Taunt
Taunt is a move used in the Super Smash Bros. series, Mario Party series, Mario Tennis series, and Mario Golf series.
In the Super Smash Bros. series, this move is typically done as a way to brag after KO-ing another player. Unlike other taunts, Luigi's taunt (which happens to be a modest kick to the ground) and Snake's taunts are the only ones capable of harming an opponent character, though they only do about 1% damage. Kirby's copied ability after using his Inhale will disappear after he taunts. If Samus quickly performs her Taunts ↑↓↑ in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, she will turn into Zero Suit Samus instantly. Doing the same thing as Zero Suit Samus will cause her to revert back to normal Samus with her Power Suit back on.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, players are able to Taunt once again. Nearly every character has three different taunts in this installment, except for Wario, who has four. However, during Wi-Fi mode, the Taunt can be used for an even greater use. When players press one of the directions on the D-Pad during Wi-Fi mode, the characters will not only taunt, but a small speech bubble will appear above them, with a quote that the players set. Players can create any quote they want, and they can set four at one time, with each button on the D-Pad activating a different quote. However, this only works in the With Friends mode of Wi-Fi; in With Anyone mode, the taunt quotes do not work.
In the Mario Party series, each character has a taunt – however it is unlockable. This taunt does nothing useful, and the player just shouts something to a character. In the Mario Golf series, when an opponent is about to hit a ball, the player can taunt the opponent – though this is also useless. If one human player is playing against another human, the taunt may distract the other player. The player can also cheer for the opponents as well in the Mario Golf series.
List of Taunts in the Super Smash Bros. series
Super Smash Bros.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Mario | Mario grows three times his size (while the Mushroom sound effect plays) for a brief moment, then shrinks back to normal (while the shrinking sound effect plays). |
| Donkey Kong | Donkey Kong looks to the camera, shrugging his shoulders and lets out a grunt. |
| Link | Link strikes a pose, stretching one of his legs forward while lowering his body, and then standing up straight with the reeled back leg above the ground while exclaiming "Huh!". |
| Samus Aran | Samus puts her hand on her hip, and points her cannon-arm upwards, as a robotic noise is heard. |
| Yoshi | Yoshi looks to the camera, waving his arms up and down and shouting, "Yoshi!" |
| Kirby | Kirby looks to the camera and raises his arms above his head. He exclaims, "Hi!" |
| Fox McCloud | Fox turns to the camera (or back to it) with his arms folded and says, "Hmph!" |
| Pikachu | Pikachu looks out to the camera, and exclaims, "Pika, Pika!" |
| Luigi | Luigi looks downwards with his hands behind his back, and kicks the air. If a player is standing in front of Luigi during this process, the kick does very minor damage. |
| Captain Falcon | Depending on which direction he is facing, Captain Falcon will look to the camera, or turn his back to it and look out to his enemies, saying "Show me your moves." |
| Ness | Ness looks to the camera, puts his hands on his hips, and says, "Okay," nodding his head at the same time. |
| Jigglypuff | Jigglypuff twirls around to the camera, exclaiming "Jigglypuff!" (or if the game is set to Japanese, she exclaims "Purin!"). |
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Mario | Mario grows three times his size (while the Mushroom sound effect plays) for a brief moment, then shrinks back to normal (while the shrinking sound effect plays). |
| Donkey Kong | Donkey Kong looks to the camera, shrugging his shoulders and letting out a grunt. |
| Link | Link stands up straight, gives a sigh, and brushes his hair off of his face. |
| Samus Aran | Samus puts her hand on her hip, and points her cannon-arm upwards, as a robotic noise is heard. |
| Yoshi | Yoshi looks to the camera, waving his arms up and down and shouting, "Yoshi!" |
| Kirby | Kirby looks to the camera and raises his arms above his head. He exclaims, "Hi!" while doing it. |
| Fox McCloud | Fox stretches his legs out, wave his hand towards him and shout, "C'mon!" |
| Pikachu | Pikachu looks out to the camera, and exclaims, "Pika, Pika!" |
| Luigi | Luigi looks downwards with his hands behind his back, and kicks towards the floor. If a player is standing in front of Luigi during this process, the kick does 1% damage. |
| Captain Falcon | Captain Falcon will look to the camera, and then exclaim "Show me your moves!" |
| Ness | Ness looks to the camera, puts his hands on his hips, and says, "Okay," nodding his head at the same time. |
