Editing Toad (move)

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{{disambig2|[[Peach]] and [[Daisy]]'s [[neutral special move]]|information about the character|Toad}}
{{Infobox Special Move
|name=Toad
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|caption=Toad being used in ''Ultimate''.
|user=[[Peach]]<br>[[Daisy]]
|universe={{uv|Mario}}
|interwiki=supermariowiki
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'''Toad''' ({{ja|キノピオガード|Kinopio Gādo}}, ''Toad Guard'') is [[Peach]] and {{SSBU|Daisy}}'s [[neutral special move]].

==Overview==
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]].

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''.

==Instructional quotes==
{{InstructionalQuotes
|ssbmcount=1
|ssbmchar=Peach
|ssbmdesc=Counter enemy attacks by blocking them with Toad.
|ssbbcount=1
|ssbbchar=Peach
|ssbbdesc=Automatically launch a counterattack if an enemy hits Toad.
|ssb4-3count=1
|ssb4-3char=Peach
|ssb4-3desc=Use Toad as an unwilling shield. If he gets hit, he spreads spores.
|ssbucount=2
|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=<span class=explain title="Holds Toad in front of you. If he gets hit, he spreads spores that deal dmage. [PAL version]">Use Toad as an unwilling shield. If he gets hit, he spreads spores.</span>|name2=Sleepy Toad|desc2=<span class=explain title="Toad's spores will put attacking foes to sleep. Airborne opponents will just be launched instead. [PAL version]">A counter that puts opponents in front of you to sleep. Launches airborne opponents.</span>|name3=Grumpy Toad|desc3=<span class=explain title="Not a counter-attack - always spreads spores that deal a small amount of damage. [PAL version]">Not a counterattack. Releases spores that deal minor damage.</span>|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}}'', and ''{{s|supermariowiki|New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe}}'', 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 were the color of Toad that supported Daisy on her team in ''{{s|supermariowiki|Mario Strikers Charged}}''. Blue Toads are also 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}}''.
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