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[[Image:ToadBrawl.jpg|right|thumb|245px|Peach using Toad in ''Brawl'']]
{{disambig2|[[Peach]] and [[Daisy]]'s [[neutral special move]]|information about the character|Toad}}
[[File:Peach Toad SSBM.png|150px|left|thumb|Peach using Toad in ''Melee'']]
{{Infobox Special Move
:'' This article is about [[Peach]]'s [[Standard Special Move]]. For information about the character, see [[Toad]].''
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|caption=Toad being used in ''Ultimate''.
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'''Toad''' ({{ja|キノピオガード|Kinopio Gādo}}, ''Toad Guard'') is [[Peach]] and [[Daisy]]'s [[neutral special move]].


==Overview==
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' and ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]'', '''Toad''' is [[Princess Peach|Peach]]'s [[Standard Special Move]]. Peach pulls Toad out of [[wikipedia:Magic satchel|hammerspace]], and holds him out in front of her. This can be used as a shield that cancels (but not reflects) projectiles, or a multi-hit attack. Upon being hit, Toad will emit a shower of spores to do damage. Recent gameplay videos seem to indicate that Toad's Brawl incarnation does much more [[knockback]] with his counterattack, the move now has true KO potential.
Peach pulls out Toad and holds him out in front of her. Upon being hit, Toad will emit a damaging shower of spores. Unlike most other counterattacks, which increase in damage when countering stronger attacks, Toad's spores do the same damage (3% each for a total of 18%, or 3.5% each for a total of 21% in ''Ultimate'') and knockback regardless of the power of the blocked attack. The spores themselves can be [[absorb]]ed, and the move is in fact one of the two only [[counterattack]]s that fires [[projectile]]s when activated, the other being {{SSBU|Sephiroth}}'s [[Scintilla]]; this can be exploited by characters who possess [[Reflection|reflectors]] with damaging hitboxes, such as Mario, Zelda, Fox or Min Min, who can hit Peach with their reflectors' damaging hitboxes in order to trigger her counterattack, causing her to get hit by the spores as a result of the reflectors continuing to remain active after initially hitting Peach. When using this move in midair, Peach will float upwards upon the first use, which can be used to surprise an opponent.


The move can be a bit difficult to use, as there is quite a bit of delay before Peach can block attacks, especially compared to other countering moves like [[Shulk]]'s [[Vision]] or [[Marth]]'s [[Counter]].
The move can be bit difficult to use, as there is quite a bit of delay before Peach can block attacks, especially compared to other counter/reflecting moves like [[Fox]]'s [[Reflector]] or [[Marth]]'s [[Counter]].


In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', the animation is altered, as Peach now crouches while letting Toad protect her. Daisy's version is functionally identical, but uses a blue Toad instead. In this iteration, the move's startup is much faster, though it no longer stalls Peach in the air as long as it did in ''SSB4''.
== Origin ==
The move is unique to Super Smash Bros, however, the [[Toad]]s are Peach's loyal servants and they appeared in almost all Mario games.


==Instructional quotes==
== Trivia ==
{{InstructionalQuotes
*Early screenshots of the move caused some people to believe Toad was, in fact, playable.
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*If you play in Giant Melee and grab a [[Super Mushroom]] and use the Toad B move to block an attack, Toad will be at least three or four times his normal size.
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*If you grab a [[Metal Box]] and use Toad, Toad will be in normal colored, not the usual gray from metal
|ssbmdesc=Counter enemy attacks by blocking them with Toad.
*Unlike Marth or Ike's [[Counter]] which does more damage when damaged while using counter move, Peach's Toad move does the same damage and knockback no matter how high the damage is while the Toad move is countering. (18%)
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{{Peach Special Moves}}
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|ssbbdesc=Automatically launch a counterattack if an enemy hits Toad.
[[Category: Special Attacks]]
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[[Category: Mario universe]]
|ssb4-3char=Peach
|ssb4-3desc=Use Toad as an unwilling shield. If he gets hit, he spreads spores.
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|ssbuchar=Peach
|ssbudesc=Uses Toad as a shield, spreading spores if he gets hit.
|ssbuchar2=Daisy
|ssbudesc2=Uses a Toad as a shield, spreading spores if it gets hit.
}}
 
==Customization==
Special Move customization was added in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. These are the variations:
{{CustomSet|Peach|Neutral|name1=Toad|desc1-ntsc=Use Toad as an unwilling shield. If he gets hit, he spreads spores.|desc1-pal=Holds Toad in front of you. If he gets hit, he spreads spores that deal dmage.|name2=Sleepy Toad|desc2-ntsc=A counter that puts opponents in front of you to sleep. Launches airborne opponents.|desc2-pal=Toad's spores will put attacking foes to sleep. Airborne opponents will just be launched instead.|name3=Grumpy Toad|desc3-ntsc=Not a counterattack. Releases spores that deal minor damage.|desc3-pal=Not a counter-attack - always spreads spores that deal a small amount of damage.|altlink1=Toad (Peach)}}
# '''Toad''': Default.
# '''Sleepy Toad''': The move has marginally increased startup lag, and noticeably increased ending lag. Additionally, while Toad appears to stay out for the same period of time, the actual counter-armour window is shorter. However the move puts grounded opponents to sleep, with the duration increasing with the opponents percent, and this potentially enables earlier KOs by setting Peach up for a smash attack. Deals 3% damage. Doesn't float upwards as high as the default version when used in midair.
# '''Grumpy Toad''': Toad no longer needs to be hit to use the attack, and will instead fire it regardless, allowing it to be used as a more conventional attack. However, the spores deal much less total damage (18% -> 8%), and lack the ability to kill at any reasonable percent. Additionally, the move has noticeably increased startup. Peach will not float upwards at all when she uses this custom move in midair.
 
