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==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
The move is unique to the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, but Captain Falcon famously performed a Falcon Punch in the F-Zero animated series, ''F-Zero: Falcon Legend'', where he uses it to defeat Black Shadow. (See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw this video].) It has become quite memetic, as the clip makes it appear that the Falcon Punch causes an explosion that can be seen from space, when in reality, Captain Falcon is merely using the Falcon Punch to prevent Black Shadow from escaping said explosion. This is reinforced in a Subspace Emissary custscene, when Captain Falcon preforms a Falcon Punch on a giant R.O.B. in a very similar fashion to the clip from the animated series. | The move is unique to the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, but Captain Falcon famously performed a Falcon Punch in the F-Zero animated series, ''F-Zero: Falcon Legend'', where he uses it to defeat Black Shadow. (See [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFtw7qW7Vcw this video].) It has become quite memetic, as the clip makes it appear that the Falcon Punch causes an explosion that can be seen from space, when in reality, Captain Falcon is merely using the Falcon Punch to prevent Black Shadow from escaping said explosion. This is reinforced in a Subspace Emissary custscene, when Captain Falcon preforms a Falcon Punch on a giant R.O.B. in a very similar fashion to the clip from the animated series. | ||
As a testament to the move's popularity, it seems to have come full circle and crossed back over into ''F-Zero'' canon: it is mentioned in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTDZa_7AKj8 ''F-Zero GX''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> ending song], specifically in the line "When a mighty illusion threatens your lunch / Falcon will be unleashing the Falcon Punch." | |||
==General Strategies== | ==General Strategies== | ||
===In SSB=== | ===In SSB=== | ||