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*The moves [[Fire]], [[Robo Burner]], [[Spring Jump]], and [[Cypher]] do not cause helplessness in ''Brawl'', although they do restrict the user's choice of moves until they land - Mr. Game & Watch and Snake simply cannot use the recovery move again, while Sonic cannot use any special moves and R.O.B. cannot air dodge. Through [[Grab release glitch|a programming oversight]], this condition prevents them from using their recovery move again if grabbed and released without pummeling before touching the ground (except for R.O.B.).
*The moves [[Fire]], [[Robo Burner]], [[Spring Jump]], and [[Cypher]] do not cause helplessness in ''Brawl'', although they do restrict the user's choice of moves until they land - Mr. Game & Watch and Snake simply cannot use the recovery move again, while Sonic cannot use any special moves and R.O.B. cannot air dodge. Through [[Grab release glitch|a programming oversight]], this condition prevents them from using their recovery move again if grabbed and released without pummeling before touching the ground (except for R.O.B.).
*If [[Kirby]] copies a move that causes helplessness, he will be affected just as the original character would be. These moves are [[Giant Punch]] (''Melee'' through ''Smash 4''), [[Mach Tornado]], [[PK Flash]] (until ''Ultimate''),  [[PK Freeze]] (until ''Ultimate''), and [[Rollout]] (only ''Melee'').
*If [[Kirby]] copies a move that causes helplessness, he will be affected just as the original character would be. These moves are [[Giant Punch]] (''Melee'' through ''Smash 4''), [[Mach Tornado]], [[PK Flash]] (until ''Ultimate''),  [[PK Freeze]] (until ''Ultimate''), and [[Rollout]] (only ''Melee'').
*In all games except ''Melee'', some characters are unable to become helpless through their own moveset.
*In all games except ''Melee'', some characters are unable to become helpless through their own moveset. These include [[Yoshi]], [[Jigglypuff]], [[Mr. Game & Watch]], [[Snake]], [[Ivysaur]]  (in ''Ultimate''), [[Sonic]], [[R.O.B.]], [[Mega Man]], [[Bowser Jr.]], [[Bayonetta]], [[Banjo]] & [[Kazooie]], [[Byleth]], [[Min Min]], [[Pyra]] and [[Kazuya]].
**{{SSB|Yoshi}}, {{SSB|Kirby}} and {{SSB|Jigglypuff}} are the only characters that cannot become helpless in ''Smash 64''.
**R.O.B. is not programmed to have a helpless state in ''Brawl'', and attempting to see it via hacking causes the game to crash. All other characters in the game have a helpless state, even if they cannot enter it without hacking.  
**In ''Brawl'', these characters are {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}}, {{SSBB|Sonic}}, {{SSBB|Mr. Game & Watch}}, {{SSBB|Snake}}, {{SSBB|R.O.B.}}, and {{SSBB|Zero Suit Samus}}. In fact, R.O.B. is not programmed to have a helpless state in ''Brawl'', and attempting to see it via hacking causes the game to crash. All other characters have a helpless state, even if they cannot enter it without hacking.  
**Moves like [[Final Cutter]], [[Stone Scabbard]] and [[Prominence Revolt]] do put their respective characters into a helpless state, but only when landing on the ground, making this mechanic unnoticable in normal gameplay. If the character is somehow pushed off the stage before exiting landing lag, they will retain their helpless state and fall to their deaths.
**In ''Smash 4'', a number of helpless animations cannot be seen without Pac-Man's red trampoline, which forces every character in an helpless state, namely those of {{SSB4|Yoshi}}, {{SSB4|Jigglypuff}}, {{SSB4|Mr. Game & Watch}}, {{SSB4|Sonic}}, {{SSB4|R.O.B}}, {{SSB4|Mega Man}}, {{SSB4|Bowser Jr.}}, and {{SSB4|Bayonetta}}.
**In ''Smash 4'' and ''Ultimate'' introduced [[Pac-Man]]'s [[Pac-Jump]], which automatically triggers the helpless state to characters that touch the red trampoline. This is the only way to see the helpless animations of the aforementioned characters in normal gameplay.
**In ''Ultimate'', this extends to, in addition to the aforementioned characters, {{SSBU|Snake}}, {{SSBU|Ivysaur}}, {{SSBU|Banjo & Kazooie}}, {{SSBU|Byleth}}, {{SSBU|Min Min}}, and {{SSBU|Kazuya}}.
*In ''Brawl'', since Jigglypuff's and Mr. Game & Watch's [[air dodge]] animations carry over from ''Melee'', pausing just before the animation ends allows the player to see their helpless state.
*In ''Brawl'', since Jigglypuff's and Mr. Game & Watch's [[air dodge]] animations carry over from ''Melee'', pausing just before the animation ends allows the player to see their helpless state.
**Additionally, whenever Link, Samus, and Toon Link perform a [[grab aerial]], it's possible to see their helpless animations by pausing just before the end of the animations.
**Additionally, whenever Link, Samus, and Toon Link perform a [[grab aerial]], it's possible to see their helpless animations by pausing just before the end of the animations.
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