History Characters / SuperSmashBrosBrawl27To31

A flightless angel that serves as the commander of the [[LightIsGood Goddess of Light]] Palutena's forces, he's the hero of ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''. He's taken down entire armies (sometimes two entire armies at once), as well as several gods, a crew of space pirates, an alien race, and the embodiment of chaos itself. He disappeared from games for awhile, but he was brought back with a redesign in ''Brawl'' before he received a revival of his own series in ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' with said ''Brawl'' design, also by Sakurai's team.\\

* JerkAss: Wario is not a pleasant fellow, his animations show him constantly mocking his opponents and he’s the only villain without a good motive, simply joining the villains ForTheEvulz.

-->"All troops... Move out!"

* FanBoy: Though he behaves that way through varying degrees during Palutena's Guidance towards most fighters, Palutena herself basically [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it when used on [[LivingLegend Mario]]. His first scene in ''Subspace Emissary'' had him watching Mario vs. Kirby on the angelic equivalent of TV.

* FanBoy: Snake is usually super serious, but even he gets a little giddy when talking about Captain Falcon.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: While most languages use a descriptor to either identify the Zero Suit or signify that Zero Suit Samus is suitless, the Spanish translation simply calls her "Samus Zero".

* IconicLogo: Snake's previous franchise logo, the FOX Unit emblem, was discarded in ''Ultimate''. Its replacement? Why, the ''Metal Gear'' "'''!'''", of course. This is likely for legal reasons as the FOX emblem is still owned by Kojima Productions, being their logo, while Snake and ''Metal Gear'' is owned by Konami, who no longer works with the former.

One of Kirby's [[TheRival rivals]], an honorable MasterSwordsman who travels around the world [[BloodKnight challenging strong opponents]] to [[DuelBoss duels]]. He's been both a fierce foe and a trusted friend of Kirby, often providing him with a sword to duel with. Only two characters in the ''Kirby'' canon have officially beaten Meta Knight — Kirby himself, and [[EvilTwin his own]] [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Mirror Universe counterpart]]. His mask hides a face remarkably similar to Kirby's, but his exact relationship to Kirby remains a mystery.\\

* BriefAccentImitation: In his Palutena's Guidance conversation concerning Shulk, he suddenly starts spouting off lines in a bad Cockney accent as if to mock him. A very strange example because not only does he admit to never having heard of Shulk before in the very same conversation, but the lines and particular accent he's imitating (Shulk's accent being much tamer) are actually all taken from Shulk's best friend, [[FountainofMemes Reyn]], who isn't even in the game!

* RapunzelHair: {{Downplayed|trope}}; her high ponytail reaches down to her lower back, in line with her ''Zero Mission'' design. Letting her hair down would likely result in it reaching her lower back similar to [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Mythra]], as apparent in some depictions in Metroid main series concept art. It's still of a rather reasonable length compared to some other female fighters (and even [[VideoGame/FatalFury two of]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the male ones]]).

''Ultimate:'' [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosUltimate64To69 64–69 (Initial Release)]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosEchoFighters New Echo Fighters]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosUltimate70To75 70–75 (DLC Fighters 1)]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosUltimate76To82 76–82 (DLC Fighters 2)]]\\

* DarthVaderClone: Meta Knight already had many Vader-like qualities in his home series, complete with his Star Destroyer-like Halberd, and ''Smash'' gives him a very deep, Vader-like voice to match — much deeper than in the ''Kirby'' anime. DarkIsNotEvil is in play, though: in ''The Subspace Emissary'', Meta Knight is on the heroes' side from the beginning, [[GoodVersusGood if only after a bit of miscommunication with King Dedede and later Marth]].

* ArtifactTitle: "Zero Suit" Samus is ''not'' wearing the Zero Suit in her [[WhoWearsShortShorts casual wear]] alternate costumes.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Her ''Zero Mission'' and ''Fusion'' ending alternate costumes are featured as of ''3DS/Wii U'' with their characteristic short shorts that emphasize her long, muscular legs.

* OnlySaneMan: It must say something about the wackiness of a game when the most "realistic" and sane character is a Fourth Wall Breaking, rapidly aging clone who enjoys hiding in cardboard boxes and is from a series with [[EverythingsBetterWithCows mooing]] GiantMecha.

