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9* A real-life meets video game Moment of Awesome was at E3 2006 when the ''Brawl'' Trailer was unveiled and, after having seemingly ended, [[TheStinger was followed]] by [[VideoGame/MetalGear a codec conversation between Colonel Campbell and Snake]]. With his theme music playing, Snake comes out from under his signature cardboard box and gets his name plastered on the screen, making him the first third-party character in the entire series. One of the most favored characters was revealed to be a third-party character for a game that was already Made of Awesome, and gamers around the world suffered a HeroicBSOD because of it. As the game moved closer to release -- delays not withstanding -- the excitement of Snake's inclusion opened the floodgates of discussion of what other third-party character will make the cut. While there was a total of ''two'' for this entry, future titles soon brought in even more guest characters into the roster.
10-->'''Snake:''' It's showtime.
11** Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog's inclusion in the game. With Snake's inclusion and [[VideoGame/MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames the crossover with Mario]], it was all but guaranteed, but there's a reason it's the image on [[AndTheFandomRejoiced/SuperSmashBros the page for And The Fandom Rejoiced]] - seeing the two biggest mascots in video gaming going head to head in ''Smash Bros.'' was such a huge moment for those who were around when [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars Sega and Nintendo were rivals]].
12** And the cherry on top of Sonic's inclusion? He's the ''only'' third-party character to have appeared in every game since third-parties were introduced. At this point, it's save to assume that Sonic is just as synonymous with ''Super Smash Bros.'' as Nintendo's entire lineup.
13* The first-party newcomers also got a lot of love, especially with the sheer variety of the cast:
14** [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]], MasterSwordsman of Dream Land, finally arrives to do battle with Nintendo's all-stars. And he brings in his trusty Halberd as a stage.
15** [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]] makes his first proper appearance since ''Of Myths and Monsters'' in late 1991. Welcome to the present, Angel Face.
16** You get to play as [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]] [[SamusIsAGirl outside of her iconic Power Suit]], and she's just as capable -- and according to some tier lists, ''more so'' -- without it.
17** VideoGame/{{Wario}} rides in with his [[VideoGame/WarioWare biker gear]], finally completing the main ''Mario'' cast. ''And'' he comes with his classic yellow-and-purple outfit as a PaletteSwap.
18** Ike, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance leader of the Greil Mercenaries]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Radiant Hero of Legend]], arrives onto the Smashing scene with Marth.
19** A simple Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Trainer makes an appearance and calls upon Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard (who was previously a summoned character in the previous 2 games and was a highly requested character) for a tag team combo. And fittingly enough, he's based on Red, the PlayerCharacter and Champion from the original ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''.
20** [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry Diddy Kong]] shows up alongside his big buddy, also becoming the first Smash character not made by a Japanese studio -- specifically, the British Creator/{{Rare}}.
21** [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]] makes his first appearance outside of Japan in this installment. If it weren't for that, [[NoExportForYou people in the west wouldn't even know his game existed]].
22** "[[MemeticMutation How can I help you]], [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]]?" "[[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa Ah need to join Smash to clobbah dat dere Kirbeh!]]" That's right, the so-called King of Dream Land has joined the fray to do battle with his arch-nemesis. Now the main trio of the series is complete!
23** [[VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} Captain Olimar]] joins the fray alongside his Pikmin. Apparently, being the size of a coin didn't stop this tiny adventurer from duking it out.
24** [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Lucario]], [[WolverinePublicity fittingly enough]], has joined the brawl with his aura powers. And to this day, he's the only Fighting-type to be playable in the series.
25** Another surprise inclusion from the past: the VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy, R.O.B. for short, has gained a spot on the roster.
26** The incarnation of the legendary hero that [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker crossed the Great Sea]], now known as Toon Link, has made an appearance.
27** Another villain character, the bounty hunter [[Franchise/StarFox Wolf O'Donnell]], has arrived to settle the score with his main enemy.
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31* The scene "The Great Invasion" in the "Subspace Emissary", where the ''Halberd'' goes up against Ganondorf and Bowser's battleship. The ''Halberd'' gets destroyed by only a few shots -- yes, that's right, the friggin ''Halberd'' gets thoroughly owned -- only to have Samus' gunship, the Falcon Flyer, Falco's Arwing, and even Olimar's little rocket fly out of the blast, right into the teeth of Ganondorf's guns, weaving through and around {{roboteching}} lasers bigger than they are... and it's all a distraction, to allow Kirby to get close enough on the [[HoverBoard Dragoon]] to take the ship down in one hit.
