Editing Helpless

[[Image:Mario Helpless.png|right|175px|thumb|Mario's helpless animation in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'']][[File:Fox helpless SSBM.png|right|thumb|Fox's helpless animation in ''[[Melee]]'']][[Image:Fox helpless.png|right|175|thumb|Fox's helpless animation in ''[[Brawl]]'']]
There are certain actions that will cause a character to become '''helpless''' (sometimes called "fallspecial"). In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', air dodging caused a character to become helpless. Most characters also become helpless after using an up-special attack. While helpless, characters cannot perform any action except [[fast-falling]], and characters are vulnerable to attack.  Helpless mode is canceled by hitting the ground, grabbing a ledge, or being hit with an attack that causes the character to [[flinch]].
Additionally, several other special attacks enter characters into helpless mode after finishing the animations of the attacks while aerial.  
These moves include:
*[[Dark Dive]] (Unsuccessful contact with enemy)
*[[Dimensional Cape]]
*[[Din's Fire]]
*[[Drill Rush]]
*[[Egg Roll]]
*[[Falco Phantasm]]
*[[Falcon Dive]] (Unsuccessful contact with enemy)
*[[Fox Illusion]]
*[[Gerudo Dragon]]/[[Flame Choke]]
*[[Giant Punch]]**
*[[Gliding]] after all midair jumps
*[[Mach Tornado]]
*[[PK Flash]]
*[[PK Freeze]]
*[[Quick Draw]]
*[[Raptor Boost]]
*[[Rocketbarrel Barrage]]
*[[Rollout]]*
*[[Squall Hammer]]
*[[Super Jump Punch]]
*[[Wolf Flash]]

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Only in ''Melee''

<nowiki>**</nowiki>Only in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl''

== Landfallspecial and superdashtechnique ==

In [[debug menu|debug]] mode, the state of the character when landing from this state is referred to as '''land fall special'''. Because airdodging enters this state, and [[wavedash|wavedashing]] involves airdodging into the ground, when wavedashing was tried in debug mode, "land fall special" appeared for the character state. This led some players to believe that the "land fall special" designation was specifically designed for wavedashing and that developers put wavedashing in the game intentionally, further fueling the various debates over wavedashing's legitimacy. At one point, the myth morphed to where, instead of just land fall special, there was purportedly another debug mode designation, cited as "super dash technique", "superdashattack", or other variants, created solely for the wavedashing animation. All incarnations of this story have been proven false and should not be taken as evidence that wavedashing was intentionally put or left in SSBM.

==In ''Brawl''==
Certain third jumps do not leave characters in a helpless state, and [[air dodge|air dodges]] no longer cause helpless status. This completely changes the strategy of many characters.

Characters not put into a fully helpless state after using their Up Special:

*[[Jigglypuff (SSBB)|Jigglypuff]] cannot enter helpless state in brawl. However, it's up special and Down special last a long time and leave it unable to do anything during their duration. Once either of the attacks have ended, Jiggly can attack once more.
*[[Mr. Game and Watch (SSBB)|Mr. Game and Watch]] does not become helpless after using [[Fire]], his up special, he just can't use the move again if the player manages to stop gliding with the parachute until he lands on a platform, grabs onto the ledge, or if he is attacked.
*[[Meta Knight (SSBB)|Meta Knight]] glides after he uses his [[Shuttle Loop]], his up special. If not attacked out of it, the glide can eventually make him helpless. His other three specials, ([[Mach Tornado]], [[Drill Rush]], and [[Dimensional Cape]]), can also make him helpless.
*[[Peach (SSBB) |Peach]] can enter helpless state by pressing down during her third jump but can cancel it by pressing up again.
*[[Pit (SSBB)|Pit]]'s [[Wings of Icarus |Up Special]] only leaves him helpless if he is not attacked out of it.
*When [[Kirby]] has the ability of any Standard Special Move that makes the player helpless in midair, ([[Giant Punch]], [[Mach Tornado]], [[PK Flash]], [[PK Freeze]], and [[Rollout]] in Melee) the same effect will happen to him. In Brawl, he can [[glitch]] to put in helpless state with his up special when landing on a moving plataform that makes him get out of it before the animation of the landing special has finished.
*[[R.O.B. (SSBB)| R.O.B.]] cannot enter helpless state '''at all'''. But after using [[Robo Burner]], his up special, he cannot air dodge.
*[[Snake (SSBB)|Snake]] still can use all attacks besides [[Cypher]] after his third jump.
*[[Sonic (SSBB)|Sonic]] does not enter helpless after [[Spring Jump]], his up special, although he can't use special moves after using it until he lands.
*[[Yoshi (SSBB)|Yoshi]] reaches helpless state by canceling his [[Egg Roll]] in midair.
*[[Zero Suit Samus (SSBB)|Zero Suit Samus]]'s up speacial is a tether recovery that shoots straight upwards.

With the exception of Pit, Kirby, Yoshi, Peach, and Meta Knight, all the characters above cannot enter helpless state in normal play. With the exception of R.O.B, they can enter helpless by hacking the game; they ''have'' a helpless state, but no action can cause them to enter it. R.O.B. has no helpless state, and hacking the game to force him to enter helpless will cause the game to crash.

==Trivia==
*Any character - even those who cannot get their helpless state originally - can get their secret helpless state revealed by hacking, with the exception of R.O.B. Apparently, [[R.O.B. (SSBB)|R.O.B]] has no designed helpless state, and the game will crash if he starts to fall helpless.
*Hitting a character with a thrown screw attack in Melee will cause that character to fall helplessly. This is useful if you can hit with the screw attack while an opponent is away from the edge, since it denies them all their remaining jumps and recovery moves.
*In Brawl, nearly every playable character has a unique helpless animation, such as Luigi falling headfirst or Diddy Kong clutching his chest.
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