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--> '''Creator:''' Creator/HALLaboratory
--> '''Publisher:''' Nintendo

'''Specials''': [[TornadoMove Mach Tornado]], [[ThisIsADrill Drill Rush]], [[CapeWings Shuttle Loop]], [[TeleportCloak Dimensional Cape]]\\

-> See [[Characters/KirbyMetaKnight Meta Knight's page]] for more information on the character in his origin series.

** In [[https://twitter.com/SSBUNews/status/1158972989712601088 the Heroes Vs. Villains]] online tourney event in ''Ultimate'', while the event has no clear indication on who is a hero and who is a villain, his placement on the promotional picture for the event -- which has him flying ominously in the background with the villains, far away from the heroes -- signifies his alignment as a "villain" for the event.

** This is taken further in ''Ultimate'', with even more detailing and texture to both his armor and Galaxia Sword. Likewise, his [[VideoGame/KirbySuperStar Galacta Knight]] and [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror Dark Meta Knight]] alternate costumes gain new detailing on their masks and have their respective swords correctly colored [[note]]Pink blade and a white hilt for Galacta Knight, and a silver blade with a blue sapphire replacing the normal Galaxia's inset ruby for Dark Meta Knight.[[/note]] to make them better resemble themselves.

** ''3DS/Wii U'': 3DS/Wii U: All stages from his series[[note]]Dream Land in 3DS, The Great Cave Offensive and Halberd in Wii U, and the DLC stage Dream Land (64) for both[[/note]].

-->'''Galaxia Darkness Trophy''' (''Brawl''): In the darkness, Meta Knight can also reach and attack distant enemies. One can imagine Meta Knight zipping back and forth at high speed to accomplish this.

* MasterOfAll: His infamous ''Brawl'' incarnation. Not only did he have great speed and excellent recovery that more than compensated his one obvious flaw (lightweight), Meta Knight had little trouble racking up damage and killing opponents with his plethora of K.O. moves (neither reach nor priority were issues for him, since his sword could transcend almost everything). And assuming they survived, edgeguarding them was trivial since his aerial mobility was near unparalleled in that game. All of this led to a character almost unanimously viewed as the best by far by the community, to the point that banning the character was seriously considered at various points.

* NotQuiteFlight: The glide mechanic of his Shuttle Loop recovery, which let you linger under stages for quite some time if you knew what you were doing. [[{{Nerf}} Removed in ''3DS/Wii U'']].

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--> '''Creator:''' Creator/{{Nintendo}}, Creator/{{TOSE}}
--> '''Publisher:''' Nintendo

'''Specials''': [[ArcherArchetype Palutena's Bow]], [[SpamAttack Angel Ring]] (''Brawl''), [[DashAttack Upperdash Arm]] (''3DS/Wii U''), [[VideoGameFlight Wings of Icarus]] (''Brawl''), [[NotQuiteFlight Power of Flight]] (''3DS/Wii U''), [[AttackReflector Mirror Shield]] (''Brawl''), [[DeflectorShields Guardian Orbitars]] (''3DS/Wii U'')\\

-> See [[Characters/KidIcarusPit Pit's page]] for more information on the character in his origin series.

* AdaptationalBadass: An interesting case in that it soon carried over to his own series. He started off as a flightless angel that can shoot arrows, and was seen as super weak, mostly due to the NintendoHard nature of his game. This was best reflected in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'', where he (known as [[IAmNotShazam Kid Icarus]] back then) was the least versatile of Video Land's heroes compared to Mega Man, Simon, and Captain N himself. Come ''Brawl'' and he gets a new design and new attacks that make him a complete badass. Then his series gets a [[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising sequel]] using the design and badassery from this series, albeit with a goofy, dorky personality on top, and now he's slaying monsters of varying sizes, several gods, a HiveMind of aliens, a chaotic parasite, and even [[spoiler:the true god of the Underworld, Hades]]. Sakurai has stated that his redesign was based on the idea of, "What if Pit's design evolved over time", specifically citing the change of Link from a cute little elf boy to a tall, masculine sword fighter. That said, his design is somewhat of a composite between ''Of Myth And Monsters''’ box art and the NES game's best ending.

--> '''Palutena:''' Fight first, fanboy later.

** ''3DS/Wii U'': All stages from his series[[note]]Reset Bomb Forest in ''3DS'', Palutena's Temple and Skyworld in ''Wii U''[[/note]].