32** See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHQXuXE8qc here]], in all its massive awesomeness.
33** The fact that Kirby saved Link, Zelda, Peach, Yoshi, Meta Knight, Ice Climbers, R.O.B., Snake, and Wario '''singlehandedly''' from the trophification.
34** Not to mention the battleship itself, which looks like a [[Franchise/StarWars Star Destroyer]] that TookALevelInBadass. Ganondorf and Bowser. Nintendo's two most iconic villains. Commanding a Star Destroyer. Which they blew up a floating island to even ''use''.
35** Their reaction to the ship's destruction is pretty awesome as well. Ganondorf turns with a CapeSwish and strides into Subspace while Bowser clinches his fists and follows. As they disappear from view, the platform they were just standing on explodes. Bad. Ass.
36* Most of the cast in the Subspace Emissary gets at least one moment. Case in point, R.O.B., in his intro scene "Ganondorf Takes Command" -- the one where it first lists his name -- right after his own kind turned on him, spends a solid minute ''[[ManOnFire on fire]]'', looking perhaps a little sad at worst, then proceeds to blast several flying mooks out of the air with consecutive eye-laser blasts before shaking off the fire. Additionally, he spent the better portion of the scene ''[[IncendiaryExponent on fire]]''. And it was awesome.
37* King Dedede ''[[SpannerInTheWorks is the hero of the entire goddamn story]]''. In as much as there is a singular hero; everyone did their fair share, and the ending essentially proved that all the way through by the way it was played. Which is funny because Sakurai ''voiced'' him... so basically, the creator of the series saved everyone... yes.
38** Additionally, King Dedede's ''[[AnotherSideAnotherStory entire side story]]'' is a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. He lands a OneHitKO on Luigi, jacks Wario's car, puts badges on all three stolen trophies [[HeroicSacrifice except himself]], and ends up reviving Ness and Luigi with his badges, and saving half the cast's lives.
39** And of course, King Dedede started off as Kirby's BigBad. His portrayal here as the ''BigGood'' is not only {{Irony}}, but it also cements his CharacterDevelopment as an AntiVillain, redeeming himself of his initial greed, except spin-offs.
40* Sonic's unexpected appearance. Players wait most of the game waiting for him to show up, and then were totally blindsided when he stopped Tabuu from turning everyone back into trophies in "The FinalBattle" scene. Too bad that was a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation.
41** It seems both ironic ''and'' fitting that the fastest character in the game would be the ''last'' guy to show up.
42** The weird thing is, this is actually ''in-character'' for Sonic; not taking action until the absolutely ''last moment'', because he's so goddamn fast he can afford to wait that long is a trait shown in several of his own continuities, which is made even better it's a direct reference to how Sonic has to go ''Super Sonic'' in order to fight the TrueFinalBoss in most of his games at the time.
43** Sonic damaging Tabuu's wings changed the whole pace of the final assault. Tabuu already inflicted a TotalPartyKill and was about to do it again, only this time Dedede's badges weren't on any of the heroes. Had this succeeded, ''everyone'' (well, everyone except Toon Link, Wolf, and Jigglypuff, who don’t show up until post-game) would be a trophy forever and Tabuu would win. Sonic stopped it. Sonic ''singlehandedly'' saved the whole cast and made sure the heroes had a fighting chance and he did this without having to turn into ''Super Sonic''! (Who would have been more on equal with Tabuu's power) Such is the power of a character who takes on gods and godlike beings in his home series.
44* Ness when fighting off Wario in the "Lucas Leaves Ness" scene. Not only does he evade every shot targeting him, but when Wario shoots at Lucas, ''Ness takes the hit for him''. Talk about a HeroicSacrifice. This turns out to pay off later when King Dedede's badges restore him and Luigi because King Dedede had put the badges on the two of them, as they restore King Dedede right away, and the trio proceed to find and restore about half of everybody hit by Tabuu's earlier attack. Oh, and just look at his expressions, such as when he's looking at a restored Dedede. Heck, the only reason why you'd expect somebody with a baby face like Ness' to pull this off is because of examples like Kirby.
45** This is also a moment of awesome for ''Wario'', who never before has been ''genuinely sinister and frightening''.
