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The Wario Waft move is unique to ''Smash Bros.'', though it is directly inspired on Wario's crude personality and his general love for {{s|wikipedia|toilet humor}} as seen in multiple game manuals and promotional websites for many of his games. One of the first instances concerning Wario and farting is the Japanese manual for ''{{s|mariowiki|Wario Land II}}'', where Wario mentions that his {{s|mariowiki|Hot Wario}} reaction was not produced "because his fart caught on fire". While the emphasis on vulgar humor is not unprecidented within the character's history, farting was not necesarilly a signature trait for Wario before ''Brawl'' - Japanese marketing materials gave more significance to Wario's pooping habits than his farting, and animated American marketing materials - while less vulgar overall - would often animate Wario with saliva rolling off of his mouth. Toilet humor was first implemented into ''Wario'' games themselves with the advent of the ''WarioWare'' franchise, which has featured topics such as toilet paper, overgrown snot, and the ''{{s|wikipedia|Manneken Pis}}'' statue, though such humor is not assigned to Wario any more than most other members of the cast, and typically relegated to unnamed microgame characters, with the only character with a notably tangible relationship to bodily fluids being Dr. Crygor, who has been portrayed as having unstable toiletary habits as far back as the first game. | The Wario Waft move is unique to ''Smash Bros.'', though it is directly inspired on Wario's crude personality and his general love for {{s|wikipedia|toilet humor}} as seen in multiple game manuals and promotional websites for many of his games. One of the first instances concerning Wario and farting is the Japanese manual for ''{{s|mariowiki|Wario Land II}}'', where Wario mentions that his {{s|mariowiki|Hot Wario}} reaction was not produced "because his fart caught on fire". Another instance of Wario using his flatulence was in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Strikers Charged}}'', where Wario's Mega Strike would have him bloat and inflate, only to release the gas offensively. In fact, it's likely that ''Mario Strikers Charged'' served as direct inspiration as it was one of the only instances of Wario's grotesque nature being weaponized. | ||
While the emphasis on vulgar humor is not unprecidented within the character's history, farting was not necesarilly a signature trait for Wario before ''Brawl'' - Japanese marketing materials gave more significance to Wario's pooping habits than his farting, and animated American marketing materials - while less vulgar overall - would often animate Wario with saliva rolling off of his mouth. Toilet humor was first implemented into ''Wario'' games themselves with the advent of the ''WarioWare'' franchise, which has featured topics such as toilet paper, overgrown snot, and the ''{{s|wikipedia|Manneken Pis}}'' statue, though such humor is not assigned to Wario any more than most other members of the cast, and typically relegated to unnamed microgame characters, with the only character with a notably tangible relationship to bodily fluids being Dr. Crygor, who has been portrayed as having unstable toiletary habits as far back as the first game. | |||
While farting would later be part of the actual games that feature Wario around the development of ''Brawl'', such as being one of Wario's special items in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Kart Arcade GP}}'' (namely, {{s|mariowiki|Fart Gas}}), or in the {{s|mariowiki|He Who Smelt It...}} microgame from ''{{s|mariowiki|WarioWare: Smooth Moves}}'' where the player must gust away Wario's farts, none of thoses instances of farting work the same way as how Wario Waft works in ''Smash'', as the former two act more like clouds of some sorts, instead of being an explosion that hurts anyone in contact like the move in ''Smash''. Farting would also become used in international marketing materials for ''WarioWare'' games as opposed to just Japan following ''Brawl''. | While farting would later be part of the actual games that feature Wario around the development of ''Brawl'', such as being one of Wario's special items in ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Kart Arcade GP}}'' (namely, {{s|mariowiki|Fart Gas}}), or in the {{s|mariowiki|He Who Smelt It...}} microgame from ''{{s|mariowiki|WarioWare: Smooth Moves}}'' where the player must gust away Wario's farts, none of thoses instances of farting work the same way as how Wario Waft works in ''Smash'', as the former two act more like clouds of some sorts, instead of being an explosion that hurts anyone in contact like the move in ''Smash''. Farting would also become used in international marketing materials for ''WarioWare'' games as opposed to just Japan following ''Brawl''. |
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