* MustMakeHerLaugh: In Palutena's Guidance for [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]], after [[{{Troll}} Viridi]] tells him that she has a [[BlatantLies great]] sense of humor, he decides to tell her a few jokes to see if he can get her to laugh[[note]]Anyone who's played ''Fire Emblem Awakening'' would know that not only is Lucina the ''least'' likely in the entire army to get a joke, but one of the few things Lucina actually laughed at in ''Awakening'' was the thought of her father carving up Inigo for getting too cozy with her. So if Pit were to say, poke fun at her? [[BerserkButton She'd probably interpret it as an actual insult and get mad.]][[/note]]. One of the Challenge Mode pictures in ''Wii U'' shows [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UWiK8--4I1g/maxresdefault.jpg the probable aftermath]].

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-> '''Home Series:''' ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''

--> '''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'' [UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance], 2004 [[note]] General suitless Samus debuts in: ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'' [[[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]]], 1986, ''Zero Mission'' marks the first game that Samus is playable without her Power Suit. [[/note]]
--> '''Creator:''' Creator/{{Nintendo}}
--> '''Publisher:''' Nintendo

-> '''Playable in:''' ''Brawl'', ''[=3DS/Wii U=]'', ''Ultimate''\\

-> See [[Characters/MetroidSamusAran Samus's page]] for more information on the character in her origin series.

** ''Brawl'': Both debuting stages from her series[[note]]Norfair and Frigate Orpheon[[/note]].
** ''3DS/Wii U'': All stages from her series[[note]]Brinstar in ''3DS'', Pyrosphere and Norfair in ''Wii U''[[/note]].

* InterfaceSpoiler: Zero Suit Samus is used for the Spirit battle for Poppi α from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', but the two look nothing alike, with Poppi α being [[https://xenoblade.fandom.com/wiki/File:XC2_Poppi_a_Artwork.png a blocky robot that looks like a little girl]]. In fact, when you fight the Spirit, your first opponent is a Mii Fighter wearing a Dixie Kong hat and a Chibi-Robo suit, the ''actual'' analogue to α, because Zero Suit Samus actually represents [[spoiler: her MsFanservice [[BishonenLine final form]], [[https://xenoblade.fandom.com/wiki/File:XC2_Poppi_QTpi_Artwork.png Poppi QTπ]].]]

[[folder:30 – Wario]]
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-> '''Home Series:''' ''VideoGame/{{Wario}}''

--> '''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins'' [UsefulNotes/GameBoy], 1992
--> '''Creator:''' Creator/{{Nintendo}}
--> '''Publisher:''' Nintendo

-> '''Playable in:''' ''Brawl'', ''3DS/Wii U'', ''Ultimate''\\
'''Specials''': [[ManBitesMan Chomp]], [[CarFu Wario Bike]], [[SpinAttack Corkscrew]], [[{{Fartillery}} Wario Waft]]\\

-> See the Characters/WarioAndWaluigi character page for more information on the character in his origin series.

* {{Gasshole}}: One of his most powerful attacks is farting near an opponent..

** In ''Brawl'', be careful not to use the Wario Bike while as Wario-Man, as it goes TooFastToStop. How fast? When placed on the road in the Big Blue stage, it can outspeed the F-Zero machines, which go so fast that stepping on the road for even a second as anybody else (save Sonic) is an instant K.O. It was significantly slowed down for ''3DS/Wii U'', although it's still lightning-fast.
** In ''Brawl'', his Wario Waft can invoke this. When fully charged, it launches Wario upwards an incredible height, making it very useful as a recovery. However, if you use it to send yourself past the upper boundary, [[ATwinkleInTheSky you'll fly away into the distance]], causing an instant K.O. It is the only move in the game that can cause a self-destruct this way.

** In ''Brawl'' and ''3DS/Wii U'', he becomes faster and stronger, using an aerial move will keep him aloft, and the Wario Bike becomes '''insanely''' fast. [[TooFastToStop Too fast]].

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-> '''Home Series:''' ''VideoGame/MetalGear''

--> '''Debut:''' ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'' [[[UsefulNotes/{{MSX}} MSX2]]], 1987
--> '''Nintendo debut:''' ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear|1}}'' [UsefulNotes/{{NES}}], 1987
--> '''Creator:''' Creator/{{Konami}}
--> '''Publisher:''' Konami

-> '''Playable in:''' ''Brawl'', ''Ultimate''\\
'''Specials''': [[ThrowDownTheBomblet Hand Grenade]], [[PlayerGuidedMissile Nikita Missile]], [[SurveillanceDrone Cypher]], [[StickyBomb C4]]\\

-> See [[Characters/MetalGearSolidSnake Solid Snake's page]] for more information on the character in his origin series.