46** Hell, Ness destroying the Pig King statue with one PK Flash hit in the "Ness and Porky Face Off" scene certainly counts -- especially since in ''Mother 3'', it has ''one hundred million hit points'' and can't be destroyed without a certain weapon. Totally win.
47** Believe it or not, PK Flash can kill that statue in one hit in ''Mother 3'', [[FridgeBrilliance because that boss is susceptible to the side effects of PK Flash, including a one-hit kill]]. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Unfortunately you can't repeat the stunt in the stage proper, even playing as Ness]].
48** Immediately after this scene, Ness and Lucas team up and fight Porky. Ness and Lucas teaming up by itself is awesome given that they never met in canon due to a long time skip between games; having them team up against the one guy they both have as an enemy is even better after all of the {{Moral Event Horizon}}s the little creep crossed in both of his appearances, ''especially'' [[TheWoobie Lucas]].
49** The coolest element is the fact that, in the home series, Porky promised Ness they would meet again, [[AbortedArc something that never ends up happening]]. Turns out they meet this time, and there is no Absolute Safe Capsule to save Porky this time!
50* Probably not as awesome as some of the finer moments, but in the "The Destiny of Ridley & Samus" scene, Samus' eternal nemesis Ridley spends a good minute fucking Samus up -- half of that being grinding her, suit and all, against a wall. He would have kept it up until Samus was a goner had Pikachu not interfered. Yes, ''[[ComMons Pikachu]]'', electrocuting and causing real, ''serious'' damage to someone who regularly fights toe-to-toe with Samus Fuckin' Aran.
51* Fox is strafing the ''Halberd'', but might have caught Peach in the crossfire. Zelda -- in her Sheik persona -- doesn't like that, so she leaps up onto Fox's Arwing and ''spearhands through the canopy''. The two drop to the deck [[LetsYouAndHimFight and start fighting]] -- but Peach, unhurt, promptly ends the fight by offering Fox a cup of tea. Fox is confused for a moment, then looks back at Sheik, who already has a cup. Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}. Not to mention Peach [[UnflinchingWalk calmly walking]] on the Halberd's deck ''as explosions go off behind her''. (Scene: "Sheik and the Fallen Arwing")
52* Several characters, like Fox (Scene: "Fox Confronts [[OlympusMons RAYQUAZA]]"), Falco (Scene: "Falco Appears"), and Falcon (Scene: "The Two Captains") had awesome entrances.
53* The cutscene introducing Olimar and Captain Falcon is a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] example. We start with a shot of the Pikmin swarming a giant-size R.O.B., who promptly spins its arms and sends them flying off -- and killing about two-thirds of them -- causing the tiny-by-comparison Olimar to step back. But then a red Pikmin points at something in the distance, Olimar looks back, and, with the Mute City theme blaring in the background, Captain Falcon zooms out of nowhere in the Blue Falcon, ejects forward from the seat at several miles an hour, delivers a ''Falcon Punch'' to the R.O.B.'s head that sends it flying off into the distance, and then does a cool pose as he lands and powerskids to a stop... straight through the rest of Olimar's Pikmin, killing them all. The music abruptly stops, and Olimar gives him a blank stare.
54* Snake, several ''hours'' after a five-second cutscene that hints at his presence in the story, is introduced in the only cutscene in the entire story to feature coherent dialogue:
55-->'''Snake:''' [[BreakingTheFourthWall Kept you waiting, huh?]]
56* While not as awesome as some of the above, Snake's instant unexpected ownage of the false Game & Watches on the Halberd in "The Ones in the Bridge" was pretty cool. Plus, Dedede in his first appearance, "King Dedede Steals Peach"/"King Dedede Steals Zelda", 1-hit surprise KO'ing Luigi and going on to use his Waddle Dees to steal Wario's ride and his trophies.
57** On the subject of Dedede, when Bowser attacks him and gets knocked out. Dedede revives him and Bowser steps up to fight him again, and Dedede just pimp-slaps him in the face. (Scenes: "King Dedede Vs. King Bowser" and "The True Enemy Is Right There")
58* Mario gets one if you choose to save Peach: Once he sees her trophy disappearing at the hands of Link later in the game, he ''charges right at him''. Link avoids being punched into the ground! If you save Zelda the whole scenario is reversed; it's Link who charges at Mario, who then avoids becoming a plumber-kebab. (Scene: "Mario's Misunderstanding"/"Link's Misunderstanding")
59** There's also the scene prior to that. While Mario and Pit are running by, a false Peach on a nearby hill gets ready to blast the duo with a dark cannon when suddenly it gets sliced in half and exploded by a sword strike from Link, with him and Yoshi getting ready to battle the shadowy doppelganger. In the reverse scenario, it's a false Zelda trying to blast Link and Yoshi until her cannon gets destroyed by Pit, with him and Mario facing off against her.