| Jigglypuff | Jigglypuff twirls around to the camera, exclaiming "Jigglypuff!" (or a localized name for Jigglypuff if the game is set to Japanese, French or German). |
| Bowser | Bowser roars, turning his head back, his claws extended. |
| Peach | Peach winks and points to the camera, exclaiming, "Sweet!" |
| Ice Climbers | The lead Ice Climber points his mallet forward and says "Yup!". If the following Ice Climber is right next to the leader, they will do the same thing. |
| Zelda | Zelda slightly turns, holding her hands together and closes her eyes, as if in prayer. |
| Sheik | Sheik turns forward, and strikes a ninja pose, her index finger pointed with her hand raised. |
| Mewtwo | Mewtwo crosses his arms and spins in place, laughing evilly. |
| Marth | Marth holds his sword up and says, "Minna, miteite kure!", which is Japanese for, "Everyone, look at me!". |
| Mr. Game & Watch | Mr. Game & Watch holds out a bell and rings it, though it sounds more like a telephone. |
| Dr. Mario | Dr. Mario tosses a Megavitamin of a random color out of his jacket in a bored manner, then grabs it in mid-air. |
| Ganondorf | Ganondorf briefly floats above the ground, spinning around, then puffing out his chest and letting out an evil laugh. |
| Falco Lombardi | Falco quickly spins once place, letting out a low and brief laugh. |
| Young Link | Young Link takes out a bottle of Lon Lon Milk, drinks the entire bottle, then wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, letting out a satisfied sigh. This is the longest taunt in the game. |
| Pichu | Pichu has two taunts, though they are very similar and last for the same length. The first taunt is jumping up and down, exclaiming his name. The other is lying on his side, wiggling, and then exclaiming his name. Which one he uses depends on the direction he faces. |
| Roy | Roy bends his knees, with one foot in front of the other, and then stretches out his arm and shakes it while making a "Hee-yah!" sound. |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
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| Character | Up | Side | Down |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mario | Mario grows three times his size (while the Mushroom sound effect plays) for a brief moment, then shrinks back to normal (while the shrinking sound effect plays). | He takes off his hat and spins around, in a similar fasion when he clears a level in New Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. Wii. | Flips in the air then falls on his back, similar to how he loses a life in the Donkey Kong original arcade game. |
| Link | He twirls his sword twice and then sheaths it. | Lets out a fairy, which circles around him. This fairy might be Navi from Ocarina of Time. | Link strikes a similar pose from his taunt in Super Smash Bros. |
| Donkey Kong | He rapidly pounds his chest with his fists. | He shakes, and his fur shifts. | Donkey Kong looks to the camera, shrugging his shoulders and letting out a grunt. |
| Fox | He false charges a Fire Fox while shouting "Here I come!". | Fox throws his Blaster in the air, then catches it. | Fox stretches his legs out, wave his hand towards him and shout, "C'mon!" |
| Yoshi | Dances around and says "Yoshi!" | Spins around, chasing his tail, then looks at it | Yoshi looks to the camera, waving his arms up and down and shouting, "Yoshi!" |
| Pikachu | Charges itself up while saying "Piiiiiiiii...!" | Pikachu looks out to the camera, and exclaims, "Pika, Pika!" | Lies down in a relaxed style and a bit rolling, and with eyes closed, it exclaims "Pikaaaaaaaah!" |
| Luigi | First, he shows two fingers, then he smiles while he is pointing, then he thinks with his finger under his nose, then he looks in a corner, then he takes fright. | Falls to the ground (Similar to his victory pose). | Luigi looks downward with his hands behind his back, and kicks the air. (If a player is standing in front of Luigi during this process, the kick does very minor damage) |
| Captain Falcon | Bends over and growls. | Points his arm forward and waves his fingers towards him, while shouting: "Come on!" | Makes a saluting gesture towards the player and says: "Show me ya moves!" |
| Peach | Takes her parasol out and spins it, saying "Sweet". | Sings and dances in a taunting manner and holding her dress, while singing "Lalalalala..." | Peach winks and points to the camera, saying "Uh huh!" |
| Bowser | Bowser roars, turning his head back, his claws extended. | Bites 5 times in front of him. | Dances precariously on one foot. |
| Solid Snake | He hides in his box, then gets out of the box. There are some subtle differences in the way he puts on the box as well as the way he takes the box off. The box can be picked up by other fighters causing Snake to look surprised.
