Fan Nickname / Super Smash Bros.

The Super Smash Bros. fanbase has a tendency to create Fan Nicknames.

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Characters and Alts

• Almost everyone refers to the first game's starter cast ^note Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox and Pikachu collectively as the Original Eight, or the Original Twelve if the secret characters ^note Luigi, Jigglypuff, Captain Falcon and Ness are involved.
• Pink Dong for pink Donkey Kong, as well as Grape Ape for purple Donkey Kong.
• Samus is sometimes referred to as "Regular Samus" or "Power Suit Samus" to distinguish her from Zero Suit Samus, especially since many of the latter's fanboys (particularly ones unfamiliar with Metroid) casually refer to her as just "Samus".
• Purple Yoshi is often referred to as Barney for reasons that should be obvious.
• Pikachu and Pichu are usually collectively referred to as "the rats".
• Among competitive Smash players, Fox, Falco, and Wolf are collectively referred to as "Spacies", sometimes unabbreviated as "space animals", not just because they come from the same franchise, but because they share enough mechanical similarities (similar moves, as well as similar size, falling speed, and weight) that it's more useful to discuss them as a collective archetype, and with a short, snappy term.
• Captain Fabulous or Fancy Falcon for Pink Captain Falcon. For fans of Yo Videogames, there's Breast Cancer Awareness Captain Falcon.
• Because Russian letters "Н" and "С" look like Latin "H" and "C" Ness is called "Hecc" by foreigners.
• "Jiggs", "Puff", or "the Puff" for Jigglypuff.
• At some point, the giant Kirby fought as an Optional Boss in Melee was known as "Big Puff".
• DIC Bowser for Green Bowser, which is more likely based on his sprite from Super Mario World.
• The two characters that comprise the Ice Climbers have two official names: Popo for the boy in the blue parka with the asymmetrical hair, and Nana for the girl in the pink parka with the symmetrical hair. In half of the duo's costumes, Popo is the player-controlled Ice Climber while Nana is AI-controlled, and in the other half, Nana becomes the leader while Popo follows. Despite this, the competitive community usually refers to the partner Ice Climber as Nana regardless of if she actually is in that role, for simplicity's sake.
• Dr. Mario:
  • The man himself is usually just called "Doc" or "the Doc".
  • Dr. Mario's black palette swap was called an "unlicensed doctor" on the Japanese Melee site. Some also call like to call it his Mad Doctor costume. In addition to that, the pink palette swap is known as "Gynecologist Mario", the light blue one is known as "Dentist Mario", and the green one is known as "Surgeon Mario".
• Any Fire Emblem character who isn't Marth will inevitably get a nickname based on the Hero King: Red/Fire Marth (Roy), Buff/Manly/Bara Marth (Ike), Girl Marth (Lucina), Magic Marth (Robin), Dragon Marth (Corrin), Dad Marth (Chrom) and Teacher/Professor Marth (Byleth).
• Ganondorf:
  • Falcondorf for Ganondorf's portrayal as a Moveset Clone of Captain Falcon, generally used by detractors who wish he had a different moveset.
  • Ganondorf's blue alternate costume seems to have gained the terms "Smurfendorf" and "Ganonsmurf". And his white-haired alt costume is often referred to as Old Manondorf, Grandpadorf, or Ganondalf.
• Mewtwo and Lucas are known as "Psychic Bros." due to their 3DS/Wii U trailers coming out around the same time.
• Mewtwo's blue color palette in 3DS/Wii U^noteThis version has a deeper blue than Mewtwo's blue palette in Melee. has been dubbed "Bluetwo" by the fans.
• Since Ultimate, Meta Knight is often referred to as "Batman" due to a similar bat-like motif and color scheme, in addition to rounding out the Robin and Joker in the roster.
• Zero Suit Samus:
  • Zero Skill Spamus, for people who consider Zero Suit Samus a High-Tier Scrappy.
  • "Space mommy", a Forced Meme of sorts for those who consider Zamus to be attractive in a mature and caring way, as a Distaff Counterpart of the "space daddy" nickname for Shiro from Voltron: Legendary Defender.
• Guts for Ike's Radiant Dawn-inspired redesign in 3DS/Wii U, due to both being extremely muscular swordsmen capable of wielding a two-handed weapon with a single hand.
• Pokémon Trainer:
  • The male Pokémon Trainer is often referred to with his Canon Name of "Red", mostly because he uses Red's design in FireRed/LeafGreen, along with the awkward logistics of the Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" trope.
  • The Trainer's voice in Brawl is also extremely similar to Ash's, giving him that natural nickname (this doesn't include the fact that he has the same Pokémon as Ash's outside of Ivysaur), although this dissipated over time as Red became a more recognized character in his own right to rival Ash.
  • Likewise, the female Pokémon Trainer is referred to by her own Canon Name of "Leaf", or by the name of the character "Green" from the manga and Let's Go games who may or may not be an incarnation of Leaf.
  • In early versions of Ultimate, the Trainer's team as a whole was derisively called "Ivysaur & Friends" due to subpar Multiform Balance resulting in copious use of Ivysaur (carrying the whole team) while minimizing the use of its teammates Squirtle and Charizard.
• Villager:
  • A few members of Nintendo's Treehouse refer to a Villager in the hands of a skilled player as "Killager". In the hands of Bill Trinen, he's known as the "Billager". "Pillager" is also used sometimes, which makes it a shame that Villager's iconic Viking hat didn't make it as an alt costume.
  • Of the Villager's alternate costumes, a few have nicknames based on what they're wearing: Pink for the pink-haired villager, Turnip or Green for the one in the dark green dress, Stoner for the one in the light blue shirt due to his droopy eyelids, and Red or Number 1 for the red shirted Villager.