60* There is also their BigDamnHeroes later, when Mario, Pit, Kirby, Link and Yoshi get their {{Ass Kicking Pose}}s, and jump in a YeahShot to fight the Primids attacking Lucas, the Pokémon Trainer, Marth, Ike, and the Ice Climbers. It's unfortunate that the YeahShot gets cut off later when re-viewing the scenes. (Scene: "The Five Warriors")
61* The very team up of three of the biggest badasses on the roster -- Lucario, Meta Knight and Snake -- during the Halberd arc.
62* The Ancient Minister has been dropping Subspace Bombs left and right, easily escaping every single foe that tries to stop him -- even the ones that fly -- avoiding even Marth and Meta Knight's attacks... when all of a sudden [[{{BFS}} Ragnell]] spins into frame, shortly followed by Ike, and he slices through the Minister's bomb-carrying arm with his Aether move, sending the enemy spinning into the distance and rendering the bomb useless. The three go into a badass pose, as well as the Ancient Minister's [[OhCrap dawning look of realization]] as he notices the sword come up behind him. See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWf_nn8jFoc here]]. (Scene: "Ike Unleashes Aether")
63** Just to add to the awesome, this is the only time anyone successfully prevents a Subspace Bomb from being deployed. The team of Ike with MK and Marth running interference is just that awesome.
64* Mario and Link get one in one stage where they charge at a pair of R.O.B.s about to detonate a Subspace Bomb, while dodging a steady stream of lasers. The two most iconic. Nintendo. Characters. Ever. Mario. And. Link. On a team. Dodging lasers. Badass. (Scene: "The R.O.B. Army Rallies")
65* Lucas growing a pair and fighting Wario. (Scene: "The Wario and Lucas Rematch")
66** Also, when he and Pokémon Trainer were picked up by Galleom and flown into the sky, rather than being caught in Galleom's explosion, Lucas blew off Galleom's arm, freeing himself and the Pokémon Trainer. What made it awesome was that Lucas knew full well that they were screwed either way, but still tried to protect the unconscious Pokémon Trainer from impact, and Meta Knight caught them in midair for the win. (Scene: "Galleom Self-Destructs")
67* The moment the Ancient Minister finally stands against Subspace. All through the game he has been transporting Subspace bombs and commanding the R.O.B.s to detonate them with noticeable remorse. Until our heroes reach the floating island and the bomb factory. The minister cannot stand any more of seeing the innocent robots forced to do Gannondorf's bidding so he attempts to stop them, only for Ganondorf to activate some kind of override switch and order all the R.O.B.s to start firing until the minister is set on fire. The dark lord orders the room to fill with enemies to deal with the Smashers only for the Minister to get his second wind, start firing his own lasers on the enemies and toss aside his robes revealing himself as none other than Prime R.O.B. as the battlefield theme plays! [[LetsGetDangerous He's done taking orders.]]
68* Even ''Olimar'' manages a CMOA, when we see Fox's Arwing, Samus' Gunship, Kirby on the Dragoon, and Falcon's Falcon Flyer, and Olimar's '50s style rocket, the company ship from ''Pikmin 2'', is keeping up with them, even while shuddering in mid-air and making cartoonish sputtering noises.
69* When Diddy and DK make their first appearance. One of Bowser's minions fires a pair of Bullet Bills at DK, Diddy rushes out of the forest, jumps off of DK's back, and then goes into BulletTime and fires two Peanut Popguns at the Bullet Bills. Then, he shoots one more shot at a third Bullet Bill, and lands next to DK. They both do an AssKickingPose as the Bullet Bill lands behind them and ''explodes''. (Scene: "Donkey Kong & Diddy Kong")
70** Before that, Bowser's mooks swipe his bananas and what does DK do? ''Wrecks'' the mooks he can get his hands on and leaps out of the bushes with a ''roar''. If that's not badass enough for the thrilla gorilla, nothing is.
