Pichu (SSBM)/Taunt

Animation of Pichu's right-facing taunt.

Animation of Pichu's left-facing taunt.

Overview

If facing left, Pichu jumps up and down, chanting "Pichu!"; if facing right, it rolls on the ground while chanting. Like most taunts, it produces no hitbox, nor does it give any other benefit; however, it has one attribute which makes it special: it's only one of two taunts in the game able to be cancelled by shield, the other being Pikachu's, allowing Pichu players to cancel it two-thirds of a second before the animation ends. In a competitive setting, its two primary uses are 1) as a bait, to lure in players who don't know it can be cancelled, and 2) to tilt the opponent, making them play worse.

Timing

Shield-cancellable	60-100
Animation length	100

Legend (1 square = 1 frame)

Lag time

Continuable

Pichu's moveset

Neutral attack · Forward tilt · Up tilt · Down tilt · Dash attack · Forward smash · Up smash · Down smash
Neutral aerial · Forward aerial · Back aerial · Up aerial · Down aerial
Grab · Pummel · Forward throw · Back throw · Up throw · Down throw
Forward roll · Back roll · Spot dodge · Air dodge · Techs
Floor attack (front) · Floor getups (front) · Floor attack (back) · Floor getups (back)
Edge attack (fast) · Edge getups (fast) · Edge attack (slow) · Edge getups (slow)
Neutral special · Side special · Up special · Down special