Item-swallowing

Kirby and King Dedede swallow items using Inhale.

Wario swallowing a crate using Chomp.

Item-swallowing is a technique in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Smash Bros. 4, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, performable by Kirby, King Dedede, and Wario. These characters can use their neutral special moves to eat most items. Kirby and King Dedede use Inhale while Wario uses Chomp. Additionally, Munchlax uses the same list for the items it will eat.

When an item is swallowed, it takes some time for the character to swallow it. Light items are immediately swallowed, but non-explosive heavy items like barrels have the characters briefly remain bloated with the item in their stomach, before they eventually swallow it. Explosive items that are eaten will cause about 5% damage to the consumer, and if it is eaten by using Chomp, will also deal 13% damage to nearby opponents.

Food and other recovery items (except the Team Healer), Dragoon and Daybreak parts, Superspicy Curry, Super Mushrooms, Poison Mushrooms, Warp Stars, Super Stars, Metal Boxes, and Timers take immediate effect upon being eaten.

In Super Smash Bros. 4, it has been buffed, as Kirby and Wario can restore 1% damage from eating most items. Swallowing healing items has the same effect as using them normally. For example, swallowing a Fairy Bottle will heal 1% if the character is at less than 100% damage and will heal 100% damage if above. Wario and King Dedede gain 1.5x more HP from eating food items (Kirby can copy Wario's Chomp or King Dedede's Inhale for the same effect). Wario and King Dedede can also now eat energy projectiles like Ness's PK Fire and Mario's Fireballs, but do not receive any health. Finally, eating items, projectiles from items (like the Ray Gun's projectiles), and foods will increase the Wario Waft's charge for Wario.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it has been further buffed for both Kirby and King Dedede. Kirby, upon inhaling a projectile, can either spit it back out as a star or swallow it to recover some health. King Dedede's Inhale acts as a reflecting move, returning projectiles in their original form with a 1.5× damage multiplier.

Edible items

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

• All normal items except for Smash Ball, Mr. Saturn, Poké Balls, Bonsly, Electrode, Stickers, Trophies, CDs, Smash Coins and Bills
  • Blast Box, Bob-omb, Gooey Bomb, Motion-Sensor Bomb, and Smart Bomb count as explosive items
• A revolving Hothead
• Link and Toon Link's Bombs
• Snake's Cardboard Box when thrown (counts as a heavy item)
• Gyros
• Hand Grenades
• Diddy Kong's Peanuts
• Power Suit Pieces
• Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos
• Wario's Wario Bike (counts as a heavy item) and wheels
• Peach's Vegetables
• Summit's Vegetables
• Apples on Green Greens
• An Auroros stuck in the ground
• A Koopa Troopa retreated into its shell

Super Smash Bros. 4

• All normal items except for Smash Ball, Mr. Saturn, Cuccos, Poké Balls, Master Balls, Electrode, Grass, Custom Parts, Smash Run Powers, Trophies, and CDs
  • Blast Box, Bob-omb, Bombchu, Gooey Bomb, Hocotate Bomb, Motion-Sensor Bomb, Smart Bomb and X Bomb count as explosive items
• A revolving Hothead
• A Koopa Troopa retreated into its shell

Projectile attacks

Character	Move	Edible by	Heals	Explosive	Heavy
Mario, Luigi	Fireball
Peach	Vegetable
Bowser	Fire Breath
Yoshi	Egg Throw
Bowser Jr.	Clown Cannon
	Mechakoopa
Wario	Wario Bike
Diddy Kong	Peanut Popgun, Banana Peel
Mr. Game & Watch	Chef
Link	Hero's Bow, Gale Boomerang
	Bomb
Zelda	Din's Fire (Flames)
Sheik	Needle Storm
	Burst Grenade
Toon Link	Hero's Bow, Boomerang
	Bomb
Samus	Charge Shot, Missile, Bomb
Zero Suit Samus	Paralyzer
Pit	Palutena Bow
Palutena	Autoreticle
Robin	Thunder (all charge levels), Arcfire, Elwind
	Discarded Tomes and Levin Sword
Duck Hunt	Trick Shot, Clay Shooting
Kirby	Final Cutter
King Dedede	Gordo Throw
Fox, Falco	Blaster
Pikachu	Thunder Jolt
Charizard	Flamethrower
Lucario	Aura Sphere
Greninja	Water Shuriken, Hydro Pump
R.O.B.	Robo Beam
	Gyro
Ness	PK Fire, PK Thunder
Villager	Lloid Rocket, forward aerial, dash attack
	Timber (Wood chip)
Wii Fit Trainer	Sun Salutation
	Header
Dr. Mario	Megavitamin
Dark Pit	Silver Bow
Pac-Man	Bonus Fruit
	Power Pellet
	Fire Hydrant (Hydrant, water)
Mega Man	Metal Blade
	Crash Bomber, Leaf Shield, neutral attack, forward tilt/smash, neutral/up/down aerial
Mewtwo	Shadow Ball, Disable
Lucas	PK Fire, PK Thunder
Ryu	Hadoken
Cloud	Blade Beam
Corrin	Dragon Fang Shot
Bayonetta	Bullet Climax

