History Characters / SuperSmashBros

!!!R.O.B.

The youngest of a set of twins from Mother3. Able to use [=PSI=] powers like Ness.

* [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]:
Two projectiles covering each other's recharge times, and the momentum code tacks on a Side Special that can be used to punish attempts to use one of those against him. However, both can be shaken off, leaving ROB potentially stuck with having to deal with his big size with a disjointed hurtbox. He still has a deadly ground game, but it's nothing impossible.

!!!Ice Climbers

Kirby, from the ''{{Kirby}}'' series of games, was created by the person who created the ''Smash Bros''. series, so it's obvious that Kirby would appear as a major character in all three games. Especially in ''Brawl'', where the Subspace Emissary mode contains a lot of CrowningMomentsOfAwesome for him.

* {{BFG}}: She has one on her right arm.

* AlternateCharacterIntereptation: Due to the opening of the original Smash bros showing him bringing dolls of Nintendo characters to life in a child's room, many people think he might actually be the hand of a child.

* CowBoyBeopAtHisComputer: His trophy description is ordered strangely and has wrong information. Additionally in a codec conversation Mei-Ling refers to him reuniting the war torn Land of Altea when he actually reunited the land of Akaneia(Altea being the name of the country in Akaneia that Marth comes from).

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

"There's no way I can lose." (translated from Japanese)

* RedOniBlueOni: With Roy.

* RedOniBlueOni: With Marth.
** This only really applies in ''Smash Bros.'', though. In ''Sword of Seals'', Roy is one of the most cool-headed ''FireEmblem'' protagonists.

* RachelLillis: English voice actor.

* PaletteSwap: Notable ones include Wario and Fire Mario.

!!![[StarFox Fox]]

* BareFistedMonk: fights purely with body attacks, with good speed for a MightyGlacier

* LethalJokeCharacter: Well, overall he's a decent character, but in ''Brawl'', his final smash initially seems to be one of the worst in the game. That is, until you [[RhythmGame start pressing A at the correct times]], making it cover a ''much'' larger area, almost enough to completely envelop some smaller stages, [[ThatOneAttack briefly turning it into Hell for your opponents]].

* FridgeBrilliance: the various things that make him considered [[CharacterTiers low tier]] may actually be justified gameplay-wise at least. For example, one of his most glaring weaknesses in the Smash Series is his subpar recovery-- which is unfortunate, but also makes sense when you consider that he lacks the ability to jump in his own games. He is also very easily comboed/chaingrabbed in all three games.

* GlassCannon: mainly in playstyle. His defensive options are generally bad, but he has good offense.

* BareFistedMonk: and how.

* SquishyWizard: though he's not entirely fragile for one, he can be hard to use.

* [[MightyGlacier Sluggish]] [[SquishyWizard Wizard]]: powerful attacks, but moves slowly. Sheik is a FragileSpeedster though.

* KungFuProofMook: grab one of them and the other can slam you right off.

* ThatOneAttack: the Down B has melee range that most of their attacks don't. Also, one that is an absolute exploit is the deathgrab on everybody.

* GlassCannon: dies easily, but has over-the-top priority for being able to kill at disgustingly low percentages

*** That would make a better B Side special, would it not?
** Quite a few of his moves, most notably his Up-B and basic combo, are loosely based off of his techniques in WarioWorld.

* BadAss: what do you expect?

* FragileSpeedster: contributes to his status as a debatable GameBreaker.

** LethalJokeCharacter: to an extent; Meta Knight has rather shaky controls for a lightweight, and his individual moves generally suffer CripplingOverspecialization. But effective usage of those moves and gimping makes a player not want to take him lightly.
** TierInducedScrappy: the result.
** {{Skill Gate Character|s}}: again very debatable, but seeing as Pit is high up on Japan's tier list, Meta Knight is certainly a metagame candidate who has a lack of projectiles, a precision-dependent moveset, and a God awful shield just for icing on the cake.

* [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]: thanks to the arrows. Mercifully, his melee combat is sub-par.
* ThatOneAttack: the arrows. Just......the arrows.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Use Diddy Kong's Side B move on any female fighter. Go ahead, try it.

* ThatOneAttack: expect tournament players to abuse the bajeezus out of the Down B. Mercifully, you can use that against him and punish them for not working on his innately good melee combat.