• The Wii Fit Trainer is known as "Miss Fit," both to distinguish her from the other "trainer" and in reference to her being such a strange character. There's also Mr. Fit for the Male Trainer.
• Rosalina & Luma is often shortened to "Rosaluma".
• Greninja is either called "Frog Strider" by fighting game fans, or "Disco Ninja Frog". Also, Narutoad.
• In terms of Mii Fighter movesets, 3122 (Exploding Side Kick, Onslaught, Helicopter Kick, and Feint Kick) for Mii Brawler is known to some players as "The Vincent", after Alpharad's Mii Brawler with this moveset who wears the Vince (from Art Academy) outfit. Alpharad himself has referred to the character as Vincent van Gogh, but the costume bears no resemblance to the real painter.
• Palutena
  • A certain part of the Japanese fandom has taken to nickname Palutena into "Oppalutena", having even its own tag on Pixiv.
  • Due to how highly effective and infamous Palutena's neutral air attack is in Ultimate, some have come to just call her "NAir" or "NAir Goddess".
• Pac-Man's eighth costume, which gives his gloves and boots a plaid pattern, is often referred to as the oven mitts.
• Due to Snake's absence in 3DS/Wii U, Mario, Sonic, Mega Man and Pac-Man are colloquially became known as Four Gaming Kings reflecting trope of Elite Four. They also were called The Sm4sh Barbershop Quartet for same reasons.
  • In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Bowser, Ganondorf, King Dedede and King K.Rool were called Four Villainous Kings for similar reason.
• The female Robin is sometimes called Reflet, the protagonist's name in the Japanese version of Fire Emblem: Awakening, to distinguish the two gender counterparts.
• "Duck Hunt" is almost universally known as "the Duck Hunt dog," since the former doesn't really fit as a character name or description. Some fans have taken in calling the dog "Duck" and the Duck "Hunt". Apparently, the European localization team agreed that "Duck Hunt" didn't make a good name, since that version of the game renamed them the "Duck Hunt Duo". ^note Even though they're technically a trio.
• One of Ryu's alternate costumes has been known as "the Goku gi" due to its orange color, though it, like all of Ryu's colors in the game,◊ is actually based on one of his palettes from the Street Fighter II series (specifically his LK palette in Super Turbo, which may or may not be a nod to Ryo Sakazaki).
• Corrin:
  • As a joke due to the similar pronunciation, they're sometimes referred to as Corn.
  • Corrin is also called Arceus due to the very close similarities between his/her dragon form and the creator god Pokémon.
  • As with Robin/Reflet above, Kamui (Corrin's Japanese name) is often used to refer to the female alternate.
• Bayonetta:
  • Some affectionately refer to her as Sarah Palin.
  • Some dub Bayonetta the Queen of Combos, being the most combo-centric character outside of Ryu (3DS/Wii U's officially-dubbed King of Combos).
• Ridley is being referred to as "Captain America" due to his popularity in the West being responsible for getting him to join the roster. It started as a fake rumor claiming the Japanese gave him the moniker, but it eventually caused enough interest overseas to become a genuine nickname.
• Simon and Richter share "the Belmonts".
• Incineroar has gotten the nickname "Ejaculation Salt", which comes from a mistranslation of its Korean name, 어흥염 (Eoheungyeom), when translated with Google Translate. Its purple alternate color has also been nicknamed "Big the Cat". This has even been referenced in World of Light, where a purple Incineroar is possessed by a Big the Cat spirit.
• Hero:
  • Due to a lot of pre-release discussion, many people refer to the whole quartet as Erdrick, even though that name mainly applies to the hero of III.
  • Some also jokingly refer to them as Goku or Trunks, due to Akira Toriyama's art style.
  • Due to the fact that they have no canon name (except for the fourth game's hero), Japan often refers to them by their respective games' numbers. So in order of release, we have Three, Four, Eight and Eleven. This page follows that convention.
  • The Hero is sometimes referred as "RNG the character" due to a big part of his moveset^note The critical hits, the spells that can appear in his down b, the effectiveness of Thwack and Whack, and the effects of Hocus Pocus. being RNG (Random Number Generator) dependent.
• "Endermanlet" for the Enderman, due to its limbs being shortened in order for it to work as a skin for Steve. Others have called him Gary, after this comic, and its sequel were released.
• Due to sharing a single character slot, Pyra and Mythra is commonly shortened into "Pythra", which comes from their home game as a name that Rex suggests for their Split-Personality Merge Super Mode and an unused voice clip where he calls on said Super Mode. They are also sometimes colloquially referred to simply as "(the) Aegis" (as is their title as a Living Weapon in their home game), or as "the Aegis sisters". Pyra and Mythra are also sometimes called the “Bae Blades”.
• Some Like a Dragon fans have referred to Kazuya's 4th color as Kazuya Kiryu, since the color palette matches, and it'll probably the only way to have anything close, when it comes to non-fan created customs or mods, to Kazuma Kiryu in a fighter (since the creator of Like a Dragon doesn't want Kiryu in as a fighter, not wanting him to fight women or children).
• Before their official names were revealed, the five forms of Master Core were known as Sapient, Scorpio, Swords, Simulacrum, and Source. To keep with the theme, some call Master Fortress "Subterrane," "Stronghold," or just "Stage".
• 5-Volt, 9-Volt's mother who's the creepy and primary hazard in the "Gamer" stage, is actually just called "Mom" by Sakurai himself.
• Color TV-Game 15 is almost always called "Pong", either due to familiarity or easier pronunciation.