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| Sonic the Hedgehog | Does a front flip, then crosses arm (with left index finger pointing out). | Runs in place and says "You're too slow!". | Break-dances and says: "Come on! Step it up!" |
| Meta Knight | Spins into his cape and shrinks horizontally | Extends his wings for a moment and then pulls them back in while saying "Come..." | Calls out: "Fight me!" and brandishes his sword in front of him, examining it. |
| Wario | Laughs, drops his jaw, then pushes it back up. | He shakes his rear at the camera, while making taunting sounds. | He makes a "W" with both his hands multiple times, while saying syllables of his name. |
| Wolf O'Donnell | Faces up in the sky, then howls. | Does some kicks and says "What's the matter, scared?". | Leans forward, and puts one hand on the ground, then growls. |
| Zero Suit Samus | She throws her Plasma Whip into the air, catches it behind her back, and says "Is that all?". | She swings her Plasma Whip in front of her while saying, "Try me." | She curls her Plasma Whip around herself and says, "You're mine." |
| Toon Link | Conducts with his Wind Waker baton. Then a sound from when Toon Link plays a song in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker is heard. | Puts his sword away and looks around the environment innocently. | Panics while slashing his sword around wildly, which tires him out. |
| Diddy Kong | Throws his cap in the air and catches it with his head. | Moves his hands forward and lets out a taunting noise. | Dances around while clapping his hands. |
| Samus Aran | Swings arm to back while jet pack is active for a split second. | Shows off charging beam for few seconds. | Shuffles back and forth quickly acting as if getting ready to fire weapons. |
| Kirby | Spins left then right then puts arm in the air. | Spins around like a ballerina then does a quick pose. | Waves arms in air and says "Hi." |
| Marth | Points sword straight up into the air. | Slashes sword around then puts it in sheath. | Puts sword in a pose while saying a Japanese phrase. |
| Mr. Game & Watch | Rings bell. | Same as first taunt, but in a different direction. | Jumps up and about acting a bit surprised. |
| Zelda | Does pose then holds in air with magic in hand. | Fire appears between hands. | Reaching out. |
| Shiek | Does a couple of very athletic and flexible poses. | Plays with chain. | Same as one except starts from bottom pose and flips in a cautious manner. |
| Pit | Crosses two blades in air above him. | Swings blades while saying, "The fight is on!" | Jumps into air while swinging blades around and says, "You're not ready yet!" |
| Falco | Kicks around his reflector with both feet and puts it back in his pocket. | Slowly and gracefully puts one wing in air while saying, "Piece of cake." | Spins once and strikes a pose. |
| Ivysaur | Shakes flower on top as leaves turn up and flower straightens up. | Spins in circle with whips coming out and shooting leaves in several directions. | Stands on his front legs. |
| Charizard | Stomps foot. | Stomps about and growls. | Tosses a boulder. |
| Squirtle | Back flip and acts as if an audience were applauding to it for a moment. | Spins in air and shoots water from mouth everywhere. | Withdraws into shell and spins a bit. |
| Ike | Spins sword around in circle calmly. | Swings sword into a motion with a shine at corner of it. | Tosses sword into ground while crossing arms. |
| Ganondorf | Floats and spins in air while curled up then does evil pose. | Punch fist into palm of hand with a bit darkness coming out of fist. | Pulls out sword and laughs. |
| Ice Climbers | Put down hammers and jump around excitedly. | Thrusts hammers forward with ice coming forth. | Spin in circles happily. |
| King Dedede | Spins hammer around by the handle with one hand. | Same as other taunt but with both hands and does so angrily. | Spins around happily with hammer in hand. |
| Lucario | Floats in air dynamically while aura is coming forth everywhere. | Does meditative pose with hands. | Does a kung fu pose. |
| Ness | Nods and says, "O.K." | Shows off baseball bat. | Flashes lights in both hands in semicircle motion. |
| R.O.B. | Spins middle part and head. | Same as above but with darkness coming out of eyes. | Drops middle piece to bottom part then spins back to correct position quickly. |
| Captain Olimar | Jumps around enthusiastically. | Spins in a 360 degree circle on ground and gets up. | Spins around around 2 times. |
| Jigglypuff | Spins in circle and puffs up for you while saying, "Jigglypuff!!" | Spins in circles extremely fast then poses as if it were a ballerina. | Puffs up then becomes flat and floats down to platform. |
| Lucas | Trips and shakes head quickly. | Pulls rope snake out of his pocket and looks at it. | Shoots small sparkles from finger to somewhere above. |
Smash Taunts
Smash Taunting is a taunt available only to Snake and the Star Fox characters. This technique helps the player communicate with the player's allies.