==Origin==
The move is unique to the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, but the [[Toad]]s are Peach's loyal servants in the [[Mario (universe)|''Mario'' series]], as well as the {{s|supermariowiki|Mushroom Kingdom}}'s dominant species. Toads dropping spores upon being hit was first seen in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Mario Tennis}}'' upon completing a tournament with Toad.
 
Toads appear in a variety of colors, blue included. {{s|supermariowiki|Blue Toad}} is playable in ''{{s|supermariowiki|New Super Mario Bros. Wii}}'', ''{{s|supermariowiki|New Super Mario Bros. U}}'', ''{{s|supermariowiki|New Super Luigi U}}'', ''{{s|supermariowiki|New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe}}'' and ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Bros. Wonder}}'', and a separate blue Toad only named Toad is playable in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Bros 2}}'', ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario 3D World}}'', and ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Maker 2}}''. Toads do not have any known direct affiliation with Daisy outside of her close friendship with Peach, but Toads can be partnered with her in various spin-off games, and if she defeats Bowser in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Super Mario Run}}'', she rescues Toad instead of Peach. Blue Toads are among the various Toad colors that can be seen piloting Daisy-themed hot-air balloons on N64 Royal Raceway in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Mario Kart 8}}'' and ''{{s|supermariowiki|Mario Kart 8 Deluxe}}'', alongside ones themed after Peach and [[Rosalina]].
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Peach Toad SSBM.png|Peach using Toad in ''Melee''.
SSBB Peach Toad.png|Peach uses Toad in ''Brawl''.
SSBB Peach Toad2.png|Toad's counterattack in ''Brawl''.
ToadBrawl.jpg|Peach using Toad against {{SSBB|Bowser}}
File:Kirbypeach.jpg|Kirby using Toad in ''Brawl''.
File:Peach Neutral Special Smash 3DS.JPG|Peach using Toad in {{for3ds}}
File:SSB4 - Peach Screen-7.jpg|Peach using Toad in {{forwiiu}}.
File:SSBUWebsitePeach3.jpg|Peach using Toad in ''Ultimate''.
Peach SSBU Skill Preview Neutral Special.png|Peach using Toad as shown by the Move List in ''Ultimate''.
Daisy SSBU Skill Preview Neutral Special.png|Daisy using Toad as shown by the Move List in ''Ultimate''.
</gallery>
 
==Names in other languages==
{{langtable
|ja={{ja|キノピオガード|Kinopio Gādo}}, ''Toad Guard''
|en=Toad
|fr=Toad
|es=Toad
|de=Toad
|it=Toad
|nl=Toad
|ru={{rollover|Тоад|Toad|?}}
|ko={{rollover|키노피오 가드|Kinopio Gadeu|?}}, ''Toad Guard''
|zh_cn={{rollover|奇诺比奥防御|Qīnuòbǐào Fángyù|?}}
|zh_tw={{rollover|奇諾比奧防禦|Qīnuòbǐào Fángyù|?}}
}}
 
==Trivia==
*Early screenshots of the move sparked [[Rumor#Toad in Melee|rumors]] that Toad would appear as a playable character.
*Size changing (from [[Super Mushroom]]s, [[Poison Mushroom]]s, and [[Special Smash]]) all affect Toad's size, though [[Metal Box]]es do not affect his coloring, due to the fact that Toad is a separate model from Peach. In ''Smash 4'', Toad is now metal if Peach is under the metal effect, though this no longer applies in ''Ultimate''.
*This is the only counter move that is not a [[down special]]. However, the animations for the attack in ''Melee'' name it as "SpecialLw", implying it was originally going to be her down special (with [[Vegetable]]'s animations being named as "SpecialN").
**As it's a neutral special instead, this is the only counter that [[Kirby]] can [[Inhale (Kirby)|copy]]. Kirby's animations, curiously, still name the attack as "SpecialLw".
*Interestingly, Toad is referred to as "he" in Peach's Move List, but is referred to as "it" in Daisy's. The reason for this may be that the main red Toad has developed his own identity, but other colors of Toads are not as significant in the series, and are seen as a species rather than their own character (Daisy's Move List even refers to him as "''a'' Toad" rather than simply "Toad").
**However, the main Toad has been blue in several of his playable appearances, including the NES version of ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Bros. 2}}'', ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario 3D World}}'', and ''{{s|mariowiki|Super Mario Maker 2}}''.
*If the [[Shadow]] [[Assist Trophy]] freezes Peach or Daisy while performing Toad, the counter hitbox will remain active and trigger if hit. The frozen character will not attack until being unfrozen, but will remain [[intangible]] in the mean time.
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