History WebVideo / ThereWillBeBrawl

* AndYourLittleDogToo: [[spoiler:Yoshi.]] Also a {{Homage}} to the infamous "horse head" scene of ''Film/TheGodfather.''

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther / HypocriticalHeartwarming: [[spoiler:"I may have held mercy for you, but there is only one fist that may bruise the face of '''my''' angel. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome FALCON PUNCH!!]]"]]

* AxCrazy: The Ice Climbers.

* BadAssBoast: [[spoiler:"I'm at full health."]]
* BadAssLongCoat: Luigi is never seen without his unbuttoned Greatcoat, [[spoiler:until Red dies]].

* BarBrawl: Between Mario and Franchise/DonkeyKong over [[CallBack Pauline]].

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:CAPTAIN FALCON]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pI4lpc1CrA And how.]]
** And then [[spoiler:Link, Captain Falcon, Pit, and Samus in the final episode.]]
* BigNo: [[spoiler:Mario]], after [[spoiler:discovering Yoshi's remains in his bed]].

** Long time fans were disappointed by the first, as it was assembled from clips of four gag reels that had been on the series' official site since before the show moved to The Escapist, meaning it was nothing new to them. The second one was not {{filler}}, on the other hand, and Episode 8 came out almost immediately after.
* TheCameo: Out of the main brawlers, Pikachu, Lucario, ROB, and Young and Toon Link are relegated to walk-on roles. There are also the assist trophies, [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Issac]] and [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Cyborg Ninja]].
** Lots of minor or lesser-known Nintendo characters make cameo appearances throughout the series, they can be seen in the [[Characters/ThereWillBeBrawl characters page]].
*** There's even the ''Excite Bike'' pilot assisting in the prison break in Episode 8.

* CastingGag: Matthew Mercer (AKA Ganondorf) and Joellen Elam (AKA Zelda) were dating while There Will Be Brawl was filmed. [[spoiler:This was most likely the basis for the Ganondorf and Zelda romance subtext]].

** [[Videogame/{{Earthbound}} Ness and Lucas]] too.
** Link counted as one as a child. Then Hyrule got royally fucked.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: forms the ArcWords in Episode 4, and appear throughout the story.
-->'''Waluigi''': ''During a conversation between Mario and Wario about a recent murder'' - "Tennis?"
** Deconstructed when [[spoiler:Waluigi is used to deliver a Pikmin bomb to Red, though Wa had no idea what the package ''actually'' was for.]]
** Subverted in a way that could make [[Manga/ShadowStar Mohiro]] [[Manga/{{Bokurano}} Kitoh]] proud in the endgame, where [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas were behind the killings all along.]]
*** Considering how dark the series is, it would not be surprising if the creators were inspired by his works.

* CombatTentacles: [[spoiler:Game & Watch's Final Smash form.]]
* CompanionCube: TheSandbag and [=ROB=], to [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Captain Olimar]] at least.

* CosmicHorrorStory: [[spoiler:Game & Watch and Olimar]]'s part of the story turns into this.
* CrapsackWorld: See the introduction at the top of this page.

* CreepyChild: [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas, to a ridiculous extreme given that they are the butchers.]]

** If you want to get really technical, Fox is actually correct: the hand on Olimar's little shrine is a ''left'' hand. Master Hand is the right hand, Crazy Hand is the left.
* DaChief: [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] is in charge of the police force of the Mushroom Kingdom, and he's not afraid to remind you about it either.
** At the end of the series, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Marth]] takes up this position.]]
* DarkFic
* DarkerAndEdgier: And how! [[NightmareFuel Kirby]] is probably the greatest example of this, while Red is pretty much the only one to be unchanged or otherwise untainted - if not even ''more'' innocent.

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: Peach turns out to be exactly this at the end of the series.]]
* DeconstructionCrossover: Using the pre-existing ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' MassiveMultiplayerCrossover.

** The Mushroom Kingdom as a whole are on the verge of this from the beginning right until the end.
* DespairSpeech: Ganondorf gets a pretty epic one near the end.
* DevourTheDragon: The final scene of the series strongly implies [[spoiler:Kirby did this to Ness.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Mario destroying the Game & Watches with a Final Smash.]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Red.]]
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Kirby. ''Twice.'']]
* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler:Peach. Some things just never change.]]
** [[spoiler:Surprisingly subverted in that Peach doesn't live to get rescued by Luigi.]]

* DramaticUnmask: In Episode 10 what looks like[[spoiler: Metaknight]] umasks himself to show he is [[spoiler:Kirby, who killed Metaknight and stole his mask and sword.]] This is pure NightmareFuel.

* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas]], who seem to be from the same mold as Warhammer 40k's [[Literature/GauntsGhosts Children of Sin]], complete with background buzzing.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[NightmareFuel Kirby]] may be a murderer and [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]], but he won't stand for another inmate attacking Peach when she visits the prison.
** This is mostly a homage to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''. In that version, Hannibal gets revenge on the inmate who [[spoiler:threw his semen on Clarice]] by [[HannibalLecture talking him into swallowing his own tongue, choking him]].
** ''Ganondorf'' is appalled by the pure evil of [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas]]

* EvilSorcerer: Ganondorf.
* EyeBeams[=/=]EyeScream: As part of his cult's ritual sacrifice, [[spoiler:Falco stares into ROB's eyes and gets lasered in his own.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: HOLY SHIT. To give a few: [[spoiler:Dedede, Red, Link, Ganondorf, and Peach]]
* FilmNoir
* FlamboyantGay: [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] and [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]
-->''"Come back sometime, and maybe you can... show me your moves."''
* {{Foreshadow}}ing- In episode 8, Zelda appears to break up a fight between Mario and Link, and the 2 men start arguing about princesses, to which Mario responds: "That bitch will be the death of you!", [[spoiler:and in episode 9...]]
** Bowser gives one too: ''"[[spoiler:Let them know...no one made a trophy out of the king!]]"''
** The butcher's identity is faintly hinted at, though probably not enough to guess ahead of time: [[spoiler:"As long as there is a single child..."]]
* GainaxEnding: Wait, [[spoiler:Kirby? Miyamoto? Kirby?]] What the... What!?
** *reads credits* [[spoiler:Sakurai's LEGS?!]]

* GloryDays: An underlying theme of the series.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Compared to the present, the GloryDays were seen as an honorable competition, especially by Luigi, Ganondorf, [[spoiler:and Bowser himself]]
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: Red and Luigi are Good; The mob bosses are Bad; Kirby and [[spoiler: Ness and Lucas,]] are completely batshit ''evil incarnate''.

The website for the series has gone down in the years since it finished, but the complete series can still be found [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/there-will-be-brawl here]].

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** While taunting Luigi in Episode 9, Ganondorf tells him that "Captain [Falcon] and I, [[NotSoDifferent we're a lot more similar than you think."]] In the games, Captain Falcon and Ganondorf have the same moveset.

* BadCopIncompetentCop

* ChekhovsGun / ChekhovsBoomerang: [[spoiler:The Pikmin bomb--twice! Also Jigglypuff.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Mr. Game & Watch, Ness and Lucas.]]

In short: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''ComicBook/SinCity'' as well as ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' and ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' (but, oddly enough, not ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'').

* AdaptationDistillation/ CompositeCharacter: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Young Link]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]] were folded into the character of "regular" Link. A photo of Link in his earlier days was "played" by stock pictures of the world's most famous Young Link cosplayer, and a doodle Zelda apparently drew some years ago resembled his Toon incarnation.
* AdaptationalVillainy: At least half the cast. This version of the hero of dreams and innocence (Kirby) is especially jarring.

* RedHerring: The characters don't notice or mention it at all, but there's a brilliant one directed toward the viewers in the form of [[spoiler:Jigglypuff. Red was seen conspicuously hiding her from the others a few times early on, which directly led to a few WildMassGuessing theories involving either Red or Jigglypuff being the murderer. Episode 9 reveals that both were innocent in [[ChildrenAreInnocent every sense of the word]], and Red was merely trying to keep Jigglypuff a surprise for Luigi until he finished training her to sing. This makes Red's funeral a gigantic TearJerker for the viewers who believed in him the whole time and [[AcquittedTooLate an even more gigantic one for the viewers who didn't]].]]

* RousingSpeech: Mario's "take back the kingdom" speech.

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Both [[VideoGame/SinAndPunishment Saki]] and [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Isaac]]. A SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} to go with an aforementioned SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
* SeekerArchetype: Luigi.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Mario is the manly man, Luigi is more sensitive.

** Subverted in a way that could make [[Manga/{{Narutaru}} Mohiro]] [[Manga/{{Bokurano}} Kitoh]] proud in the endgame, where [[spoiler:Ness and Lucas were behind the killings all along.]]

** Blink-and-you'll-miss-it, there are two Zelda ones in a row: Link hurls his flask at Navi after one too many "[[DarthWiki/MostAnnoyingSound Hey Listen]]"s InUniverse, and then in the next shot pulls another from his pocket. Multiple bottles, indeed.

** Blink-and-you'll-miss-it, there are two Zelda ones in a row: Link hurls his flask at Navi after one too many "[[MostAnnoyingSound Hey Listen]]"s InUniverse, and then in the next shot pulls another from his pocket. Multiple bottles, indeed.

* CanonImmigrant: Referenced in a running MythologyGag: [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Snake, Cyborg Ninja]] and [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] are cast as bums living in an immigrant slum.

The complete series can be found [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/there-will-be-brawl here]]. The full show can also be found at the official website, alongside other goodies such as a cast list [[http://therewillbebrawl.com/ here]], but keep in mind, said website hasn't been updated in years (basically since the show wrapped). The site uses embedded videos of the Youtube vids hosted by Machinima (ep. 1-7), which can also be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9CB8C9562F472A4 here]], and vids hosted on the Escapist website (ep. 8-10; these episodes, along with others can also be found on The Escapist [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEscapistMagazine/featured Youtube account]].