71* The scenes where after cornering the supposed leader of the Subspace Army, Ganondorf pops out of nowhere as a hologram and presses a button which makes all the R.O.B.s turn on the Subspace Bombs; it's the first time Ganondorf directly interferes with the heroes, and it is very evil. (Scene: "Ganondorf Takes Command")
72* Another one for Ganondorf... After seeing the ''creator of the world'' being effortlessly manipulated into doing another being's dirty work, what does Ganondorf do? He jumps and tries to whup Tabuu's ''Franchise/{{Tron}}''-inspired ass. Too bad he fails. (Scene: "The Crushing, Ruinous Defeat")
73* Ness and Luigi being revived from the their trophy state and immediately reviving Dedede once they saw the badges on them. This was a CMOA because Dedede's plan ''worked'', and if it wasn't for those three and Kirby (and at the end, Sonic), everybody would be screwed. (Scene: "King Dedede's Timed Badges")
74* Lucario finding Snake hiding in his box via his Aura sensing just goes to show you that Lucario is smarter than Metal Gear bad guys. See video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RELSX1rpiaY here]]. (Scene: "Lucario Discovers Snake") What's even more awesome in this scene is that we ''actually'' get to see the Auras of Snake and Meta Knight respectively showing their alignment.[[note]]Snake's is a darker shade of blue, which fits him as the gruff, hardcore, but noble heroic soldier who's saved the world countless times in his series, sliding him as a true hero much in the same vien as Mario, Link, Sonic, Fox and Samus. Where as Meta Knight's is mostly white, which shows that despite helping out the heroes and having teamed up with Kirby in the past, Meta Knight has done some truly awful things in his home series as he's fought against his enteral rival Kirby a few times, showing that Meta Knight is truly neutral, despite helping out.)[[/note]]
75* Power Suit Samus' entry. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRSloDdDM-c here]], one doesn't need an explanation for why it is Samus' CMOA. She's staring in awe at her suit, when a mass of R.O.B.s flood in from the hallway. The shot cuts to the hallway, where the R.O.B.s are consumed by an explosion as Samus puts on her suit and with one missile blast destroys at least 10 R.O.B.s, and [[SmokeShield she walks out of the smoke]]. Samus puts on her suit and destroys 10 R.O.B.s in ''two seconds''. (Scene: "Samus Revived")
76* Fox meeting Diddy, hurting [[OlympusMons Rayquaza]] as easily as if he was swatting a fly when he pulls out his reflector, causing Rayquaza's energy blast to rebound on itself. (Scene: "Fox Confronts RAYQUAZA")
77* Surely Luigi venturing into Subspace to save the others must count? When we first see him, he's terrified of a harmless little Waddle Dee, and now he's willing to go through [[EldritchLocation Subspace]] to save his pals? He [[TookALevelInBadass grew a pair]] between these two events.
78** Nah, he had that pair the entire time. He was almost certainly terrified of going into Subspace, [[CowardlyLion but he went in anyway to save his bro and all the other heroes]], whereas he had no reason to put his fear aside against the Waddle Dees because nobody was in trouble.
79* The ending. After Tabuu is defeated, the world returns to normal, all except for the floating island the R.O.B.s came from: all that remains of it is a small ball of light. After that, the opening theme for Brawl plays, complete with the Latin lyrics and their English translations. It doesn't quite become a CMOA until about halfway through the song, when we see all the heroes who escaped Subspace standing together on a cliff, looking out at the light where the R.O.B.s' island once stood. Seeing all the heroes standing together was a powerful image: many of them were enemies with one another, some were from completely different origins altogether, but all of them made a stand together to save the world from utter destruction. This makes the ending of the game ''the'' Crowning Moment of Awesome of the Subspace Emissary. See it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQvWqqLI1mg here]].
80* Mario leading the entire Smash Cast to face Tabuu. Sure, they all get defeated by Tabuu's Off-Wings, but still... it was just amazing! Mario is ''the'' leader of all Nintendo, and to see him leading the Smash crew into battle, and going "hm!" with a frown when he sees Tabuu... Mario is just that amazing.
81** Technically, it wasn't all for naught. The Smash crew fights through tons of enemies along the way, so they probably made Ness, Luigi, Dedede, and Kirby's (and one assumes, Sonic’s) job easier.