To activate it, the player must execute a down taunt for just a split second; however, the taunt only works on specific stages when the player is controlling a specific character.
Snake’s Smash Taunt
The player must choose Snake and play Shadow Moses Island. Once in the stage, the player should do a split-second down taunt. Then, if he is not interrupted, he will establish communication with Roy Campbell, Mei Ling, or Otacon, who begin talking about the fighters, similar to how players are able to obtain information during boss fights using the radio in the Metal Gear Solid series. If the player does this while playing against Falco, they will establish communication with Slippy Toad from the Star Fox series. If Snake is KO'd during a conversation, the person on the other end will shout Snake's name, similar to during the Game Over screens of the Metal Gear Solid series.
For a complete list of Snake's conversations, see here.
Star Fox Smash Taunt
In this one, the player must choose Fox, Falco, or Wolf, select the Lylat Cruise stage and do a split-second down taunt.
After the spaceship warps to the next location, a conversation that matches the background begins. There are five background variations, so there are five types of communications per character.
The characters who make appearances here are Fox, Falco, Peppy, Slippy, Krystal, Wolf, Leon, and Panther.
Because the dialog is staged as if allies are observing the fight from the spaceship, the communication always excludes the one who is engaged in the fight. Strangely, whenever Wolf uses his Smash Taunt, Fox never appears in any of his conversations, while Falco does.
It should be noted that when the spaceship warps as someone is executing a Final Smash, or if the Dragoon appears, the communication fails.
In the Melee Corneria stage, the player can start the same set of communications that existed in the previous version of the stage; however, as only Fox and Falco could initiate these communications in Super Smash Bros. Melee, only Fox and Falco can initiate these communications in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as well.
For a full list of the Lylat Cruise conversations, see here.
Other Taunts
Mario Power Tennis
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In Mario Power Tennis all players can taunt and their taunts lower the power gauge of the foe, making it harder for him/her to get a special attack.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Mario | Mario waves his arm while resting the racket on his shoulder and says: "Come on!". |
| Luigi | Luigi waves his arms and says, "Luigi time!" |
| Princess Peach | Peach waves and says, "Over here!". |
| Princess Daisy | Daisy shouts, "Hey come on!" |
| Yoshi | Yoshi jumps into the air with his arms raised and says "Yoshi!". |
| Koopa Troopa | Koopa Troopa twirls around making noises |
| Wario | Wario shakes his butt, saying, "Come on, come on, come on!" |
| Waluigi | Waluigi waves his hands saying, "Waah wah!". |
| Donkey Kong | Donkey Kong gestures and makes monkey noises. |
| Diddy Kong | Diddy lies on the field and waves his racket in the air while making monkey sounds. |
| Boo | Boo sticks its tongue out making noises |
| Shy Guy | Shy Guy stands on his racket facing downwards and meows. |
| Bowser | Bowser waves his arms towards him and roars |
| Bowser Jr. | Bowser Jr. hops and says something. |
| Paratroopa | Paratroopa waves and makes noises. |
| Fly Guy | Fly Guy moves his body and meows. |
| Wiggler | Wiggler waves and makes noises. |
| Petey Piranha | Petey Piranha flaps his wings and makes noises. |