** [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]: the result.

* [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]: 2 projectiles covering each other's recharge times, and the momentum code tacks on a Side B that can be used to punish attempts to use one of those against him. However, both can be shaken off, leaving ROB potentially stuck with having to deal with his big size with a disjointed hurtbox. He still has a deadly ground game, but it's nothing impossible.

* GrenadeLauncher: his Final Smash

* GoddamnedBoss: has so much stamina that on the higher difficulties, he can easily eat up your time. Not like it helps him because in Subspace Emissary, ''he's the first boss''.

* GoddamnedBoss: as Meta Ridley, he can be rather bothersome to hit.

* ThatOneAttack: the missiles, which has the same pre-animation as his charge attack

** ThatOneAttack: the missiles, as well as the blue laser and the mines for a NoDamageRun

!!![[SuperMarioBrothers Mario]]

"..."

Samus is the first female character in the series, and the only one in the first game (unless you count Jigglypuff.) A bounty hunter hailing from the ''{{Metroid}}'' series, Samus is a great character in all three games.

The pilot from the ''StarFox'' series. Since then, Fox has become a proficient fighter in his own games as well. Since his appearance in the original Smash Bros, Fox has been playable in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl.
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!!![[{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]]

* ContinuityCameo: Has [[PokemonRedAndBlue Red's hat]] as an alt. in Melee, Brawl adds [[PokemonSpecial Manga Gold's]](and Pichu's) goggles, and [[PokemonRubyAndSapphire Brendan's Emerald bandana]].

!!![[SuperMarioBrothers Luigi]]

!!![[{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff]]

* ContinuityCameo: That hat it wears is that of Leaf, Red's (aka "Pokémon Trainer"'s) female counterpart. Pikachu wears Red's original hat and Jigglypuff Leaf's. Jigglypuff is also sometimes considered a counterpart to Pikachu.

!!![[SuperMarioBrothers Princess Peach]]

!!![[SuperMarioBrothers Bowser]]
"Roaaaaaaar!!!!!!!!"

The first villain to be playable in a Smash Bros game, he is one of the five Mario characters in Melee (unless you count Yoshi and Donkey Kong.)

* {{BFG}}: His Dark Cannon in ''Subspace Emissary.''
* TheDragon: To Ganondorf in ''Subspace Emissary'' mode.
* [[spoiler:EnemyMine: He joins the heroes in Brawl's adventure mode once he realizes Tabuu had manipulated everyone.]]
* ImplacableMan: As Giga Bowser in ''Brawl'', he still takes damage when you attack him, but is almost completely immune to flinching and knockback.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons
* NeutralEvil
* MightyGlacier
* OneWingedAngel: Giga Bowser
* PlayingWithFire
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Bowser was originally supposed to be playable in the first game of the series.

!!![[LegendOfZelda Young Link]]
"Haaaaah!"

The Hero of Time's younger self.

* HeroicMime
* KidHero
* LegacyCharacter: One of three Links in the Smash series.
* PaletteSwap: Same as Link in Melee.
* RyuAndKen: With Link.
* WallOfWeapons

!!! [[StarFox Falco]]
"Hands off my prey!"

Fox's somewhat arrogant wingman, and trusted ally.

* TheAce
* ChaoticGood
* CoolStarship: His Arwing.
* RyuAndKen: With Fox.
* TankGoodness: Same as Fox.
* ThatOneAttack: His Down Air spike and his chaingrabs.
* MemeticMutation: "Hands off my bread!" and "Personally, I prefer the air!"
* {{Mondegreen}}: "Hands off my bread!" "[[{{Squick}} Pizza cake!]]"

!!! [[{{Pokemon}} Pichu]]

!!![[{{Pokemon}} Mewtwo]]
[[VoiceGrunting "Heiee!"]]

One of the original legendary Pokémon next to Mew. Mewtwo's mastery of psychic power is nearly unrivaled.

* BadAss
* BadassDecay: He's the best Pokemon in the first-generation Pokemon games, but here, he's considered one of the worst.
* GlassCannon: He hits hard, but takes hits like a chump. (This is somewhat true in the mainstream Pokemon games as well, but in those games, Mewtwo is [[LightningBruiser absurdly fast]], so it usually doesn't matter. In Melee, he's one of the slower characters. Argh!)
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: He was replaced with Lucario in ''Brawl,'' which is why Lucario is probably ''Brawl's'' most commonly hacked character.
* PaletteSwap: His shiny form is one of them.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep
* {{Olympus Mon|s}}
* TierInducedScrappy: But otherwise an EnsembleDarkhorse.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Mewtwo was planned to be in the first game. Also, unused files for Mewtwo were found in ''Brawl''.