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

• All normal items except for Smash Ball, Fake Smash Ball, Poke Balls, Master Balls, Electrode, Grass, Mr Saturn and Cuccos
  • Blast Box, Bomber, Bob-omb, Motion Sensor Bomb, Gooey Bomb, Smart Bomb, Bombchu, X Bomb and Hocotate Bomb count as explosive items
• A revolving Hothead
• Projectile attacks:
  • Mario and Luigi's Fireball
  • Link's forward Smash and Remote Bomb
  • Samus and Dark Samus' Charge Shot
  • Yoshi's Yoshi Bomb' stars
  • Kirby's Final Cutter (shock waves)
  • Fox, Falco and Wolf's Blaster
  • Pikachu and Pichu's Thunder and Thunder Jolt
  • All of Ness and Lucas's special moves except for PK Magnet
  • Peach and Daisy's Toad
  • Bowser's Fire Breath
  • Ice Climbers' Blizzard
  • Sheik's Burst Grenade
  • Zelda's Din's Fire
  • Mewtwo's Shadow Ball
  • Mr. Game & Watch's forward aerial
  • Pit's Palutena Bow
  • Dark Pit's Silver Bow
  • Zero Suit Samus' Paralyzer
  • Snake's Hand Grenade, Remote Missile, up Smash and C4
  • Charizard's Flamethrower
  • King Dedede's Waddle Dee Toss (Waddle Doo's Beam Whip) and Super Dedede Jump (stars produced by landing)
  • Lucario's Aura Sphere and Force Palm's aura
  • R.O.B.'s Robo Beam
  • Toon Link's Bomb
  • Villager's Lloid Rocket
  • Mega Man's neutral attack, forward till, neutral aerial and Crash Bomber
  • Wii Fit Trainer's Sun Salutation
  • Rosalina & Luma's Star Bits
  • All of Mii Gunner's projectible attacks except for Gunner Missile
  • All of Palutena's projectile attacks
  • All of Robin's projectile attacks except for Discarded Levin Sword and tomes
  • Duck Hunt's Trick Shot and Clay Shooting
  • Ryu and Ken's Hadoken
  • Cloud's Blade Beam
  • Corrin's Dragon Fang Shot
  • Inkling's Splat Bomb
  • Ridley's Plasma Breath
  • Simon and Richter's Holy Water
  • Piranha Plant's Poison Breath
  • Joker's Eiha/Eigaon
  • All of Hero's projectile attacks except for Woosh/Swoosh/Kaswoosh
  • Banjo & Kazooie's Rear Egg
  • Terry's Power Wave
  • Byleth's Failnaught, only the max charged arrows

Trivia

• When using Inhale, the player must usually stand directly next to an item. However, certain items will be actually pulled in from a greater distance.
• Munchlax's function as a Poké Ball Pokémon is to eat all the items (except Trophies, CDs, Stickers, other Poké Balls and Smash Balls) on the stage.
• Yoshi cannot swallow items, making him the only character that can hold opponents in his mouth but cannot swallow items. This is odd because in his games, Yoshi is known for eating enemies and fruits, so it would make sense for him to be able to swallow items.
• Characters can eat Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos from Dedede's Waddle Dee Toss attack; however, Kirby doesn't turn to Beam Kirby when he swallows a Waddle Doo even though it occurs in the Kirby series.
• Characters who can swallow items can eat Sandbag in the Wi-Fi room, but another will reappear instantly.
• Wario swallows items quicker than Kirby and Dedede, but still takes a while to swallow big things, such as his bike.