Moves and Combos

General

• Meteor Smashes are occasionally referred to as "spikes". This is something of a holdover from the Melee community; spikes in that game were similar to Meteor Smashes bar a technicality with the launch angle that prevents the target from cancelling the knockback/momentum of the move (unlike with Meteor Smashes, which can be cancelled). After Brawl, meteor cancelling as a whole was removed, effectively turning all meteor smashes into spikes.
• Most aerials are shortened by putting the first letter of their direction on the word "air". Neutral air is nair, forward is fair, back is bair, up is uair, and down is dair. Characters with grab aerials, such as Luigi (in Ultimate), all Samuses, and every Link (except Ultimate Link), have them referred to as zairs, due to Z being the grab button on almost every controller.
  • One very particular type of aerial attack — in which a character kicks horizontally and leaves their foot extended for a few frames after the initial thrust — is known competitively as a "sex kick", mostly due to often having... certain visual parallels.
• Strong attacks ^note performed by pressing attack while holding a direction but not hard/fast enough to trigger a Smash attack are generally referred to as tilts, owing to the fact that the control stick is merely tilted rather than pushed hard (as for a Smash attack). The term is so frequently used among players that it's even used in Prima's official strategy guide for the fourth game. Ultimate is the first game to officially use the term "tilt attack" in-game.
• Down-throw to up-tilt combo is known as "The Mario". While Mario is not the only character to have this combo, he's the one most notorious for having it be really effective.
• [*character name*]cide, for any attack a character can use as a Suicide Attack (most famously, Ganondorf's "Ganoncide," and Bowser's "Bowsercide," both done by using their Side-B attacks to carry the opponent offstage). King Dedede's variation are split between being called Dededecide or the more punny Self-Dededestruct.