!!![[FireEmblemAkaneia Marth]]
"There's no way I can lose." (translated from Japanese)

The hero of the original FireEmblem game. Only speaks in Japanese.

* {{Bishonen}}

* HikaruMidorikawa
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Does this with Meta Knight in the ''Subspace Emissary''.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: TropeNamer.
* PaletteSwap: Includes a lighter blue swap closer to his FE look.
* RedOniBlueOni: With Roy.
* RyuAndKen: He shares a moveset with Roy, only having minor differences.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Several of his taunts and win quotes don't match up with [[TheWisePrince his]] Fire Emblem [[IncorruptiblePurePureness portrayal]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!![[FireEmblemElibe Roy]]
"It was a difficult fight." (translated from Japanese)

The main character of the FireEmblem game that would be released soon after ''Melee''. He was put in the game so fans could get excited about the new game.

* JunFukuyama
* GratuitousJapanese

!!![[GameAndWatch Mr. Game & Watch]]
(Beep)

The epitome of old school, Mr. Game & Watch is the first successful digital character in Nintendo history, predating even Mario.

* DropTheHammer
* FryingPanOfDoom
* GlassCannon: dies easily, but has over-the-top priority for being able to kill at disgustingly low percentages
* SchrodingerFu: His animations don't telegraph a lot of his attacks. Additionally, his [[DropTheHammer "Judge"]] attack has random power, knockback, and sometimes other effects, based on a scale of one to nine. One is practically ScratchDamage, nine is usually a OneHitKO.
* {{Hammerspace}}: Where he gets his "weapons" from.
* HeroicMime: G&W only makes beeps, but never talks.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He can kill with you a fish bowl, racing flag, and a turtle.
* [[WallOfWeapons Wall Of Random Objects]]

* BigEater

The hero of ''KidIcarus''. He disappeared from games for awhile, but he was brought back in ''Brawl''.

* CoolStarship: YourMileageMayVary on this. Some may see his ship as really cool, while others might think it's a piece of crap.

* PromotedToUnlockable: Appeared as a trophy in Melee before becoming playable in Brawl.
* [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]: you wouldn't expect this trope from him, but he has a somewhat situational advantage in his unexpected ease of control and insane melee range-to-size ratio, including the high range grab as well as 2 anti-air attacks (Pikmin Chain and Up Smash). Beyond that, however, he has no glaring strengths and his ranged grab lacks super armor, which can allow a smart opponent to break through the inevitable camping even on a stage like Battlefield without flushing him out with a projectile.
* SquishyWizard: above average melee range and small size says hi, low movement and low weight says bye.
* ThatOneAttack: quite a few, but the ranged grab stands out.
* VideogameCaringPotential: the Pikmin.

!!![[{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trainer]]
[[MostAnnoyingSound "Way to go Charizard/Squirtle/Ivysaur!"]]

The first protagonist character of the ''Pokémon'' series, and the template for his more popular anime counterpart, Ash. His three Pokémon are Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard.

* AllYourPowersCombined: His Final Smash, Triple Finish!
* BadassDecay: Some of the fandom think of him as this. Red is a MemeticBadass and Red's voice in this game is... well... Then again, he ''is'' eleven.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His (original) hat appeared as a Pikachu costume two games before he finally appeared.
* FragileSpeedster: Squirtle is like a ninja, with good speed and air attacks, but he's lightweight.
* GreenThumb: Ivysaur
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Charizard (not Dragon-type, but in the Dragon egg group)
* KamehameHadoken: Again, his Final Smash

* NoNameGiven: He's just called "Pokémon Trainer". In the games he's "Red".

* PromotedToUnlockable: Before Brawl, Squirtle was used as a stage platform in Melee, and Charizard was a Poke Ball Pokemon in both the original and Melee.

!!![[{{Mother3}} Lucas]]
[[LimitBreak "PK STARSTORM!!!"]]

The youngest of a set of twins from Mother3. Able to use [=PSI=] powers like Ness.