** Snake's CODEC calls on Shadow Moses Island return in ''Ultimate'', but they haven't been updated to reflect changes made since ''Brawl'' (except Link's, but it just omits the remark about the Clawshot since Link in ''Ultimate'' doesn't have it, rather than changing it) and no new calls have been recorded for characters who weren't in ''Brawl''. Most notably, the calls for Jigglypuff and Sonic still call the game "Brawl" as opposed to "Smash" or "Ultimate."[[note]]There is no official explanation for why they didn't record new calls, but the most common speculation is that they were unable to since Takeshi Aono, the Japanese voice of Col. Campbell, passed away after ''Brawl'' was released and the character was retired out of respect.[[/note]] Unless GameplayAndStorySegregation is in play, this seems to indicate that Snake and his comrades are unaware that the world around them progressed from ''Brawl'' to a second sequel, to the point of having absolutely no intel on the 50+ "new" fighters that suddenly appeared around them.

* BigNo: His Star KO scream.

** He also seems to be a big fan of the Mario Bros. (possibly as a reference to [[Creator/HideoKojima his creator]] being a fan of the series, himself). Snake expresses excitement about getting to face off against Mario, and sticks up for Luigi when the AI Colonel starts insulting him, even shouting "Show [Luigi] a little respect!"

* BeautyMark: She has one under her lip from ''3DS/Wii U'' onwards, in-line with her appearance in ''Other M''.

* GlassCannon: He has some of the most quickest attack speeds as he has the capability of racking up considerable damage as well as wiping out stocks, along with being one of the fastest characters in the series overall, but his endurance isn't really the best.

* MovesetClone: He's far from being a clone of Kirby but the only two moves they share are his up and down throws.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: His Galacta Knight color has red eyes.
** Obtaining a Smash Ball turns his eyed red, given that all characters gain [[GlowingEyesOfDoom yellow eyes]] when they break it, as he himself already has yellow eyes, it was obviously changed to stand out from the rest. The newly added red eyes makes him look even more menacing.

* FingerlessGloves: In his biker outfit.

-> See Characters/KidIcarusProtagonistsAndAllies for more information on the character in his origin series.

-> See [[Characters/Characters/KirbyMetaKnight Meta Knight's page]] for more information on the character in his origin series.

-> See Characters/KirbyKirbyAndFriends for more information on the character in his origin series.

* BadassMoustache: A highly stylized one, compared to Mario and Luigi's more natural soup-strainers.

* BadassBeard: Notably, Solid Snake never had a full beard in ''Metal Gear'' canon, but his father, Naked Snake, did.

Just because he's fat doesn't mean he isn't a force to be reckoned with. He's definitely a lot more agile than he looks, and his strength and versatility isn't to be underestimated, with special mention going to his trademark Wario Bike. Just be careful around his mouth and ''especially'' [[{{Fartillery}} his posterior]], notably whenever his belly starts bulging.

''Ultimate:'' [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosUltimate64To69 64–69 (Initial Release)]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosEchoFighters Echo Fighters]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosUltimate70To75 70–75 (DLC Fighters 1)]] | [[Characters/SuperSmashBrosUltimate76To82 76–82 (DLC Fighters 2)]]\\

* SecretCharacter: '''For ''Ultimate''''': Play Vs. Mode for 6 hours and 10 minutes, beat Classic Mode with Link or anyone in his unlock tree four times, or find and defeat him in ''World of Light''.

* SecretCharacter: '''For ''Ultimate''''': Play Vs. Mode for 30 minutes, beat Classic Mode with Samus or anyone in her unlock tree three times, or find and defeat him in ''World of Light''.

* SecretCharacter: '''For ''Ultimate''''': Play Vs. Mode for 3 hours, beat Classic Mode with Fox or anyone in his unlock tree two times, or find and defeat her in ''World of Light''.

** '''For ''Ultimate''''': Play Vs. Mode for 3 hours and 50 minutes, beat Classic Mode with Samus or anyone in her unlock tree seven times, or find and defeat him in ''World of Light''.

** '''For ''Ultimate''''': Play Vs. Mode for 6 hours and 20 minutes, beat Classic Mode with Link or anyone in his unlock tree five times, or find and defeat him in ''World of Light''.