Specific Moves

• Mario, Luigi, and Dr. Mario's up-specials, Super Jump Punch, are commonly known as Shoryuken due to them being rising uppercuts.
• Donkey Kong:
  • Donkey Kong's giant punch is often called either "the punch," the "Dong Punch," or "Donkey Punch." Yeah.... ^note In some cases it's just an Accidental Innuendo because they're simply adding his name onto the punch, much like the Falcon Punch.
  • Donkey Kong with the custom specials of Kong Cyclone and Storm Punch is commonly known as the "Wind Kong". He's also been dubbed an Airbender.
  • Kong Cyclone itself is sometimes called "Dongcopter".
  • The Ultimate version of his aerial Down-B has been referred to as the Jungle Beat.
• Yoshi and Bowser's "Bomb" attacks are often called the "Ground Pound" in reference to Yoshi's move from Yoshi's Island and Mario's move from Super Mario 64. It is also referred to as the Butt Bounce.
• Kirby and King Dedede have "the Suck n' Cuck" (coined by WeegeePlays), wherein you inhale a character and walk off a cliff. As of Ultimate, King K. Rool's Blunderbuss has made him an honorary member of this crew.
• Omnislash for Kirby's Ultra Sword Final Smash in 3DS/Wii U, due to both being rainbow-colored Spam Attacks using enormous swords.
• "Shine" refers to the down-special move of Fox and Falco. This term is often used more than the official name (Reflector) in the community because it implies its usage as an offensive move, rather than a defensive one.
• Captain Falcon:
  • Captain Falcon's forward aerial as of Melee is the Knee Smash (Striking Knee in Japanese) or the KNEE OF JUSTICE!!!
  • Related to the above, the "Sacred Combo" is an incredibly difficult to pull off (to the point of impractical) move combo involving using the Knee of Justice to launch a foe offstage, then attempting to hit them in mid-air with the Falcon Punch. Ganondorf can also do this, but it is much harder to pull off due to his speed.
  • The third hit of Captain Falcon's neutral attack (not the infinite jab, but the knee butt) is called the Gentleman. This name came about as a result of a bet between competitive smashers Isai and a Japanese player with the tag "gentleman"; in the NTSC version of Melee, the non-infinite jab ender for Falcon had a very strict and unintuitive requirement to perform, so they made a bet that whoever could pull off the attack the most consistently would have it named after them; the name should indicate who won that bet.
• Peach's Vegetables are known as "turnips" in the competitive community.
• Bowser's Flying Slam is known as the body slam by some people. The competitive scene often refers to it as the "Koopa Claw" since that's what Bowser's side special was in Melee and the two moves have the same opening animation of Bowser swiping at the opponent with his claws to grab them.
• Dr. Mario's Final Smash, which involves giant pills, is sometimes called "Lethal Dosage" or "Overdose". Its real name is "Doctor Finale".
• Ganondorf:
  • His forward tilt from Brawl onward, a straight kick, is commonly known as "Sparta Kick".
  • His forward aerial, a slow but powerful haymaker, is known as Skullcrusher.
  • His down-air is often called the "thunder stomp", due to how strong it is and its electrical damage property.
  • His forward smash in Ultimate is simply referred to as "Doriyah", due to his vocalization whenever he uses the move.
• Mr. Game & Watch:
  • Oil Panic, his down special, is usually referred to as the "Bucket".
  • Game & Watch's forward air prior to Ultimate is sometimes known as a credit card or credit card reader due to it consisting of two rectangles, making it resemble either of the objects (it's actually supposed to be a box).
• "The Big Gay Dance" for King Dedede's Final Smash in Brawl, the name given to it in Brawl Taunts.
• Kamehameha for Lucario's Final Smash in Brawl, and Hado(u)ken for its Aura Sphere, due to looking like each respective non-Pokémon move. Comes back around in 3DS/Wii U, with Sean Schemmel reprising his role as Lucario from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (though Lucario no longer sports Aura Storm as a Final Smash). Ultimate has Lucario (voiced again by Schemmel) using Aura Storm as Mega Lucario, who could be likened to Lucario going Super Saiyan.
• One reporter dubbed Villager's Final Smash as the "Habitat for Inhumanity".
• Mega Man:
  • Mega Man's Mega Buster shots are frequently called "lemons".