* CallingYourAttacks: "PK Freeze! PK Fire! PK Thunder! PK STARSTORM!!!!!!!"
* CharacterDevelopment: Hit with a truckload of it.

* LovableCoward
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: [[NoExportForYou Dammit, Nintendo.]]
* PaletteSwap: One of them is of his twin brother Claus.
* PsychicPowers
* ReplacementScrappy: Subverted; was originally thought to be this for Ness, but they turned out to both be in the game.
* RyuAndKen: Most of Lucas's attacks are the same as Ness's, but not all of them.
* [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]: [[ThatOneAttack His Up Smash]], while very powerful, is mercifully telegraphed beyond belief.
* SquishyWizard

!!![[DonkeyKongCountry Diddy Kong]]
(Chimp noises)

Donkey Kong's little buddy and at one point co-savior.

* BambooTechnology: Wooden guns ''and'' jetpacks.
* BananaPeel: One of his special attacks.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Use Diddy Kong's Side B move on any female fighter. Go ahead, try it.
* DualWielding: Does this in a few cutscenes and his Final Smash.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys
* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal
* PaletteSwap: One includes Dixie Kong's color scheme.
* ThatOneAttack: expect tournament players to abuse the bajeezus out of the Down B. Mercifully, you can use that against him and punish them for not working on his innately good melee combat.

!!![[{{Kirby}} King Dedede]]
"Wa ha ha!"

Kirby's, for lack of a better word, true rival and the (self proclaimed) king of Dreamland.

* AuthorAvatar: Fans jokingly interpret him as one, because [[HeyItsThatVoice he's voiced by]] MasahiroSakurai.
* BigEater
* ChaoticNeutral
* DropTheHammer: "[[MetalGear I don't think I can even lift that thing!]]"
* DualWielding: When he grabs the hammer item.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins
* ExtremeOmnivore
* [[spoiler:GoodAllAlong: In the ''Subspace Emissary'', King Dedede goes around turning heroes into trophies. It turns out that he's doing this so there would be heroes left to save the world after Tabuu's attack.]]
* MightyGlacier
* MemeticMutation: BIG GAY DANCE
* [[spoiler:ReverseMole]]
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* ThatOneAttack: His chained Down Throw

!!![[{{Pokemon}} Lucario]]
"Watch the power of Aura!"

One of the Pokémon of the fourth generation. Controls Aura and gets more powerful as he's damaged. Also, he's [[MissedMomentOfAwesome NOT]] voiced by [[DragonballZ Son]] [[SeanSchemmel Goku]].

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: He sees Snake under the box and easily discovers him. '''!'''
* KamehameHadoken: One of his special moves, as well as his Final Smash.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Fights against Meta Knight when they first meet.
* {{Mon}}
* SupernaturalMartialArts: His attacks are mostly calm Tai Chi Chuan movements.

!!![[WindWaker Toon Link]]
"Hi-yaah!"

The Link from WindWaker, he offers a light-hearted contrast to his [[TwilightPrincess serious counterpart.]]

* BonusBoss: One of the 3 for the Subspace Emissary.
* {{Expy}}: Of Melee's Young Link
* FragileSpeedster: Compared to Link, at least.
* HeroicMime
* KidHero
* LegacyCharacter: One of three Links in the Smash series.
* PaletteSwap: His FourSwords counterparts, Dark Toon Link, and Classic Link, based off of the [[ZeldaI original design]].
* RyuAndKen: With Link.
* [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]: Not just the down air being an unexpected pain, but he can shower you with projectiles if you're stuck on Final Destination and are not careful. His melee is standard at best though.

!!!R.O.B.
"..."

The metafictional savior of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem, [[TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983 and possibly video games in general]].

* FrickinLaserBeams
* [[spoiler:GoodAllAlong: As the Ancient Minister, he served the Subspace Army, but it's later revealed he was blackmailed and trying to stop all the bloodshed.]]
* HeroicMime: Like Game & Watch, ROB only makes beeps and never talks.
* [[spoiler:LastOfHisKind]]
* PaletteSwap: His default look is the Famicom Robot; one of his swaps is the NES R.O.B.
* [[SkillGateCharacters Skill Gate Character]]: 2 projectiles covering each other's recharge times, and the momentum code tacks on a Side B that can be used to punish attempts to use one of those against him. However, both can be shaken off, leaving ROB potentially stuck with having to deal with his big size with a disjointed hurtbox. He still has a deadly ground game, but it's nothing impossible.
* StoneWall
* ThatOneAttack: the laser. It recharges fast enough that a gyro shot later and it can be shot out ''again''.
* WallOfWeapons: gyros, lasers, and exhausts, [[TheWizardOfOz oh my]]

* ActorAllusion / ShownTheirWork / TakeThat: See below.

