History VideoGame / SuperSmashBrosBrawl

* GratuitousEnglish: Sonic, since he's voiced by a Japanese actor. In contrast, Lucas and Zero Suit Samus [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish avoid]] this by having American voice actors -- even in the Japanese version.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While there are a lot more characters with different voice actors depending on version than in ''Melee'', [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]], [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Zero Suit Samus]], and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Peach]] retain the same voice actors between the Japanese and English versions and speak very perfectly passable English, as do a number of Assist Trophies.

* TheLostWoods: The TropeNamer makes an appearance as the place where Link obtains the Master Sword and meets up with Yoshi, and makes up for the ninth level of the story. It implements the DualWorldGameplay as seen in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' (even playing the overworld music of that game's DarkWorld). The player's character has to enter doors to travel between the light and dark versions of the forest, as the paths in one version will be block off but open in the other (and vice versa).

* WhipItGood: [[spoiler:Tabuu, the FinalBoss]], can conjure a golden whip. If the player is caught by the claw at the tip of the weapon, the boss will slam them against the arena to deal massive damage and send them flying.

* WhipItGood: In addition to Sheik who still can attack with a whip, Zero Suit Samus can change her gun into a laser-made one.

* TheLostWoods: The TropeNamer makes an appearance as the place where Link obtains the Master Sword and meets up with Yoshi.

* {{Irony}}: The game was designed by Masahiro Sakurai to specifically NOT be competitive, yet the number of official money tournaments featuring it actually exceeded those of ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' in 2010.

** [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]] has attacks with unusual timing to them, including an up special with extremely high recovery which makes him very vulnerable. His Grenades are projectiles that deal ScratchDamage if they hit his opponents, as their timed explosions are what causes any real damage, and his Remote Missiles are manually controlled. Originally in ''Brawl'', he had a very unconventional down smash, involving him planting a landmine that would either explode after a set amount of time or when someone got too close to it. As of ''Ultimate'', his down smash was changed.

* LethalLavaLand: Norfair's platforms float over a large magma cavern. Waves of magma will occasionally emerge from either side and cover parts of the stage, dealing large amounts of damage to anyone that touches them.

In addition to expanding on the features first introduced in ''Melee'', ''Brawl'' is notable in the series' history for multiple important inclusions. First, it shakes up the status quo with the introduction of non-Nintendo characters as {{Guest Fighter}}s, with Creator/{{Konami}}'s [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]] and Creator/{{Sega}}'s Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog joining the roster. Second, is the introduction of Final Smashes, [[LimitBreak powerful and flashy attacks that do major damage if they are successfully executed]]. Finally, it is the first ''Smash'' game to support online multiplayer.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: [[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy R.O.B.]] is portrayed as a fully-autonomous being capable of feeling emotions. This is most prevalent during Subspace Emissary, where R.O.B. [[spoiler:as the Ancient Minister]] is forced to sacrifice his fellow R.O.B.s in order to detonate Subspace Bombs and further the goals of the Subspace Army, an act he shows visible shame and remorse for many times.

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*** BadassInDistress: Also around the beginning of the story, Donkey Kong is captured by Bowser while saving Diddy from being shot [[spoiler: and is saved during the second act when Diddy ambushes and boards the skiff he’s chained onto with Falco’s help]].

*** BadassInDistress: Also around the beginning of the story, Donkey Kong is captured by Bowser while saving Diddy from being shot [[spoiler: and is saved during the third act when Diddy ambushes the skiff he’s chained onto with Falco’s help]].

* BackFromTheBrink: In Subspace Emissary, [[spoiler:[[BigBad Tabuu]] knocks out all of fighters appearing before him with one-shot of his Off Waves attack. Luckily, King Dedede had stashed away the trophies of [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Kirby]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]], and [[VideoGame/Earthbound1994 Ness]] with timed release revival brooches, allowing them to go and revive everyone. Additionally, when Tabuu tries the attack again, his wings are destroyed by [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]], forcing him to fight on even terms.]]

* CharacterSelectForcing: Happens on a regular basis in Adventure Mode. You will always be forced to play as a select group of characters and only when you reached the Great Maze can you choose anyone that you want to play as, and even then you're only limited to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi, Bowser]], [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Kirby, King Dedede]], and [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness]] if you haven't bothered to collect the others' trophies, VideoGame/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}} [[EleventhHourRanger won't show up until the final boss]], and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jigglypuff]], [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Toon Link]], and [[VideoGame/StarFox Wolf]] aren't available until the game is cleared.

* {{Irony}}: VideoGame/{{Sonic|TheHedgehog}}, the fastest thing alive, is very late to [[spoiler:the final battle against Tabuu]]. He is also low-tier in ''Brawl'' tournaments, one of the reasons being that he has ''slow attack setups''.

* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Although calling it the last "episode" is not quite accurate, in the level The Great Maze VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog makes his first appearance in the whole story at the last possible second, showing up in the cutscene immediately preceding the final boss.

* OptionalCharacterScene: The mode features variants of alternative scenes with different characters, such as if Franchise/{{Kirby}} decides to free [[Franchise/{{Mario}} Peach]] or [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zelda]] in the opening level. Unlocking the other scenes would require a second playthrough.

* GuestFighter: Solid Snake from ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' and VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog were the first third-party characters in the series, debuting in this game. The latter was highly demanded by fans who wanted to see him in a fighting game with Mario (which was why he was added in the game), and the game's website refers to both by the trope name. Solid Snake is a unique case as Creator/HideoKojima originally asked for Snake to be added to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee''. However, that game was far along in development with no time to add another character, so the developers rainchecked him till ''Brawl''.

* ChainOfPeople: One of Olimar's moves has him forming a Chain of'VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} to attack. It's useful to grab off ledges too.

* WhipItGood: [[spoiler:Tabuu, the FinalBoss]], can do a whip attack. Being captured by it often leads to instant death.

* WhipItGood: [[spoiler:Tabuu, the FinalBoss,]] has one of his own. Being captured by it often leads to instant death.

* WhipItGood: [[spoiler:Tabuu, the FinalBoss,]] has one of his own. Being captured by it often leads to instant death.]]

** The [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon Trainer]] is a step above Zelda and Samus as a three-form fighter; they can switch between Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard at will with their down special. All three Pokémon tire out if used for too long at a time, encouraging continuous switching. Each Pokémon has basic ElementalRockPaperScissors weaknesses and resistances as well, though it ends up being FakeBalance (fire-element attacks are extremely common in the roster while grass-type and water-type damage is nearly nonexistent). The fourth game replaced the Trainer with just Charizard, but brought them back in ''Ultimate'' with the same mechanics minus the tiredness and element systems, making them the only multi-form fighter on the roster at launch.