  • Mega Man's Final Smash, calling forth his various incarnations to combine their Mega Busters in a single, powerful blast, has drawn a lot of comparisons to Power Rangers/Super Sentai; the general version is "Power Rangers, Fire!!" but Toku fans sometimes make more specific references like "Forever Blue," "Mega Legend Dream," or "It's Time for Final Buster!" It has also gained the nickname "Backstreet's Back" primarily thanks to this video. Greatest Five is infrequently tossed around, thanks in part to that Dual Crash summoning five of the Belmont Clan's all-time greats, not unlike Mega Man's Final Smash, though the addition of Proto Man and Bass to the Final Smash in Ultimate caused this one to fall out of use.
• Little Mac:
  • Suicide-B for Little Mac's Jolt Haymaker, due to it being a terrible recovery move and also an easy cause of accidental self-destructs.
  • Little Mac's punching barrage has been dubbed by some as ORAORAORAORAORA. Hokuto Hyakuretsu Ken/Hundred Crack Fist (lit. Hundred Rending Fists) is also a suitable name.
• Greninja:
  • Maximum Greninja for Greninja's Final Smash, due to its similarities to Maximum Spider (particularly the MvC3 version).
  • In the vein of Marvel vs. Capcom references, Ragnarok is equally common, in line with the above "Frog Strider" nickname. Hilariously enough, Yuji Ueda is both the Japanese voice of Greninja (Gekkouga) and Strider Hiryuu himself in the Marvel crossovers, making him voice two different ninjas so far in Capcom crossovers.
  • To a much lesser extent, Zansei Roga, with the final attack of both moves actually resembling one another quite nicely. Lampshaded by D1 during the celebrity match at E3 2014's Smash Bros. Invitational when, after Zelda's Greninja successfully lands Night Slash, D1 yells out, "SLASH!" ^note what the GG announcers call when a character is KOed, followed by "This ain't Guilty Gear!" soon after. (Sadly, as of this writing, Baiken's Tatami Gaeshi has only caught on for a few players in regards to the Mat Block leading into Night Slash, ironic because Tatami Gaeshi is the actual original name for Mat Block in Japanese.)
  • There are others who dub it Shouou Jin'eizan (helped by the fact that Bandai Namco themselves are co-developing the game) or Blut Vollmond.
• "Exploding Meme Kick" for Mii Brawler's Exploding Side Kick, due to many considering it a meme move.
• Pac-Jump is usually just called "trampoline", as that's exactly what he summons to bounce on.
• 360 No Scope for Robin's Thoron where Robin spins his/her body in a 360 degree motion prior to firing Thoron, which has one of the fastest muzzle velocities in the game for a projectile and is nearly impossible to block, dodge, or reflect/deflect unless done ahead of time. People have also begun calling Thoron Kamehameha because of how closely it resembles Goku's Kamehameha in Super Smash Flash 2, which has the same amount of range and damage (17% for Kamehameha and 18% for Thoron with the special button held down). The only differences are that Thoron takes less time to charge, can be stored, is capable of being reflected, and has a 10-second cooldown timer after three Thorons have been fired. It also helps that Lucario lost Aura Storm in 3DS/Wii U and the new Final Smash is now Mega Lucario. Shinkuu Hadoken and Ziodyne also work (the latter more so, due to Thoron being an electrical attack, while the former isn't as applicable since the actual attack is Ryu's Final Smash).
• Cloud's up smash attack, a two-handed swing in an arc in front of him, is frequently called the "golf swing" for, well, looking like a golf swing but aimed upwards.
• Joker's downward aerial Gun attack (where he fires below him, perpendicular to the ground, while falling and spinning his body) quickly became known as the Rain Storm due to its uncanny resemblance to Dante's attack of the same name.
• Hero's Kamikazee special is sometimes referred to as "I Have No Other Option..." or "The Final Power That Shouldn't Be Used," in reference to the Self Destruct super that Android 16 has in Dragon Ball Fighter Z.
• Master Hand's infamous card attack in 3DS/Wii U is often referred to as "Kraft Singles", due to the cards resembling slices of cheese (Kraft being one of the brands most known for sliced cheese).
• Pichu and Pikachu's zero-to-death combos in competitive for Ultimate are referred to Lightning Loops, taken from Zero's combos in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.