82* Yoshi gets a small one after a Subspace Bomb goes off; while Kirby carries Pit and Link overhead on a warp star, Yoshi runs Mario to safety on his back, like he usually finds himself doing in the mainstream Mario games. What makes it double as awesome is that Yoshi outruns the explosion ''and'' manages to keep up relatively well with a warp star.
83* Link's introduction, in which he draws the Master Sword while the ''The Legend of Zelda'' title theme swells.
84* Here's one point that only really becomes evident in hindsight: Peach is much less willing to fight than, oh, ''everybody''. This is the World of Trophies, where everyone is a Blood Knight from [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] to [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff]], and being turned into a Trophy is death in part because you ''can't'' fight. A pacifistic character just goes against the rules of the world. This alone makes Peach pretty damn impressive.
85* One for Bowser, but also doubling as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}: Ganondorf shoots down Bowser with a Dark Cannon, but is later revived by Dedede. The very first thing Bowser does after siding with Dedede is to ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkChf63Q0aQ sprint up to and beat down]]'' Ganondorf's trophy. And when he was revived, it's implied that Ganondorf ''felt'' it all, too.
86* A small one for the Ice Climbers during The Glacial Peak. In the cutscene before the level, Meta Knight is shown to be ahead of them and has the obvious advantage of being able to fly. The Ice Climbers have slightly decent regular jumping abilities and a rope. In addition, MK is much more of a natural at fighting all the enemies on the mountain than the climbers. Despite this, they still reach the top before MK in the next cutscene. Popo and Nana might not be natural fighters or heroes, but in their field they're second to none.
87* The three holders of the Triforce all simultaneously get this prior to the FinalBattle. Link and Zelda find Ganondorf's trophy. The two don't even hesitate, sharing a brief nod. Link shows his courage by risking Ganondorf's betrayal should they revive them, and Zelda shows wisdom in knowing that they need their mortal enemy's power to aid them. Upon his revival, Link doesn't say anything. He simply points toward Tabuu, as if to say; "Do you really want to start something now, or would you rather take care of ''that''?" He and Zelda then turn their backs to Ganondorf, fully expecting him to comply. Ganondorf is furious at this and contemplates for a moment, and then complies, swallowing his pride and agreeing that Tabuu is the bigger threat and must be dealt with. For the first time ''ever'', the three Triforce wielders are united!
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91* Being the game that ''introduced'' [[FinishingMove Final Smashes]], each character gets one. Let us list the ways, shall we?
92** Mario Finale: Mario shoots two streams of fire that scorch their opponents. The trophy description in ''Brawl'' even describes them as "twin dragons of flame". Doctor Mario would gain a Megavitamin variant called Doctor Finale for his return in the following game.
93** Konga Beat: Donkey Kong gets out the DK Bongos and uses them in a manner similar to ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', turning the battle into a RhythmGame, with each successful press of the A button creating a greater shock wave.
94** Triforce Slash: Link/Toon Link -- and later on Young Link -- traps the enemy in the Triforce of Courage and quickly cuts them to ribbons before finishing with a stab and sending them careening off the screen. When Link got updated in ''Ultimate'' to his ''Breath of the Wild'' incarnation, he swapped out the Triforce Slash for the Ancient Arrows (in hindsight taking Zelda's and Sheik's old Final Smash as his own while Sheik herself got Link's old Final Smash as a trade-off).
95** Zero Laser: Samus and later on Dark Samus fires a WaveMotionGun across the screen which engulfs anyone in its path. At first, the power was so great that it stripped Samus of her Power Suit, but she's since overcome that little hurdle.
96** Super Dragon: Yoshi sprouts wings and starts spitting fire as if he'd eaten a Red ''and'' Blue shell, darting across the screen and burning every enemy in sight. He would later gain a Yoshi stampede in ''Ultimate'' as his new Final Smash.
97** Cook Kirby: Kirby takes one of his strongest abilities from his series and cooks anyone unlucky enough not to dodge. As a bonus, he even gets some refreshments. He gains the Ultra Sword beginning in ''3DS-Wii U''.
98** Landmaster: Fox/Falco/Wolf summons the tank in question and proceeds to run over and blast their opponents. In Falco's case, he can fly so high that the Landmaster's top can launch opponents into a K.O. just by ''flying.'' (He does prefer the air after all). They would later swap these out for the Arwing/Wolfen squadron in ''Ultimate''.