* [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Hero]]: See his DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu moment below.

* ThatOneAttack: his drill in Melee and Brawl, which can come out on an early part of his attack cycle.

* ThatOneAttack: his drill, although at least Crazy Hand's can only come out late in his attack cycle.

!!![[{{Pokemon}} Rayquaza]]

* GoddamnedBoss: has quite a bit of stamina

* ThatOneBoss: at least for a NoDamageRun on higher difficulties.

** ThatOneAttack: the bombs, since they can explode in your face and can be followed up by his [[LightIsNotGood not-so-heavenly]] thunder attack. Also, his nearly-undodgeable laser.

The undying alien dragon (literally and tropewise) of the Metroid series, and the leader of the space pirates. Fought by Samus and Pikachu; later (as Meta Ridley) by the aforementioned two, Donkey & Diddy Kong, Captain Falcon, Olimar, and [[spoiler:ROB]].

* ThatOneBoss: as Meta Ridley for getting a trophy of.

* ThatOneAttack: the Off-Waves mainly for newbies, the Bullet Rain for a NoDamageRun

As Nintendo's most recognizable character, it's no wonder Mario is featured in all three Super Smash Bros. games. He is mostly a balanced character who is good for beginners.

* {{Shotoclone}}: He's got a fireball [[KamehameHadoken Hadoken]], and a coin gathering {{Shoryuken}}, is the main character and part of a RyuAndKen pairing. Strange, I know.
** His Mario Tornado could also be considered a variation of the HurricaneKick.

Link, the star of Nintendo's LegendOfZelda series, is a character available from the beginning of all three Super Smash Bros. games. The first two games take his design from the Ocarina of Time version of Link, but Brawl uses his appearance from Twilight Princess.

* WallOfWeapons: Counting his clawshot and shield, Link uses six weapons in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Samus is the first female character in the series, and the only one in the first game (unless you count Jigglypuff.) A bounty hunter hailing from the {{Metroid}} series, Samus is a great character in all three games.

Kirby, from the {{Kirby}} series of games, was created by the person who created the Smash Bros. series, so it's obvious that Kirby would appear as a major character in all three games. Especially in Brawl, where the Subspace Emissary mode contains a lot of CrowningMomentsOfAwesome for him.

The pilot from the StarFox series. Since then, Fox has become a proficient fighter in his own games as well. Since his appearance in the original Smash Bros, Fox has been playable in Melee and Brawl.

Captain Falcon is the championship racer/bounty hunter who is playable in the original game, Melee, and Brawl. He appears as an unlockable character in the first game, a character unlocked from the beginning in Melee, but he goes back to being unlockable in Brawl.

* SuperSpeed: He was the fastest character, until Sonic came along...
** He's still the second fastest.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: He has a gun in the holster on his belt. Why doesn't he use it?
** He doesn't need to. He has his nipples.

A psychic boy who is one of the original twelve Smashers. After appearing in 64 and Melee, it was feared that Lucas would take his place in Brawl, but this rumor was revealed to be false.

* Chaoticneutral

* FridgeBrilliance: the various things that make him considered [[CharacterTiers low tier]] may actually be justified gameplay-wise at least.
** Please Elaborate.
** One of his most glaring weaknesses in the Smash Series is his subpar recovery-- which is unfortunate, but also makes sense when you consider that he lacks the ability to jump in his own games. He is also very easily comboed/chaingrabbed in all three games.

* PaletteSwap: One that looks like Daisy.
** And one that looks like a wedding dress...

* FetishFuel: Zero Suit Samus.

* PlayingWithFire

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: He was ([[YourMilageMayVary NOT]]) replaced with Lucario in ''Brawl,'' which is why he's probably the most commonly hacked Character in ''Brawl.''

* BigEater It does solve the question of where he keeps that motorcycle...

* ExtremeOmnivore

* BigEater