Other

• Masahiro Sakurai has received the moniker of "Daddy Sakurai" from some fans that are... enthusiastic, shall we say.
• Blast zones on the left or right sides of the screen that can be reached without needing to leave the ground at all are typically known as "walkoffs", as you can just "walk off" of the level.
• The bottom level of Temple is known as "Hyrule Fight Club" due to the potential for bouncing opponents off the walls, likely for a "bank-shot" KO.
• Randall is the cloud from the Yoshi's Story stage in Melee. He's also considered the god of fate in competitive play, due to his presence (or lack thereof) causing a lot of incredible wins and defeats.
• Some fans (including This Very Wiki) refer to the original Super Smash Bros. on N64 as Super Smash Bros. 64 or Smash 64 for distinguishing purposes.
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U earned several nicknames over its lifetime:
  • For ease of recognition or to just refer to them collectively, "Sm4sh" or "Smash 4". Before the reveal of the actual title, /v/ made up the subtitle "Kerfuffle", and due to the somewhat confusing official subtitle, it's often still referred to as that. Indeed, the nickname became so popular, Googling "Super Smash Bros. Kerfuffle" will give you the official website and Wikipedia articles as the top results.
  • With the large amount of playable female characters, a few fans have started to refer to it as "Super Bash Sisters" after a line of Palutena's from Kid Icarus: Uprising. It also helped that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate added even more playable female characters.
  • The hunkiness of Ike, Little Mac, Ganondorf, Male Wii Fit Trainer, and Captain Falcon have lent the name "Super Smash Bara" to the game. Roy's bulked-up physique and Ryu have only added to it.
  • With the addition of Shulk's swimsuit alt, Zero Suit Samus' Zero Mission Fusion casual wear alts, and Captain Falcon's prominent bulge and ass, the game gained the nickname "Sexy Smash Bros." fairly quickly.
  • Additionally, there's the derisive nicknames of Super Slash Bros. ^note swordsmen or characters who use swords make up a full quarter of the cast and Super Fire Emblem Bros.^note Counting DLC, it features six characters from the Fire Emblem series, exactly as many as the significantly larger Pokémon series and just one short of Nintendo's flagship Super Mario Bros..
  • Another detractor nickname is "Tr4sh" (which humorously ended up becoming a mod for the game later on).
• Immediately after the obese Little Mac from Captain Rainbow was announced as a trophy, a few fans already started calling him "Big Mac".
• Due to similarities between StreetSmash and The World Ends with You, it's been known in some circles as "Tin Pin Smash".
• The three rare Wave 1 amiibo, Marth, Villager, and Wii Fit Trainer, are dubbed the "Holy Trinity".
• Some refer to the Wii U bundle containing Smash and Splatoon, due to it being released near Black Friday, as the Brack Furaiday Banduru.
• Some Mortal Kombat fans have given Super Smash Bros. Ultimate the nickname of "Super Smash Bros. Armageddon", due to both games having every playable character in their series (at the time) all available at once. Coincidentially, the beginning of World of Light is also reminiscent of how the story of Armageddon would eventually end until the course correction employed in Mortal Kombat 9.
• α Form (Alpha Form) for the Battlefield variants of each stage, to complement the Final Destination variants being called their Ω forms (Omega Forms).

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