99** Volt Tackle: Pikachu -- and later Pichu -- engulfs himself in electricity and darts around the screen, shocking opponents in his wake and delivering powerful electric blasts all the while, Pichu even gets severally damaged after using this move referencing the harsh recoil the move has in it's home series.
100** Negative Zone: Luigi does a strange dance and creates a field of negative energy which [[ConfusionFu causes a wide variety of effects]]. According to WordOfGod, it's a reflection of the darkness he embraced from being stuck as Mario's number two, meaning [[DarkIsNotEvil he learned to weaponize]] his status as a ButtMonkey! He would gain a new Poltergust Final Smash in the following game to better reference his ''Luigi's Mansion '' series.
101** PK Starstorm: Ness/Lucas causes several shooting stars to fall down from the sky, damaging anyone under them. The trophy descriptions state that Poo and Kumatora respectively taught them the technique, they would get said companions added for ''Ultimate''.
102** Blue Falcon: Captain Falcon calls upon his F-Zero racer and has it slam into anyone in its vicinity, knocking them to a track before proceeding to ''run them right over with the vehicle!''. It's also the first and only cinematic final smash in Brawl, with Smash 4 and Ultimate popularizing the trend, giving new cinematic final smashes to returning fighters and newcomers alike.
103** Puff Up: Jigglypuff takes its status as the [[{{Balloonacy}} Balloon Pokémon]] to its logical extreme by growing to the size of a hot-air balloon and expelling the air around it to cause damage. In some stages, it even fills up the entire screen!
104** Peach Blossom: Peach does a small dance that puts everyone to sleep and summons peaches to recover any lost health.
105** Giga Bowser: Bowser transforms into the titular TrueFinalBoss of ''Melee's'' Adventure Mode, becoming even stronger and giving his attacks added elemental effects. It would get a revamp in ''Ultimate'' where he's now in the background and can deliver a nasty OneHitKill Punch that instantly Screen K.O's anyone above 100%.
106** Iceberg: The Ice Climbers ''somehow'' summon a giant [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin iceberg]] in the middle of the stage which proceeds to do freezing damage to anyone making contact with it.
107** Light Arrow: Zelda/Sheik fires a giant Light Arrow from ''Twilight Princess'', and anyone it hits is seen in BulletTime, effectively telling them their fate is sealed, they would each get new Final Smashes in ''Ultimate'' (Zelda trapping her enemy in the Triforce of Wisdom that becomes a OneHitKill if the foe is at 100% and Sheik gaining a Sheikah version of Triforce Slash).
108** Critical Hit: Marth -- and later Lucina -- rushes at the opponent with Falchion and delivers a powerful blow, causing their health bar -- yes, the attack summons a ''health bar'' -- to go straight to zero and all but ensures an instant K.O. (unless you're on custom stages that's designed to prevent said K.O's) When Roy was brought back for ''3DS-Wii U'' as DLC he got a fiery stationary version that starts at the back of his body before ending with a powerful explosion at the front which sadly doesn't deliver instant K.O's (unless the foes are unlucky enough to be behind Roy when he starts the move), but still very powerful.
109** Beast Ganon: Ganondorf turns into Ganon, stomps the ground to entrap everyone in his line of sight, and rushes at them like a mammoth-sized battering ram.
110** Octopus: Mr. Game & Watch transforms into the titular cephalopod and attacks his foes with its tentacles. It would be reworked for ''Ultimate'' where he can ''drag'' his opponents to the far screen for instant K.O's.
111** Galaxia Darkness: Meta Knight shrouds the opponent in his cape, then delivers several slashes at what appears to be light speed. In the trophy description, it even states that it can hit anyone adjacent to the attack, implying that Meta Knight zips back and forth to do this, which he does for ''Ultimate'' while delivering a devastating series of slashes.
112** Palutena's Army: Pit calls upon his very goddess (who would later join the fight as a newcomer herself in the following game), who summons the Centurions to assist the angel [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of their lives]], it was in the running as the ''worst'' Final Smash in ''Brawl'' seeing as the Centurions are far more likely to ''miss'' their target. This would later get replaced by first the Three-Sacared Treasures in ''3DS-Wii U'' (upon the goddess herself getting a PromotedToPlayable) and then later on the Lightning Chariot in ''Ultimate'' which are far more powerful and viable.