* BiggerBad: Possibly [[spoiler:Shigeru Miyamoto]]

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther / HypocriticalHeartwarming: [[spoiler:"I may have held mercy for you, but there is only one fist that may bruise the face of '''my''' angel. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome FALCON PUNCH!!]]"]]

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Both [[VideoGame/SinAndPunishment Saki]] and [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Isaac]]. A CrowningMomentOfFunny to go with an aforementioned CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** The electronic chirps and beeps of the [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/GameAndWatch Game & Watches]]]].

In short: ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''ComicBook/SinCity'' as well as ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' and ''SilenceOfTheLambs'' (but, oddly enough, not ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'').

** This is mostly a homage to TheSilenceOfTheLambs. In that version, Hannibal gets revenge on the inmate who [[spoiler:threw his semen on Clarice]] by [[HannibalLecture talking him into swallowing his own tongue, choking him]].

** Kirby is basically an {{Expy}} of [[SilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter.]]

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Both [[SinAndPunishment Saki]] and [[VideoGame/GoldenSun Isaac]]. A CrowningMomentOfFunny to go with an aforementioned CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** When Waluigi debuts, he's strumming a tennis racket and vocalizing the opening bars of [[{{Deliverance}} Duelling Banjos]].

** Blink-and-you'll-miss-it, there are two Zelda ones in a row: Link hurls his flask at Navi after one too many "[[MostAnnoyingSound Hey Listen]]"s [[InUniverse]], and then in the next shot pulls another from his pocket. Multiple bottles, indeed.

* OldShame: Mario very nearly goes [[BerserkButton berserk]] [[InUniverse]] when the addled Waluigi says at his arrival, ''"It's Mario... It's a '''Mario party!'''"''

** Blink-and-you'll-miss-it, there are two Zelda ones in a row: Link hurls his flask at Navi after one too many "[[MostAnnoyingSound Hey Listen]]"s[[in-universe]], and then in the next shot pulls another from his pocket. Multiple bottles, indeed.

* OldShame: Mario very nearly goes [[BerserkButton berserk]][[in-universe]] when the addled Waluigi says at his arrival, ''"It's Mario... It's a '''Mario party!'''"''

* CheerfulChild: Red, the {{Pokemon}} trainer. He takes care of the Pokémon after [[spoiler:Mewtwo]] is killed. Unique in that he's one of the only non-Gray characters, being simply Good. [[spoiler:This makes his death all the more shocking, especially since Luigi was indirectly responsible]].

** The electronic chirps and beeps of the [[spoiler: [[GameAndWatch Game & Watches]]]].

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: [[{{Metroid}} Samus]], of all people, but she uses her position (not ''that'' kind of position...) to gather information, and is a very handy source of connections for Luigi.

** In episode 9, Captain Falcon mentions that Pit is Samus's younger brother. VideoGame/KidIcarus and {{Metroid}} were designed by the same person, made on the same engine, released on the same day, and even share an enemy (the Metroids/Kometo).

* CompanionCube: TheSandbag and [=ROB=], to [[{{Pikmin}} Captain Olimar]] at least.

** The music playing when [[{{Pikmin}} Olimar]] takes Luigi to his spaceship in Episode 5 is haunting, but not quite scary. It does, however, start setting the tone for what comes next. Once they enter the spaceship, the music gets creepier, and the [[PsychoStrings violin screeches]] when Olimar [[spoiler: kills and chops up the Pikmin, combined with their death screams,]] will make you shudder every single time, even when you know it's coming.

* FlamboyantGay: [[VideoGame/{{F-Zero}} Captain Falcon]] and [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]]

* ManlyGay[=/=]{{Seme}}: [[VideoGame/{{F-Zero}} Captain Falcon]]

The complete series can be found [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/there-will-be-brawl here]]. The full show can also be found at the official website, alongside other goodies such as a cast list [[http://therewillbebrawl.com/ here]], but keep in mind, said website hasn't been updated in years (basically since the show wrapped). The site uses embedded videos of the Youtube vids hosted by Machinima (ep. 1-7), which can also be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9CB8C9562F472A4 here]], and vids hosted on the Escapist website (ep. 8-10; these episodes, along with others can also be found on the [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TheEscapistMagazine/featured Youtube account]].

The complete series can be found [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/there-will-be-brawl here]]. The full show can also be found at the official website, alongside other goodies such as a cast list [[http://therewillbebrawl.com/ here]], but keep in mind, said website hasn't been updated in years (basically since the show wrapped). The site uses embedded videos of the Youtube vids hosted by Machinima, which can also be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9CB8C9562F472A4 here]].

The complete series can be found [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/there-will-be-brawl here]].