up providing a few voices for the movie, including the Train PA System welcoming the audience to Ryme City, and the Roundhouse Arena match result announcer.

* ValuesDissonance: Wario's constant attempts to get with Samus (including, but not limited to relentlessly stalking and oogling her) is PlayedForLaughs for most of the series. This running gag would ''not'' fly well with viewers nowadays, since sexual harassment is taken much more seriously now than it was back in 2009.

** The ImagineSpot Wario has after [[spoiler: Bowser temporarily ascends to godhood.]]
* CantUnHearIt: [=Tigura21=]'s Bowser voice has been lauded as being able to display the many different emotions and facets the Koopa King goes through the series, all with a deep and guttural tone that is also quite smooth. So much so that even to this very day, whether it be Brawl or Ultimate machinima, if it has Bowser involved; it will be likely that Tigura will soon follow not too long after. Tigura's multiple appearances as Bowser is a testament to many fans consider him the de-facto voice for Bowser.
* EpilepticTrees: Since reincarnation is one of the many overarching themes in the series, many fans believe that [[spoiler: Wario is a reincarnated Pichu.]] The evidence: [[spoiler: both are perverts and also Bowser's best friend.]]
** When given the fact that [[spoiler: the Creator's Triune]] is comprised of trophies fought in the Event challenges, some believe that [[spoiler: Mario, Sonic, and Snake are part of their own Triune, given that all three are fought in the final event mode of Brawl.]]

** Falco's original VA was none other than Creator/SeanChiplock, who would go on to voice Revali, the arrogant but benevolent Rito in VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild. Revali is very similar to Falco in both appearance and personality, so much so that [[https://twitter.com/TiguraYT/status/838514989300350978 Tigura would comment on the coincidence.]]

** Episode 19 centered heavily upon Ridley's upbringing as the "next generation" of villains known as the "Tetra Cardinals" and his newfound presence among the characters, including [[spoiler:the murder of Samus]]. Only a few weeks later, Ridley was revealed as a playable newcomer to the next generation of Smash Bros, ''Super Smash Bros Ultimate'', and similar to Smash King, [[spoiler:his introduction began with wanton murder of characters]].
** While most of the denizens of the Twilight Realm are Assist Trophies, there are a few notable ones who exist as normal trophies in Brawl (Knuckles, Krystal, etc.). Several of these characters would actually be promoted to Assist Trophies in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.''
** On a related note to the above, when Roy first describes how they were created in the Twilight Realm, they started off as "balls of light", or "spirits". A very much spot-on description of the Spirits represented in Ultimate.

** As of Smash King HD, Ridley seems to fall into this to a much lesser extent than Bowser. He's smitten for Lizardon, despite her and Bowser screwing with him on a daily basis. The way he desperately attempts to hit on her as she hangs up kinda makes you feel sorry for the poor guy.

** Ditto for Link. The pressure of living up to his past incarnations and defeating Ganondorf got to him badly, and rejected that path once Ganon told him that he was free to deviate from it.

* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: It hasn't been revealed yet as to which it is, but Mewtwo's "Merry-go-Round" or "Carousel" are usually used as a threat to Bowser for one reason or another during his mentorship.

** Before becoming famous in other projects, Creator/KiraBuckland was the voice of Zelda in this series, lasting almost to the end of Season 2 before moving on. She also voiced Peach in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ysiBrVRtSA joke video]].
* ScheduleSlip: Justified in that, according to WordOfGod, most of the episodes were edited on outdated hardware and software:
** The Reunion Special, Christmas Special, the double episode release.
** Episode 17: Part 1 came out in October of 2013, Part 2 in December 2014, and Part 3 on January 31st, 2015.
** The Episode 4 remake: Part 1 came in out April 2015, with the remaining two parts coming out in Fall 2016.
** Racconto: File 5 was uploaded in 2014. Although File 3 is confirmed to be the next one, there hasn't been any word on it since Episode 17's completion in 2015.
** Both Episode Lucario and Episode Bowser remain at just one part since 2015 and 2016, respectively.
** ''2Decades,'' back when it was codenamed ''Project AF,'' was teased as far back as ''2012'' before seeing the light of day seven years later. As a result of this, the premise changed completely: it was initially going to be set in the World of Brawl. When Smash 4 came out, it was initially going to move to that game but now takes place in ''Ultimate.''

* DoingItForTheArt: [=Tigura21=] refuses to monetize Smash King, as he never made it with profit in mind. [=Tigura21=] also refused to put Smash King on Machinima.com's Website/YouTube channel, which at the time of Smash King's early years and Machinima.com's heyday was pretty much the only way to actually make money with machinima, due to not wanting to lower the quality of the series by adhering to Machinima.com's rules.

** Ganondorf. The guy plans several steps ahead to make sure he can overthrow the creator himself, while also coming up with a solid backup plan after his attempt to brainwash Bowser into his personal pet fails miserably. His AffablyEvil qualities also make him very easy to both love and hate, which is also one of the reasons Link joined up with Ganondorf in-universe. His BadassBaritone also helps tremendously.

** The voice Lioncourt used during his tenure as Ganondorf also becomes more amusing in hindsight, as it sounds ''remarkably'' similar to what the Gerudo warlord's canonical would sound like in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom''.