113** Power Suit Samus: Zero Suit Samus just puts her Power Suit back on. It doesn't seem that impressive, until you realize that activating it near an opponent does massive damage. In other words, Samus can hurt people by ''putting her clothes back on.'' Due to separating both Samuses as their own characters in the following game, Zero Suit Samus would gain her Gunship as her new Final Smash, complete with her putting her ''Power Suit'' on and firing the same laser her normal armoured self uses.
114** Wario-Man: Wario eats a clove of garlic and transforms, gaining extraordinary speed and power. Every one of his attacks could be considered a recovery move, his fart is powerful enough to launch him off the screen if you're not careful, and his Wario Bike can send him accidentally flying off the stage! He would later gain a cinematic trapping version of this in ''Ultimate''.
115** Grenade Launcher: Snake jumps into a helicopter and fires grenades at his opponents, blowing each of them to kingdom come as he sees fit. It even got a SpiritualSuccessor in the form of Zero Suit Samus' Final Smash later. When he was brought back in ''Ultimate'', he got a new Final Smash that calls in a ''Missile Strike''.
116** Great Aether: Ike launches his opponent into the air with Ragnell and delivers a series of flaming slashes, ending with him rocketing down with one final slice that sends his foe skyward.
117** Triple Finish: Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard team up and use Hydro Pump, Solar Beam and Fire Blast at the same time to utterly decimate the opposition. When Charizard was made a standalone character following the removal of character swapping in ''3DS-Wii U'' (forcibly cutting the Trainer and his Squirtle and Ivysaur), he got his Mega Charizard X form as a replacement Final Smash which was a copy of Yoshi's Super Dragon. Upon the Trainer rejoining the brawl for ''Ultimate'', so did their Final Smash.
118** Rocketbarrel Barrage: Diddy Kong gets out his Rocketbarrel Pack and shoots at everyone with [[DualWielding dual-wielded]] Peanut Popguns. As a bonus, the ones that don't hit can be eaten to restore health.
119** Super Sonic: Sonic uses the Chaos Emeralds to turn into his iconic GoldenSuperMode and flies around the screen, becoming even faster and just destroying anyone he touches. It became notorious as it's the most powerful and arguably the best ''Final Smash'' in ''Brawl''.
120** Waddle Dee Army: King Dedede does the '''[[MemeticMutation Big Gay Dance]]''' to summon an army of Waddle Dees, Waddle Doos, and Gordos to cause chaos across the field.
121** End of Day: Olimar gets in the Hocotate Ship and flies off, leaving his foes to take damage from the Distant Planet's denizens before kamikazeing the stage. And anyone caught in the initial liftoff is embedded into the ground, possibly unable to do anything about it.
122** Aura Storm: Lucario darts upward (meteor smashing anyone unlucky enough to be near him during takeoff which is bad news for those who are offstage) and fires a KamehameHadouken downward, which can be guided to hit any opponents in its path and can become a deadly OneHitKill if Lucario's at maximum Aura. No wonder Lucario's often compared to [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]]! In ''Ultimate'', Lucario now ''Mega Evolves'' during the whole duration and he sounds even more like ''Goku'' (seeing as he's actually voiced by Goku's VA doing a RoleReprise beginning in the ''3DS-Wii U'' game).
123** Diffusion Beam: R.O.B. creates a short, spiral-shaped beam of energy that entraps anyone caught in it, allowing for even greater combos. And if it ever shorts out, it does even ''more'' damage than the usual attack. He would later gain a powerful WaveMotionGun for ''Ultimate''.
124* When [[VideoGame/MetalGear Snake]] answers a codec call against Falco and is greeted by ''[[Franchise/StarFox Slippy]]'', who has apparently hacked into the channel. He even goes "Snake? SNAAAAAAKE!" if you get KO'd during the conversation!
125* Another Moment Of Awesome goes to Creator/HideoKojima, who designed the Shadow Moses Island stage. During the stage, the wall in the background will occasionally collapse, revealing Metal Gear REX, RAY, or a pair of roaming Gekkos. Anyone who has played through ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4GunsOfThePatriots'' should by now realize that these were not random references: Snake and Ocelot would eventually return to the island and battle each other in the REX and the RAY respectively ''right after'' an army of Gekkos self-destruct and destroy the Shadow Moses base. It takes balls to do your {{Foreshadowing}} in ''someone else's game''. Let alone using the very definition of purely concentrated Nintendo fan service to advertise ''the [=PS3's=] KillerApp''.
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