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#REDIRECT [[Yoshi's Story#Randall the Cloud]]
[[Image:Randall.jpg|thumb|70px|right|Randall the Cloud.]]
'''Randall the Cloud''' is a nickname for the cloud that appears on [[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]] in [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]. It is often used to assist the [[recovery]] process. The term derived originally from Canadian smasher [[FastFox]], and it has since taken off as a norm on [[Smash World Forums]].
 
Randall's complete round  trip through the stage and out the other side takes exactly 20 seconds. As such, many players attempt to "summon" Randall (via a strained shout) when falling. It is not uncommon that a player will fall just short of the edge, only to see Randall's smile as he emerges half a second later.
 
Randall does not appear for the opening ten seconds of a given battle and emerges on the right-hand side of Yoshi's Story immediately thereafter, meaning that the position of the cloud is consistent and predictable, not random. Through paying particular attention to the countdown in a [[time|timed]] match, a prudent smasher can use this knowledge to effectively stall a recover and land on Randall instead of taking a [[SD|fall]].
 
Randall is also very useful in [[Event 35: Time for a Checkup]], as [[Peach (SSBM)|Peach]] and [[Doctor Mario (SSBM)|Doctor Mario]] will follow you everywhere. They will often [[Self-Destruct]] in an attempt to follow you.
 
==Relationship to Randall00==
 
Curiously, although the cloud's name emerged out of the smash community in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it actually bears no relationship whatsoever to [[smasher]] [[Randall00]] (RJM), who hosts [[Pro Impact BI-WEEKLY Smash|tournaments]] in the neighbouring city of Calgary. In reality, the cloud was dubbed "Randall" long before a smash community even existed in Calgary and the whole matter is nothing more than a peculiar coincidence.
 
RJM has been known to periodically apologize on behalf of the cloud.
 
==See also==
*[[Yoshi's Island: Yoshi's Story|Yoshi's Story]]
*[[Central Canada Smash Circuit]]
*[[Pro Impact BI-WEEKLY Smash]]
 
== External Links ==
 
*[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=115132 No "clouded" hopes]
*[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?p=1591173#post1591173 Knowing the position of the YS cloud: a lil guide by AustinP]
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